Chapter 38: Blessed

It has been two months since their anniversary and things just keep getting better for the two. Their bond is stronger, they're closer and more comfortable with each other. Meera and Shourya fell in love with each other more and more every day.

Today was Sunday, which meant the couple spent an extra hour in bed cuddling. However, this Sunday was special, because Meera had something to show Shourya. Something she couldn't wait for him to see. Meera gazed at her sleeping husband, aware of the storm she was about to bring into his life in a few minutes. She wriggles out of his hold and went into the wardrobe and takes out a small box with his surprise and opens it.

Gazing at the contents of the box it reminds her of yesterday when she herself was surprised.

Flashback:

Meera was sitting on the bed munching on her chocolate, waiting for Shourya to get home. She was getting bored so she pulled out her phone to text Muskaan when her eyes fell on the date. Meera scrunched her eyebrows, how? It should have come by now. She thought to herself.

Meera opened her period tracker to see her last date, which was two months ago. She missed her period last month, she was overdue. This was normal for Meera, her periods were irregular. But Shourya would worry about this. Meera and Shourya had been discussing this for some time now and as a precaution Shourya had bought pregnancy tests for her since they were now sexually active.

Without thinking much about it, Meera went to the bathroom, opened one of the tests and took it. The only reason she was doing that was that her big mouth would end up telling him she missed her period and he would scold her for not taking a test.

Meera rolled her eyes at the thought of her husband and after 5 minutes went back to see the results. The results caused Meera to take a look again. She felt her hands go numb and her eyes water. She just couldn't believe it, so she took another and when it displayed the same answer she took another one.

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Meera looked at three pregnancy tests with one hand covering her mouth and the other lightly caressing her tummy. She couldn't believe that all three pregnancy tests came back positive.

She was pregnant.

Pregnant.

With a baby.

Shourya and her baby.

Shourya. Meera thought of how happy he would be hearing this news. Meera shook her head and thought, how would I tell him?

I have to make it special for him! So definitely not today. Yes! Tomorrow I'll go shopping and buy some cute things and then show him. He'll be so happy. Babies is all he talks abiut these days.

Flashback over:

Meera walked out of the wardrobe, Shourya shuffling in his sleep before he settles off to the side facing towards the Meera's side of the bed.  Meera giggles and puts the gift box where she was lying. Suddenly she gets and idea and takes out her phone to take some pictures and a video of the soon to be father's reaction to show thier baby one day.

After taking the picture, Meera takes out her phone, she positions it on the coffee table in a way that would get the reaction of Shourya perfectly and have her in the video too. Once she clicks the record button, she walks over and sits on the bed making sure Shourya, the box and herself are in the frame.

"Suniye. Uthiye na."

(Listen. Please wake up.)

Shourya stirs in his sleep before rubbing his eyes, "mhmmmm, jaan. Abhi nahi. Yahan aayo mere paas."

(Mhmmmmm, love. Not yet. Come here, close to me.)

"Aare nahi na, ek baar uth jayiye. Jo bataongi, usse wasie bhi hosh udh jaynge."

(No na, wake up one time. And what I'm going to tell you will snatch your sleep away.)

Shourya sits up and looks at Meera, "bolo meri jaan. Aisa kya hai jo mere hosh udha dega?)

(Tell me love, what is it that will snatch my sleep away?)

Meera beams at him with her brightest smile and gestures to the box. "This! Open it please!"

Shourya looked confusingly at the box, he was expecting a kiss or maybe she was going to try some of her new nightwear on but she was showing him a box.

"Open it, Shourya!"

Her eagerness made him curious and he gives the buzzing Meera a kiss before going to pick up the box. He slowly opened it, looked at the contents and shut it just as fast.

Meera looked at his face as he did that before, patting his cheeks. "Shourya," she whispers.

He opens it again, a little bit slower and comes face to face with the contents. There was a newborn baby onesie, two pregnancy tests and a small toy wrapped with some tissue paper.  Tears form in his eyes as he picks up the test and reads the word written clearly on it. Pregnant.

Meera's eyes also water as she watches her husband's reaction. She thought her would jump in joy and tackle her with a hug and run out to tell everyone, but his emotional response to the news caused her also tear up.

"Meera, we- we're going to h-have a baby. . . .our baby."

Meera nods, holding his cheeks and leans in to kiss his tear-stained cheeks.

Shourya smiles brightly and gives Meera a kiss before hugging her close to his chest.

"Oh jaan, thank you! Thank you so much. You're going to go through so much pain for our child, I can't thank you enough. You're going to make me a dad."

Shourya kisses her forehead repeatedly as she rubs his hands up and down his back to soothe him.

Suddenly he gently moves Meera out of his embrace and leans down to kiss her stomach.

"Hi baby, I'm your daddy! And this is your mommy! I know you can't hear me right now, but I just want to tell you that we love you so so much. And we can't wait to have you here with us. Da-daddy is really happy to have you, baby. We're so blessed to have you."

Shourya speaks softly to his wife's stomach, leaves another kiss and caresses it, the closest he can get to his child right now. Meera giggles at his antics and runs her fingers through his hair. Meera's phone captures the blissful moment as they embrace the new chapter of their lives together.

SO GUYSSS!!! WHAT DO YOU THINK!!

Our sweetest couple is pregnant! Oh my goodness! How exciting!

I'm going, to be honest with you guys, I was having a bit of writer's block but an amazing reader gave me a bunch of ideas that I'm going off of now!

(I won't name the person just in case that makes them uncomfortable, but if it doesn't send me a text or comment here my dear reader because I would love to give you credit for the inspiration)

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