GOSSIP GIRL - THE NEW GIRL IN TOWN
Disclaimer - I am not in anyway affiliated with Gossip Girl or any of the characters on the show. This is my own fic based on the tv show/book's characters. Gossip Girl belongs to The CW and Cecily von Ziegesar. I own nothing except my own storylines in this fic and the characters I have made up myself, including Maddison Redgrave and her family. Also, as I live in the UK I don't know much about New York apart from what I read/hear, so street names may be wrong. :
Chapter One
"Good morning Upper East Siders, Gossip Girl here and do I spot a newcomer? Rise and shine my fellow rich kids, and check out the moving van parked up on 25th avenue, looks like we got a newbie on our hands - this should be fun. You know you love me xoxo -- Gossip Girl."
"Mom, God, this is what? The third town we've stayed in since, what the past month?"
"Don't over exaggerate, Maddi, and this isn't a town it's a city"
Maddison Redgrave, a beautiful 17 year old girl with mysterious chocolate coloured eyes and dark brunette hair carried boxes to her new frontdoor whilst protesting to her mother about the current move. She wasn't happy. She'd spent most of 2007 switching schools all around the state, she'd actually kinda liked the last one, but her mother didn't agree and so here they were - New York City, also known as the Upper East Side.
"I think you're gonna love it sweetheart. It's beautiful, and there's so much to do! We can hang out in Central Park, and go see Broadway - it'll be amazing, just you see", Samantha Erikson tried to convince her eldest child. Truth was, she didn't even know for sure whether she was going to like their latest location much, either. "Honey, grab Kameron and Stefanie while I put some of the boxes inside, would you?".
Maddison sighed. She opened the door of the yellow taxi that had driven them to their new home, and picked up the older girl first. She placed 5 year old Kameron on the pavement and told her to stay there until she'd gotten Stefanie out of the car. Having, let both the children out of the car, and whilst carrying Stefanie and holding Kameron's hand, Maddison could finally take a proper look around her new street. She squinted her eyes - not quite believing what she thought she was seeing. Across the road, she was sure she could see a girl holding her cell phone to the polished victorian style windows as if taking a picture of the three of them. Maddison shook her head, my minds playing games with me again.
Across the road, Holly Peters laughed to herself, by pressing the send button with the exclusive picture of the newcomers - she'd just got one step closer to becoming Gossip Girl's new BFF - nicely played Holly.
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Walking to Constance High School with her best friend Serena Van Der Woodsen, Blair Waldorf, checked this morning's news brought to her and all of her other ridcuously wealthy friends by Gossip Girl.
"S, there's a new girl", Blair said excited.
"Ooh let me see", Blair did as she was told and handed her diamonte cell phone to Serena. Serena read the page carefully; "Update on the Upper East's newest family. Holly P. sends us these exclusive snaps taken outside the newcomers very own new home. The family seems at the moment to consist of three daughters - one as you can see around our age, and a mother. No husband in sight just yet. Interesting. If you have any more news on this new family don't forget to send me all of the deets - names would be even better. You know you love me xoxo Gossip Girl." Click to download exclusive picture of the family. Serena pressed the button and smiled.
"Aww she looks kinda nice, very pretty.", she commented.
"Well yeah, I suppose, in an obvious kinda way", Blair replied, bitchily. Serena rolled her eyes, this was just Blair Waldorf's way of being nice - seriously.
"She even kinda looks a bit like you Blair", Serena wound her best friend up. It was so easy to get Blair annoyed, you just have to tell her that someone else is like her. Easy.
Blair gasped, "S!"
"What?! You just said it yourself that she's pretty!", Serena laughed.
"Yeah, but she's not me!" Blair protested.
"Of course she's not", Serena agreed, "There's only room in this town for one Blair Waldorf".
Blair smiled, "Yep, and the spot has officially been occupied by moi". Both the girls giggled in unison and linked arms walking down the corridors of the school.
"What's first?" Serena asked. Serena had always been like this, never remembering anything that went on during school. She was trying to improve grade-wise, but she figured her mind wasn't made to remember school timetables. Blair, on the other hand, was the complete opposite - she knew off-by-heart what subjects they had what periods and etc.
"History".
