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Preet plopped onto his bed and closed his eyes. He was so tired after his long flight from Canada. When Prem had called him and told him that Ash was back and claimed she had prem's child, Preet knew he had to come back and help his brother. Ever since the Family had decided to move back to India, Preet and bauji had been travelling back and forth to wind up there business in Canada and shift it to India. it was a much more complicated process this time , now that their buinesses were much larger and bauji had decided he wanted to leave nothing in Canada. As much as preet had progressed in business and found a liking for it, he hated being away from his family.

Preet fell fast asleep and the next morning he awoke to sound of Meher vomitting in the bathroom. He rushed out of bed and to the bathroom. Meher walked out just as Preet opened the door. Preet stopped in front of meher,"Meher, tum theek ho, kya ho gaya tumhe?" meher glared at him and said, "So nice of you to care- I wasn't even sure you would remember my name. I am fine."

Preet whistled earning him another glare from meher as she walked past him. He had not seen her so angry in a while, but he knew he had brought it upon himself. Preet had left immediately after prem and Heer's wedding and had not said bye to meher. She had planned a special surprise for him that night and he had missed it. When he called Meher from the airport she had been too angry to even talk to him. Kuldi had told him about Meher's surprise and her anger that he had left without saying goodbye. Preet had left her endless messages and two weeks later she finally called back. She said she wanted him home the next week for gungun's dance recital at school. He promised her he would be there, and he was not able to make it.  That was a week ago and meher had not talked to him since, even yesterday when he had gotten home.

Two days had passed and the family was still awaiting DNA test results.

 Preet  was finishing a conference call when gayathri came up to him.  "Preet beta,  Savita aunty's son is getting married and she wanted us to attend. Obviously, we cannot attend with the situation at home but I want you and Meher to attend tonight."

Meher whipped around from serving tea when she heard ma say that. "But ma, how we can go with everything going on at home, plus I haven't been feeling too well."

Gayathri said, "No excuses. Mrs. Chadda helped us a lot when we first came back to india and this is the least we can do."

Meher sighed and Preet was kind of happy. He needed an opportunity  to pacify meher.

Meher put on a pink sari and was huffing and puffing. She was in no mood to be going to a wedding. With everything going on at home and meher's pregnancy ' it was all too much. She hadn't told anyone about her pregnancy except Kuldi. Kuldi had taken her to her first two checkups and had tried convincing meher to tell preet. Meher originally had planned to tell him after heer and prem's wedding but he had left without telling her.  She was eight weeks pregnant and feeling the brunt of morning sickness and cramps. She took out preet's clothes and left them for him, she then went downstairs. She wanted to avoid preet for as long as she could.

Preet got ready and rushed downstairs. "Ready, meher?" preet said.

Meher rudely replied, "Haan." She then noticed that there was a  button missing on his kurta.( Preet had purposely broken it!) She rolled her eyes and told preet to wait. She grabbed a kit from heer di's room and started sowing a button on to preet's kurta.  Preet smiled triumphantly. Preet grabbed meher's waist  and pulled her closer as she was sowing on the button and she poked him with the needle.   

"Ouch!" preet exclaimed. "what was that for?"

"My hand slipped just like yours mistakenly slipped around my waist, "meher said in an artificially sweet voice.  Preet couldn't believe how difficult meher was being. She had never been this upset with him.

They drove to the wedding in silence. Preet put on Meher's favorite song but still could not evoke a response from her.  

When they arrived at the wedding Mrs. Chadda's daughter, Anjali,  immediately grabbed both of them and pulled them into the middle of the dance floor. Meher protested and told her she wasn't feeling well. Anjali said,"But you and preet bhaiyya dance so well and always start the dancing." Preet chimed in with anjali and said, "Come on meher it will be like old times." Meher still looking at anjali replied, " you two go on a head, I am going to say hi to auntyji." Meher walked off when she felt a little dizzy. She held her head and was about to fall when she felt Preet grab her hand and waist. All the guests rushed towards meher and Anjali grabbed her a glass of water. Mrs. Chadda sat meher down. Meher told them that she was fine and it was apart of pregnancy. All the guests congratulated her and preet. Preet was shocked, but he remained composed since all these women were hovering over them. Once Meher felt a little better , they left for home with mrs. Chadda's permission.

Meher knew preet would be furious with her and that the tables had turned. Preet drove home without once looking at meher. How could she keep something like this from him? He knew he had been missing a lot but he didn't deserve this. When they got home, Kuldi was there to greet them. Anjali had called her and told her what had happened.

 "You both need to stop acting like children and talk to each other! For god's sake- you guys are going to be parents again!"

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Meher ran as Preet chased her while laughing .