If ever two pairs of eyes had locked before, it was not like this. The world could have crumbled into dust and he wouldn't have looked away. And she knew it, too.
Her smile spoke volumes, as she looked up at him.
All of the "First time we laid eyes on you" stories danced in her mind as she saw the scene in front of her.
"If you don't mind, may I have my daughter back?"
He didn't even blink, "You've had her a while, I need to catch up."
She rolled her eyes, "You didn't seem particularly eager to lend a hand, back then..."
"Haan, toh possible nahi hai no, baby, otherwise I would have!"
He'd managed to tear his eyes away from his daughter for the one reproachful look before he turned back.
"Arre sweetheart, let her nap na, or are you training a future all-nighter champion?"
Reluctance was an understatement for the extreme lack of enthusiasm with which he handed the baby over to the nurse, who walked over to the cot, and put her package in carefully, smiled at the couple in front of her, and left.
He sat down next to her, and reached for her hand, "Remember...?"
"Yeah, we weren't too far off the mark were we?"
He smiled over at the cot, "No, we were soooo off. Come on, she's way better than what we'd imagined. We hadn't thought of those pretty little fingers, no? And have you seen her nose?"
She laughed at him, and kissed his hand, "Told you that you'd be a ridiculous doting daddy..."
"Haan toh itni pretty hai woh, pyaar nahi aayega kya?"
"Nahi, nahi... Karo, jitna bhi karna hai. But listen... Serious baat hai..."
He snapped back to look at her. "What, is everything okay?"
She sighed "Arre ya baba. Abhi no stress... But you realize that she's going to grow up and be like beautiful and all? We're going to have to hire a bodyguard..."
They both looked over at their daughter, who chose that time to stretch and sigh in her sleep.
"At least 3 bodyguards..."
"You're right."
"And a guard dog."
"A doberman. And a guard cat."
Her smile spoke volumes, as she looked up at him.
All of the "First time we laid eyes on you" stories danced in her mind as she saw the scene in front of her.
"If you don't mind, may I have my daughter back?"
He didn't even blink, "You've had her a while, I need to catch up."
She rolled her eyes, "You didn't seem particularly eager to lend a hand, back then..."
"Haan, toh possible nahi hai no, baby, otherwise I would have!"
He'd managed to tear his eyes away from his daughter for the one reproachful look before he turned back.
"Arre sweetheart, let her nap na, or are you training a future all-nighter champion?"
Reluctance was an understatement for the extreme lack of enthusiasm with which he handed the baby over to the nurse, who walked over to the cot, and put her package in carefully, smiled at the couple in front of her, and left.
He sat down next to her, and reached for her hand, "Remember...?"
"Yeah, we weren't too far off the mark were we?"
He smiled over at the cot, "No, we were soooo off. Come on, she's way better than what we'd imagined. We hadn't thought of those pretty little fingers, no? And have you seen her nose?"
She laughed at him, and kissed his hand, "Told you that you'd be a ridiculous doting daddy..."
"Haan toh itni pretty hai woh, pyaar nahi aayega kya?"
"Nahi, nahi... Karo, jitna bhi karna hai. But listen... Serious baat hai..."
He snapped back to look at her. "What, is everything okay?"
She sighed "Arre ya baba. Abhi no stress... But you realize that she's going to grow up and be like beautiful and all? We're going to have to hire a bodyguard..."
They both looked over at their daughter, who chose that time to stretch and sigh in her sleep.
"At least 3 bodyguards..."
"You're right."
"And a guard dog."
"A doberman. And a guard cat."
