A/N: Sorry I haven't updated in awhile. I've just been so busy, and school starts in two weeks, so it might be awhile before I can update again. Part of the chapter is a flashback that takes place a few years back at Yale. Please R/R and give me some ideas. I'd love to hear them. I love feedback, which I haven't been getting a whole lot of, so feel free to give me more.
I sat at the kitchen table at the Taylor's house, talking with both Bart and Kristy. That was when Kristy informed me that she and Mary Anne were not on the best of terms lately. She started to explain the long story...
*flashback*
It was during the mid-morning rush to get to class when it all started. Kristy and Mary Anne both had early classes, so they got up super early to be on time for them. Then they parted ways and headed off towards their classes.
After their busy morning schedules, they met at Subway for lunch. Mary Anne got there first, since she had just finished up her child psychology course. She sat down at a table and waited for Kristy. She finally saw her friend come in and waved her over to the table.
"Sorry I'm late. We had to finish a discussion and that lasted longer than I had expected." Kristy said.
"That's OK. Come on, let's get in line."
They got in line for sandwiches, chips, and cookies. Then they sat back down and started to talk.
Mary Anne suddenly gasped and said, "Look at that guy over there."
"Where?" Kristy asked, looking around.
Then she spotted him. He was sitting by himself, looking over an Economics book. He was tall, with brown hair and green eyes that you could die for. He saw them looking at him and smiled. They turned red and turned around.
"Oh, great. He saw us!" Mary Anne said in a hushed whisper.
Kristy nodded. "Now he's coming this way. Act natural."
They resumed to what they were talking about when he came up to their table and said, "Excuse me, ladies, but may I sit down?" They both nodded.
He sat down next to Mary Anne and said, "My name's Ian Stevens. I was sitting over there when I noticed you two ladies by yourself so I thought you might like some company."
The girls introduced themselves. Ian, noticing Mary Anne looking at him, started to ask Kristy questions about herself. Kristy, noticing his flirting game, decided to direct the conversation over to Mary Anne. Ian followed the conversation for a little while. Before he left, he asked for Mary Anne's number.
*end flashback*
Kristy went on for a while, telling about how Ian talked with Mary Anne several times before going out with her on one date. He then decided to give up on her, because he thought she was too shy.
Here's when the real shocker came in. He decided to call Kristy up one day and invited her to the movies. She debated on whether or not to go with him, since Mary Anne was a little shook up about Ian not wanting her anymore, but Mary Anne insisted that she give him a chance.
"For someone who admitted to being a little shook up about something like that," Kristy commented at one point. "She sure was eager to have him date me."
I pointed out that she probably just wanted her friend to be happy.
Anyway, Kristy then said she only went out with him for a couple of weeks. That's when she found out about his problems.
Then Ian decided to give Mary Anne another chance (like she did anything wrong before, I thought. It was just her shyness and sensitivity, which I've always thought were her two best qualities.)
Kristy tried to warn Mary Anne about how Ian had treated her like dirt when they dated, but Mary Anne just figured Kristy was jealous that Ian was interested in her now.
So Kristy and Mary Anne stopped talking to each other for awhile.
However, they began to talk to each other a little more after Mary Anne married Ian. Kristy said that, although she and Mary Anne are still pretty close, they haven't been talking to each other as much as they once did before Ian came into the picture.
I then told Kristy and Bart about what I knew, and we all sat and tried to think of a way to help our friend.
"Maybe we should write to Dear Abby," Bart suggested. "Maybe she could help us think of ideas."
"Maybe, but it would probably take awhile for her to answer, if she even answers it at all," Kristy replied. "Maybe we should just take charge ourselves and get Mary Anne out of that house. That way the entire BSC could help her and give her the support she needs."
"No, I don't think she would like that," I said. "I mean, she told me that she wants - and needs- to get out herself. She wants her friends' support, but she doesn't want them to do what she has to handle herself."
We all thought about it and concluded that we had to talk to someone who could help Mary Anne realize how badly she needed to leave.
That someone was Sharon Schafer Spier.
We intended to talk to Sharon pretty soon. But before had a chance to do so, something happened that we'd never thought possible.