Chapter 3
Blair had been in school for two weeks already, and she loved it. She loved how all the girls in her class "ooh"ed and "ah"ed over her outfits and shoes. She loved how a couple of the girls did whatever she wanted. They're names were Penelope, Hazel, and Isobel. They dressed like her (only not as well), talked like her, and tried to do everything like her. Blair loved being showered with attention. She was their queen bee, and they were her loyal, buzzing, almost-as-well-dressed-as-her subjects.
But the best and worst part was Serena didn't seem to be jealous of Blair at all, she just floated around making friends with everyone and excelling at everything. At coloring time her picture went up on the wall, she charmed the lunch lady into giving her two cookies, and the little black haired boy called Dan followed her everywhere.
But the best part of Blair's first two weeks of kindergarten had been Nate. He showed up to school everyday in his rumpled uniform, hair wet with comb tracks through it, and a big smile on his face that always came into view when he saw Blair.
Blair helped him with all of his work, showing him which way the R went, showing him the difference between the letter O and the number 0. And at the end of each day, she would place clay inside of his shoe in the shape of a heart that she made in art. He would dig his small hand around inside, and when he withdrew it, it would be clutching a lump of pink clay with bits of lint stuck to it. He would always look around puzzled when he found it, wondering who gave it to him, when Blair laughed in the corner with Iz, Penelope, and Hazel.
But today was even better than most days, because it was Friday. Even though that meant the end of the week and another two days until she saw Nate, it was still the weekend, which would be filled with tea parties with Serena and shopping for shoes with her Daddy. But today was even more special than the last two Fridays, because her teacher, , had a Very Important Announcement.
"Class!" she called angelicly. "I have an announcement. In one weeks time, we will be going on a-" she paused for dramatic effect. "FIELD TRIP!"
There was a moment of silence as the kids took it in. No one cheered or clapped. No one did anything. No one except for Isabella Ferelli, who raised her hand and asked "What's a field trip?"
"A field trip," explained, "is when the whole class piled on a bus and goes on a trip for the day instead of going to class. We will be going to the Central Park Zoo. Which reminds me, everyone will need to get into groups of three for their field trip groups!"
Everyone exploded into cheers and choruses of "YAY!" Blair looked at her friends, who were waiting to see what her reaction was. Blair smiled a wide, toothy grin at them, and they broke out into squeals with the rest of the class.
Blair couldn't be more thrilled. I mean, what a perfect chance to do somethin' with Nate. It cant not have beened more perfect! Blair thought with satisfaction. They would be in a group together of course. And the third would be…Serena. But her and Nate would forget about her, as they fell more and more in love over the trip. Serena would be okay though. She always adapted to situations, like a blonde, blue eyed butterfly. Or something like that. But Blair had more pressing matters to attend to first. First she had to make sure Nate would go to the ball with her.
Blair turned around in her chair and tapped Nate, who was sitting next to her chatting with Chuck about the field trip.
"Hey Nate." she butted in. "How 'bout you and Serena be in a group with me? For the field trip?"
Nate looked at her and seemed to be considering the offer very seriously. Then his face broke into a wide smile, showing off his adorable dimples.
"That sounds fun. Sure Blair." he agreed.
Blair nodded and tried not the let out the scream of joy building up inside of her. "Yeah, I'll just tell Serena then. It'll be fun. We'll be the bestest group out their!" she said with a wink. Then she walked away to inform Serena about their group, go home, and do the thing she did best. Shop for the perfect outfit.