This happened 18 years ago

At hospital.( in front of the gynecology department )

Nandhini POV -

A random stranger came to me and asked me “ how many months ?” without thinking a lot i said

“9months about to be completed” for which she told  “oh really, I am due this week”

since my name was called out by the nurse i went inside to meet the doctor.

Once the check up was over I went back home and my mom was asking me about the scan, and I was explaining her “mom everything is fine and baby is in good position, thats what the doctor said”  for which she was instructing me with different do’s and don’ts .

After all *moms are moms* hearing which my mom signed and said “you will only understand this after giving birth to your girl”

yeah i am going to give birth to an angel, unlike these days after looking into the scan doctors will soon reveal the babies gender

After all the conversation I went to my room to sleep.

Where I saw my elder sister waiting for me sitting with oil and stuffs.

I asked her “ didi what are you doing here with oil ?”

Pushpa – “ I saw that your legs were swollen. So lets massage your legs"

nand – “ if I put it above a pillow the swelling will go off, you need not worry didi!!!!"

pushpa is my elder sister whos been married for the past 9 years but couldn’t conceive. So she takes care my baby with the utmost care

Pushpa – “ nand, I am not doing this for you!! This is for my darling inside you “

Nand – “yeah yeah , I think the only job that I am going to do with your darling is giving birth, you take and go her, I don’t want her anyways”

“do not tell maha Lakshmi(goddess in india ) like that “ yeah it was my mom who gave the voice from kitchen

“stop with your chaos and go to sleep all 4 of you" my mom shouted ( afterall my mom is scary till date)

“Yeah mom” chorus came , this time its my elder and younger brother who were also inside my room answering my mom.

After everyone went back to their room, my sister alone came with her pillow in hand and came and lied down next to me.

She instructed “if you wanna go to washroom wake me up” "if you feel uncomfortable lying in this position also wake me up i will help you to move to another position"

I just nodded my head and slept.

Suddenly I heard a loud ringing voice “ ring ring “

It was during those days when phone was not a common thing to have at home ,but I had one to talk to my husband since I was staying at my moms place for the time being.

“hello”

Sen –“ hello, what are you doing “

Nan – “ nothing much, just now akka applied oil for leg to reduce swelling so I was chatting with my siblings and" even before i could finish my sentence he asked me

Sen – “ swelling is there on the leg?" he asked with concern, i started feeling butterflies for a moment .

nan – “ its normal only , did you have food ?”

Sen – “ yeah had “ “okay take care then if there is something ,just give me a call “

Nan – “mmmm”

He cut the call . it was a very small conversation, but still it made my day.

my sister was listening to our conversation pretending to sleep.

So I went back to sleep after that.

Suddenly in the middle of the night my sister started waking me up “nandhu ma nandhu ma ?” in full panicking mode. i was soo sleepy that i couldnt open my eyes , with sleepy voice i asked her

“ what ? what happened ? why are you tensed ?"

“water” “ does it pain for you ?”

Nand – “ No didi” " and what water ?" i asked in a confused tone

Push – “ your water broke “

Oh !! after  5 seconds of silents ”ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh “ I screamed at the top of my lung waking everyone up and hen i got a nice kick in the stomach for shouting from my unborn daughter .

Everyone came inside my room rushing  and as they look at me i saw their eyes getting widened.

They took me to the hospital in a hurry since my water broke , all I could do now is give birth, no other option is left.

When I entered the hospital I saw my husband standing there, even before my arrival. i was not having so much patience to be showing any other reaction since all i could think is the pain that i am gonna get.

All he asked asked me was  “ are you alright? “ while i was on the stretcher,  with tears in my eyes I just nodded and then they took me to the preparation room

I was asking for my husband constantly , but he never showed himself after that.

All I could remember after that was a silent room with beep beep sound and ticking clock. Which was increasing the level of anxiety in me

The smell of the disinfectant which i hate the most woke me up , when I was faintly awake I was able to hear my sister voice coming and saying “ she woke up , hey nand my darling is a girl like I guessed”

Even then I was searching for my husband instead of the newborn.

when I tried moving , he came to hold me and said “ don’t move" "Nothing your alright “ “ we have a female baby now with us"

everyday he used to bring food for me and my family, and many of my relatives visited me in the mean time

After few days ( 4 days )of observation I got discharged from the hospital

Only during feeding time I saw the baby, rest of the time  my sister will be holding on to her

Even in the middle of the night when my baby cries out of hunger,  my sister used to wake me up and made me feed and sat with the baby the rest of the time.

I don’t know how many others can do that for others baby , but she did

And I am damn sure that I wont be doing the same for her baby.

