Fear & Love

Sixty Two

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"Have you finally gone crazy?" Anand asked when he saw his wife laughing alone sitting in the balcony and sipping her tea.

Her neck turned to look at him and she smiled her warm smile that reached her eyes. She shifted a bit and signed him to come sit beside her.

"No, I just remembered something funny that happened yesterday and laughed." Anand knitted his brows to ask what was so funny.

"Kids! They are so funny and absurd. They asked me if I had a baby in my stomach, I said yes. And I heard their weird theories on how the baby is in my stomach, which they discussed. One asked me if I ate the baby, then the other one corrected him that I was not able to digest the baby and that's why the stomach is showing. The girls were sweet to me, they said god sent the baby to me and it is too small so it's growing inside me." Gita had a blush on  her cheeks narrating their talks.

Anand smiled, "It's good that you don't teach the teenagers. They would be brash! But the digestion issue is funny." He laughed out loud.

"Seriously! The kids these days are handful and their questions....oh my god." Gita shook her head remembering all the questions they ask, Anand agreed with her.

She leaned her head on his shoulder and rested it. "I think I am saying it out loud for first time and especially to you. I am so so so excited to meet the baby. As much as I am enjoying this phase or trying to enjoy it despite the nausea, I want to see the baby, hold the baby, Anand. I am scared as well. But more than that I am unable to wait and control the excitement." Her eyes watered.

"Hey! Patience, my wife. One step at a time. It's just 5 months now and trust me, they will go in a blink." Anand kissed her forehead.

"It's a long wait, no? My patience are tested. This is not fair!" Anand smiled and again told her to have some patience.

"I have not seen you get so impatient before." He chuckled. "Things were not about my baby before." She was quick to answer. The tears flowed from her eyes. He looked at her questioning why would she cry but wiped her tears.

"Sorry. I am just overwhelmed. On some days, I am plain excited and on other days, the stress eats me away. Will I be a good mother? Can I instill good values in my kid? What if they do something bad? What if I couldn't teach them enough or what if they turn out to be too good and get bullied? These questions haunt me." Gita let out her thoughts.

"Now, imagine what is my situation? I am not a great person, a bad son, not a good brother now and hardly a great husband. But Gitanjali, there is only limited things we can teach out child, the rest they need to figure. With you by my side, I don't stress myself, you know why? Because the kid has you in it. How else the baby will be if not kind, polite and silly? You leave the job of toughening the kid to me but rest be assured, that our child will have good values." Anand's words touched her and she smiled. When did he learn to talk this gentle and smooth?

"Awww...as much as I love what you said, always remember, values and behaviour are always instilled and not hereditary." Gita told him.

"Our baby will be an exception, okay?" Anand said and told her not to sob anymore.

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Gita called Anand to inform him that she is going to the nutritionist at 4 pm.

"I am sorry I forgot the appointment was scheduled. I will message you once I am come back home." She said.

"What do you mean? How can you forget about a scheduled appointment?" He looked at the clock and sighed, "Gitanjali, I can't even cancel the meeting at such last moment. You should have been more care..." She stopped Anand and told him, "I know and I said sorry. And don't worry, please concentrate on the meeting. It's just a nutritionist appointment."