The family of three were placing the last items into their mini van before they set off on their three week summer vacation. Sofia had just gotten home from her last day of the second grade and her mothers were waiting excitedly to depart.
"So it's going to take about a week for us to get to Florida, then you'll get to see Aunt Aria and all of your cousins!" Callie slammed the trunk of the car and hurried to the passenger seat, Arizona ready with her hands on the steering wheel ready to leave.
"Is abuelo gonna be there?" Sofia asked sucking down a box of apple juice.
Arizona glanced in the rear view mirror and nodded. "Mhm and you'll also get to-" she stopped mid sentence when a shining piece of webbed string caught her eye. Her voice, fearful to leave it's comfortable resting place, hid in her throat, Arizona not able to speak.
"What mommy?" Sofia set her juice aside and leaned forward, Arizona letting out a warning yelp. "Sofia! Don't!"
"What?" Callie peered up from her phone to observe the scene. "Arizona what's wrong?"
"Spider." Arizona squeaked.
"Spider?" Callie turned her head and spotted the fly eating, bug trapping, web spinning creature. "Oh my god!"
Sofia, quite used to her mothers and their temporary freak outs over insects in the house, let out a sigh that was beyond her years and raised her hand. With a loud smack! Sofia eliminated the bug and wiped her now gut stained hand on the back of Callie's seat. "There."
Still recovering and gathering them selves, Callie and Arizona composed their selves quickly and went on as if nothing had happened.
"Can we go now?"
"Yeah, baby girl," Arizona's cheeks reddened in embarrassment and she cleared her throat. "Let's go!"