Memories In the Making-The Sharmas(MN)Link p.149 - Page 68

Part 10

Later that night....

When Nupur came to bed after changing into her night suit, Mayank was already sitting there engrossed in a book. She got into the covers and snuggled up to him. She placed her head on his arm and hugged it tight. He immediately took his arms and put it around her. She moved closer and placed her head on his chest, while he held her. She looked up and saw that he was still engrossed in the book. She wanted his attention, so she called him.

"Mayank'"

"Hmm'," he said with his eyes still on the book.

"Mayank'," she tried again but he was still holding onto the book. Nupur was highly irritated and Mayank noticed that from the corner of his eyes but decided to tease her a little more.

"Hmm'" he said again.

"Mayank!!" she tried again and this time he just said without looking up from his book, "Kya hua Nupur?"

Nupur was at the edge of her patience by now. She jerked his arm off her and moved away. Mayank was expecting this movement so wasn't surprised when it happened. "Mayank, would it hurt you to look up from your book for a minute?? I want to talk to you but obviously you are more interested in these books than in me. Seriously Mayank, you should've married these books. You guys would've made one perfect couple. I'm going to go to sleep. Enjoy your date with your books!"

Not giving him a chance to speak, she expressed everything on her mind. She then moved to her side of the bed and lied down fully on the bed. With her hormones taking a toll on her emotions, she was easily irritated these days. Mayank loved seeing her so irritated. She looked so cute, especially the way she rolls her eyes and the pout on her face afterwards. He couldn't let his wife go to sleep like that. So he also lied down and hugged her from the back. She tried to jerk off his hand but since he had expected it, he held her tight and she wasn't successful in her attempt.

"Mayank chodo mujhe! I'm sleepy."

"Really? But Morena Express can't sleep until she tells me everything she wanted to."

"Five minutes ago, it didn't matter to you what I had to say. So why do u care now? Just go and read your stupid book" she said.

"I'm sorry," he kissed her cheek, loosened his hold on her and turned her around to face him. "I was just doing it on purpose to annoy you. U look very cute when you are irritated"

"Accha....I look cute?" she asked looking up at him with a smile.

"Haan" he said smiling. Her expression changed and she pulled the pillow from under her head and hit him.

"Ouch!! Nupur what did you do that for?" Mayank asked as he sat up rubbing on his arm. She also sat up.

"This is what you get for irritating me on purpose!"

"But I complimented on how cute you look"

"But you still irritated me and nobody gets away with irritating Nupur Sharma," She said with a look of victory. Mayank just smiled at her childishness and pulled her into his arms again.

"Acha baba...I'm sorry" he said and asked, "So tell me Mrs.Sharma, what did you want to talk to me about?"

Playing with his vest, she asked, "Mayank, don't you have any photos from when you were little?"

"Hmm....ya, I do but I think Maa has it with her in Bangalore. Why?"

"No, I wanted to see it"

"So Mrs.Sharma wants to see how our Junior would look like?" She just nodded.

"Well Mrs.Sharma, let me help you then," saying this he reached the night-table drawer and pulled out a photo.

"Our baby will look like this," he said holding out one of her photos, they were looking at in the afternoon.

"No. Mayank, I want a boy"

"But .."

"No Mayank, I want a boy first"

"Acha..boy first matlab we'll have a princess next?" he asked her with a naughty glint in his eyes while she blushed.

"Mayank'" she hid herself in his chest.

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On Sunday, the Sharmas woke up to a rainy morning. As much as Nupur wanted to run out into the rain and enjoy, she couldn't as her morning sickness was still bad. Mayank made her have her ginger tea and she just sat in the bed before getting up. A while later, Mayank returned to their room with her breakfast. He had just stepped in when he heard her talking to herself in the washroom. After placing the breakfast on the table, he moved towards the open door. He saw Nupur standing on the scale, measuring herself.

