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G-L-A-M-O There's plenty of upside to being the spawn of the fabulously wealthy.
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But the downside?
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Super successful parents expect nothing less from their offspring.
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And when it comes to college, that means the ivies.
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It's more than just getting into college.
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It's setting a course for the rest of your life.
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And for those few who aren't legacies, the pressures are no less.
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When parents have sacrificed for their children's futures, what kid would want to let them down?
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by the glamorous, ooh, the flossy-flossy.
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The glamorous, glamorous by the glamorous, ooh, the flossy-flossy.
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Oh, God.
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God, please don't tell me it's over.
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What?
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You were there.
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I would say it's pretty over.
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I meant the assembly.
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Oh, right.
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No, yeah, no, it just ended.
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Now.
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Okay.
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Anyway, good luck.
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Yeah, me too.
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Oh, too bad you missed the assembly.
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Not that it matters.
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Brown doesn't offer degrees, slut.
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Spotted.
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S, not so fashionably late.
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And dressed down by B.
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Game on, ladies.
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I got it from my mind I got it from my mind I got it from my mind Look, I made a mistake with Nate, okay?
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But then you sabotaged me with Dan We don't have to be friends What's up, Waldorf?
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Sorry, slipped I'm telling you I really want to believe that was an accident Then you must be delusional No way down!
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Come on, come on!
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Come on, come on!
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Come on!
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Thank you.
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I'm running out of colors here, Blair.
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I'm running out of patience.
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Enough, okay?
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It's enough when I say it's enough.
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Girls, break it up!
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Get off of me!
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Is that enough yet?
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So we've actually come to physical blows, huh?
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Truth?
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Ow!
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My leg!
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Zarina, you're out of here.
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Ow!
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I hope it's broken.
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Hey Upper East Siders.
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We hear that World War 3 just broke out, and it's wearing knee socks.
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Choose your side or run and hide.
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We have a feeling this one's to the death.
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You're such a cheap shot.
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Finally.
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Hello to you too.
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Heard about the field hockey throw down.
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All those mouth guards and short skirts.
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I hope somebody filmed it.
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You're heinous.
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Which is probably why you called.
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You know me well.
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Women like to pretend they're complicated.
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I know better.
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My leg's dumb now.
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How about a heating pad?
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Sure.
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Serena came home for a reason.
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One can only guess.
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I'm done guessing.
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I want answers.
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And no one likes to be on the ground floor of a scandal like Chuck Bass.
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I am a bitch when I want to be.
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Opportunity to cause some trouble?
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Uncover a secret?
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Take yes for an answer.
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Let's turn back to school.
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There's something important behind.
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This is way too good.
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Mom, how's Paris?
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You're not going to believe where I found our little princess.
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Really?
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Well, if you ever wanted to get the perfect shot of me feeling like an outsider, I'm ready for my close-up.
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Dance!
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Hey!
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Hey!
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Vanessa?
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Hey!
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Come on, guys.
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Help!
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Help!
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Help!
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Help!
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Help!
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Help!
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Help!
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Help!
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Help!
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Alright, say, someone call an ambulance.
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Call an ambulance.
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Come on.
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Come on.
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Someone call 911.
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Hi, hi, we need an ambulance.
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Yeah, a kid, he hit his head and he fell on the pole.
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It's 719 East 82nd Street.
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Thanks to the cell phone somebody left behind, we've got plenty of evidence of who was at the party.
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Lucky for you, Andrew Collins is going to be fine.
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Unlucky for you, we need to hold someone responsible.
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Miss Queller?
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Hello.
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I'm Miss Queller, the new headmistress at Constance.
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It's unfortunate that we meet under these circumstances.
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But I look forward to getting to know each and every one of you.
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I've already talked to your parents, at least those I could reach, and look forward to reading your personal essays.
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10,000 words describing how you came to be on school property after hours,
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using alcohol and drugs, where a fellow student almost died.
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In other words, what the hell is wrong with you?
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I'll also be conducting one-on-one interviews until I discover who broke into the pool and initiated the party.
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That person will be expelled.
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If that person is not identified, then you'll all face expulsion.
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I don't believe this.
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Dan, it's okay.
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Serena, I can't get expelled.
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I cannot get suspended.
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My whole future is riding on this.
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If you know who broke in, why won't you give them up? Because it was me.
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Mr. Humphrey, you have a partial scholarship at St. Jude's.
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You are number two in your class.
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Have a stellar recommendation for Dartmouth from J.L.
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Hall.
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It looks as if your dreams are well within your grasp.
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Thank you, thank you.
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I guess they are.
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But it seems you're in with a new crowd this year.
