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p style="line-height: 1.7em;" Oriana couldn't keep from smiling when she walked into the bathroom after her final class. It had nothing to do with the weed, though that had relaxed her a lot and made her believe that everything her classmates were saying about her was actually funny. No, this smile came from meeting Nate, the gorgeous pothead she'd met at Sheep Meadows. Of course, Oriana had not intended to get high-she just wanted to spend the break all the Constance girls got in the middle of the day off campus-but as soon as Nate extended her the joint , she couldn't resist. Plus, he'd let her shot gun off him and she had no idea why she'd thought of that. It was a pretty big slut move for the public eye but Oriana didn't really care she just wanted to talk about it with someone. br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / The door leading to the bathroom burst open and Serena ran in. Her hair was in a bit of disarray but she still looked effortlessly perfect. br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / "Hey, I haven't seen you all day," Serena said as she fished a tube of Nars lip gloss from her purse. "How's everything going?" br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / "Great." Oriana couldn't fight the smile off her face as pulled her hair out of its ponytail and brushed it with her Mason Pearson military brush. br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / Serena arched an eyebrow and turned to Oriana. "I know that look, tell me everything." br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / Oriana shrugged and dropped her brush back into her bag. "I have no idea what you're talking about." br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / Serena rolled her eyes. "I know that look. You met a guy, tell me his name." br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / Oriana shook her head, wanting to make Serena beg for it. br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / "You have to!" Serena whined. br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / Oriana laughed a little. "Fine, if you insist. For break, I went out to Sheep Meadow because the scent of cafeteria onion rings was making me gag. While exploring, I ran into a bunch of guys passing the stick and I thought 'why not?'. So, when I walked up to them, the hottest guy handed me the thing." br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / "Describe him." br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / "He had a lean muscular build, tanned skin, gorgeous green eyes, and a killer smile." br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / "Keep going." br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / "Bascially, one of his friends complained that I was going to get lipstick all over the thing so he let me shotgun off him." br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / "No way!" Serena grabbed Oriana's hands. br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / "Yes and it was so amazing." Her blue eyes sparkled at the thought of him. br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / "Tell me his name." br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / "Nate, it fits him perfectly." br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / Serena's stomach dropped worse than when she was on the Ferris Wheel on Coney Island. Blair and her just mended things between them but she was still forbidden from seeing Nate. If Blair found out that Oriana was into him and that Nate reciprocated those feelings, there was no telling what could happen. br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / Serena twiddled the lip gloss tube between her long fingers nervously. "I know him." br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / "Really?" Oriana paused from detangling her long thick hair to look at Serena. "Do tell." br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / "He's Blair's boyfriend." br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / Serena wanted to close her eyes. She didn't want to watch Oriana get furious or catty, like Serena knew she would. However, Serena believed that she could handle listening to it. br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / "Szerencsés lány," Oriana breathed. br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / What? Serena literally couldn't believe her ears since she had absolutely no idea what Oriana said or what language she had spoken. br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / "What?" Serena asked. br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / Oriana dropped her brush in her bag. "He's cute and she's lucky." Oriana turned to Serena and put her hand on her hip. "But enough about that. I could really use a visit to that place you were telling me about." br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / Serena nodded enthusiastically. "That'd be awesome!" br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / "I could use something relaxing after my day," Oriana said as they exited the bathroom and joined the gaggle of girls headed for their town cars and taxis home. br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / "No problem, I'd love to show you my favorite spots," Serena said. br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / As they neared the front doors, the ran into none other than Kati, Isabel, and Blair. They all glared at Oriana before greeting Serena. br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / "Hey, aren't you coming with us to that cute little bakery to discuss the details?" Blair was smiling too wide and enjoying the fact that she had an upscale party that Oriana was not invited style="line-height: 1.7em;" / Serena's expression drooped a little. "Oh, I'm so sorry, B, I totally