Serena Van Der Woodsen scrambled through the boxes and crates that were littered across her hotel room floor.
Since arriving back in the upper east side of New York her mother had made no bother to find them somewhere to live. It was like she had her mind on other things, seeing as it was now free of its previous worries. Serena could understand, after her brother tried suicide it was like a dark cloud was floating above the family, but moving back to New York, the rain cloud somehow dispersed.
"Mom where are my boots?" she yelled through to the bathroom and her mother appeared in the doorway. She was wearing a black dress and her hair was down. "Going somewhere?"
"I'm going out for coffee with Eleanor," her Mom explained twirling on the spot "Like it?"
"You look nice, now where are my boots?" Serena persisted.
"In the box with all your other boots," Lily Van Der Woodsen sighed "Have you spoken to Blair since you've returned?"
Serena paused for a moment and watched a plane out of her bedroom window. "Yeah, we're going shopping after school."
She hadn't meant to lie, but her mother had such high hopes of Serena regaining her position of the 'It' girl at Constance Billiard, that sometimes she wondered if that was why they returned home.
But somehow she knew that Blair wasn't going to welcome her back with open arms.
"Good," Lily smiled, sipping her coffee "I'm glad you two have managed to stay friends."
"Me too," Serena replied, glancing at her watch "Mom, I really have to go."
"Don't let me stop you," Serena leant forward and kissed her cheek "Dinner's at seven."
Serena stopped in the doorway for a moment "Since when do you cook?"
"Since we have company," Lily smirked knowingly and Serena raised her eyebrows "Now shoo."
"Bye Mom," Serena laughed, closing the door behind her.
