Brooke had been meaning to get her clothes for the day out of the bag she still hadn't fully unpacked (as she didn't have any more room), but when she saw something skittering in the corner of her eye, there went that. She looked over, saw the eight-legged thing sitting just beside the bag, frozen in place.

She did the only logical thing she could, which was to scream and back away. The spider started towards the bag again after a couple seconds, and now stuck with the horrible image of that thing walking over her clothes, Brooke knew she had to save them.

Putting one leg forward while trying to keep the rest of her as far away as possible, she crept towards the bag, finally making a whimpering noise reaching for the bag and snatching it away. And then when the spider moved farther away from the wall, Brooke screamed and for whatever reason, tried to hit it with the bag.

The spider not only didn't get squished, it started moving towards her. At which point she shrieked and jumped up on her bed, still clutching the bag. After all, spiders couldn't climb, right?

[Can be open to cabinmates if you'd like it to be.]