Vanessa

Lauren closed her eyes and slammed a finger onto a page, picking a name. Opening her eyes, she groaned as she saw who the first person she had to make amends with.

Her sister, Vanessa.

"Really?! It has to be her first?!" Lauren griped. Vanessa was the one of the last people she wanted to be seen naked by, and it was only made worse when Lauren realized that her lazy sister still lived at home with their mother.

"Well, you did bully her because of your insecurities." Sarah pointed out.

"Oh, come on!" Lauren snapped, "That may have been true, but that brat is barely a saint!"

"True. She does have a list half the length of yours in her Life Book..." Sarah admitted, "And if she's anything like you, she'll want to go through the redemption deal, too. I just hope she's a better listener than you are."

Lauren scowled at the angel.

"However," Sarah continued, "you still need to make peace with your sister if you want to get on the road to redemption."

"Fine! Fine." Lauren sighed as she picked up her phone, only to have it yanked out of her hand as it flew through the air and into Sarah's waiting hand. "Hey!"

"It has to be in person."

"I am not marching to my childhood home butt ass naked!" Lauren argued, stamping her foot as her paunch and butt warbled.

"You are if you want to get into Heaven and not The Bad Place." Sarah argued, trying to keep her cool.

Lauren opened her mouth to argue when a thought crossed her mind. Her clothes had vanished due to this deal, yes, but when she streaked back home, the newspaper she used to cover herself remained in tact. So did that mean...

"Hey, Sarah, was it?" Lauren asked, getting a nod from the angel in response. "I know that this whole deal thing has me unable to wear clothes for the week that I'm doing this. What if I use something to cover myself with that doesn't constitute as clothes?"

"Well, that..." Sarah began, only to stop as she put a hand to her chin in thought. "I... I don't know, really. Nobody who took the redemption deal before ever tried that. I mean, I suppose since your technically not wearing clothes, you could get away with it, but -"

"That's all I needed!" Lauren said as she raced to a closet in the hall, opening it up as she let out a sigh of relief. "Oh, thank God! I didn't throw it away yet!"

"Please don't use his name in vain like that."

Lauren closed her door as she walked down the hallway of her apartment complex... Wearing a large, cardboard box that her dish washer had come in. Sarah followed her as she held Lauren's Life Book in her hands, and her phone, keys, and wallet in the pockets of her robe.

"Yeah, yeah! Yuck it up!" Lauren snapped at a passing couple, "A woman in a cardboard box and some lady in a angel costume walking down the halls!"

"Uh, what 'angel'?" The man asked, confused and a little weirded out.

"A little old for imaginary friends, aren't you?" The woman asked with a laugh.

As the couple walked past, a confused Lauren looked over too Sarah. "Why couldn't they see you?!"

"Well... How do I put this?" Sarah asked thoughtfully, "Have you ever seen 'It's A Wonderful Life'?"

"I can't get through black and white movies without falling asleep." Lauren admitted. "Plus, the only Christmas movie I've ever not turned off was 'Die Hard'."

"Nevermind. Look, it's not a good idea to cheat your way through the redemption deal." Sarah tried to warn the mortal woman, "I already told you that making amends must be done with complete humility to be valid."

"And what's more humiliating than walking around in public wearing only a cardboard box?" Lauren asked, before quickly adding, "And don't say 'Doing it completely naked', because that ain't happening!"

"You're not listening again..." Sarah said, starting to get annoyed.

"Oh, please!" Lauren scoffed as they reached the elevator, "What could happen?!"