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Dating Serena Vanderwoodson.
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Is that in my file?
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Who had the key to the school?
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I don't know.
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Let me remind you one last time that you are in a different position than the others.
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You need this school.
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I'm Mr. Squaller.
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I have something to tell you.
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I can't believe she didn't expel me.
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Yeah, I know.
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It's shocking.
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Shocking.
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I...25 hours of community outreach, that's not bad at all.
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I mean, I probably would have done it anyway, being as I'm on the committee.
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That had occurred to me, yeah.
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Wait, what are you saying?
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No, no, no, I'm not saying anything, believe me.
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So you don't buy what she said about me being the poster child for the new honor code?
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Look, I know for a fact my mom didn't plead my case or donate anything, okay?
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I didn't say a thing.
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Are you really turning this into an upstairs-downstairs thing?
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No, no you are.
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I'm being completely silent.
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I'm just happy that you're not being expelled or leaving town anytime soon.
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Are you hungry?
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You should...
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Always, but you still believe that there's a double standard.
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That people like me get special treatment.
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Ms. Vanderwoodson.
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Your mother sent me to pick you up.
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Oh, great.
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That was thoughtful.
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I think you get no special treatment at all.
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Your life is completely uncharmed and average.
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It's okay, I'll walk No, come on, I was kidding,
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I was kidding It's me Two things First I'm sorry About Dan,
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about the Gossip Girl blast And about not telling you about Nate Okay You were just
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so hard on me about Chuck I didn't want to be
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judged for sleeping with them both I understand Apology accepted That was fast If I were you, I would have made me work for it a little bit harder Well,
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I think you've suffered enough And second thing Wait, that's already like three things.
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I took the test.
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I'm not pregnant.
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Oh my gosh, are you kidding me?
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I'm so happy.
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I would have had no idea what to wear to a paternity hearing.
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Clean slate?
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Oh, clean slate.
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I'm so happy.
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See what's cool.
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Oh, don't stop on my account.
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Oh, I have to.
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Secondhand smoke is bad for the ER.
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I'm not pregnant.
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So goodbye mistakes so far in my past I can hardly remember.
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I cannot be serious.
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You can't be touching me.
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Look, if you were gonna tell Nate, you would have done so in Monaco.
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But you don't want him to hate you.
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And you know he would.
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Game over.
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Game's not over until I say it is.
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Then have fun playing with yourself.
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I'm sorry. Can you believe this?
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Jenny, come look at this.
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Looks like the Virgin Queen isn't as pure as she pretended to be.
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Who's your daddy be?
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Baby daddy, that is.
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Two guys in one week?
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about doing the nasty or should I just say being nasty?
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Oh my God, you're so crazy.
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No way she's right about this.
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I can't believe she was a hypocrisy.
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Popcorn, kettle, black and brown.
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You can already see a bump.
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What a bitch.
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She is such a mess.
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Try keeping her legs closed.
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She cheated on me.
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WTF, she thinks she is.
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We made her try. Have you seen Nate?
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No. I saw it.
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Yeah, Blair's gonna freak out.
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I mean, this is a total lie.
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Yeah.
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Of course it is.
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Jenny, look, I know you're friends with Blair.
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You never want to do anything to betray her, but if you know something...
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Oh, Blair was never really my friend. So... So.. yeah.
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There's something you should know.
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I don't know who it was.
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Did you sleep with her, huh?
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You son of a bitch are to kill you.
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Can we talk about this without your hands around my neck?
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Did you get what you wanted like you do with all those other girls?
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Yes, Nathaniel.
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I took what Blair kept throwing at you and you kept throwing back.
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So somehow you screwing Blair for sport is my fault?
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It wasn't for sport.
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She needed someone and I was there.
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Oh, so you cared about her.
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The guys have broken up.
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What, for how long, a week?
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An hour?
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Look, I'm sorry, all right?
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I know how long you and I have been best friends, okay?
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No, it's not okay, Chuck.
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From now on, you stay away from me.
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Hey, do you hear what I said?
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You stayed the hell away from me, Chuck.
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Show's over.
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What are you doing here?
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Your mom let me in.
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I didn't ask how you got in.
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I asked why you came. To talk about us.
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There's no us, Blair.
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Yes, there is.
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We finally really have a chance to start over.
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You know, all this time, I felt so bad for everything I've done.
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And when you said you wanted to leave the past in the past, I didn't know we were talking about your past.
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You had just broken my heart.
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I made a decision I was in no condition to make.
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But you're clear-headed now, right?
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Yes.
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You understand perfectly when I say I want nothing else to do with you, Blair.
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You and Chuck deserve each other.
