Her golden girls, that's what Cece loves to refer her child and grandchild
Her Golden Girls
Her golden girls, that's what Cece loves to refer her child and grandchild.
"My little beautiful baby," she would mumble when hugging Lillian when she was young.
"My MAGNIFICENT granddaughter," she would croon whenever she laid eyes on Serena.
She never liked nicknames, though she had one herself, she loved full names, for they represent the person who bears it, and nicknames simply make them seem 'cheap'.
"Ah, you must be Daniel…"
"Dan actually, Dan Humphrey."
One need not be blessed with eagle eyes to notice the flash of disdain crossing Cece's features. That's why she never called Lillian, Lily. And she always let the name Dan falls off her graceful mouth without a hint of pleasure for the person she's addressing.
Another thing that irks her would be simply the word Humphrey, and the name itself speaks volumes. It reminds her of the time her golden daughter had fallen from grace, it reminds her of the time when her reputation of being a 'good' mother, one that educates their child with etiquette, had plunged to depths so deep that one can hardly salvage it. It reminds her of cockroaches, tasteless rock music and wild days that plagued her life, when Rufus Humphrey strolled into Lillian's life without anything but that guitar of his.
And she would do anything to not let her golden grand-daughter fall, just like her mother had once.
She never understands why the Humphrey guys simply can't help but swarm around her golden girls, like moths to an expensive chandelier. They never seem to be able to keep their paws off, neither were her girls able to resist them.
What is it with the Humphreys and the Van der Woodsens that these two names just can't help but entwine?
But she knows, she hopes, that her golden girls never end up with last names as Humphrey.
"Girls like Serena don't end up with guys like Dan Humphrey; they end up with the Carters of the world."
Sometimes she sit in her room, pondering about the lives of her golden girls.
Lillian seems fine now, doesn't she? Maybe there is a lack of love, but the inheritance and money should be enough to bring bountiful pleasure, albeit materialistic ones. Most importantly, her social standing in UES is high, and that should be enough to let Cece knows she had not failed her parenting duties.
Serena… is more difficult, but just like her mother was. She knows how Serena behaves pre-boarding school, the drinking impulses, the partying wild child etc, but Serena was the queen then among the younger generation, and that was more than enough for Cece to love her as she was.
Her golden girls, she loves them just so much, that she would do everything, anything, to keep them at their best.