*Claudia*
The phone was ringing when I got upstairs to my room after a baby-sitting job at the Marshal's. "Hello Baby Sitters Club?" It was early but you never know.
"Claudia? It's Mary Anne." There was a lot of noise so I could barely hear her.
"Mary Anne? Where are you?" I asked. She hadn't been in English or at lunch today so I had been wondering where she went.
"Airport. My flight leaves in ten minutes. You need to reschedule me for awhile. I have a job at the Pike's tonight. I don't know when I'll be back. It's Dawn." She was crying I could tell even over this bad connection.
"Mary Anne did you say something about Dawn?"
"I have to go to California. It's Dawn she's..." there was a click. "Claudia are you still there?"
"Yeah I'm here. Mary Anne what's wrong with Dawn?"
"Did you say something? Claud I can't hear you. I've got to board plane will talk to you later."
And then she hung up.
Something was wrong with Dawn is all I know. But what? Had to be important for Mary Anne to be flying to LA. I tried calling Dawn's number but there was no answer. But then again it's only a little after 2 there. But then again wouldn't Mrs. Bruin be there or Mrs. Schafer?
I took out a Snickers bar and started eating it hoping to take my mind off of worrying.
"Claudia?" Abby asked. I shook myself out of my reverie. I hadn't even heard her come up.
"Oh hi Abby." I said. "I didn't hear you come up."
"I didn't think so. You okay?"
"I don't know." I waited until the other members of the Baby Sitters Club arrived.
"This meeting of the Baby Sitters Club will come to order. Anyone know where Mary Anne is?"
"I got a phone call from Mary Anne a half hour ago. She was at the airport and was going to California. All she said was she would be gone and didn't know when she'd be back. We needed to reschedule her jobs. She said something's wrong with Dawn."
"What's wrong with Dawn?" Stacey asked.
"I don't know. The connection was bad and I could barely hear her. But she had been crying." I said.
The phone rang and Kristy answered it. "Hello Baby Sitters Club. Dawn! How are you? Mary Anne called and said she was going there?" I could literally see Kristy's face fall. She doesn't cry often but she looked like she was about to. "Are they sure? Oh Dawn I'm so sorry! Uh huh." She reached for a notepad and wrote something down on it. "I'll let you talk to the others." She handed the phone to Jessi and then actually left the room. I heard the bathroom door close. I went out to see if she was okay. Shannon and Abby followed me.
She was sobbing. "Kristy?" I knocked.
The door opened. "Dawn's got leukemia."
I felt like someone had just slapped me in the face. I couldn't believe it. Not Dawn.
I was the last one to talk to her. She sounded tired. "Dawn I just heard. How are you feeling?"
"Drained. I start chemo tomorrow. I wish it wasn't happening. But talking to you guys made me fill better. I wish you guys could be here. It would be better if you all were."
We talked for a few more minutes. As I hung up I had an idea. Maybe we could be there.
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Notes: next chapter is Dawn's POV. That should be written soon too. sorry chapters are short. They'll get longer I hope.
The phone was ringing when I got upstairs to my room after a baby-sitting job at the Marshal's. "Hello Baby Sitters Club?" It was early but you never know.
"Claudia? It's Mary Anne." There was a lot of noise so I could barely hear her.
"Mary Anne? Where are you?" I asked. She hadn't been in English or at lunch today so I had been wondering where she went.
"Airport. My flight leaves in ten minutes. You need to reschedule me for awhile. I have a job at the Pike's tonight. I don't know when I'll be back. It's Dawn." She was crying I could tell even over this bad connection.
"Mary Anne did you say something about Dawn?"
"I have to go to California. It's Dawn she's..." there was a click. "Claudia are you still there?"
"Yeah I'm here. Mary Anne what's wrong with Dawn?"
"Did you say something? Claud I can't hear you. I've got to board plane will talk to you later."
And then she hung up.
Something was wrong with Dawn is all I know. But what? Had to be important for Mary Anne to be flying to LA. I tried calling Dawn's number but there was no answer. But then again it's only a little after 2 there. But then again wouldn't Mrs. Bruin be there or Mrs. Schafer?
I took out a Snickers bar and started eating it hoping to take my mind off of worrying.
"Claudia?" Abby asked. I shook myself out of my reverie. I hadn't even heard her come up.
"Oh hi Abby." I said. "I didn't hear you come up."
"I didn't think so. You okay?"
"I don't know." I waited until the other members of the Baby Sitters Club arrived.
"This meeting of the Baby Sitters Club will come to order. Anyone know where Mary Anne is?"
"I got a phone call from Mary Anne a half hour ago. She was at the airport and was going to California. All she said was she would be gone and didn't know when she'd be back. We needed to reschedule her jobs. She said something's wrong with Dawn."
"What's wrong with Dawn?" Stacey asked.
"I don't know. The connection was bad and I could barely hear her. But she had been crying." I said.
The phone rang and Kristy answered it. "Hello Baby Sitters Club. Dawn! How are you? Mary Anne called and said she was going there?" I could literally see Kristy's face fall. She doesn't cry often but she looked like she was about to. "Are they sure? Oh Dawn I'm so sorry! Uh huh." She reached for a notepad and wrote something down on it. "I'll let you talk to the others." She handed the phone to Jessi and then actually left the room. I heard the bathroom door close. I went out to see if she was okay. Shannon and Abby followed me.
She was sobbing. "Kristy?" I knocked.
The door opened. "Dawn's got leukemia."
I felt like someone had just slapped me in the face. I couldn't believe it. Not Dawn.
I was the last one to talk to her. She sounded tired. "Dawn I just heard. How are you feeling?"
"Drained. I start chemo tomorrow. I wish it wasn't happening. But talking to you guys made me fill better. I wish you guys could be here. It would be better if you all were."
We talked for a few more minutes. As I hung up I had an idea. Maybe we could be there.
***
Notes: next chapter is Dawn's POV. That should be written soon too. sorry chapters are short. They'll get longer I hope.
