As per a reader’s suggestion, I am writing this track. This track is from my story PolesApart. It starts from two months after Riansh’s marriage.
Vansh’s POV
“Riddhima, get ready fast!”, I shouted.
This woman.. always takes hours to get ready. Today is Riva’s PTM, she should be careful, but no she had to woke Riva first, do household chores, then attend doctor’s conferences and now she had to hurry to get ready. N numbers of time, I have told her, not to worry about breakfast and all, we had so many servants..but this ziddhima wants her daughter to eat the food made by her! She is literally spoiling her.
“Ma, come fast please!”, Riva shouted.
“Yes beta, a second!”, Riddhima replied.
Look.. from thirty minutes she is repeating the same line. Huh! These women! I glanced Riva who was also irritated from her mother’s behaviour by now. Poor girl! She was waiting for this day for ages.. today finally she is going to introduce Riddhima as her mother to her friends, who used to make fun of her for not having mother.
“I am Ready!”, Riddhima said, while applying lipstick.
“Are you sure?”, I asked.
“Yes!”, she shouted.
We all reached the School. We collected Riva’s report card and as usual she was passed from flying colours. Riddhima was boasting herself in front of other mothers. You know mother’s love no!! This Riddhima, always praises Riva so much.. sometimes I too forget if she is talking about my daughter, because the way she uses words ‘my daughter can do this..’, I am speechless.. Well, Riva enjoys her attention. I know she had got her mother after so much long time and also after crossing so many hurdles, so she simply enjoys how Riddhima boasts Riva and herself being proud mother.
“Hi Riva, meet my sister. I showed her your paintings and she is crazy over them.”, a girl said to Riva.
“Oh.. thank you..”, Riva said blushing.
“Oh, my daughter, you know she is a fab painter..”, Riddhima again starts boasting.
Riva introduces the girl to us and we talked to her sister as well. Riva was fascinated with the little sister a lot. In the whole return journey, she kept on talking about the little girl. Riddhima and I could only smile at her cute talks.
As soon as we reached our room. Riva ran towards Riddhima and hugged her.
“Ma.. I want something!”, she said with hesitation.
“Yes beta, tell me what you want.. I will give you anything.”, she spoke.
“Promise?”, Riva asked.
“Yes beta, tell me what you want?”, Riddhima asked.
“Ma I want a sister or brother. All of my friends have a sibling except me..Ma..I want a sibling too..”, Riva spoke.
Uh oh.. How many times I had asked Riddhima for second child, but she always made excuses, now what she will do.. well done Riva!!Your Papa is proud of you!
I took Riva with myself in the lawn, so that she could play there and I could talk to Riddhima about Riva’s wish.. well her wish was a boon to me..
I returned to our room where I found Riddhima standing near balcony staring Riva. Her back was facing me, so she didn’t saw me. I found it right moment to surprise her, and then I..
“Booo!”, I shouted as I came in front of her. But I got a surprise. She was in tears.
Her eyes were swollen and red. Her cheeks were flooded with tears. I instantly hugged her and she clutched my shirt and started weeping.
“Vansh, I am sorry.. I .. I can’t.. I don’t want second child!”, she spoke.
I wiped her tears and kissed her forehead, I didn’t know why she was saying so, but I am sure, something is bothering her.
“Okay. now please calm down..I can’t see you in tears. Please stop crying!”, I spoke softly.
She sobbed and hugged me again.
“What happen? You can share!”, I spoke.
“I.. I am afraid.”, she whispered.
“Huh?”
“Vansh, I am afraid.. What if after second child, I didn’t took care of Riva. What if she start to feel, that she is getting neglected by her ma.. what if, she gets envied of her sibling. What if, she starts to hate me.. I can’t bear her hateness.. No.. I can’t. I don’t want her to think that her ma values the little child more than her..no..no.. I have found her after so many years.I can’t risk it.. I can’t..”, she sobbed.
Oh god! Riddhima is fool.. so many what ifs,, and that too illogical.
“Riddhima, do you know, how much Riva loves you? She can never ever hate you! And who gets envied of her sister or brother? Are you jealous of Ishani or Kabir?”, I asked.
