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*Amir and Yusra are in their bedroom. Amir is tying his tie, and Yusra is sitting on their bed, holdings her knees and just watching him.*

Amir: If you keep staring at me I am never going to go to work.

*Yusra laughs, and gets up off the bed, heading over to him. She puts an arm around his waist, and leans her head into his arm*

Yusra: Well then don't go to work. You could just stay here with me all day.

*Amir finishes his tie, and turns around, putting his hands on her face and leaning down to kiss her*

Amir: *once they had pulled apart* As tempting as that offer is, I need the money to support us! Especially with our new addition on the way. *he pauses to place his hands on her stomach, and she puts hers on top of his. The previous night had been their eight year anniversary where Yusra had revealed that she was pregnant with their second child, and they had both been so overwhelmed with happiness, that Houssam, who had been babysitting Kareem for a few hours to allow them a romantic dinner, ended up keeping him the whole night.*

*Granted Yusra's Mom was the one who watched Kareem, but still. Houssam was there!*

Yusra: *with a sigh* Fine. If you have to go!

*Amir laughs, and bends to kiss her again*

Amir: I'll try to get off early. *he pushes the hair away from her face, and tucks it behind her ear* Sound good?

Yusra: *smiling* Sounds wonderful.

Amir: Alhamdulillah! Now I have to get going. *he picks up his suit jacket and briefcase, and starts to make his way downstairs, Yusra following. Once at the door, he pauses to pull his shoes on* So what are you going to do today?

Yusra: I think I am going to try and prepare Kareem for the new baby.

Amir: Oh yeah? Do you think he will understand?

Yusra: I'm not sure, he might be too young. But I would rather avoid the whole Dawud and Layla disaster!

*The two of them laugh as they recall how Hisham and Ilham's oldest son Dawud, in a fit of jealously over the birth of his sister Layla, had covered his sister in a huge family sized tub of Vaseline. As Vaseline is practically waterproof, poor little baby Layla, and poor Mommy Ilham, had to endure too many bath times to count.*

Amir: Well, he is a bright child MashaAllah, he might understand.

Yusra: He would have to be bright. *flirty voice* After all, he is your son.

Amir: *shaking his head in amusement* Is this the part where I reply with 'on the contrary my love, he got it from you!' then you go all 'awww' and we kiss passionately?

Yusra: *tapping her finger against her chin in mock thoughtfulness* Sounds about right!

Amir: Well, considering we already know what is going to happen, and I am now...*he pauses to look at his watch* three minutes late for leaving to work, how about we just skip to the kissing passionately part?

Yusra: *teasing voice* I'll have to think about it and get back to you.

Amir: *pulling her by her arm and murmuring softly* You're a horrible tease today.

Yusra: Amir?

Amir: *pulling her closer* Hmm?

Yusra: Just be quiet and kiss me!

Amir: *laughing* Yes Ma'am! 

***

*After Amir practically dashes to his car as he is now ten minutes late for leaving to work*

*Yusra steps back into the house, just in time to hear the sounds of Kareem stirring from the baby monitor. She makes her way upstairs, and as she enters his bedroom, she is greeted by her son, standing in his crib, gripping the handle bars, and staring at her quite grumpily.*

Kareem: *demanding voice* Mama come!

Yusra: I am here baby! *she picks him up, and kisses his cheek* Good morning habibi!

Kareemo: *grumpy* No Mama!

Yusra: *patting his back* It's not a good morning?

Kareemo: No!

Yusra: *picking up a clean diaper and wipes and heading back downstairs* Why not? Are you happy to see Mama?

Kareemo: *burying his face into her shoulder* No!

Yusra: Can you say anything else?

Kareemo: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Yusra: *laughing* Okay Mr. Grumpy, let's get you cleaned up and have some breakfast and then you will be more talkative!

*As Kareem was a very chatty baby, and more often than not could carry on full conversations even if he was the only one in the room, she knew that he was just in a bad mood, and would soon be ready to babble on. She was right, and as soon as they had finished eating breakfast and were settled in the family room, he began to interact with her.*

Kareemo: Mama!

Yusra: Yes honey?

Kareemo: *extending his toy truck towards her before clutching it towards his chest possessively* Mine!

Yusra: Okay you want to play with that one?

Kareemo: *nodding* Mhmm! *he extends towards her a toy plane* Mama!

Yusra: *taking it from him* Oh wow Mama gets the plane?

Kareem: Yesh!

Yusra: What are we going to play Kareemo?

Kareem: Ummmm....*he is quiet for a second before he starts blabbering in baby language. Once he has finished, he puts a hand on her face* Okay Mama?

Yusra: *even though she has no idea what he said* Okay baby. Very nice! Let's play!

*They played for about a half an hour, Kareemo talking nonstop, alternating between his baby language, and real conversation. He was at that stage where he knew lots of words, but didn't know exactly how to string them together very well, so sometimes he could say full sentences that made sense, and sometimes they made no sense at all.*

*Just then Yusra's special 'Amir' text message alert rang, and she picked up her phone, smiling so large before she had even opened his message.*

Amir: Salaam my love. I'm on a boring conference call and was missing you. And thinking of you. And wanting to be with you. And hug you. And kiss you. And just sit with you. So I decided to text you.

Yusra: Amir! You're making me blush!

Amir: Good. ;)

Yusra: Yay! The winky face makes an appearance again!

Amir: Lol only when I'm teasing you. Or awkwardly trying to flirt with you.

Yusra: You're so awkward.

Amir: I know.

Yusra: Like the most awkward ever.

Amir: I'm horrible.

Yusra: Awful.

Amir: The worst.

Yusra: Are you trying to flirt now?

Amir: I don't even know anymore. If I was would it be working?

