· Use some time · Maine

[SERENA VAN DER WOODSEN]

cause the last time you saw me

is still burned in the back of your mind
------------------------------ you gave me roses and i left them there to die

She was bored, so bored, she didn’t know what to do, she just knew she had to get out of the house and now. So walking to her closet and taking her Tory Burch stripped wool sweater and her breathless low-rise jeans, with her Burberry cotton-twill trench coat and her Fendi ankle boots she was ready to go get some ice-cream. Serena threw into her Marc Jacobs Garbo Camille satchel some money and her keys and went out of the door. She didn’t feel like taking a car o a taxi, so her decision was walking to some place near and warm. New York was too cold during winter to be on the streets but the city never died, there were cars and people everywhere, with bags on their hands for the Christmas shopping, which reminded her she had to do some shopping too. She didn’t know what to get Dan though, but she will find it when she saw it. Unfortunately for her, the best place to get a yummy ice-cream was near Central Park and she had a long walk there. She could have just went to Starbucks and get some coffee or stayed home and asked her maid to bring her some ice cream but where was the fun in that?

So when she got to the ‘Il laboratorio del gelato’ she was cold and hungry for the walk. She asked for a champagne sorbet, nothing better for a cold weather. She could have gone for a hot chocolate but that was so typical. She sat there, watching at the people pass by and just sipping from her sorbet wondering what to get Dan for Christmas or if they were going to last as much. This time she was going to work on it, she was going to get it right and she won’t let anything get on the way. Lately she was thinking too much about Dan, but what else to think? He was very important for her, she just couldn’t go and ditch him when they were having another chance, which was pretty much going to end when their parents get married. Serena sighed, maybe going out wasn’t what she needed. Then she saw her, she was waiting for her ice-cream and she looked pretty but her clothes… she couldn’t help but get her eyes on her, because she was so much like the kind of girl she would help. Blair and her always had a project, some kind of bet on if they could transform a little normal girl in an It girl and in how much time. Blair would love that girl for the project, and she had nothing better to do anyway, she could use so fun, lately everything was so boring.

Serena got up and told the guy to pay that one on her and smiled to the girl. She had lost her shame long ago, when she had nothing to lose and right now she had nothing to do, and she much better used her time on something or she would be forced to go back home and just wait until it was late enough to go to the Bar and drink her ass off. Maybe she could go with Chuck and have a party on his suite, like the old times, and she could call Dan and hookup that night and get cozy in her bedroom while her mom was with his dad getting everything ready for the wedding of the year. "Hey, I’m Serena." She said introducing herself to the girl with an easy smile, she didn’t have to say her surname, for sure the girl will know her, everyone around town knew who Serena Van der Woodsen was, which was something her mother didn’t like much. "Why don’t you sit with me? I can use some company right now." The girl could thought she was nuts, but maybe she would throw a fit about being with the It girl of Manhattan elite, which was what most of the people who were outside the circle did, they all blessed their luck and tried to get the most of their little chance in the spotlight.

"THINK THINK THINK THINK THINK THINK THINK THINK"

so this is me swallowing my pride
standing in front of you saying sorry
--------------------------------- for that night and i go back to december

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[MAINE EIESLEIGH CLARKE]

let's face it, the weather lately had been cruel as ever. especially for maine. growing up in arizona, where the sun practically burnt holes in any living and non living being, was nothing compared to the meat locker lifestyle new york presented this time of year. mother nature was on her period, and she had it in for maine. what made matters worse was that she could barely afford a thick enough coat to shield her from the icy atmosphere. she also had to endure this every morning on her way to work. since her vow to take a cab only when needed or when severely pissed off, maine did nothing but walk. well, not literally. of course she did other things too, like sitting down, breathing et cetera, but those went without saying. fact was, she couldn't take the cold. at least not today. not right now.

she darted into the shop, not bothering to read the sign. quite frankly, she didn't care if she'd slipped into a brothel - anything but the cold. maine stayed by the door for a brief minute, keeping her eyes on the people that didn't seem to notice of her. finally, the aroma began to sink in and she turned on her heel, coming to terms with her surroundings. ah, a coffee shop. or something. she looked around until she spotted a name. il laboratorio del gelato. considering the fact that english was really the only language maine spoke, besides her awful spanish, she decided not to bother with the pronunciation. the last thing she needed was another headache. walking up to the counter, maine couldn't help but notice her. well, who wouldn't? it was her for heaven's sake. turning away, her eyes darted over the menu. who in their right mind made wasabi ice cream? "i'll have the pistachio ge-what-you-mah-call-it, please." she sang pleasantly to the man standing behind the cash register. so in spite of the cold, she still needed her ice cream. who didn't love ice cream?

as she reached down for her purse, the man winked at her and shook his head. no paying? well, what was he expecting if not her well earned money? she arched her eyebrows as stealthily as she could, trying to keep herself composed. "sir, i'm not really into that kinda bargaini-."

