1 good morning, upper east siders. Gossip girl here-- your one and only source into the scandalous lives of manhattan's elite. Top story on my home page-- re sena van der woodsen, everybody's favorite "it" girl has just returned from a mysterious absence and was learning the hard way that you can never go home again. serena is back you'll never believe what's on "gossip girl. " Someone saw serena getting offa train at grand central. Serena? Serena's at school. Why'd she return? Let me guess--you told everyone eric's just visiting grandpain rhode island. Your aunt carol in miami. He tries to take his own life, and you're worried it's gonnacost you mom of the year? Must be a lot of rumors why you're back. None of them mention you. Nate's gonna wait for serena. He can get in linebehind that guy. I don't need some new boyinfluencing her, distracting her from her needs. A kid like dan isexactly what serena needs. Guess who's dad is cool? It's a trick question. Yeah,'cause it can't be ours. You're going out with serena,and I'm going to kiss on the lips. Who saidthis family wasn't cool? I thought everythingwas good between us. It was...before I found outyou had sex with my boyfriend. Great,just in time for brunch. I told her to stay away. I'm not sneaking around with you. Just to talk. You said you'd neverspeak to her again. So you slept with your best friend's boyfriend. Is that true? Then she ran awayand lied about it. Poor daniel--so little time,so many sluts to defend. this world,it's--it's crazy. And you're a part of it. Blair, how can I fix this? You don't, serena. You just stay away. But now that serena is back, will the upper east side ever be the same? It takes two...