Ab hoc momento pendet aeternitas

(On this moment hangs eternity)

Nandini's POV

I am again late, and this time for a change its not because of my mistake and laziness but its my dear friend Mukti who was so keen to get her own personalised Ranbir Kapoor phone cover from the shop exactly opposite to our college route. I don't get her over the top craze of bollywood and specially Ranbir Kapoor, but then being a bestie is never easy you tend to do stuff you hate also because of your best friend. Right now she is sitting with me in my car and admiring this waste phone cover. Okay!!!! its enough now. I'm not gonna share my bestie's  attention with that actor

"Mukti... Mukku... Are you even listening to me? Just keep that phone of yours aside madam." 

Hearing my voice for the third time she looked at me and sighed

" Stop getting J of a phone cover now babes and drive. I don't want to die soon, not before atleast meeting Ranbir." She said giving me a smile or say a sarcastic one. The audacity of this girl. 

I was going to say something when suddenly my head started spinning and my stomach did some flip flop. I tried to concentrate on the road but my vision was getting blurred. I took a sharp turn and put on the brakes to stop the car aside. Mukti who was some seconds ago admiring her phone was all scared now getting a hold on the dashboard and she looked at me.

Mukti-" Nandu... You, you are fine right? What happened suddenly? She opened her seatbelt and turned towards me while I had kept my head on the steering. This was the worst spin I had in the past 3 days. I still can't imagine what whould have happened if I had not put the brakes on time.

" Mukku, I... I don't know. My head just suddenly started spinning and vision got blurred. And this giddy feeling... damn its too bad. Its happening from the past 3 days yaar, I don't know what's happening." 

Mukti-"Should we go to the doctor? You look pale Nandini and you should have told me na that you are feeling unwell, I won't have asked you to come with me." And here goes my bestie turned Mommy. I will have to control her before she starts with her lectures. 

" Mukti, Im fine. And this headache its weird you know, it comes in a fraction makes me all giddy and then woshhhhhh its gone. I'm alright, lets get going we have to submit our assignments too." 

After a tough time of 15 mins to make Mukti agree that I was alright we drove to my college.

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I had submitted my assignment with Mukti and we were late for Mr. Bhandari's Accounting class. Mukti was so not interested in attending the class and even after me dragging her almost till the 3rd floor where our class was, she took the left turn and went to the canteen. I, on the other side had to attend the class because as it is that teacher of mine has a problem with me and won't leave a chance to criticise me so I moved inside and luckily he had gone to get some books from the staff room so I sneeked into the room and took the lastbench corner seat.

* Naa don't think I'm a back-bencher, I'm a frontie but currently it was already filled up with students leaving the only seat left for me is this.*

20 mins later

Half of the class was being drowsy, as Mr. Bhandari was teaching 'Holding company'.  I was again feeling the same giddy feeling but didn't know what to do. Should i leave the class taking his permission or just put my head down for some time and wait for this feel to subside. As I was about to lower my head

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 I was swept off my seat and again my stomach did some flip-flop and my vision got blurry. After everything got cleared in front of my eyes I saw myself lying on the pathway of busy street of Race course, Kolkata. The passersby were seeing me with a weird expression. I got up to look at my surrounding but it was completely different. The street looked nothing like the one I  always walked through while going to college. But the only thing which was intact was the Victoria memorial. But the other things were a bit odd.

"How did I reach here? I was in my accounts class, and this place it's so known yet unknown. And why are people staring at me like this?"I looked at people with a nervous look still adjusting her dress and hold my head which was throbbing with pain. I was walking on the road when a vintage car crossed just inches away from me and the driver in the car shouted something in Bengali, which I couldn't understand.

 I walked for some time trying to call Mukti but could not do so because no signal was available.I moved towards the known street trying to locate my college. It was somewhat 20 mins when suddenly again a severe headache knocked my senses and I closed her eyes and again the same thing happened I was swept off my feets 

The next thing i found was me lying on the extreme corner of the basketball court of my college.

What the hell was that? And where was I? I was hell scared, I looked here and there and found some lovebirds scaterred here n there in the college. I hoped no one saw me. i really needed to go home. I was leaving when I saw Mukti coming from the other side running. 

Mukti-" Where the hell were you Nandini, I went to the class and saw you nowhere. Didn't you attend the class? Are you again feeling unwell?" She was all frantic and was also huffing with all the running maybe. I just held her hand and dragged her out of the college gate. 

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Currently it was me and Mukti sitting in my room with a burger each and a coke. When I came home, no one was there except our cook. She told us that Nani along with Alia and Mausi were out of town and Mumma was in her office. Leaving it all I took Navya to my room and latched it shut after which I had told her my "20 min Disappearing venture" because of which she is all silent till now.

" Mukti, will you atleast say something? Don't sit like a statue please. I'm so nervous. I don't know what to do." I was getting irritated with her silence.

Mukti-" What should I say, I don't even know what you are saying. Disappearing into thin air is not normal Nandini. Are you sure this was not some crazy dream of your?" She was slurping her coke and looking at me with some weird expression.

"You think I'm cooking up stories? Really Mukti... If I was dreaming then I won't have been lying on the basketball court that time. Its no joke Mukti, its SERIOUS. I'M SERIOUS!" I springged from my bed and started shouting at Mukti. while Mukti just held my hand and tried to calm me down. 

