Just Another Day at the Shekhawat House
"Sharon candle dhund rahi ho yah bana rahi ho! Jaldi karo, mujhe darr lag raha hai."
Sharon sighed and shook her head. This was her knight in shining armor, the guy who vowed to protect her from all evils, who promised to stand like a rock between her and all things scary...her saakshaat pati parmeshwar Swayam Shehawat, who had frozen with fear and had refused to even grab his phone to light her way as she went hunting for candles.
"Sharooon...kahan ho? Yahan weird awaazen ho rahi hain."
"Papa there is nothing to be scared of, main hun na, aapko har awaaz se bachaungi."
Sharon giggled as she heard their 3yr old daughter comforting her 27 yr old husband. She was going to give him hell for this later she thought smirking.
"Sharon" she heard him whine again just as she entered the room with candles in hand.
The way his eyes lit up, she could swear they hadn't been this bright when she had accepted his proposal. Hmphh
He grabbed her and hugged her tight as soon as the candles were lit and paid no heed to either her scolding or his daughter's giggling.
They were having dinner, candlelight by default, when the grandfather clock in their living room declared it was 9 with a loud gong and braveheart Swayam jumped up a mile in the air.
Sharon burst out laughing. It was too funny, Swayam had dropped the hot gravy all over his delicate areas and was now jumping around like a cat on a hot tin roof. She knew she should help him but she was too busy rofling.
"Papa kya hua, aap aise uchhal kyu rahe hain?" Tanya asked worried.
"Papa, bas gravy hi toh hai. Layiye main wipe kar deti hoon." She offered. Swayam again jumped away as she came near him with a napkin in hand.
"Nahi Tanya, you finish your dinner. Mom will do it." He said trying to stop his over zealous daughter from coming any closer. But mom' was still in hysteric fits on the floor and this did not sit well with Tanya at all.
"Mom stop laughing and help Papa. He is in so much pain." She ordered. "Aapko mere Papa ke pain pe hasi aa rahi hai." She yelled.
"Oye..hahaha..Papa ki chamhi...hahaha...kuch nahi hua hai unhe...hahhah...he doesn't need my help." She managed to choke out in between peals of laughter.
Swayam had stopped burning by now but looking at his two sirens an evil plan was taking shape in his mind. Junior siren karegi meri madad aaj ki raat yaadgaar banane mein he thought smirking as the voice inside his head started resembling Satan's.
"Ahhh...deho na Sharon kitna dard ho raha hai...ahhh." he howled in pain. Sharon raised an eyebrow and thought kuch zyada hi smart samajhte ho apne aap ko .
"aaah Sharon, kitna jal raha hai...plz kuch karo" he continued.
"Mama Papa ko jal raha hai." Tanya joined his wailing as he did a little victory jig in his head. Ab bachke kahan jaogi Mrs. Shekhawat .
"Tanya baby, I said na Papa is perfectly fine. He is not hurt, stop crying sweetheart." Sharon consoled her even as the innocent little girl let out an ear-splitting howl. Her Daddy was in pain and she was going to tear the world apart with her screams if her mom didn't ease it. Swayam saw Sharon's attempts to calm her down go in vain as the victory jig turned into a full-fledged stage performance.
"aaahhh" he howled.
"UWAAAIIINNN." Tanya screamed.
"Shhh Tanya chup ho jao. Fine I'll take care of Papa, ok. Now pls stop crying." Sharon assured defeated, covering her ears with her palms. Gosh this girl was too much like herself!
Swayam grinned as Sharon shot him a filthy glare.
"Pakka?" Tanya asked.
"Haan baba pakka. Tumhare Papa mere bhi kuch lagte hain Tanya." Sharon sighed.
"I know, he's your lover boy." Tanya replied innocently. Swayam spat out a mouthful of water as Sharon turned beetroot red.
"Who told you that baby." Swayam sputtered.
"Nobody told me, I heard Mama call you that yesterday when you were making out in the kitchen." There was a stunned silence as Swayam and Sharon looked like they had just found out their baby was actually a 100 yr old Russian spy.
"M..making out!! Who told you what that means?" Sharon asked sounding strangled.