"6 pounds!" she exclaimed. "Nupur, you've only been pregnant for like 2 months and you've already become so fat. Imagine how you would look at 9 months'"

She became quiet for a second and seemed to be in thoughts. Mayank knew that his filmy wife was probably imagining herself at 9 months and his thoughts were confirmed in less than a minute.

"By GOD Nupur!! You are going to be huge" Mayank saw her become shocked and decided it's better for him to step in before Mrs.Sharma goes on with her wild imaginations. As soon as she saw Mayank, Nupur bombarded him with her worries.

"Mayank. Do I look fat? It's only been 2 months and I've gained 6 pounds already. I'm going to be so huge!" Mayank smiled as she went on with her whining. Before he could answer, Nupur had seen him smiling.

"Why are you smiling? I'm fat right? And you find it funny?"

"Madam, Would you please listen to me atleast once before you assume something and go on with your questions?" he asked and she became silent at once.

"Look, you are not fat. You look perfect'beautiful! Even if you do become huge, you will still be the most beautiful woman in this world. And I've already told you, my love for you will not change. I will love you even when your hair turns gray and you lose all your teeth," he said as he leaned over and kissed her forehead. She smiled at his comment.

"Also it's normal for people to gain 6 pounds during the first two months, so please stop fretting over your weight and come and eat. Otherwise our Duggu will be hungry, hai na Duggu?" he said escorting her out of the washroom.

*************

On Monday, Mayank had to go to College as there were some papers that needed to be marked. Plus, he had to attend a mandatory Staff Meeting. So they both got up and after making sure Nupur had her breakfast, Mayank left for College. He was not fond of the idea of leaving Nupur home alone as her morning sickness was not better than it was the previous week and had insisted on dropping her off at the Bhushan house. However Nupur had refused saying that she was fine and also that there would be no one there as both Dia and Uday Bhaiya had plans. Though Mayank wasn't satisfied, he left for College.

As soon as he reached the college, he called her.

"Hello?"

"Nupur, are you feeling okay?"

"By God Mayank, you just left 15 minutes ago'What would happen to me in 15 minutes?"

"Nupur'"

"Kya Nupur? Stop worrying so much Mayank. I'm perfectly alright'"

"Ok'"

"Oh ho'Mr.Mayank Sharma, please at least learn to smile now. You are going to be a father and this sadu, serious expression will scare my baby." Before Mayank could say anything, he saw the Principal walking past the hallway.

"Nupur, I've to go. I need to talk to Principal sir about my resignation process. I will call you in a while and promise me that you would call me if you feel even slightly nauseous,"

"Mayank. Stop worrying so much and I promise I would give you a call even if I feel a little bad," she said and they soon hung up.

Throughout the entire day, Mayank kept calling every few minutes to ensure that she was doing fine.

Hours later....

When Mayank came back home, he couldn't see Nupur in sight. His heart panicked for a second but his mind reminded him of their earlier conversation. Before Mayank left for home, he had called her and she had mentioned that she was upstairs watching tv in their room. So he went upstairs, placed his things in the office room and walked towards their room. When he walked in, he saw Nupur standing on a chair trying to reach something on the top of their cupboard. His heart stopped for a minute but his brain worked fast. Without saying anything to startle her, he took quick steps towards her and held her hand saying, "Nupur, please get down"

Nupur looked down and smiled but seeing his frown didn't say anything and climbed down.

"Nupur!! What were you thinking? Standing on a chair like that?"

"What's wrong with that?"

"What's wrong with that? For god's sake, you could've fallen down or something!! "

"Mayank, but I was '"

"What was it so important that you needed to do before I got home?"

"I was just trying to get this off the shelf," she said holding out a Mayapari magazine.

"Nupur, seriously Mayapari was your important work! Is it that important now that you couldn't wait until I came home? Standing on the chair'.You are pregnant for god sake!"

