"CAN YOU HEAR me Jamie?"."Yes I can". Hearing Jamie's voice lissed Jared. He had been constantly attempting to communicate with Jamie telepathically for few minutes from his room, all his efforts proved abortive. He didn't give up as he knew Jamie could hear him but the difficulty was perceiving whatever sound that emanated from Jamie wherever he was. With more concentration, connection and persistence, he was glad he could also hear from Jamie the same way Jamie could hear from him."I just wanted to say I'm sorry, it's all my fault. I tried speaking to her telepathically and I think she freaked out. I'm sorry"."It's alright, I totally understand. But, just be careful next time, Ruby is dangerous". Jared heard Jamie's reply in his head."Is there anything I can do to help?"."No, just stay out of trouble yourself so you don't get cuffed with this metallic wristband and quarantined. Whatever is on my wrist is preventing me from using my abilities"."That's awful. Really sorry about

JAMIE'S ROOM FELT cozy and seemed larger than Jared's room both in width and length. The loud bang that followed the shutting of the door startled Jared which made him turn to face the door. He was completely shaken up by the Post Malone poster glued to the door. "I never knew you liked Post Malone". Jared said smiling, shock written all over his face. "Yeah, I do. We've just never spoken about music". Jamie replied and slumped down onto his bed. Jared was taken aback by Jamie's creativity. He never knew Jamie could be so orderly. Fairy lights were lined up at the right side of the wall, close to his queen size bed that was horizontally placed at the right corner of the room. A welcome purple themed rug covered the first half of the room, leaving the other half of marble floor exposed and shiny. The bed was placed partly on the rug and partly on the marble floor. The purple rug matched colors with the purple blanket and purple pillows laid neatly on the bed. A large pict

"You mean she dived right into the kiss, like she made the first move?". Jamie asked pacing the room. Jared was beginning to realize that pacing was an involuntary action for Jamie. He paced whenever he was excited, scared or worried. "Yes, get a hold of yourself, you were not the one kissed Jamie". Jared chuckled. "Okay". Jamie heaved a sigh and sunk into the chair adjacent to the bed at the far end of the room. "But how do you feel about all of this?". Jared's face twitched. "All of what?". Jamie sat upright on the single leather seat. "You said she has magic and now, she's trying to get involved with you. Don't you think there's something sinister?". Jared pondered over the question and he knew it made a lot of sense. What if Ruby saw him the night he followed her and was trying to win him over or prevent him from revealing her secret but was going about it in a cunning way. "I don't know what to think. Do you feel she saw me stalking her that night so she's putting up this ga

DESPITE EVERYTHING JARED'S sixth sense had revealed to him as he surfed Ruby's feelings, memories and thoughts, there was still a knot in his stomach regarding her. He was coming to the conclusion that the lady he saw employing magic to sneak out of the Fortress wasn't her when a voice called his name. It was no other person than Alex. Alex could tell that Jared was not meditating even though his posture said otherwise. He had given the boy a day off the day before, could he probably be up to another trick to get another day off? Nevertheless, he let his voice ring through whatever Jared was actually doing. "Jared". He called softly but there was no response. The boy's eyes were still tightly shut as if he was meditating but his lack of response after a call further confirmed Alex's suspicion of him not meditating. "Jared!", He called again, raising his voice a little bit higher, intently and not rashly. The boy's eyes opened slowly, unsure if he heard his name. "Yes, Master

"AND DON'T TELL me to shut up, when you know you talk too much....", Jared and Jamie were having the time of their lives as they sang along to the Post Malone song; Goodbye that rang in their ears from the earphones they had on. Their loudly toned voices filled the atmosphere, drawing the attention of students on the same floor as they were but in different rooms. They were oblivious of the noise that was protruding from them as a result of the earphones buried into their ears. The only thing they could hear at the moment was the soothing music emanating from the earphones they had on, throbbing their different ear drums and they screamed along. "Jamie, I think someone is knocking", Jared said, hastily taking off his earphones. He thought he heard a knock on the door and wanted to confirm by taking his earphones off. Nevertheless, he told Jamie but Jamie wasn't paying attention. Having taken off the earphones, he heard the banging on the door more clearly this time. "Jamie, someon