Hi guys! My name is Charlotte. This is my first fanfiction, and I'd love to get some feedback. I'll try to update every week or so, and I'll also try to keep my chapters long. This story takes place after the sixth book, and Simon and Tristan will also be there. I'm not sure yet whether or not I'll add Theodore Rochester, but the Berkeley family will definitely be residing in Concord. All the pairings are as Heather Vogel Fredrick left them off as. Comment if you want a certain POV or if you think some of the characters are too OOC. I hope you like it!

Jess

I wave to Darcy, thanking him for the ride home, and he drives off. Slowly, almost reluctantly, I turn around and stare at Half-Moon Farm, where I've spent most of my days.

I go through my normal after-school chores - milking the goats, collecting the eggs, cleaning the horses' stalls, the usual. I love my family's farm more than anything, but recently I've felt it's rather tedious and repetitive.

Everyone is really busy, so we've put off several book club meetings for other times that everyone can make it. I think back to all the places that we visited as a book club - New York, Wyoming, and England.

All the exciting (and not so exciting) moments - Gigi coming to Concord, Gigi getting engaged, Emma moving to England, the Sophie Fiasco, Annabelle and Rupert, and Tristan and Simon.

I smile when the horses nuzzle my hand after I feed them a treat. I slip into the kitchen, climbing up the stairs to change out of my work clothes and into something a little more comfortable.

My phone rings, and when I reach over to answer it, I see that it's Emma.

"Hey, Emma. What's up?" I say curiously.

"Oh, nothing, except for the fact that Cassidy called for an emergency MDBC meeting," she replies casually.

"Really?" I say, surprised. "Did she mention why?"

"Nope," Emma responds. "She was rather enigmatic about it."

"Hmm," I say thoughtfully. "At her house, right?"

"Yes," she confirms.

"Well, I guess I can call Darcy again," I decide.

"Again?" Emma inquires, ever the observant.

"Yes," I answer, blushing slightly. "He drove me home after school."

"Okaay," she says, her voice teasing.

"See you at Cass's house, then," I say, ignoring her unnecessary side comment.

"Bye," she responds.

Once she hangs up, I dial Darcy's number. I only have to wait a few seconds before he picks up.

"Hi, Jess. What is it?" Hearing his deep voice makes me smile.

"Do you mind dropping me off at Cassidy's house? She called for an impromptu book-club meeting about something urgent."

"Sure," he answers.

He pulls up two minutes later, and we arrive at Cassidy's house soon after.

I don't have to ring the doorbell; the door opens right after I get out of the car.

Cassidy's anxious face peeks out from around it, and I see her brows creased with agitation. She shuts the door the minute I enter, and leads me to her room, where Megan and Emma are waiting.

"What's going on?" I ask, speculating all the possibilities.

"I'll tell you when Becca arrives," she replies vaguely.

Right on cue, the doorbell rings, and Cassidy rushes out to answer it.

I stare at my friends sitting on the bed, an eyebrow raised questioningly.

"We don't know anything!" Megan protests.

"Fine, but she'd better spill soon, because the anticipation is killing me."

"Do you think you're the only one who feels that way?" Emma retorts impatiently. I join them on the bed, the mattress dipping slightly under my weight. Megan breaks it the silence after a moment.

"Don't tell Gigi, because I know that she'll immediately contact Wolfgang, but lately I've been thinking about that fashion show we did a long time ago to save Half-Moon Farm, remember?"

"Yes," Emma and I reply slowly, question evident in our tones.

"Well, yesterday I was bored, and my hand just doodled in my sketchbook. I looked over it later that night, and found that I'd been sketching a variety of designs."

She interrupts us before when we open our mouths. "They're all work in progress, so they aren't really anything good; just me flushing out some ideas. Do you get what I mean?" she says.

Emma nods. "That's what I do, only I do it about my stories."

Cassidy and Becca burst through the door a second later. Becca sits down on the floor, and Cassidy plops down on her desk chair. She's silent.

We all stare at her.

"Just tell us already!" Megan bursts out after a few seconds.

"Okay, okay, okay," Cassidy sighs and stares at the floor before lifting her head and looks each of us in the eye.

"There's a major problem that I learned only a few hours ago. I don't want anyone to know about this, but it turns out that. . ."

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Thank you to Brittfiction (Britt) for being my beta!