Dawn is absolutely gorgeous. She has this L-O-N-G blonde hair that is almost white from being in the California sun (which is where she's from — southern California). She has blue eyes and is a very acute dresser. I mean, Dawn wears whatever she wants: three different colored T-shirts at once with lots of

necklaces (plus she has two holes pierced in each ear) and a short jean skirt. Her style is trendy but casual.

Dawn wouldn't be caught dead with a Twin-kie or a hamburger in her hand. She is a real health food nut. You know, rice and beans and sprouts and that kind of stuff.

Mrs. Schafer moved Dawn and her brother, Jeff, to Connecticut about a year ago, after Dawn's parents got divorced. (Mrs. Schafer had grown up in Stoneybrook. Soon after they got here, Dawn and Jeff were both homesick for California and really missed their father. Also, Jeff was having a tough time in school, so he moved back with his father, which split the Schafer family in two.)

Then this really weird (I mean, extremely weird) thing happened. First, Dawn and Mary Anne became best friends. Then they found out that Mary Anne's dad and Dawn's mom used to date when they were in high school. So Dawn and Mary Anne arranged for them to re-meet and guess what. They instantly fell in love again. After what seemed like an endless amount of time, they finally got married, and the Spiers and Mary Anne's kitten, Tigger, moved into the Shafers' big, old farmhouse. I know that sometimes Dawn really misses her dad and brother and California (let's face it, she's been through a lot of changes), but she

see'ms to cope really well. Besides, now that she's got a stepfather as well as a stepsister who, like I said, just happens to be her best friend, I think she's much happier.

My best friend, Jessi, whom I already told you about, and I are the junior officers of the BSC. That's because we're the youngest mem-bers'and can only baby-sit after school and on weekends.