acceptance letters were mailed this week。?
Serena?s long…lashed dark blue eyes opened wide。 ?Why didn?t you say so?? She tossed her
paper cup in a nearby trash can and took off at a run。 ?e on; Mook!? she shouted as the boxer
bounded happily after her。 ?Let?s go home and see if your smarty…pants daddy got into Harvard!?
bdoesj a little favor
Jenny had always been shy and had trouble making friends; but she had managed to make one in
peer group that day。
?You know; I never really noticed your; um 。 。 。 bra size;? Elise murmured shyly as they were
packing up their book bags to go home。 On either side of them girls slammed their metal locker
doors closed and shouted to each other as they ran downstairs and out the school doors。
?Yeah; right;? Jenny responded sarcastically; trying to wedge her geometry notebook into her
red…and…black…striped Le Sportsac bag in between her French textbook andAnna Karenina 。
Elise giggled as she wound a fuzzy pink scarf around her neck and buttoned the black velvet
buttons on her nerdy tweed coat。 She definitely looked like her mother still dressed her in the
mornings。 ?Okay; I noticed。 But I never thought it bothered you。?
Jenny tucked her curly dark brown hair behind her ears and squinted at Elise。 ?Itdoesn?t bother
me。?
Elise pulled her fuzzy pink hat down over her blond bob and hitched her backpack up on her
shoulder。 She was nearly a foot taller than Jenny。 ?Um; are you busy now? Do you want to; like;
do something??
?Like what?? Jenny zipped up her puffy black parka。 Now that she no longer hung out with Nate
or her older brother; Dan; she really needed some new friends; and it might be kind of nice to hang
out with a girl for once; even though Elise seemed kind of prissy and immature。
?I don?t know。 Like go buy some new makeup at Bendel?s or something?? Elise suggested。
Jenny cocked her head; pleasantly surprised。 For a minute there she?d thought Elise was going to
suggest buying an ice cream cone or visiting the zoo。 ?I?d love to;? she agreed; slamming her
locker door closed and starting to walk toward the stairs。 ?e on。?
Blair couldn?t believe how a simple haircut could change everything so drastically。 She?d
already tried on every flirty empire…waisted top and A…line skirt Bendel?s had in stock? exactly the
same types of pieces she?d always worn and looked good in; but now they were all wrong。 Her
new crop was preppy and sophisticated and gamine。 It was going to require a whole new
wardrobe。
?From now on I?ll wear only solid colors;? Blair whispered as she buttoned up her uniform and
hung the last unwanted dress on its hanger。 ?And everything must have a collar。? She pulled open
the red velvet curtain and dumped six wildly printed Diane von Furstenberg tops into the sales