"I heard it on T.V." she replied nonchalantly, completely oblivious to her parents' shock. "Mama help Papa." She screamed again.
"ok ok..you go to bed, I'll help Papa." Sharon replied as Tanya gave her a wide smile and after kissing them both trotted off happily to her room.
Sharon was keeping the plates in the sink when she felt Swayam's presence behind her. Swayam heard her sharp intake of breath as his own heart started pounding. Even after so many years of being together, their palms would get sweaty and their breaths would become heavy whenever they were near each other. Sharon closed her eyes as Swayam's arms locked around her. He placed a soft kiss on her nape. She leaned into him and he buried his face in her hair. Sharon gasped as his fingers slipped under her top and caressed the soft skin of her stomach. Her hands clutched his hair and she leaned her head back to capture his lips with hers. His firm lips felt so good against her plump ones. He traced her waist with his finger tips. Their lips were writing their own tale of desire and love. Neither knew who entered whose mouth first. They were too lost in the other. Sharon couldn't get enough of him. She wanted to taste every inch of his body. He did this to her every time, she went wild with just one touch.
Once upon a time she had detested his ability to break her shackles, now, she reveled in it. She had discovered how uninhibited, untamed, wild and free pure passion could be and she was never going to let the prison come up again. She turned around and pushed him hard against the counter top. Swayam's hands were roaming all over her body hungrily. She unbuttoned his shirt, ripping a few off in her urgency and moaned as she felt the smooth planes of his chest against her fingers. She kept her hand over his heart and absorbed his pounding heartbeat into her soul. She could hear them chanting her name and it gratified her. Everyone expected the Diva to be strong and independent and for the world, she was, for him though she was weak and hopelessly dependent. Everyone thought she was a dyed-in-the-wool feminist who would resent the idea of belonging to anyone but she loved belonging to him. Contrary to their friends' belief she loved wearing vermillion on her forehead, bangles on her wrist and the mangal sutra around her neck because they were all signs that she was his wife. Make no mistake, she was still the Diva through and through whose idea of a rain dance was jazz and who would not be caught dead with anything less than the latest MiuMiu creation on her arm and Louboutins on her feet. Simmi had once dared to sport a cross-bag in her presence, Sharon had given her such a vitriolic glare that the poor girl had returned home and burned it. Its just that she loved Swayam enough to want to do anything that made her feel closer to him.
They were both panting but neither was ready to pull out of the kiss. Swayam cleared the counter with one swipe and lifted her on top of it. He left her mouth and moved lower, nuzzling and suckling her soft skin. Sharon was wearing a low cut red shift dress and Swayam had been itching to get her out of it all evening. He pulled her dress down and started feasting on her lushness.
"Swayaaamm...we are in the kitchen...Tanya may walk in any minute." She breathlessly whispered as she felt his tongue doing unspeakable things to her.
Swayam picked her up in his arms and wordlessly carried her out.
Thud!
"Ouch..aaa..Sharon yahan kuch hai." He suddenly yelped. "Sharon..kahan ho tum?" he whimpered his voice quivering with fear as he realized she was not in his arms anymore.
"Neeche dekho." Came Sharon's voice.
He looked down to find Sharon on the floor. Even in the dark he could feel the promise of death radiating off her eyes.
"Oh..oh no...I'm so sorry..i didn't mean to drop you..woh there was something in my way..." he sat down begging for mercy. " there is something fishy here" he added in a whisper, his eyes darting around like a scared mouse's.
Sharon stood up fuming. "Yes there is. Its called a staircase. It's the thing that we climb many times everyday to reach our room." She snapped. "Our room which you will not enter tonight." She growled and stormed up the stairs.
"What!! Nooo Sharon, I'm sorry...plz aisa mat karo..main tumhara eklauta husband hoon baby..baat to suno.." he went pleading after her.
Next morning, Sharon woke up with a huge smile plastered on her face. She turned around to climb onto Swayam's back and go back to sleep in her favourite position when instead of his warm delicious skin she felt something cold and crispy against her cheek. She opened her eyes to find a bouquet of absolutely gorgeous purple and white orchids lying where her hubby should have been. She sat up and started searching for the card. She had often woken up to find her bedside covered with roses but orchids signified special occasions. Her eyes fell on a pale pink card peeping from the midst of the flowers.
