The Carrie Diaries Chapter 17

In chapter 17 Carrie asks for permission to be on the school newspaper, and she is quickly granted the spot. However she is worried that Lali is trying to steal Sebastian from her when she constantly brings him up in a conversation about Peter, who seems to be interested in Donna La Donna. After swim practice Carrie must attend her first newspaper meeting, but feels sick to her stomach when Lali offers to go to the mall with Sebastian since Carrie can't. During the newspaper meeting she hears the story about a girl named Gayle's sister Ramona, who got turned down by the cheerleading squad, or Donna La Donna rather, because she was "to ugly", during a discussion of what articles to put in the paper. Peter Gives Carrie a ride to the mall, on the way Carrie ask's why Gayle can't have a chance to write the story about the cheerleading discrimination. Peter say's Gayles annoying and once you start talking to her you can't get rid of her, therefore if he let her do an article then she would want to keep doing articles. Through this discussion Carrie learns who the true Peter is especially when he say's Carrie is "funny". Carrie is so enraged that she doesn't know why Maggie likes him, or is even going out with him since he seems to be extremely interested in Donna La Donna.