Mukti-" Okay, okay relax nandu. I wasn't trying to frame you wrong. I was myself confused and unsure. Okay lets do onething lets google it that what are these things, maybe we can find something? Afterall 'GOOGLE BABA KNOWS IT ALL'. she winked at me at last making me chuckle. 

"I'm sorry for shouting at you." I was guilty for lashing out at her like that but I was not in my right state of mind. Actually I'm still not,I need to know what the matter is with me.

After rigorous searching about headache, giddy feeling and disappearing we didn't find anything which would combine all and come on one conclusion. 

Mukti-" I always knew your granny's house was different and mysterious but never knew you were also gifted with some traits like these? Nandini I'm telling you once aunty comes back home tell her everything she will help you." She was really worried for me. If I was scared so was she actually more than me, Mukti has always been like this. A true friend indeed,always caring, loving and bubbly. I know even if the world will go against me she will be by my side always cursing the world with me. I just hugged her tight so as to get some strength. 

"Mukku, Mumma will believe me na? She won't take it as just another cooked up story,right?"

Mukti-" Whatever the reaction will be you need to let her know Nanz. She is your mother and has the right to know whats happening. When she comes home the first thing you do is tell her." She rubbed my back and smiled. 

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It was already late at night, I had been waiting for Mom whole evening when I got a call from her that she was stuck with office work and would not be home at night and will stay in office itself. I wanted to tell her that I had something really important to tell her but then I stopped myself as I didn't feel to make her worried. 

Rishab my brother and I had our dinner in silence. It was not new for us to have dinner alone  in fact we loved having our dinner like this but ofcourse not without Mum.

Currently I was in my room trying to catch some sleep after having a long phone call of about an hour with Mukti. My bestie was damn scared about me disappearing again. She wanted me to tell mumma at that time only in office but I made her understand and then started our talks on the entire world.

I was sleeping in my room when again in my sleep I felt that giddy feel again. It was increasing and this frightened me. This scared me so much that I reached to make a call to my mother right then n there. But before I could do anything...

ZOOM!!!!!!!

I found myself in a church this time and not some street. It was late night and the weather outside was chilly. I heard footsteps coming near the room.

"GREAT! No one will let me stay in peace. Now what should I do? Where should I hide?"

I got afraid and searched for a place to hide. I hid behind the curtains of the window.

There came 2 people inside. The girl was dressed in a beautiful rajasthani ghagra-choli of green and blue combination with pink dupatta. She was looking like a princess but her face was not visible because of the veil. She was huffing.

"Where do you think you are going?" Asked a man, the tone seemed a bit harsh or say concern covered with anger. He was also in a traditional rajasthani men attire. A well finished white kurta and a embroidered dupatta on his right shoulder with mirror work and traditional turban. He looked handsome.

" Anywhere! Away from you. I don't want to even see your face. Just leave me alone." She was in tears. And the man was trying to console her.

"I can't leave You, I had done that mistake once and it was about cost you your life. I won't repeat it." He was trying to maintain his calm but it seemed it wasn't happening.

" why? Why don't you want to leave me? Just go to that manic girl. Why the hell are you still here?" She pushed him when he tried to hold her.

"You are jealous!!! Wow...But why?" He was having a smirk on his handsome face. I could only see his face as he was facing me.

" No I'm not...and why the hell  will I, I don't have to say anything, you--"

The fuming lady turned her head and saw the girl hiding behind the curtain. But what shocked both of us was...
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Both their faces were same!!!!! l

I was seeing my own self in front of me in that girl's attire.  

"WHAT THE ACTUAL HELL!" I almost yelled in my mind, but the other girl who was talking to the guy recovered fast and turned abruptly towards the guy.

"What happened? You stopped abruptly, is there someone out there?" He asked looking at the direction of the window.

"No one is there, just I was thinking something. I think we should leave. Let's go." That girl was trying to take his hand and leave the place but he was admen to see if there was any eavesdropper.

Finding it hard for her to distract the guy she turned his back towards the window and held his face in between her hands and KISSED HIM.

I didn't know what to do ther than just gapping at them, I mean come on, I was seeing my own self or maybe my twin kissing a guy still in shock. I had never in my 18 years of life kissed a guy. Forget about kissing, I never had any relationship too.

And then, I was zoomed off!!! Into my own bedroom. I looked up,

"GOD! what was this? And why didn't you pulled me back from there before that kiss?Who was that girl? Who was the boy she was kissing? Damn! its so... embarrassing. Mukti was right, I really need to tell Mom everything something is really wrong with me." I just lied on my bed trying to catch some sleep but it was difficult to erase that kissing scene.   

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Mukti Vardhaan 

Nandini's best friend or say soul sister. She is a true friend which everyone craves for , but only some special ones get. A technofreek, her love for adventure and mystery is something no one compete with but above all she is a BIG TIME RANBIR KAPOOR FAN, because of which Nandini hates Ranbir. Overall MukNi as they call themselves are the epitome of true friendship and supporting eachother in thick n thin. Lets see if she can help Nandini in this or not.

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Here we go with the first chapter of "Tumbled over unforeseen fate". 

Did you find it interesting? what is wrong with Nandini? 

Some words for our Friendship duo MukNi? 

Who were the couple nandini saw kissing?

Many questions and no answer? Well I will see you in the next chapter to clear your confusion. 

Till then, Toodles!!!!!

With love, 

Satakshi (Neha)