Stuffing all those colour pencils in a long pouch which itself resembled one big pointed pencil of it's own with the zip running across the seemingly extended eraser of it , Myla swung her hands into the shoulder strap of the bag and kept herself desperately ready awaiting the home bell .

' Myla , teacher bag paclk karne ko nali bola ,Hamle mango complete nali ki '

She heard her friend pretending a tone which seemed as though she was threatening to complain .

M- hey ! Mango is for homeworlk ,

Twisting her lips to one side she again leaned on the small backrest bar of the chair .

It was her 4th birthday and she couldn't see her papa today who had gone to attend some meeting in Pune. And that was all enough for her mother to pull a fight with him.

Ahh! A tiny kid born for another two big featured yet tinier kids.

She remembered her papa saying that he'd come to pick her up, when he had video called her this morning . That's the reason for her excitement. She had even exclusively saved some chocolates for him after satisfying her classmates with those medium sized toffees which her mother had bought her yesterday .

Trrrriiinnnnnggg.

The big fat round shaped bottle wrapped with a cartoonish avengers label on it osciallated to hit her tummy when she ran past the gate hurriedly.

She stopped finding the red champa as what her mother calls it parked to her left and the silvery ash Honda City staying on her right side ,obviously accompanied by it's respective owners who stood aside grinning at their sweet daughter who shone like a pretty doll in that sleeveless jean frock with a black zig zag hairband which adorned her head to flung leave her hair down open . From the same house to the same place but two different vehicles. Stubborn heads!

M- God ! ab mein kisi ke paas jaoon? Phil donon again fight kalenge.

A bewildered myla stood there only and signalled both to come near her and so did they .

Shivaay - haaye ! Mela birtlhday girl kilna cute laglahi hai .

As he sprinted like a little boy upto her and scooped her in his hands ,he exclaimed pressing a long kiss on her plump soft cheecks while annika set her free of that bag so that she could comfortably settle in her papa's arms .

She herself being a big fan of this father daughter duo didn't prefer playing any race with him rather just walked upto them , smiling.

M- mumma ne muje leady kiya hai papa .

Coiling her thin arm around his neck ,she pointed annika using the other hand. Shivaay who keenly listened to his daughter , nodded quietly and passed a glance on his wife who put up a smirk.

A- baby , aapne saare friends ko chocolate di hai ?

M- haan ! Mam ko bhi vo big silk diya meine . Ahh! Ye bahut heavy hai .

She immediately roped off the bottle which hung down her neck and put it over shivaay's.

S- aley , it is heavy. Aaj aapne class mei paani nahi pi ?

His brows readied themselves to frown with concern and annika reacted immediately .

A- kya ? How many times to tell you Myla ? Paani peena hai baby,

M- ham bottles ko last bench mei lagdhethey haina ilsiye I folget evelytime.

She tried to defend herself from her sweet mumma whom she knew would no longer remain sweet when the topic is this .

A- aap bottle apne paas rakdhethey na ? Next time agar aap aise excuses denge tho mumma punish karegi aapko . The bottle should be empty everyday , understood?

Shivaay instantly made a slight sound out of disappointment and glared at her who looked away ,murmuring ' lo , the only Godfather on this earth is here . I don't have freedom to talk with my own daughter even '

S- chalo koi nahi, have it now atleast .

Removing the cup cap out , he pulled the straw straight and held it near her lips and she moved back at once . Resisting.

M- aise nahi , paani into the cup first.

S- arey ,paani tho paani haina ? Pilijiye ,

Once again she shook away and tilted her head back for him to finally fill that cup ,accepting his defeat . Annika already let a loud chuckle watching him staring at the cup being filled by the slow flow from the thin straw like tube. He could have actually twist opened the circular cap and poured it but , ...!

After when Myla had emptied two cups of water , annika carried her in her arms and walked towards her champa.

M- mumma ? Papa will go with us too .

Facing him who followed them ,the small girl claimed holding her mumma's chin .

A- if only he agrees for a ride in my champa , or else let him enjoy his own air conditioned car .

She said it aloud and he let a bright smile dance on his face to comfort his child who looked at him with a pout , seeming to ask whether he'd go along with them.

Landing Myla on the foot stand there ,annika hopped onto the seat with him settled behind .

M - Dlloomm drooom!

Myla enacted driving the scooty herself as she palmed the speedometer and made such sounds which she does always.

There started, A Ride.

The gushing wind blew against their faces pulling all those light weighed things aback ,ofcourse one such was annika's long thick hair which straightaway hit his face for him to somehow hold it all together defending himself from the poking sensation.

