"Ajju, stay with your father. Don't keep running," I had to keep a firm grip on my four year old son, Aajeeth's hand to keep him in place. I was searching for Siddharth among the crowd.

"But, mama I wanna go meet Riwa," he said in his cute voice, mispronouncing Riya's name. Oh and she is Vikram bhai's daughter who is two years old. Three years ago, Vikram bhai got married to his childhood friend, who was secretly his crush since childhood, Sanam bhabhi. Sanan bhabhi is so pretty that anyone will fall for, let alone my brother, at least that was what I thought. Only after talking to her, I knew that last time when Vikram bhai had a crush on her, she was not that pretty at all. Which made me respect my brother more than I already was.

"Be a good boy and stay still Ajju. Mama is tired," I sighed. Yes, with my 7 month baby bump, I was hella tired. Handling a four year old boy didn't help either. His face crumbled and tears filled up his eyes.

"I am sowwy mama. I am a bad boy," he sniffled and my heart crumbled seeing my boy talking like that. Last week when I was scolding him, I said some words that I didn't mean at all in anger. I said that he was a bad boy for making me do more work. I didn't expect it will create a big impact on him.

"Oh my baby," I picked him up with much difficulty and placed him on the chair, since I cannot squat to his level.

"Mama didn't mean that okay? I am sorry for telling like that to you. You are a good boy Ajju, the best son I could ever ask for, understand?" I said in the softest voice possible.

"Pwomise?" he asked extending his pinky and I connected my pinky with his and repeated, "Promise!"

"Why is my baby boy crying? What happen to him?" there came Siddharth's worried voice. I told him everything that happened, my own eyes tearing up a bit.

"It's okay Anu, don't feel bad. We all make mistakes," he side-hugged me and kissed my temple.

"Eww no kissie kissie in fwont of babieshhh," Aajeedh said covering his eyes. Siddharth tackled him in a hug, mumbling how smart of a talker he has become.

"Come on now, go find your brother before he starts complaining about how no one pays attention to the groom," Siddharth said making me chuckle. Yes, it is Riddhant wedding today and he have been so nervous all the week until he was constantly complaining about anything and everything. Thank god, I skipped all this wedding stuff, if not I cannot imagine what a nervous wreck I would've been.

I pushed through the crowd with my big baby bump and made my way to the groom's room. There are approximately 20 minutes for the wedding. I knocked on the door and the door flung open.

"Is it time already? I thought I had more time. I am not ready yet. What am I going to do now? I knew it was wrong of me arranging the wedding this early. Di, I am going to mess up. I can't be a good husban...." he started rambling and I had to cut him off before it goes out of hand.

"Shush Riddhant!!!! You still have 20 minutes so relax," I said running my hand through his hair to rearrange the curls.

"Ananya, I am scared," he voiced out.

"What are you scared of Riddhant?" I asked him and he sighed.

"Marriage is a big step in my life. I mean, I am going to have a girl depending on me and kids.... I don't know whether I can do my responsibility correctly," he said.

"Rid, you are the most responsible teenage boy I've ever seen. You've nothing to worry about. No one enters marriage life fully prepared Riddhant. It's all a process which you have to learn with time. Just like how you failed a few times before becoming a business man. There will be ups and downs in marriage life, but what is gonna make you stand still is the love between you and Ishita. I am sure you can do it. And don't worry Vikram bhai and I will definitely stand beside you throughout your journey," I said. He smiled and hugged me as tightly as possible considering the big baby bump in between. As if on cue, Vikram bhai also came.

"Rid, it's time for you to up there," Vikram bhai said and Riddhant nodded. We did last minute touches for his hair and there he go, he was ready.

"I am so proud of you Riddhant," Vikram bhai voiced out and they both hugged tightly. We both escorted him out of the room to the hall.

After this four years, it's not as awkward as it was in the beginning with my father. Even though I said I didn't want anything to do with him, his constant apologies and effort to make me forgive him in the past four years, made me softer. I am not that heartless to let someone constantly begging for forgiveness. This is me!!!!

So, I forgave him. I forgave and forget everything he had ever did for me and started afresh. I won't tell we have the normal father-daughter relationship because that is impossible. He have missed on 20 plus years of my life. But, now we are on talking terms. I do visit their house every week for a family dinner and so on. I don't know whether our relationship will improve or not, but I am happy with what I have now.

I don't expect many things with my life, cause I've learnt my lesson. Expectations only hurts.

Priya and I don't feel as awkward anymore. We were more like sisters now compared to last time. More like, not exactly sisters. Life is treating her good. She is now in love with a boy named, Amar and they are planning to get married early of next year.

And, yeah Harish and Sandhya got married last year and Sandhya is three months pregnant. We had a party last week at Harish's house when they informed they were expecting. I was so happy for them, because I know both of deserve happiness. Seeing them happy, makes me super happy.

As for Kavya and Abhi, they both are still in their singles' period and refuse to come out of it. According to them, being single was much more better. Even though, I don't know how long they gonna stay single, at least they are happy with their life.

Everything is going good for now and I know sooner or later a new problem will arise. But you know what? I am ready to face it. Life will be too boring without problems.

"What are you thinking?" Siddharth asked, hugging me from behind.

"Just stuffs," I said and he smiled kissing my temple. He didn't question me further because in that two words that I said, he understood what I was thinking about. If anything changed in this four years, then it would be how Siddharth started understanding me without words. Just my facial expression is enough for him to understand what is going on my mind.

"Siddharth, you know last week I went to medical check-up right?" I said and he nodded.

"The doctor said something about the baby to me," I said and he visibly tensed.

"What happened? Is the baby okay? Is something wrong with your body?" he questioned me.

"Baby relax. The doctor revealed the baby's gender to me," I said and he relaxed. Then, he crossed his fingers and asked, "Boy or girl?"

"What do you think?" I asked, smiling.

"I want a girl so badly. Every time, Aajeeth is teaming up with you. I want a babygirl for me to team up with me," he smiled dreamily. "I want a babygirl for me to spoil," he said.

"Consider your wish have been granted," I said and his eyes lit up.

"Really?" he asked placing a hand on my stomach, "A girl?" he asked again and I nodded.

"Yeah Siddharth, its a girl, just like you wished for," I said and he smiled, tears filling up his eyes.

"I am so happy Ananya. Thank you so much," he sniffled and I hugged him tightly as possible in response.

"I want the three months to finish faster so that I can hug you more tightly," I said and he nodded burying his head more in the crook of my neck.

"I love you," he said kissing my forehead.

"I love you more," I said.

"Impossible," he mumbled.