Chapter 54

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54| Nawal

The second I opened my eyes, I was overflowing with happiness and love for my husband. Today, a year earlier, we got married and though it started off somewhat rough, we both came around, eventually falling in love. He was, undoubtedly, my whole world and so was our baby.

I had thought long and hard on what to gift Ahad. It was our first anniversary and whatever I gave him had to be something special and I didn't believe in materialistic things so I had to hand-make a gift for him.

I hit the five-month mark in my pregnancy about ten days ago. Dr Sadaf contacted me and informed me that it was possible for me to find the gender of the baby now but I hid the information from Ahad. My ultimate anniversary gift for him was the gender reveal of our first baby and I was proud of myself for the idea that came to my mind. Often times, my husband and I would sit down and discuss baby names and after browsing through hundreds of names, we finally decided on two names, one for a boy and one for a girl.

Out of habit, I picked up my phone to check any notifications before I even got out of bed. The top most notification was of a text from Ahad about an hour ago that read:

Sorry, I had to go into work today but Happy 1st Anniversary, jaan. Be ready by 5 for a date.

His text instantly made me smile and though I was disappointed about him leaving, I understood and it all worked out in my favor as I had to go to my appointment today, sneakily.

Dressed up in a grey maternity long shirt and black trousers, I wrapped a scarf around my neck and took a moment to just lovingly stare at my belly, appreciating my baby's presence. It was a blessing to somewhat have my baby with me on my first anniversary with my husband.

I grabbed a purse and called a cab to drive me to hospital. It felt weird going behind Ahad's back and I had always pictured the gender reveal ultrasound to be with my husband as we both looked at our baby, anticipating the reveal but if it was to surprise him, I was more than happy to go alone.

Dr Sadaf greeted me warmly and she looked just as excited as I to find out the gender of the baby. It was a repeat of all the steps from my first ultrasound until I was lying on the bed again, staring at the monitor, trying to figure out the gender myself but I was no expert so I gave up and looked at the doctor's focused expression as she tried to figure out the details until her face lit up again and she turned to me with a smile. I asked about the gender and her answer almost brought tears to my eyes. I collected my ultrasound pictures and went home again, excited to share the news with my husband too.

***

None of my clothes fit!

At around 4 in the evening, I was pacing around back and forth in front of my open closet, stressing over what to wear for the date. I did go shopping for maternity as I slowly grew out of all my previous clothes but nothing seemed good enough to wear.

After much hustle, I found a long maroon frock that fit just right. It had a matching churidar and dupatta and I put on some silver jewelry to go along. Slipping my feet into silver heels, I looked for a large bag, big enough to hide the gift I was going to give to Ahad and went downstairs. It was about time for him to come so I scrolled through my socials as I waited for him.

When I heard the horn of a car, I rushed outside and locked the door behind me as I got into the car with Ahad.

"You look beautiful, as always, Masha Allah." He kissed the top of my head before driving off to wherever he had in mind.

***

The restaurant he picked was magnificent. The waiter guided us to the rooftop, apparently that's where our reserved table was. The fence of the roof was decorated with fairy lights that shone brightly in the dark of the night.

"This is so beautiful..." I was in awe of the beauty of the restaurant but more at the impeccable choice of my husband.

"You're prettier." He clasped our hands together in the center of the table. We ordered and once the waiter had left, I took the chance to swoon over him.

"Happy 1st anniversary, jaan." He lifted my hand up and pressed a sweet kiss to my knuckles.

"Happy 1st anniversary to you, too, Ahad. You've somehow survived an entire year with me." He laughed at that I grinned just looking at the pure joy on his face.

"Wait, let me give you your gift." I raised an eyebrow in confusion but he bent down, pulling out a thin book from a gift bag that I had failed to notice before.

"Don't read it now, go through it later." I nodded in agreement but opened the cover to look at the first page that read 'To the love of my life, Nawal Ahad'. I couldn't help smiling at that.

I reached into my own handbag, pulling out an album that I had filled with pictures of us from different moments in our life. I placed it in front of him and he held it like it was a fragile item, made of glass.

As he scrolled through, he softly whispered the short titles written under each picture and I struggled to sit still in my seat as he flipped the pages, stopping at the last page. As I had expected, his eyes widened in surprise and he looked like he could just cry then and there.

"Is this true...?" He looked up at me and I nodded.

"Oh, God! This is the best gift you could've given to me." I felt my own eyes getting watery as he lovingly stared at the last picture.

The last picture in the album was my scan from today's ultrasound. We both had finalized two names for our baby and I had found out that our first child was going to be a girl so the picture was titled with 'Zimal Ahad Iftikhar' and as I knew that he had badly wanted a daughter, I knew that he would be overjoyed after looking at the picture.

I took a moment to just stare at him with loving eyes and I felt my heart swelling with affection for this man who was my husband and the father of my child. Undoubtedly, marrying him had been the best decision I ever took in my life.

(A.N): *breathes* *SCREAMS* God, I just published the LAST chapter of my first book, my baby by all means.
I cannot believe this. Anyhow, this is NOT the end, we still have an epilogue to go and then we can bid this book goodbye :(
I would appreciate all of you dropping at least one word in the comments to tell me how liked this book. Even if you've stayed hidden the whole time, just one word now so I can feel special?
Ah, anyway, give me some stars sweethearts and see you all in the epilogue before we start a new journey yay!


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