[Suspense, mystery, brotherhood, Time Travel, Fate ]
Me and my brother are really close to each other by heart is it because I miss him or I want him back around me. I got a chance but did I really utilize it in a good way? Did I do the right thing ?
The day it happened....
“To be or not to be that is the question”, a quote from Shakespeare’s
play “Hamlet”. I wonder how all the things in our world changes but
expect us to decide what we could do. It's been 12 years now, I still
miss my brother. My brother was only 19 years old when he died from a
car accident, now I am19 years old and still stuck in the time zone that
went back to when he was still here. He was not driving nor was he
drunk and was certainly not the rule breaker then, why did it happen to
him?
My brotherly love stopped me from going into his room, but today I want
to break free from my heavy painful memory. It was 8 am on 12th
march 2031, I went inside his room with a heavy heart. I could feel his
warmth still present in his room. His sports kit, college bag, DVD
players, PSP4 all the other things I wanted back then. Near his window
I saw a shiny sparkling watch which he wore the day he died. How can
his watch be here? I was confused, my parents got rid of his clothes
and this watch which he wore that day. I decided to keep this watch as
his gift to me.
It was 7:30 pm in his watch showing the year 2019, date 18 th October
the day he died. Changing the time and date instead of 8:30am I tried
setting it to 7am on the same day suddenly there was a noise, I turned
around to see my mom calling me out for breakfast. This was weird. We
just had breakfast, coming outside the room mom and dad were sitting
in the exact position. Dad reading the newspaper, mom arranging
plates, something was definitely not right. Lifting my plate, saying I
have no appetite, mom and dad having the same conversation that we
had just 1 hour before.
I looked at my brother’s watch changing the date and time to 2019, 18th
October 3 pm. My mind was playing games with me. My mom did not
recognize me as she asked me, “Are you Mohit’s friend?” I looked at my
family photograph, I was missing, they completely forgot me and I lost
my identity in the real world. Snapping out of all the thoughts I lied to my
mom saying, “Yes, I am Mohit’s friend” my brother’s friend. I was sure
my brother would not remember me or recognize me. My brother came
home at 4pm to find me sitting and chatting with parents.It was all so
awkward me sitting with my parents and not being recognized as their
family member. My brother asked me so many questions all at once.
Explaining them that how I came from future to past will not at all be
convincing I thought, so I lied and started off by saying, “I am Revaan, I
joined Mohit’s cricket batch yesterday and the coach gave me his
number and house address’.
I Finally along with Mohit we left for cricket match. He was adamant on
going by his friend’s car, the accident car, all shiny red sedan car. I was
so scared, the flashback of the accident came to me. I had to do
something. Lying again, I said my mom is waiting for me at the station
and I need to go by train no matter what. I also wanted to avoid my
brother going by the car, so I requested him to go by train giving the
reason of being new in the city. I needed his help. Surprisingly his
friends were satisfied with my reasonable lie and let him go. I was
overjoyed I thought as I saved my brother. I was glad that my brother
survived from his sad fate and I felt like his knight in shining armor. After
the match I didn’t want my brother to go with his friends and somehow I
managed to pull it off. It was late at night, while crossing the road a truck
approached us, my brother was almost going to die I pulled him to the
other side. The headlights were so bright I hardly could ee anything, it
took me some time to react as the truck hit me and the next minute
it crumbled me.
“Somethings are bound to happen, they will happen no matter how hard
you try to avoid it.” My soul found my parents crying, my brother still in
shock, it was all supposed to end like that. The atmosphere at my home
was very similar to which I faced 12 years ago but the only difference
was they didn’t remember me as their family member. Something still
scared me, that watch which was in my brother’s hand…… to be continued……
( This story is dedicated to my friend who died in car accident last year. We were not that close but his words are still fresh in my mind, "You need to try new things and believe in yourself" that still encourages me to pull off something new every now and then. )
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