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You know Chuck would say anything, twist the truth.
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But Jenny wouldn't.
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Jenny?
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Don't go blaming any of this on her, Blair.
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I would have found out eventually.
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I said I'm done.
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It's over.
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Now would you please leave?
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Fine.
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Stay as long as you like.
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I'll leave.
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Sometimes, in an effort to spread the most outrageous rumors, We look over the very thing that's even more scandalous.
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The truth.
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And the only thing more shocking than the truth are the lies people tell to cover it up.
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Hey.
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This is a surprise.
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Party's not for a couple hours.
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Yeah, well, a lot can happen in a couple hours.
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Jenny, what are you doing?
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What's wrong?
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Nothing's wrong.
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This just isn't what we do.
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Are you suddenly not happy?
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I'm holding up my end of the bargain.
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What bargain?
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You're Jenny Humphrey from Brooklyn.
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You need status, access, resources.
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I give that to you.
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What do I give you?
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Do we really need to talk about this?
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Yeah.
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Yeah, yeah, we do.
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So what was on Gossip Girl's true?
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Do you really think someone like me would just date someone like you?
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You've been so nice.
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And I'll keep being nice.
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Nothing has to change, okay?
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Yeah, sure.
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Come on, Jenny.
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Jenny, tonight you're hosting your first Upper East Side party.
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That's something that Blair and those girls can never take away from you.
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I know.
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Thank you.
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You're welcome. And...
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there is something you can do to show your thanks.
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I think it would be better for both of us.. if we put those rumors to rest once and for all.
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What do you want me to do?
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Breaking news, Asher Hornsby overheard bragging that little Jay swiped her V card at his register.
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Jenny, is this true?
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It's private.
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It's on the internet.
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Yeah, well, it's none of your business.
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And since when do you start reading Gossip Girl blasts anyway?
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Since you became the subject of them.
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You're 15 years old and I'm your big brother.
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It is my business.
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Well, it's not true.
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You happy?
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Oh.
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You can't tell anyone though.
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Everyone has to believe it.
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Are you saying that you actually want your friends to think that you're sleeping with a guy who's gay?
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Do you believe everything that you read on Gossip Girl?
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I didn't read it.
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I saw it.
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So you were the one who sent the tip?
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Look, I'm sorry, but I tried to tell you.
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You wouldn't listen to me.
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I needed to get your attention somehow.
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Well, I knew about him the whole time.
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So you let him use you?
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Well, maybe I was using him.
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You ever think of that?
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Well, I don't know which is worse.
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Ugh!
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For once in your life, could you just stop judging everyone?
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No, I'm not.
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You think that you're so different and so good?
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Well, guess what, Dan?
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The minute that you start sending tips to Gossip Girl, you're in the game with the rest of us.
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Get out of my room.
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Hey.
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We need to talk.
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Give us a moment, guys.
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Thought you might want this back.
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Whatever you found, It's not what it looks like.
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It's always what it looks like, and judging by the text and photos, it looks like a little more than friendship.
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What are you gonna do with them?
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Well, lucky for you, your friend is someone I actually care about.
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I would have used them against you and Jenny already.
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I'm glad you don't care about them the same way.
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It's okay, Blair.
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I can handle this.
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What's he doing here?
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What is she doing here?
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Are you gonna tell her or am I?
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There's nothing to tell!
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Gossip Girl was right.
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Asher was kissing someone this morning.
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Me.
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He's totally lying.
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Tell him, Jenny.
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I was with you all morning.
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Yeah, Asher's right.
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I was with him.
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Eric's lying.
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Why would I stand here in front of everyone we know and tell them if it wasn't true?
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I'm gay. And so are you.
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A same-sex kiss hasn't caused this much controversy since Britney and Madonna.
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Looks like little Jay didn't spread her legs after all.
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She spread lies instead.
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Asher is gay, and I have the correspondence to prove it.
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Looks like someone needs a semester in France.
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Get your things, girls.
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We're leaving.
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Wait, guys, we can still have fun.
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Don't leave.
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It's kind of hard to party after the gay bomb drops.
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I'm gonna do something out of character and give you the benefit of the doubt.
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Tell us Gossip Girl is wrong.
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Did you or did you not sleep with Asher?
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I may have exaggerated a little bit.
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Dating a gay guy is an honest mistake, but lying to your girlfriends about sex is unforgivable.
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To think, I almost asked you to wear a matching dress tonight.
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You're branded now with the L word.
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Liar.
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Winter in New York, a Gossip Girl checklist to surviving the cold.
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Cashmere Stoll for ice skating at Wolman Rink, Jacques Torres Hot Chocolate for window shopping the holiday displays,
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and the perfect date to the Senior Snowflake charity ball.
