Nothing Can Keep Us Apart
Recap - Actually it's just the youtube version of the VM, which I finally got uploaded properly, but it is designed to kind of follow along with the story.
[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwqtyDwmBUU[/YOUTUBE]
Part 86 - Early morning
Ever since Priya was born, Geet had turned into a light sleeper, so she wasn't at all surprised to open her eyes and find that it was still dark out. She was surprised to find herself held almost painfully tight in her husband's arms, until she remembered the previous night. Vicky's plan had worked flawlessly, resulting in the most beautiful night Geet had ever experienced. Laying contentedly in Maan's embrace, she wished for many more such nights.
With her head resting on Maan's chest, she could hear the steady beat of his heart, as the faint glow of the moonlight shining through the window glanced off the metal object also resting on his chest. Geet fingered the taveez gently, while smiling to herself, remembering how it had first come into her possession. As far as she knew, Maan had been wearing it constantly since he had first worn it on Savitri's insistence. Geet considered whether she should tell him the story, and decided that some day she would. At the moment, she was hearing baby noises from the monitor that indicated Priya would soon begin howling if her mother didn't come and feed her.
Geet tried to ease out of Maan's embrace, but as soon as she moved to free herself, she felt him tighten his hold even more. She also heard something unintelligible escape his lips, which she assumed to be a complaint against her attempt to leave. She smiled at his possessiveness manifesting itself, even when he slept. However, he was going to have to let her go sooner or later, and she preferred that it happen before their little angel exercised her increasingly powerful lungs, and woke the whole house.
Geet leaned up next to Maan's face, placing a kiss on his cheek, before whispering in his ear, "Your daughter needs me." Geet smiled as Maan immediately loosened his hold, responding to his daughter's needs, even in sleep.
Geet slid out of his embrace and moved the covers aside as she got up from the bed. Usually she would dash off to the nursery as soon as possible, but this time she had to make a slight detour first. Grabbing a robe from the closet, Geet quickly put it around her as she heard her daughter's cries become more insistent. Hurrying into the nursery, she picked up Priya, doing her best to sooth the baby who was impatient to be fed.
"Don't worry, my sweet one, Mama is going to feed you. We just need to get settled, just a few more seconds." Geet kept speaking in a soothing voice while she got herself and Priya situated for Priya's feeding.
"Now, isn't that better," commented Geet, as Priya's cries were silenced by the reason for them being addressed. "You were getting pretty loud at the end there. Did you want to wake up Papa, Dadi, and Chachu too? Afraid Mama wasn't going to come take care of you quick enough? Well, there's no need to worry. Mama loves you so much, she will always be there to take care of you."
"Papa loves you just as much, Priya. What a lucky little girl, to have two such loving parents." Maan spoke from his position leaning against the nursery door frame.
"Maan!" Geet was shocked to see him, since when she left him only a minute earlier, he had been sleeping. "What are you doing here?" she asked, as she scrambled to move the blanket to cover both her exposed skin and the nursing baby.
"I hear my daughter crying, and her mother speaking so sweetly, and you think I'm going to miss a moment of that?"
Maan moved closer, until he was standing right next to both of them. Geet could see that, just like her, he had put a robe on. Pulling a chair over, Maan sat down, and before Geet knew what he was doing, he pulled the blanket that Geet had draped over herself and Priya right off. Geet tried to make a grab for the blanket, but with Priya in her arms, was unsuccessful.
"Yeh aap kya kar rahe hain?" Geet tried to move her free hand to cover herself, but Maan held it fast in his much stronger one.
"Are you getting shy with me now, Geet? After last night?"
Geet blushed and smiled, turning her head away slightly. Then a frown appeared on her face, and she turned back, saying, "But, Maan, someone might come. Please give me back the blanket."
Maan shook his head, and stood up. He then walked over to the door and locked it. Coming back to his seat, he put one arm around Geet's shoulder, and the other moved so that he could trace Priya's cheek softly. Seeing the look of awe on her husband's face as he watched his daughter, Geet couldn't stop the tears that formed in her eyes and escaped slowly down her cheeks.
"What are these tears for?" Maan stopped caressing his daughter's cheek, and moved his hand to wipe away his wife's tears instead.
"Bas. I'm very happy to be with both of you right now."
"Oh, really. In that case, I want you to tell me something. Why did you decide to breast-feed Priya, instead of using a bottle? If she took a bottle, then I could feed her too, and you would be able to get a good night's sleep."
"That was an absolutely necessary decision. I saw the way you looked at Priya the day she was born. If I had let her be given a bottle, I never would have been allowed to hold her again."
"Don't be ridiculous, Geet!"
"Oh, I'm being ridiculous. Remember her Namakarana? You were so possessive of Priya, it was difficult to get you to hand her over to me, let alone anyone else."
"I'm her father! I have a right to hold her."
"Of course you do, dear. But I'm her mother, and Maa aur Bachcha need some time to bond, hai na?" Looking at the expression on Maan's face, Geet laughed, and said, "Don't pout, Papa. Your daughter has finished eating, and is waiting for you to do your expert burping."
Geet passed Priya over to Maan, who happily took her into his arms, and began patting her back, pleased to get his own bonding time with their baby.
Precap:
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And Thanks Goes To:
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Who Got There First:
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Edited by laxmi2010 - 14 years ago
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