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that would remain between both as they did not knew their fate after next four days.

  They had forgotten about work. She had forgotten she had a leg fracture. He had forgotten about his interview results. They were making every minute presence felt! The love, bonding, care, there were so many unsaid things but they were there! Strong and bold!

  Twenty Two

  22 May

  Lust was in the air! Love was in the air!!

  Twenty Three

  23 May

  Keerthi got up at morning 5.00 am and spent one hour in jogging. He came inside at 6.00am. He knew that the next 47 hours was going to be together. The refrigerator was packed with food. Everything needed for the next 47 hours was set. Keerthi was feeling much better with her leg. She was able to walk all by herself with efforts and there was no need of walking stick or his support anymore.

  Keerthi threw away all the calendars. He hid all the clocks inside. They did not want to know the time. The natural way was there though with sunrise and sunset. They wanted to dance with the time moments.

  Twenty Four

  24 May

  Keerthi got the cake from refrigerator. It was not a surprise that they shared a common birthday. It was twenty fourth day with lot of common things and coincidences. They had no track of time.

  They waited till the long past night to assure that they had passed 12.00 and actually it was their birthday. They cut the cake together and went under the bed sheet.

  They could sense the sunrise. They were holding hands and doing everything together. They were talking about all possible things that could happen. Some were positive and some negative.

  What if time is just a relative term? It could only be our measure to call it a day. In real it could be beyond that. It could mean that they both will be together forever.

  What if they both die? Same birth dates, same name, may be this was all set to put them together and let them die!

  What if one dies and saves another? Who should? Would that work?

  Was it all just a set of long coincidences? There is a possibility that nothing could happen and it would turn to be a regular day!

  What if this was all a one huge dream and none of it was real. What if they wake up to find that they don’t remember anything of it?

  What if they enter an unknown dimension?

  There were a lot of ‘what if’s’ they discussed. They were eager and equally scared to know the consequences.

  Twenty Five

  25 May

  Sunrise!

  "Nothing Happened? Are we dead?"

  "Nothing Happened! We aren’t dead!"

  Little did they know that Junior Keerthi had taken its first step in getting ready to enter into this world!

  They did not know yet, the beautiful gift that was waiting for them ahead, mysteriously gifting them a lot of future time together!

  About the Climax

  I would like to thank Vishwanath Telsang, Sushma Hegde and Swati Bhagwat for listening to the story before hand, giving suggestions and a go.

  I wanted initially to kill both or either of the characters. They completely did not want the story to end that way. They absolutely hated that ending and asked for something better.

  The current climax was the only beautiful thing, alternatively I could think of.

  About the Author

  The moment I had got this concept in mind of ‘time’, all I wanted to do was to complete this novel. I wanted to keep it short, interesting, curious and a quick read. I hope it has worked out with my objective.

  Me??

  Academician, always a research student and blogger who loves to read and write!

  Twitter Handle: @itsPhTweet

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