raduation。 Her parents were going to
be there。 Erik； her brother； had delayed his plans to spend the summer skiing in New Zealand with
Liesl； his bodacious chick…of…the…week； so that he could be there。 And Blair was giving a speech。
Oops。
You don？t have to tell me if you don？t want to； Blair wrote； before racing through the next two
pages of her exam。
Serena watched her admiringly。 Blair totally deserved to go to Yale。 She was a plete whiz
when it came to tests。 Sunlight streamed into the chemistry lab windows and a bird chirped
merrily。 Serena sighed and began to scribble her name in the corner of page three of her nine…page
exam。
Serena van der Woodsen。 Breakfast at Fred？s；starring Serena van der Woodsen 。
Normally she didn？t daydream about things like this； but this was her first chance to star in a real
movie。 It was hard not to want it just a little bit。
Blair folded over the last page of her exam； rapidly scribbled in the answers； and then went back
to check her work。 Once she was satisfied that all was correct； she glanced up at their proctor； Mrs。
Crandall。 The overweight； red…faced teacher was busy filing her nails； which were painted an
atrocious dark beige； making her fingers look like the pig feet steeped in formaldehyde they？d had
to dissect in ninth…grade bio。 Blair shoved her paper out of the way and reached for Serena？s。
？Hey？？ Serena started to object。
？Shush；？Blair whispered； already beginning to answer the unanswered questions。
Serena drew a smiley face on the page Blair was working on。 It was just like old times。 Except
for the fact that she was with Nate； and Blair was with her new British hunk。 She frown