Psycho Killer by Cecily von Ziegesar

Author:Cecily von Ziegesar [Ziegesar, Cecily von]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: JUV001000
ISBN: 9780759530287
Publisher: Yen Press
Published: 2011-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

social awareness is next to godliness

“I found a printer who will do it by tomorrow afternoon and hand-deliver each of the invitations so they get there by Friday morning,” Laura said, looking pleased with herself for being so efficient.

“But look how expensive it is. If we use them, then we’re going to have to cut costs on other things,” Blair pointed out. “See how much Alaric is charging us for the flowers?”

As soon as they were finished with their Wednesday after-school activities, the remaining members of the Kiss Me or Die organizing committee had convened over french fries and hot chocolate in a booth at the 3 Guys Coffee Shop to deal with the last-minute preparations for the party. Blair Waldorf, Laura Salmon, Rain Hoffstetter, and Tina Ford, from the Seaton Arms School, were all present. Nicki Button, Kati Farkas, and Isabel Coates were not, because they were dead.

The crisis at hand was the fact that the party was only nine days away, and no one had received an invitation yet. The invitations had been ordered weeks ago, but due to a mix-up, the location of the party had to be changed from Pier 60 in Chelsea to the Frick, an old mansion on Fifth Avenue, rendering the invitations useless. The girls were in a tight spot. They had to get a new set of invitations out, and fast, or there wasn’t going to be a party at all.

“But Alaric is the only place to get flower centerpieces for the tables. I know it’s expensive but it’s so worth it. Oh, come on, Blair, think how cool they’ll be,” Tina whined.

“There are plenty of other places to get flowers,” Blair insisted.

“Or maybe we can ask the birds of prey people to pitch in,” Rain suggested. She reached for a french fry, dunked it in ketchup, and popped it into her mouth. “They’ve barely done anything.”

Blair rolled her eyes and blew into her hot chocolate. “That’s the whole point. We’re raising money for them. It’s a cause.”

Rain wound a lock of her gleaming dark hair around her finger. “What is a bird of prey anyway?” she said. “Is it like a woodpecker?”

“No, they’re like eagles and vultures,” Tina said. “And they eat other animals, like rabbits and mice and squirrels and stuff. Even if they’re already dead.”

“Gross,” Rain said.

“I just read a definition,” Laura mused. “I can’t remember where I saw it.”

On the Internet, perhaps?

“They’re almost extinct,” Blair added. “Which is sort of the whole point.” She thumbed through the list of people they were inviting. Three hundred and sixteen. All young people—no parents, thank God.

Blair’s eyes were automatically drawn to a name toward the bottom of the list: Serena van der Woodsen. The address given was her dorm room at Hanover Academy, in New Hampshire. Blair put the list back down on the table without correcting it.

“We’re going to have to spend the extra money on the printer and cut corners where we can,” she said quickly. “I can tell

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