Only in Your Dreams by Cecily von Ziegesar

Author:Cecily von Ziegesar
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2001-12-30T05:00:00+00:00

come up and see me sometime

The evening after their study session and another disheartening day of rehearsal, Serena sat in the backseat of a taxi on her way back to the Chelsea Hotel. But this time, she had something to look forward to. She checked the text messages on her phone again, mostly because she wanted to reread the note from Thaddeus.

Come down and see me. I miss you. xx

Serena had been starting to doubt herself after all the insults from Ken Mogul, but here it was: incontrovertible, digital proof that she, Serena van der Woodsen, still had it.

The taxi made a wide turn onto Twenty-third Street and Serena felt her heart start to pound a little faster—in just a few minutes she’d be at the hotel. She’d been with handsome guys before, but she’d never fallen for anyone quite like Thaddeus. Of course he was gorgeous, but there was something else about him. Serena felt like they could be more than costars, more than lovers—they could be best friends, too.

Not that she needed a new best friend. Or did she? She could never remember.

When they reached the Chelsea at last, she stuffed a twenty-dollar bill into the driver’s hand, burst from the backseat, and dashed into the lobby of the hotel. Even though filming had begun at Barneys, Ken had said she needed as much off-set practice as she could get. The familiar dark hallways lined with famous paintings gave Serena a sinking feeling in the pit of her stomach, but she tried to forget about all the negative things that Ken had yelled at her in the building and focus on what was about to happen: she was about to get together with Thaddeus Smith.

She knocked softly on his door and he pulled it open almost immediately, a startled look on his face. His very baggy cargo shorts had slid down to reveal his simple gray boxers.

“Serena,” he exclaimed. “What’s going on?”

“Nothing,” she breathed, brushing past him and into the room. She tossed her khaki-colored Marc Jacobs drawstring beach bag on the floor and plopped onto the couch.

Thaddeus closed the door and pulled his shorts up, blushing slightly. “So,” he said. “What’s happening? Were you just in the neighborhood?”

“Something like that.” Serena laughed. It was cute to see the world-famous actor squirming. God, she loved flirting with him.

“So,” Thaddeus mumbled, picking up his discarded T-shirt from the floor and pulling it over his head. He sat in the armchair and placed his feet on the coffee table. “Have you been rehearsing on your own?”

“It’s such a drag,” Serena sighed. “But Ken acts like I’m never going to get it right.”

“I always say it’s harder work than people think,” Thaddeus agreed. “People think it’s all glamour, all parties and premieres, but I fucking earn my paychecks. I guess I don’t need to tell you that.”

Making three million per movie must be hard.

“I wish someone had warned me.” Serena picked her bag up off the floor and dug her hand inside.

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