Kristy once again went to her meeting and decided to tell her friends about Bart. She was one of the first to show up.

"Hi, Kristy," Claudia greeted her.

"Hi, Claudia. How have you been since we last saw each other?"

"Just fine. How about you?"

"Same. There is something I want to talk with you all about."

"About Bart?"

Kristy nodded as she took her seat in the director's chair.

"We talked too, Kristy," Dawn said as she and her other friends found their usual places. Claudia closed her bedroom door. Kristy finally called the meeting to order and then answered some phone calls.

"Now we can talk about this whole Bart thing," Stacey said.

"May I go first?"

"Go ahead, Kristy."

"I told my mom about Bart calling me during our meetings," Kristy began.

"What did she say about Bart?" Mary Anne asked.

So Kristy answered her best friend's question.

"I did what Mom told me to – call up Bart."

"You should've done that in the beginning, Kristy. If you did, then we wouldn't have voted on this free trial."

"I know, Mallory. This is why I wanted to talk about today."

"Did Bart say anything about it?"

"Yes. He apologized after I mentioned those meetings we have every day. I ended up accepting his apology. Now you can share with me what you girls decided on."

"Who should tell Kristy?" Claudia asked her friends.

"I think you should, Claud, since this was your idea anyway," Dawn told her.

They did notice that Jessi had been quiet the entire meeting. Then the phone rang, and Jessi answered.

"Hello, Baby – sitters Club."

Jessi took down the info so Mary Anne could see who was open to watch Jamie and Lucy over the weekend. Mary Anne ended up giving her stepsister the job.

"Kristy, we talked yesterday. We decided not to do the free trial for you."

"Good. I was the one who came up with this idea, and I can't imagine what the BSC would look like if you took over, Claudia."

"We couldn't picture that either, Kristy. We really got close to let that happen," Stacey said.

"Thank you for keeping me as the president."

The other girls didn't say anything for a few seconds. At least everybody made up.

"I guess I should tell Bart about this free trial suggestion of yours, Claudia."

"No, you don't have to tell him anything, Kristy."

"All right. It's good that he apologized when I called him. I decided to accept it from all of us."

"That's a good way to put it. There wouldn't be anymore nasty ideas on this one, Kristy. Still friends?"

"Yes, Dawn. We're going to be friends until the day we die, no matter how old we're going to get."

"I don't think I'm ready to use the word 'old,'" Mary Anne replied.

That was another thing Kristy and the other girls had to agree on. It was only 5:45, so they all still had some time to take more baby – sitting calls.

"Wow. It feels like we just started this meeting and now it's almost over. Time sure flies when you have friends to hang out with."

They talked for the rest of the meeting, but did not mention the words 'free trial' ever again.

Claudia's father knocked on the door.

"Come in," Claudia called.

He let himself in.

"Hello, girls."

"Hi, Mr. Kishi," they all returned.

"Kristy, your ride is here."

"Thank you, Mr. Kishi."

"Claudia, dinner is almost ready."

"Thanks, Dad."

The other girls followed Kristy.

"Kristy, you're not mad anymore, are you?"

"Of course not, Mary Anne. I'll see you at school tomorrow."

"Okay."

That night at dinner, Watson decided to ask Kristy about her meeting at Claudia's.

"It was okay, Watson. We aren't going to give me a free trial after all since Bart had apologized."

"Which is good," her mother replied.

"I know. All of us couldn't imagine what it would look like if that really did happen. How about you, Mom?"

"I couldn't picture that either, Kristy. You are a good businesswoman. You might do that as a career someday."

"Maybe."

At least this conversation about this odd idea Claudia came up with was never mentioned again, If this really did happen, Kristy might've hung out with Cokie and her friends. It was a good thing she didn't have to go through that, but maybe Kristy wouldn't have to be able to be in contact with her friends. Kristy went to bed feeling better about making up with her friends.