"Oh no!" said Kristy. She kneeled down. Mallory took out her cell phone and started dialing. Abby took all the kids and made sure that they were there. She counted them.

"Claire!" said Mallory, as she shut her cell phone down. "The ambulance are coming in 5 minutes."

"Good." Said Abby. "Call your parents now."

"Okay." Said Mallory. She shuddered.

As Mallory was talking, and Abby was trying to make Michelle stop crying, Kristy shook Claire gentley. Finally she opened her eyes.

"Claire?" asked Abby. She patted Michelle on the back. Michelle stared at Claire.

"What happened?" asked Mallory. She shut her phone again.

"I-I-Mommy!" she said.

Just than, Mr. And Mrs. Pike came, dashing into the park.

"Oh no! Claire! I'm here sweetie!"said Mrs. Pike.

"Oh no!" said Mr. Pike.

Mrs. Pike looked at Claire. Just than the ambulance arrived.

They took her in. Mrs. Pike went in with her. Mr. Pike said, "What happened Mallory and Kristy?"

"We-we were sitting on the bench and talking. We were feeding Michelle, when Claire said she was just going to pick some flowers. We said okay, and told Vanessa to watch her, since Nicky fell, and than Michelle started screaming. Also, Charollette needed someone to push her on the swings. So we thought Vanessa was watching her…and so than we found out that she was missing." Said Mallory.

"I-I'm Sorry Mr. Pike." Said Kristy in a small voice.

"It's okay." Said Mr. Pike. He sighed.

"We'll take the kids back." Said Abby. She started taking Charrolate down the street. "Bye you guys. Sorry Mr. Pike."

"Okay." Said Mr. Pike.

Krsity and Mallory walked them down the street, feeling ashamed. Man I felt bad for them!

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That day, there was a meeting. Kristy told us everything. We were talking when the door opened, and there was Stacey.

"Hi." She said.

"Bye." Mummbled Claudia.

"Excuse me?" she asked.

"Nothing." Said Claudia.

"Oh no. Are we going to go like this for half an hour?" I asked.

"I hope not. Because just because I'm friends with Caroline, doesn't mean I can't be friends with you." Said Stacey. "I love you. But you're not my only best friend."

"I-I thought I was!" said Claud. She had watery eyes. I went to her and hugged her.

"Why'd you leave her like that though?" asked Shannon.

"Well, I didn't. I just sat with someone else for one day. Gosh. I don't have to be with you all the time, right? And by the way, Caroline's pretty

nice. Her mom has cancer, so that's why she's sad and everything."

The room went silent. Than Claudia said, "I don't care about Caroline! She called me a japenese FREAK and you like her?"

"That's true, Stace." I said. "I mean, How would you like It if someone called you a dumbo, and you hate that person, and than Claudia was friends with her?"

"She is a dumbo." Said Stacey. " A fact is a fact." She shrugged.

"But still! She's been your friend for like forever, and than you leave her? Is that what you call best friends?" asked Jessi.

"Woa. Who said I am her best friend?" asked Stacey.

The whole room got silent. Everyone looked at each other.

"Y-you should have told me." said Claudia finally. I felt so bad for her.

"Stacey, that was really mean you know!" said Abby.

"Thanks." Said Stacey. I glared at her. Was this Stacey?

Just than the phone rang. Stacey dashed for it.

"Hello Baby Sitters Club. May I help you...Uh huh….oh no….is Claire okay?...Really?...Oh no….You want to…..okay Ill give it to her…." Stacey held onto the receiver and handed it to Kristy. "Mr. Pike."

Kristy slowly got up. She looked really scared. She glanced at Mallory.

"H-Hello? Hello Mr. Pike. Is Claire okay?...What? I…I am so sorry Mr. Pike!...yes….oh I'm so sorry…it was my fault…no sir, I was responsible. Is there anything I can do….but is she okay...okay sir…thank you….Bye."

Kristy put the phone down and sighed. "Clarie's in the hospital. Broken leg."

"What?" asked Mallory.

"Yea. This afternoon." Said Kristy, looking down.

"Oh my lord." Said Claudia.

"We should do something." I said.

"Like?" asked Shannon.

"A party?" asked Abby.

"Yea." Said Mallory.

"I like it." Said Jessi.

"Yea great idea!" said Kristy. She grabbed a paper, and took a pencil and wrote down something.

"Okay…what do we need?" asked Kristy.

"Umm…can't we do this later…"

"No. Now." Said Kristy. Just than the phone rang.

"Hello! Baby Sitters Club!" said Jessi into the receiver. "When?...Friday…Okay! I'll call you back. Thanks!"

"Who?" I asked, opening the record book.

