Chapter 13: Chapter 13

By the time we arrived home from the airport, it was already dark. I went upstairs to my room while aasim went to the Kitchen. I freshen up and went downstairs.

Aasim was on the couch opposite the TV eating Pringles. "Hey handsome" I sat on aasim's laps and laid my head on his chest. "Gimme!" I said and snatched the Pringles off his hand.

"Noo go get yours." he tried to snatch the can away from me. "No I want yours" I whined and he shrugged. I finished eating the Pringles and went to the kitchen to make nacos and cheese.

I finished making it and went back to the living room. Aasim was just giving me an 'unbelievable' look. "What?!" I glared at him. "You eat too much these days" he observed and I ignored him. I finished eating my nacos and cheese without even realizing I ate a big bowl full of nacos. "Hey we should order pizza or chicken wings." I squealed.

He shook his head "what is wrong with you woman. You just finished eating my Pringles and made nacos without giving me some. Now you're asking for pizza and it's not like you haven't eaten in the plane" he finished talking which made me to roll my eyes.

"I don't know what's wrong with me. I just eat uncontrollably. I get hungry pretty easily and all I crave for is always junk food." I sighed and shrugged off.

"Forget about the pizza and chicken wings. I'm going to go make hot cocoa" I said and walked to the Kitchen. "Hey do you want some?" I yelled from the kitchen. "Yes!!" He yelled back.

I finished making the hot cocoa and went back with two cups and a bag of chips in my mouth. He just looked at me and sighed. "Just let me be please" I groaned.

"Change the channel to E!. You know I hate football" I whined. "And you know I hate E!" He replied. "Whatever, just change the channel or I'll cry" I said trying to start my water works.

"Cry!!" He smirked. "Oh really?!" I glared at him. "Yes cry lemme see" he replied. I hissed and stood up. I kept the half eaten bag of chips and the mug. "Don't even think of touching me this night." I groaned and stomped out of the living room.

I went straight to my room and closed the door hard. I jumped on my bed and covered my body with my soft blanky. "Narc!!" I murmured. "Baby" the door got squeaked open. "Leave me alone" I said hiding my face with the blanket.

"I'm sorry. Forgive me please" he said softly trying to get his way into the blanket. "I said leave me alone" I said almost yelling. "C'mon my darling, forgive me. I'm sorry, I even ordered pizza for us just the way you like it" he whispered into my ear.

I opened my face and looked at him "Fine I forgive you, but not because of the pizza" I grinned. "Let's go downstairs and wait for the delivery guy" he said and we went back to the living room.

I could feel my insides having a war. I felt like throwing up. We heard the doorbell and aasim went to check who it is. He collected the pizza box and paid the guy. He came back with two pizza box and handed over one box to me.

"Finally" I grinned and opened the pizza. As the aroma of the pizza hits my nostrils, I quickly kept the pizza aside and ran to the guest toilet. I threw up all what I ate. Aasim knelt beside me and put his hand on my back till I finished throwing up.

He helped me rinse my mouth and carried me upstairs to his room. He went out of the room and later came back with a mug. "Take this, it's tea" he handed me the mug but I refused to collect. "I don't want tea." I whined.

He sighed "what do you want then?"

"That pizza!"

"No, you can't eat pizza now, you'll throw up again. Ask for something else"

"Okay fine, a glass of milk." I said and he nodded.

Aasim's POV

I came back into the room with glass of milk in my hand and heard Hafsa throwing up again in the bathroom. She came out and leaned on the wall, she was looking really weak which made me scared.

"Get ready we're going to the hospital now" I said helping her to sit on the bed. "No I'm fine. I just feel a little bit nausea, that's all. I need some rest now" she said weakly. She laid her head down on my chest. I stroked her hair till she dozed off. Her body was really hot. I just hope she's alright.

••••

I woke up around 9am to see Hafsa still sleeping. I touched her forehead to feel her temperature, it wasn't hot like it was earlier during fajr.

I went downstairs to the Kitchen and made chicken soup and hot tea for her. I set it on a tray and went back upstairs to where I left her sleeping peacefully.

I went in and saw her on phone with someone. "Okay mama Insha Allah" she said and hung up. "Good morning" she murmured giving me a weak smile. "How are you feeling?" I asked.

