SAYONEE

II.

Naya din chadh gaya,

Suraj naya nikal gaya,

Zameen badli nahi,

To aasman badal gaya.

It was 6 in the morning when the shrill sound of the alarm started ringing. Sanaa quickly turned it off while rubbing her eyes. A few more hours of sleep was what she needed right now. But today's day was more important.

She glanced at the other side and saw her daughter in deep sleep. She quickly kissed her forehead and dragged her body up while covering her with the duvet.

She made leeway towards the bathroom and did her morning business . Then after taking a bath she came out and saw it was already 6.45. She quickly went to the kitchen and started preparing for the tiffin. It was her daughter's first day in the new class. She had already prepared the dough and the aloo masala the previous night. Now she just stuffed the masala inside the dough balls and rolled the parathas out. After preparing she quickly packed it in the tiffin box along with some strawberries. Her baby loved strawberries.

Then she went to wake her daughter up.
"Zubi..! Wake up beta !!" Sanaa caressed her head while removing the duvet .

Her Zubeidaa.

Zubi whined while snuggling more into her and asking for five minutes more.

"Whose first day it is in class1?" Sanaa asked and that made her jump away from her mother.

" Its Zubi's first day !! Yayyy!" she replied and started jumping on the bed.

"ok !! Chalo chalo get ready!! Fast otherwise you will be late." Sanaa said.

Quickly picking her up she took her to the bathroom and after helping her freshen up she made her wear her school uniform.

Then she made her sit in the vanity and started making braid.

When she was midway while making her braid she said , "Zubi bachha ! If I see your hair untied when I pick you up, I will chop your hair..!"Zubi visibly gasped . If Zubeidaa loved something then it has to be her curly thick hair.

" No Mama ! I don't open it . It opens apne aap!" Zubi said shaking her head vigorously

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"Oh ! It opens up apne aap.. badmaash!" Sanaa said and booped her nose and then secured her hair with the black rubber tie.

After that she gave her bournvita and two biscuits. Her baby couldn't eat much in the morning, because eating a heavy breakfast makes her nauseous .

" chalo jaldi finish karo !!" Sanaa said placing the glass in front of her and went to open the door. It was Asha . Their all time helper and Zubi's babysitter. Being a working women she needed someone to look after zubi when she is at work. She is a kind and good woman in her mid fifties whom she knew from before and so she could trust Zubi with her.

When she came back she saw Zubi glaring at the bournvita glass while the milk was untouched.

"Kya hua?? Why didn't you finish it till now?" Sanaa asked.

"Nahi khaana! Its sweet and bitter!!" She replied making a yucky face. Sanaa knew her tantrums so she took a sip and then said ," Chalo chalo! Finish it! Its perfectly fine..!" .

After throwing many tantrums and nakhra , she was finally ready for school.

Sanaa then handed her a board which had "Ist day of class 1" written in it. "Zubi say cheese" Sanaa said and then quickly took a picture in her polaroid camera.

She wanted to capture every memory of her daughter while growing up, her every achievement, everything.

Both of them then settled inside the car and drove off to school.

After giving her lots of kisses and instructing her to drink water and finish her lunch she came back..

As it was Zubi's first day in new class , she took work from home. Sanaa started an interior designing company five years back. Her own startup. It was difficult for her at the start. But soon her company got recognition. And now it was one of the top interior designing companies in Bengaluru.

Soon she logged into her system and settled down for the day. She had a few meetings with her client. When it was almost 12 she quickly went to Zubi's school to pick her up.

When she reached , it was almost 12.25 pm. She came out of her car and when it was finally 12 , all the students started coming out. Zubi excitedly came out running and as usual her hair was a total mess.

"Mamaaa! Look I got a star !!" Zubi said excitedly while showing her wrist.

"Oh! Wowww!!! Very Good !!How was the day beta ?" Sanaa asked while taking the school bag from her .

" It was fun mama!" Zubi replied while explaining how she answered perfectly and the teacher gave her a star.

Soon they drove to home and after freshening up and doing lunch , Sanaa sent zubi with Asha for a nap. After that she again logged into her system. When she was finally free after wrapping up. It was already 7. She quickly logged off her system and came out when she saw Zubi watching a Barbie movie.

Both of them then spent some time . Sanaa made her do her homework. Then she went into the kitchen for making dinner and Zubi accompanied her while gossiping about everything what has happened in the school. Who has struck a chewing gum on some one's hair, how her english teacher has called a student duffer A to Z everything.

It was almost midnight ,sanaa was still awake. She opened the album and pasted Zubi's picture on the page.. The whole album was filled with Zubi's pictures, from when she was just wee hours old. It had all her milestone and achievements. It felt like yesterday when she gave birth to her and now her baby was six years old. It felt so overwhelming and surreal , at the same time. All her pain, her struggles , everything just vanished when she held her for the first time. It was all worth it. Life has always been unfair to her. If she received something from her lover except betrayal., then it is Zubi. She is the most beautiful thing that has happened to her. A tear drop fell from her eyes and many more followed after that. A wave of emotions and feelings overwhelmed her. She was crying until Zubi called her in her sleep. She laid beside her and hugged her tightly while kissing her head. Zubi also snuggled closer to her chest. Soon she dozed off.

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