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Wait, I have other things to do today.
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Serena, this is the holiday event for high school seniors.
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The creme de la creme from all the big private schools will be there.
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The pictures dominate the society pages through the new year.
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I need a ringer.
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Wait, have all of these guys asked you already? Of course.
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You think Angelina Jolie even considers a project without an offer on the table?
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I'm strictly a pay-or-play date.
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Just out of curiosity, who's in the lead to play guy with no future?
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What makes you think I'm not looking for something long-term?
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Call it a hunch?
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Keith Nelson.
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Are you kidding?
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Have you ever seen him without gum?
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Your oral fixation alone would drive you insane.
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Annie Clark.
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Outscored your verbal on the SAT.
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I like an intelligent man.
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He can whisper mellifluous nothings in my ear.
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You only think you like an intelligent man.
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The moment he gave you a history of the word mellifluous, you'd rip out his sweetly flowing tongue.
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Okay.
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What do you want, Bass?
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It occurred to me today while I was having my afternoon shiatsu that I should choose your date.
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You.
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Why?
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Why not?
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And it will let me prove I know you better than anyone else.
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Fine.
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Then I choose yours.
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I bring a date for you, you bring one for me.
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Let's say it was paying attention to the other's desires.
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There has to be something to keep you honest.
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And to make things interesting.
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Name the stakes.
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If you actually like your date, I get your limo.
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For a month.
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Fine.
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And if you like yours, I get Dorota.
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What?
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Dorota?
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Yes, Miss Blair.
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Fine.
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By the way, I take my breakfast in bed.
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What are you staring at?
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Go polish something.
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You look lovely.
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Not as lovely as I look in my limo.
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So where's my prince uncharming?
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Sandbox rules.
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I'll show you mine if you show me yours.
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Fine.
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Here she comes.
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Just seeing it's this dark bass.
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Very nice to meet you.
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You can't be serious.
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I need to talk to you.
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Excuse us.
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And a Canal Street knockoff seemed like the best option.
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My thinking exactly.
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Fine.
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If Beta Bass is anything like the original, I have no doubt that sooner or later he'll disappoint me.
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And I'm curious to see if the new Blair The bed has all the features I so enjoyed on the old model.
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So the bed is still on?
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Unless you're prepared to concede. To you?
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Never.
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Relax.
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They'll be here somewhere.
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This is the worst out-of-body experience ever.
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Hey!
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Explain this!
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After you and Chuck walked off, Justine and I got to talking.
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He took me up to the roof, and we looked over the city.
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Well, of course he did.
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We just knew we were meant for each other.
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But she's me.
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Only less.
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I gave her that headband.
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We're as surprised as you are.
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Everyone, even our doppelgangers, can work it out.
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But we can't.
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Dance with me.
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What's the point, Chuck?
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We're never gonna be them.
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You said so, remember?
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It's not for us.
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Maybe.
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But it wouldn't change us.
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Not if it meant losing what we have.
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And what do we have, Chuck?
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You tell me.
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Tonight. So shut up. And dance with me.
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Hey.
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Hey, you're back.
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Yeah, just.
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I literally drove here from the airport.
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Well, you look tan.
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Well, it is summer in Buenos Aires.
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That's right.
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The southern hemisphere, the beauty of the round globe.
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I broke up with Aaron.
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Oh. When?
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About three hours after we left New York.
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Which was maybe not the brightest idea on a 15-hour flight.
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When I landed, I got an email from my mom saying that she and your dad weren't gonna be together, now or ever.
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I know.
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I tried calling you before you left.
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If you knew, you could have called or emailed.
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Of course, unless you didn't want to.
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You didn't want to.
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No. I needed to make sure that when the dust settled, we still felt the same.
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And do you?
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Yes. Do you?
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Spotted S and Lonely Boy kicking off the new year like it's last year.
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Who knows, maybe third time's a charm.
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But let's not break out the bubbly just yet.
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Oh, uh, hey, Dad.
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You know, Serena was just, she was...
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We're busted.
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Hi, Mr. Humphrey.
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Happy New Year.
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Serena, so you two are back together?
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Yeah, right?
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I mean, yeah, we are.
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We're back together.
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I think Serena should be getting home.
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What?
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I...
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No. I don't like the two of you being here alone when I'm not. Are you kidding?
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Dan, this is my home.
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I would appreciate it if you respect that.
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Yeah, I should go.
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It's a school night and I haven't seen my mom yet, so I'm...
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Okay, yeah, I'll get you again.
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Good night, Michelle.
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I'm telling you.
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This is a mistake.
