第19部分(第2/7 頁)

y　afternoon；　looking　dazed　and

confused　but　still　gorgeous；　of　course。D　stumbling　out　of　a　cab　and　intoAgn？s　B。　Homme　to　shop。

Wait；　are　we　talking　about　the　sameD　？　I　guessAgn？s　B。　is　French；　and　he　always　fancied　himself

an　existentialist；　which　is　a　French　concept；　but　wait？I　digress。V　filming　a　bullterrier　trailing

yellow　pee　behind　it　in　the　white　snow。　Well；　it？s　nice　to　knowshe　hasn？t　changed。

May　your　Valentine？s　Day　be　filled　with　adoration；　pampering；　and　a　pair　of　gorgeous；

tiny…heeled　Jimmy　Choo　sandals　that　are　pletely　useless　in　this　weather。　Just　remember：　You

are　totally　worth　it。

You　know　you　love　me。

gossip　girl

the　icing　onb　？s　cake

All　Monday　morning　Blair　had　been　dreading　peer　group。　Not　that　she　minded　talking　about

hooking　up　with　boys；　or　peer　pressure；　or　whatever　else　the　freshmen　wanted　to　talk　about。　After

all；　today　was　Valentine？s　Day；　soeveryone　at　Constance　was　talking　about　hooking　up　with　boys。

What　she　dreaded　were　all　the　questions　the　ninth　graders　in　the　group　were　going　to　ask　Serena

about　walking　the　runway　in　the　Les　Best　show；　what　it　had　been　like　to　hang　out　with　all　those

famous　models；　and　blah；　blah；　blah。　They？d　probably　ask　about　her　stupid　I

LOVEAARONT…shirt　and　what　was　going　on　with　her　and　Aaron；　becausethey？d　heard　blah；　blah；

blah。　As　if　it　was　all　so　very　interesting。

Not。

Why　was　it　that　the　world　was　so　full　of　followers　when　there　were　so　many　choices　in　life？

Blair　slipped　an　extra　slice　of　chocolate　cake　onto　her　tray　just　to　make　sure　she？d　have　something

to　do　while　the　girls　in　peer　group　were　boring　her　to　death。

？Hello；？　she　practically　yawned　wh