Part 1
At City Hospital P2 was lying in bed. She was very tired and sluggish. She now truly understood how hard it was to give birth, especially to two twins. There lying in bed she looked at the crib. That crib which held her two most precious bundles of love. Her very own sons. She found it hard to believe that she was a mother! She rembered when the nurse handed her the twin boys, her happiness knew no bounds. She was thrilled to pieces. She rembered that during labor how Nihaal was by her side and supporting her in every way he could. She thought about how much he had encouraged her and told her not to give up, when she was about to. Then after the babies came into this world, she rembered that warm and excited smile on Nihaal's face....She also thought of how Nihaal went with her to the birthing classes. Why was he such a good person? she thought. He is perfect in every way but why won't her heart let go of that man. The man she fell in love with and was about to marry...Saksham. She came out of her thoughts and sat up and looked at her angels sleeping peacefully. She had never slept that peacefully since Saksham's death. She thought that her life would end and she wanetd her life to end but now she wants to live... Live for those two symbols of her and saksham's love. Why did fate have to turn on her like that? Why did Saksham had to leave this world? Leave her with a baby? Leave her alone.where no one understood her?forced to maary his brother? She knew she could never give Nihaal the love that he truly deserved. She thought, he was a very good person and he deseved a wife who loved him with all her heart. She was not the one... She did not want to be a burden on him... Just then a knock came on the door and she looked up and saw him standing there. There he stood vibrant as ever. He was smling at her and held her faovirte flowers..Just a sight of those flowers put a smile on her face. The flowers were Orchids. But there was something special about this bouquet. It had all the types of Orchids. He walked in and gave her the flowers. He gave her that welcoming smile and asked sweetly "Aaabh kaisey ho tum...?" P2 gave him a short smile which reflected her tiredness and said "Much better....Ye orchids woh bhi eetne saare...aur pure type ke... tumhe dhund kar eenhe laane mein bohat problem huey hogi na..." Nihaal who was filling a glass with juice....looked up at her smiled and said " Leken..ye phoolon ko dekh kar tumhare chehre paar jo muskurahat aati hai...woh mere waqt se zyada kimti hain..." P2 felt her face flushing at his sweet compliment. Nihaal handed her the glass of juice and turned and looked into the crib..there slept the two angels. One of them started to wake up. He picked him up in his arms. He started cradling the baby in his arms..until he drifted back into sleep. Just then the nurse came in with some papers. She said "Excuse me? EEn papers mein father ka naam kya likhna hai..." Nihaal and P2 both said different names at the same time.. P2 said "Saksham Gare---" Nihaal too at the same exact time started saying "Nihaal Gare---" They both got interrupted by each other. Nihaal looked at P2 and he understood that these weren't his sons...they were Saksham's... he understood that she did not want to regard him as the father. He understood....then why did he feel a lump of pain swelling up in his throat..Why did that hurt inside? He knew he had to accept..he may give the sons his names but he cannot take saksham's spot ever in P2's life and heart. No matter what. She loved Saksham and that was iit. But why couldn't he control himself....P2 interrupted his thoughts by saying to the nurse " Nihaal Garewal likhiye aap papers mein..." Nihaal looked at her but she was not making any eye contact with him. Then the nurse interrupted the akward silence and said "Aaap eenhe aabh ghar lekar jaa sakte hain..."
They both arrived home and Nihaal's parents welcomed the twins with great excitement. P2 walked into her and Nihaal's room and saw everything well arranged for the babies. She smiled at his sweet concerns and how well he understood her and she asked "Ye saabh tumne kiya na?" Nihaal simply said "Acha laga?" She answered "Bohat..."
As usual..P2 slept on the bed by herself and Nihaal was sleeping on the sofa across from her bed. P2 was extremely tired and not completely well. She was soundly sleeping. That night Nihaal laid awake thinking of her. Thinking of P2..Why? He did not know. He laid there thinking how it would feel to lay there next to her.. in the same bed..together. He tried to imagine..her sleeping peacefully in his arms.Her soft breaths she took when se slept. Her delicate body wrapped up in his. He wanted to so much... He noticed that after their marriage...many nights they both laid awake..thinking about their relationship. Nihaal knew that she had not been at peace since Saksham's death. He would sometimes find her all shriveled up in a corner sobbing and crying to herself...He could do nothing..He felt so helpless. He wanted to take all her pain away. He wanted to give her all the happiness that she deserved. He wanted to bring back that beautiful smile which lighted up her face. He had only seen that smile when she was with Saksham. Now he wanted to be the one to give her all the peace,happiness and love. He knew he could neevr take the spot saksham had in her life and heart. For a minute he said to himself" Why did god had to be so unfair? Take away all her happiness..." For a minute he tohught "Lucky guy saksham...", thinking that how much P2 loved him but then he came backto his senses and realized how unlucky saksham's and her fate had been. Fate seperated their love. Love... That word...What was it? he never understood it... but suddenly he knew the significance of that word. Just then one of the twin boys started crying. Nihaal immediately got up and went to the crib. P2 started to wake alittle. She was too tired to get up but she knew she had to. When she got up and opned her eyes she saw Nihaal holding her son and calming and soothing him. Then with the first one's cry the other twin boy also started crying. P2 immediately held him in her arms but no matter what she did he was not calming down. Saksham with oe hand held the first boy who was crying and then P2 handed ehr the second one. Nihaal held them both and calmed them. For the first time Nihaal did what P2 had not done yet. He made them both smile. P2 stood there watching all three of them happily.
Then Nihaal said "P2..tumhe aram ki zarorat hai..tum so jao..main eenhe sambhal loonga.." P2 looked at him..again she saw that trusting face, those truthful eyes. She sat down on the bed and she said "Thank you..." Nihaal calmly asked "Kis Liye.." She replied smiling to him "For everything..." Those two words landed deep in his heart. Making him forget everything. Why did those two words mean so much...For everything.... He stood there thinking while he put the babies in the crib....
Aisi chale jab hawa…
Ishq hua hi hua …
Aisi chale jab hawa…
Ishq hua hi hua …
Anupamaa
Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi 2
