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This os is dedicated to Sans (Zephyr) for she is of the first people I have known in IF. She has known me and been there for me since the beginning and the bond has gotten nothing but stronger.
A Christmas Miracle.
Prerna sighed looking at the heap of snow outside of her house.
"But why can't we go out Anurag? It's Christmas Eve!" She asked Anurag, who was lazily browsing through his phone.
Anurag sighed and looked up at Prerna, her sharp glare accusing him, "Because due to the constant snowfall we can not pull our car over the driveway and there has been the prediction of a snowstorm too." He patiently replied the same answer he had been repeating for all day.
Prerna let out sigh of frustration and then slumped in the couch next to him.
"How about we go out and play some snow?" She excitedly suggested after a while.
"At this condition, no of course not Prerna! You might catch a cold and you know how harmful it might be for you and the.."
"And the baby." Prerna completed it for him while touching her 8 and half months baby bump. She hated when he was right. She couldn't risk her baby's life for some couple of fun moments.
"But I'm bored, let's go and have a pillow fight!"
"No no no." Anurag quickly rejected any idea with fights. The last thing he would do was fight with her that too at the last stage of her pregnancy.
"You are such a bore. I hope the baby doesn't take after you." Prerna pouted and though Anurag was offended he couldn't help but melt at her cute expressions.
"Baby, why don't you come out fast? Mommy and baby will have lots of fun. We will play in the snow, and we will leave daddy out. Come out nah!" Prerna tried to persuade the baby to come soon into the world.
"Okay stop annoying the little one, come with me, we will do something." Anurag got off the couch and held his hand out for Prerna to take.
"What are you suggesting Anurag Basu? Don't you dare think that I shall entertain your gande gande khayal! I have made it clear already, no more shakalaka boom boom until the baby comes."
"First of all Prerna stop calling it shakalaka boom boom, nothing turns me off more than that. And second no I am suggesting that. We will find something to do. Something that doesn't involve the process of making baby." Anurag justified.
"If that's so, then can we go and bake some cookies, I really want to have some too. Please, pretty please. "Prerna requested with big puppy eyes. How could Anurag say no to that cute face. He agreed immediately as always. Seriously, if their child would have even a tinge of Prerna's cuteness he would be damped. They would have the upper hand while making all the decision.
..
Fifteen minutes later, they were in kitchen, trying to bake some cookies.
Just as Prerna was about to take the packet of flour out of the cabinet, her hand slipped making the packet of floor fall all on her.
Looking at Prerna covered in white flour, Anurag couldn't help but laugh. He had a hearty laugh till Prerna threw him a glare.
"You really think this is funny. How about we have it repeat?" Saying this Prerna threw the remaining flour on Anurag. The sudden action made Anurag freeze for a while. Once he realised that he too was covered in flour, he went for Prerna.
Prerna screamed as Anurag hugged her behind, wiping his cheeks against her in thr process.
"You really wanna play my love? Then its on." With this Anurag tickled Prerna's sides making her jump and scream in amusement.
While trying to escape him, Prerna threw her legs around, causing her mug to fall off the table. Her favourite mug shattered onto the ground. The sound of pieces of porcelain hitting the floor made Prerna and Anurag stop their fight.
Looking at her favourite mug broken into pieces, Prerna started crying. She was really sensitive about such things or maybe she was just high on hormones.
"My mug, my favourite mug. Its broken." Prerna wailed out loud.
"It's alright Prerna. We will get you a new one, please don't cry." Anurag tried to console her.
"No its a special cup. It was the one in which you had coffee for the first time at my house. " Prerna mummered in bewteen her sobs.
"Prerna I will get you a new one and I will drink again in that one. Please don't cry. "
"Oh my God. Anurag, it's broken."
"I know Prerna. We will get a new one, a similar one."
"No Anurag! My water bag, it's broken. The baby is coming."
"What? Now?" Anurag panicked.
He looked out of the window and saw that the snow was still falling, in fact it had covered all the roads too.
"We need to get you to the hospital."
"No we can't get there, we don't have time. Anurag I'll give birth here, you need to help me." Prerna cried out as her first contraction occurred.
"I am not a doctor Prerna!"
"Neither am I, but we both know the process and we do need to do it toegther. "Prerna said with determination.
At that point Anurag decided, if she could risk her life for their baby, then he could the same too, he would anything for her an their baby.
..
Six hours. Six hours of screaming, shouting panting. It took six hours for them to pass their biggest exam in life. At the seventh hour, they sat down together tiredly, the baby wrapped in Prerna's arms and Prerna in Anurag's.
"It's a girl." Prerna smiled at the revelation.
"Hey Angel!" Anurag called out to the infant curled up against her mother's chest. "This is your mommy and daddy. You're here early, and I think it had something to do with your mother's constant calls asking you to come soon. But you're here safe and sound and we could ask for nothing more."
"Look Anurag, it's morning." Prerna pointed towards the window. The Sun was preparing to rise.
"Can you believe it Prerna, on Christmase eve we woke up as two but on Christmas day we have turned into a family of three. Its like a Christmas miracle."
Prerna smiled. "It indeed is. With that being said, Anurag your Christmas gift from me is our little angel." Saying this Prerna handed over their daughter to him.
"I have gift for you too Prerna." Anurag fetched his pocket to take out a diamond ring. "Prerna, will you marry me?"
"Yes I will!" Prerna replied in one breath.
Anurag slipped the ring onto Prerna's fingers, kissing her lips and then lightly pecking on their daughter's head.
It was nothing but a Christmas miracle.
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