You and I

Part 18 - This is Us

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Part 18 – This is Us

"I think I'm pregnant" Pooja uttered with the same expressionless face.

"What?!" I exclaimed calmly though I was taken aback.

Pooja remained silent rolling her eyes sideways so I continued not understanding what exactly was happening.

"Baby you're not serious right? Say something" I asked very calmly pulling her closer to me by her waist gently. Pooja rested her head on my chest as she snaked her arms around my neck.

"3 din se my health is not well Shaheer... Kal shaam se bohat zyada weakness thi and vomitting bhi hui. I wasn't even in a condition to drive back home so I called Jenny. She came and took me to her house seeing my condition. Waha jaane ke baad I was feeling dizzy...bohath weak feel kar rhi thi... stressed thi, Tumhare sath jagda chal raha tha voh alag" Pooja softly hit my arm as she said her last sentence. I freaked out listening to her and moved her a bit away from me holding her arms.

"Oh god Pooji... How are you feeling now? Come let's go to hospital. How can you ignore your health like this? Saara time mujhe pamper karne mei ya phir shoots mei lagi rehti ho.. Khudko care karna toh bhool hi gayi ho na... Baby I'm telling you mein hota toh kal sham ko hi hospital le jata... Call karna chahiye tha na? Kyu nai bataya mujhe yeh sab? Baby you know that I can't see you like this... Mei bhi kitna besharam hu aate hi shuru ho gaya notice bhi nai ki that your eyes have gone so low, you seem so weak... I'm so sorry Pooji... I'm extremely sorry... Ab chalo hospital chalte hai sath mei... No! Don't tell me media hogi, articles ayenge and all that... I don't care... I just want you to be fine... So ab please hum..." I blabbered in one breathe while Pooja shushed me in between.

"Shhshhh... Jaan please calm down. I'm fine now. Itna stress mat lo... Please...I'm really fine bas thodi si thakaan hai" Pooja tried to calm me down rubbing my biceps up and down.

"Par... Pooja yeh sab... I don't..." I could not form proper sentences to speak as I was hell worried of my girl's health.

"Shaheer please... Come let's sit first..." Pooja walked me till the sofa holding my hand as if I was a little boy crying for getting hurt. I obediently followed her and sat on the sofa, she poured water in a glass and offered me to drink first but I insisted she drinks it considering how pale she already was. Pooja drank half of it and offered it to me again. I gulped down the remaining water at one go and stared into her eyes yearning for an explanation and my lady understood me without even uttering a word.

"Ab suno meri baat... Jenny ke ghar mei dinner ke baad i felt nausea and puked whatever I ate. Then I realised that I have missed my period this month so... I thought of taking up pregnancy test just to be sure. Today morning when I took the tests...unfortunately ek mei positive dikha rahi hai aur ek mei negative..." Pooja confessed startling me for a bit as this was not at all expected.

"Oh god!" is all I could mumble faintly and sensing my plight Pooja hugged me and caressed my back.

"These kits can be faulty sometimes so I think I need to go to the gynaecologist for proper check up..." Pooja mumbled against my chest. She pulled back a bit but still held me in her hands while she continued.

"Shaheer...I know tumhe yeh sab suddenly process karne mei takleef hogi because we both weren't expecting anything like this. So it's fine... Meine khud bohath time liya yeh sab accept karne mei... So I understand how you must be feeling right now..." Pooja spoke with empathy which was the most I needed that moment when I could not fathom the entire run of events that had happened. My eyes had turned moist unknowingly as I just nodded at her unable to let any words come out of my mouth. There were a few moments of silence between us before Pooja continued...