Exorcise Him (DISCONTINUED?)

Chapter 2 - The conclusion

It hurts. My head. His smirk is still visible. I can hear deep chuckles.
Why is being close to him causing intense nausea? What's going on?!

I decide to back away. The whole group - Corey, Devyn, Aaron and Jake was confused to my sudden behavior. I look at them, which caused the nausea to disappear a bit. They were all just staring at me weirdly. Including the priest.

I decide to look back at Colby, and he suddenly wasn't smirking anymore. He just stared at me blankly, probably still waiting for me to answer the question he asked. But I know he was hiding something. He gives me shivers, and not the good kind. Plus, the whispers were completely gone.

"Excuse me, do you know where the toilet is?" I ask the priest as I turn to him. The priest raises an eyebrow and points down the hall and then to the right. Aaron was about to ask what's wrong but I managed to escape any questions asked towards what just happened. As I was walking down the hallway, I felt Colby's eyes dig into the back of my neck. The whispers returned, saying things like:

"Why so nervous? Relax"
"You think I'm creepy? That's ironic"
"Stay here, don't go"

And each whisper sounded more and more distorted. Lonely. I enter the toilet once I find it, and lock the door after me. The toilet was rather spacious. I lean against the door and close my eyes. This cannot be happening. Why did that guy make me feel so helpless. He's just a human being, right? Right?

I recollect my thoughts and calm myself down a bit more. Looking at myself in the mirror, I saw myself and tears streaming down my face. I know I was crying, and for the sole purpose of fear. Fear that was hitting me from nowhere. I've been living in a haunted environment for 4 months now, but I've never cried up until now. I've never been this scared and confused before.

I decide to join the group after a while of recollecting myself. Colby was standing neatly next to the priest and when I entered the room again, all eyes turned to me. I avoided Colby's eyes to all extent. The priest asks if I'm alright, and I nod. Assuring him that I was.

"As I said before, this is my apprentice - Cole Robert Brock. But you can call him Colby" the priest speaks, now when I'm back and ready for progress. I nodded, avoiding eye contact with him still. Everyone else smiles and managed to look him in the eyes.

How?! This guy is cursed or something. I swear.

"I'm the person that the priest here has approved of helping you guys with the spiritual problem" Colby speaks. I saw how Corey reacted to it, and felt how he wanted to speak up about that. He trusts his father, not Colby.

And honestly, even if I don't know the priest like Corey does..
I can genuinely agree.

"Don't worry. He's done a lot of house raids when it comes to spirits. He'll just need a guide tour through the house and after that- he'll know what to do" the priest explains. I daringly glanced over at Colby, and even if he wasn't meeting my eyes at that moment - I felt like he was watching me. Observing me.

"But father-"
"Corey, my son.. I never suggest others to do my job for me unless that person can be trusted" the priest assured.
Corey didn't say anything after that and just tightened his fist-formed hand. So he wouldn't say anything further rude towards Colby. I met with the priests eyes all of a sudden, and he starts walking up to me. He puts a finger against my forehead.

"And you need to be more careful when it comes to the undead, my child. No more messing around with rituals and stuff. Got it?" The priest seriously says. Based of what was currently going on, I nodded. I promised I would never do a 3 a.m challenge again. I even said it out loud, probably putting all my friends in relief as well.