I rushed into Nicky's bedroom, Lucy at my heels. I knew what I was looking for. I ran to the closet and pulled down a bullhorn from the top shelf.
"What's that for?" asked Lucy, wide eyed.
"You'll see." I replied.
We rushed back into my room. No one had even noticed I was home. I pressed the button on the bullhorn and a loud sound came out of it. Everyone stopped what they were doing and stared at me.
"Hey guys." I said. Lucy was still looked worried, by the way.
"Oh...um, hi Claire." said Karen slowly. She hung her head and she looked awfully guilty. Nina and Myriah were looking at their feet, Jenny was examining her nails, and Suzi walked over and sat down in my butterfly chair.
"Guys, what's been going on?" I asked. No one said anything. Karen cleared her throat as if to say something but she didn't.
"Guys, I...I can't beleive you. Don't all of you want to be in this club?" I asked. There was a slight murmur in which everyone said, "I do." in hopeful voices. The silence was akward. I knew still that it was up to me.
"Guys, please can we work harder to make this club better? I know you've been trying and you're all sorry but please, let's make some progress here." I said. Then,
"I'm sorry I've been so bossy these past couple of meetings. I know it hasn't been much fun for you. I'll...I'll loosen up more. Okay?" Karen said. Myriah, Nina, Suzi, Jenny and I smiled.
"You know what? I'm sorry too. I wanna be part of this club, I...I think it's a great idea and I'll work harder and come to more meetings. Okay?" that was Jenny.
"I will try not to forget any more jobs or meetings. I picked that habit up from my mom I guess." said Suzi. We all laughed. (Mrs. Barrett used to be very absentminded and too busy to clean stuff up.)
"Okay, okay...I'll make sure I have more time for baby-sitting, and when I don't I'll remember to tell you." said Myriah. We all looked at Nina. She blushed. To tell you my opinion, Nina hadn't really done anything. We all laughed.
"Sorry for nothing." she said. Lucy laughed along with us and minutes later, we held a regular meeting with Lucy there too.
Soon enough, Mrs. Newton arrived to pick up Lucy.
"You guys really do have a great club. I'm so glad you're picking up where they left off." she said as she handed me my money for watching Lucy. I grinned and looked at the other five members of the Baby-Sitters club, they were grinning too. To top things off, Lucy leaned over to her mother and said, "Someday, I'm going to join the Baby-Sitters Club too."