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Hey, Dan.
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Morning, Jen.
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Okay, what's with the cold front?
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Nothing.
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It's your breakfast.
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Dad doesn't want me dating Serena.
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Wait, what?
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You guys are back together?
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How did I not know this?
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I'd rather we didn't discuss this right now.
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Dad, Serena's like the best thing that's ever happened to me.
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I mean, she's smart, she's funny, and she's like nine levels hotter than him.
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Thank you.
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But she's right.
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Come on, get on board.
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Dan Serena, Dan Serena, woo!
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Okay, Dad is not into cheering.
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Am I really supposed to pretend like this has nothing to do with what happened between you and Lily before Christmas?
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Wait, what happened with him and Lily?
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What happened between you and Lily?
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None of your business.
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Oh, so you can tell me not to date Serena, but I can't say anything about you and Lily.
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Him and Lily what?
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Somebody, please.
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I think you need to leave for school.
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Are you not gonna walk me today?
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I'm heartbroken.
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Okay, Dad, seriously?
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You're gonna be late.
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No, I'm not.
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Yes, I am.
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Dan, wait up!
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Dad?
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Dad?
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So what are we looking for today?
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Uh, notes, messages, anything that seems tied to my mom.
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I don't see why I had to come.
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He doesn't want me here.
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I figure it's less likely to murder me with witnesses.
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Yeah, that makes sense.
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Oh, my God.
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He asked my mom to marry him, and she said, no, that's why he's angry.
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Yeah, that's my mom's ring.
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She gave it back to him before Christmas.
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It was a good theory, though.
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Oh.
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It's Blair.
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She needs me.
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I have to go.
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Call me if you find something.
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What if he tries to kill me?
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New Year, but same old story.
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The darkest secrets are always the ones that hit closest to home.
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That's not my Eli account.
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No, it's mine.
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I applied to Yale too, remember?
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Yes, but your application was merely a formality to appease your overbearing parents.
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You know very well there's no way Yale is going to accept someone who got a 2360 on her SAT, so give up and go for the gold.
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My gold.
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Refresh.
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What are you guys doing?
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Shh, don't talk to them.
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They're working.
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Refresh.
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Oh my god.
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What?
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What is it?
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I'm sorry.
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I simply can't read it.
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The font's too small.
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I'll have to check it on a real computer.
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It says waitlisted in bold.
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I'm going in.
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I did it.
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I caught in.
603
I can't believe it.
604
Oh, did you?
605
Um...
606
No, no, no. Um, I'm waitlisted just like Blair.
607
Well, don't worry.
608
You'll get in.
609
We'll be together next fall.
610
Even if you have to wait another couple of months to find out for sure, it's all good.
611
Or it will be.
612
Yeah, I know.
613
I need to see the headmistress.
614
Right now!
615
They say that it's not over till the fat lady sings.
616
But who's that I hear tuning up in the wings?
617
Sorry, B.
618
I think it's curtains.
619
Students, pay attention.
620
What is this?
621
New school policy.
622
There will be no cell phone usage during school hours.
623
Aw.
624
Quiet, please.
625
Every morning before you enter the building, you will check your phones.
626
Is this a joke?
627
I feel nauseous.
628
Somebody pinched me.
629
I'm in my own worst nightmare.
630
Who could be behind such pure evil?
631
Well, well, well.
632
Now you with me?
633
What do you want us to do?
634
Every great leader knows you don't send your girls into the field unarmed.
635
If we know Blair Waldorf, munitions are on their way.
636
She's been like this for the past hour.
637
I think it's withdrawal.
638
She hasn't checked Gossip Girl in an hour and a half.
639
Is a scandal still a scandal if you can't text about it?
640
That's very zen. Did anyone see you?
641
No, Miss Blair.
642
Then you have what I asked for.
643
Thank you, Jesus.
644
No, thank you, Blair.
645
Thank you, Dorota.
646
Please, I need to check the down.
647
Nellie, Yuki, get a grip.
648
Girls, these phones are our ammo.
649
I want you to dig deep, and I mean deep, into Rachel's past.
650
We're gonna run that calming corn husker straight out of Constance.
651
Oh, I'm sorry.
652
I'm so sorry.
653
Are you okay?
654
Yeah, no, I'm fine.
655
It's just a five-folder.
656
It's not a brick wall.
657
I meant before that, you didn't even notice me until you knew me.
658
I don't know.
659
I noticed you.
660
I was just actually thinking how much I like your sweater.
661
Thanks.
662
I thought I didn't like what you were wearing yesterday.
663
Boy, did I even remember.
664
What, the yellow sweater and shoes slash boot things.
665
Dan?
