A/N: There are not enough mother-daughter book club fan fictions. So I decided to write this one, cuz I love romance and realistic fiction.

P.S. in reviews, please let me know if Ashley's last name is "Sanborn" or "Sandborn" or something else all together!

Disclaimer: I do not own mother-daughter book club.

Chapter One

Jess

Yawn! says the piece of paper Cassidy tossed at me.

You woke me up! I write back, in mock protest.

Ha-ha. she replies. But seriously, this is just plain annoying its so boring!

Yeah, I know. But lets talk about something else so I might not remember.

We're sitting in science class and Mr. Reed of course picked Kevin Mullins (class brain) and Farrah Miller (whose dad is a doctor) to demonstrate the dissection of sheep lungs.

Normally I would find this interesting, if we hadn't done it three times in science camp this summer! and with Mr. Reed's tedious voice he's practically lulling us to sleep.

Cassidy punches my arm, so I finally notice the crumpled note on my desk.

Are you going to Megan's back-to-school party on Friday? Cassidy has written.

Yeah, you? I reply.

Uh-huh. I can't believe she invited boys though.

Why shouldn't she? It's a very 8th grade thing to do.

Becca helped her create the guest list, which probably means a lot of jock-straps will be coming. And Megan asked us to bring bathing suit, which means we'll probably be in the hot-tub with them.

That's okay. I guess. We should stop now though. I think Mr. Reed just saw me writing on this.

Cassidy doesn't pass it back so I guess she took the hint. I'm actually kind of looking forward to being at a party with a bunch of "jock-straps". My mom even bought me a new bathing suit.

She calls it a "tankini" which is a two-piece that still covers your belly. Its green with silvery-blue swirls and pretty sapphire straps. I like it. And Megan invited Darcy.

We got Emma a new suit too, for her birthday. Its also a tankini, but it's a halter-top, unlike mine. Its purple with this lacy fabric over the original part.

I asked Emma what size she needed, and she's down to a 4! Figure skating did so much good for her! I didn't think she was really fat before, but it shows how much smaller she is now.

Cassidy showed us the suit her Mom is making her wear. I don't think it's bad. It even looks kind of sporty. Its turquoise with 2 brown stripes down the sides and a white mesh stripe in between them. The bottom is a brown, short, tight skirt-thing.

Cassidy says she hates it because it has a skirt, and she's going to cut it off and wear board-shorts over it.

Megan won't show us hers yet. Over the summer Flashlite did a swimsuit line, and Megan got to design a few special ones that Flashlite made and gave her as presents. I'm almost certain it will be a bikini though. Becca and Ashley and Jen say they're wearing bikinis.

Ashley showed me the one she bought at the mall when we saw a movie and it's lemon-yellow with white polka dots. It's pretty cute, but I couldn't bear showing that much skin. Not that my mom would let me.

I still can't believe what good of friends the Mother-Daughter Book Club became with the Fab Three. And that I'm seeing movies with Ashley Sanborn.

The bell rings, and I gather my books. In the hall Emma joins me and she talks to me about the party and how cool it will be.

Me and her haven't really been to a party like this, so it's a whole new experience.

Megan's mom will be home the whole time, but Megan made her promise to only come out to bring snacks and stuff. And Mrs. Sloane did the shopping.

"I'm thinking about dyeing my hair," Emma says suddenly.

"What? Why?!?" I say, totally shocked.

"I don't know. My hairs just so…boring."

I roll my eyes. "You should have been in science class today. Compared to that, your hair's a Prada bag compared to one from Target."

"Bags?"

"Okay, so I'm turning into Megan. Just, leave your hair the way it is. I like it."

And we walk to our next class.

A/N: I kind of just churned this out and I want to revise so please give me suggestions in reviews. Thanks!