𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐑𝐍𝐒 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐕𝐈𝐍𝐄𝐒

Volubilis

As she walked in the school ground, she saw Vesper chatting with a girl. She decided to not talk to her and turned to the other way. She continued going until she reached her class. Her first class was chemistry.

The class was almost filled and Regan sat down on her seat. She looked down at her phone but without doing anything. Her attention was taken away when she noticed Vesper sitting beside.

"Hi," Regan said.

"Hi," she replied.

"Can you give me some of chemistry notes?" Vesper asked.

"Sure, here you go," Regan replied sliding the notebook to her. Vesper threw her a weird look but didn't say anything.

The teacher entered the class and Regan sighed. She wasn't in mood to do anything. She didn't even know what she wanted to do. Everything seemed pointless and it looked like everything she was doing had no purpose at all.

The teacher started to drone on the lesson the class lazily followed. Regan was lost in thought and then looked at Vesper, she was making doodles in her notebook.

The lesson was boring after all. She suddenly felt a hard tug at her arm.

"Hey, where's your mind on? I told you three times to give me a pencil," Vesper said, her voice a quiet hiss.

Regan didn't say anything and gave her a pencil.

"Stop zoning out," Vesper whispered. Regan threw her a glare and crossed her arms.

"Hey, Regan,"  the voice echoed in her mind. She immediately got a shiver running down her spine.

"Hey, voice,"  she retorted, trying to sound angry in her mind.

"Nice outfit, have you been living inside some cave?"  he asked with a taunting voice.

She clenched her fists, trying to ignore the voice taunting her from within. Taking a deep breath, she focused on the present moment and tried to push his comments aside.

"Wolf cave?"

She refused to let his words get to her and turned her attention back to the lesson, determined to shake off Sirius's irritating presence and focus on the task at hand.

"Or.... kitten's cave?"

A small chuckle escaped her lips before she covered her mouth, cursing herself for laughing at his remarks. How could she do this?

What if everyone heard her?

"Kitten's cave? Do cats live in caves? What kind of bullshit is this?"

"Well, kittens like you probably do."  Was the reply she got.

"Hey, what are you laughing for?" Vesper suddenly asked, confusion written all over her face.

"I wasn't laughing," Regan quickly replied.

"Oh really, I heard you. You were lou-"

Regan got confused as to why she stopped talking but right there, she felt a presence beside her and she didn't have to look up to see it was the teacher.

"Oh, crap."

"Regan, how many times have I called on you, what is so important for you more then the lesson?" The teacher asked sternly and with a furious look.

"Guess I got called out as important here."

Regan's blood boiled at his comment but she remained calm, she couldn't snap or yell in her mind at him, it seemed like if she did, everyone would hear her.

"You can leave the class and pull your mind together young lady, there's no need to disturb everyone else," the teacher said with her angry voice and with the average angry teacher stare.

"Oh, now you're getting kicked out because of me, how amusing."

Regan's fists curled as much as her nails digged deeper into her skin.

"Shut up!"

Gasps were heard around the class,and Regan realized she said this out loud. She realized she had done one of her biggest mistakes by yelling this out loud. This was all his fault after all.

"What did you just say Regan?!" Teacher yelled again.

"She must be enraged now,"  thought Regan.

"She is,"  he retorted.

"Miss, I am sorry, I didn't mean to say that...I said that to..." Regan looked at the teacher and trailed off not knowing what to say.

"Said that to who?!"

"Come on, say it. Say you said it to me."

Regan bit her lip. What was it to say? She would never say she said it to someone in her mind. She already had made a fool of herself.

"I-I don't know, I was thinking about something else. Forgive me," Regan said.

"I'll let you go easy that time Regan, but there won't be another time. You've got to do cleaning on the library and extra homeworks. I'll talk with your aunt about this," the teacher said sternly.

When hearing about her aunt, Regan panicked. Monica didn't have to know this. Why? Just why?

The teacher walked away to continue doing what she was doing earlier.

Regan sighed and lowered her head on the desk.

"I can't believe you said that to Mrs. Claire," Vesper muttered.

"I didn't say it to her," Regan retorted.

"To who did you say it then?"

Regan didn't reply and turned to the other side, continuing to lay her head on the desk. But he didn't get it. He still continued to talk in her mind.

"Well, I know you need some sort of company. After all, you know that everyone else is an idiot, including your friend."

"Get the fuck out of my head," Regan yelled internally. She heard his chuckle, and she felt even more frustrated, "You're not even real,"  she said, although she knew she wasn't just hallucinating.

"Ah, but you know I'm real. I'm not just some voice in the back of your head. Yes, you can believe that too, you can believe you're crazy and insane but it's not going to change anything."

Regan couldn't understand it. How could he talk to freely, so vividly in her mind? It was as if he was right there, sitting next to her, mocking her around. She couldn't believe it.

"Look, I don't know what the hell you want but I don't have time for this crap. I have other problems and you better get lost and leave me alone!"

He went silent for a while. But then, he spoke again. "Alright. I won't bother you for a while. But know, I'm always here, haunting you."  And with that, he shut it.