Once upon a heartbeat! - (7)



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Celebration :


 Alora was finally relieved when she put on her school uniform. "It was just a dream, thankfully!", she thought, smiling to herself in the mirror. 

Both of her parents were working, so they left home early in the morning. As usual Alora's breakfast was kept ready. She finished her food and took the bus money from the bowl. She fed the fish and left.

Jia had saved the seat for her in the bus. "Aha! This is my favourite routine", Alora was happy to be back to her school and her 17 year old self.

She opened her bag and took out her books. There it was, 'Heartbeat', the novel she was reading. Alora opened the page which had Armaan's description. "Should I tell Jia about my dream?", Alora wondered. "No! She would think I'm crazy. She will tease me for my entire life", Alora shook her head to chase away her thoughts.


"Ummm, what's with the head shake buddy? Show me the book, let me see what are you reading!", Jia teased her. Alora quickly put the book back in her bag. The day progressed with teachers coming in and leaving the classroom, and Alora happily attended every lecture with a zeal.

During lunch break when Jia was busy chatting with some other friends, Alora kept glancing at the far end of the school. The spot where she had been pulled into the wormhole, in her dream. "Should I go and check?", thought crossed her mind. She involuntarily started walking towards those trees. Jia saw her leaving and followed her. Alora looked everywhere, crossing her fingers, but didn't find the wormhole. "Okay! It was just a dream then", she mumbled, with a sigh of relief. 

"What dream Alora?", Jia asked, standing behind her.

"Oyeee!", Alora screamed. "Were you following me? You startled me buddy", Alora brushed her hand over her head, slightly scared.

"Buddy don't wander here. This place seems so creepy. Let's go" Jia pulled Alora's hand.

They both started walking towards the playground. "What dream were you talking about Alora?", Jia inquired. 

"Dream....nothing....it's nothing", Alora tried to dodge the question. 

As they were talking, a football accelerated towards Alora and Alora tried to stop it with both hands, closing her eyes tightly. 

The football didn't hit her so, amazed, she took her hands down and opened one of her eyes. 

"Why are you blocking me? This is your favourite flavour, chocolate. Alora open your mouth, I want to feed you this cake", Jia stood in front of her. And it was Jia 2.0, with highlights in her hair. "Let's celebrate your first job", Jia fed Alora a piece of chocolate cake. 

Alora stood there, agape.


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