Zubiya sat down on her bed quite dejected and she didn't know why she was feeling this way. An unknown fear clutched her heart as she was unsure of her impending motherhood.
"Kya main ek acchi maa ban paungi?" She thought for the thousandth time as the taunts of Sheema Bhabhi ringed against her ears. She so wished she had her mother with her at this moment, to console her and pamper her as silent tears ran down Zubiya's cheeks unchecked. Even Mama and Baba were away in Islamabad otherwise she would have shared her insecurities with her lovely mother in law.
"Zubiya!" Gaiti's voice called from the lobby.
She hastily wiped her tears, and came to the lobby smiling up at her best friend cum Bhabhi.
"What happened Gaiti, why are you smiling?" asked a perplexed Zubiya as she saw Gaiti grinning ear to ear.
"Tum yaqeen nahi karogi tumhare shauhar ne kya kiya!"
- "Kya kiya Asfi ne? Unhe kuch hua toh nahi?" asked Zubiya panicking.
"Arre baba relax, Asfi ne tumhare liye yeh bheja hai!" said Gaiti, pointing toward a beautiful stained vase.
Stepping away from the desk, Zubiya found herself staring at a bouquet of beautiful white roses. They were placed in an aquamarine and purple glass vase that reminded her of an elegant stained glass window. In the middle of the pure white flowers was a rose of a different colour, in baby pink.
"A…Asfi ne yeh bheja hai?" Zubiya stammered, her eyes flickering from the flowers to Gaiti, and then back to the flowers as if to make sure they were real.
"According to the card, he did," Gaiti smirked.
"What card?" Zubiya breathed.
Moving towards the flowers, Gaiti reached towards the back of the vase and plucked off a pale oak tag card, handing it off to her stunned bestie. "I didn't read it, just so you know. All I saw was the front of it, which said "To Zu ♡, From: Her one and only hubby ;)" in Asfi's handwriting. So I don't know what it says on the inside."
Zubiya made no movement other than to flip open the card and read its contents. After scanning her eyes over the words several times, her eyes began to fill up with tears once again, and her lips started to quiver.
"Zubiya, tum theek ho?" Gaiti asked cautiously.
"Yeah," Zubiya breathed out shakily, her lips finally bending into a smile, "I'm perfect."
"What does the card say?" Gaiti pointed at the thick, folded paper.
Clearing her throat, Zubiya read the words aloud:
Zu My Jaan,
Main janta hoon I tell you this all the time, but now I want to show you just how much I mean it. I love you so much, more than anything else in the whole world. Now that we're about to become parents, my love for you has only increased. The white roses are all for you, but the pink rose is for our sweet little 'gulab'. The love that I have for you is the same love that I now have for our little princess, and I couldn't be more grateful that you're giving her to me. No matter what, you'll always be my queen, and I will always love you.
P.S. - I know hamari beti bilkul tumhari jaisi hogi, with big doe eyes and silky wood and honey hued hair, okay?
-Asfand :)
"AWWW!" Gaiti's unexpected sharp, high pitched tone shook Zubiya to her core. "Oh, my God, that is the sweetest thing I have ever heard in my life!"
- "Pyaara hai na?" Zubiya blushed gently.
"Asfi sach mein ab Hitler Changez Khan nahi raha, hai na Zubi?" teased Gaiti and the two friends chatted away, as the heartfelt note and the bouquet melted away all of Zubiya's fears and insecurities like they never existed!
Later that evening, Zubiya placed the vase on the middle of the kitchen table and began to care for the gorgeous blooms: fluffing the flowers out, watering them, and just fawning over them.
Roughly an hour and a half later, the door of the house opened, revealing the towering and handsome figure of Asfandyar, who looked escatic to be back home, to his wife.
Catching the sight of her husband, Zubiya smiled and raced over to him to give Asfand a tight, bone crushing hug, which took the tired doctor off guard.
"Zu… Zubiya!" He choked out. "Be careful! You'll hurt yourself. Your stomach! It's-"
"Fine," Zubiya cut him off, pulling away and rubbing the obvious bump with both of her hands. "No need to be so protective, Asfi."
"I'm sorry, Jaan - E - Asfi." Asfand smirked. "So, how come you're in such a good mood this evening?"
"You know why," Zubiya giggled airily. Grabbing his hand, she dragged him into the kitchen and motioned towards the bouquet of roses which still sat beautifully on the kitchen table.
"Oh, you got my flowers!" Asfand beamed. "Tumhe pasand aaye?"
"I love them!" Zubiya exclaimed, once again jumping at Asfi to wrap her arms around his neck and kiss his cheek. "Especially the pink for our little baby."
"I thought that was really important," Asfand chuckled. "Just because she's in your belly doesn't mean that our gulab shouldn't get anything special." Reaching down, he caressed Zubiya’s stomach for good measure, smiling down at the ever growing bump.
"And the card you put with them…" Zubiya's blush returned. "Did you really mean all of that?"
Asfandyar looked back up at his wife's face with evident surprise. "Of course I did. Why would I make any of that up? Tum meri duniya ho Zu, meri subah, shaam sab tum se hi toh shuru hoti hai aur ab tum mujhe joh tohfa dene jaa rahi ho iske liye main jitna bhi karun na tumhare liye woh kam hi hoga."
Tears rolled down Zubiya's cheeks which Asfand wiped away lovingly with the pad of his thumb. An overwhelmed Zubiya hugged her Asfand with all her strength and then kissed him on the lips. "You are just the sweetest! I'm so lucky to have a husband like you Asfand! Aap meri Ammi aur Abbi ke du'aon ka tohfa ho. Aap toh mere Zaahir ho!"
"Well, in that case I'm lucky to have a wife like you, Mrs. Asfandyar, aap meri sab kuch ho" Ash touched his nose against hers before kissing the tip of her pink nose. "I love you, Zu."
"I love you too," Zubiya buried her face into Asfandyar's chest. At that moment, their baby finally woke up from her nap, and began to roll around and kick happily.
Chuckling, Asfand moved his hands around from Zubiya's back onto her stomach, rubbing it gently as he whispered, "I'm sorry. I love you a lot too Baba ke gulab! You were just sleeping, and I wanted to make sure you heard it."
Zubiya sighed contently and went back to resting her head on Asfand's chest as he kept his hands on her belly. She loved her little family. It was beautiful, perfect, and blooming wonderfully.
Just like her beautiful bouquet of roses!
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