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Serena stared out the window. The only good thing about this class was that Mrs Donald had allocated her seat by the window. She found herself, every lesson just staring endlessly outside, contemplating her life; her friends, her family - everything. She twiddled her soft blonde hair in her fingers and watched a late student hurry through the entrance.
"Miss Van Der Woodsen. Because, you seem so interested in this class, why don't you tell me a little bit about King Henry VIII?"
Oh great, caught. This happened once in a while, Mrs Donald saw you weren't paying attention and because she knew you weren't paying attention called on you to answer her question.
"Umm, he had a lot of wives..?" Serena bit her lip after she answered, she knew that was correct, but then again she'd learnt that when she was about seven - not seventeen.
"He had a lot of wives. Well, yes, Miss Van Der Woodsen he did have 'a lot of wives", as the teacher said this phrase she used her fingers for inserted commas, "However, if you wrote that down in a paper for your SATs you wouldn't even manage an F grade. So please in the future could you pay more attention? I know your social life may seem more important to you now, but when your 28 and broke because you don't have a job - don't come answering to me. Now Blair, would you kindly read that short paragraph on page 78 for the class, and Serena, pay attention you could learn a lot from Miss Waldorf, here.."
"Yes, Mrs Donald", Serena smiled. Though, inside she just wanted to scream and storm out of the classroom.
"Mrs Donald, sorry to interrupt", Julia, the school secretary was standing at the classroom door. She was medium height, slightly plump and had short red hair.
"Make it quick Julia, we have a lot of learning that needs getting to here", Mrs Donald was always this way, rude. She was one of those teachers that thought nothing was more important than the subject they taught.
Julia whispered something to Mrs Donald and then led in a tall, slim brunette girl. The classroom erupted with gasps - they all knew who this was, the new girl. Julia smiled then walked out.
"Okay, girls I'd like you to welcome our new student. What's your name, love?"
"Um Maddison.. Redgrave", the girl replied quietly.
"Okay, I'd like you to all welcome Maddison, make her feel at home. Miss Waldorf, you and Miss Van Der Woodsen are in charge of showing Miss Redgrave around, at least then you could do something useful."
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After class Blair hurried out of her seat. She walked to the door as quickly as possible, so quick she was almost running.
"Blair! Wait up!" Serena called her. Serena panted and caught up with Blair. "Hey, where are you going? We're supposed to wait for Maddison", Serena tried to jog her friends memory.
"Ooh right, of course! I forgot, oops silly me!" Blair laughed. Serena just looked at her.
"Blair!"
"What? I honestly forgot", Serena gave her the look. "Okay, maybe I sorta on purpose slipped out of class quickly"
"Blair! Why?"
"Because, I just, I don't know, I don't like newcomers", Blair moaned.
"What? B, c'mon you love to introduce people into our crowd. Like, Jenny Humphrey for example.. oh, right, sorry.." Serena trailed oh, damn she's forgotten how the thing with Jenny had ended. At the beginning of the school year just before the Kiss On The Lips party Blair had kindly taking one of the school's social rejects Jenny Humphrey under her wing and showed her how an Upper East Sider should really live, however Jenny had betrayed all that by turning all of Blair's friends against her and then stole her long term boyfriend Nate Archibald.
"Yeah, thanks for reminding me, S"
"I'm sorry", Serena screeched, "Seriously, I am so sorry, my mouth is zipped and I will not talk about that situation ever again. But, come on. This new girl she looks nice, and besides you have nothing to lose!"
"Thanks", Blair replied sarcastically
"I didn't mean it like that, B. Look Isabel and Kati are fine with you. I love you! It's all good. Besides, you don't need Nate he's obviously an idiot for not realising how amazing you are! He doesn't deserve you, B. Now, c'mon let's go meet the new girl"
Blair smiled. She loved her best friend, she always had a way of making what could seem like an extremely horrible situation look good. "Okay, fine", Blair giggled rolling her eyes and raising her eyebrows.
"That's the spirit!" Serena said tightning her fists and punching the air in front of her in a jolly way, "Plus, if we don't show her around Mrs Donald will totally hunt me down and kick my ass".
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Chapter Two Preview - S and B meet the new girl M, and are surprised by how nice she is, however this good girl does have a secret. What could it be? Until next time, You Know You Love Me xoxo Gossip Girl.