A/N - A little bit of a short chapter, but I wanted to post it soon. Let me know what you think!
Disclaimer- Sadly, I do not own gossip girl.
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Meditating on the curiosity that had just occurred, Serena wondered once again why her mother never mentioned a woman named Claire to her before. Or a documentary for that matter. Now that she thought about it, her mother had never said anything about her life, at least before she decided to forgo rock and roll bands and crowded tour busses to become a Upper East Side socialite. Until the whole thanksgiving fiasco ("Oh, our parents used to date") Serena would never think to use 'tour bus' and 'Mom' in the same sentence. As it was, it was still difficult to imagine a Lily van der Woodson on tour, with Rufus, or worse, in flannel.
The glow of a phone screen caused her to look down in surprise, and suddenly she remembered her date with Dan! She was late already (most likely why he was calling...) and hoped he had not been waiting long. Strangely enough though, the name on the screen was not Dan Humphrey, but Vanessa. Did Vanessa even have her phone number? Deciding just to let her phone take a message, Serena searched her pockets for keys. Her fingers instead closed on a memory stick.
Serena was curious, despite herself. And, if she was honest, maybe a little apprehensive...she wondered what would be on a Lincoln Hawk documentary. For a moment, she hesitated in the doorway of their hotel room, then decisively sent a text to Dan saying she would be more than a little late. Her mother wouldn't be home for several hours anyway; she was meeting Bart for lunch.
Kicking off her shoes, Serena found her laptop where it lay, under a throw pillow on her bed. While she waited for her computer to start, Serena went into the kitchen, finding only tea. By the time she returned, the program had opened.
A title screen, with faded black type and 90's guitar music opened. Letters read 'Lincoln Hawk, A Behind the Scenes Documentary'. Feeling a little bit worried about what she might find, Serena hit play.
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Hardly believing it herself, Lily van der Woodson was sitting in a Brooklyn coffee shop, watching the traffic drive by. The symphony of downtown played outside her window, bringing her, in a way, to a world that was much more real than the society debuts, hidden intentions, and stiff formality that was the upper east side. A pizza boy whisked by on a skateboard, headphones blaring out rock music. A businessman in a dark suit and tie, talked, full of importance on a cell phone as he walked to wherever it was he needed to be. Taxis honked and swerved in the streets, and people passed by on the crowded sidewalks. Occasionally, some of them climbed the steps that led to the half hidden art gallery. Stirring her coffee idly, she took a tentative sip. Lily smiled; it was really quite good. The bell above the door rang again as another person entered the shop, she glanced out the window again as his voice blended into the crowd. In the background, a voice ordering a cup of coffee with ease (and a hint of sarcasm), barely registered in her mind and she still felt unaware when his footsteps approached her table. Her gaze was still on the quiet gallery across the street.
"A great coffee shop, isn't it? Nice view too."
She practically jumped, looking around to see Rufus Humphrey standing beside her, a hidden smile on his face.