She watched him through the side mirror and made faces twisting her mouth before looking upon the road while he sighed .

It all started a day back when he had said that he won't be able to be here on Myla's birthday as there was some important meeting for him to attend on the same date. His daughter was certainly more matured than his juvenile wife who fought with him arguing that he does this always . Even now he regrets for not being with her during her delivery time as he was caught up in london back then and all the flights were cancelled due to some bad weather conditions . What ? Can he just fly out with his wings and reach India as like that ?

But now , he managed to prepone the meeting and brought himself here just before an hour and straightly drove to the school knowing that his baby daughter will be awaiting him heartily.

Shivika had a big argument over the phone as she was really angry on him . From then ,both the hot heads didn't speak to each other yet.

He watched her doing the same thing again through the mirror and that's it ,he spoke .

S- ahh! Don't overdo my dear wifey ,you may sprain your neck .

She immediately wriggled her shoulder feeling his chin resting on it but neither he moved back too.

A- don't just talk to me only .

He stiffened hearing her stern voice,

S- arey, what ? I'm here now right ? What's your problem now?

His tone seemed as if he was complaining . She rolled her eyes ,

A - you didn't have the courtesy to call me after that , I came to know that you're returning this day only through Myla . You didn't want to talk to me right? Then don't,

Keeeen keeeeen ,

A- Myla don't do that .

Myla instantly moved her index finger away from the horn button and resumed her imaginary driving race .

M- dloom droom papa !

S- haan beta careful, hold on tightly first then droom droom kalenge ham. Where were we ? Haan ,I was busy in meetings so I couldn't call you . As if you did ,not even a missed call. Even you don't have rights to argue.

Instructing his child, he again continued trying to justify his spot when annika clutched the break.

A- stop giving lame reasons and get down first .

S- kyun ?

A- it's our Myla's birthday today for your kind information and we haven't ordered a cake yet . Come,

M- cake... yeah! , mumma big cake chaliye muje. Mele friends bhi aalenge na ,

As shivaay carried her in his arms ,she exclaimed facing her mother who approved with a smile . Annika casually clasped her hands with his's when he had lent it for crossing the road. A usual gesture which wiped their differences for some seconds now . He'd always hold her hand while crossing the road and she even got practiced to it, certainly .

Getting inside the pastry hub , he let Myla down who pestered him to do so . The little girl wandered there , gaping those frozen cabinets in which some delicious cakes were kept while shivika stood by the person incharge .

' how may I help you mam? '

A- I'd like to order one choco truffle cake, 5 kg .

Knowing her daughter's craziness for the brown flavour ,she chose it and shivaay stood there, mentally ticking his wife's choice.

' here are some patterns, if you'd want any structured cake or pictures drawn . Please have a seat and select one '

She took the big sized card from the man and made way towards the tables arranged there not before asking him to serve some cake now for sample .

Shivaay checked on Myla once who was playing with the man dressed like a levelled cake himself ,before sitting . His concentration was diverted when he heard her voice.

A- every child likes cartoons and dolls but this girl fancies nothing but vehicles. What even should I choose now ?!

Flipping the card to the next side, she maintained a baffled tone and he just let a smile. Well , all the bed time stories which he recites for his daughter everyday were only about some stylish vehicles and super rides.

A/S - perfect !

Both pointed simultaneously on a pattern of a white winged plane which had some sky blue lines running over it . She watched her index finger lying over his nail and immediately took it off maintaining a tough face .

A- this will do good . Vaise ,It all started when you showed her the pictures of your helicopter. Since then ,she's coming around with stubborn claims of allowing her to drive it . Convincing her in that topic is really ...uff!

She sighed, and he spoke .

S- pehli baath ,it's called chopper and what's wrong if she likes it ?Maybe my daughter shall become a superb pilot in future . Then she would take revenge on you saying ' mumma aap meli flight mei travel nahi kal sakthe hain ' .

He laughed imitating Myla's milky tone for which she passed a daring glare. By the time the person served a small piece of cake and gave one pamphlet.

A- hello, what's this ? I asked for a sample piece not a tiny pinch of the cake .

She asked holding that tiny thing within her fingers ,and shivaay had already shook his head in disbelief.

' but mam this is the sample piece, you'll have to pay for a bigger one '

A- haww! I'm ordering a big 5 kg cake and aap itna bhi nahi denge?

S- annika keep quite , we'll pay for it too .

He spoke being embarrassed, but she being The Annika didn't agree and continued arguing with the person who at last accepted his defeat and went back to bring a bigger one .

S- you're unbelievable annika !

He exhaled deeply widening his eyes and she gave an ' I don't care ' type look .

