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Chapter One

"You know," said Kristy Thomas, "I've been thinking. If the white sauce on this macaroni cheese was a little runnier it would look almost exactly like -"

"Stop!" I cried. "Stop right there. I don't want to know what it would look like."

"Well I'll tell you what it smells like because it would look and smell the same. It would smell like cu-"

"Kristy!" I cried.

"What?" She replied. "It's so much more interesting to say funny things about the hot lunch."

Everyone laughed. We couldn't help it. "We" were five of the members of the Babysitters Club – Kristy, me (Mary Anne Spier), Claudia Kishi, Stacey McGill and Logan Bruno (my boyfriend). It was Monday and it was lunch time at Stoneybrook High School. That meant that we were sitting around our usual table. We are all in our Junior year.

Kristy is my oldest friend in the world. She used to live next door to me until the summer at the end of 7th grade. Kristy mom got remarried to a millionaire called Watson Brewer. Watson owns a mansion on the other side of town, so Kristy's entire family moved into his house. Kristy has three brothers – David Michael, Sam and Charlie. Kristy also gained a stepsister called Karen and a stepbrother called Andrew. Kristy is very outspoken with lots of big ideas. She used to be a tomboy who didn't care about how she looks but since she started high school she has been dressing more like a girl. She has also become much more interested in boys. Just three weeks ago she slept with this guy called Alan Gray. It was her first time. Kristy was the founder of the Babysitters Club.

Unlike Kristy, I am not at all outspoken. I'm not as shy as I used to be, but I am still very quiet. I am the only one of my friends who has a steady boyfriend at the moment (they have all had boyfriends over the years but I've never been without since eighth grade). Logan and I have been dating since eighth grade. He is incredibly good looking and very good in bed.

Claudia used to live across the road from me and I have known her almost as long as I've known Kristy. She is Japanese-American and has long, silky, jet-black hair, dark eyes and a perfect complexion. Claudia has always had a wild fashion sense. For example she wears huge shirts with wacky patterns on them and bright tights and short skirts. Lately, I have noticed that her fashion sense has become slightly sluttier. She has taken to wearing mini skirts or short-shorts almost every day.

Stacey is originally from New York. She has been best friends with Claudia since she moved to Stoneybrook at the beginning of the seventh grade. Stacey used to dress kind of like Claudia but her fashion sense has always been a bit classier. Stacey has a new boyfriend every couple of weeks and she sleeps with almost all of them. Most of her boyfriends are about 5 to 10 years older then her, which really annoys her parents. Stacey's parents are divorced – her father lives in New York and her mother lives here in Stoneybrook.

Just then the bell rang. As we got to our feet and began to scatter, Kristy called out to us – "Don't forget the club meeting today!"