"Girls!" Massie clapped twice. She was sitting atop a bunk bed, legs swinging over the edge. The other TPC girls were on the bed below her. "Please, silence. We have our candidates for Salir's House Committee. Running for Committee president, is me, Massie Block. We also have Noelle Lange, and Blair Waldorf. Can I have you all write the name of your preferred House Committee president on the piece of paper we handed you? Thank you."
The room was silent as every girl cast her votes. Then Massie said, "For social chair, we have Alicia Rivera, Serena Van Der Woodsen, Tiara, and Kiran Hayes. Please write the candidate's name clearly!"
Next came the vote for Historian. The candidates were Sabine DuLac, Reed Brennan, Claire Lyons, and Jenny Humphrey.
Tinsley Carmichael, Brett Messerschmitt, and Dylan Marvil were candidates for Event Organizer.
Kristen Gregory, Callie Vernon, and Ariana Osgood were candidates for Treasurer.
"Please fold your paper in half and pass it forward," Massie said once everyone's pencils had stopped moving.
The girls did so, and Massie called out, "Good! We'll announce the winners soon." And with that, TPC stood up and climbed up onto the top bunk and began to count votes. It went as following:
PRESIDENT
Massie: seven
Noelle: six
Blair: three
SOCIAL CHAIR
Alicia: six
Serena: four
Tiara: two
Kiran: four
HISTORIAN
Claire: five
Sabine: three
Reed: five
Jenny: three
EVENT ORGANIZER
Tinsley: six
Brett: four
Dylan: six
TREASURER
Kristen: ten
Callie: three
Ariana: three
"Alright," Massie whispered. "Claire and Reed are tied for Historian, and Dylan and Tinsley are tied for Event Organizer. Who are we going to vote in?"
"Who do you think?" Dylan asked coolly. She knew she was IN, just because Tinsley was an ex-alpha who would want to take over. And Reed was a known troublemaker.
"Okay," Massie responded. "I'll announce the winners?"
The girls nodded. Massie waited for them to have gotten back in place, then clapped her hands. The room fell silent.
"Wow. You guys are good at this," she joked, earning a laugh. "Anyway, the results are in! I am your newly elected President, with seven votes. Alicia is Social Chair, with six votes. Claire and Reed tied for Historian, but TPC did a tie-breaker and Claire was voted in unanimously."
"Shocker," someone muttered.
"Noelle," Massie called out. "Do you have a problem?"
"No," the girl said dryly. "Just figures you vote in your own girl instead of Glass-licker here." Noelle gave Reed a slap on the back.
Reed rolled her eyes. "Reed," she said crossly. "My name is Reed."
"Right. Reed," Noelle said.
"Moving on!" Massie said bluntly. "We had to do another tie-breaker, but Dylan is our Event Organizer. And Kristen won Treasurer with ten votes. So there you have it, girls of Salir House. Your new committee!"
The girls broke out in somewhat disappointed applause. Noelle rolled her eyes and kept her arms crossed pointedly. Reed rolled her eyes and whispered something to Noelle. Noelle started to clap, but it was half-heartedly.
"Please," Massie said, over the applause. The room grew silent again, the girls straining to hear their new president's words. "Join us for a light after-dinner snack. We have sushi, soup, sandwiches, and drinks. Eat up, girls! And welcome to the official Salir sorority. We can't wait for our first event!" Massie lifted her glass of Martinelli's sparkling apple cider and toasted. "To the new Salir sorority and the future!"
"To the Salir sorority and the future!" the crowd echoed, and everyone drank.
"This is going to be a good year," Massie said. She could feel it down to her bones.