"I feel strong, Alhamdulillah." she replied. "Good! Now take this soup" I headed her the tray which she rejected. "Lemme feed you" I said taking spoon full of soup to her mouth but she moved her head away. "Stop being stubborn please" I pleaded.

She finally gave up and I fed her the whole bowl of soup and tea. "Yaufa za'a Kai kayan lefen ya Yusuf gidan Zaynab amaryan shi"  she said. "Are you going?" I asked hoping she'd say no. "Yes if you're ok with it" she replied.

"Then no, you're not going" I quickly said. "C'mon baby! What will ya Yusuf think, that I don't care about his wedding or not excited that he's getting married?"

"You can't go, you're sick. I'll call mama and explain to her" I said. "Aasim pleaseee, I'm begging" she pleaded but I wasn't going to change my mind. "I said No and that's final!" I snapped at her.

She stood up and stormed out of the room. "Hafsa wait, I'm sorry" I said following her. She went to the living room and laid on the couch hugging her knees. "Leave me alone" I heard her said almost like she was crying.

"Are you crying? I'm sorry baby, you know I care about you. If I allow you to go now who will take care of you for me?"

"What do you mean? I'm too young to take care of myself or what?" She bawled.

"No sweetheart I don't mean that. I just don't want anything to happen to you... You can go if you promise me you'll take good care of yourself"

"Really!!! Yay!! I promise you baby I will" she squealed and gave me a quick kiss on the lips before running upstairs to get ready.

She came out of the bathroom all cleaned up and got dressed. I took her to her parents house and went back home.

Hafsa's POV

"Kuma taurin kanki ya hana kuje asibiti koh? (And your stubborn head won't allow you to go to the hospital.)" Mama said zipping up the last boxes of the Kayan lefe (pre wedding gift) that will be taken to Aunt Zaynab's house any minute.

"Mama I'm fine. I just feel weak and tired. And I eat a lot like every one hour."

"Are you sure you're not pregnant?" Mama asked which made me to laugh. "Mama I'm not pregnant. Trust me, I'm not" I said. "How sure are you?" Mama asked again.

"I'm not sure but I know I'm not." I shrug. "Go to the hospital and confirm first" mama advised and I nodded. My aunties came into the room and started packing the 12 boxes out.

I decided to stay at home cause I wasn't feeling strong. I felt tired and sleepy, I didn't even do anything. My aunts left for the brides house while I stayed with mama. I checked the caller ID when I heard my phone ringing.

"Hey baby" I said grinning from ear to ear like he could see me. Mama shook her head and went out of the room. "Sweetheart I miss you, come back home please" he said from the other side.

"Baby I miss you too."

"How are you feeling now? Hope you didn't throw up again."

"Yes I didn't. Where are you now?"

"I'm home alone missing my wife" he said sadly.

"Don't worry, we'll soon be done. I'll call you when we are done. Okay?"

"Okay baby, bye. I love you." he said and hung up. I walked to the kitchen to get something to eat. I met mama cooking for baba. "Watchu cooking momma?" I asked looking into the pot. The aroma of the food made me feel nausea again.

I quickly ran outside the kitchen to the backyard and threw up all what I ate for breakfast. "Sorry" mama said stroking my back. She helped me got up and rinsed my mouth.

She took me to my old room and called aasim. I decided to take a nap before he comes. In less than 20 minutes, this guy is already in my house. "Hey Hafsa mama called, she said you weren't feeling good again" he said examining my face.

"Let's go to the hospital" I murmured and he nodded. I packed my belongings and bade mama and baba goodbye. We went to the hospital and went to see a doctor.

The doctor kept bombarding me with questions which I carefully answered. He removed his spectacles and rubbed his eyes with his left hand "I think your wife is pregnant but she has to do an ultrasound first to confirm if she is or not." he explained to Aasim who was looking puzzled.

We moved to the ultrasound room and the doctor started doing his job immediately. "Uhuh! There it is" the doctor said looking at the screen.

"Congratulations Mr Mukhtar, your wife is two months old pregnant." The doctor announced.

"Alhamdulillah!! Thank you Allah for this amazing gift" he raised his hands up thanking Allah. Aasim immediately engulfed me in a tight hug. I was so emotional, I didn't know when I started crying. He shook hands with the doctor before we left.

Alhamdulillah.....