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Part 77:

 

6 months later:

 

Angad rushed out of his car and ran into the house, up the staircase, and into his bedroom.  He was too excited to convey the news to Kripa.  He knew that in her moments of mood swings, this news will definitely cheer her up for a long time.

 

Angad: KRIPA!!!!

 

A five months pregnant Kripa turned to him with concern clearly visible on her face.

 

Angad(embracing her from behind):  Guess what??!!...............................ITS A BOY!!!

 

Kripa(turned around surprised): REALLY??

 

She freed herself out of Angad's grip and rushed to the phone while he warned her not to walk too fast.

 

Kripa(screaming over the phone): CONGRATS ARMAAN!!!!!

 

Armaan(on the other line): khabar pahunch gayi??

 

Kripa: obviously…so…how does it feel to be a dad???

 

Armaan: I feel like I'm on the top of the world!!!  Finally I don't have to deal with a moody Riddhima and her 'out of the universe' cravings!!

 

Kripa: I feel sorry for Riddhima…she has to take care of two kids at the same time…

 

Armaan: two???

 

Kripa: yea…her little prince and YOU!  Anyways…what are you naming him??

 

Armaan(sarcastically): champak!

 

Kripa: ewwww.  Bad taste Armaan…im making sure you don't give your opinion for my baby or Aliyah's or mishti's!  I like the name Riddhima chose better…'Aman'…so peaceful!

 

Armaan: peaceful my foot!!!  Nurses are telling me he's been bawling his head off for the past hour!!  So peaceful isn't he?

 

Angad looked lovingly at Kripa who was so happy, and had a unique glow on her face which he had only noticed three times.  During her three pregnancies.  Kripa looked at Angad after she hung up.

 

Kripa: what??  Why are you looking at me like that?

 

Angad: are….apni biwi ko dekh raha hoon……kisi gair aurat ko thodi dekh raha hoon?...and I was waiting for you to finish…so I can talk to my baby…

 

Angad put his arms around her waist and put his ear to her stomach.  He started talking to the baby very cutely while Kripa stood there and giggled at his weird questions.  Just then one and a half years old prateek ran into the room.

 

Prateek: PAPA!  CAR!

 

Angad: car ke bacche….idhar aa……

 

Prateek walked to Angad and looked at him weirdly.

 

Prateek: car!

 

Angad: no car!!...come here….i'll make you speak to your future sibling.

 

Prateek: CAR?

 

Angad: baby!

 

Prateek: CARRR!!!!!

 

Angad: baby!

 

Prateek: PAPA!  CAR!

 

Angad: BABY!

 

Prateek: NO! Car!

 

Angad: baby!!  Not car you idiot.

 

Kripa hit angad's head for calling prateek an idiot.

 

Angad: ow!  What was that?

 

Kripa: why are you calling him an idiot??

 

Angad: all he says is 'mama', 'papa', 'dada', and CAR!!!!!!!!!  And 95% of the time..its car!!!!!

 

Kripa: abhi sirf dhed (one and a half) saal ka to hai…

 

Angad: but even then….CAR????

 

Kripa: Angad!  Shut up!  You're supposed to be helping my baby not calling him an idiot…

 

Angad: help him with what?  Car????  Kripa….he says car for everything………a general conversation with prateek goes like this…."beta…you want water?".."CAR!", "you want to sleep?" "CAR!"…"are you hungry?"…."CAR!!".

 

Kripa frowned at Angad and walked near prateek.  She smiled at him lovingly and caressed his head.  She gently put his head against her stomach.

 

Kripa(whispering to prateek): beta…suno…it's the baby….

 

Angad was surprised when prateek didn't say 'car' and actually listened.  Kripa showed prateek her cheek, and prateek cutely kissed her before leaving the room again.  Kripa turned to Angad and crossed her arms.

 

Angad(sighed): fine…im sorry!!!  I don't know…its just that…this weird angriness gets to me whenever he says 'car'.

 

Kripa: Angad..pregnancy mein aurtein moody ho jaati hai….hamare case mein thoda alag hai na….mein itni moody nahi hoti hoon jitna ke tum….

 

Angad (hugged her again): I know….i don't know why….i guess….having four pregnant ladies and three little kids who cant talk properly is hard to deal with…

 

Kripa: I know Angad…it must be hard for all of you….you, Armaan, josh, and Kartik…I agree that pregnant women are a handful but you have to make a promise…

 

Angad: kaisi promise?

 

Kripa: aaj se jo bhi frustration hoga…uska gussa tum prateek pe nahi nikaloge……it will be a negative influence on him Angad….he will feel that he is being isolated because we're having another baby……wouldn't it hurt you to see Aliyah get all the attention and you being isolated??  Of course you understand now but put your self in his shoes and try to understand how he'd feel…………besides……………………its not necessary that you get me all I ask for, and you don't have to be on my tail 24/7 either honey….I can take care of myself and the baby…after all this is my third pregnancy…

 

It took a few seconds before it struck Angad.  She said "third" pregnancy.  It's obvious that she knows about her pregnancy with prateek and the current one.  But where did she get the "third?"…he had never told her about the one where she had an accident.

 

Angad: third??

 

Kripa: what??

 

Angad: you said third pregnancy…

 

Kripa: I did??

 

Angad: yea you did…

 

Kripa: oh…okay…my mistake…but why are you so tensed??  It was just a slip of tongue…

 

Angad (looked at the floor guiltily): no it wasn't.

 

Kripa: what??!!

 

Angad: Kripa…this IS your third pregnancy.

 

Kripa stepped away from him in disbelief.

 

Kripa: you mean…mera ek aur baccha hai?

 

Angad shook his head negatively and walked towards her.  She glared at him with a confused mind.

 

Angad: Kripa…you…………….you had a miscarriage...

