This is a completely original and a short fictional story...
Arjun was completely ecstatic about about reaching home after a month long training in Delhi. Finally he would meet his sweetheart 'Angel'. He didn’t wish to tell it to Mahek, his lovely, beautiful wife whom he had married just 5 years back. Angel was just 3 years old, but undoubtedly she was the cutest baby present on Earth today. Her smile would make anyone go gaga about her. It was Angel’s birthday, the coming Saturday and she wanted to sing "hapy bilday to u, hapy bilday to u, hapy bilday hapy bilday, hapy bilday Angel" and then clap her hands and laugh whole heartedly
But Arjun didn’t let anyone know about his plans, not even Mahek.
"Mamma, Papa ko kehna ki dilli se mele liye ek Doctor ka kit laaye" said angel in a very obedient voice while doing her puzzle of arranging animal blocks to their correct place.
"Theek hain Beta, lekin L for Lion hota hain aur tum Lion ko M for Mouse me kyun daal rahi ho? " replied Mahek while caressing her lovely daughters head
It took some time for Angel to realise that she was putting the wrong animal in the block. She hit herslf slightly in the forehead and then corrected her mistake. She got up from the sofa and started clapping in front of her mother and began dancing. Her laughter filled the entire house with joy. Even Laxmibai, the maid who was cleaning the house in another room came out and started clapping with Angel. In all this enjoyment, suddenly Angel ’s hand hit the puzzle on the sofa set and all the pieces fell on the ground. Her mother stared at Angel and she pretended to be frightened by her momma’s stare. Suddenly all of them started clapping and dancing. Mahek lifted Angel on her arms and started kissing her on her forehead.
“I Love you beta.Meri beti badi hoke bahut badi doctor banegi” said Mahek in a very kiddish tone
“..aul fil mein sabko injection maalungi...” continued Angel “who bhi bada waala…” she said making her mouth big and laughing like anything.
“Meri beti…I looooveeeeee you” saying so she kissed her cheek
“I love you too momma” replied the cutie
“I love you too Momma” came a very familiar voice from somewhere near the door. Mahek first thought that it might be her ears that are ringing but the voice came again,” I love you Momma”. As soon as Mahek reached near the door, Arjun leaped right in front of her ,”BHOW!!!!!...hahahaha”. Mahek ‘s pulse rate must have definitely doubled up. Then Arjun held her in her arms and said, “My Baby, I just don’t want to live without my two angels ”
“Daddy…….Daddy….came Angel running towards the door”. He handed over his office bag to Mahek and picked Angel up in his arms.
Arjun was just imagining how much he missed his angels for the past one month.
“Arre Wah…Meri Angel ne naya frock pehna hain!!” asked Arjun, appreciating the beauty of the frock
“Ye flock na…ye flock na..aapki angel ne liya tha…woh waale dukaan se “ replied angel with a teasing tone. Arjun didn’t understand what Angel meant. He glanced towards Mahek , but she just blushed away and went to the kitchen. He then gave a sort of a tough look to Angel, and narrowed his eyebrows. Angel started to laugh and then said,
“ Mujhe pata hain…tum Momma ko bhi Angel bulaate ho na”
Arjun then realized and said loudly so that Mahek could listen, “Honey, how can a 3 year old understand so much??”
“Because she is my daughter” came the voice from inside. All of them started laughing again
“Why didn’t you let me know that you are coming today?” asked Mahek “Main khaane mein kuch achcha bana deti”
“Aaji agar mein pehle bata deta to tumhaare chehre pe yeh surprise ka mazza kaise dekhta?”..said Arjun softly
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Exactly at midnight, all three celebrated Angel’s birthday. She cut her favourite black forest cake in which was written “HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANGEL” in white cream and besides it there were three small pink candles.
“Daddy, Mela koi bhai kyun nahin hain?, to main na usko ye cake khilati” asked Angel innocently.
Both Arjun and Mahek glanced at each other. To break the silence, Arjun replied,
“Kyunki, agar tumhaara bhai hota, to woh tumhaari saari cake khaa jaata….Samji…ab chalo so jaao….raat bahut ho chuki hain…kal tumhe raju mama ke ghar jaana hian na?”
“Haan…kal Laju mama ke ghal….yeahhh” she danced and obediently went to bed.
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In the Bedroom
“Honey, who do you love more, me or Angel?” asked Mahek touching his chin
“What kind of a stupid question is that? “ he said. But she continued to stare at him
“Let’s sleep Honey. Good Night” continued Arjun.
“I Got my answer Arjun..” she sighed “What when one day she gets married..?” she asked expecting a decent answer this time.
“Every girl gets married. Even you got married to me, didn’t you” and nodded his head as if he had convinced her.
“What if….” she paused and continued in a firmer tone “What if her real parents come back?”
“They wont” he replied instantaneously
“WHAT IF??....”
“I won’t give them my Angel to those strangers.“ he cut Mahek halfway through,sounding very adamant “If they really cared so much about her, they wouldn’t have thrown her in a garbage bin three years back “. Saying so Arjun’s eyes had turned red “You know honey, what do I like most about you?” he said with a drop of tear falling of his left eye
“What?”
“You remember the day when the sweeper told you about a kid lying in a garbage bin from two days. You just couldn’t bear that and brought that child home and made her your daughter. It is not the looks that make a person nice, it’s the deeds honey. It’s the deeds and I love you for that “he said and gave a nice hug to her
“But the world knows, she is not our daughter and we have got to accept that fact” she said
“Says who?” he replied being disgusted “That girl is going to speak the language that we speak. She is going to always know ‘ us’ as her Momma and Daddy. A child’s mind is like cement, whatever you teach, will make an impression. And I don’t give a damn to what the world says about us adopting and raising a child. If God cannot give us a child by itself, maybe he had this plan already. He wanted us to raise Angel up”.
“And that’s the reason I love you my darling.” she said, “You have always believed in attachment with a person rather than then blood relations. The way you look at people is a lot different from most others in this world and I want to learn this thing from you honey”. He just smiled and gave her a hug.
“I Love you” said Arjun
“I Love you too“
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