She rolled a tin can the size of a small waste-basket out from under the bed. "Aunt Peaches ordered this for me. It came in the mail yesterday," she said, popping open the lid. Inside were three different kinds of popcorn: regular, cheese, and caramel-coated, divided into compartments. Naturally, Claudia went right for the caramel-coated. She is a total junk food fanatic.

"Wow! Cool! Popcorn!" cried Mal (Mallory) Pike, one of the two junior members of the BSC. Eagerly, she leaned forward from her spot on the floor and dug out a handful of cheese popcorn.

Our other junior member, Jessi (Jessica) Ramsey was sitting beside Mal. She practically dove into the caramel-coated popcorn. "This is a great gift," said Jessi. "Your aunt really knows what you like."

Claudia nodded, her mouth full. "It was lucky I was home to receive it," she said, clearing her throat. "I took it right upstairs before my parents saw the caramel-coated and cheese popcorn. I just barely talked them into letting me have regular popcorn. Flavored popcorn would definitely be out." (Claudia always

stashes her junk food because her parents don't approve of it.)

"Hey, if you guys could stop stuffing your faces for a minute, we have some business to go over," Kristy reminded us sternly.

"We can eat and do business at the same time," said Stacey McGill, stretching from her spot on the bed to scoop up a small amount of plain popcorn. She ate it slowly, one piece at a time.

Maybe this would be a good place to tell you something about each member of the club.

You already know about Mary Anne, so I'll start with Kristy. She's the president because the club was her idea. Also because she's a natural president-type. (To say it more plainly — she's very bossy.) Even though Kristy comes on too strong sometimes, deep down she's sensitive and nice. Plus, she's pretty levelheaded and knows how to get things done. Kristy is also great with little kids.