小说园

第25部分（第3页）

headlines　and　finish　up　her　freshman　year　at　Constance　behaving　like　the　demure　school　girl　she

was　supposed　to　be　or　she？d　have　to　find　some　other　school　to　attend　in　the　fall。　Jenny　had　taken

this　as　a　challenge　and　wound　up　spending　an　entire　weekend　with　the　Raves　in　the　lead

guitarist？s　Bedford　Street　town　house。　She？d　even　recorded　a　song　with　them！　The　following

Monday；　Mrs。　McLean　and　everyone　else　in　the　city　had　read　all　about　it　in　the　gossip　columns。

Say　good…bye　to　Constance　Billard　and　hello　to　？boarding　school！

Now　it　was　the　following　Monday　and　Jenny　had　taken　the　day　off　from　school　to　look　at

Hanover；　the　famously　wild　and　crazy　boarding　school　of　her　dreams。　Hanover　was　where　party

girl　extraordinaire　Serena　van　der　Woodsen　had　gone　for　two　years　before　getting　kicked　out　last

October；　and　Jenny　imagined　that　Serena　had　never　been　replaced。　Well；　hereshe　was　to　replace

her。　She　was　going　to　bring　Hanover　to　new　heights　of　infamy；　and　if；　for　some　reason？which　was

hard　to　imagine？Hanover　didn？t　appeal　to　her；　or　worse；　didn？t　accept　her；　she　would　also　visit　the

Croton　School。　Croton　was　only　an　hour　and　a　half　away　from　the　city；　in　Croton　Falls；　New　York；

and　according　to　all　the　prep　school　guidebooks　Jenny　had　been　reading；　it　was　almost　as　wild　as

Hanover。

？I　might　get　a　haircut；　too；？　Rufus　replied；　sounding　chipper。　His　wiry　salt…and…pepper　hair　was

pulled　back　into　a　straggly　ponytail　held　by　a　rainbow…colored　twist…tie　that　had　e　on　a　bag　of

flaxseed　bagels　from　the　Whole　Foods　near　their　Upper　West　Side　apartment　building。　To　go　with

his　fancy　hairstyle；　Rufus　was　wearing　a　red…and…white　checked　Western…style　snap…up…the…front

short…sleeved　shirt；　heavy　brown　canvas　Carhartt　work　shorts；　and　scuffed　beige　suede

Birkenstock　clogs　with　black　wool　socks。

Nothing　like　the　country　to　bring　out　one？s　sense　of　fashion。

？Oh。　Good。？　Jenny　tried　not　to　get　too　excited。　The　last　time　Rufus　had　gotten　his　hair

cut？sometime　around　her　thirteenth　birthday？he　had　gone　to　a　Lower　East　Side　salon　popular　with

drag　queens　and　gotten　bangs　with　purple　streaks　in　them。　？So；　I？ll　just　go　on　my　tour　and　meet

you　at　that　place　in　town；？　she　added；　referring　to　the　bookstore　caf？　they？d　passed　on　the　way

through　the　town　of　Hanover。　The　campus　was　a　mile…and…a…half　walk　from　town　along　a　nice

tree…lined　path。　It　would　be　reassuring　to　have　that　distance　between　herself　and　Rufus；　in　case　he

decided　to　start　a　political　movement　or　something　equally　insane　out　of　sheer　anxiety　at　having　to

leave　the　city。

？You　got　it！？　Rufus　pecked　her　on　the　cheek　with　his　grizzly　mouth　before　striding　down　the　path

with　exaggerated　jauntiness。　？Don？t　do　anything　I　wouldn？t　do！？　he　called　out　behind　him。

As　if　there　were　anything　he　wouldn？t　do。

Jenny　tugged　on　the　pretty　jade　green　cap…sleeved　blouse　she？d　bought　at　Scoop　in　Soho　on

Saturday。　It　was　Japanese　and　had　little　dragonflies　stenciled　all　over　it。　She？d　buttoned　it　up　all

the　way　to　the　collar；　but　now　that　her　dad　was　on　his　way；　she　unbuttoned　the　top　two　buttons；

revealing　her　most　surprising　assets？her　34　double…Ds。

No　reason　the　boys　at　Hanover　shouldn？t　know　what　they　were　in　for。