Julia talks to Shubhra

The first thing Shubhra did after her mouth started working was to look around frantically. “Honey, that won’t work.” Julia tutted, “I was in his head, and now I’m in yours as well.”

“What the fuck, Andreas?” Shubhra hissed as she looked at me, her eyes wider than I had ever seen them. She looked scared, almost as if all of her beliefs were crashing down all at once. “Who the fuck is that?”

“I told you,” I shrugged, adjusting myself slightly so that the tent in my pants was more comfortable, but it really didn’t make much of a difference. “Julia thought that this would be more… effective.”

Julia just chuckled, “And it was, wasn’t it, Shubhra?”

Shubhra just narrowed her eyes at me as she looked around again, “How the fuck are you doing this?” She demanded, leaning forward as she put her hands on her table. “What the fuck are you doing.”

“Was that question to me or him?” Julia asked, causing Shubhra to release a torrent of cusses.

“Get the fuck out of my head.” She snapped, putting her hands on her head as she closed her eyes. “Can everyone hear this?”

I just nodded a ‘no’, and Julia just let out an amused chuckle, almost like she was rolling her eyes with a small grin. “Sure, as soon as you calm down. I can get it, it can be quite a shock. Just ask Andreas.”

I bit my lip and nodded, fuck, I did not want Shubhra finding out about what had happened earlier with Mom and Aunt Heather. “Yeah, it really wasn’t fun,” I said quickly, “But, Shubhra, listen. I’m not fucking with you right now, hell, Julia’s in your head as well. I thought I was going crazy, but it’s somehow comforting that I’m not.”

Shubhra just looked down and shook her head, “Comforting that you have a fucking demon inside your head, and now mine?“

I couldn’t blame her for reacting like this, I freaked out earlier too when Julia first spoke to me. Although, for Shubhra it might be worse considering how she doesn’t believe in anything remotely superstitious. It must have felt like her whole worldview was falling apart with this revelation.

“Well, I won’t be in your head for long.” Julia replied after a few seconds, “With Andreas here though… Well, that’s more of a permanent arrangement for now.”

“This is so fucking crazy, so fucking crazy,” Shubhra muttered under her breath before glancing up to meet my eyes, “Wait, what does she mean permanent?”

As soon as the words left her mouth, a waitress arrived with the food. “Here you go,” She said, with all the enthusiasm of a dead houseplant, but considering the time, I couldn’t exactly blame her.

“Well, that’s perfect timing.” Julia said warmly, “So, Andreas, do you want to take this or should I?”

"You can go ahead." I said with a sigh, shaking my head slightly as the waitress poured us both some coffee before walking away.