Mary Anne Breaks the Rules - part 33 and 1/3.
The last 6 chapters can be found here.
Chapter 7: Not a lot happens. MA babysits some more, Logan comes over and hangs out with Jake. Jake discusses the Halloween haunted house that all the kids suddenly want to do. The kids want to charge $20 a person to enter the haunted house! Again, what kind of place is Stoneybrook where the kids want to charge $20 for a haunted house located in someone’s basement?
Oh, wait. I remember. Something happens, all right: MRS KUHN COMES HOME AND CATCHES MARY ANNE AND LOGAN IN AN IMMORAL ACT!!! I mean, she catches MA and Logan drinking juice boxes with the kids in the kitchen. As to be expected, Mrs. K wigs out, Logan’s all “peace out,” and Mary Anne is freaking the hell out. If Mary Anne would have said ONE SIMPLE SENTENCE, the whole thing would have been smoothed over. But nooooooooooo. And, as usual, when it hit’s the fan, Logan flees the scene like the Kuhn house is the center of the apocalypse. What a great boyfriend you got there, MA. She runs to the BSC meeting (because every damn day is a BSC meeting in Stoneybrook) because she’s got to talk to someone.
Chapter 8: Uh oh. Mrs. Kuhn called BSC world domination headquarters and talked to Kristy.
MA spills the beans about her half-assed plan to have Logan hang out with Jake. Claud seems a little supportive, which I can’t say about Kristy. Claud tells everyone in the club about the situation as they come in. Instead of being, I DON’T KNOW -- friendly???, the other BSC members treat her like she was running a bordello with Rebecca De Mornay. Of course, good old MA feels like a worm.
K-Ron tells her the obvious - that she should have told Mrs. Kuhn from the beginning. I agree, but this is a Babysitters Club book, people. The entire series revolves around this trope. Then she drops the bomb. Mary Anne’s fuck up is going to tank the BSC!!! Of course, this stupid club is so much more important that the feelings of supposedly your best friend in the entire world. Damn, bro, that is harsh. I really wish that instead of crying, like she ALWAYS does, Mary Anne would have said this:
Not all of the girls are acting like Mary Anne just murdered a teddy bear. Stacey rightfully reminds everyone that this was a one time thing and Mary Anne didn’t mean anything wrong - but then everyone forgets that and gets back to what they do best. Which is taking a huge dump on friendship in the name of a babysitting- based capitalist economy.
K-Ron actually uses the term “damage control” in this chapter. STFU.
Chapter 9: Stacey and Mal have a co-entry in the notebook. I hate Stacey McGill for one reason, and one reason only. It’s because of her that I - a 30 year old woman - still dot my exclamation points with hearts, because I thought the hearts over the letter i was so cute.
More crap about the stupid haunted house. The triplets are smart, and point out that if you don’t trick or treat, you won’t get candy. What normal child doesn’t want candy? Then again…are there normal children in the ‘brook? I don’t think there are.
Anyway, the kids fight about the haunted houses, and the schism runs deep. Funny vs. Scary. Scare Wars have begun.
Chapter 10: Mary Anne has the plague. No, really. Logan is barely talking to her, and her BSC friends are completely ignoring her. Whatever happened to “the best friends you’ll ever have”? Mary Anne is too afraid to call Mrs. Kuhn, and can’t figure out the right words for a letter.
At the next meeting, Kristy wants to know if anyone has any fruit to declare - I mean, any new business, and Shannon asks “What business?”
Stow it, bitch.
Anyway, not a single job for Halloween night. No one calling for help with trick or treating or parties. And Halloween was only a week and ½ away, ya’ll! ZOMG! Mary Anne wonders if Mrs. Kuhn has spread the story of her horrible, irresponsible, sluttish behavior around town and all the parents now think that BSC = Skank?
Then there’s the story about the Papadakises. They told Shannon that they would be calling to schedule lots of baby sitting jobs because they have family from Greece over to visit, and that was last Friday. THEY HAVEN’T CALLED. Damn you, Mary Anne! These busy people who have relatives from out of town and probably have absolutely no time to do the little things haven’t hopped to it and called Kristy’s Magical Culty Club, and it is ALL YOUR FAULT!
Mary Anne can’t wait to call Dawn. She has to have someone to talk to who isn’t planning her death. Surprisingly, Dawn’s the voice of reason. Maybe distance has cleared her head and she’s broken Kristy’s evil vampire-like spell?
Dawn tells MA that everything’s going to be all right. The parents will get over it, and the club isn’t going to fold. MA feels better after talking to her, but it still skeptical.
Will Mary Anne ever talk to Mrs. Kuhn? Will the Papadakises call for babysitting jobs? Will the kids have two different, stupid haunted houses? Does a bear shit in the woods? All this and more in the next episode of Mary Anne Breaks the Rules!!!
