Back In The Old Town For Thanksgiving
By: CNJ
PG-13
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Kristy:
Mary Anne, Mona, Stacey,
and I were piled into the car and headed back to Stoneybrook for Thanksgiving.
"Ohhh, to our folks' houses we gooo..." I sang and we all laughed. It was
hard to believe we'd been in college for three months already.
"How's Vermont?" Mona asked
Stacey.
"Nice." Stacey sat back.
"You all know that Christie Winchell's there also?"
"Yeah, I think you e-mailed
us about that," I said as Stacey edged the car onto the turnpike heading
out of New York City and toward Connecticut. "Claudia's on her way from
Minnesota," I added. "She e-mailed me last night."
"Dawn's coming in from Arizona
tomorrow," Mary Anne put in. "I can't wait to see them again."
"Me either," Mona added.
The original Baby-Sitters' Club, or the BSC for short are now scattered
around the US of A.
"Jessi e-mailed me the other
day," Mary Anne told us. "She says the Next Generation of the BSC is doing
really well." Vanessa Pike, Becca Ramsey, Charlotte Johanssen, and Karen
Brewer took over the club last August when we left Stoneybrook. Vanessa's
the president; Becca's the treasurer; Charlotte's the secretary, and Karen's
the veep and they now have the BSC meetings in her room.
"Anna and Abby are coming
from New Jersey tomorrow," Stacey turned off a ramp and we were on the
outskirts of Stoneybrook.
"Good, good," I nodded.
We got closer to the middle of the large town that we'd left behind last
summer. I wondered exactly how much had changed. We then passed Stoneybrook
Middle School. "That's where it all started," I said softly. It was in
seventh grade when I thought up the BSC. We got very quiet and pensive.
Then we passed the Stoneybrook High. Mary Anne's eyes filled with tears.
"It feels so strange here
now," Mary Anne whispered shakily.
"It does," I agreed. Just
then we were on the long winding McLelland road where I used to live. Stacey
would be dropping me off there, then heading back to the neighborhood where
she, Mary Anne, and Mona used to live. It'll be great seeing Mom and Watson
again and I knew the others were looking forward to seeing their families
again.