"hey, i'm serena."

oh no. maine turned to face the blonde who had introduced herself, though she knew who it was the second her mouth had opened and her voice had echoed out of it. "u-uhm, i know who you are," she muttered nervously. the question that needed answering was why serena van der woodsen wanted to talk to maine clarke. "i'm maine. maine clarke." she revealed, still a little unsure as to what business serena had with her.

"why don't you sit with me? i can use some company right now."

at that moment, maine felt a lump in her throat. the kinda feeling you got after swallowing a bitter, dry pill. all the time she had been in new york, she had been invisible to the elite circle and the unfortunate gossip that came with it. now ... now serena was talking to her. inviting her to sit with her while she had her champagne sorbet. maine had no idea they even made champagne sorbet. or how 'to die for' the latest range of gucci was. there was no way she'd be able to make conversation with this girl. but ... she wasn't rude. and she couldn't turn down the offer, especially if she didn't have a logical excuse. "sure." she cracked a smile, reaching for her ice cream and twirling the spoon into the mixture. she had nothing to lose.

[SERENA VAN DER WOODSEN]

cause the last time you saw me

is still burned in the back of your mind
------------------------------ you gave me roses and i left them there to die

When Serena approached the girl in the counter and introduced herself she wasn’t surprised to see she was nervous and of course, she knew who she was. Serena sighed, sometimes she wished she wasn’t the most popular girl of Manhattan, have normal friends and meet people the normal way without them thinking about all the gossip that came with her name. But that wasn’t going to happen anytime soon and she had to get used to it, she had been living in that life forever, it was time to stop complaining and just being her. The girl introduced herself as Maine and she was sure wondering why on earth Serena Van der Woodsen was talking to her, well, it was something Serena was wondering too, she just felt like talking to someone and the most decent looking one around was her. "Nice name."

Serena was bored of being known, that give her little way to move and that girl was so nervous… Serena was just a normal girl, sure she had money and clothes and whatever she wanted to, but she was only human, she did everything other people did, like having an ice cream and going out with friends. She guided Maine to the table she had been sitting and sipped from her sorbet. What to say now? Serena wasn’t going to tell her she was planning on making her a project… that was just plain rude, but she didn’t have much to say. "Nice choice too, I come to this place sometimes, they have the best ice cream on town, well at least near here, the best is in Brooklyn but I wanted to go somewhere I didn’t have to use the car." She smiled to Maine a little nervous herself, she could be Serena Van der Woodsen but that added the pressure of looking like an idiot in front of everyone, she always had to act as if everyone was watching her, which was probably the case. "I didn’t feel like staying home, wanted some air, I love when it’s cold and Christmas time, just fill people with happiness."

That wasn’t the case on the Elite people, they were always as fake, didn’t matter if it was Christmas or summer or whatever season you can have in mind, they always acted the same way, they never let everyone see them as humans. "Don’t you like winter? Christmas time? It’s so much fun!" It kept her busy, Christmas, gave her things to think of, like Christmas shopping or formal dinners with the upper class, balls, events to attend to… for her it was one of the busiest time and she loved to keep busy, having so much free time bothered her because she never knew what to do apart from shopping and shopping and during summer she will go to the Hamptons and such. But during Christmas she had the chance to spend time with her family, though Serena was definitely a girl who loved the sun and the hot and a good summer day in New York, at least she could see the positive side of that season, though it wasn’t the cold, and the snow was cool but she wasn’t a five years old anymore, she didn’t play throwing snow balls to her friends, she didn’t do normal things people would, she sighed… how much she wanted to just disappear somewhere no one will ever know her name and have the chance to be different, to be her and not be known for stupid gossips and things that happened long ago.

"THINK THINK THINK THINK THINK THINK THINK THINK"

so this is me swallowing my pride
standing in front of you saying sorry
--------------------------------- for that night and i go back to december

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.words. 595
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