Part 8, p. 137 - 159 Summary

In "N Hosts a Little Reunion," narration describes how, at his wealthy family's Christmas retreat, Nate ritually gets together with a pair of buddies on Christmas Eve and gets high. This particular Christmas Eve is no exception, except Nate gets a surprise - his buddies have seen Vanessa's video, and tease him about it. Nate thinks they're joking, and responds to their questions about whether he's still with Jenny with a stoned "Not really."

In "B's Mom Lets Fly with her Surprise," while waiting for Serena to finish getting ready for the Christmas Eve party, Blair has a brainwave - she'll write her admission essay to Yale in the form of a screenplay about Audrey Hepburn in college, focusing on the kind of independence of style and thought Blair is determined to emulate. As she's starting to write, though...