Chapter 7: Not a lot happens. MA babysits some more, Logan comes over and hangs out with Jake. Jake discusses the Halloween haunted house that all the kids suddenly want to do. The kids want to charge $20 a person to enter the haunted house! Again, what kind of place is Stoneybrook where the kids want to charge $20 for a haunted house located in someone’s basement?
Oh, wait. I remember. Something happens, all right: MRS KUHN COMES HOME AND CATCHES MARY ANNE AND LOGAN IN AN IMMORAL ACT!!! I mean, she catches MA and Logan drinking juice boxes with the kids in the kitchen. As to be expected, Mrs. K wigs out, Logan’s all “peace out,” and Mary Anne is freaking the hell out. If Mary Anne would have said ONE SIMPLE SENTENCE, the whole thing would have been smoothed over. But nooooooooooo. And, as usual, when it hit’s the fan, Logan flees the scene like the Kuhn house is the center of the apocalypse. What a great boyfriend you got there, MA. She runs to the BSC meeting (because every damn day is a BSC meeting in Stoneybrook) because she’s got to talk to someone.
Chapter 8: Uh oh. Mrs. Kuhn called BSC world domination headquarters and talked to Kristy.
Click to viewMA spills the beans about her half-assed plan to have Logan hang out with Jake. Claud seems a little supportive, which I can’t say about Kristy. Claud tells everyone in the club about the situation as they come in. Instead of being, I DON’T KNOW -- friendly???, the other BSC members treat her like she was running a bordello with Rebecca De Mornay. Of course, good old MA feels like a worm.
K-Ron tells her the obvious - that she should have told Mrs. Kuhn from the beginning. I agree, but this is a Babysitters Club book, people. The entire series revolves around this trope. Then she drops the bomb. Mary Anne’s fuck up is going to tank the BSC!!! Of course, this stupid club is so much more important that the feelings of supposedly your best friend in the entire world. Damn, bro, that is harsh. I really wish that instead of crying, like she ALWAYS does, Mary Anne would have said this:
Not all of the girls are acting like Mary Anne just murdered a teddy bear. Stacey rightfully reminds everyone that this was a one time thing and Mary Anne didn’t mean anything wrong - but then everyone forgets that and gets back to what they do best. Which is taking a huge dump on friendship in the name of a babysitting- based capitalist economy.
K-Ron actually uses the term “damage control” in this chapter. STFU.
Chapter 9: Stacey and Mal have a co-entry in the notebook. I hate Stacey McGill for one reason, and one reason only. It’s because of her that I - a 30 year old woman - still dot my exclamation points with hearts, because I thought the hearts over the letter i was so cute.
More crap about the stupid haunted house. The triplets are smart, and point out that if you don’t trick or treat, you won’t get candy. What normal child doesn’t want candy? Then again…are there normal children in the ‘brook? I don’t think there are.
Anyway, the kids fight about the haunted houses, and the schism runs deep. Funny vs. Scary. Scare Wars have begun.
Chapter 10: Mary Anne has the plague. No, really. Logan is barely talking to her, and her BSC friends are completely ignoring her. Whatever happened to “the best friends you’ll ever have”? Mary Anne is too afraid to call Mrs. Kuhn, and can’t figure out the right words for a letter.
At the next meeting, Kristy wants to know if anyone has any fruit to declare - I mean, any new business, and Shannon asks “What business?”
Stow it, bitch.
Anyway, not a single job for Halloween night. No one calling for help with trick or treating or parties. And Halloween was only a week and ½ away, ya’ll! ZOMG! Mary Anne wonders if Mrs. Kuhn has spread the story of her horrible, irresponsible, sluttish behavior around town and all the parents now think that BSC = Skank?
Then there’s the story about the Papadakises. They told Shannon that they would be calling to schedule lots of baby sitting jobs because they have family from Greece over to visit, and that was last Friday. THEY HAVEN’T CALLED. Damn you, Mary Anne! These busy people who have relatives from out of town and probably have absolutely no time to do the little things haven’t hopped to it and called Kristy’s Magical Culty Club, and it is ALL YOUR FAULT!
Mary Anne can’t wait to call Dawn. She has to have someone to talk to who isn’t planning her death. Surprisingly, Dawn’s the voice of reason. Maybe distance has cleared her head and she’s broken Kristy’s evil vampire-like spell?
Dawn tells MA that everything’s going to be all right. The parents will get over it, and the club isn’t going to fold. MA feels better after talking to her, but it still skeptical.
Will Mary Anne ever talk to Mrs. Kuhn? Will the Papadakises call for babysitting jobs? Will the kids have two different, stupid haunted houses? Does a bear shit in the woods? All this and more in the next episode of Mary Anne Breaks the Rules!!!