#95 - Kristy + Bart = ?

Timeline
Early spring, their 6th repeat

Plot
Kristy and Bart have been hanging out for awhile, but never really have defined their relationship. But Bart is ready to kick it up a notch. He invites Kristy to a movie, and then makes out with her A LOT. Kristy is pretty annoyed, because she wants to watch the movie. She kisses him for awhile, but then tells him she wants to watch the movie.

Then one night Kristy is babysitting at her own house, and all the kids went to bed so she was on the couch watching a baseball game. Bart shows up and it is ON. They are full on making out when........her parents walk in. She gets grounded for the weekend and she is so pissed at Bart about it she calls and dumps him on Monday.

But then she starts to feel bad. She wants Bart, but not like that, but kind of like that, and she doesn't want him to like anyone else. So she calls Mary Anne, who basically tells her she isn't mature enough for a boyfriend yet. So Kristy asks Bart to go on a bike ride and she explains that to him, and he is like meh, okay. And then the book just kind of ends.

The side story is that the kids of Stoneybrook, at the organization of the BSC, are having a "record breaking" contest. Then they did a show. It was a marvelous hit.

Takeaways
The "record breaking" contest where there was an actual show that all of Stoneybrook attended sounds like the most boring thing in the entire world. An entire room of people watching some kid see how many pieces of cereal he can cram down his yumhole? Gross.

Dude, Kristy and Bart are FULLOUT making out in this book. I think it's the most action anyone in the BSC has seen so far. (At least, what we know of. I am sure Stacey and Robert are doing it.)

Kristy seems SO IMMATURE in this book.

Kristy may be a lesbian.

Also, she calls Bart "Bartman" when she breaks up with him. If that isn't a sign that you're in the friendzone, BARTMAN, I don't know what is.

Best Character
Probably Bart. He just wants to get his dick wet. And when Kristy dumps him, he immediately just finds another girl to take to the dance. Players gotta play.

Worst Character
I will go with Kristy, only because she acts like a fucking knucklehead in this entire book. And the "record breaking" contest idea is so lame.

#94 - Stacey McGill, Super Sitter

Timeline
Valentine's Day of their 6th repeat

Plot
Stacey is a New York girl at heart. Did you know that about her? She LUVS NYC. She is going to spend a weekend with her dad, and is all excited about what they are going to do so she is talking to Robert about it. He is like meh....not really into the city. So rather than just accept that not everyone LUVS NYC, Stacey decides she will take Robert into the city and take him to a play to show him how magical the city is. She decides she will take every sitting job she can so she can earn enough money to take Robert out for a night on the town (as 13 year olds).

At the next BSC meeting, a new client, Mrs. Cheplin, calls. She wants a sitter for every single school day, 315p-530p. The sitter would need to meet her two kids, Adam and Dana, at the bus and walk them home, and then take care of them until she gets home at 530p. Also, she will expect some housework to be done. Kristy is like no way, we aren't tying a sitter up every single day, and we aren't housekeepers. But Stacey convinces her to let her do it. She goes to meet with Mrs. Cheplin, who is kinda bitchy about how young Stacey is, but agrees to let her try. She brings up the housework thing again, and Stacey tries to explain that she will be there for the kids, not to be a maid, but then Mrs. Cheplin tells her she will pay her a ton and Stacey agrees. Mrs. Cheplin agrees to try this arrangement out for a week.

So Stacey works her ass off for a week. The kids are fine, except Dana has diabetes too and she uses it as an excuse to get out of shit she doesn't want to do. Stacey doesn't fall for it and literally pokes her finger to test her blood sugar, which is always fine. After one week, Mrs. C. decides another two week trial period is necessary. Stacey starts blowing off everyone in her life for this job. She is trying to raise money to take Robert out, but she is completely ignoring him. The list of chores start getting longer and longer, so long that Stacey can't get everything done in two hours, in which Mrs. Cheplin is a huge fucking bitch. Stacey wants to quit, but is obsessed with the money. Finally one day, Dana isn't faking it and Stacey has to find a ride to a doctor. She does, but when she gets home Mrs. C is already there, and she is a complete lunatic that her housework isn't done. Stacey snaps back and explains that Dana was sick, and Mrs. C kind of apologizes but not really.

Finally Stacey realizes enough is enough, and she quits. Mrs. C is a bitch about her quitting and calls her immature. Stacey apologizes to Robert and explains what she was doing.

There is also a side story of Logan wanting to buy MA a ring for Valentine's Day, and he takes Kristy with him to pick it out. Some of the kids see this happening, and they tell all the other kids, so they start being mean to Logan and Kristy bc they are having an affair behind MA's back. It all works out.

Takeaways
That is the longest plot synopsis I have ever written. I basically rewrote the book.

What the fuck is wrong with Mrs. Cheplin? She was pissed bc Stacey is only 13 - did you do no research on the BSC before you called? Also, at one point her chore list is TWO PAGES LONG. She could have done half those chores in the time it took her to write them all out.

One of the chores is "put stamps on envelopes". Are you fucking kidding me?

I understand that works for two hours every day is a lot for an 13 year old, but Stacey's life like falls apart bc of this job. She has to sleep for 12 hours on the weekends. I feel like maybe she needs to get a grip.

Best Character
Kristy, because she was right. Stacey never should have taken that stupid job.

Worst Character
That dumb bitch Mrs. Cheplin