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8 Months Later
"Daddy...will it be a baby girl or a baby boy?" Akshay asked for the 99th of time since the morning.
"I don't know baby, the doctor will tell us later..." I said smiling.
Akshay grunted "Daddy, I am not a baby!" he complained. "I am going to be a big brother!"
I chuckled softly as we strolled in the garden. "Okay, so you're going to be a big brother...are you happy?" I asked feeling my heart to beat faster than ever.
"Nope" he yelled and jumped. I stood rooted and stared palely.
"I mean, I don't want smelly nappies!" Akshay said nodding. I chuckled. "But, a baby is fun, I am going to boss around" he giggled as I chuckled softly.
"Come on, Mama is waiting for us!" I said tugging his arm.
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Geet sat on the bed, with her big belly and a tired face. She smiled warmly when she saw us.
Akshay removed his shoes and jumped on the bed, cuddling next to her.
"Tired?" I asked.
"Try exhausted" she said scornfully.
Akshay placed his head on her tummy and he asked "where is baby?"
Me and Geet laughed. "Shall I read you a story?" Geet asked.
"Will you?" both me and Akshay said at the same time. Geet groaned "guys, you're talking as if the baby is born" and rolled her eyes. I chucked the copy to her and she started reading trying to sound as enthusiastic as ever.
"...So the moral of the story is we should always be honest" Geet said smiling brightly. Her feet were swollen and she felt uneasy but did not care.
"Oh" Akshay said a little surprised. Then he looked meaningfully at Geet and said "sorry...I lied". Geet giggled and asked "what did you lie?"
"I lied that you were not fat but instead you're very, very, very big and you look like a balloon" Akshay confessed.
Geet was wide-eyed and shocked as well; I tried to hide my astonishment.
Seeing Geet's mouth open, Akshay quickly added "I didn't want to hurt you".
Geet smiled trying to recover from the shock.
"You need a nap now" Geet said and started caressing Akshay in her you-are-tired mode. Akshay got the hint and laid down snuggling closer to her. I smiled and left them alone.
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Geet's scream filled the whole clinic. I was almost chewing my lips. Dadimaa was patting my shoulder and whispering "it's normal, have you forgotten?"
No, I had not. Yeah, right, as if I could think properly right now. I muttered something. And then I heard Akshay's outburst.
"The Doctor is M-A-D!"
"Huh?" Dadimaa said. I tored my gaze from the ward and stared at my son.
"The doctor is supposed to stop Mama from crying...and she's making Mama cry more!" he said thundering angrily.
I almost chuckled. How innocent you'd think a nearly four year old boy is? Try my son. I ruffled his hair and mentioned him to keep quiet.
Just then Vicky tapped me on the shoulder and gestured to the doctor. The doctor was smiling broadly and told us "Congratulation Mr. Khurana"
"So what? Girl or Boy?" Akshay said impatiently. The Doctor was busy telling Dadimaa and Annie some precautions to take for Geet. Akshay tugged the doctor's overall and asked "the boy or girl, doccie uncle?". He looked so innocent that the doctor chuckled.
The Doctor bent on Akshay's level and said "why don't you go and check". He winked at us and we literally burst into the ward.
Akshay was on the tip of his toes to see who was 'hiding' in the cradle. Vicky lifted him. My gaze fell upon pink fluffy clay. Okay, not clay, but that it looked like, pink candy type.
"Pink?" Akshay asked looking at Vicky for an answer.
"Pink? Pink is so...so girly" he sputtered. Geet gave a painful chuckle. "Baby, because a girl likes the colour pink". I grinned so did the rest of us, well, nearly apart from Akshay.
Then after some seconds he spoke "so, the baby is a girl!" he said excited and then shut quietly, tapping his chin cutely thinking. "But girls are so boring; just dolls...But anyway, I don't care, I'll teach her manners and I think I'll even play dolls with her..." he said mumbling softly. Geet winked at me. I seriously started to blush then the rest went out.
I kissed Geet on the forehead and she smiled gesturing to the baby girl.
"Yuck" Akshay mouthed as he climbed on the bed. And he made kissing type noises. Seriously I was getting embarrassed by a 3 and a half year old kid. I mean; my son; after all; our blood is the same.
"So what will be the baby's name?" Geet asked narrowing her eyebrow.
Akshay sputtered and said "I made a full list" and then went red and shut.
We tittered and said "come on, let's here".
"Priyanka [Ya! Call me], Hannah [Remember he got a big crush on the popstar!], Geet, Maan...Risha...Misha, Tisha, Visha, Lisha...and...and..." he trailed off with a list of names.
"Maan? Geet?" Geet said raising an eyebrow.
"Oh...That was if 'she' was a boy" Akshay sniggered.
"But I got a better name" Geet said. It was my turn to be surprised.
"Its going to match your name Akshay" Geet continued.
"But he can't be called Akshay, it's a boy's name and it's my name!" he said scornfully.
I laughed. "Of course not".
Geet nodded in agreement. "Yeah, but she can be name Akshita, can't she?"
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3 days Later
"Mama, what did u name the baby?" Akshay had asked for the zillionth of time.
I chuckled; I had been doing that a lot ever since we confessed.
"It's Akshita, love" I said grinning.
"Ak...i...what?" he fumbled embarrassed. "It's so difficult" he snapped as me and Geet laughed our heads off!
"Akshita" I repeated.
"It's too difficult" Akshay snapped angrily and crossed his arms to his chest.
"But..." his eyes winkled evilly "Isn't Maahi a nice name?" he said.
We both raised an eyebrow.
"Maahi?" Geet questioned.
"Yup! Maahi..." Akshay nodded enthusiastically.
"Maahi...that's a very pretty name..." I said ruffling Akshay and went to ruffle Akshita aka Maahi's soft cheeks.
"Nope!" Akshay declared angrily.
"This pest name is just mine! Only I will call her Maahi".
We laughed again annoying our little Mr. Khurana.
Well, he did not know exactly what pest and pet meant though he knew what a nickname was. Obviously when Geet started calling him "My honey sugary" in her 3 months fearing that Akshay won't be too happy...well, he was happy...but that's Geet, as usual...
Akshay was so angry to be called "girly names"...
Just then...
"Waaahhh" Akshita howled. She must have been hungry.
"I think she wants to join in the conversation" Geet added sheepishly.
Akshay and I changed a desperate look. Akshita cried tons; she was a great crier, and I broke the record for waking up just to nurse her for two days. Now I wanted to let Geet handle the baby...it was too much to cope with the howls and cries of Akshita. Geet understood and scoped Akshita in her arms to feed her.
"Yuck" Akshay mouthed and jumped out of the room.
"I'll check on Akshay" I said leaving Geet handling Akshita.
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"Dad?"
"Hmmm" I replied.
"Was I a crier too?" Akshay asked innocently.
"Nope, you were a good baby..." I smiled.
"I think we need to take Maahi to the dentist" he retorted.
"Huh?"
"She doesn't have any teeth dad, and that's bad!"
I chuckled. "No babies have teeth at birth".
"Really?" he asked eye-widened.
"Yup".
"Did I wet the bed?"
I chuckled.
"Yes, love, you did".
"You are lying" Akshay said embarrassed.
"Every baby did, love."
"Really?" he asked making a goo-goo type eyes.
"Yes" I said ruffling his cheeks.
"So you used to wet the bed too!" he declared happily!
Errr...???
INACTIVE
MOSTLY ON THURSDAYS😊
NOTE: VERY busy nowadays...barely time to breathe...
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