Chapter 1

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Raghvi os: The labor story.

Hanging her legs over one of the arms of the fluffy sofa and resting her upper half against the another arm Pallavi accomodated herself perfectly into its sitting space. Her giant belly ,contain a full term baby was serving as a personalised portable table as it supports a large bowl of cheese popcorn with a great balance. Holding her mobile in her left she was enjoying her night movie with regular plopping of corns into her mouth . She was giving occasional glances towards her husband, Raghav, to ensure his presence. Sitting behind her desk he was engrossed into his file with silence since half an hour. This has been their routine for past few months now. He would stay awake till late at night to finish his pending work and she would accompany him and fall asleep on sofa ,chair, on table, on anything but on the bed and ultimately being carried to her bed. The routine was not a result of mutual consent though. Initially there had been many arguments regarding this of which Raghav Rao won none, inspite of throwing the most logical reasons and to add to this her antenatal mood swings and emotional outbursts has reached to a spot where thinking of to get into an argument would scare Raghav for life.

"Raghav.." she called as she sensed something moist beneath her. He didn't respond to her faint call.

She slipped her free hand beneath her back to confirm her fear and found the surfce is wet and somewhat sticky. She did a quick check over her belly to see if she had kept anything capable of flowing.

"Raghav...water.." she spoke out louder enough to bring his ear into function.

"Haa..its there on the table beside you" he was too busy to register her words and didnot change his posture at all.

" Raghav my water has broken.. " she gritted her teeth yet kept her tone into audible range.

"Dont worry , I will buy you one tomorrow. Promise " this is all his busy mind could think of to bring back the peace he had few minutes ago. Had he felt the requirement to spare a look towards her wife he would know how horrified the situation is going to be.

Her nostril flared, drew in a breath. she grabbed a fistful of popcorns and hurled at him and yelled out loud " my water has broken..the baby is coming ..do you understand this Raghav Rao" and exhaled, satisfied with her voice.

Raghav startled at this pop shower, jumped off his chair and landed on his feet. "What . How?" His file dropped open on the floor and few pages now loitering all over the floor but now he is too numb to look at them. His mind was still processing the news. "Isn't it two weeks earlier the assigned date?" He remembered confused and surprised simultaneously.

"How would I know? You and you baby both have the audacity to not to follow the rules" she stated bluntly. Now that she has inserted the stress inside him, she is even more stressed."But I don't feel the pain"

"Thats great " Raghav sighed in deep relief. His little knowledge about medical science told him its the pain which forces the baby to come out of the comfortable womb. But her wife didn't seem equally relieved, made the anxiety to reenter into him. Is it something worse or an emergency? His mind was clouded with possible outcomes.

He desperately needed to make a call. No, not to the doctor, Amma or Kirti but Farhad. Had it been some business puzzle he had at least his clamness intact but this scenario is nothing near to any of his past experiences. Before he arrived at any decision he needed to calm himself and in present moment he saw no one but Farhad to ask for it. Farhad and Raghav did a brief conversation where he suggested his anna to talk to the Gynaecologist and he would arrive to his mansion by the time.

"What did the doctor say?" Asked an impatient Raghav as pallavi finished talking to the doctor over the phone. He was afraid to hear any ominous from the doctor hence had asked pallavi to carry the conversation.

"Premature Rupture of membrane" She began to explain it cautiously " sometimes water bag gets ruptured before the labor pain starts and the pain follows later"

"So?" He asked further, tapping his feet as he sat opposite to her.

"So I have to be hospitalized and will be under observation till labour".

"Any complications?"

"May arise but given my previous reports were normal , probability is less'. She tried her best to mitigate his panic state.

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Pallavi and Raghav settled on the rear seat of his car and Farhad occupied the passenger seat. Raghav had thought for an ambulance but Farhad suggested Ambulance may take time to reach and decided for their own car. As the Driver started the engine , Raghav felt a tight clasp over his wrist. His eyes immediately fell over her face. Eyes squeeze shut and her face twisted she was holding her breath.

"What happened?" He perplexed at this sudden change in his wife.

"The pain appears" she released the breath she was holding as the contraction passed off.

His eyes widened at this another surprise announcement " Didn't the doctor tell you the pain will come later."

"That doesn't mean it will wait for a year to come" she gave a sarcastic smile.

Farhad asked the driver to speed up. Barely 10 minutes into the journey, the full blown contractions established in her abdomen and so was the pain. Raghav pulled her pain striken fidgety figure into his embrace to provide some alleviation.

"I want to go to aai" a tear rolled down her cheek as she snuggled her face more into his chest.

"We will call her once we reach the hospital" he caressed her head.

"Raghav sing something ..I want to get distracted " she demanded peeking up at him still her face jabbed into his chest.

" whatt?" He frowned. Farhad turned over his shoulder to take a look of his helpless anna and couldnt help but chuckled.

