re all smoking Gauloises and
wearing crocheted Marni halter tops and gold Gucci toe…ring sandals because that French model；
Pru； had just worn a crocheted Marni halter top and gold Gucci toe…ring sandals on the cover of
the June issue of FrenchVogue 。 Serena had changed her outfit？luckily。 Otherwise Blair would
have broken her perfect； aristocratic nose。
？I thought you told me they broke up；？ Tina Ford； who？d just graduated from Seaton Arms；
mented to Isabel Coates。 She bit into an Absolut Citron？soaked ice cube。 ？Isn？t that why they
both missed graduation？？
？I heard they were never really together；？ Kati Farkas trilled in reply； even though Tina wasn？t
even talking to her。 ？Nate？s gay。 He came out last week。 And he？s in so much trouble。 His parents
are disowning him。 They？re not even going to pay for Yale。？
？So why is Serena still pretending to go out with him？？ Isabel demanded； lifting up her ripped
red T…shirt and exposing her tummy just to give that innocent…looking Catholic school boy Chuck
had brought with him a little thrill。
The other girls rolled their eyes。 ？Oh； you know how she is。 She always has to be sonice to
everybody；？ Rain plained。 ？Nate？s dad probably； like；hired her to flirt with Nate so he
wouldn？t be gay anymore！？
Actually； that does sound like something Captain Archibald would do。
As they？d filed out of Brick Church； and in the seconds before their families caught up with them；
Serena had tried to explain to Blair why she？d almost missed graduation； while Blair had
pretended not to listen。 Obviously Serena？s secondBreakfast at Fred？s audition was way more
important than listening to Blair？s speech or get