Note: I'd like to thank mcpon14 for coming up with the title for this fic. Hope you all like it!

Claudia started getting bored reading Nancy Drew all the time. Until now, she was starting to think if she needed to find new people to discover, along with their characters. Claudia had known Nancy Drew mysteries for several years. About a month or so ago, she'd been searching for new characters to meet.

"I think it's time you and I say good – bye," Claudia said sadly as she went through the last book, which was The Bungalow Mystery.

It was one of her favorite books in the series and was now starting to know the story by heart. When she got to the last page, she could feel tears coming down her cheeks as she slammed the hardcover book shut.

She was still in tears when suppertime arrived. Janine, her older sister, saw the tears coming down Claudia's face.

"Are you all right, Claudia? You look like you just lost a friend," her mother told her.

"Maybe a friend did," Claudia told her mother.

"Is this something got to do with your baby – sitting friends?" Janine asked.

She saw Claudia shake her head.

"Is this friend somebody we know?" her mother asked.

She saw Claudia shake her head.

"Is this friend somebody we know?" her mother asked.

"No, Mom," Claudia answered.

She didn't want to mention to her family that the friend was Nancy Drew, but did remember her parents never approved of the Nancy Drew series. She also didn't want to tell her older sister.

She did feel a bit silly about crying over a fictional character, but it was true. Claudia had a baby – sitting job at Mallory's house from eleven to six. Mallory was going to help her look after her siblings. Janine could guess this person Claudia had lost recently was a fictional person.