Hocus Pocus 2 (Reader Insert)

Another year, another birthday

Cassie gets into the classroom and takes her seat, catching Izzy and Becca's attention. Gathering her nerves, Becca clears her throat. "Hey, Cassie?" She calls out.

Cassie looks at the two. "About tonight, I was-" Before Becca can continue, Mike comes in, unknowingly interrupting her. "Dude, it's gonna be awesome."

Becca is taken aback by this and looks to Cassie for clarification. "What is?" She asks. "Our party," Mike reveals. "At Cassie's. You're coming, right?" He asks while Cassie looks away guiltily.

Mike doesn't notice this and goes on. "We invited the whole grade. Even Glenn." He turns around and waves to the boy he mentioned. "Hey, Glenn!"

Glenn looks up. "What?" He asks, obviously annoyed before looking back down to his book.

"That's so Glenn." Mike laughs and looks back at the girls. "You're throwing a party tonight?" Becca asks Cassie. "How is that possible?" Izzy wonders. "Your dad would never let you do that."

"It was my idea," Mike claims with a chuckle. "I told you I wanted to talk to them about it first." Cassie softly tells Mike. Mike lights up and turns to them. "Oh, do you guys wanna talk now?" He asks Becca and Izzy.

"No, it's fine. We don't have anything to talk about. Have fun at your party." Becca says in a cold tone. "Becca, come on." Cassie pleads. "Are you guys gonna be busy doing witchery?" Mike asks while laughing. Becca and Izzy look at each other and then back down to their desk, which makes Mike stop.

"What? The three of you used to do witch stuff every Halloween. Always listening to Ms. l/n's stories." Mike says. "It's not witch stuff." Becca defends. "Then what's that??" He asks, pointing to the rock in front of her.

"A good luck charm in case there's a pop quiz," Becca explains. "Well, I hope not because I didn't do the reading," Mike says smugly.

The bell rings and the teacher speaks up. "Good morning, ghouls and goblins. In honor of Halloween, I've prepared the scariest class possible. A pop quiz." The teacher announces.

The students groan in dismay. Mike turns back to Becca in surprise. "You knew that was going to happen." He points a finger at her. "Mr. Wilke's a jerk. Of course, he'd give us a pop quiz on Halloween. I made an inference." Becca points out. plainly.

"Is that a spell?" Mike stupidly asks.

Becca goes back to her work until an idea strikes her. Once the teacher passes her, she leans a bit towards Mike and whispers loudly for only the boy to hear, "Tempeh, soyrizo, aquafaba, garbanzo, cacao, spirulina, crimini, seitan!" She watches the boy look up in fear and nearly laughs when he yelps and falls off his seat. "What did you do?!" He demands to know.

The class erupts into laughter as the teacher orders Mike to settle down.

"She was muttering some weird, scary language. Right, babe?" Mike asks Cassie. Cassie looks back from Mike and Becca, who's giving her a look to back Becca up.

"It did sound like you said Satan." Cassie meekly admits. "I said seitan. I was listing vegan food." Becca says, angry. "See. She admits it!" Mike says, jumping on it as if it proves his accusation.

"That's enough. Mike, Becca. Principal's office. Now." The teacher orders. Mike and Becca sigh in frustration, collecting their things.

A little while later, Becca watches the secretary adjust the decorations with a smile. But her face falls when she sees Cassie walking her way. 

"Making sure Mike doesn't get lost?" Becca asks, not looking at the girl coming towards her.

Cassie stays quiet as she leans onto the trophy case with her arms crossed. "Look, your dad's going to find out about the party. And when he does, you're gonna be grounded until at least college." 

Cassie shakes her head. "Why do you care? You're not even coming." She pointily asks. "I'm not coming because we just heard about it from Mike." Becca counters.

"As if that would have made any difference," Cassie assures.

Izzy walks up to stand beside Becca and talks to Cassie. "Hey, you finished your test pretty fast." She states. Cassie ignores that. "I can't believe you guys are still doing the birthday ritual. We started doing that, what, when we were, like, five?" She asks.

"We get it, Cassie. You're too cool for it now." Becca states. "Guys, come on." Izzy whines, not wanting a fight.

"Saturday detention," Mike tells Cassie as he leaves the office. "Thanks a lot." He tells Becca in spite. He and Cassie walk away without a goodbye.

"Principal's ready to see you now, Becca." The secretary announces, holding a hand out to the door.