hed　her　thick　black　hair　behind　her

weirdly　small　ears。　The　other　girls　yawned　and　looked　at　their　watches；　eager　to　leave　so　they

could　continue　their　quest　for　the　perfect　graduation　dress　or　work　on　their　tans。　Mimi　had　been

the　class　clown　and　everyone？s　buddy　way　back　in　third　grade；　but　now　that　they　were　all　grown

up；　no　one　thought　she　was　funny。　Still；　they？d　voted　for　her　for　president　at　the　end　of　junior　year

because　she　was　the　only　one　who　seemed　to　want　to　do　it。　Because　it　went　on　your　transcript　for

college；　class　president　was　a　coveted　position；　up　until　senior　year。　The　class　president　had　to

attend　weekly　student　council　meetings　at　7：30A。M　。　and　help　out　at　all　the　school　functions；　like

the　book　fair　and　the　scholarship　fund　drive。　It　was　a　lot　of　work；　and　now　that　it　was　the　end　of

senior　year　and　everyone　was　already　into　college；　no　one　cared。

？Moving　on；　I？m　pleased　to　announce？drumroll；　please？our　senior　class　graduation　speaker　is　？

Blair　Waldorf！　Yay；　Blair！！？　Mimi　jumped　up　and　down　on　her　stubby　legs　and　clapped　her　hands

over　her　head　like　this　was　the　best　thing　that　had　ever　happened。

Take　that；　you　bitch！Blair　gloated　silently　at　the　back　of　Serena？s　pale　blond　head。That？s　what

you　get　for　trying　to　sabotage　me。

The　lounge　hummed　with　gossip　as　everyone　discussed　the　results。　No　one　had　really　wanted

Blair　to　be　speaker；　because　her　whole　speech　was　going　to　be　about　herself；　but　they　questioned

Serena？s　ability　to　write　a　coherent　speech。

？She？s　so　dumb　from　all　the　drugs　she　did　up　at　boarding　school；　she？d　probably　have　to　bribe

Blair　to　write　the　speech　for　her　anyway；？　Laura　Salmon　whispered　to　Rai