-1Mary Anne's Summer
Disclaimer: I do not own any of these characters, except the one's I made up, and I don't own the baby-sitters club.
Chapter One
Mary Anne winced when her alarm clock rang out clear. Even knowing that it was the last day of tenth grade did not comfort her. She groaned. She liked to learn and school wasn't all that bad but so much had changed in the last year. She was having problems with her boyfriend, Logan Bruno, for one thing.
Logan and Mary Anne had dated all throughout eighth grade and then broke up just before they graduated that grade. Logan experimented with many girls during their freshmen year of school but last summer Logan and Mary Anne had gotten back together. A couple of months ago, Mary Anne had made a big mistake which had caused them to break up temporarily. They were back together now but Mary Anne knew that he hadn't completely forgiven her. She hadn't completely forgiven herself, in fact.
On top of that, Mary Anne's estranged stepsister was coming home for the summer. Halfway through their freshmen year, Dawn had gone after Logan. That did not end well and Mary Anne and Dawn's friendship had gone down the drain.
Claudia Kishi, another longtime friend, had ditched Mary Anne and Kristy several months ago so that she could hang out with 'cool' people. She was now friends with cool girls and guys, a group that Logan belonged too.
Stacey McGill was still friends with Mary Anne but she had become quite a legend within days of starting High School. In result, she had become the queen bee of the school. At least she had kept her morals. She still did well in school, especially excelling in math, watched her blood sugar levels, hung out with the 'cool' crowd while still finding time for Mary Anne and Kristy.
Kristy would be gone for the summer as she was going to some national leaders convention in Albany, New York. Mary Anne was proud of Kristy but really did not want to spend the summer without her best friend. Kristy was her one constant in her life. Yes, Logan would be here as would Stacey but Logan was still distant with Mary Anne and Stacey had a hundred other things to do.
Abby Stevenson was still around as well. Mary Anne was not particularly close to her but sat with Abby and her friends at lunch with Kristy. Abby still played an abnormal amount of sports. She would be participating in a athletic camp for children in StoneyBrook that summer.
Mallory would be back from her boarding school soon enough, and she had decided to return to StoneyBrook for High School. She and Jesse had missed each other immensely and Mallory figured that people had forgotten about her. They were a little young to be hanging out with. They were good friends but really weren't interested in the same things as Mary Anne was.
On top of all of that, Mary Anne had to worry about her stepmother. Her stepmother had become an extreme pain in the neck. Without knowing why Mary Anne and Dawn were fighting, she had taken Dawn's side so Mary Anne was left with an angry Step mother. Luckily, Mary Anne's father had taken no sides but supported Mary Anne when the fights began. Mary Anne hated confrontation so it was becoming increasingly difficult for her to be at home.
There were two things that Mary Anne was excited about for the summer: she would be baby-sitting, and she had gotten a job at the local bookstore. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays Mary Anne would be working from 9am to 5pm for 7.50 an hour. On Tuesdays and Thursday she would be baby-sitting the Johnson children because their single mother had decided to go back to college. From 8am to 2pm Mary Anne would be watching two little boys and a girl for 6.00 an hour.
"Mary Anne," yelled Sharon, Mary Anne's stepmother, "get down here, you need to get to school!"
"I'm coming." Mary Anne stumbled around trying to find something to wear. She finally decided on a pair of denim capris and a green cap-sleeve empire top. She slipped on some green flip flops. She slipped the silver necklace that Logan had given her for her last birthday around her neck. She brushed her hair, now longer than shoulder length, and placed a green headband on her head. After putting some mascara on, she scrambled around and started throwing all her school supplies into her backpack. Finally five minutes later, she was racing down the stairs.
Sharon was standing there, with her arms crossed and a scowl on her face. "What took you so long?"
"I overslept. I only woke up twenty minutes ago." Mary Anne said, softly.
"Well, Logan is already here to pick you up," hissed Sharon. Logan had his license and a car. Mary Anne wouldn't be turning sixteen until September thanks to her very late birthday so Logan was her ride. She could picture the irritated look in his blue eyes and grimaced. "He's waiting outside."
Sharon smirked at Mary Anne when Mary Anne looked at her. Glaring, Mary Anne went into the kitchen, grabbed a granola bar, and picked up a juice box. "You better hope that you have lunch money because I am not giving you any." Mary Anne opened the front door while hearing her stepmothers laughter. She felt tears spring to her eyes, she didn't have any money with her, but her stepmothers cruelty had gotten to Mary Anne the most. Why did her stepmother hate her so much?
Mary Anne was one of the most sensitive girls one could ever meet. Her big brown eyes were sensitive and she was hurt very easily by people's cruel words. She felt like it was a curse. She wished she could shrug off cruel comments like Stacey. She wished she could deal with conflict the way that Kristy or even Logan did.
She took a deep breath and walked towards the dark blue car that Logan owned. Even from the distance, she could see the irritation on his face. She flinched.
Almost immediately after she had slid into the car, and buckled herself in, Logan sped off. There was an uncomfortable silence permeating the car suffocating Mary Anne. After getting half way to school, Logan finally spoke up. "What's wrong?" He sounded a little worried and the irritation had disappeared for the time being.
