thanks, vic, for betaing half of it :p. Hoe. :3
385 words, by google docs
There it was. It was bigger than Albus' hand. He felt like there was a lump that size crawling up his throat. Backing away from the bathtub, Albus retreated from the bathroom and into his bedroom. He needed to pull out the big guns—Windex.
Gripping the bottle tightly, Albus returned to his bathroom and sprayed wildly at the… thing in his tub. It did nothing and Albus had to force down a scream—and some throw up. It was frankly disgusting.
He backed out of the bathroom, still clutching the Windex like it could save his life. It very well could—the creature in his bathtub could be venomous. Or poisonous. Albus didn't know the difference, but he knew that he'd die either way.
He was too young to die.
He took a deep breath and grabbed on his crumpled t-shirt from the ground, pulling it on. He supposed that his shower would have to wait—he had way bigger problems to deal with.
Albus ventured out into his apartment building's hallway and nearly jumped on the first person he saw—Scorpius Malfoy, his neighbor from across the hall.
"Help," he said, trying to look at Scorpius desperately. Scorpius looks taken aback, which is understandable—the most Albus has said to him is two words.
"With what?" he asked, looking at Albus warily.
"There's a horrifying thing in my bathtub," Albus squeaked. He felt slightly embarrassed, being so scared in front of this stranger, but he could help it; it was terrifying!
"I'll see what I can do?" Scorpius offered. Albus nodded gratefully and led Scorpius to his bathroom.
Albus pointed one shaky finger towards the creature as Scorpius squinted in that direction. He then laughed.
Laughed. At Albus' pain.
"You mean that tiny spider?" Scorpius asked, still laughing.
Albus stared at Scorpius, offended.
"Tiny? It's huge," he claimed.
"No, it's not." Scorpius bended down and pulled off his shoe, flattening the spider with one thwack. He then let out another laugh before pulling a Sharpie out of his pocket and grabbing Albus' hand, writing a number there. "If you ever need me to kill more tiny spider," he said, giving Albus a smile, "give me a call."
He then picked up his shoe and left Albus' bathroom, leaving Albus standing there, watching where Scorpius was.
The gall of him.