A Queen only deserves the King of Flowers' it read. Sharon blushed as she remembered the first gift he had ever given her as her secret admirer. It had been the same flowers with the same note. Get dressed and come downstairs. I'm waiting." It continued.
Half an hour later she descended the stairs and Swayam forgot to breathe. She looked stunning but that, she always did. What blew him away were the emotions shining in her eyes, there was joy, excitement, innocence, shyness, desire and the one overpowering them all - love. Their eyes locked as the memories of last night started playing in them and Sharon's soft pink cheeks turned dark red.
"You are beautiful." Swayam slipped his arm around her waist and guided her out. She smiled, the tingles already making their way down her spine.
They drove for an hour in soothing silence. Both had soft, content smiles on their faces.
"Where are we Swayam." Sharon asked confused as Swayam parked the car by the deserted roadside.
"Patience Sharon." He said unfolding a blindfold from his pocket and covering her eyes. He picked her up and started walking.
"wh..Swayam yeh kya kar rahe ho?" she protested.
"Shut up Sharon or I'll be very happy to do it for you." He replied, smirking.
10 mins later he placed her on the ground and took off the blindfold.
"OMG...This is...This is the same place...Its so beautiful..This is where we..." her awed whispered trailed off as she looked around.
"Yes. This is where I proposed and you accepted. This is where we conceived Tanya." He completed for her even as she continued to stare at the frozen lake surrounded by snow covered pine trees.
"Mama." She heard Tanya's voice and turned around to find her little bundle of joy leaping into her arms. She hugged her tightly as their laughter echoed among the trees.
"Swayam, yeh sab..whats the occasion?" Sharon asked her eyes swimming with tears of joy. To say she was overwhelmed would be the understatement of the century. She was used to Swayam doing little majnu-sh things for her but this was extraordinary.
"We've celebrated the most beautiful moments of our life here and I didn't want to break tradition. Last night after you slept I got a call from your doctor. Your tests came back positive. We are pregnant." He replied.
Sharon stared at him as his face split into a ear-to-ear grin and felt her own lips stretch into an answering smile. The tears spilled out as her husband engulfed them in a bear hug. She hugged her daughter and kissed her husband's neck as the smile turned into melodious, joyous laughter.
The trees rejoiced with them as the air filled with Swayam's whoops, Tanya's screams of joy and Sharon's carefree laughter as the three played around on the ice, unmindful of time and space, safe and lost in their own little world, excited and scared in equal measure about the new adventure they had set out on.
Night Outing
She liked cartoons . Okay... it is unlike Sharon and one of the innumerable secrets about her that he knew and he was proud of it. Swayam Shekhawat was checking the comic counter in a book store for a good comic book to gift to Sharon on meeting her. He smiled at thought of it. Who knew Sharon Rai Prakash, The Diva finds happiness in such trivial things. He could imagine how her face would face would light up upon seeing these books. He wondered why Poisin Ivy is her favourite character. While everyone liked Batman his girl liked the villain . He shook his head smiling and continued checking the comic books. His thoughts drifting back to Sharon time and again . Had it been in sharon's hands she would have added orchids to Poiso Ivy's dress. Finally he bough t4 books for her,got them billed and left the shop to meet her .
They were to meet for dinner and Sharon was waiting for Swayam. She was sitting at the table reserved for them looking breathtakingly beautiful . They had a nice dinner where most of the time Sharon shared tid-bits about her dance academy with him. He observed her, she showed a 1000 emotions simultaneously while she talking about dance. He always knew dance was her life but the exact magnitude of its importance, he came to know only after being in a relationship with her. Yes. They were going to get married in a few days and this was their last dinner together before the wedding coz after this will not meet until the wedding , why, he didn't know , but it was Sharon's order. Therefore he decided to make this evening wonderful and memorable. After dinner Swayam ordered her favourite beverage,hot chocolate with marshmallows. He knew how much she loved it . As soon as it arrived Sharon grabbed the cup to drink . In the hurry , she accidentally dunked the tip of her cute button nose in the cup. She was unaware and was talking and drinking simultaneously. He cupped her cheek with one hand. Sharon who was talking stopped suddenly. He brought her face closer and gently licked the wam chocolate off her nose tip suprising Sharon. She wasn't big on PDA but sometimes she enjoyed his impromptu actions. She blushed hard and pushed him back rolling her eyes. Swayam loved that more as it was only him who could get her to blush and it made him very happy. They sat in the car after dinner. "take it" handing her the gift box he said. "what is it" she asked while trying to open the wrapper.
