SS- Two tales- updated pg 48 18/1/14 - Page 29

For the next few days, Virat tried to contact anyone close to Maanvi, but with luck. He hated this feeling. The feeling of being sidelined ignored without even a chance to explain. He understood if he had had the opportunity to fight but his baffled him.

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It had been a long day and Virat was sitting in front of the telly with a cold beer in his hand. Surprisingly he heard a knock in the door. Placing the drink down onto a coaster, he stood to answer it.

To his surprise, he found Jeevika at his door. She was soaked from head to foot due to the storm raging outside. Thunder, lightning and torrential rain roared down. He quickly invited her in and she dried off.

They stood in the passage as Jeevika had come with a clear reason. As Virat tried to speak,

"I know it seems strange me here, but I wanted to do this in person. Whatever is happening or not happening between you and Maanvi you both need to sort yourselves out."

"I know this Jeevika," he leant against the passage wall as she spoke.

"Do you? Really, I don't think either of you have grasped yet. Very soon, you both are going to be parents and your petty squabbles will not just affect you. You both need to get your butts into gear. If she's not going to, what's your reason?"

"I think I am well aware of this."

"Look Virat, I'm only here to make it simple, but if you would rather sulk and give this crappy attitude, fine. Just understand something, Maanvi is stubborn, as you know, she's also hormonal and takes things different at this point. Yet you can only be sidelined if you want to be. If you wanna sit on the side, that will be your choice or do you want to do something else? You're going to have to choose your bed and you will have to live with that." As she collected her umbrella from the post, her phone be began to ring.

"Jeevika I've had to take Maanvi to the hospital. Try and get here as soon as you can." Virat noticed the change her reaction as she hung up the phone. She stood there frozen for a moment before she was able to tell Virat. They quickly rushed out together. Virat drove to the hospital, the rain was chucking down and the fog was started to form again. He couldn't hardly see the car in front of him. As he entered the dual carriage, the traffic was at stand still. Viren continued to ring to find out an ETA, but Jeevika couldn't give him one. Both began to become frustrated and as he pulled further onto the road, the traffic started to move.

Once passing the car that was blocking the road, he sped down. Overtaking any car going less than 50 mph. Skidding around the bend, Jeevika hoped they didn't end up in the going to the hospital in a different way. They rushed into A&E, while Jeevika called Viren to find out where to go.

Virat was rushed into the scrub room and placed on a pair of scrubs. Maanvi was being prepped for a C-section. He looked through the window and saw her laying on the table. As he entered the room, she looked up. He took her hand and kissed it. The doctor started the incision, Virat watched as he saw the blood coming out. The team were doing their jobs making sure that both Maanvi and the baby were stable, while Virat stood supporting her.

"Virat I'm sorry," she sobbed as Virat calmed her down.

"The babies out," Virat looked over at his child, covered in goo and blood,

"A little boy," the doctors passed him to the nurses to be cleaned up and for those initial tests.

"Here you go," letting go of Maanvi's hand, Virat took his child into his arms. He had never seen anything more beautiful and felt nothing like this before. He looked just like Maanvi but he had his ears. It was unimaginable and difficult to describe. His eyes were moist at seeing the sight of their child. This tiny human, who will depends on him, who he wants provide and shower will all love he could ever give.

Bending down towards her bed, he placed their son for his mother to see.

"Our son," he placed him in her arms, while wiping away his tears, Maanvi held him close. As the baby was taken by the nurses, suddenly the machines started to beep.

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