"Sharon. And I feel bad about making you wait. We could be late." Mary Anne glanced over at Logan, whose blue eyes were now kinder.
"Don't worry about me, I'll get over it. What did Sharon do now?" He sounded angry at her stepmother.
She really liked how sweet Logan could be despite all that had happened between them the last time they had broken up.
"She just said some nasty things towards me. I am just overly sensitive." Mary Anne really hated her impossible sensitivity. Logan smiled, however.
"Aw, but that's what I like about you. You are such a sweet, caring, beautiful girl. Your stepmother is just a bitch." He scowled when he spoke about her stepmother. More tears sprang to her eyes as she flushed pink. Why was he being so sweet? "You really shouldn't let her get to you. She has no right to treat like she does. You did nothing wrong."
Mary Anne smiled. Logan parked the car in the school parking lot and looked over, catching Mary Anne's smile. "There's that smile I like so much." He leaned over and kissed her which ended up being a full out make out session. This time around, the relationship had gotten more physical although it had never escalated to far. He always stopped himself short of sex. At first, when they had gotten back together, she had the misguided notion that she had to apologize to him by having sex with him but he had stopped her and said, "Not until you are truly ready." Despite that, Mary Anne could feel the tension in him more and more, it was making her nervous.
A few minutes later Mary Anne pulled away, flushed and trembling. "We really have to get to class."
"Fine." snapped Logan, causing Mary Anne to flinch. "Damn it, don't do that!"
"I'm sorry." Logan looked at her for a second.
"Why do you always apologize when you didn't do anything wrong?" Mary Anne took that as a rhetorical question. It really didn't need to be answered. His voice softened again. "Come on, let's go." And he slipped his hands into hers, reassuring her that everything was fine. He had become irritable lately and Mary Anne was curious to know why but he never talked about his personal problems anymore. It was as if he didn't really trust her, but Mary Anne guessed that she deserved it and more.
She walked into the school beside Logan. "Hey, Logan!" several voices rang out and a pretty blond haired girl threw herself at Logan.
"What the hell are you doing, Sara." Logan grumbled at Sara, his hand still holding Mary Anne's.
"Come on, baby. You don't want to be with that cheating slut especially when you could have a good time with me." Sara glared at Mary Anne as she said those horrible words. Logan rolled his eyes.
"Oh, that's rich, coming from you. Haven't you slept with almost half of the school."
"Yes, but I've never cheated." Sara smirked at Mary Anne's humiliation. Mary Anne wanted to run and cry but she would not cry in front of this bitch. She would never live it down despite being known as the cry baby.
"Shut up, Sara. Mary Anne is my girlfriend and I have no interest in sluts so that kind of leaves you out of the equation." Mary Anne blinked, surprised. Logan was standing up for her. She flashed back to the weeks when they weren't together and people had scrawled slut across her locker. On top of that people had called her names all day long. She often had to sit in the bathroom and cry. Kristy, Abby, and Stacey had stood up for her but Logan had still been angry. Although he never participated in the hurtful acts, he never spoke to her or denounced the cruel treatment.
"Whatever, when you decide to leave the slut, come to me, baby." Sara licked her lips and flounced off.
"Well, what are you looking at? Get lost!" Came Kristy's angry tone. Stacey was standing to her right with some of her other friends. She flashed a sympathetic smile Mary Anne's way. Stacey had kept most of hoards away from Mary Anne over the past few months, because of her own popularity, but it still had been hard.
Logan squeezed Mary Anne's hand and bent down, giving her a kiss. "I'll see you later. We still on for dinner and a movie tonight?"
"Yeah, I'm having a girls night tomorrow though." Mary Anne said, blushing a little at the kiss. She always felt self-conscious doing that in front of people.
"Pick you up at seven. Do you realize how adorable you are?" He winked at her as he walked off. Immediately he was surrounded by his guy friends but, thankfully, no girls were hanging off of him.
Stacey, Stacey's friends, Kristy, and Abby walked up to Mary Anne.
"I don't know why they cannot leave you alone. So, you made a mistake. Logan doesn't seem overly angry about it anymore why should anyone else be?" ranted Kristy, when she noticed the tears that were in Mary Anne's eyes.
"I know, really. Sara sleeps with everybody and their brothers, and you've never slept with anybody. Honestly," spoke up Abby angrily.
"Thanks." mumbled Mary Anne, still feeling like a slut, but they were right: she was still a virgin at least.
Stacey shot a passing couple a glare when they opened to make a nasty comment. She flipped her blond hair over her shoulder and turned away from the couple. "Come on, we don't want to miss our last day of school, do we?"
One of Stacey's friends, Maggie, laughed. "You just want to be able to see Tony more quickly."
Stacey smirked and shrugged. "So what if I do." Laughter rang out, and she winked at Mary Anne, before leaving for class. She had Calculus that period. Mary Anne and Kristy had English literature first period while Abby had History.
Kristy put an arm around Mary Anne who still looked upset and they went to class.
Notes: Ok here's chapter one of my story. Tell me what you think. I just wanted to say that this story isn't all about Logan and Mary Anne's relationship but it is one of the main conflicts in this story. All the baby-sitters club will probably be part of this story and other recognizable people like Cokie and Pete Black.