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looking　at　the　same　time。　All　those　years　of　uniforms　and　too　much　homework　forthis？

Vanessa　flipped　the　case　closed　and　held　it　tight　to　her　chest。　She　didn？t　care？she？d　made　it！　And

her　whole　future　lay　ahead　of　her。　After　taking　every　film　course　NYU　offered；　she？d　bee　a

famous　indie　filmmaker；　except　she？d　stick　to　true　indies？unlike　her　former　mentor；　Ken　Mogul；

who　was　totally　selling　out　with　that　teen　movie　he　was　making　at　Barneys。　It　was　a　good　thing

Aaron　had　broken　up　with　her　today；　because　now　she　was　free　to　meet　all　sorts　of　interesting

people　from　around　the　globe；　and　she　could　experiment　with　different　relationships。　After　all；

wasn？t　that　what　college　was　all　about？

Yeah；　maybe。　But　again；　isn？t　she　kind　of　forgetting　about　someone？？

Some　would　argue　that　her　last　name　begins　with　w

？Serena　Caroline　van　der　Woodsen；？　Mrs。　M　called　out。

？Shit；？　Blair　muttered　under　her　breath。　Where　the　fuckwas　Serena；　anyway？　She　glanced　back　at

the　other　van　der　Woodsens。　They　looked　perky　and　excited。　Unbelievably；　they　still　hadn？t　quite

grasped　the　fact　that　Serena　was　missing。

？Serena？　Are　you　present？？　asked　the　headmistress；　scanning　the　church　with　her　glassy　brown

eyes。　？Has　anyone　seen　Serena？？　The　pretty；　never…quite…reaching…her…potential　blonde　was

forever　late　for　morning　assemblies；　but　one　would　have　thought　she　could　pull　it　together　to　be　on

time　for　this　particular　event。

The　other　girls　twittered。　No　one　offered　the　headmistress　an　answer。　Blair　glanced　back　at

Serena？s　family　once　more。　Now　they　looked　confused；　although　the　van　der　Woodsens　never　lost

their　cool。　Erik　jutted　his　chin　at　Blair；　silently　s