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