SidNaaz Imagines

Imagine Twenty

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Shehnaaz gasped, shooting up in bed, and looked at her side instinctively. Her little angel was whimpering softly, her lips wet with drool and face scrunched up. She sighed, taking the baby in her arms and cooing at her. The little one was wrapped in a baby blanket, looking at her mother with her eyes widened. 

"Kya hua meri puttu ko?" Shehnaaz asked the little one in a baby voice. "Roi roi aa rahi hai meri jaan?" 

Even though the baby was way too young to understand her mother, she looked at her like she understood everything. "Tu na apne Baba ki hi beti hai.. woh bhi aisa hi hai.. over-smart!" Shehnaaz said to her daughter playfully and rocked the little one in her arms for a few minutes till she felt the little one relax in her embrace. 

Shehnaaz closed her eyes for a second before she opened them again, looking at the table clock. 

9:30 

"Sidharth ka interview hai aaj.." She mumbled to herself before stepping out of the bed with her daughter safely cradled in her arms. 

Barely seconds later, Sidharth entered the room as quietly as possible and looked at Shehnaaz with a smile. Their daughter's arrival in their lives turned two of the loudest people into the quietest couple. Sidharth and Shehnaaz were almost overly cautious of never speaking in a raised voice when their baby was around or sleeping.

"Paanch minute bhi nahi soyi hai tu.." Sidharth said softly, "Thodi der laet jaa meri jaan." 

Shehnaaz sighed, "Uth jaayegi.." She responded by gesturing to the baby in her arms. She was still uneasy and fidgety in her mother's arms. "Bukhaar bhi nahi utar raha, irritated hai mera bacha." 

Sidharth caressed the baby's head gently and kissed her affectionately. He then wrapped his arm around his wife and had her lean slightly against him. He was entirely wrapped around the little one's little finger and Sidharth knew that. Every second of being a first-time parent was a new adventure but he also knew that he wouldn't trade a second of this experience for anything in this world.

"Mai nahi jaata aaj kahin. I'll watch over Prisha. Tu raat ko bhi nahi soyi hai." Sidharth suggested gently as he rubbed Shehnaaz's shoulder soothingly.

Their little one had just gotten her third vaccine shot and had developed a slight fever as an immune reaction. 

Their pediatrician as well as the Gynecologist had assured them that it was completely normal for babies to have a fever and become uneasy and irritable after vaccination. 

Prisha had slept fitfully for the whole of yesterday and as a result, Shehnaaz had barely gotten any sleep at all. She had asked Sidharth to go to the other room to sleep because he had to wake up for the interview the next morning and he couldn't afford to look or feel sleepy.

She was exhausted and Sidharth's offer did look tempting but the interview was important. The production house had repeatedly asked for this one day of his and they couldn't just cancel on the team at the last moment. She couldn't ask him to stay and miss out on work.

"Thodi der ki baat hai baby.. mai sambhal lungi." She assured him. "Tu ja, ready ho." 

Sidharth huffed. "Haalat dekh apni.." 

Shehnaaz chuckled softly, "Mummy-on ke paas superpower hoti hai. Bacchon ko sambhaalne ke time thakaan gayab ho jaati hai." She said proudly. 

"Vaise bhi.. mai zyaada der nahi so paungi.. woh abhi doodh ke liye halla macha degi.. kitni bhi daddy's girl ho.. doodh ke time meri god nahi chod sakti teri beti" She added with a fond smile.