First of many things
Since II has the habit of NOT thinking first or not thinking at all, many times
landing her in MM when Ranjan drove off with her purse in his trunk that very first time
Ritu was forced to stay for dinner and she headed out around 10 PM, Ritu ate dinner for the first time at MM
Met Manya for the first time...
She held Nivi for the longest time, until II had to snatch her to feed her
II took her upstairs and shared work gossip with her daughter for the first time
"If I tell ur Daddee, the first thing he will say is quit and stay home or look for another job"
"I actually didnt get along with him at all you know? He was mean and horrible to me,
he often put me in a spot at meetings, and questioned me like I didnt know what I was doing"
"We fought like animals"
II sighed, gently rubbing Nivi's cheek, wiping off leaks
"Why are u in a hurry?"
"I dont have to go down, I am hoping shes gone by the time I head down"
II texted Akka
"Why didnt u send Shravu?"
"i was going to do that root beer float for him, Mahavir found that American brand of root beer, and we also bought vanilla ice cream"
"Hes playing cricket dee"
"IN THIS HEAT?" II asked startled
"What are u talking abt, the younger one also wants to peek from the balcony only"
"When he hears Shravu, he screams and screams and my FIL takes him to the balcony
"CHHHOOO CHWEET" II cooed
"OMG... hes just like u... but wit NO HAIR" Akka reminded
II sent many ROFLs
"U must be happy no? A baby with lots of hair?"
Akka sent a green monster
"I did three juddus for her today" II said smugly feeling the back juddu
"Paavi... why are u telling me? I can almost count the hair on my man's head, Amma (Bala's mother) puts coconut oil 5 times a day"
Akka sent another ROFL
"He looks soaked! Paavam... MIL says we will go to Samayapuram (near Trichy)and do mottai (mundan) " Akka lamented
"But what is there to donate?" II cracked up
Akka called
"yenn di.. u dont want him to have a head full of hair no? Amma is saying, if we give him a mundan then it will grow" Akka said gasping with laughter
"are u going in august after the 1st Bday?"
"most likely" Akka laughed
"ALL of u?" II asked sadly
"Shravu will be 7th, DPS wont let him go" Akka whined
"Take me also no?" II begged
"Podi... u go to some posh place" Akka teased
II felt hurt...
"i dont go anywhere with my family" she whispered
"How will it be if we just take u?" Akka argued
"Dad will go too and Rakshasan"
"AVANA?" Akka scoffed
"He will" II was sad
Nivi was done, II burped her,
"Choo chweeet ka, I CANT BELIEVE BALDIE WILL BE ONE"
IKR"
"Akka can u keep him at this age?"
"Podi" Akka chuckled
"FIRST bday? HOW CAN IT BE?" II sighed
HER RAKSHASAN SHOWED UP THAT SECOND
PAAVI
HOW DO U EVEN KNOW WHEN SHE WILL BE DONE?
He took her
"Kudu da" she begged
He kissed Nivi and shook his head walking away downstairs
"Is she still here?" Ii hollered
R&B nodded
II made a face
"My boss is here ka"
"then GO" Akka said
"No she came two hours ago" "Athim didnt tell u?" Ii asked
"He did... poyendi" (go now)
"BTW did u guys fight?" Ii asked
"NO? WHYYY?" Akka was baffled
"Athim looked sad"
UNTIL THAT MOMENT AKKA HAD NO IDEA
II tactlessly let the cat out of the bag
Bala had tactfully not exchanged much about the roasting he got from Ranjan
"WHY?" Akka paused... thoughtfully
"He wouldnt tell me" "Is he there?" Ii asked
LIKE A FOOL
"Hes in the balcony dee" Akka responded flatly in a "why are u even asking?" kinda tone
"Manya is here no" II said yet another tactless thing
"What did she say? She spoke very nicely to me when I spoke with her a few days ago" Akka was shocked
"she hates me" II said... like it was a badge of honor
"So why will she say anything to Bala?" Akka still didnt get it
"Some scurrilious allegation, about me trying to be a gold digger" II said
"Ishitaaa" Akka warned
Bala came in and handed a whiny baby to Akka
"Tu gussa hai?" AKKA ASKED ATHIM
"Nai to" Bala responded casually
And frisked? flirted? II cudnt tell
Akka giggled
And yelped
"Poruma?" Akka shrieked
"I guess" II nodded, with a twinge of jealousy
Making out seemed like some farawy thing now
Sigh!!!
HE ONLY CARES ABOUT NIVI
THAT THOUGHT FOR SOME REASON BROUGHT A LOT OF TEARS
She sat in bed crying... getting up changing and going down just before dinner
Akka in the meanwhile would ask Athim, why II thought he was upset
Athim would relent and share the interaction, ending up with some inflammatory rhetoric over how II was measured by a diff set of rules at DII
II would host her boss, clean up the kitchen
And use her feelings of anxiety and fledgling post partum depression to ask her baffled, clueless husband, R&B,
if HE pissed off Bala earlier in the evening.
STILL NOT CONVINCED HE IS NOT MAD?
WHAT ARE U?
A PSYCHO?
HE WAS FLIRTING WITH HIS WIFE
U HEARD IT!!
UMM... YA... BUT ATHIM WAS LYING
HE WAS ACTUALLY UPSET
I CAN READ ATHIM LIKE A BOOK
II shook her head smugly
Killing the creatures inside
And so they would walk down the path of yet another first after the baby is born
Their first fight...
Anupamaa
Pocket Mein Aasman
Cricket