"The Pennys. Jenna and Daisy." Said Jessi. Jenna and Daisy Penny are one of our newest clinents.

"Okay…" I said. "Shannon and Jessi are available."

"You can take it." Said Jessi.

"Sure?" asked Shannon.

"Positive."

"Okay. Shannon." I said. I wrote Shannon down on Friday, in the afternoon.

Just than the phone rang again. This time I picked it up.

"Hello? BSC."

"Hi! Guess who this is!" said a soft voice.

I recognized the voice right away. The voice hit against my heart. I felt tears in my eyes.

"Dawn?" I said in a small voice.

"Yup! Mary-Anne?"

"Yea." I said softly. I was still mad at her.

"I just wanted to ask you, are you free tomorrow?"

"Yea…why?" I asked slowly.

"Okay. Cause you'll see me soon, at the airport! Sharon already knows! But I wanted to surprise you!"

Oh my gosh. Tears ran down my cheeks.

"You're coming?" I screamed. "Yess!"

"I know! Where's everyone else?"

"Here." I said. I stared at everyone, who was staring back at me. "Bye from me! See you…tomorrow!"

I handed the phone to Claudia, who was sitting next to me.

"What happened?" she asked.

"Dawn's coming back!" I squealed.

"Are you serious?" asked Claudia. She snatched the phone from my hand.

"Hey Dawn! Whats up? I heard you're coming back! What…Tomorrow!" Claudia smiled. "Holy Macoroni! I have a lot to do than! Okay…Love you too!...can't wait to see you! Here…talk to Mal! Bye!"

Claudia handed the phone to Mallory. "Hey! Dawn! I can't believe you're coming back!...Duh!...Yea! What time? Woa! I'll see you than! Jessi's dying to talk to you! Bye!" Mallory gave it to Jessi.

"Hiii Dawn! Great!...You're coming back!...Forever?...Oh." Jessi gave a small frown. "Okay. Well…at least you're coming! I haven't seen you in 2000 years or something! I know…I was joking….okay….Good Bye!" She handed the phone to Abby.

"Hey! Dawn! Can't wait till you come back! Okay! The wedding?... Umm…its next week Friday. Okay…See you than! Bye!" She handed it to Shannon.

"Oh my gosh! Guess who this is?...Yes! You recognized me! I'm joking…whats up? You're coming back! Okay! Yea. Huh?...Stacey. Okay! Bye!" she handed it to Stacey.

"Hey Dawn! Yea! She is…to this guy with like a bunch of kids! Thank god you're coming for the wedding! It'll be so much fun! Okay Bye. Talk to Kristy!"

"Hey Dawn! Get ready to Baaaby-Sit! I'm joking! So how's the We love Kids Club." Kristy rolled her eyes and Smiled. "Are you serious? How disorganized! I'm just joking! I hope it's not because of me you hat Stoney brook!...Yes you hate it! And me too!...I was joking! Okay Dawn! Adios…see you tomorrow! Holla!" She handed the phone to me.

"Hey Dawn. Its me. Mary-Anne. How long are you going to stay here?"

"Umm…like 1 month."

"Oh okay. Can't wait!" I said.

"Yea. Sorry I wanted to stay longer, but Sunny, her mom still has cancer."

"Oh. I feel bad for her." I said.

"I know. I wanted to be there for Stacey's wedding. I told Sunny I'd be back in a month. She said okay. She had Maggie and everyone, but she still needs me. So…I have to go. I hope you understand."

"Yea. I do. I love you Dawn. See you tomorrow!"

"Yea you too! Bye!"

"Bye." I shut the phone. "Yaay! She's coming."

"I know. We better start making decorations and plan the party.Now." said Abby.

"Yea. I agree." Said Stacey.

"Well I'm going to go to my house. She's going to come there…so lets start."

"Okay." Said Shannon. Everyone got up and we went to my house.

We all started decorating. Shannon and Kristy and Mallory went to the mall together to get some things. Claudia went to get her art things. I put the streamers up. Jessi and Abby started decorating her room.

We cleaned the house clean. Sharon helped us. When Claudia came back, she made the banner that said, "Welcome Back Dawn!" in beautiful writing.

Sharon helped us hang it up outside. Just than Richard came with all the junk food and other great food. Kristy and Mallory and Shannon came back from the mall. We were done.

The house looked great. "Wow!" said Kristy. She fixed the banner a little bit and than we all stepped back to admire Claud's beautiful piece of art.

"Wonderful." Said Mallory.

"Lets check everything inside." I said. We went inside and looked at everything.

"Good. It's nice." Said Jessi.

That night, when everyone left, I lay in bed. Some things were going right. I just hoped Dawn didn't change her mind this time…