During the period when I gave birth unfortunately, 3 days later a female gave birth but couldn't lactate( ****** feed)  so her mother often came to my room and asked for ****** milk and since I knew my mother wont allow , without her knowledge I used to give that unknown lady, milk in a cup to feed the new born

Only for 2 days I was able to give because we had to discharge soon from the hospital

we named the baby katheeja

 she was really precious in our family because in her father side she is the first female baby , all her cousins were boys and in my side she is the first child .

Since i was in my mothers house for the initial few months after giving birth . So we used to make her lie down and look at her with the utmost care all the time’

My sister only used to feed and take care of her all the time because , she despite wanted to grow the kid as hers

And I didn’t refuse because its her sisters baby and she has full rights over it

Days went by and it was already time for her to go to school

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It was the first day of school,

Since she has been together with me all this while, I find it difficult to send her to school, though its gonna be only 4 hours per day

We got her ready for the first day of school

Me and my husband together decided to send katheeja to the nearest play school and there is where we met our neighbor who is also sending her son to the school (because of similar age ).  She is so much worried that he is not interested in going to school.

Since we knew each other we planned to send our kids together and get them back

together . since saw them coming into the school , i choose to go and greet them.

nandhini - "Baeta whats you name ?"

Kid  - “jae.. jae..  janet aunty”

Ja – “ nabi “

Nand  – “ kathe you should call people by their name, see janaet is here say hello to

him”

Ja – “ nabi” she shook her little hands with him

Gow – “ kathe mom that’s ok . they will get used to each other since they wil come

and go together”

Gow POV – my dew date is this week, so hear I am sitting in from of the doctor room

for check up, that’s when I saw this lovely couple waiting to get their check up

Since the girl was pretty and I was envious of her, I went to her and asked “ how

many months “

She told that  she was in her third trimister it’s the 9 th month for which I replied “oh really, I am

due this week”

Since she didn’t want to extend the conversation ,so I stopped myself and returned to my seat

And as doctor said within that week itself I got my baby and it was a  boy

But unfortunately I couldn’t feed the baby because I was not lactating much and

that’s when my mom decided to go next door and ask for some mothers milk but

the lady next door refuse

I saw my moms hurtful face and was upset and that’s when we decided to make

something of our own to feed the baby (formulated milk powder ). Though we knew

, we are not supposed to give this to new born, still we didn’t have anyother

option other than feeding this to the hungry kid

There was a sudden knock in the door, a female entered the room with a cup of milk

saying it was her sisters and not to tell their mom about it

 “ I was soo grateful for the milk that they gave" since I gave birth just yesterday I couldn’t move a lot.

But my mom said that the girl looked really pretty (milk's owner) while smiling which reminded me

of the girl whom I saw in the doctors office the other day

Few days went by and we named the him janet

I am the only person who will have to take care because his father is a business

man ,so  sometimes he  forgets that even I am a working women and my existence.

It was a hard decision for me to give birth to him.

It was really hard for me to continue my job after a year break, but still I tried

my best coping up with it.

And after few yrs it was already time for me to join jae in his school

Since there is no one to take care, I though it would be better for him to go to a

school near by and I got a admission from the school and that’s where I saw my neighbor whom I saw yrs before in

the doctors office

Yes she stays in the building next to mine so, when I go to hang cloths, we often

greeted one another

She has so many people in her family to take cate of her and her family

I really am envious of her no matter what I do

Janet was not interested in going to school, nore in meeting stranger. Since he grew up

as a only child, it was hard for me to make him come out of the box.

Even since janet was born, me and my husband started having various types of fights.

It many ways it  seemed like, he was least interested in me and janet. Because he never spend

time with us

All he did in his whole life was work.

We never celebrated any kind of anniversaries or birthdays or any other festivals.

I took janet to his new school

and introduced him to my neighbour .

kathee mom was quite interactive with jae, but jae didn’t seem to talk much, all he did was sit with her all the time.

Janet who was initially refusing

to go to class is now not bothering me when it comes to school and stuffs.

He does his homework on his own, so my part in his life started becoming less.

All he wanted was to be alone

This happened when he was 6yrs old

Since he only speaks to kathee, I joined him in the same school as her.

He was only interested in studies, always sitting with his book in the room.

General POV –

 Jae started becoming studious in his studies and always quite and calm, he never spoke much to strangers

Katheeja is the complete opposite of him. She is least bothered about her studies, always running in the ground

with other kids, lots of injuries and scars in the body

This happened when they were around 11 years old

They were doing there 6th std  and the school was going fine without any chaos Jae was sitting in a cornor in

the library and reading a book.

Though its hard to see people of his age in the library.

He always had this habit of his sitting near the window corner and reading the library

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JAE POV-

I always like reading book, irrespective of the topic, because I believe any kind of book will give some kind of knowledge.

