FINDING LOVE ALL OVER AGAIN . . . .

25 . THE LAST MORNING TOGETHER . .

Morning 8:00am

The first subtle rays of the sun hit Sonakshi's closed eyes . She moves a little in irritation . As she slowly opens one eye she sees Rohit fast asleep with her still in his arms . He was tired after all the game last night . She holds herself up on her elbows , moves little higher and looks at the most pleasant face in front of her eyes . . her Rohit. She slowly lunges ahead , bends her head a little and places a gentle peck on his cheek. 

Just then a realisation hits her that this was their last morning together . . but somewhere she was thankful that she got this time with him away from everything. After a few minutes of staring . . as she just turns her face to get up , she feels a pull in her arm and lands on his chest . . 

Rohit with eyes still closed and a naughty smile popping  up on his face : Sote hue insaan ko gurne ke liye permission lena hota hai .

Sonakshi smiling : Accha ?  . . Aur ye permission mujhse kitni baar liya hai tumne ? 

Rohit : Main kab ghur raha tha ? .... still with his eyes closed . . . 

Sonakshi : Yahi .  . . . thode din pehle jab Rehaan aaya tha pehli baar humaare saat sone. Aur aapka toh subah ghur ke phi dil nahi bhara . . Toh janaab ko baal sehlaane the aur ....

Rohit : Opening his eyes slightly  ......Accha ?  Itnaa pata hai . . toh aapko itnaa bhi pata hona chaahiye ki agar koi gusse mein hain toh uthke apne pass waale insaan ko dekhna . . phir aur ek baar jor se pakadke sona bhi manaa hai . . 

Rohit opens his eyes fully and smiles making Sonakshi feel  embarrassed . She remembered that morning when she woke up . . and held Rohit tightly and slept again.

She tries to get up but he pulls her close yet once again  . . This time she lands with her face a few inches away from his face . . Her hair forming a veil sound their faces. Their breaths were warm as they could easily feel it on each other face .

Rohit lifts his hand to caress her face as she closes her eyes feeling his love. He slowly moves up to kiss her . . 

Sonakshi . . hesitantly . . Rohit . . Ye thik nahi hai . . 

Rohit still moving ahead in a husky voice . . Kya thik nahi hai ?

Sonakshi gulps . . Ye jo ....... gulping her saliva .... tum kar rahe ho . . 

Rohit . . in an even more husky tone . . . Kya kar raha hoon main?  

Sonakshi : Rohit . . please . . humaara divorce hone waaala hai . . 

Rohit : Hua toh Nahi . . Hum abhi bhi husband wife hai . . 

As  he closes on to take her lips . . she closes her eyes . He could feel the stress . . She was not at ease . .  She was not ready this time and he remembered the mothers words . . Uske sanmaan ka humesha khayaal rakhna . 

He slowly moves ahead and gives a kiss on her forehead . She opens her eyes and looks at him . . He smiles . . She rests her head on his chest in relief as he envelopes his arms around her once again . Not if you are not ready . . I will never force you to do anything you are not ready for . 

Just then they hear a sound from outside the door . . . Paliii didi . . Sonakshi gets up as Rehaan tries to open the door but gets pulled back .

Rohit and Sonakshi  look at each other . . 

Sonakshi : Rehaan ?  ..... in a loud tone . . 

Rehaan opens the door with the  mother was right behind .. Rehaan . . Kahaa tha na maine ki unko sone do . 

He makes a puppy face almost ready to cry . . and looks at Rohit and Sonakshi . . 

Sonakshi gives him the cutest smile and looks at the mother . . Rehne dijiye naa and opens her arms to receive him. He smiles and jumps into the bed in between the very little space between them . 

Rohit looks at the mother seeing her embarassed . . Aap tension nahi lena . Hum utth hi gaye the . . hum sambaal lenge . 

The mother gives and embarassing smile and leaves. It was very difficult to control a 4 year old for sure and this was an embarrassing moment for her .

Rehaan was tightly tucked between Sonakshi and Rohit  as they both literally squeeze him and kiss him on his checks from both sides . . Giggles filled the tiny room. His laughter was infectious and had an energy like no other . He was lying on his back and both of them were facing him from either side . 

Rehaan : Aaj aap jaa lahe ho naa? . . Toh main aapke saath sone aaya . . Maa ne bahut daaanta. 

Sonakshi : Aap toh humaare faristey ho . . hain naa ? 

Rehaan does a baby nod. ...Maa ne kyun daaanta ? ...

Main aapko uthaane aaya naa . . iss liye ....making a puppy face . 

Sonakshi kisses him tightly once again . 

Rohit caresses his hair and kisses him on his temple  from the other side . 

Rehaan : Jaane ke baad aapko meli yaad aayegi ?

Sonakshi : Kyun nahi aayegi ? 

Rehaan : Aapka lehaan aane ke baad bhi ?  As a child he was feeling very insecure and Sonakshi understood that . 

Sonakshi smiles : Humaara Rehaan aaye ya naa aaye . . Aap humaare sabse pyaare aur pehle Rehaan hi rahenge . Humaara nanha faristah .

Rohit lifts him up on his stomach as he sits there . .  Sona moves closer as she plays with his tiny hands  ...Aapko kyun lagta hai ki hume aap ki yaad nahi aayegi ? 

Rehaan put his head on Rohit's chest facing Sonakshi and sucks his thumb as Rohit holds his one hand over his head . . Hum aapse har hafte baath karenge . . naa?

Rehaan : Aap jaane ke baad bhulenge toh Nahi ? 

Sonakshi pulls him in between them . . And hugs him tight . . Kabhi nahi . . Hum aapko kyun bhulenge?....Aap humaari Jaan ho ....He smiles . 

As she caresses him . . he slowly falls asleep between them  . . 

Rehaan was facing Sonakshi  and had settled in the curve of her body profile as she hugged him tight . Rohit enveloped his hand over both his heartbeats as they fall asleep once gain . 

The intertwining of their bodies was as intense as the intertwining of their souls . Rehaan had found his way to Rohit and Sonakshi in their troubled times only to heal them . 

Their bond though not one tied in blood, was far more superior . Sonakshi may not have been connected to him with the umbilical cord by birth  . . but a cord had already formed between them . It was a relationship that had formed first and developed a chord later unlike the usual .

He was her first ever born . . just born differently .