After the whole incident with Mallory's chicken-top, we all decided to hit the buffet for lunch. It was good to be bonding with Stace and Claud, usually I get stuck spending time with Mary Anne or Abby. They're just not as… fun as Stacey and Claudia are. Anyways, we picked up our area on the beach and walked back to the hotel. On the way I wedged myself between the girls and put a palm on each of their bottoms.

"Ahhh, Mexico is great huh guys?" I said, smiling up towards the sun.

"Um, sure Kristy," Stacey said, looking at Claudia uncomfortably.

Oh no! I hoped she didn't think I was trying to come between their friendship. Because I wasn't trying to at all. I'm just trying to get cozy!

Sensing the uncomfortable air, Claudia quickly changed the subject. "I hope they have some good stuff for lunch," she said, holding the door open for me and Stace.

"Well if not, we could always just eat out," I said, winking at the two of them.

"Hmm, I don't know the number of any local places," Claudia said walking ahead.

"Claud… Never mind," Stacey said with a sigh as we walked into the dining room.

Once again the grub was spectacular. Stacey just got a salad, but Claudia and I loaded up.

"I wonder where the others are," Stacey said, nibbling on a piece of lettuce.

I took an oyster from my plate, slowly coated it with butter, and then began suckling it from its shell. "Well," I said, wiping the drool and butter from my chin, "They probably stopped somewhere in town for food or something". "Gosh these oysters are delicious!" I said, licking another. "Would you like to taste my oysters Stacey?" I said, nodding towards the pile of oysters on my plate and licking my lips. "You've never had any like these, I know it!"

"Um… No thanks Kristy. Actually I'm not hungry anymore, I'm gonna go upstairs and lay down," Stacey said, quickly getting up from the table and stalking off towards the elevator.

"Damn that's a nice ass," I said, under my breath, watching her walk off.

"Huh?" Claudia piped up from next to me, her mouth full of refried beans.

"I said Mexico's got a lot of nice grass," I said, picking up another oyster. "Hey Claud… Would you like to taste an oyster?"

"No thanks, I'm not really in the mood for sea food," Claud replied, biting into her carne asada.

"No it's cool," I said, grabbing the oyster with my teeth. "More for Kristy!"

We ate for a couple more minutes, and soon were rejoined by Stacey, who had Abby with her. They rushed back into the dining room towards our table.

"They always come back," I thought smugly to myself as they approached us.

"Kristy! You'll never believe what's happened!" Stacey said, sitting down.

"Well, I mean it's not that unbelievable, I knew that you'd give into your lust sooner or later," I said, pushing my chair back from the table. "You in too Abby?"

"What are you talking about?" Abby said giving me a quizzical look.

"Kristy! Dawn's been arrested!" Stacey exclaimed.

"WHAAAT!" I roared, attracting the attention of everyone else in the dining room. "Emergency BSC meeting! Now!"

"Wait, wait," Abby said quickly. "I'll go to the front desk and call Mal and Jessi down, but do we really want Mary Anne to know? I mean with her problems with Logan, and her sunburn, do we really want to add more to the pile?"

Abby was right, Mary Anne wouldn't be much of a help.

"Okay, get Jessi and Mal down here pronto," I told Abby. I pulled my visor out of my beach bag.

"And get me a pen and paper from the front desk!" I yelled after Abby.

I got the waiter to clear our plates away and then started to set up. I took two chairs and stacked them on top of each other. It wasn't as good as my director's chair, but it would have to do. And at least I could still hover over the other BSC members.

Abby returned with pen and paper a couple minutes later. Mal and Jessi joined soon after. I noticed Mal scowling at Stacey, and she didn't look me or Claudia in the eyes. And she was wearing a puce colored turtleneck sweater, which was ridiculous since it was over 100 degrees out.

"Okay, I call this meeting to order," I said, looking around at my friends' worried faces. "Now, before we get to our main order of business, does anyone else have anything to share?"

"I do," Mallory piped up. "Um, to all of you that were at the beach today, I thought your behavior was really rude and inappropriate…"

"Oh Mal, shut up about your stupid chicken boobs already!" Stacey exclaimed in disbelief. "Get over it ok? We've got serious business to attend to!"

"Yeah, really," I said huffily. "Ok, Abby, tell us what happened today".

"Well first she was whining about silk, and then she wandered off into the food area and the next thing I know she's clubbing a guy with a dead chicken!" Abby began, still obviously in disbelief.

Stacey smirked a little and I noticed Jessi stifling a giggle.

"Order!" I snapped, flinging one of my flip flops at Jessi.

"So, the cops came and toted her off," Abby finished, shrugging her shoulders. "I called down to the police station and they said they're holding her in the local jail. If we want to bail her out, it's $5000."

"$5000!" The rest of us all exclaimed in horror. That was A LOT of money, even between the six of us. Even for me, and my step-dad is a millionaire!

"Hmm, okay. Well, how much does each of us have?" I asked, looking around the table. "I've got $300 in cash and some traveler's checks."

"Whoa, whoa, whoaaa," Stacey interrupted. "I'm not spending ALL of my money on my second day in Mexico on Dawn. Really, she put herself into this mess she should get herself out!"

The others nodded and murmured agreements.

"Let's call her mom, or her dad or somebody," Jessi suggested. "Besides, I've only got $200 myself, I doubt we could come up with the money."

"Hmmm," I said, rubbing my chin. "I think I have an idea…."

"Oh God," Abby said, rolling her eyes to the ceiling. "The Great Kristy is having an idea!"

"You will cease with talking!" I yelled, throwing my other flip flop at her. It smacked her right in the face, leaving a nasty red mark. Serves her right. How dare she mock me, Kristy Thomas.

"Well, as I was saying," I continued, glaring at Abby. "Maybe we could raise the money. And we wouldn't have to sacrifice any of our own!"

"How are we gonna do that?" Claudia asked. She had produced a pack of Ring Dings from out of no where and was diligently snacking on them.

"Fundraisers! What we do best in this club… I mean besides baby-sit," I answered smiling. "There are all types of way for us to make money. Like Claud could charge for art lessons, or you and Stacey could start running a salon out of your room! Jessi, you can give dance lessons… Abby you could start doing stand-up! And Mallory… erm…"

"I can draw caricatures of people! But in mouse form!" Mallory said, smiling excitedly.

"That's the spirit!" I said as I stood up out of my chairs. "Come on guys, we can do anything if we try. We'll have Dawn bailed out in no time!"

The rest of the BSC members stood up, Stacey and Abby exchanged doubtful glances. But inside I could tell they were bursting with excitement.

"Wait Kristy," Stacey said, putting her hands on her round delicate hips. "What are you going to do?"

"Duhh Stacey! I'll help organize you all. I'll make calls, set up appointments, and keep track of the money! Someone has to do it!" I replied, throwing my arm around her waist and pulling her close. "Now if you need any extra help, just come and get me. This meeting is adjourned!"

With that, we all dispersed. Operation "Bail Out Dawn" was go!