 

She was stunned to the core.  Such a big event of her life and he hid it from her?  How could he?  She was angry and it was clearly visible in her eyes.

 

Kripa: kyun chupaya mujhse Angad??

 

Angad: Kripa listen to me…

 

Kripa: aur kya kya chupaya hai mujhse Angad???  Aur kitni aisi baatein hai jo tumne mujhe nahi batayi???

 

Angad: Kripa i…

 

Kripa: GO AWAY ANGAD!  Mujhe iss waqt tumse koi baat nahi karni…

 

Angad: Kripa at least give me a chance to…

 

Kripa: Angad…im not sad because I've had a miscarriage before…nor am I sad that I found out about it…im hurt because you didn't tell me Angad.  You didn't tell me.

 

He kneeled before her and hugged her around her waist.

 

Angad:  I did want to tell you Kripa………but then I remembered that if you get shocked…it can send you into coma……tum itni mushkilon ke baad mujhe mili ho..mein tumhe vapas khona nahi chahta tha……tumhare bina mein aur prateek zinda nahi reh payenge Kripa……isi liye meine tumhe kuch bhi nahi bataya……jabse mujhe pata chala hai ki tum phir se maa banne waali ho tab se mein tumhe batana chahta tha…kitni baar to zubaan pe aa gayi huyi baat meine kahi nahi…kitni baar socha ki tumhe sab kuch bata doon lekin kabhi himmat nahi hui…please Kripa….mujhe maaf kardo……koi bhi saza dedo lekin mujhe rootho mat……

 

Kripa cursed herself for over reacting without understanding why he would hide something like that from her.  He was sobbing silently against her stomach.  She hugged him around his shoulders.

 

Kripa: Im sorry Angad…mujhe aise over react nahi karna chahiye tha……

 

He looked up at her and saw her looking at him apologetically.  He got up and cupped her face.  He was about to kiss her when someone knocked on the door.  He frowned, looked at the door and turned back to her to kiss her again when the person knocked on the door again.

 

Kripa(giggled): ek minute…mein dekhti hoon itne romantic pal ko kaun kharab karne aa gaya…

 

Kripa opened the door and smiled seeing Mishti standing there with Aliyah behind her.  Josh and Kartik entered the room looking worn out.

 

Josh: haaye meri kamar……

 

Kartik: mera haath……ouch…

 

Angad: kya hua??

 

Josh: mat puch yaar……

 

Kartik: hum dono Aliyah bhabhi aur Mishti ko park mein le gaye the walk ke liye….wahan in deviyon ne ek mango tree dekh liya….and you know the pregnancy and sour things theory......we had to climb up the tree and get mangoes for both….

 

Josh: that was no problem….the problem kicked in when we tried climbing back down again…I fell and then Kartik fell on top of me……im glad my back isn't broken…

 

Kripa giggled while Angad looked at the men concerned.

 

Angad: I feel so sorry for you guys……

 

Josh: you're lucky man……kam se kam Kripa ki choices itni ridiculous to nahi hoti….

 

Angad: oh buddy…..think again…

 

Kripa: meri choices aur ridiculous na ho??  Are you kidding bhai??  But you see....mere kuch bhi maangne se pehle hi angad ko pata chal jaata hai ki mujhe kya chahiye.....so woh pehle se prepared rehta hai....

 

Kartik : aap dono ke pyaar ki to daant deni hogi....

 

Mishti : woh to hai......isi liye to itna sab kuch hone ke baad yeh dono aaj bhi saath hai....

 

(Alright...so before i continue.  I would like to point out what happened during the six months.  Riddhima delivered a baby boy.  Kripa is five months pregnant, and so is Aliyah.  Mishti is six months pregnant…just a month ahead of Kripa and Aliyah.  Eijaz and Barkha have gone on a world tour before they get married because they believe that fun will be over once they get married.)

 

Angad: to aap sab hospital nahi gaye??

 

Mishti: jaane waale the…Armaan ko phone bhi kiya lekin usne kahan ki abhi Riddhima so rahi hai…to humne socha ki sab saath mein chalenge baad mein…Riddhima ke liye dinner bhi to ready karna hai…she doesn't like hospital food remember?

 

All three ladies retired into the kitchen to prepare a healthy meal for Riddhima while the guys hung around in the living room.

 

Kartik:  Mishti still has three months to go…that's going to be a long wait…guys…you have the experience…tell me…how does it feel??

 

Josh: its scary when they scream and cry in pain……but then the happiness that follows is indescribable. 

 

Angad: and its just a new feeling every time…its happiness but it seems like this is the first time you're going through that phase…you just cant describe it…

 

Josh: are..kripa kahan hai??

 

Angad: kitchen mein to hai….

 

Josh: are tumhari biwi Kripa nahi..…meri beti Kripa yaar….hey bhagwaan…kya confusion hai!!  KRIPA!!!!!

 

Kripa came out of the kitchen thinking he called for her while another 17 months old little girl came out of the kids room and ran into Josh's lap.

 

Josh: sorry sis...i was asking for my daughter…

 

Kripa giggled and walked back into the kitchen shaking her head.

 

Aliyah:kya hua?  Kyun bulaya tha josh ne??

 

Kripa: mujhe nahi tumhari beti ko bulaya tha…

 

Aliyah: lagta hai mujhe apni beti ka naam change karna padega…..kripa…ek kaam karo…tum na apna naam Tanya hi rehne do…

 

Angad(entering the kitchen): No Way!!  Yeh sirf meri Kripa hai…agar naam change karna hai to apni beti ka karo…

 

Aliyah: whatever bhai!!

Alright.  Short.  I know.  but promise to have frequent updates...im just going through a few emotional problems...i managed to write this part.....hope you liked it!  thanks for waiting patiently....feel free to comment/criticize..