666
Yeah.
667
Breathe.
668
Right.
669
Hux, it's good for the brain.
670
Ladies, you can give your tiny brains a rest.
671
Once again, the world has proven anything you can do.
672
I can do better.
673
All right.
674
Sorry about that.
675
I'm sure you're in a weird class.
676
No, I'm...
677
Miss Carr and Dan Humphrey?
678
Are they really? Who cares?
679
But I have a friend in cyberspace who'll know just what to do.
680
XOXO.
681
Do you want to see me, Headmistress Queller?
682
Ms. Waldorf, please have a seat.
683
This school has been aware of the Gossip Girl website for some time.
684
Up until now, the content has focused on the students.
685
The students haven't complained, so we've turned a blind eye.
686
However, now that a teacher has become involved, I have no choice but to deal with it.
687
I'm sorry.
688
I have no idea what you're talking about.
689
Blair, I know you posted the rumor about me.
690
Whatever rumor you're talking about, I had nothing to do with it.
691
I find this accusation preposterous.
692
Ms. Temmel, would you please send the student in?
693
Thank you.
694
Someone came forward and identified you as the source.
695
Let me guess, Dan Humphrey?
696
This information was then confirmed by a witness.
697
If I don't go Ivy League, my dad will kill me.
698
It was my record or yours.
699
We tried to tell you something like this would happen, but you just wouldn't listen.
700
I'm sorry, Blair.
701
Blair, your actions threaten the reputation of the entire teaching staff and this school.
702
but to ask you to leave Constance Billard.
703
You're expelling me.
704
On the Upper East Side, all the world's a stage, and the men and women merely players.
705
But once a year, Constance St. Jude students shed their usual roles and take on new ones for the senior class play.
706
This year's pick, The Age of Innocence.
707
I just can't believe this is a senior requirement requirements.
708
Or that Chuck got a doctor to actually diagnose him with acute stage fright.
709
Should have gone with mercury poisoning.
710
Before Gossip Girl, there was Edith Wharton.
711
And how little has changed.
712
The same society snobs still reigned, only in corsets and horse-drawn carriages.
713
There are people out there.
714
Hi, mistress.
715
There you are.
716
Nellie Yuki claims she got into Yale early.
717
There must be some mistake.
718
I'm sorry, Blair, there's no mistake.
719
I was on my way to tell you that I received a call from Dean Baraby.
720
They've rescinded your acceptance and given the spot to Nellie. Is today April Fools?
721
Though I had previously informed Yale of your detention, I did not tell them what the punishment was for.
722
But apparently an anonymous caller did.
723
The Dean called for me to confirm the story.
724
I had no choice.
725
There's no choice.
726
But I did penance for that.
727
I explained that you made amends, but Yale considers hazing a faculty member a very serious offense.
728
I'm sorry.
729
There must be something we can do.
730
There.
731
It's over.
732
You will not be attending Yale.
733
Get me out of my way.
734
I need to make a fat lady sing.
735
Paula!
736
It's stuck.
737
No, leave it.
738
She'll need as much padding as possible.
739
What is your problem?
740
My problem is a two-faced, four-eyed, devious little snipe in a fat suit.
741
Did you really think you could rat me out to Yale and get away with it?
742
I don't know what you're talking about.
743
Everyone's jealous of me because my life is perfect.
744
And you've always been the most jealous of all.
745
People aren't jealous of you, Blair.
746
They hate you.
747
I didn't call Yale and good luck figuring out who did.
748
There are about a thousand people who would relish taking you down.
749
Want to hear the sickest scandal ever?
750
Remember Bee's lord?
751
Turns out he was giving the royal treatment to his own queen mother.
752
And the worst part?
753
Bee knew and ignored it.
754
How desperate can you be, Bee?
755
No wonder Yael dumped you.
756
Who wants inbred legacies?
757
Someone's out to get you, Blair.
758
It's just not me.
759
I've lost everything.
760
I'm humiliated and shunned.
761
They've made me a flesh and blood, Countess Olenska.
762
You are an actress.
763
Pour it into the role.
764
Use pain on stage.
765
You're right.
766
I'm an actress.
767
No. I'm a seagull.
768
No, you're a shameless bitch.
769
Now what?
770
Everything you've done.
771
Spreading rumors about who I've had sex with, what alley I puked in, or telling Dean Barabee that I killed Pete Fairman.
772
I forgave everything all because I thought one day you'd grow up.
773
But putting out a Gossip Girl blast about Yale and the press release...
774
Serena, I didn't put out the blast.
775
At least have the dignity not to lie to my face.
776
Wait, but I'm not lying.