"Exactly I'm pregnant Mayank, not dying," It was only after she said; she realized what she had said. She saw Mayank's expression change from anger to sadness. She knew how much it hurts Mayank when she mentioned her death and she avoided any such thing but today she had said it by accident. Mayank moved out of the room. Nupur stood there scolding herself for being an idiot. After awhile, she followed him and entered the office room, where he was. He was standing by the window looking out; he looked so lost. She walked to him and hugged him from the back. He didn't push her away but he didn't hug her back.

"Mayank, I'm sorry'" she said. Mayank didn't move but soon he felt tears on his back. He immediately turned around and wiped her tears before hugging her tightly.

"Shh.... stop crying" he said as he patted her back. She looked up and saw that he himself was teary. She stood on her tiptoes and kissed her fore-head before going back to the hug.

"I didn't mean to say it'" She hugged him tighter.

"I know you didn't but it still hurts to think about those times'" He said and he soon felt her eyes become moist again. He didn't like to see her cry so he gathered himself and tried to cheer her up, "Mrs.Sharma, you have all the right to hug Mr.Sharma tightly whenever you want'no need to use this as an excuse'"

"Mayank!" she hit him on his chest lightly and smiled. Mayank smiled back and said,

"Ms.Morena, you still haven't changed your habit of taking risks for these Mayaparis. First time, you got off the bus for these Mayapari magazines during our Ahmedabad trip and now today'"

"Mayank'It's not any Mayapari," she relieved herself out of his hold and then came back with the magazine, she had just retrieved from the top of the cupboard. She gave it to him and he looked at her questioningly. She indicated him to take a look at it. He opened the magazine to see that it was the first gift he had given her, by pasting their pictures on the bodies of bollywood actors.

"I remembered that I had kept it there last time I was cleaning the room and wanted to make sure that I packed it with the rest of the important stuff..and I was careful" she said with innocence, that was unique to her. He just smiled at her, hugged and said "sorry for yelling'Dil se sorry." She hugged back.

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In the Evening, Dia called Nupur.

"Nupur, u know how we were talking about having a party when Samrat-Gunjan came back. So what do you think of having it on the 31^st? It could be like a New Year's eve Party as well."

"New Year's Eve? Dia, that's a great idea"

"Okay, so u and Mayank in?"

"Ofcourse"

"Ok, then let me confirm with Samrat-Gunjan and then get back to you." Dia hung up and called after 10 minutes to say that they will have the party on 31^st.

"Babes, Gunjan and I were thinking of doing some shopping tomorrow. You free tomorrow?"

"Haan"

"Ok, I'll call you with the time tomorrow. Bye."

"Bye Dia"

Nupur was hanging up when Mayank walked into the living room.

"Who was it Nupur?" Nupur informed Mayank of the details.

"Nupur, are you sure you want to go shopping? You are not feeling well and.."

"Come on Mayank. I haven't spent any time with Dia since she came back. And I haven't talked to Gunjan properly either. Please " she asked and Mayank couldn't say no.

"Ok, but promise me you won't tire yourself out. Please'"

"Promise!" she said with a big smile.

**************

Later that night'.

On Monday night, Mayank had gone off to sleep early and Nupur sat there watching him. She was lucky to have gotten him as her husband, she thought to herself. Though they had their share of fights, she was always his top priority and these couple of weeks, he had cared for her like a mother. He had been there to hold her head while she threw up and always cleaned up after her. Like a mother, he found different ways to make her have her meals, from feeding her to making new dishes just for her. He took care of her every needs and wants, even if it was childish or stupid. She wished she could do something special for him but with her morning sickness she had been unable to do anything in the past weeks. But his birthday was coming up in the first week of January. In the time they've been together, she had never celebrated his birthday with him. The first year, they were both fighting with each other during January and the second year, they were both busy trying to figure out how to stop her marriage with Adiraj to do anything for his birthday. The next three years, she had spent that day alone in her room and he had spent it with her memories. But she wanted to make this birthday memorable for him. She was really excited and couldn't go to sleep. She sat there making plans in her head until sleep caught up to her.

To be Contd.