(A/N: Hey, guys! It's the same story, I just fixed it up a bit grammatically. Enjoy!)
So, the rumors are true?
"I bet he thinks he's, like, everything right now," seventeen-year-old Blair Waldorf said, putting a hand on her curvy hip and blowing a ring of smoke into the air. Her best friend, Serena van der Woodsen, nodded in agreement and took another drag on her cigarette.
The two girls were sitting shoulder-to-shoulder on the fountain in Central Park, smoking cigarettes and watching their shared ex-boyfriend, Nate Archibald. Nate was leaning against a tree and talking on his Nokia flip phone. Blair shook her head, tucking an out-grown strand of dark hair behind her ear. When would he stop being such a smart ass and come talk to them?
Wait, why did she care?
"We should probably go," Serena said, crushing the butt of her cigarette out on the ground with the heel of her Jimmy Choo sandal. She stood up and wiped the dust off her white-jeans-clad butt. Blair stood up beside her and threw her cigarette butt into the fountain.
"I should call Marcus soon, too," she announced gaily, reaching into her white canvas Valentino shoulder bag, bringing out her pink Blackberry Pearl. She speed dialed Marcus and pressed it to her ear, walking down the road with Serena to get a cab.
"It's going to be hell without you for two weeks!" Serena squealed, flinging her long tanned arms around Blair's neck. She hugged her oldest and newest best friend before waving her hand for a cab. Blair nodded and climbed in. "I'll really miss you," she said. The truth was, Blair would miss Serena, but she'd rather spend two full weeks with a hotter, British version of Nate.
Honestly, who wouldn't!
Serena smiled and tapped the shoulder of the old, wrinkled driver named Charlie. "Ralph Lauren, please!" she giggled and fell back into the seat, smoothing out her black KISS T-shirt.
Blair rolled her blue eyes and looked out the window. She'd lived here all her life, and she knew every single part of Manhattan like the back of her hand. She recognized Albert, the overweight and red-faced hot dog vendor, waving at her as the cab stopped on the red light. She lifted her free hand to wave back, and closed her cell phone with the other hand.
Manhattan will miss you, darling!
Blair rested her smooth dark head on the head rest of the seat. In two months, she and Serena and Nate would all be going to Yale, and they would be the talk of it, too! How grand it was to be sexy, rich and unbelievably glamorous.
The cab pulled up to Ralph Lauren's tall, elegant building. Serena got out, casting Charlie an I-don't-have-any-money-but-we're-free-right smile, pulling Blair out with her. The two girls strutted into Ralph Lauren and people began to whisper immediately.
"Oh my god, they're here! I can't believe they're showing their faces in public after last week," Kati Farkas murmured to her raven-haired friend, Isabel Coates. Isabel nodded blankly and held a white cashmere sweater to her front, looking in the full-length mirror on a change room door. "I hear they're planning to stay in England with that Lord guy, and they're going to date him together, you know, like a three-way couple!" she whispered.
"Eww, that's like, so gross. Blair and her Lord are going to get some gross STD from Serena that way, "Kati giggled and stopped suddenly as Blair and Serena swept past, their long hair flowing behind them. Serena looked behind her shoulder and smiled evilly at Kati and Isabel before skipping toward the elevator with Blair at her side.
"There are those lesbian freaks, looking gayer then ever, "Rain Hoffstetter mused under her breath to Isabel and Kati, applying a third coat of M.A.C. lip gloss on her lips. Kati and Isabel nodded and watched Serena and Blair walk into the elevator and up to floor 3.
Serena got off first and twirled in a circle, looking at the brand new party dresses all around the enormous room. Blair walked in and looked at Serena, laughing slightly. "Come on, I want to get the sexiest dress for when I meet Marcus' parents!" Blair snapped in her bitchiest but nicest tone. Serena giggled and nodded. "I know, I just love this floor!" she cooed.
Blair rolled her eyes again and walked up to a rack of white and pink striped dresses, cringing at the hideous pattern. She moved over and looked up at the long, V-neck halter dresses that would've looked great on Pam Anderson or Carmen Electra, but horrible on her. Blair sighed and turned around, her eyes wide.
"That!" she exclaimed, running towards a rack of beautiful beige suit sets. She lifted one out in her size and went into the dressing room to try it on. A few minutes later, she came out. The beige jacket complimented her shoulders and the skirt fell neatly to her knees. The black undershirt that came with it had a straight collar. Blair smiled at her reflection and twirled. Ever since graduation, she had loved the idea of jacket-and-skirt suits. She stood in front of the mirror and put her hands on her hips, which were pinched in from the beige bow belt around her waist.
"Gosh, you look like Princess Di or something! "Serena breathed, walking over and putting a comforting arm around her friend. Blair nodded. Her dark hair fell in layers to her shoulders, down her shoulder blades and to her throat. She batted her dark mascara-coated eyelashes and went back in to change.
After Blair paid for the suit, with some help from the new black satin Christian Louboutin pumps she'd bought, the two girls went to Blair's hotel suite in the Plaza to pack her things for the trip to England.
"It's going to be so boring down here! Nate doesn't talk to us anymore and all I have is Vanessa! Of course, there's the movie crew, but they aren't as close as you and me!" Serena sighed, rolling onto her back where she laid on Blair's queen-sized bed.
"I know, I'll promise to call you whenever I can, "Blair said, pulling out her favorite camisole-and-thong set she bought two weeks ago.
Hmm, looks like someone wants more then meeting the parents, doesn't it?
"Well, I should be going, "Serena said and rolled off the bed, her pale blond hair twirling behind her. Blair walked over and hugged her friend. "I'll miss you, "she breathed in her ear.
"Me too, "Blair said and kissed Serena's cheek before the blond walked out. Blair looked at the clock and smiled. When she got to England, she would meet the parents, unpack her things and finally do it with her Lord.
Great idea, baby!