School was starting again and Blair Waldorf was very excited. It was her junior year at NYU and she'd mastered all the buildings, teachers, and students her very first year. This year was going to be a breeze. She'd been offered to go to other colleges but she was ruling NYU, and she missed ruling. High school was over, she had grown up. That didn't mean she couldn't enjoy ruling again.
With school starting again, Jenny Humphrey was scared out of her mind. She had just graduated high school last year and now it was time for college. It took such a long time, and so many lies, to defeat and wear the crown at school and now it'd be misery all over again. There were several colleges she got scholarships and accepted to, but she wanted to stay close to her family. So NYU was the college she decided was going to be the end of her! Who knew what crazy bitch would be ruling it?
"Jenny! Wake up!" Rufus yelled, "I kept my end of the deal, get going now!" He walked in and sighed. She was in such a deep sleep... Or was she? Rufus tickled her feet.
"Stop! Dad stop it!!" Jenny said cracking up, "Oh God what time is it? I'm so tired..." She said holding her head. It felt like she didn't get any sleep at all.
Rufus shook his head. He never should have told her the first day she could stay at home, "It's five am! You know so you can get to your dorm and class on time," He checked his watch, "Make the five fifteen." Quickly he tickled her feet again.
Jenny kicked at his hands. She was grown up now! And grown up girls didn't have their dad's tickle their feet so they'd wake up. Then again, she'd never be able to get up by herself. So maybe instead of being mad, Jenny owed him. Even if it was five am.
In the kitchen Lily and Rufus were sipping coffee and talking about Eric. Oh how pride they were of their little Eric! Traveling the world on scholarships. Rebuilding houses and schools. Learning to speak seven different languages. It was so perfect, it made Jenny feel sick. She loved Eric and all, but come on! Was he trying to make her look like a complete failure?!
Lily turned and smiled at Jenny, "You're up! Wonderful, your luggage is already in the car," Took a long sip of her coffee, "Are you going to change here or there?" It was like she didn't even care Jenny was leaving. Deep down she did, maybe she just couldn't show it?
Jenny scratched her tired head, "Well all my clothe and makeup is packed up, so I guess there!" She sighed and slowly went to the cupboard, "Can I take some coffee for my ride?" Holds a thermos out to them. Coffee was going to save her from this day of hell.
"Of course you can," Rufus said pouring it in, "Is some one turning into Dan?" He said mocking her. Dan was okay but he'd turned into a real starving artist since he went to the Academy of American Poets. The name kind of says it all...
"Not funny! You should be happy to know I'm not as sad to be leaving now," She said rolling her eyes at her dad. Jenny grabbed her coffee and took a deep sip. The last time she'd have home made coffee. Growing up freaking sucked.
Before she left, Jenny gave Rufus and Lily huge hugs. It took her at least thirty minutes just to get out of the door. There would defiantly be something missing in her life now that she was in college. Now that she wasn't living with her father, Lily, or Eric there'd be a big piece of her heart gone. Everyone she grew to know, and some even love, she just had to say goodbye to.
So she waved goodbye as the elevator closed. When she got to the lobby she said goodbye to the sweet doorman, the old lady who lived across from them, any one she recognized. Jenny was putting off getting into the limo, but she did. And the second she was in it, she was asleep in it.
An hour later Blair was waking up. Six am was her starting a new school year time. It gave her just enough time to pick the right outfit, if she hadn't the day before, put on makeup, find the perfect headband, and anything else in between! When you ruled such a big campus you had to do what ever it took to be on the top of your game. Even if that meant dreadfully waking up at six am.
This year was going to be better then the rest. She was planning on taking Intro To Fashion. It couldn't hurt. Blair was already a goddess of fashion, so if anything it'd help her some. Nothing was going to stop her from being number one in that class too. Especially if she'll be surrounded by freshmen!
The only thing that'd make this year suck was that she was getting a new roommate. But they hadn't moved in yet, so she was hoping who ever they were found a different place to stay. If they were moving in though, Blair could only hope they were "cool". Well anything then a loser would be fine. She could just never be seen with them.
"Mrs. Humphrey? We have arrived to your school," Michael, the driver, said as he opened her door, "Shall I take your bags to your room?" Ah so proper! Having help this nice rocked.
Jenny rubbed her eyes, she was amazed she slept the whole way, "Why thank you Michael!" She sat up and yawned, "Just put them outside the room, I'll be up in a sec." Before she met any one she needed to put some makeup on to cover her tired eyes.
Blair heard things dropping outside her room. She walked over and looked out the peephole, "Crap!" She yelled to herself, seeing the man leaving luggage. Her roommate was actually showing, bummer. That wasn't what was bugging her though. That guy looked so familiar! Blair swore she'd seen him some where before.
There
was no time to waste on welcoming some new student. Blair quickly
wrote on a small card, "Good Luck With Your New Home, You'll Need
It! - B" Her real name was not important at the moment. Escaping a
conversation was important. So quickly and quietly Blair escaped
through the back and headed for Starbucks!
There was silence
after Jenny knocked on the door. Her roommate couldn't be out
already, could she? It
was now seven am, so yeah they were probably at class already. So she
took out her key and unlocked the door. Jenny was token back by the
room.
It was so clean and proper. There wasn't any dust, no dirt, nothing! Oh great, she wasn't staying with a neat freak was she?! Then she saw the trash hadn't been token out any time lately, the mirror was all blurred with hand prints or what ever, and the closet had clothes everywhere. At least they had good test in fashion, very preppy, but still good taste.
Jenny looked over to see a note on the desk, she read it out loud, "Good luck with your new home, you'll need it! - B," She shock her head, "Great another B!" Laughed to herself and started unpacking her clothes.
