The Hourglass

Chapter-2: Jamais Vu

I stared at him blankly.

He chuckled and said, 'Is this a new trick that you're trying on me? Babe, you got me with this last time, remember?'

'No. I don't.' I replied, scanning him up and down.

He came closer to me with a smile and held my hand.

'I'm sorry but-' My words were cut short.

FLASHES...

Flashes of memories. Memories that I've never had before..

I froze on my spot as I saw those moments pass through in front of my eyes. He was there. This man! He is in these memories!

'Hey babe, you ready for our date?'

Babe? BABE?! Whose babe? I thought I'd never hang out with a man let alone date one!

This girl has been a lone romantic for too long that there's no way that I'll settle down. No matter what. No matter how good this guy looks. After all, one should never judge a book by it's cover.

'Stop saying that it's alright! It's not alright. Okay? It never is. I don't get it. I really don't.' I was yelling at him.

Why? Oh..we fought...I guess that means breakup, because of me. Anyway, good riddance hotness!

Wait...why am I crying in front of him?! Why am I showing him my weak side? Why him? Why does he look heartbroken seeing me cry? Why is he coming back to me? Why am I so comfortable with him?

A WEDDING?!
I'm married to him?! What? No...No, no, no, no, no..there's no way that I can get married in a blink of an eye..literally! A date and a wedding? That's it?! That's how my life goes?

No way...

I didn't get to experience all the things that I wanted to experience yet! I didn't experience a first kiss, a first date, anything! And now I'm married. What kind of a twisted fate is this?

I went quiet after that. There's no way that my memories would trick me...would they?

While I was drowning in my thoughts, my so called husband managed to get me into the car and get the luggage in. It was just a carrier so I didn't have much time to get out and run for my life. But even though I wanted to, something told me not to leave him. And I, for once, decided to listen to my intuition.

I grabbed my phone to call my mom and tried to calm myself down. I glanced at it and my eyes widened at what I saw.

The date...it was different. 13 July 2026...that's 2 years after my graduation from med school. I time travelled?!

Impossible...right? Right. I mean physics hasn't figured it out...It's all an illusion. A dream. I tried pinching myself only to feel the pain...it's real.

I suddenly felt all alone in this world. Helpless. This whole incident has left me with a lot of questions in my mind. 'I have to keep myself guarded', I thought.

But what about him? Should I play along? Or should I tell him? I don't have anyone in this world except him that I know...he is my husband...I think. How bad can it be?

I was thinking of ways to break the bubble and let him know about the truth when my eyes fell on my hands.

'Oh, that's a lovely wedding ring..' I said to my self.

What?! Wedding ring? What am I talking about? It might just be my future me's favourite ring...right? Ah...what am I even talking about? I'm married, and this is the only ring that's on my hand. Ofcourse it had to be the wedding ring.

I was kind of happy at the fact that I have someone on whom I can lean on but at the same time I was scared and sad of the fact that I don't even know what kind of a person my spouse is. I don't even know what to feel right now.

As I was staring at the ring, he came in and locked the doors.

'And now, I've got you all for myself.' He said, his dark brown eyes staring deeply into mine.

He slowly started leaning in not breaking our eye contact. I started to feel weird. My heart was beating faster and I was heating up. Our faces were closer than I've ever been when I've stood in front of the mirror admiring myself.

Out of instinct I kept leaning into my seat. With the distance between us closing, I unconsciously closed my eyes.

Click.

That's what happened.

Hearing that sound I quickly opened my eyes only to see him buckling up my seat belt.

'I just love it when I get to tease you. Look how red you are, all for me.' He chuckled looking at my red hot face.

Right! What was I thinking?! Why would I even close my eyes in the first place? Urgh! This is so embarrassing. I looked out of the window to hide my embarrassment.

'Aww babe don't be mad...come on, I'm sorry, okay? It's just that I missed you so much...I understand that you're tired so you can rest till we get home. I won't make a sound. I promise.' He said noticing my reaction.

Aww, such a sweetheart! How can I hate you?

What?! Sweatheart? Him?! Girl, you need to get a grip on yourself. What happened to my 'Get to know the person for at least a year' strategy?

Just what on earth happened to future me in the past 7 and a half years?

The more time I spend with this man the more twisted and confusing my life seems to become. The only thing that I know for sure is that this is going to be a long ride home.

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