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The streets of Paris bustled noisily around the elegant café. All eyes were on the pair at the edge of the outdoor seating area. All passersby noticed their air of confidence and poise as they laughed out loud at the stories they shared with each other. They looked like the two happiest and luckiest girls in the world to everyone watching. That was exactly what she wanted.
The blonde had been having the time of her life, living her summer vicariously, demanding the attention of all the French men and sipping cocktails nightly with the ones she had found most interesting that day. The brunette had been having more of a struggle, spending her days wandering aimlessly through the streets of Paris alone. Her demeanor stayed as poised as ever, but her heart was damaged beyond repair. She would meander through the crooked streets, stopping at the latest boutique to purchase the most expensive love money could buy, but it was never enough. She needed him and she could never have him.
"What do you think of Claude?" the blonde questioned of her friend. The brunette shook out of her memories and smiled fakely at the blonde.
"Well, I think he is nice, if you are into stoners who do sidewalk chalk art. He is the Bert to your Mary Poppins." She scoffed. Serena's latest boy toy held none of her interest. She didn't want to even think about how happy others were in their love endeavors while she was so miserable and broken.
"Do you ever like anyone I date, Blair?" Serena asked, mildly irritated with her friend's lack of enthusiasm for life lately.
"Well, actually," She said, sipping her tea," I rather enjoyed it when you were with Humphrey. He was cheap easy entertainment for all of us." Serena rose from her chair and grabbed her purse with a huff.
"You know, Blair, you can't just be miserable all the time. Yes, what happened was awful and I understand Chu—"
"Do NOT say his name," Blair hissed with fire in her eyes. Serena knew she had just opened Pandora's Box.
"I know this is hard for you, but maybe you should try just having fun Blair. Now if you will excuse me, I have a date with Claude." Blair watched as she turned and left her behind. She just could never understand what he had done to her. How much pain he had caused; The fragments of her soul he had stolen. As she began scanning the streets that surrounded her, her eyes became fixated on an unimaginable headline. She leapt from her chair and threw her Euros on the table, basically leaping over the gate that separated the café from the sidewalk.
"MONSIEUR! PARDON MONSIEUR!" She screamed after a man walking down the sidewalk. He ignored her cries as he tossed his newspaper into a waste bin and scurried into a passing taxi. Blair stumbled over her Manolos as she made her way to where the man had dumped his newspaper. She reached for it without any hesitation and opened it up to the headline.
Later, she would swear that her heart stopped beating at that time. Her breath hitched and her vision began to blur. She noticed a passing taxi and jumped into the road to stop it, waving her arms hysterically. She raced into the taxi and threw five wadded up hundreds at the grungy driver, getting his undivided attention.
"Aeroport, s'il vous plait," she whispered through hitched breaths and sobs. He nodded and sped off in the direction of the airport, listening to her sob into her phone in English he could not understand. She just kept making phone calls and reading the crumpled up newspaper she had brought along. He could see she was hurting and panicked.
He got her to the airport in record time. She yelled a quick "Merci!" as she bolted from the cab. The driver noticed her newspaper that had meant so much to her over the past twenty minutes and yelled for her, but she did not turn around. He picked it up out of the backseat and glanced over it inquisitively, noticing the headline.
"Nineteen-year –old CEO of Bass Industries in Critical Condition After Shooting in Prague."
