[ Rise and shine, Upper East Siders! I'm about to make getting up this early bearable… Let's start this school year out with a bang, shall we? You want to know who this mysterious M is? Well, her name is Miranda Dunkirk, and if that name doesn't make you think Macbeth, you obviously aren't going to pass AP English. M is, in fact, Scottish. A Scottish noble even, although you'd never know it. She's from sunny LA, and is rolling in all the cash from her movie producer daddy.
Even better? She moved here because her family just found out whatever happened to a certain black sheep daughter who got disowned a while ago. The daughter's all grown-up now, with kids of her own. The Dunkirks aren't ready to forgive their wayward daughter, but M was granted permission to play fairy godmother to the two kids… I'll let you know when they know, but I'm sure you'll have fun guessing who the Cinderellas are.
Oh, and the biggest news? M is my BFF. So play nice, UES. You break her heart, or any other part of her, and I won't break your face, I'll break you. You wouldn't want me to dig up every single one of your dirty secrets, would you?
Okay, M, I've given you your intro. Now you go out and make some news for me. Good luck on your first day! You know you love me. XOXO, Gossip Girl ]
Jenny Humphrey was lying on her bed, staring bug-eyed at her laptop with her mouth hanging open. Was it possible? She ran through all the people Gossip Girl talked about again. There were only two other pairs of siblings, and only her and Dan had any sort of need for a "fairy godmother." She couldn't believe it… could her mom really have kept this from her? She'd always said that her parents had died in a car crash and she was an only child.
She almost yelled for Dan to come look at the post, but she knew he'd either make some moody comment about how it must be someone else or he'd say how he didn't want to be rich… so she decided not to, and just grabbed her purse and headed for the door.
Miranda checked her phone and smiled. She was walking to school today, having passed up a dramatic entrance by riding in her limo, so she could hear all the whispers she knew there would be on the way to Constance. She'd decided to take a leaf from Serena's book, and was wearing her school skirt rolled up short and her white shirt a bit unbuttoned with the sleeves rolled up loosely, with some sexy bed head going on. She wasn't unfashionably late, like Serena was that first day, instead getting up early to sit in the courtyard and wait for the crowd.
She texted Gigi, thanking her for the intro and support, and betting her that Blair would be the first to come up to her, pretending to be a welcoming committee. Gigi laughed and said either her or little J, sucking up.
Miranda laughed aloud, and texted Gigi to be nice, J was sweet. As she sent the text, she looked up and saw Blair and her entourage (Kati, Isabel, and Hazel) walking towards her. Miranda quickly texted Gigi – "Here comes Queen B – I'm gonna make her wait until I finish this, she's gonna be so – "
"Hi, Miranda, right? I'm - " "One sec, Blair, gotta finish this text." Miranda snuck a peek at Blair's outraged face and quickly finished her text, " – pissed. I bet this'll push her towards 'destruction' instead of 'recruitment'… or maybe not, after your threat this morning."
She flipped her phone shut, and looked up at Blair, but stayed sitting on the bench. "Yes, Blair, did you want something?" She said it so sickly sweet that Blair had to respond in kind or seem like a bitch. She smiled large and said with fake enthusiasm, "Just wanted to welcome you to Constance. And New York, for that matter."
Blair paused, internally debating whether she should "make nice" and invite the new girl to join them. She quickly decided that she couldn't afford not to make an effort to bond with this already-powerful new girl. "The girls and I are going for drinks at the Palace after school today, if you wanted to join us?"
Miranda made an exaggerated grimace, "Oh, I'm sorry, B, but I was just there last night." She caught Blair's minions raising their eyebrows at each other over her refusal and casualness. Blair chose to act like nothing was up. "Maybe some other time," she said with that fake bright smile.
Miranda matched her smile, "Sure, B." She nonchalantly reached for her phone and started texting with Gigi again. Blair was seething, but she managed to keep her calm mask on and turned around and headed with her followers whispering behind her to another bench.
[ Quiet Confrontation in the courtyard! Look at this pic – B putting on a happy face as M keeps her waiting to finish her text. Apparently she turned down an invitation too… Did you expect gratitude, B? M doesn't need you to like her; she's get friends in even higher places than Queen – namely, me! You know you love me. XOXO, Gossip Girl ]