Thursday, November 29, 2007

Chapter 2

Chapter 2

“What’s wrong, Serena? You look like you have something on your mind.” Dan watched as Serena picked at her waffles. They were enjoying breakfast alone in the Humphrey loft. Rufus went to the art gallery, and Jenny had left a few minutes ago.
Serena glanced up from her plate. “Huh? Oh, um, no, I’m okay. It’s just… I don’t know, there’s just something that’s been bothering me since last night. It’s nothing to worry about.”
“Um… alright. Well, if you want to talk about it…”
“No, Dan, really, it’s okay. I just, I think I have to go and talk to Blair. I’m sorry. It’s kind of important. Can we meet up later?” Serena got up and went to get her coat.
“Uh… okay. Sure. Call me this afternoon,” Dan said as he followed her to the door. Serena opened one of the big double doors, and stood in surprise to see Vanessa already standing in the doorway.
“Oh, well, look. You can have Vanessa to keep you company.” S and V exchanged polite smiles before Serena kissed Dan goodbye and headed out the door. Vanessa stepped in, eyeing Dan.
“What?” he asked, closing the door behind her.
“Well… I just hope Serena’s been here all this time… I mean, since last night.” Vanessa raised her eyebrows.
“What? No, no, of course not. She just came over for breakfast. I walked her home last night. I swear,” Dan said quickly, leading his friend to the couch.
“Sure. We’ll just have to wait and see what Cedric has to say about that.” Grinning, Vanessa ducked as Dan threw a pillow at her. “But what is Serena leaving here so early for? I mean, not like it’s any of my business, I was just curious.”
Dan sat down beside her. “Oh, she just had a lot on her mind. Needed to go talk to Blair Waldorf or something.”
“Okay, then,” Vanessa said, moving on. “Hey, I’m sorry about last night. I mean, forcing you to bring me to the party. But I really did have fun.”
“Oh, uh, sure. Forget about it. But, you and Serena, at the end, actually seemed happy to see each other. At least, I hope you were?”
Vanessa smiled. “Well, yeah. I mean, maybe she’s not so bad after all. Her friends, however, are a different story.” The two started laughing. “But,” Vanessa continued, “she does seem to make you happy. And that’s good.” She glanced at the kitchen. “Hey, are those waffles?”
Dan smiled as he followed her to Serena’s plate. “Yes, actually. Serena left hers here.”
“Serena left a plate of your dad’s famous waffles just lying around? Boy, those spoiled kids don’t appreciate anything these days,” Vanessa said smiling as she lifted the fork to her mouth. “Do you think she would mind?”
“Probably not,” Dan replied, watching as Vanessa popped the piece of waffle into her mouth. “It’s not like she’ll come back and get them.”
When Vanessa had finished Serena’s waffles, she went to the door. “Hey, let’s go out. Your girlfriend sounds occupied, and I’m just dying to go and see what’s happening in Manhattan.” She winked at Dan as she slipped out into the hallway.
Dan, knowing Vanessa wanted to go out and make fun of all the rich socialites striding around in the Upper East Side, followed her out the door. He didn’t have that much of a problem with making fun of the surreal world he had been sucked into just weeks before. It might provide some old-fashioned fun. Or not.

While B and C are off avoiding a certain Brooklynite, we’ll let you in on another Humphrey scandal. Yes, I can even make Dan and Jenny sound exciting. What low standards I have fallen to. Not-So-Lonely Boy and “best friend” Vanessa were spotted in the Upper East Side this morning, poking their fun at the social elite. Not much of a scandal, I know, but V seemed a little more buddy-buddy than what’s acceptable. Hmm. Better watch your back, Serena. Someone might be out to steal your little Lonely Boy. Well, at least she’s out to steal your waffles.

xoxo, GOSSIP GIRL

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