forgot." br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / Blair's smile turned into a slight grimace. "So, are you not coming?" She wanted to direct her glare at Oriana but knew that wouldn't do any good. br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / "Not unless she wants to go party with me," Oriana said in a sort of taunting way, her eyes sparkling in cockiness. br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / Blair directed her distasteful gaze in Oriana's direction. "Why would she want to do that when she has homework?" br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / Oriana snorted-it was kind of sexy, much to Blair's misfortune-. "Geez, you sound more like a mom than a friend." br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / Blair rolled her eyes, fully aware of the attention they were attracting from girls leaving. "Serena, do you want to go out with me and the girls to the bakery or out with Oriana?" br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / Serena felt like she was stuck watching a game of tennis the way Oriana and Blair argued. Oriana's strategy was very blunt and sarcastic while Blair was full of thinly-veiled rude comments. It made Serena's head hurt and she don't want to hurt anyone's feelings. br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / She bit her lip and turned to Oriana. "I'm sorry, Blair and I already made plans." br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / Blair smiled to herself confidently. She had won and in front of Kati and Isabel! Oriana wasn't all that. br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / If only she knew what went down between Oriana and Nate. br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / To her surprise, Oriana simply shrugged and slid on those Chloe shades that she'd been caught in yesterday. br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / "It's cool. Some other time." br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / Serena nodded. "I'll call you." br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / "Okay." br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / Oriana slinked out of the school and slipped into the backseat of a sleek vintage Mercedes Benz. Blair hopped that car might just happen to drive off a style="line-height: 1.7em;" /br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / br style="line-height: 1.7em;" /br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / "Did you hear about the new girl at Constance?" Chuck asked Nate as they walked through Central Park. br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / School had just let out and all the St. Jude's boys were either heading home, practice, or flirting with the hot Constance girls. Chuck and Nate and decided to walk through Central Park because they had nothing better to do. br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / Nate nodded and shoved his hands deeper into the pockets of his black Calvin Klein military jacket. "I think everyone has." br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / "I'm hearing that she's even better than S and from the stories I've heard, I'm inclined to agree," Chuck said. br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / Nate was overcome by curiosity. He'd heard a lot of rumors about the girl without a name but he kind of wanted to hear what Chuck to say since he was Chuck Bass. br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / "Like what?" br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / "For starters, she went to Dubai and had a topless hot tub party with Rihanna. Then, she went to Brazil for Carnival and got arrested there." br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / "For what?" br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / Chuck shrugged. "I have no idea." br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / The girl that Nate met seemed wild but tame at the same time. She certainly wasn't a prude the way she immediately shot gunned off him. br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / "But her eyes," Chuck shook his head, "that's a story. She was blind when she was born but her parents got her some surgery so that she could see when she was one and now, her eyes are like brilliant." br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / They were brilliant, even when she was a little buzzed. Nate wondered if that story was true. He could almost picture her being so happy that she could see the world around her. Maybe that was why her eyes seemed to be filled with style="line-height: 1.7em;" / "Yeah, I've heard." Nate looked at the cocky look in Chuck's eyes. "You know who she is." br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / Chuck smirked. He was one of the biggest gossips in their social circle, which made the rumors about his indistinguishable sexuality all the more valid. "Of course, I do, Nathaniel. Her name's Oriana Jordan, her dad's a big Hollywood director. Enough about her, how are things with Blair?" br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / Nate attempted to blink away the mental image of Oriana and replace it with Blair's. "Great, everything's great." br style="line-height:
1.7em;" / "Are you sure? Is she still insane about Serena being here or...?" br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / "No, they're friends again." br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / "I'd still be careful if I were you, Nate." Chuck took a long drag of his cigarette. "Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned." br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / Nate knew that was the truth and he didn't want to experience Blair's fury. Blair was being tame with banning him from talking to Serena but she'd probably do something unspeakable if she knew what happened with Oriana./p
