Dawn's job as president was very easy. She made sure that everyone got along and felt included, the best part of her job as President, is that she is also considering new members, unlike what Kristy did before. Dawn even got her own babysitting jobs and babysat for the Barretts, even if they were a crazy group of three kids. Dawn later realized that her skills are needed somewhere else. Because one babysitting job went very downhill, but not in the way that you think.
While babysitting, Dawn helped Buddy with his homework, he accidentally called her something that really stuck with her in her mind.
"Wow! Thanks, Mom," Buddy says excitedly, but then he caught himself, "I mean Dawn!"
Dawn suddenly got surprised, "It's fine Buddy."
After their Mom got home, Dawn didn't tell her what happened. She only told her club members.
"He called me mom, I don't know what to do, I feel so confused," Dawn says to the girls. "His mom is always busy, so he looks at me! What do I do?"
"We never had anything like this," Claudia says. "But I think I know what it means."
"What does it mean?" Dawn asks.
"Well, he craves a mother figure, unintentionally of course. He wants someone to talk to and help him with his homework, maybe even try to help him with whatever problems he has at school."
"What?"
"Try to limit yourself, don't do anything a babysitter wouldn't do," Mary Anne explains.
The next day, Dawn tried to do anything that a babysitter would do. But Buddy was really needy, he wanted someone to comfort him, so she did it. And he called her mom again. This time, Dawn didn't object. She had to just make sure that Buddy's Mom was in the room with them, which made for a weird moment.
"Dawn, this is just playing right? Because he said Mom really normally," Ms. Barrett says.
"Ms. Barrett, Buddy and I have connected, I don't know why, but I do know this, they need their mom, their real mom, I almost decided to quit, but-" Dawn explains.
"Dawn, please don't, you're a really good babysitter, you've helped me alot, maybe if I spend more time with my children, maybe something can change. But, i'll try to be better, you should take a break."
Dawn smiles and she says goodbye to Buddy and his siblings, she left to walk home but is spotted by Janine, who was walking home from the library.
"Hey, studying hard?" Dawn remarked.
"Yes, I am, how was the job?" Janine asks.
"Good, she's trying something new now," Dawn says. She looks at Janine who looked like she wanted to say something to her. "What's up?"
"Do you wanna hang out more? Like not in the club, like just the two of us," Janine blushed.
Dawn did notice that she is fifteen, so it wouldn't be weird, "Sure, if you want."
Janine smiled.