•~ Truth Hurts~• ||~ gossip girl

The preparation.

Today was a new day. We forget about yesterday. It was like a rollercoaster.

"Serena just better stay away." Blair said as she picked up her dress that hung flawlessly on the mirror.

"Thank you dorota!" I smiled as I sipped my drink."

"We love sleeping at the Waldorfs!" Is smiled.

"I don't wanna see Serena at school, and she'd better not show at brunch." I sighed.

"You're really mad, I hope you don't act like that to us." Blair said.

"You'll never do what she did." I stood up and went over to the drink bar.

"I wondered if Nate remembered brunch!" I dialed his number into my cell and gave him a ring. " it would be so wrong for me to show up without my boyfriend whom I love!"

on the phone:

"hello?" He said in a sleepy voice.

" hi sweetie! Did I wake you?" I asked.

"Nope I'm up!"

"Well, get a strong coffee and jump in the shower sleepyhead! chucks dads brunch for his foundation is today at the palace."

"Right of course." He sighed and hung up the phone.

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Looks like the tables are all set. As soon as the guests arrive, we can start dishing.
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I walked down my penthouse stairs as I heard the elevator doors open. Guess who.... Serena.

"Ella? Blair?" Serena yelled from the bottom of the stairs, inviting herself in.

"Serena!" I smiled.

"Hey. I got two bone-dry caps and Audrey." She showed me the 3 things that sat in her hand.

I forced a smile on my face, " I must have totally blanked on the part where I invited you over!" I walked towards my living room and sat down on the couch.

She walked closer into the living room and made herself at home. Seriously?

"I called you.. Ella it's Sunday morning. Coffee, croissants, breakfast at Tiffany's. It's our tradition!" She smiled again, as I picked up a magazine and started reading it.

"I have new traditions now!" I flicked the page as she stared out the window, revealing the astonishing view of NYC.

"Well they're not traditions if they're new." She came to sit down, and I moved closer to the couch-arm, leaving her some space.
" look, Ella, I'm really trying to make an effort here. I thought everything was good between us."

" it was.." I looked up from my magazine. "Before I found out you had sex with my boyfriend." I looked back down at it again, so I didn't have to look at her face.

Her face proved it all. She avoided eye contact, and stuttered. A lot.

"How did you find out?" She looked out of my window.

"Nate told me." When I said Nate her eyes shot back at mine. " at least he felt he owned it to me to tell the truth."

"I don't know what to say..." she stuttered, and her lips quivered.

"Don't bother saying anything. I wouldn't believe you anyway." I got up from the couch, dismissing myself and headed towards the foyer.
"You know...I always knew you were a whore. I never took you for a liar too."

"Ella how can I fix this?" She asked.

" you don't, Serena. You just stay away from me... my boyfriend... and my friends. You're done here." I smiled as I walked upstairs.

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Serena's visit was short, and apparently not very sweet. But you know what is?...... revenge. We hear it's best served cold. Who's hungry?....

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I heard footsteps walk into the penthouse, shortly after the bitch herself left.

"Dorota, I told you I didn't wanna see anyone!" I made my way downstairs.

I stopped to see little Humphrey in my sight.

"Hi Jenny!" I smiled.

"Hi!" She said in a high pitched voice.

"What do you want?" I muttered and walked towards the living room.

"Uh.... I realised that I still have your calligraphy pens... from the party invitations!" She handed them to me and I snatched them out of her hands. " and thought you might need them for something."

"That is the lamest excuse I've ever heard. You wanna know what Chuck bad is saying about you!" I smirked, as I heard my dearest sister walk downstairs.

"Is he saying things?" She asked.

"Mm... no." Blair said as she filed her nails, sitting down on the couch in front of us.
"Chuck likes to brag about his conquests, not his victims." She added.

"Come on!" I stood up, " you can help us get ready for brunch!"

"Okay! Yeah sure." Me and Blair both took her upstairs into the walk-in wardrobe.

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"Wow! Ella it's beautiful!" Jenny complimented as I looked at myself in the mirror. " I mean, you look beautiful."

"It's average. The colour last season." I sighed, "and besides, Stella McCartney has a much better version at Bergdorfs." Blair said as she flicked through the dresses that hung in her closet.

"Right, I've been meaning to go by Bergdorfs." She walked towards Blair's windowsill and noticed all her teddies. "Wow these dolls are great! Oh my god, you have Cabbage Patch!  My brother used to have one of these, his name was Cedric."

"Yours brother's name is Cedric?" I scoffed.

"Oh no! That was his cabbage patch kid! My brother's names Dan. Actually, you might know him! He went out with Serena last night!"

"That's your brother?" Blair asked.

" so does that mean your friends with  Serena now?" I tried on lots of different dresses.

"I mean, I don't have a problem with her. But if someone did have a problem with her... I wouldn't have a problem with that either.." she smiled.

"You know! If you like that dress.. you can have it!" I sat down on Blair's bed.

"What! No, no!" Jenny chuckled.

" I'm sure you'll find some way to repay us!" Blair added.

" oh my god, thank you! I mean for the dress and.. for the other thing." She sighed.

"If you wanna be a part of this world, Jenny, people will talk. Eventually."

" and you need to decide if it's all worth it!" I smiled.