777
Only two people knew about it, you and Dan.
778
And Dan would never do something like that.
779
I always want to believe the best in you, Blair.
780
The bottom line is, betrayals in your nature.
781
I didn't do it, Dorota.
782
I believe you, Miss Blair.
783
And if I didn't, that means Dan Humphrey did.
784
Vanessa told him about Marcus, and he could have put that out too, all to get back at me for TeacherGate.
785
Do you know how hard it is to get revenge when your enemy is changing every five minutes?
786
You need to calm nerves and warm vocal cord.
787
You want tea?
788
No, I want Dan Humphrey's head on a platter.
789
What a pretty carriage.
790
Every time I see you, you...
791
...happens to be all over again.
792
Ellen, you might be the most honest woman I've ever met.
793
What the hell are you doing?
794
Oh no, but one of the least fussy.
795
You're trying to ruin my life.
796
You're insane.
797
You must know that this can't last.
798
What can't?
799
Our.. being together. And not being together.
800
Don't redcast like me, Humphrey.
801
I know you're just seeking revenge because I've ruined your chances with a simply Iowa teacher.
802
You ought not to have come today.
803
I look forward to seeing you.
804
Every thought is burnt up in a great flame.
805
Someone is out to get me.
806
And all signs point to you.
807
Dear friends,
808
colleagues, as we stand here today, we bear witness to a bright new beginning.
809
Just standing in front of him, I couldn't do it.
810
I can't believe I chickened out.
811
It's okay, mate.
812
This is the beginning of something new.
813
Now we can all move on.
814
Yes.
815
To great things.
816
So what if I'm not going to Yale, and you were recently incarcerated, and I'm afraid to talk to Chuck because he might hurt me again?
817
This is our moment.
818
Nobody can take that from us.
819
I urge you to go out into the world and show them who you have become.
820
Not so fast.
821
You're not graduating until I give you my diplomas.
822
Mine are labels and labels stick.
823
Nate Archibald, class whore.
824
Dan Humphrey, the ultimate insider.
825
Chuck Bass, coward.
826
Blair Waldorf, weakling.
827
And as for Serena Vanderwoodsen, after today, you are officially irrelevant.
828
O-M-G, I know.
829
Congratulations, everyone.
830
You deserve it.
831
Now, please join me in welcoming the class of 2009.
832
Class, please stand.
833
So Gossip Girl most likely goes to or went to Constance.
834
Yeah, exactly.
835
Why else the focus?
836
Well, I would also assume that she is our age.
837
The blasts all started when we were in the ninth grade.
838
Upperclassmen simply wouldn't care.
839
So you're saying Gossip Girl's a senior like us?
840
Well, if she's a senior, then that means she's in the room right now.
841
So who could it be?
842
Rebecca Sherman.
843
Her head's always in a book.
844
She's not paying enough attention.
845
Okay.
846
Not her either.
847
Then I submit Nellie, okay?
848
Low profile?
849
Good with computers?
850
Many grudges, mostly against me.
851
No, I have been with her way too many times and Gossip Girl has set out a blast.
852
There's no way it's her.
853
I'm going to speed this up.
854
What is it now?
855
Oh, not again.
856
Serena Vanderwoodsen just couldn't leave well enough alone.
857
Since she had to find out the truth about me, I'm going to tell you the truth about everyone.
858
Every gossip bomb I've got is about to drop.
859
And if you've got a problem with that, take it up with her.
860
Ever wonder why Miss Carr left town?
861
Dan Humphrey had sex with her during the school.
862
Sparks between Humphrey's sis and Nate's during a hot photo session.
863
Thank God it stopped at PG-13.
864
Or someone could have ended up in jail, like her brother.
865
Is that true?
866
What?
867
You were in jail?
868
And as for Blair Waldorf, say uncle.
869
We hear she kept it in the Bass family on New Year's.
870
But rumor has it Chuck spent some time in Brooklyn.
871
Metaphorically speaking, of course.
872
You slept with Jack.
873
You slept with Vanessa?
874
Serena Vanderwood's in?
875
Here's looking at you.
876
Jack, Blair, really?
877
That's calculating even for you.
878
I was sad and he tried to comfort me.
879
You call that comfort?
880
More like collusion.
881
You didn't do that with the dregs of Dumbo.
882
I'm standing right here.
883
I can't believe you slept with his car and you were in jail.
884
I can't believe you let some guy take photos of you.
885
What was he doing there?
886
No, no, no. It wasn't as bad as it sounds.
887
You guys, just stop it, okay?
888
She's trying to create a divide between us.
889
This is exactly what she wants.
890
We can't let that happen.
891
You want to know something?
