Kristy knows it takes time to start a business and all that, but she is almost thinking of giving up. It's not her character on giving up. She's thinking about sharing this with Claudia, and even her friend would tell her this for sure, so Kristy decided to keep that to herself. Giving up is what she hates. For sometime now, Kristy had been having a few construction people working on building her own place than renting the company.

Now that Kristy has her own business, she thought it should be named after her. She thought of calling Mary Anne just to say hello. It's been quite a while that both friends have spoken to one another. So Kristy immediately picked up the telephone. She listened for a few minutes. She was in luck – Mary Anne was home.

"Hello?"

"Hi, Mary Anne."

"Hi, Kristy. How are you?"

"I've been thinking about you."

"So have I. Remember the last time we talked I mentioned that I'm planning to start my own business?"

"Of course I remember you saying something about it. How's it turning out?"

"It's slow right now. Right now it's starting to be built. When it's finished, would you like to take a look and tell me what you think?" Kristy asked her friend.

"I'd love to, Kristy. What kind of business is it going to be?" asked Mary Anne.

"Sports. It's actually going to be a bowling alley."

"That's cool. What does Claudia think about it?"

"She's fine about it. She's staying so that way she could use her creative brain for making up uniforms for the teams."

"Good thing she decided to agree. I'm sure it'll probably take her a long time to work on this."

"That's what she told me. I don't mind it. I'm going to put an advertisement in the newspaper. Maybe people will come and check out the new bowling alley. I asked Bart if he was interested in joining us. Do you remember?"

"Bart Taylor? Sure I remember him. How is he doing?"

"The same. He liked my idea, and then agreed that he'd help Claudia and I out on this one."

"Is he still going for it?" Mary Anne asked.

"No. He changed his mind."

"What has Bart been doing these days?"

"He's quite a busy guy."

"What's Bart doing for a living these days?"

"He works in a law firm. I think he'd rather hang out in court all day instead of working in a bowling alley. How's Logan doing?"

"He's doing good. We're going to remarry in September."

"I didn't know you were married."

"We were for about three and a half years. Now we're going to try again. Is Bart married?"

"He's not. I thought he'd have his own family by now, but I was wrong. Do you and Logan have children of your own?"

"Not yet. We want to. Have you come up with any names for your business?"

"Working on it right now. Since it's my business, I think it makes sense to name it after me."

"Why don't you share with me?"

"No. You won't like the names," Kristy answered.

"Okay. You don't have to share with me. I'm not disappointed."

"I know."

Mary Anne no longer lives in Stoneybrook. Even though New York is her favorite state, she's not living there, but will go and visit every once in a while. Mary Anne now lives in Louisville, Kentucky with Logan. It's where he grew up in. Mary Anne thinks it's okay, but she still prefers New York instead.

"How is life in Kentucky, Mary Anne?"

"It's all right. I'm not complaining about it. I did have that chance to meet a few of Logan's old friends he grew up with before he went to Stoneybrook Middle School."

"What is he doing?"

"He's busy working in a Baptist Church."

"I never knew Logan is religious."

"I didn't either. I don't remember him going to church in Stoneybrook."

Kristy agreed with her friend. Logan was never a religious person, but that probably changed him when he moved back to Kentucky after high school graduation.

"What does he do at the church, if you don't mind me asking?"

"He's a minister to middle schoolers. I've never been to church, and he doesn't need to talk me into changing my mind. I'm a teacher for high school students with special needs."

"I'm sure you're a good teacher, Mary Anne."

"Thank you, Kristy. I've won a few Teacher of the Year."

"I'm prod of you, Mary Anne. Listen I'd better go. It was nice hearing your voice again after so long."

"Same here. Talk to you again soon."

"We sure will. I'll call you when the bowling alley is ready for business."

"All right, Kristy. I do wish you luck."

"I think I"ll need it."

Then it was time to hang up. Kristy smiled to herself. It felt good catching up with Mary Anne.

She then thought of Claudia. She did end up calling her too.

"Hello?"

"Hi, Claudia."

"Hi, Kristy. How are you?"

"I'm good. How about you? Having any luck on this bowling alley idea?"

"A little bit. What do you think of having it named after me since it's my idea?"

"Go for it. Any ideas on names?"

"Not yet. Still working on it."

"Okay. Sorry to cut this short, Kristy, but I have a lunch date."

"I will talk with you again later, Claudia. Have a nice afternoon."

"Same to you, Kristy."

Since it was a short conversation with Claudia, Kristy decided to catch up on laundry. Today was a day off for Kristy, so she had plenty of time to think about the new business she'd been focusing on lately, so that's exactly what she did after talking with Claudia and Mary Anne.