𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞 | 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝟎𝟏

𝐁𝐎𝐍𝐔𝐒 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑 - 𝟎𝟐

ARZO
[Day Of Labor]

My heart explodes with joy as the doctor places our baby girl in my arms.

Our baby girl.

We have a daughter. A beautiful daughter.

The labor was hard, something I thought I wouldn’t be able to and was about to have a panic attack but having Faizan by my side helped.

Just like he promised, Faizan was with me from the moment my water broke to the end of our daughter’s birth, whispering soft encouragement to me, letting me crush his hand as I pushed through.

When the doctors took our girl to clean her, Faizan excused himself to go tell everyone that everything was fine.

Everything is fine.

My eyes fill with tears of joy as I hold our baby girl in my arms, her beautiful dark brown eyes looking at me.

“Hi,” I softly say as I try not to end up crying.

I'm so exhausted but that doesn't matter. She's alright. Everything is fine.

My head turns towards the door just when Faizan returns.

“Look,” I say, “come here,”

Faizan slowly walks towards the bed as the doctors start to leave the room, giving us privacy.

“She’s beautiful,” Faizan whispers, a small smile tugging on his lips as our baby stares at him, reaching out her tiny arms.

Faizan holds out his finger and she wraps her tiny hand around it. Faizan’s smile widens at the act.

“She’s so tiny,” I whisper, looking at her.

Faizan chuckles, “she is,”

The baby stares at Faizan’s finger that she’s holding as if inspecting it.

I release a sigh then look at Faizan just when he looks at me. He leans in and captures my lips in a soft kiss.

“Thank you for giving birth to such a beautiful girl, amar.” he softly says.

“Thank you for staying with me through it,” I say, with a small smile, “here, you should hold her,”

I carefully hand the baby to Faizan and he holds her perfectly, his eyes shining with love and adoration, the smile on his face never fading.

I watch as Faizan slightly rocks her in his arms then places a soft kiss on her forehead.

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“She’s adorable,” api says, holding Maham.

Our baby girl’s name is Maham Faizan. A name chosen by her father.

Our parents were the first ones to see Maham after us then before we let our friends and siblings inside, I had to quickly put on a hijab.

Api and Zahid bhai had to leave Zayn at home with his nanny before they came to the hospital to meet Maham.

"My baby fever is at its peek," Rose says, caressing Maham's cheeks.

"Your baby fever is always at its peek," Jack points out. Rose makes a face at him earning a soft laugh from us.

"She's beautiful, Masha'Allah." Ammi says, she's been repeating it every 10 minutes.

"How are you feeling, beta?" Abbu asks me.

"I'm fine. Just need a little nap." I tell him.

"We'll leave then," mama says.

"No, no, it's okay. Stay with her as long as you like, I'll sleep in a bit," I tell them, Faizan caresses my cheeks.

"Okay, my turn, my turn," Farhan says, reaching api.

"Be careful with her," Faizan says as api hands Maham to him.

"I'm careful with everything,"

"I beg to differ," Finn and Faizan say at the same time earning an eye roll from Farhan.

"I'm serious. Be careful-"

"Calm down," I say, chuckling as I hold his hand.

"Fine," he says but keeps his eyes on Maham.

"Hello," Farhan says to Maham with a huge grin, "I am your favorite uncle,"

"Says who?!" Jack asks, frowning at him.

"I called it first,"

"It doesn't work like that," Zahid bhai points out.

"Sure, it does, look," Farhan looks back at Maham, "am I your favorite uncle?- see? She nodded,"

"No, she didn't," Finn says.

"How can you be her favorite uncle if you can't notice her slightest gesture?"

"This is fun," Rose says.

"You two should be careful," Bree says to us, "something tells me, they're going to be more of a headache,"

"Going to be?" Faizan raises an eyebrow. I playfully hit him, trying to suppress my smile.

"Well, I'll certainly have stress off my back from these two," Ryan says.

"I'm going to ignore you," Finn says, making faces at Maham to make her smile or something.

The guys go back to debating who's the favorite uncle before Faizan shuts them up and takes Maham.

He notices Maham drifting off and tells everyone to leave so she can take a nap.

"I'm the favorite uncle!" Farhan calls as Finn drags him out of the room.

Faizan puts Maham in the bassinet and tucks her in before he walks towards me.

"Do you want anything, amar?"

I shake my head, "no,"

"Okay. You should sleep as well. I'll be here." He says then kisses my forehead.

"Okay," I say.

Faizan fixes the bed so that I'm laying comfortably.

"I love you, Faizan," I say after he's done tucking me in.

He smiles, "I love you, amar," he leans down and places a soft kiss on my lips, "I love you so much,"

My lips form an easy smile. Faizan stays by my bed, keeping his eyes on Maham and me as I slowly drift off.

We have a girl.