892
I don't think it's her that created the divide.
893
I think it was you.
894
You're the reason we're on Gossip Girl in the first place.
895
If it wasn't for you, we'd all be safe.
896
Okay, that's enough.
897
We all did what she said we did.
898
You can't blame Serena for this.
899
Yes, we can.
900
She declared war on Gossip Girl.
901
You brought this on us.
902
That's not fair.
903
Serena was just trying to help everybody.
904
What do you know about anything?
905
Besides your label was the only one that was true.
906
I mean, what she said about the insider?
907
Are you crazy?
908
You're friends with Nate Archibald.
909
You played on the soccer team.
910
You got into Yale.
911
You got the lead role in the school play.
912
You got published in The New Yorker.
913
You had sex with a teacher.
914
Plus, you dated the most popular girl in school and ignored the rest of us.
915
Them.
916
I meant them.
917
You pretend not to be like us, but you are.
918
To the bone.
919
And you should have known better.
920
I'm out, guys.
921
Thank you.
922
Kudos, S.
923
Way to go out with a bang.
924
Now, what did you want to tell me before?
925
Well, it doesn't matter now.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 925 sentences and 5974 words to shadow. The speech runs for 45:40. The speaker talks at a steady 131 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 82% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 less common words from the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
- gossip /ˈɡɑsɪp/ (noun) — Someone who likes to talk about other people's private or personal business.
- bass /beɪs/ (noun) — A low spectrum of sound tones.
- rumor /ˈɹumɚ/ (noun) — A statement or claim of questionable accuracy, from no known reliable source, usually spread by word of mouth.
- blast /blæst/ (noun) — A violent gust of wind (in windy weather) or apparent wind (around a moving vehicle).
- scandal /ˈskændəl/ (noun) — An incident or event that disgraces or damages the reputation of the persons or organization involved.
- glamorous /ˈɡlæ.mə.ɹəs/ (adjective) — Having glamour; stylish, attractive.
- shock /ʃɔk/ (noun) — A sudden, heavy impact.
- label /ˈleɪ.bəl/ (noun) — A small ticket or sign giving information about something to which it is attached or intended to be attached.
- pretend /pɹəˈtɛnd/ (verb) — To speak or behave so as to give a false or simulated appearance.
- jealous /ˈd͡ʒɛl.əs/ (adjective) — Suspecting rivalry in love; troubled by worries that one might have been replaced in someone's affections; suspicious of a lover's or spouse's fidelity.
- ambulance /ˈæmbjᵿl(ə)n(t)s/ (noun) — An emergency vehicle designed for transporting seriously ill or injured people to a hospital.
- ignore /ɪɡˈnɔː/ (verb) — To deliberately not listen or pay attention to.
- actress /ˈæk.tɹɪs/ (noun) — A female who performs on the stage or in films.
- comfort /ˈkʌm.fət/ (noun) — Contentment, ease.
- insane /ɪnˈseɪn/ (adjective) — Exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind; not sane; utterly mad.
Phrasal verbs you will hear
- come on /ˌkʌm ˈɒn/ — Come along with me; join me in going.
- talk about (verb) — Used to draw attention to the speaker's characterization of someone or something.
- do with (verb) — Only used in to do with
- look forward to (verb) — To anticipate, expect, or wait for, especially with a feeling of approval or pleasure; to be excited or eager to.
- sleep with (verb) — To have sexual intercourse with.
- break out (verb) — To escape, especially forcefully or defiantly.
- find out (verb) — To discover, as by asking or investigating.
- get into (verb) — To move into (an object), such that one ends up inside it.
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 229 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, you're, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: breathe /bɹiːð/, wealthy /ˈwɛl.θi/, ninth /naɪnθ/, withdrawal /wɪðˈdɹɔ(ə)l/, threaten /ˈθɹɛt.n̩/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: shock /ʃɔk/, refresh /ɹɪˈfɹɛʃ/, reputation /ˌɹɛpjʊˈteɪʃən/, congratulations /kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/, friendship /ˈfɹɛn(d)ʃɪp/
- Long words — get the stress right: intelligent /ɪnˈtɛlɪd͡ʒənt/, complicated /ˈkɑm.plɪˌkeɪ.tɪd/, reputation /ˌɹɛpjʊˈteɪʃən/, congratulations /kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/, controversy /kənˈtɹɒv.ə.si/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like gossip, bass, rumor.
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Conditional sentences if + clause, will/would + verb — a condition and its result | If it wasn't for you, we'd all |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | have sacrificed · we've actually come · I've already talked |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | will be expelled · is not identified · being expelled |
| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | one who sent · someone who got · people who would |
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.