She nodded in negative.
I caressed her face, “Riddhima, Riva will never hate you.. She can’t.. And I have faith in you. You are a mother. A mother can never do partiality among her children, got it?”.
She nodded, “But Riva…”.
Before she could complete we felt little hands hugging our legs. When we looked down we found Riva in tears.
“Ma, if I hurt you, I am sorry.. I will never hate you.. I couldn’t I.. I love you the most! And I promise, I will never envy with my sibling. But Ma, I want a sibling.. please Ma..”, Riva spoke.
Riddhima hugged her.
“Ma loves Riva the most, Riva loves Ma the most..no body cares for me.. I am going!”, I spoke showing fake anger.
Both my ladies smiled and hugged me. While I kissed both of them.
“So are you still afraid?”, I asked Riddhima.
“yes..”, she spoke.
“Why?”, I frowned.
She placed my hand above her belly, “Because I am already pregnant!”, she shouted.
I was shocked.. it took me some time to digest it, and then I hugged her and twirled her around.
“Riva, you will soon have your sibling in your hand!”, I shouted.
While Riddhima giggled.
“I got the news yesterday itself, but I was afraid of Riva.. I was thinking of abortion.. I didn’t wanted Riva to feel neglected..”, she stopped as I kept my finger over her lips.
“Shh.. You talk a lot, sweetheart..!”, I spoke.
We had a family hug.
After four months..
“I hate you! I will never talk to you..”, Riddhima shouted.
“Papa, what you have done now?”, Riva shouted looking at me.
“Riva, your Ma had already ate 5 icecream cups, still she wants more!”, I complained.
Riva glares me with fierce eyes and then hugged Riddhima.
“Ma, don’t worry, I will bring more icecream for you.. Okay?”, she caress Riddhima’s face.
While Riddhima like a small child nods and hugs Riva.. It looks like Riva is her mother.. Always Riva pampers her with her mood swings.. I actually get irritated from her cravings, but Riva scolds me..and then I get brain, that she is carrying my baby, and this is the least I could do..
Riva brought more icecream for Riddhima. Riddhima eats them teasing me, while I laughed at her antiques. She also fed Riva, while Riva wipes left over icecream from Riddhima’s face.. I smiled looking at my beautiful girls..
Near Due date..
“Ma, don’t forget to take medicines, and don’t dare to move your leg out of this bed.. And papa, you have to do all work of Ma. I am going to school but if anything happens here, you better be aware of my anger!”, Riva screamed and left to her school.
Riddhima laughed at my plight.
“Laugh! More laugh! When I will have my baby in my hand na, then I will brainwash him/her, and he/she will be in my team.. unlike you both!!”, I pouted.
Suddenly Riddhima screamed holding her bump, and I was unable to think.. She screamed more, and I took her to hospital..
“Papa, what happen? Why is Ma screaming?”, Riva sobbed.
“Beta, it’s time for baby to come out .. “, I answered her.
We heard more screams of Riddhima, due to which Riva started crying.. I hugged her and clamed her. Then we heard the most joyous crying sound.
“Congratulations, you had a baby boy!”, Doctor exclaimed.
“Boy..Papa.. I have a brother now?”, Riva asked innocently.
I nodded and we both entered the ward, where we found the baby boy beside Riddhima. Both were asleep. I kissed their foreheads.
Then Riva kissed their foreheads and both smiled looking at her.
“This is not fair.. You all love Riva.. no one cares for me..”, I frowned.
Riva , Riddhima and my new bundle of joy giggled, as he understood what his papa spoke. I hugged my complete family and headed to our home, where we were greeted with wishes and blessings from our family.
“So, any name decided?”, Siya asked.
I glanced Riddhima, who too stared me and we both nodded in negative.
“Yes.”, Riva shouted.
All of us glanced Riva, who was holding baby in her arms.
“He is my brother, so I thought a name.. if only you all like.. Riva’s brother, Rivan!”, she exclaimed.
“Rivan!”, we whispered.
“It’s beautiful.”, Riddhima spoke while hugging Riva and Rivan.
“Indeed!”, I spoke while hugging three of them.
THE END!!
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