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(This is a sad one.)
"I'm sorry we couldn't save the baby." Pragya sat on the bed holding her legs. These words were the only thing she could hear. She just sat there quiet and still. She had had shed one tear. She didn't know how. Her mind had stopped working. She had lost her baby. Her bundle of happiness. She had lost it. She sat in her thoughts not knowing what to do. Should I cry? Should I scream? Pragya thought to herself. She had no idea what to do. She was lost.
She kept remembering what had happened. She had fallen ill but she shrugged it off thinking it was just her pregnancy. Only when she had started to bleed the other night she had realized that something was wrong. Abhi and Daadi had rushed her to the hospital where the doctors couldn't save her baby. She had been hospitalized for two days and for two days she had refused to see or meet anyone, even Abhi. She was too broken to see or talk to anyone.
Just then Abhi wrapped his arms around her and pulled her towards him. Abhi's eyes were red as they could possible be. Everyone in the house was upset. They knew Pragya and Abhi were to be left alone at this point. Daadi hadn't let anyone see or meet Pragya or Abhi. She knew they needed their time and the rest of the family might make them more miserable then they already were.
"Pragya?" Abhi said. His voice was husky. "You have to let it all out."
"I can't." Was all she replied.
"You have to." Abhi said. "Or you won't be able to move on."
"Maybe, I don't want to." Pragya replied.
"You still have to." Abhi told her.
"I can't." Pragya said coming out of his grip. Her tears had started to fall. "I can't. That was my baby that I lost. It was my baby. I had so many dreams and so many hopes but now they're gone. Okay? Gone! You want me to move on, forget about my baby? I can't Abhi. I can't."
"It was my baby too!" Abhi replied. "I had dreams and hope too! They all have been shattered but I cried, I let my feelings out. You have to as well or the pain would kill you! I can't face anyone leaving me now. I can't... I would be able to stay strong then." Abhi said his voice broke in the end. Pragya realized he was right and they had to move on.
"I'm sorry." Pragya said hugging him. Abhi tightened his grip around her. "I... I just don't know what to do. Fates are so cruel. They took away everything from me. From us. Why can't they just let us live a happy life? Huh, what can I do? My baby.. I would never be able to hold him. To hug him. I wont wake up at night trying to calm him down. I won't hear him laugh. I won't see him say his first word or see him take his first step. Nothing. Fates stole my motherhood from me!"
"Shhh." Abhi said caressing her back. "If they took it from us, they will give us something better in return. We just have to be strong and face all of this together. Now. Stop crying. It will be alright. I will always be here with you. Not for once I will leave your side not because you need me but I need you too. We both need each other and if we move together we'll make it. We'll show the fates who's boss."
"I love you, Abhi." Pragya said coming out of his grip and cupping his face. "I should have been stronger. I should have been there with you when you were letting it go but I was too busy in my own misery that I didn't even realize that you needed me. I was being selfish."
"No. You couldn't have helped me. Seeing you in that condition would have killed me. You have been there for me and I know you will be there in coming future." Abhi told her.
"Are you sure we can make it through?" Pragya asked.
"Yes." Abhi said. "We can and we will."
***
"Abhi?" Pragya giggled. "What are you doing?"
"Romance." Abhi replied hugging her from the back.
"Someone will see us." Pragya said.
"And?" Abhi said. "We're married after all. I don't think anyone would have a problem."
"Mom, Dad!" Harsh said coming inside. Abhi quickly let Pragya go.
"Yes?" Abhi asked taking Harsh into his arms.
"What were you doing?" Harsh asked.
"Nothing." Abhi replied.
"I was just roman..." Abhi began but Pragya glared at him. "Talking to your mother."
"I was waiting for you two but you didn't come." Harsh.
"Sorry baby." Pragya replied.
"Come let's go." Harsh said and all together they left the room.
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