When she read "B" Jenny couldn't help but remember Blair. The Blair that was like, "Here Jenny! Rule the school!" Then the next day never spoke to her again! Never once did Blair offer to help her out on anything. Jenny knew how the school worked from what she'd learned her first year at Constance Billard. And then from her second year, from what she suffered from. Besides for that monarchy was confusing as hell to her! No one took orders like they did to Blair. But Jenny was no Blair. That was for sure.
So with that she unpacked and got ready for her first class. Intro To Fashion, thrilling right? Jenny felt kind of stupid for taking it because she knew everything there was to know. Jobs looked for classes and graduating with a diploma with actually taking fashion. Just because she had the skill, didn't mean they'd let her prove it. Paper ruled every one's life in the real world.
Blair entered her class to a million whispers. But the fact they were whispering didn't bug her. The fact they weren't whispering about her was! Who else could be worth so much more gossip? Hello! Blair was back! The Queen was back, why did any one else matter?
"Rebbecca! Update!" Blair barked at her loyal minion, "Why is every one whispering? And why isn't it about me?!" Some one was going down. It didn't matter if it was the first day. They dare threaten Blair's ranee? That was begging for it!
Rebbecca quickly turned to her leader, "Major gossip is in our class! An ex-fashion designer is in our class!!" Gets really excited until she says Blair's disapproving face, "But whatever... She can't be that good if she's here." Rolls her eyes pretending like she didn't care they were in their class.
No one spoke. Blair's hand went in a circle, "Well who is she?!" Good followers were so hard to find these days, "You can't just say major fashion designer then stop right there!" So did any one here have a mind besides her? You never say major gossip then stop!
"Oh yeah well her name is..." Rebbecca was cut off by the teacher whistling. Ugh! She was just about to tell the gossip that would probably get her on Blair's trusted side for real. Stupid Mr. Jones, always screwing everything up.
Mr. Jones clapped his hands to settle everyone down. Because making more noise made everything quieter! He wasn't thinking it through all the way, "Settle down class! Many of you are new but we have a very special new student. She's worked with Elanor Waldorf, threw her own gorilla fashion show, got in the fashion industry just to come back to get her education," He paused for dramatic effect, "I give you Jenny Humphrey!" He started clapping, and so did every one else.
Blair's heart stopped as little Jenny Humphrey walked up in front of the class. She was bowing and blushing. It wasn't right! This was a mistake. What the hell was Little Humphrey doing here?! This was Blair's territory, and she wasn't willing to share.
Jenny looked up at the hundred or so people clapping, it was like she was famous. Was she famous in the fashion world? She honestly didn't know since she's been so out of the loop with designing lately. But some one caught her eye, some one who wasn't clapping. Can you say, "Hello Blair Waldorf?".
After the horribly easy class was over, Blair was waiting outside for Jenny. Blair had to know why she decided to come to NYU. Jenny was out for revenge wasn't she?! There was no other way she'd come to a school like NYU when she could do so much better. Blair loved NYU, but she knew Jenny had better colleges to go to.
"There you are!" Blair said as she grabbed Jenny by the arm, "What do you think you're doing at my school?!" She said putting her hand on her hip. They were behind the building where no one could see them. Better yet, where no one could hear them scream.
Jenny
flipped her hair, slightly mocking Blair's hand-on-hip action, "Your
school?! So you're the one who let me in? Wouldn't that mean you knew
I was coming?" It was to be bitchy! The whole summer she was busy
with visiting Dan, hanging out with Eric, Rufus acting all sad she
was leaving, and Lily teaching her business strategies and finding a
job. Not one time during the summer did she have
to be a bitch... And she kind of missed it!
Blair gave her a,
Oh-no-you-did-not-just-go-there look, "Are you mocking me
Jenny Humphrey?!" She quickly decided that didn't matter, "What
are you doing here? This is my school, every one knows that. So why
did you come?" Now she flipped her hair without even thinking about
it.
"Blair, hello! You might 'rule' NYU now. But besides for here, no one hears about you. When was the last time a Gossip Blast was sent out about you?" Jenny took a step closer, "When Chuck dumbed you I think was the last one... So yeah Blair, you don't rule anything. And even if you do, you don't rule me." Jenny didn't want to fight for the crown, but she didn't want to be part of any war. Though she was probably starting one.
No one moved, no one spoke, and it even seemed as if neither moved. That, right there, was harsh. Bringing up Chuck like that? After everything he did to her? Jenny really did learn how to make you hurt. She was trained well, to well.
"Nice move J, nice move..." Blair was now feeling pretty down, "Since you're here, and since we haven't seen each other for so long. Do you want to go get some coffee?" Though it might have seemed like she was playing the, Keep your friends close but your enemy closer card, she genuinely just wanted to sit down with an old "friend". Some one who was smart enough to understand the meaning of gossip.
This was kind of a shock to Jenny, but she liked the idea, "Sure. I love coffee!" She smiled and they both started walking out from behind the building. Maybe it wasn't going to be so bad having Blair around. Who knows? That Queen to Queen thing might finally happen.
When they got their coffee and sat down, the first thing Blair said was, "I love your hair. I think you look beautiful with the long locks of gold," Takes a sip, "Instead of your short shredded hair... But you look good either way." Blair shyly smiled at Jenny.
They smiled at each other and just drank their coffee. Talking about the "good old times", and the not so great times. It was weird how much they hated each other at first. But now they were sitting down talking like there was no other place in the world they'd rather be. And Jenny wasn't going to say it out loud anytime soon, but Blair looked even better.
