Never give up on miracles.

"I am leaving in a minute" I hastily said on the phone to Annie. I was already 15 minutes late in leaving and I knew I would be on the receiving end of her fury today. She had already warned me a million times not to be late today. However perfect I wanted the day to be, my laziness and the love for sleep always came in the way. Taking a last look at my a-hundred-times-restyled hair I finally left the house. Once outside I rushed back in again. "Holy fuck! How can you be so irresponsible Akshay?" My Brain screamed at me. I had forgotten to take the ring with me, the main purpose of this evening.



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"I knew you would be late." I kept the receiver. Why did I have to be the punctual one? One thing I purely despised was to wait for someone and Akshay always gave me the opportunity to be mad at him.  Even though he was late, I somehow didn't feel the anger I always did today. I was calm. Happy. I had a feeling today was going to be special and according to my girl's sixth sense which helped a girl know everything about his boyfriend/husband, from his choice of cologne to the fact that he is cheating on her, I was pretty sure that Akshay was going to propose me today. Even though we had been dating for two years I couldn't wait to see him today.

I left the house lost in my own thoughts. We were supposed to be meeting at a restaurant in the north of the city. While on my way to the auto stand I noticed two guys on a bike following me. I became suspicious of their intention. At first I though they might be one of the chain snatchers that haunted the city these days. Not wearing any chain, and having my Samsung Galaxy S2 as the most expensive thing I had on me right now I hastily stuffed it into my bag and clutched my bag forcefully. It was weird how I never called it a phone, I had been so in love with it that calling it a phone sounded like an insult. They came closer but unlike to what I was thinking they were more interested in eve teasing than anything else. "Hey baby. Can I have your naaambar?" One of them shouted while the other enjoyed the show. I ignored and fastened my pace. Just then they came closer and one of them poked me, "Where are you going sweethaart. I will drop you." . This was when I couldn't take it anymore. "Bloody asshole why don't you go fuck your mother because seriously that's what you are worth of." I shouted on top of my lungs. For a moment it felt like everyone on earth had stopped doing what they were supposed, and started staring at me. Suddenly grabbing so much attention embarrassed the bikers and they fled.



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"Dude did you listen to that? What language? How dare she! I cant believe you fled!"

"What did you expect? Stay there and be beaten up by the numerous people that had started staring us?"

"Turn the bike"

"Why" 

"I said turn the bike. I just talked to Varun he ll be here in a minute with his van"

"Van? Why?"

"Its time to teach that girl a lesson of a lifetime"




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I opened my eyes to darkness. My memory seemed hazy. All I could remember was being shoved into a van by those bikers I had abused earlier. Shivers ran through my body. There was a single light source in the place. It took me minutes to get accustomed to the otherwise dark room and make objects visible. I looked around and say a person sitting at a distance from me on a chair and constantly looking at me. I started screaming. "HELP! HELP! SOMEBODY HELP ME!"

"Haha. Scream all that you want. There is no one here to help you."

"HEEEELP."

I suddenly felt my phone vibrate in my pocket. Without thinking I hastily took out my phone and started dialing. With a flash the guy got up and snatched my phone. "No smart move bitch" He opened up my phone and fearing police tracking by Sim Card took out the card and smashed it into two. I regretted my move. Just then there was a sound at the door and two other guys walked in. One of them switched on the light. Two of them I recognized were the bikers and third one I couldn't recognize. The more healthier one, the one I had abused slowly walked towards me with an evil grin. Suddenly he trapped my face in his strong clench and kissed me. I felt like vomiting. His hands started moving across my body and he tore away the left side of my shirt.

"Sanjay wait" The other guy shouted. I took a sigh of relief.

"You know what we decided. Wait."

My mind started running frantically. What had they decided.

"Why cant I do it and you both do it later?" 

"No not here. This place isn't safe. Let Shashank call me. Once his employer leaves the godown, we can keep her there for the whole night and since tomorrow is Sunday for tomorrow as well. We ll have enough time to fuck her so please keep your horny-ness to yourself for now"

"Okay" He said and backed off rather disappointed.

I panicked. I had started to shiver uncontrollably. Every moment I had ever lived began to flash in front of my eyes. I remember Akshay. How this day was supposed to be entirely something else. This seemed like the end of my life. I couldn't imagine living after going through what these people said I would go through.

"Okay. We ll meet you there directly." he said and both the guys left. I was left with the guy who the bikers called Varun.



