Novels by Cecily von Ziegesar: Gossip Girl You Know You ... - Weebly
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After all, the world they lived in took care of its own.<br />
Serena pulled the cigarette out of her mouth, dropped it on the floor<br />
and began walking toward Blair. When they were face to face, she<br />
stopped and fished the twenty-dollar bill out of her bag. “Here,” she<br />
said, handing it to Blair. “This is yours.” And then, without another<br />
word, she kept on walking, heading for the ladies’ room to splash<br />
some cold water on her face.<br />
Blair looked down at the bill in her hand and stopped smiling.<br />
Over <strong>by</strong> the door, Rebecca Agnelli from the Central Park Save the<br />
Peregrine Falcon Foundation was just putting on her mink coat and<br />
kissing Kati and Isabel goodnight. Blair walked over and pressed the<br />
twenty-dollar bill into her hand.<br />
“That’s for the birds,” Blair said with her fakest smile. “Don’t forget<br />
your gift bag!”<br />
Serena turned on the tap and splashed her face over and over with<br />
cool clean water. It felt so good she wanted to peel off all her<br />
clothes and jump in.<br />
She leaned against the row of sinks, patting her face dry. Her gaze<br />
slipped to the floor, where she saw a pair of black wing-tipped<br />
shoes, the fringed end of a blue scarf, and a girl’s black handbag.<br />
Serena rolled her eyes and walked over. “Chuck, is that you?” she<br />
said into the crack in the door. “Who’ve you got in there with you?”<br />
A girl gasped.<br />
“Shit,” Serena heard Chuck say.<br />
Chuck had stood Jenny up on the toilet-seat lid in the end stall and<br />
pulled her dress down so he could get at those massive jugs.<br />
Serena had come at the worst possible time.<br />
Chuck pushed open the stall door a few inches. “Fuck off,” he<br />
growled.<br />
Behind him Serena could see little Jenny Humphrey, her dress<br />
pulled down around her waist, her arms hugging herself, looking<br />
terrified.<br />
Someone pushed open the bathroom door. “Jenny? Are you in<br />
here?” Dan called.<br />
Serena suddenly registered: Jenny was Dan’s sister. No wonder<br />
she’d sounded weird on the phone. She was about to be mauled <strong>by</strong><br />
Chuck.<br />
“I’m here,” Jenny whimpered.<br />
“Get out of here,” Serena snapped at Chuck, pulling the door open<br />
just wide enough for him to get past her.<br />
Chuck pushed <strong>by</strong> her, knocking her against the stall door. “Well,<br />
excuse me, bitch,” he hissed. “Next time I’ll be sure to ask your<br />
permission.”