The Babysitters' Club – AC Style!
By Whinnie
Hi, peeps, I'm back! Chapter 2 wanted to come along, too (LOL, just joking!) Anyway, not much to say except thanks to everyone, so... Let's start, shall we?
Chapter 2 - First Meeting, First Problem - Chapter 2
Today was my first sitting job, Goldie wrote in her diary on her comfortable, small-sized cabin bed. The radio was playing a soft tune of "Only Me" by K.K. Slider, and her large, cactus-like Gyroid simply hummed quietly to the beat. I went over to DinoTown today, and sat for the Prowers'. Mr. and Mrs. Prower are very nice; they offered to drop me home thrice! They have two sons and a girl: Tailer, Thrails, and Rihaa. (The amazing thing was, Tailer had two tails, while his older brother had THREE!)
Anyway, the children are quiet most of the time, but they love action. Especially Rihaa. She likes to act, sing, and dance. Tailer is a huge fan of eating, while Thrails enjoys reading, playing on the Internet, and practicing music with his band in the basement (yes, he's a big fan of music!) I especial
Suddenly, Goldie had an idea. A simple one at that. "Why don't we keep a club NOTEBOOK?" she thought excitedly to herself. "We can keep all our sitting experiences in there, especially if something exciting happens." She nodded eagerly at her idea and, quickly tucking her diary and pen underneath her fluffy white pillow, hurried over to the other side of the room, where two small wooden side drawers stood. Goldie opened one of them, revealing a stack of thin notebooks on one side, and a small package of lined papers in the other. Quickly, the dog grabbed a bright orange coloured book, shoved the drawer closed, and entitled it, "Babysitters Club: Sitting Notebook". Placing it carefully on the square table beside her bed, the dog quickly changed into her pajamas, finished writing her first sitting job in the club, and fell asleep.
Friday morning was cool and rainy. The wind blew gently as Whitney surveyed the dark clouds in the sky, a gingham umbrella sheltering her. "It'll probably rain tomorrow, too," she muttered, zipping up her dark green raincoat. The design was actually an umbrella one, but Whitney had paid the Able Sisters 750 Bells to convert it into a coat.
As the pink-haired girl opened up her mailbox, a pile of letters almost slipped out. "It's about time I got my fossils back," she thought impatiently, reading the address on the envelope that was attached to a large box. As she tucked them into her pocket and threw out the junk mail, she pulled open the door to her house and dragged the soaked package inside, then ran across the living room, into the kitchen, and called Nookington's with her lovely phone to make a deal. "Hello?" she spoke into the receiver when she heard Monique, the clerk, pick up the phone.
"Hello, darling Whitney!" the cat spoke into the phone. "What is it that you need today?" she asked as she helped a customer with his furniture. After a few mm-hmms and uh-huhs from the cat, she sent Timmy and Tommy Nook to Whitney's house with a small vendor-like cart (but was bigger.) A few minutes later, they were standing in front of her house, with the large box in their cart, and Whitney had 12,000 extra Bells.
A few minutes later, as Whitney was shaking peaches off the orchard in her backyard, Goldie ran into the Acre, wearing a brown winter coat with something tucked under it. Quickly, she hung an ad on the town's bulletin board, and then the two best friends exchanged greetings, and then Goldie told Whitney about her fabulous idea inspired last night.
"That's great!" she thought with a grin. "By the way, I've set up the record book," she added, waving a notebook similar to Goldie's. "I also set up a schedule and a page for our wages." After talking for a few more minutes, the girls then headed out to the Khaos Cafe, where Bertha worked as a waitress. When they finally reached the small building, which was situated in Acre D2, they took a seat at their favourite booth in the corner. As soon as the bull saw them, she was at the table in a flash. "So, what will you two be ordering today?" she asked, notebook and pen in her hands and a smile on her face. After they exchanged greetings, Whitney and Goldie ordered, then sat back and waited for their food as Bertha ran off to confirm their orders. After eating and talking over how excited they were to experience their first meeting later, they cleaned up and left, headed for the library.
5:20 PM - Acre B-1, Liz's house
Liz was at her house, getting last minute things ready. She had cleaned up her mini-kitchen after finishing her after-school snack, and then set out food and drinks on her pink tulip table. She also placed her new blue handphone on the bed, where she slightly bounced on the soft pink covers as she sat. When the bright, yellow wall clock read 5:25, Tutu had arrived (since the bear was living next door, she didn't have to travel much distance.) A few minutes later, Midge appeared, followed by Bertha, Amoon, and Tahani. Goldie and Whitney came by a few minutes later, with the club notebook and record book. By then, the clock read 5:29, so everyone had arrived early.
A few minutes later, the girls were talking freely about teachers, homework, crushes, the new neighbour, random people, Tom Nook, Crazy Redd's cheat sales, and other things, while picking up the phone after it rang several times. They had received a numerous amount of calls, where people were asking for sitters after school and on weekend evenings; the girls were fully booked for the next two weeks!
Suddenly, just as the girls had started to talk about Pelly and Pete, the phone rang. Alfonso was looking for a sitter to help babysit his sister, Kari. Whitney just shook her head as she looked at the club schedule. "We're all booked: Tutu has art classes, Goldie and Prince are going to the museum for a school project; I have to take up skating lessons with Amoon, and the rest of you are all sitting," she said simply, then took a big breath.
All the girls stared at each other, amazed. A stunned Liz exclaimed, "Gosh! I didn't know babysitting business was like fire these days!" Suddenly, Bertha had a fabulous idea. "Since I'm sitting for the Kittlers' that day, and they only live a few blocks away, maybe I can sit for both of them at the park." Goldie gasped. "That's a good idea!" she said, fascinated and relieved like the rest of them. Midge just grinned, and we smiled and laughed.
More calls were made, asking for more sitters, but thankfully, the girls did not encounted the same problem in the same day. As Whitney walked the two Acres back to her house, she thought gratefully, "First club meeting, first club problem - luckily, it got solved!" Grinning at her great friends, she decided to spend some time with Bertha and Midge at the beach instead, then headed off with the two girls.
Yes! Another chapter done (I can't believe I'm shrugging this story off like grass!) Anyway, thanks for reading this. I'll probably have the Chap. 3 up in the next few days; expect an update soon!
-- Whinnie