You almost slam the door shut.
Gertrude is...well...super nerdy. Also very obnoxious, ugly, and just plain awful. She just transferred to your school from some tech school because she wasn’t “fitting in” (in reality she was bullied endlessly). Good thing Gertrude is a genius, or else she’d literally have no purpose in life.
Why is she at your door?
She is your lab partner in Honors Physics, and apparently she feels the need to make sure you did all of your calculations for your joint project correctly. If she doesn’t pass senior year with straight As, Yale doesn’t want her.
“Can I chwek your calculashions? I need an A plush on dish proshject!”
What a lisp. You hate her so much.
But maybe the lamp can be of use! You rub it behind your back, formulating a wish...