The Guard’s love
Theboutique nursing home was prepped and ready to receive her, right at the door,he didn’t have to do anything
When shewas made to sit in the wheelchair and began to be whisked away, she extended anarm
“Aveeee…come” she begged
“Let mepark my car”
“Give itto someone” she ordered hoarsely
A valetshowed up magically
He heldher hand and sprinted, and they were checked into their suite
Exceptfor the bed and the tubing attachments on the wall nothing looked like ahospital, even the nurses wore floral scrubs
She woreher gown and settled in, the doctor told her right off the bat she was dilatedenough already and it wasn’t a false alarm
Thecontractions became more frequent, he panicked and pressed ice on her lips andgave her sips of water
Shescreamed in pain
“I am sooosorry” he whispered kissing her hand warmly
Tearsflowed down her jaw “It hurts so much…”
“I amsorry… I am going to mind my own biz from now OK?” he offered
“TOO LATEnow” she screeched
Helaughed in his usual happy demeanor
“I guess…I wish I could go back and change stuff”
“U wouldlove that wont u? U want me to say, I hate being pregnant… Well breaking news ILOVE IT. I just hate this pain… and hate you so so much” she gasped
He noddedhis eyes twinkling
The Doccame in again
“How isshe doing?”
“In painand abusive” he said sweetly
“Haha…nice… I need some signatures in case I have to go in and do a c-section”
He noddedand grabbed the ipad from her assistant
“Mr &Mrs?” the assistant asked
“AvyaanSingh and Samidha Rao” he said
Samidhawas being helped to sit up a little and prep for epidural, two nurses crowdedher
“Notmarried or what?” the assistant asked shocked
“No notmarried”
Thedoctor was helping Samidha now
“U shudhave got married na… u had 9 months” the woman said dismissively
“Umm.. Ican sign if u show me” he almost yanked the ipad from her
“Thesedays marriage has no value, hmmm… sigh… sigh” the woman complained
“Doc,where should I sign?” Avee spoke loudly
Thedoctor looked at her assistant
“Aveee…did u bring my Ganpati?’ Samidha asked between sobbing
“I did”he went to the bags and fished it out and handed her the small figurine
“Promiseu will take good care of the baby” she ordered
Thedoctor laughed “U are getting an epidural, and delivering a baby… its 2019”
“Why soreligious if you are not married” the woman crept up to the bed to judgeSamidha next
The Docfinally spoke up
“MrsKumar please aap bahar wait karen, Mr Singh will sign later”
Theepidural dulled her pain, and she pushed for a good 6 hours, on Dec 4:01 AM
A babyboy weighing 3.42 kg screamed his vocal cords out as he appeared
His chubbygood soaked fist fighting to fit into his mouth
Avi wasoutside pacing the living room with Riyaz and Alok, Paawan and Gursimran
They allstayed up with him, and so did Rumi
Toast wasat Rumi’s home with Alok’s girlfriendPia and Sandeep’s GF Veera startled at every lightning strike disturbed andmissing Samidha
He wasused to having her during the day
Shemocked him in Kannada, she scolded him for splashing his water all around hisbowl when he drank, and held his face and narrated an essay on some topic
Sigh… heloved her
Wonderwhy she was crying and why was there a puddle by her feet yesterday evening
“It’s a boy”the doc said
Avialmost didn’t believe her
“Howcould it be, we thought it was a girl”
“Well Ijust saw him emerge and he is definitely not a girl” the Doc laughed
He leapedinto the room, the nurse was swaddling him in a blue warmed up towel with hotwheels cars all over
He couldnot believe how big the baby was
“HES BIG”he said
“Hold himand bring him to Samidha” the Doctor whispered
Samidhaopened her eyes a crack
“Aveee”
“U madeit” he handed her the fat chubby creature
“Boynames?”
“I wanteda GIRL” she said and then lay back “I amhappy… he screams a lot” she said the baby found her neck and loved the scent,just nuzzling
“SOOOcute Ave” she whispered tearing up
He noddedtearing up
She sawher baby, “He has SO much hair, I was bald” she said
“I wastoo” he said
“Woww…” Samidha felt his pink cheek
He feltit next
“A human…”
“Nokidding”
“the Docsaid u might have counted the days wrong… u were farther along” he smiled
“I AM SOHAPPY” she sobbed
He heldthe baby, gave it back to her, held him again, telling himself a million timeshow he is going to protect him, shield him and shelter him and defend him andlove him and never ever leave his side and care for both him and his mother forever
Theygushed and crooned and he took many pictures
“Names?”
“I don’t know…I thought it was a girl”
“Come upwith something” he ordered huskily
“I get topick?” she asked in shock
“Hesyours is he not?” he asked amused
Shenodded and their eyes connected quietly
“BTW Theguard sends love back at ya” he whispered (He had gone home to give the dog toPia)
His eyeswere moist but sparkling….
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