ongue。　She　liked　playing　the　role

of　the　other　woman。　It　made　her　feel　so　。　。　。powerful　。　Across　the　room　on　the　huge　flat…screen　TV

Tom　Cruise　and　Kelly　McGillis　were　making　out　on　his　motorcycle。　？Did　she　go　to　Yale；　too？？

Owen　picked　up　the　remote　and　pointed　it　at　the　television。　Then　he　put　it　down　again　without

changing　the　channel。　？I　don？t　know；？　he　replied；　sounding　exactly　like　Blair？s　little　brother；　Tyler；

when　he　was　watching　TV　and　their　mom　asked　if　he？d　done　his　homework　yet。

Blair　grabbed　the　remote　and　began　flipping　through　the　channels。　AFriends　rerun。　Wrestling。

MTVCribs　。　She　wasn？t　sure　if　she　liked　the　boyish　side　of　Owen。　She　much　preferred

theman　。　？She　didn？t　go　to　Yale　or　she　did？？

？Uh…huh；？　Owen　answered；　spooning　a　huge　bit　of　cake　into　his　mouth。　？Astronomy　major。？

Blair　raised　her　eyebrows　as　she　watched　Sean　？P。　Diddy？　bs　give　a　tour　of　his　Upper　East

Side　manse。　Owen？s　wife　sounded　like　a　genius。　What　kind　of　person　became　an　astronomy　major

anyway？　Someone　who　wanted　to　be　an　astronaut？　She　wished　Owen　had　said　his　wife　hadn？t

gone　to　college　at　all；　but　that　she　just　sat　around　watching　dog　shows　on　TV　and　eating　Krispy

Kreme　donuts。　That　in　the　end　she？d　weighed　five　hundred　pounds　and　he？d　been　forced　to　sleep

in　the　guest　bedroom　until　eventually　moving　out　altogether。　There　just　hadn？t　been　room　for　him

anymore。

Blair　flipped　over　to　AMC；　her　favorite　classic　movie　channel。Casablanca　；　starring　Ingrid

Bergman　and　Humphrey　Bogart；　was　almost　halfway　through。　The　Germans　had　just　invaded

Paris　and　Ingrid　was　frightened。

She　settled　back　on　the　pillows；　missing　the　way　her　long　hair　used　to　fan　o