A - listen now . We haven't arranged anything yet, don't doze off when we reach home. You have to blow all the balloons and complete the decoration work ,now don't ask me why can't the workers do that . It's not some official success party rather our baby's birthday . We should do everything ,

S- did I say something?

A- you would have , ok leave it . Prepare some pakoras , she loves it . Aur haan ,the toy car which we have bought for her is still kept unpacked in the store room . Pack it up and ...

S- tum kuch karoge bhi ?

She stopped when he interrupted,

A- I'll work on the pictures .

S- what a legendary job ?

He taunted for which she immediately replied .

A- I can help you in cooking if you want .

He, who was filling certain details in the paper looked horror stricken instantly and shook his head at once .

S- no thanks !

Wish - Happy birthday Myla Sin,

A- Don't ! Just Myla is enough. Too many words would look a mess .

This was one regular thing on which they'd fight on, either it's when he covers Myla's notebooks ,labelling it to write her name or in situations like these .

They just won't stop arguing if they start .

That's when Myla came running towards annika ,

M- mumma ,come with me .

Saying which she pulled annika's arm.

A - kahan?

M- aaliye na ,

Annika sighed before following her child who went near the person suited like cake.

M- muje ye sabse bada cake chaliye ,

And annika stood with her mouth opened on not knowing what to tell.

A- nahi baby ,we can't buy this .

She bent down till her small girl and spoke in a sweet tone for which Myla shook her head fastly.

M- aapne promise kiya na, bada cake hi chaliye muje .

She whined pointing the cake suited man which according to her was one delicious cake . Annika helplessly turned towards shivaay who was already laughing at her state making her frown completely. Before she could do anything, the suited man took off the thing which covered his head and bent down towards a grumpy Myla .

' arey , agar aap muje kaatdhethey hain tho aapko police arrest karenge na ?'

Myla's face went awide in surprise of finding the man's face peeping out from the top layer of the cake .

M- ohh! Aap tho uncle hai ! Solly uncle , I won't cut you .

The man smiled at this cute girl and got up ,facing annika.

' your daughter is amazing ! '

He complimented and passed a lolly pop to Myla who in turn looked at her mumma seeking permission. Annika let a nod , smiling.

After informing about the delivery details, the trio left the shop . When annika was about the start the scooty , Myla interrupted.

M- soon mumma ,Droom dloom !

A- Myla , hold this tightly first .

She held those tiny hands and clasped them around the end of the mirror stand before kicking to start . That very second she felt her tummy being shrinking in by itself feeling a feathery touch around her waist. He had certainly wrapped both his hands around her stomach and grasped them together, intertwining his fingers.

Feeling her tummy wavering with that fast rated breath of her's , he smirked .

A- what's this ?

She managed to mutter only that in process of controlling the lava of sensations which erupted within her  when she felt his palms making patterns on the fabric covering her stomach.

S - you said to hold tightly,

His tone emphasized as though he was actually obeying her words and that he was just an innocent who follows her orders .

Her face could no longer hold that firm reaction , and she just turned aside to have a shy smile on her face which didn't go unnoticed by the man behind .

S- Myla ,ask mumma to stop blushing and start droom dloom .

M- mumma stop bl

A- bas , chup !

At once she raised the accelerator and their ride started .

Myla ran into the house ,while shivika collected her bag and bottle which was kept beneath the seat.

Suddenly annika felt dizzy and caught hold of his hand who looked at her worriedly  .

S- ani, kya huwa ?

He asked with an utmost concern, noticing her tired self . And she stood quietly, engrossed in her thoughts tracing the thumb on each finger as if she was calculating something.

S- say something for God's sake  !

He insisted with a worried face and she looked upon passing the keys to him.

A - come start it , we have to go somewhere.

Saying this she sat on the back seat alloting space for him infront while he watched her as if she was an alien .

S- kahan? Did you forget to buy something?

A- haan ,I've to get one pregnancy test kit . Take me to the pharmacy , come .

S- what type of decorative material is that?

He spoke without realizing what she actually said but within few seconds, she noticed his face growing with all sorts of shocked yet surprised reactions. He looked into her eyes seeking his soul which was arrested in them,  and she just blushed hard .

A- pata nahi , I'll have to check. Are you coming or shall I go by myself ?

S- arey nahi , you shouldn't drive now .

He hopped along immediately in front for her to insert her arms around him. Both looked clasped together. He watched her wide smile through the mirror and passed a flying kiss ,she bent closing her eyes as if she actually felt that kiss on her skin .

A double celebration Ride ,started.

How was it ?

Some pleasant scenes which I wished for shivika.

It's my first OS . Would be glad to know your reviews .