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"Yes you are right. Hmm." 

Varun seemed to be talking to the godown owner pacing around the room. Suddenly he unlocked the door and went out while talking. I heard him locking the door from outside.My heartbeat paced faster as I looked around for an escape. But the room had no windows and a locked door. I felt disappointed but then suddenly my eyes fell on my disassembled phone. I quickly assembled it back and switched it on. I had a plan. A plan that required a huge level of coincidence. I quickly turned on the  wi-fi and started searching for available connections. With crossed fingers, closed eyes and remembering various different gods I sneakily opened one eye to look at the result. And just as I had wished it to be. An open wi-fi server. As I had gathered from the hustle bustle evident when Varun opened the door to go outside, I had hoped against hope that we were near a Cafe Coffee Day that provides free Wi-fi and Wi fi signals usually go to 2-3 buildings around them too. Now I had what I wanted but I had to work fast. My mind was racing "What would work without a Sim card?" Just then it popped in my mind. "Facebook Messenger"




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They were back. The dreaded moment was near. My heartbeat seemed to be running a marathon. The healthier guy turned to me, "So do you regret abusing me now?" he asked. I said nothing. Inside I was trembling with fear. I wished I had just ignored him that moment and carried on I would be out sitting with Akshay and celebrating how good our lives were. For not controlling myself at that point now I am sitting here at the verge of being raped.

"OK so lets get the party started" He said and came and grabbed me by my hand.

"Lets get her to the godown" The other one said and started walking out of the door.

Varun in the meanwhile was searching for chloroform so that I wouldn't spoil there plan of getting me there peacefully. He found it. He came towards me. This was it. Life as I know it would change. For the worse. Once I pass out, when I ll wake up I ll be dirty. I wont be me, and I would want to live with the new me.

"Hands up" someone shouted and loads of people rushed in. In a flash of second the entire scenario changed.

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Happily glancing at the ring on my hand I wonder over the 'walking out of Varun' , the 'leaving my phone untouched and only destroying the Sim card', the 'finding a wi-fi connection' and the perfect timing of the cops. The series of coincidences that happened, the happening of all odds and the miracle of me coming out alive. Someone really wanted me safe and I was happy that I was going to spend the rest of my life with him.

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I never meant to do this to you.

"Fuck man. How could she do this to me. After all I did for her."



"Umm what a minute. Let me get my facts right. What SHE did to you? And I had been thinking that she was the one who had been unfair-ly treated. "



"Dude whatever. She fucking slapped me. In front of the whole crowd. She could have waited for the party to end. We could have talked it out. She ll have to pay for this."



"Yeah right whatever."



"Hey, hey I ll call you later, okay?" Aakash said and hung up. Frustrated how unreasonable and unsupportive his best friend Shivam sounded and going through the affairs that happened to him that day he accelarated the car harder. Moving at a speed of 100km per hour on a deserted road all he could think of was how Tanvi had slapped him in front of his friends. His fault of cheating on Tanvi seemed irrelevant and of no importance to him.



He suddenly thrusted the brakes bringing the car to a standstill. Getting out, he shouted, "Holy fuck Tanvi! What the hell are you doing here?"

There beside a huge tree stood a girl with hazel green eyes and long black hair down her back, in a short white dress barely covering her knees and with curves that a guy could kill for.

"My car crashed" said Tanvi without making eye contact with him.

"Where's your car" Aakash asked looking for it.

"Its further down the road, I had started walking towards the town looking for help" She said.

Suddenly forgetting the affairs of the day Aakash held her by her arm and motioned her towards his car.

"Come, I ll drop you home" he said. Without much of a protest she quietly sat in the car.

Aakash shut her door, walked to the driving seat and without another question started driving back to the city.

There was like a storm of questions going inside Aakash. There was alot he wanted to ask, alot he wanted to say. Suddenly all the fury came back to him. He suddenly had an urge to stop the car and choke Tanvi to death. He was that infuriated. But then he looked at Tanvi and suddenly his mind became clear of all his thoughts. She looked so fragile. So breakable. Tanvi was looking down at her feet moving them awkwardly.

Another sudden move of her feet and her legs some what slightly parted making her already short dress go shorter and making the whole of her legs visible to Aakash. On seeing this, Aakash's heartbeat suddenly grew faster. All fury, all bad things he wanted to say to her vanished in the fraction of that second. Now all he could think of was how beautiful and hot Tanvi was looking right now. Her skin glowing angelically and how the tiniest hint of her cleavage made Aakash feel that the front of his pants had grown tighter. Finally realizing that he couldn't concentrate on the road another second he stopped the car. Tanvi stared at him blankly. Aakash gently stroked her cheek and kissed her, slowly moving his lips to hers. Their lips moved in time with each other and Aakash raised his hands up to her hair tangling his fingers in it. 

