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Ready?" Serena asked. She reached across the bed to give Blair's hand a little good-luck squeeze.

    "Wait!" Blair grabbed the bottle of Ketel One vodka she'd swiped from her stepfather's nightstand and opened it with her teeth.

    "The longer you drag it out, the more painful it's gonna be," Serena replied, beginning to lose patience.

    Blair took a swig, then closed her eyes and reached for the first envelope in her stack. "Fuck it. Okay. Let's do it."

    Rriipp!

    Dear Ms. Waldorf,

    The Office of Admissions is sorry to inform you that we have reviewed your application and cannot offer you a place at Harvard University next fall.

    Rriipp!

    Dear Ms. van der Wbodsen,

    The Office of Admissions has reviewed your application and is pleased to offer you a place at Harvard University. . . .

    Rriipp!

    Dear Ms. Waldorf,

    Thank you for your application. Princeton University had an out-standing pool of applicants this year. The admissions decision is always a difficult one. We regret to inform you that we cannot offer you a place in the class of...

    Rriipp!

    Dear Ms. van der Woodsen,

    Thank you for your outstanding application. Princeton University is pleased to offer you a place in the class of...

    Rriipp!

    Dear Ms. Waldorf, We regret to inform you that Brown University cannot. ..

    Rriipp! Dear Ms. van der Woodsen,

    The Office of Admissions was impressed with your application. We are pleased to invite you to join Brown University's class of...

    Rriipp!

    Dear Ms. Waldorf,

    We have reviewed your application and have decided not to offer you a place atWesleyan next fall. We wish you well.

    Rriipp!

    Dear Ms. van der Woodsen,

    The Office of Admissions at Wesleyan University is pleased to offer you a place...

    Rriipp!

    Dear Ms. Waldorf,

    Vassar College is a small school and can only accept a limited number of applicants. We regret to inform you that we cannot offer you a place at Vassar next fall.

    Rriipp!

    Dear Ms. van der Woodsen,

    Thank you for your application to Yale University. We are very pleased to invite you to join the class of...

    Rriipp!

    Dear Ms. Waldorf,

    Thank you for your application to Yale University. The Office of Admissions has added your name to a wait list. The office will inform you of your status on or before June 15.

    Rriipp!

    Dear Ms. Waldorf,

    We have reviewed your application and are very pleased to offer you a place at Georgetown University next fall.

    Blair tossed the last letter on top of the bedspread and seized the bottle of vodka. Wait-listed at Yale, and she only got into Georgetown? But that was her safety! No way had she thought she'd ever actually wind up there.

    Drink up and think again, honey-pie.

    She took a panicked gulp and then handed the bottle to Serena. "How'd you do?" she demanded.

    Serena could tell from the scary look on Blair's face that the news was not good. She didn't know what to say. "Urn, I got in ... um . . . basically . . . everywhere?"

    Blair stared disbelievingly at the sheaf of acceptance letters in Serena's hands. On top was a cream-colored letter marked with the distinctive blue Yale University letterhead. Her vision blurred. "Wait, you applied to Yale?"

    Serena nodded. "At the last minute I just decided, why not, you know?"

    "And you got in?"

    Serena nodded again. "Sorry." She reached for the remote and flicked on Aaron's TV. Then she flicked it off again. The way Blair was glaring at her with her teeth bared was making her nervous.

    Blair kept on glaring. Back in first grade she'd acciden-tally chopped off a foot-long swath of Serena's long golden hair with a steak knife. All these years she'd felt sort of guilty about it--until now. Now she wished she'd cut Serena's entire blond fucking head off. She snatched up the bottle and took another angry swig of vodka. What did Serena have that she didn't? She was in the top of her class at Constance and took every AP course they offered. She'd aced the SAT. She did charity work. She ran the