We are going back an few days.
The Baby-sitters Club decided to hold an rare meeting. Everyone who was still part of the group sat in Claudia's room eating her junk food; expect for Stacey she was eating carrot sticks and drinking an tall glass of milk.
"Milk does an body good." Stacey joked.
"You have been drinking a lot of milk lately Stace. Are you all right?" Claudia asked her best friend.
"Never better." Stacey said. "Honest I am completely all right." She knew that everyone was concerned about her diabetes. "This is normal." She said with an smile.
"So Jessie how's your ballet class?" Kirsty asked Jessie who was sitting on the floor across from her best friend Malloy.
"Great. We are going to put on an production of the 'Nutcracker' for Christmas." Jessie said with an smile.
"I can't believe that Christmas is coming up." Malloy shook her head. "Just three more weeks than Christmas and than an week later it will be the New Year."
Mary Anne leaned back and put her head on Claudia's pillow. She was lying on Claudia's bed with Claudia and Stacey sitting on opposed side of her.
"Mary Anne are you feeling all right?" Stacey asked with concern as she saw that Mary Anne's color wasn't what it was appose to be.
"I'm just tried is all. I think I stayed up studying to late last night is all." Mary Anne closed her eyes as an major headache pounded her head.
RING RING
Malloy grabbed the phone quickly as Mary Anne's face winkled up in pain of the phone's shrill ring. "Hello Baby-Sitters Club...."
Stacey got up from the bed and went over to Mary Anne and put her hand on her friends forehead. "Mary Anne you are burning up. I don't think it's from lack of sleep."
"I'm calling your father and Sharon." Kirsty got out of her chair and left the bedroom and called from the hallway phone. "They will be right over." She said as she walked back into the bedroom.
Malloy had got all the information from the client and hung up the phone. "That was the Newton they need one of us for Friday night for Jamie and Lucy. From seven until midnight."
"Check the record book." Kirsty said as she covered Mary Anne with Claudia's comfortable.
Malloy checked and said "Kirsty, Stacey and Claudia you three are free."
"I'll do it." Claudia said and received nods from Kirsty and Stacey.
Malloy penciled Claudia's name in the spot and called Mrs. Newton back and let her know that Claudia was going to babysit Friday nite.
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Janine walked Richard and Sharon into Claudia's room fifteen minutes later. "Mr. And Mrs. Spier are here to take Mary Anne home." She said quietly.
"Oh Mary Anne dear." Richard said as he gently kissed his burning up daughter on the forehead. "Did you take her temperance yet?"
"Twice. When we first discovered her burning up and just now. I think you should take her to the hospital Mr. Spier." Stacey said.
"Why what is her temperance?" Sharon asked with slight fear in her heart.
"104.8" Stacey said. "Thank God you came when you did we were just about to call 911."
Richard gently picked up his daughter and left the bedroom.
"Thank you girls. We will let you know as soon as we know anything." Sharon rushed to follow her husband out of Claudia's room.
The girls followed the Spier's downstairs and out of the Kishies front door. They waved sadly goodbye as Richard backed out of the driveway.
TOO BE CONTINUE .........