"I - Love - You" panted Aakash through the kissing and touching. That did it for Tanvi. She let out a soft moan and with a red glint in her eye smiled to herself …

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"Oh my god. How is that even possible? It is just last week......

But....

Missing?

What non sense. Yeah he was drunk.. But...

No he didnt call me back

Yeah I was out of station for work so I couldnt find the time to call him.

No but...

Okay."



Shivam put down the phone. Shocked at what he had just been told. Aakash his best friend suddenly gone missing. Tear trickled down his cheek. He suddenly remembered Tanvi and being the only mutual friend of Tanvi and Aakash he was pretty sure no one would have asked her yet if she had been contacted by Aakash.

He picked up his phone again and dialed.

"Hello? Aunty can I talk to Tanvi? Whhaaat? Wheeen? How?"



The receiver fell out of his hands. His legs suddenly started shaking and he grabbed the nearest bedpost for support. Because what he had just heard was too much information too be beared in a single day.

On learning that Aakash had cheated on her, Tanvi had commited suicide by jumping off the building on the day of the party.





P.S: Credits: One.Life.Many Moments.

She is with me, always have, always will.

And forgettting how miserable she felt just a second before, forgetting how my words somehow hurt her to the core, forgetting that she had just announced to me 'I wont ever talk to you ', she hugged me.

Melting down at my apology she hugged me like she never wanted to let go. Steering the car with my right hand I put my left hand around her, hugging her tighter just to let her know that the feeling was mutual. Minutes passed. Her mood came back to normal evident by her constant switching of radio stations. Complaining how she missed the best line of her favorite song , and demanding a chocolate like a five year old. Yes she was back.



We stopped in front of our regular confectionery shop. But now was the hardest part. Winning the argument of who ll go out of the car and come back with the Dairy Milk Silk, her favorite. After a hundred 'no-you-go's', like most of the times I lost, while she grinned at me with an expression of utmost achievement.



"I cant go every time, you know? Someday I might not be here then what will you do?" she teased. Defeated already I snapped back, "First if you wont be, there will be no point in getting a chocolate since its you who is being a chocolate obsessed monster not me. Second even if I ll feel like eating one, I ll ask my new girlfriend to get it for me." The instant I mentioned the words 'new girlfriend' she snorted and started pinching me. Defending myself I hastily got out of the car.

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We were the mushy couple. The mushy couple who didn't mind being called that.

There wasn't a single person we knew who wouldnt agree on the fact that we would be together for atleast a minimum span of forever.

Even our fights weren't taken seriously, they were sure on two facts always, first, that the issue was about a non-significant thing, and second, that we would be back together in lesser time than would take to explain why the fight started in the first place.



I never doubted her love for me, it was somehow really evident in her eyes. It had just been a year since we had been together but it felt that I never had a life before that. I never understood how I survived before she came into my life. Life lacked meaning, there wasn't a purpose for which I lived. I didn't look forward to the next day.



But then 'she' happened to me. After four months of liking, admiring her, making up conversations in my mind that never happened, and secretly glimpsing at her I gathered the guts to talk to her.



After that although we rushed into the relationship it never felt like it. As she always said, 'When its right, you don't need to wait.'

It was special. She was my best friend. From the incidents of my past to the colour of my poop, I could tell her everything and not be ashamed or embarrassed about it. She was family. My foremost priority.



With me she was a completely different being. Someone she actually was. Her inner self, all bare. For the world she was insensitive, but I had seen her cry. For the world she was funny, but I had seen her feeling lonely and asking to be beside her. With me she was without the walls she had built around her for everyone to see. For her I was someone who could make her giggle hysterically in a second and shatter her in another.



She said she felt protected with me. 'Her Guardian Angel' that's what she called me. "I wont ever let anything get to you" I would promise saying that to her posing like a superhero.



Buy how I wish that promise wasn't broken. How I wish that I wasn't so helpless. How I wish Cancer was just a Zodiac sign.

I don’t wanna run away, 

Baby you’re the one I need tonight,

No promises.

Baby, now I need to hold you tight, 

I just wanna die in your arms.