He glared at Farhad then to Pallavi" I can't and I wont. Ardhamainda"

She pushed him hard from herself as if to make him disappear " see what a remorseless person he is! Because of you I'm in this situation and you cannot even sing for me." She looked away hurt, her lips trembling.

"What did I do, saree ka dukaan ?" He protested in exasperation.

"You made me pregnant and fat and now this pain its all because of you" now she was crying incredulously, with gush of tear flowing over her cheek.

" I didn't force you did I?. We have planned it together dammit" he said through gritted teeth.

"Even I had thought so but now I have understood..." she paused and took a break for sobbing.

" understood what?" The cliffhanger was becoming intolerable.

" That it was all your revenge plan. You manipulated me into this. You tricked me to get pregnant so as to enjoy watching me in pain" pride of solving the mystery was evident between her sobs. She then moved to reach his pocket and pulled out the handkerchief and wiped her tears." I will return it to you. Let the baby come out' she shot its-a-challenge look to him.

He was flabbergasted and deeply embarrassed as the two person other than them tried to hide their laugh, failing miserably.

"Farhad" Raghav's brows drew in as he turned to Farhad "Are you my best friend and advisor?"

"Ofcourse Anna" came a warm reply.

" Then why didn't you stop me marrying from this carzy girl" and this earned him a sharp dagger look from her.

"I had tried Anna, you ignored me" he explained like an idealistic child.

" then you should have tried harder, Farhad..." she jumped in " see there the Ghamandi Rao, the one who never accepts his own mistakes..always pinning in on other " she screamed as the pain reached to an unbearable threshold.

"Anna don't be angry, Bhabhi is in pain so saying it under its effect" Farhad like the wise man always, came for help.

Ready to retort back to her , he caught Farhad's pleading eyes and decided against it.

'Ahhhhh.....' a shrill cry escaped her as another giant contraction crossed her womb and she jumped back in his embrace.

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Pallavi, in her berthing suite was panting heavily, gasping for breath. Raghav had his one hand gripped in her tight clasp, was stroking her head, constantly asking her to relax. Her contractions became frequent and intense. He was exhausted equally, not only physically but mentally and emotionally as well. Never in his wildest dreams he had thought of a situation could be this uncontrollable.

"Get the damn thing out of me. NOW". she stressed the last word showing the immediacy and strengthening her grip over his hand.

"Please doctor, Do as she say...Get it out" he flinched with the same pitch that of her. The pain of her sharp nails pricking his skin synced perfectly with her contractions and he felt soon they will dig out his muscles.

"Are you mocking at me?" She lifted up her head to stare directly into his eyes.

"No ...I was just..." he gulped nervously.

"Don't....." her eyebrows arched in warning.

Farhad was waiting outside the room, nervously chanting prayers for his Anna. The crash echoes from the room was narrating the horrible tales of his Anna's life. He informed to both of the families to reach for their rescue.

"I can see the Head. Few more pushes and it will be over" The middle aged doctor smiled at her as she examined her progress.

The nurse beside the doctor encouraged her with her well rehearsed song. "push"

Pallavi, with all her might , forced her muscles, growling and crying some Marathi lines and next moment fell flat, tired. Sweat was dripping from her face.

"You can do better Pallavi" The doctor sighed in disappointment.

"Look at me..its very easy" Raghav intiated "Take a deep breath, close your eyes and push" doing the steps exactly the way he was telling and opened his eyes to face an irritated pallavi " what do think Im doing here?...Am I doing pranayam ?" She chided.

" you and your child did this conspiracy against me" tear welled up in her eyes.

"Not again pallavi" he slapped his face.

"I have seen you whispering to my belly"

"When..."

" at night when Im deep sleep"

"That's called dream..you fool" he snapped back " No doubt you and your family does the illogical dramas."

Pallavi shoved away her hand from his fist " You will stay away from me" she was all red and furious " from now on we will sleep in different room." She growled pointing to him.

"No we won't " he dismissed authoritatively.

"Fine ..I will go to Aai and will not return" she threatened.

"I haven't seen a idiot like you" he murmured in Telugu.

"Ahhhh....." she screamed as another contraction hit her wall" will you keep standing like a dumb....holddd meeee you Ghamandi Rao" she screeched in pain and with next force the baby came out.

Pallavi lied calm and exhausted from all her gruesome efforts. She watched the doctor placing the little crying thing in Raghav's large palms. She looked at him as he was struggling to be gentle with the little thing, fumbling in the process. Tears of happiness made their way from his eyes. He kissed his daughter lovingly. He bent down to reach her and said" you can go to your Aai. I and my daughter will not miss you"

"Im not going anywhere in this life...samajhla Ghamandi Rao" she pouted spread out her hand to hold their daughter.

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Hey all!

Hope you all are healthy and safe.

I know I have gone crazy beyond imaginaton...The show and this forum is driving me crazy for this couple.

You people are so awesome. Even in this panic situation this little place is so full of happiness and positivity.

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Thankyou