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p style="line-height: 1.7em;" Oriana couldn't keep from smiling when she walked into the bathroom after her final class. It had nothing to do with the weed, though that had relaxed her a lot and made her believe that everything her classmates were saying about her was actually funny. No, this smile came from meeting Nate, the gorgeous pothead she'd met at Sheep Meadows. Of course, Oriana had not intended to get high-she just wanted to spend the break all the Constance girls got in the middle of the day off campus-but as soon as Nate extended her the joint , she couldn't resist. Plus, he'd let her shot gun off him and she had no idea why she'd thought of that. It was a pretty big slut move for the public eye but Oriana didn't really care she just wanted to talk about it with someone. br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / The door leading to the bathroom burst open and Serena ran in. Her hair was in a bit of disarray but she still looked effortlessly perfect. br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / "Hey, I haven't seen you all day," Serena said as she fished a tube of Nars lip gloss from her purse. "How's everything going?" br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / "Great." Oriana couldn't fight the smile off her face as pulled her hair out of its ponytail and brushed it with her Mason Pearson military brush. br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / Serena arched an eyebrow and turned to Oriana. "I know that look, tell me everything." br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / Oriana shrugged and dropped her brush back into her bag. "I have no idea what you're talking about." br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / Serena rolled her eyes. "I know that look. You met a guy, tell me his name." br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / Oriana shook her head, wanting to make Serena beg for it. br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / "You have to!" Serena whined. br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / Oriana laughed a little. "Fine, if you insist. For break, I went out to Sheep Meadow because the scent of cafeteria onion rings was making me gag. While exploring, I ran into a bunch of guys passing the stick and I thought 'why not?'. So, when I walked up to them, the hottest guy handed me the thing." br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / "Describe him." br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / "He had a lean muscular build, tanned skin, gorgeous green eyes, and a killer smile." br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / "Keep going." br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / "Bascially, one of his friends complained that I was going to get lipstick all over the thing so he let me shotgun off him." br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / "No way!" Serena grabbed Oriana's hands. br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / "Yes and it was so amazing." Her blue eyes sparkled at the thought of him. br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / "Tell me his name." br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / "Nate, it fits him perfectly." br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / Serena's stomach dropped worse than when she was on the Ferris Wheel on Coney Island. Blair and her just mended things between them but she was still forbidden from seeing Nate. If Blair found out that Oriana was into him and that Nate reciprocated those feelings, there was no telling what could happen. br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / Serena twiddled the lip gloss tube between her long fingers nervously. "I know him." br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / "Really?" Oriana paused from detangling her long thick hair to look at Serena. "Do tell." br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / "He's Blair's boyfriend." br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / Serena wanted to close her eyes. She didn't want to watch Oriana get furious or catty, like Serena knew she would. However, Serena believed that she could handle listening to it. br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / "Szerencsés lány," Oriana breathed. br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / What? Serena literally couldn't believe her ears since she had absolutely no idea what Oriana said or what language she had spoken. br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / "What?" Serena asked. br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / Oriana dropped her brush in her bag. "He's cute and she's lucky." Oriana turned to Serena and put her hand on her hip. "But enough about that. I could really use a visit to that place you were telling me about." br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / Serena nodded enthusiastically. "That'd be awesome!" br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / "I could use something relaxing after my day," Oriana said as they exited the bathroom and joined the gaggle of girls headed for their town cars and taxis home. br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / "No problem, I'd love to show you my favorite spots," Serena said. br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / As they neared the front doors, the ran into none other than Kati, Isabel, and Blair. They all glared at Oriana before greeting Serena. br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / "Hey, aren't you coming with us to that cute little bakery to discuss the details?" Blair was smiling too wide and enjoying the fact that she had an upscale party that Oriana was not invited style="line-height: 1.7em;" / Serena's expression drooped a little. "Oh, I'm so sorry, B, I totally forgot." br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / