CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE

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The Ella Also Rises

When the white tents blossom in Bryant Park, it can only mean one thing

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When the white tents blossom in Bryant Park, it can only mean one thing... Fashion Week, the time of year when any Park Ave princess would trade her last Prada pochette for front row seats to the best shows. And we hear the seating chart to Eleanor Waldorf's show is being made by our very own B.

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It was after the fashion show when Ella had walked down the runway. She was now backstage getting finished up.

"Ella, can we talk?" Blair asked.

"About what? How you tried to publicly humiliate me?"

"You know about the dress."

"Yeah, Laurel told me. She said it was an accident. Clearly, she doesn't know you."

"I'm sorry. I was hurt, okay? You blew off our most beloved tradition." Blake said.

"Just get over yourself, Blair."

"Excuse me?"

"My whole life, I have been bending over backwards to protect your feelings. And
you know what? It's not my fault you're so insecure." Ella said.

"And I'm sure it's not your fault you're so conceited."

"I'm just tired of trying to hold myself back so I don't outshine you."

"Oh my god. Can you hear the words that are coming out of your mouth?" Blair asked.

"Just the truth. From now on, I'm gonna be who I am, and if you can support that and not be threatened and competitive, then great. If not..." Ella told and walked off.

If there's one thing I've learned, it's that there would be no gossip without secrets. You might be brave enough to reveal your secret, only to have it used against you... Or someone else's secret might affect you
in unexpected ways. There are some secrets you're only too happy to keep. But the most powerful secrets are the truths you thought you could never reveal, that once spoken, change everything. XOXO, Gossip Girl.

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