Board Thread:Writer's Workshop/@comment-27163285-20151105110603

He stopped; he watched. Into those empty eyes; those endless eyes that never seemed to end.

Who was this? He never knew.

Where did he see it? In the mirror.

How? He doesn’t know either.

Why? The man in the mirror never told him.

He was just staring back at him. With those eyes. Those pitch black eyes.

It was said that mirrors reflected the people on other side. Jacob believes that now. For all he knew, that man in the mirror doesn’t belong here.

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“Alright everyone! We today are learning about strange and mysterious phenomenons, have any of you experienced it before?” the teacher called out.

What? We are learning this? This cannot be a coincidence… He raised his hand up slowly.

“Yes?” the teacher looked towards another girl in the classroom.

“I um… See a person in the mirror… She has no eyes… Like… They’re completely white… Her apparel is white too…”

The class burst into laughter.

Oh my God… Mine is the same…

“And you, Jacob?”

“Um… I’m the same as her… Only… The person I see is um… Black… And he’s a boy…”

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