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Kevin opened his locker, and started to put his things away when he heard a familiar voice inside his head.
“It’s pointless, you know,” Lyles said.
“What exactly is ‘it’?” Kevin asked.
“Oh, don’t pretend like you don’t know what I’m talking about.  I know as well as you do about your little incident in class this morning.  It just goes to show that you can’t hide us forever.”
Kevin sighed.  “I can’t hide what doesn’t exist,” he said, even though he didn’t really believe it.
Lyles laughed; a wicked sound that echoed through Kevin’s mind and sent a shiver down his back.  “I don’t exist?” he asked.  “That’s rich.  Listen, I am just as real as you are, as any of the others are.  I’m part of you’re subconscious.  You’re talking to yourself right now, in public.  What happens when someone finds out?  They’ll send you to the nuthouse, and give you a white coat and stick you in a rubber room.  That’s what’s gonna happen.”
  “No!  It won’t happen!  Things are going to stay the way they are.” Kevin said.  He was about to continue when he felt a tap on his shoulder.  He was rushed back into reality, and realized that his friend Francis was talking to him.
“Dude. Dude!  You alright man?  You spaced again,” Francis said.
Kevin looked at him.  “Huh? Oh, yeah, I’m fine.”
Francis asked, “What goes on inside that head of yours?”  Kevin heard a whisper in the back of his mind say “It’s just a matter of time.”
Kevin sighed.  “You really don’t want to know.”
Francis laughed.  “Whatever, spazz.  C’mon, we’re gonna be late for algebra, and you know how Ms. Rads gets.”
“Yeah,” Kevin replied, as he closed his locker door and turned to join his friend.  It promised to be a long day.

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Kevin opened his locker, and started to put his things away when he heard a familiar voice inside his head.
“It’s pointless, you know,” Lyles said.
“What exactly is ‘it’?” Kevin asked.
“Oh, don’t pretend like you don’t know what I’m talking about.  I know as well as you do about your little incident in class this morning.  It just goes to show that you can’t hide us forever.”
Kevin sighed.  “I can’t hide what doesn’t exist,” he said, even though he didn’t really believe it.
Lyles laughed; a wicked sound that echoed through Kevin’s mind and sent a shiver down his back.  “I don’t exist?” he asked.  “That’s rich.  Listen, I am just as real as you are, as any of the others are.  I’m part of you’re subconscious.  You’re talking to yourself right now, in public.  What happens when someone finds out?  They’ll send you to the nuthouse, and give you a white coat and stick you in a rubber room.  That’s what’s gonna happen.”
  “No!  It won’t happen!  Things are going to stay the way they are.” Kevin said.  He was about to continue when he felt a tap on his shoulder.  He was rushed back into reality, and realized that his friend Francis was talking to him.
“Dude. Dude!  You alright man?  You spaced again,” Francis said.
Kevin looked at him.  “Huh? Oh, yeah, I’m fine.”
Francis asked, “What goes on inside that head of yours?”  Kevin heard a whisper in the back of his mind say “It’s just a matter of time.”
Kevin sighed.  “You really don’t want to know.”
Francis laughed.  “Whatever, spazz.  C’mon, we’re gonna be late for algebra, and you know how Ms. Rads gets.”
“Yeah,” Kevin replied, as he closed his locker door and turned to join his friend.  It promised to be a long day.