The Beauty & The Brains

21

"Spence" I call out.

"Yes?"

"Can you put this in the car please?" He takes my suitcase to the car.

"Anastasia"

"Yes?" She calls out coming down the stairs.

"Hi baby doll. Are you ready to go?"

"No, I don't want to leave Eli. Can he come please?" I pull my phone out and call his mother.

"Hello?"

"Hey, it's Aya. Avery's Aunt. I was wondering if we could take Elijah to Spain with us."

"How long and how much money should I give him?"

"A week and a half. You don't have to worry about money. We would pay for everything. With us being big government figures we get perks for risking our lives like we do." I smile laying my hand on my belly.

"I don't see why he can't go."

"My baby doll will be so excited when I tell her thank you so much."

"No, thank you. Your family is so sweet to my little Eli. I'm eternally grateful for your family."

"We'll bring him back safely."

"I trust you." I hang up and hug my baby doll.

"Elijah" I call out. Avery lays her hand on my exposed belly. None of my shirts fit so the bottom of my belly has been hanging out. I'm just gonna wear a dress so I can look presentable.

"Yes Ma'am?"

"Go home pack a bag for Spain you need a week and a half worth of clothes." His face drops.

"I'm going to Spain with you?"

"Yes now hurry up before I change my mind boy." He hugs me and kisses my cheek before turning to leave the house.

"Wait my mom dropped me off can you-"

"Take Spencer's car. Don't crash it and don't speed." I say throwing him the keys. He nods and grabs his shoes.

"Go with him." I kiss her head. She leaves quickly with him. Spencer and I continue loading things into the car.

"We have a few more things to do before we leave." I smile grabbing my lab bag. I'm teaching Molecular Biology class. Spencer and I leave a note for Eli and Ana telling them we'll be back in a hour and a half.

20 minutes later

"Hi" My temporary lab partner whispers as i sit down.

"Hi, I'm Aya" I whisper back.

"Chloe, are you new?"

"Yes, I am in online courses but I needed to get out of the house so I picked up a few in person courses."

"Oh cool, how long do you have left?"

"They said 4 years but I've finished first and second year in 2 months." I smile putting on my lab coat.

"Oh so you're the genius Dr. Salazar." She whispers, i laugh a bit before nodding.

"Guilty" I smile.

"Well if you want to work with someone more experienced, I understand. Since I'm kinda new here and I don't really-"

"It's alright, come with me I'm teaching this lesson." I smile at her grabbing my book. Not really needing it since I've memorized most of it but it's great to have. I go up to the teachers desk.

"Good Morning All, I am Dr. Aya Salazar. I'm a 3rd year in the program and I will be teaching the lesson this morning."

"Hi, I'm Steven. Why are you teaching if it's only your 3rd year?"