Yusra: .........

Yusra: Maybe

Yusra: ^_^

Amir: Haha I may flirt awkwardly but you're the one who falls for it!

Yusra: It's your green eyes. They mesmerize me.

Amir: Are you flirting with me Miss Shaykh?

Yusra: Is it working Mr. Malik?

Amir: ....

Amir: I'll be home early...

Yusra: LOL

Yusra: I'm seriously so red right now. You're lucky it's just the baby here.

Amir: Haha man I wish I was there. I love it when you blush.

Yusra: Stoooop! Seriously I'm looking like a tomato! And aren't you supposed to be on a conference call? You're going to get fired!

Amir: It's boring.

Yusra: Lol too bad. Go away.

Amir: Lol fine. How did it go preparing Kareemo for the new baby?

Yusra: Oh we actually haven't done it yet! We were playing with his toys.

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Yusra:??

Yusra: Amiiiiiiiir!?

Yusra: Where are youuuu?

Yusra: You left me!

Yusra: I miss youuuu!

Yusra: IM ALL ALONE!

Yusra: Seriously did you die of boredom?

Yusra: Amiroooooo!

Amir: Sorry my boss started talking to me on the phone and I had no clue what he was saying. Lol you're such a weirdo.

Yusra: Haha you got in trouble! And you love me!

Amir: I do love you. I have to go now, we have a meeting in the conference room, I'll call you at lunch In Sha Allah.

Yusra: Okie dokie. Bye habibi.

Amir: Salaam love. ;)

Yusra: Aww awkward winky face.

Amir: Just for you babe!

*Yusra laughs, before putting her phone down, and looks down at her son who is banging his Power Rangers together*

Kareemo: Pow! Pow! Pow! Noooooooooooooooo! *he crashes two of them together, before throwing one across the room*

Yusra: *pushing his hair back from his face* Kareemo?

Kareemo: POW!

Yusra: *pulling him onto her lap, before she pulls over the baby doll she had borrowed from Layla* Kareemo, do you want to play with the baby?

*Kareem immediately drops his Power Rangers, and grabs the doll*

Kareem: Baby!

Yusra: Yes! It's a baby! Do you like the baby?

Kareem: *nodding* Mhmm! *he bends down, and puts his mouth on the doll's cheek* Boussa baby Mama! *he starts to shove the doll into Yusra's face, almost poking her eyes out* Boussa baby!

Yusra: *trying to save her eyes* Okay honey! You have to put the baby down so Mama can kiss it! *once the doll is in her lap, she kisses it's face* Nice baby! It's a nice baby right Kareemo?

Kareem: Ya!

Yusra: Do you like babies Kareemo?

Kareem: Ya!

*Yusra knew she had to act fast for her son had the attention span exactly like his Khalo Houssam, which meant she would lose his attention within the next two minutes....or ten seconds. It was a thin line.*

Yusra: Do you want a baby Kareemo?

Kareem: *lifting the doll up by it's foot and dangling it in the air, and causing Yusra to wince* My baby Mama!

Yusra: I know you have a baby toy! But we can have a real baby! You can have a brother or sister! Do you want that?

Kareem: *nodding even though he has no clue what his mother is saying* Ya Mama!

Yusra: You can have a brother like Hamoudi and Dawud or a sister like Layla!

Kareemo: *clasping his hands to his chest happily* I have Hamoudi!?

Yusra: No you won't have Hamoudi! I mean...*just then Kareemo throws the doll across the room, and dives headfirst into his toys, throwing them randomly about, and making loud noises*...And I lost him. Well, it was a long shot. I knew he wouldn't understand....

*LATER THAT NIGHT*

*Amir as just put Kareem to bed, and as he comes into their room, Yusra closes her book, puts it on the nightstand, and smiles up at him*

Yusra: How did it go?

Amir: *climbing into bed next to her* Well, after six rousing verses of Mary Had A Little Lamb...

Yusra: He fell asleep?

Amir: *shaking his head* No. I had to sing the Sesame Street theme song about twelve times, then do some shadow puppets. Eventually he fell asleep after giggling himself to exauhstion.

*Yusra laughs, and snuggles into him, kissing the top of his chest that is showing from his pajama shirt.*

Yusra: He is definitely Houssam's nephew. Very high maintenance.

Amir: *running his fingers through the length of her hair* Well, I hope Houssam gets his act together and proposes to Hana like a man because I think she is the only one who would be able to maintain him.

Yusra: *kissing him again* Mhmm. He's just being annoying now. 

Amir: Houssam has always been a bit naïve and oblivious. Unfortuntely I don't think any of us can do anything anymore, it is all up to the two of them to sort everything out. How did it go with Kareem and preparing him for the new baby?

Yusra: Well, at first he thought I was trying to give him a baby doll, so he reminded me that he already had one by dangling it from it's foot. I'm scared for the baby!

Amir: *laughing* In Sha Allah he won't do that with the baby! What did he do next?

Yusra: Well he then thought I was trying to give him Hamoudi!

*Amir throws his head back and laughs, before looking down at her, his eyes glittering from his laughter*

Amir: Aw man that little boy is a comedian! I can't wait until he can talk all the time, I can only imagine the things that are going to come out of his mouth!

Yusra: There is one good thing with him being so young now.

Amir: *kissing her gently on the edge of her jaw* What's that?

Yusra: At least he won't ask us where babies come from! We have awhile to come up with an answer for him!

Amir: *groaning* In Sha Allah that won't happen for a very long time!

Yusra: Well, Alhamdulilh we don't have to worry about that right now, and all we have to focus on is our little Kareemo, and bringing our happy and healthy baby into the world.

Amir: *leaning forward, and placing a kiss on her stomach* Bismillah.