LAURA

CHAPTER THIRTY SIX

THIRD PERSON POV:
It has been almost been twelve hours that Laura had been unconscious. Dr Auwal assured them she will be alright and the baby is fine too.
Yes baby. She is four months pregnant and no one ever noticed until today.

Let me take you back to how they found out and how Laura ended up in a hospital bed.

Abdulrahim had never been scared as he was when Ummi called him and told him to come quickly because Laura passed out.
He almost lost his breath when he saw his unconscious wife about to be put in the car with her clothes soaked of blood.

He did not know how but he ended up with his wife in the car until they got to the hospital.

She was immediately attended to by a bunch of doctors since it was Dr Auwal hospital and he was there with them when they got to the hospital.
Everybody sat in the waiting area waiting for a report from the doctors.

Rafia was the one that asked what happened to her from Ummi. The question caught the attention of Abdulrahim  who was pacing up and down in the hallway and that made him stop so he can listen to what Ummi wanted to say.

“I was introducing her to Hajiya Zainab and the next thing we knew she was screaming no and she stood up before she fainted” Ummi explained while gesturing to Dr Auwal’s wife who was sitting there with them.

All eyes looked at Hajiya Zainab and she shrugged because she is also confused as why Laura fainted after seeing her.
It’s not like they have ever met before.

Dr Auwal came out later and explained to them that she is alright now and she has been transferred to a private room where she is sleeping.

“But Sir why was she bleeding” Yusuf asked after all of them had gotten to the room she was sleeping in.

“Her sugar level is low also blood pressure spiked up dew to shock and that caused her to almost lost the baby but thank god we got here on time the both of them are okay. Oh and she is four months pregnant it seems none of you knew” Dr Auwal explained.

He gave his wife a questioning look because he don’t know why the girl fainted after seeing her.

He gestured for her to meet him outside.
The both of them left without anyone noticing them.

Everyone was too shock and happy after hearing Laura is pregnant.
Abdulrahim could not help but think about how he found out they were expecting after almost losing the baby.

‘that explained the weird food combination and spicy food’ he thought.

How could they not have noticed even after she started adding weight.

Laura even complained about her having belly fat to him twice and he told her it was nothing and if she likes she can join him in workout that he does every weekend.
And she gracefully declined.

He have never been more happy about her being a lazy ass about work out just how she calls herself anytime he suggested until today. 
Their baby would have been endangered if she did the workout.

“Do you know that girl from somewhere I thought today was the first time you are seeing her” Dr Auwal asked his wife after they left the room.
“No I am seeing her for the first time today and you know that I am surprised too at how she reacted” she explained.
“then why did you call her Mamana after you were told her name is Laura” he asked her.
“I don’t know it just came naturally” she cried. Even her she did not know why she called her that.
“I believe you but I think we have to wait for her to wake up so we can ask her” He hugged her to console her.
It has been hours and Laura is still not awake yet. Ummi told Yusuf and Rafia to leave when it was getting dark. With the promise she will call them and inform them when Laura wakes up.

Abba practically dragged Abdulrahim home so he can change his bloody clothes. While Ummi stayed with her at the hospital.
An hour later he came back wearing a new pair of clothes and a bag containing some toiletries and new clothes for his wife for when she wakes up.
Ummi who was planning to sleepover at the hospital had no choice but to leave since Abdulrahim insisted he will be staying with his wife until she wakes up.

Abdulrahim did not leave beside his wife through the night except when he left to pray.

Laura woke up and was surprised by the unfamiliar room she is in. She just had a dream about her late Ummah and it felt so real.

She looked by her side and saw her husband sleeping on a chair besides her with his head on the bed she is in.
“He is definitely going to complain about his neck being stiff when he wakes up” she told herself.
She sat up and took the pillow she was using before and put it below his head.
She smiled when he did not wake up even when she raised his head a bit.
“And later he will be bragging he is not a heavy sleeper”

It is obvious she is in a hospital but how did she end up in hospital she wondered.
She looked up to the clock on the wall and saw it was past 4am. I need to pray. I cannot believe I missed magrihb and isha prayer she thought. I wonder for how long I have been sleeping.

Laura looked up to her husband from the praying mat she was sitting on.
He was still asleep, He did not wake up at all through out the time she left the bed to the attached bathroom and she came back and prayed.

The loud call to adhan was what finally woke Abdulrahim up. He looked around franticly when he did not see his wife on the bed.
Her laugh was what made him look behind him. And she was there sitting on a praying mat while wearing a hijab.

He happily picked her up and hugged her while showering her face with kisses.
“You gave me big fright babe, please don’t ever do that again. How are you feeling now. I was so happy when the doctor told me you and our baby were ok. And when did you even wake up and I did not know …….”
he kept babbling until she shushed him with a kiss on the lips.

“Firstly honey you are a heavy sleeper. I woke up……..” she looked up to the clock on the wall “forty three minutes ago, and I am very ok now and also the baby isss…………..” That was when she remembered she heard him say baby.

“Did you say baby earlier” She asked him and he nodded.
“Yes babe we are four months gone”.
And she broke into happy tears when she confirmed he was serious.