"OMG ..where did you get and how did you know" she was spellbound , There were so many comics and she was happy he got her those. She quickly hugged him saying " I love I love I love you" . "I love you" he said stroking her hair smiling. He put his arms around her and and was about to kiss her when she pushed him back saying "Not now" and laughed. Swayam pouted and grudgingly started the car making her burst into laughter.
Swayam didn't want to let her go so soon. He wanted to spend time with her today. Just the thought of not meeting her till the end of the wedding was upsetting him. He thought of a plan to stop the car a few meters away from her house and take a walk in his mind. And as per the plan he braked.
"what happened?" Sharon asked.
"Looks like there is some problem with the engine" he lied.
"OMG .. ab kya karein.. aur tum aise baithe kyun ho jaa kar dekho" panic started to grip Sharon .
Swayam went out opened the bonnet, tinkered around a little and came back .
"Looks like some problem. Anyways we are near your house so we can take a loonggg walk"
"but itni raat ko"
"main huna "
"will you stop your cheesy lines"
Swayam went and opened the door of her side. Sharon came out gripping her Chanel bag and comic books pouting. She looked cute with that pout. She was still standing leaning on the car and still pouting. Swayam always wanted to kiss her when she pouted like that.He went near her looking into her eyes trapping her between car and him. She was hypnotized by those eyes, she couldnot move. Swayam bent down, put his lips on hers and kissed her gently. Sharon was kissing him back when she suddenly realized that they are in the middle of the road at an odd hour of the night. She broke the kiss and tried to hide her blush .
"I always wanted to kiss that pout"
Sharon rolled her eyes trying and failing to hide her smile.
"Ok lets go" Swayam intertwined his fingers with hers and carried her comic books in other hand.
As they were walking, they found an ice cream trolley who was selling ice cream outside the park which was near Sharon's house. Swayam remembered the times when he used to come to this park for jogging all the way from his house. He would park car outside the park and would join Sharon inside the park in jogging. "Phew I don't have to do that anymore and will save petrol after few days he thought and chuckled. He looked at Sharon whose eyes were glued to the ice cream trolley .
"Sharon, Ice- cream?"
Sharon nodded vigorously widening her already huge eyes which made Swayam chuckle.
They ordered two ice cream cones. Swayam bought a bunch of balloons and gave it to Sharon. They sat on the bench outside the park.
Sharon was busy licking ice-cream and swayam was busy staring at her. He loved her , he adored her. Suddenly Sharon realized that Swayam was not eating.
"why are you not eating?"
"bas mujhe tumhe enjoy karte hue dekhna achcha lagta hai"
Sharon blushed " Swayam tum bhi na" said and blushed hard.
They walked towards Sharon's house holding hands.
"Thank You" Sharon said.
"For what"
"For everything, from comics to dinner to ice cream to balloons. Thanks for understanding me so well. Giving me my space , filling my life with happiness, accepting me with my arrogance rudeness Iam not worthy of you still ...". The lump in her throat did not let her finish. In a fraction of a second his arms clamped around her like steel bands as he hugged her as if his life depended on it.
" I love you , love you a lot and stop saying that you don't deserve me. Infact I don't deserve".
She broke the hug and put her hand on his mouth to stop him.
"I love you too" Sharon said smiling through her tears.
He pecked her on her lips "Good night ,will miss you. And will come to take you with me for forever"
"I will be waiting"
Sharon climbed the steps of her house . She turned around when she reached the door and gave a flying kiss to him .
He caught it and made a heart out of it using his long fingers , which made her laugh. Waving goodbye to him she went inside.
Swayam jumped in air once and went to his car to drive back to his house.
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