Algebra Blessings

Seven

                  

After getting home from Lauren's house the day after Christmas, Camila got right to packing for their Disneyland trip. She still couldn't believe her girlfriend got her Disneyland tickets as a present. They had a week to themselves at the happiest place on earth. God, Lauren was great.

Since they were going to be down there for so long, Camila was going to need to pack at least two full suitcases. Good thing they were driving and not flying. Camila dug around in the hall closet until she found her family's suitcases and dragged them out, kicking everything else back into the closet.

Camila rolled her suitcases into her bedroom and threw them on the bed. After unzipping them and tossing it open, she looked inside to make sure there wasn't any dust or dirt. In the corner of the bag, she noticed something and squinted to see it clearer. A spider.

She blew in the corner of the bag to see if the spider was alive or dead and screamed when it started crawling out. Camila looked around in panic, trying to find a shoe to smack it. "Why did I have to clean my room?" She asks herself in distress.

Camila didn't want to walk too far away from the bag just in case the spider crawled out and into her bed. So far, it was just crawling around in the big open area of the suitcase. While keeping her eye on the pest, she reached over to her desk and felt around for her perfume.

Instead of grabbing the bottle, she knocked it behind the desk, in a place she couldn't reach. Camila mumbled a bunch of profanities to herself and pulled out her phone. This was her last resort. "Siri, call Baby Girl." She spoke.

"Calling Baby Girl." The phone replied. Camila tapped her foot impatiently and brought the device up to her ear, still watching the spider crawl around in her bag. It rang a couple times before Lauren picked up. "Hi, Camz." She spoke into the phone. "Did you forget something here?" Lauren asked.

"Hi babe. Uh no, I don't think I did." Camila said quickly. "Do you think you can do me a really huge favor?" She asked, biting her lip.

"Of course, what do you need me to do?" Lauren replied instantly.

Camila ran her fingers through her hair with her free hand. "Okay, so. I was getting out my suitcases so I could start packing for our trip and when I opened the bag I saw a spider but I didn't know if it was dead or alive so I blew on it and now it's crawling around and I have nothing around me to kill it with but if I walk away to go get something, I just know it'll disappear and be lost forever." She rushes out. "Is there any way you can drive down here and kill it for me?" She asks hopefully

"I'll be right there." Lauren smiled. "MOM I HAVE TO GO KILL A SPIDER FOR CAMILA." The younger girl heard her call out into her home. "See you soon, my love. Goodbye." She spoke before hanging up.

Camila sighed in relief and kept a close eye on the spider in the bag. She carefully moved the suitcase to the ground and got down on her knees in front of it to make sure it stayed below the zipper. If it crawled too far up the side, she blew on it to make it go back down.

A few minutes later, Lauren arrived outside of the girls' home. She jogged up the steps and reached into the mailbox for Camila's emergency house key and unlocked the door, holding it open and setting the key back in its place before walking in. "Camz, I'm here!" She called.

"I'm in my room!" Camila replied loudly.

Lauren held the banister as she jogged upstairs and into her girlfriends' room. "Where's the spider?" She asked. Camila pointed into the bag. The older girl leaned down to get a better look. "Yikes. That's a black widow." She says.