Blair's smile turned into a slight grimace. "So, are you not coming?" She wanted to direct her glare at Oriana but knew that wouldn't do any good. br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / "Not unless she wants to go party with me," Oriana said in a sort of taunting way, her eyes sparkling in cockiness. br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / Blair directed her distasteful gaze in Oriana's direction. "Why would she want to do that when she has homework?" br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / Oriana snorted-it was kind of sexy, much to Blair's misfortune-. "Geez, you sound more like a mom than a friend." br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / Blair rolled her eyes, fully aware of the attention they were attracting from girls leaving. "Serena, do you want to go out with me and the girls to the bakery or out with Oriana?" br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / Serena felt like she was stuck watching a game of tennis the way Oriana and Blair argued. Oriana's strategy was very blunt and sarcastic while Blair was full of thinly-veiled rude comments. It made Serena's head hurt and she don't want to hurt anyone's feelings. br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / She bit her lip and turned to Oriana. "I'm sorry, Blair and I already made plans." br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / Blair smiled to herself confidently. She had won and in front of Kati and Isabel! Oriana wasn't all that. br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / If only she knew what went down between Oriana and Nate. br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / To her surprise, Oriana simply shrugged and slid on those Chloe shades that she'd been caught in yesterday. br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / "It's cool. Some other time." br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / Serena nodded. "I'll call you." br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / "Okay." br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / Oriana slinked out of the school and slipped into the backseat of a sleek vintage Mercedes Benz. Blair hopped that car might just happen to drive off a style="line-height: 1.7em;" /br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / br style="line-height: 1.7em;" /br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / "Did you hear about the new girl at Constance?" Chuck asked Nate as they walked through Central Park. br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / School had just let out and all the St. Jude's boys were either heading home, practice, or flirting with the hot Constance girls. Chuck and Nate and decided to walk through Central Park because they had nothing better to do. br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / Nate nodded and shoved his hands deeper into the pockets of his black Calvin Klein military jacket. "I think everyone has." br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / "I'm hearing that she's even better than S and from the stories I've heard, I'm inclined to agree," Chuck said. br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / Nate was overcome by curiosity. He'd heard a lot of rumors about the girl without a name but he kind of wanted to hear what Chuck to say since he was Chuck Bass. br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / "Like what?" br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / "For starters, she went to Dubai and had a topless hot tub party with Rihanna. Then, she went to Brazil for Carnival and got arrested there." br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / "For what?" br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / Chuck shrugged. "I have no idea." br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / The girl that Nate met seemed wild but tame at the same time. She certainly wasn't a prude the way she immediately shot gunned off him. br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / "But her eyes," Chuck shook his head, "that's a story. She was blind when she was born but her parents got her some surgery so that she could see when she was one and now, her eyes are like brilliant." br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / They were brilliant, even when she was a little buzzed. Nate wondered if that story was true. He could almost picture her being so happy that she could see the world around her. Maybe that was why her eyes seemed to be filled with style="line-height: 1.7em;" / "Yeah, I've heard." Nate looked at the cocky look in Chuck's eyes. "You know who she is." br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / Chuck smirked. He was one of the biggest gossips in their social circle, which made the rumors about his indistinguishable sexuality all the more valid. "Of course, I do, Nathaniel. Her name's Oriana Jordan, her dad's a big Hollywood director. Enough about her, how are things with Blair?" br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / Nate attempted to blink away the mental image of Oriana and replace it with Blair's. "Great, everything's great." br style="line-height:
1.7em;" / "Are you sure? Is she still insane about Serena being here or...?" br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / "No, they're friends again." br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / "I'd still be careful if I were you, Nate." Chuck took a long drag of his cigarette. "Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned." br style="line-height: 1.7em;" / Nate knew that was the truth and he didn't want to experience Blair's fury. Blair was being tame with banning him from talking to Serena but she'd probably do something unspeakable if she knew what happened with Oriana./p
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