I hated the smell of sweat, so I don’t do thinking’s that require a lot of hard work (physically, though i workout on a regular basis)

Its always better to do smart work instead of hard work (thats what i think)

I liked places were its quite, so I choose library, and the best place in it was to sit near window from were I can see the play ground which was a little interesting , not all the time but sometime.

Though I am in my 6th grade I have already finish reading 10th grade note books.

I always find grade books easier, but I still wonder why ja is not able to read such simple things.

I was day dreaming a little that’s when I noticed a group of people surrounded in the play ground. I stood from the place I was seated, to take a closer look from the nearest window possible.

Though I am in the 5th floor I am able to recognize that its "she" who fell down.

I started running from that location on that spot.(without realizing)

I reached the ground floor and ran towards the crowded area.

She is already in front of me with her torn pant,   sitting in the sand with almost about to cry face, i can see that she is in a lot of pain. ( because she was bleeding a lot)

JA (katheeja) – POV

I don’t know why, but I always hated reading.

EXAM, GRADE, MARK, RESULT, RANK Who found all these, i just hate hearing these words

Playing was a lot more fun comparatively .

I didn’t want to drag anyone into things, that they are not interested in , and started playing with my friends during the PET period (whomever was interested in playing just like me )

I wonder where nabi(jae’s nickname ) went

“may be somewhere in the corner sitting and reading book “ (i told myself in the back of my mind)

I was playing kho kho with my friend

(kho kho is a game where there will be 2 teams of 12 people of which 3 people will be catcher and 1 will be running in a specific sequence to catch the other three) {you can just google the rules of this game }

So I was in the sneaker team , I was chased by someone all the while ,which I tried to escape.

But because of some distraction I fell down. (i saw him sitting in the 5th floor in our school building reading a book )

Within a fraction of second i got injured in my leg and hand. Dust was allover my body.

It was not a serious injury, but I tore my leggings (thankfully i wore one) . Someone brought water for me to drink so that I wont faint and fall.(just to gain a little hydration )

(*as if I am some small chick*)

I drank the water and that’s when I saw people started crowding me .

I started feeling suffocated because of that (fully suffocating because of less air circulation)

While everyone was busy on thinking what to do next.

I saw nabi pushing the people in the crowd and entering inside (i was wondering from where the hell did he come from, it was because of him i fell down) (well may be not exactly because of him, but how did he come here so soon?)

While these thoughts were running in my mind he kneeled down and

He sat next me

pant pant pant

I gave him the water that I had in my hand (he must be thirsty because he came all the way running)

He got the bottle from my hand and kept it aside , and tried to lift me in princess style.

(what does he think of himself? Some kind of hero in the movie ?)

But he failed to lift me (i was shocked by him sudden move)

I chucked and that’s when he gave me a quick stare (may be he is angry, and i went overboard)

i tried to lighten the mood by starting the conversation.

Ja – “why try doing things which are out of your character?" for which

He didn’t answer but took one of my hand and put it on his shoulder. (i was a little startled by his sudden action)

Since we were in similar height, he was able to lift me at least. (i was literally putting half my weight on him)

He directed me to the school infirmary ,where we had a female doctor. (who's sweet)

The room contained 2 beds with most of the  medicines placed in the table , it had a clean environment with the smell of disinfectant

I always hated the disinfectant smell, because it reminds me of injection (of course who doesn't hate injection)

He made me sit In the chair available and I ish ish (sound made because of pain) while sitting on the table.

Once he placed me in the chair, he himself went to take several things from the cupboard which was on the side (it was as if he already knew where the things were)

He brought many things in his hand and placed them on the tablet near by.

Then he put his hand to remove my pant

*My eyes widened* “hey !!!” I told him (i was so much startled that words didn't leave my mouth)

He stopped his hand , moved back and turned around  . He stood facing the wall. (i could see that his ear is turning red)

“am done “ I instructed him and that’s when he turned back to me . (though he didnt look in my eyes)

he sat in front of me.( suddenly dono what he felt, but he stood up )

He went inside and brought a towel and put it on my lap (covering my skirt)

He started poring some liquid on the wound, used white colored cloth and started wiping it

“he did all these with a straight face” (how can someone be so cruel)

Nabi / janet POV –

I found myself panting infront of her (i know i am not in my right mind)

She gave the bottle that she had in hand (though she is unwell sitting in front of me like a 5 year old , still she never forgets to take care of me )

I took it from her hand , kept it aside and tried lifting her in princess style.  " i failed " I couldn’t lift her (why do i only fail, when it comes to matter which involves her )

We both fell down together .I was a little embarrassed (not just a little , but a lot)

But without thinking ,I put one of her hand in my shoulder and lifted her (i succeeded this time)

Though I knew she is having a lot of pain, still he managed not to show it on face (just not to worry me )

will ja be okay after the fall ? will the injury heal soon?.. .

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