The table was looking tempting with , garlic bread, pepper chicken and Turkish delight....

He repeated his order of white wine...and asked her if she is actually not going to have a drink...

She is not sure exactly why she is not having one ..
It's not like she is going to keep the foetus... Or is she????

"Naina"
He called her loud enough to hold her attention....

"Kab se bol raha hun
Dyhan kaha hai tumhara"
He said as he hold her hand the one kept of table.

And she got more nervous than she had thought she would be.

"I want you to know something"
She said softly
Feeling good about holding his hand

"I am listening....
And now I am actually eager...
You seem to be on edge this whole evening.
What's the worry"
He asked again

"Wo....
I was late this month so
I took the pregnancy test"

She said carefully and watch his face to read the expression which weren't there.

"And"??
He asked
As she took a pause longer than required.

"It's positive"
She break the news finally and he still sat with neutral face.

"Your grilled lemon fish steak sir"
The waiter served them their last order.
And Raj saw the steak and saw naina again".

"So that's why you are not drinking "
He asked

And she narrowed her eyebrows

"That's your first question after hearing the news"

To which he noded his head and asked again

"Test kab kiya tha"

"It has been a week"
She answered... Feeling funny in her stomach

"Aur tum mujhe ab bata rahi ho"
He object

"Phone pe kaise batati"
She answered
This time definitely feeling weird with a particular smell.

But she shaked the feeling away and put that fish steak in her mouth.

"Maa baba ko bata diya kya"

He asked and saw her making funny faces as she tried to swallow something

"What is it"
He asked

But instead of replying she got up and dashed towards the washroom...
Holding her mouth with the napkin Leaving him worried and he chased after her.....

_____________

He made her lay down on bed carefully....
As she was still having a severe headache.....

"I think the fish steak was funny
I am never eating that again"
She said while he just patted her hairs.

"Go to sleep
You look tired
Hum kal bat karenge
I will stay here tonight."
He said as he stroke her forehead

And she passed out in next five minutes.

________________

"I don't know Abhi
She is so young...
Uska career abhi to shuru hua hai.
She has so much potential....
It will be so unfair to her ...."
He is talking with abhimanyu in the balcony
As she is asleep inside.... Its morning already
And he is up early.

Little did he know that she is awake and is listening him laying on the bed.

She lay quite.....as she kept hearing his distant voice as the balcony gate is shut.

"I believe
That this is not the right time.
She has a bright future in NIA.
it will be her decision though."

He kept the phone and turned to go in and got startled as he saw her standing at the gate of the balcony.

Looking at him

He should have shared his thoughts with her first
He felt
.but she just came forward and hugged him....tight....

And he hold her back gently.

"I should have talked with you first"
He confessed

"Doesn't matter
I think I am not ready for this"
She said

And he nodded in agreement.

"I know naina
This is too early
We never planned it
Forget about planning we didn't even talked about it...

"Maa baba ko mat batana they will freak out..."
She told him and he noded.

"I am so glad we are on the same page
You should totally focus on your operation black Rose.
Do not get distracted."
He instructed

"But we have to take care of the condition"
She raised her concern.

"I will ask Shalini to recommend a good gynecologist here
I will take the appointment...
I will come with you."

He said as he hold her face.... Breaking the hug.

"It's the right thing to do"?
She asked him to assure herself.

"Don't think much about it naina
We have a whole life, we will have kids but now is not the time."

He kissed her forehead and she kissed him back on lips.

"Are we bad people"
She asked feeling morally unsettled

"Naina .... Please do not question your ethics and morals ok.
I believe that parenting is a huge responsibility
And you should never gamble on it if you don't think that you are ready.
It will be unfair to the kid also ,if you are bringing it in this World and not giving your best because you yourself are not ready to give your best."

"I agree that having kids is amazing
And we will have that happiness for us someday but
Kid is not the ultimate goal of marriage.

"And its not at all wrong to put your quest for success and achievements first.
Once you are happy and satisfied with your life
Then you can open a new chapter with more mental energy as there will be no regrets... No ifs and buts "

He kept explaining her and saw her face getting in peace.

"I am good now...
I feel like a heavy burden is lifted from my chest.
I was so unsettled with my decision."
She said as she holded his hands....

"How do you do this ..
You always manage to ease my worries.

She said with eyes full of gratitude.

And he smiled back at her.
"That's what partners do...."
He replied

____________

"There is no need of DNC
It was a false alarm ...
There is no sign of embryo
Just a cluster of tissue....

Which can be removed by pills
You are not pregnant."

Said the gynecologist
And both took a sigh of relief as they sat their holding eachothers hands.. under the table.

____________

He halt the jeep at the airport

"You carry on
Reporting time miss ho jaayega warna
I will come next weekend"

He said as he unfasten his seat belt
He was sitting at the passanger seat...

"I am glad it wasn't there ...
No matter what we say... It would have been really unpleasant"
She confessed and he gave a look of' I agree'

"You know what
We will take double precautions from now onwards
I will start taking contraceptive
I don't want to go through this again"

She proposed

He gave a thought and said

"I have a better idea
Let's stop doing it"
He said with a deadpan face and saw her

And they broke into laughter together

"Meri flight ka time ho raha hai
Be safe
And keep loving me"

He said as he gave a smooth peck on her lips before getting down the car.

She took the reverse gear and left towards the NIA office.

The end