A Fairytale Of New York {Gossip Girl}

Prologue.

~London~

"Eleanor! Get down here now young lady!" Mother shouted from downstairs. I ran down the steps easily going from floor to floor. It's a wonder that I heard her really!
Our house is big, a bit of a mansion really. Shame that only me and my mother live here. And the maids of course, but they can't enjoy life like us!

"Yes mother?" I asked innocently. I knew her issue, I had embarrassed her last night at a formal party. Someone let me have a glass of champagne and, well, it went from there really! It was their mistake, who gives 16 year olds champagne at important events? Well anyway, it resulted in me dancing like crazy and tweeting nonsense. That sort of thing gets to her badly. She can't bare the thought of people seeing us as a joke. So now, she's going to tell me off. It's okay though, she's always soft on me! I look at her with my sweetest face and wait for her to speak.
"Recent events have forced me to take action. I'm afraid that after all of your partying, rebellion and lack of study I am going to have to send you away. To school. You have embarrassed the family name too many times Eleanor. Pack your bags, the jet is taking you to New York tomorrow. You will be staying in the New York Palace Hotel until I decide it suitable to move you into permanent housing. Please take this opportunity to start fresh and take your schooling seriously? Now, I am off to a serious meeting. I will see you tomorrow to say goodbye. Go and... Pack or something; you leave tomorrow no matter what!" I couldn't believe it. New York? What was I going to do there? My life is here, in London! I will never cope in a new place. And I never start school during a term. It's just... Too complicated!
"When will I be allowed home? From New York?" Hopefully it's going to be like a month. I can cope with that I think!
"When the school year finishes, if your grades are up that is."
My jaw dropped. Let's say it's October now. That is nearly a whole year away! I can't believe this. A single tear slipped down my cheek.
"I have to go now, much love darling!" She gushed out. I can sense the guilt in her tone, so to lighten the mood I smile.
"Love you too mother." That's what she wants to hear. I positively hate her decision. It's horrible, it's unfair, it's... Immoral of her!

Packing my bags I start to think. I have nothing in New York and nobody knows who I am. The thought alone makes me feel sick. To cope, I put on my music. Let's say that what The Vamps can't fix isn't worth fixing! I hate flying. The thought of being trapped with no oxygen for hours on end makes me want to throw.

"All packed?" Mother asks me in the morning. She looks tearful, unsurprisingly, and gives me a quick hug. "What have I done sending you away like this?"
"I'll cope. Honestly, I'm a big girl now!" My attempt to lighten the mood doesn't work when she starts crying. The lyrics 'you only know you love her when you let her go' drift through my head. Never has anything been truer! With one last hug, I walk into the departure gate leaving her behind. New York, here I come!

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A/N
Hello, this is my first proper book on Wattpad and I hope that you like it. It is based on the Gossip Girl series, I apologise in advance for any mistakes concerning who is with who because it is always changing. Thank you for reading, bear with me on updating because I have school and schoolwork etc so will write when I can.
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