A Big thanks to everyone for being part of this journey, to the new readers as well as those who read the edited version for the second time thank you. After a long delay i am happy to be able to complete this story with this Epilogue.

Sanskaar Maheshwari  :" Being  happy "

                    Today was one of their special day. Swara always remembered all the important events of their life, So each such events need to be celebrated. Their  first kiss, their first date, their first meet, their first and only marriage and so on.  And if you forgot an day then be ready to face her wrath.

             And today happened to be the day they had their first fight , the fight started when she insisted on watching the same movie on a movie night and he protested against it , It ridiculous he told her but she was not listening ,she need to see the glimpse of the actor again , the part of his protest stemmed from his unwillingness to see his wife enthralled by someone else even if he was onscreen .

             The night she refused to watch any movie with him as they traveled back home , he hated that she was angry and all his attempt at reconciliation failed that night , he couldnt sleep the entire night and when she woke up to find him awake it acted as the catalyst that melted her heart.  Yet as his punishment he had to watch that same movie every year on this day. He suffered through it for her . She took so much glee in his sufferings and at times he found himself repeating the dialogues by heart only for her to burst out laughing.

                      It been three years since they have been married and he was  happy . He  was more happier than he  ever thought he  could be,  Almost half of his  calendar is ticked with their special day. And he knew  at this rate his wife would fill the entire calendar by the end of this year , he had no complaints they  were living their happily ever after to the fullest..

             And his eyes glanced around to find his wife walking inside with a bowl of popcorn  and the DVD of the movie that shall not be named. Sanskar  prepared himself for the torture and the pain lessened when She sat beside him and  leaned on his shoulders  She had watched it every year on this same day,  Yet her eyes remained glued to the screen while his remained glued on her. 

              Three years later she still had the pull over him..And he waited till the movie credits rolled in the tv screen before sliding the plane tickets for their next  secret vacation in her hand, he loved planning their secret vacation, She had her special day and he  had their secret vacations.. Sanskar  want to take her to see the whole world. She saw the tickets for few minutes then kissed him, he thought she was happy,  but only after the kiss she told the syllable he didnt expect to hear from her " NO".

   He  starred at her for a whole while, She had never said No to him before.  Then she smiled and told him no secret vacation from now on atleast not the one that involve adventure like mountain climbing .

      " But it would be too much fun Shona.. " Sanskar found himself speaking up trying to convince her

     " Maybe we can go later with our kid " his wife answered back and he still didnt get it as he looked at her confused but seeing his confusion she took his hands that was over her shoulder and placed it on her stomach  

    "  I cant travel that much Sanskar, our kid needs all the rest it can get " she spoke up and only then his brain found the answer to her denial , they were  going to become parents. And she waited for his  reaction and looked bit hurt when he simply moved to his hand to take out the diary she kept inside the drawer beside the bed.

    He took his time to scribble those few lines knowing it would annoy her and it did until she grabbed it from his hands and her eyes misted with tears as he marked that day as "the best day ever  ". 

          " My dear Shona, thank you " he spoke up finally when he found his voice as his wife gazed at him with a smile . then kissed her forehead overwhelmed by the sheer knowledge that they were going to be parents 

       " We probably wont have time for our special days or vacation anymore" she mentioned a little later ..

      "  We will still have them with our kid. Every moment of our life will be special with our kid" he answered back and yet he  briefly wondered about his poor kid. He or she got two crazy parents after all.

Swara Sanskar Maheshwari :"Being  happy "

                       Her  daughter Asha is one and half year old, But she is bit mature than her husband.  Currently her husband was doing his best to make her crazy and she loved him inspite of it . From the day their daughter was born, Swara found a new side of her husband, the side that is so not good at sharing. Asha was their child and awhile as her parents they loved her so much  , swara was aware that Asha had to spend sometime with her   grandparents   Swara called it sharing and her husband  called it unfair.

              Sanskar had been reluctant to go on the business trip first because it would mean a week without seeing his daughter , the video calls arent enough for him. He had to hold her in his arms, it was the first thing he does the moment they come home from work. And so when he came home after a week , he rushed to her room and found her missing, Swara was aware that he missed their daughter but it wasnt her fault that he arrived a hour early than she anticipated.

      Swara  dad took Asha  for an walk and her husband was not happy about it. In truth Asha was raised by her grandparents more than them as she spend half of her time with them, sometime it bothered Swara as well that she is working and missing part of her child day . But Sanskaar feels like he have no time with his daughter , his father stepped down after asha birth which meant he had step up in the corporate ladder which meant longer hours than he was used to and Sanskar feels like he doesnt have enough time with their daughter .

       Swara can understand him but they both know why their parents are attached to Asha. For his parents especially his  mom. Asha is kind of the daughter she never had and for her  dad she is mini version of her. And between the three of them, it was always Sanskar dad who never gets time with his grand daughter as his wife and best friend always outsmart him.

   Swara breathed a sigh of relief when her father reached home with Asha in his arms, just the sight of her calmed her husband down . One look at his princess he melts like an ice cream.  Even her dad was aware of his possessiveness that he handed Asha to Sanskar the moment he saw him, and everything was right in her world as her husband got lost in daddy -daughter moment.

 And few minutes later,  He raced into their bedroom  still carrying Asha and jumping in excitement because she called him papa.  Her first word. Swara can't help but join in the excitement with him . She took a pen and marked the day as the first day their daughter spoke a word.

Our special day calendar was complete long time ago, Some day have more than five events. It was hard keeping track of them. That she had wanted to stop but Sanskaar insisted she didnt give up on them. Because he wanted her treasure all the moments that makes her happy. 

     They  hardly took an vacation out of the country after she got pregnant. They still managed short trips of vacation.  But they will soon be able to make up for it , Sanskar wanted to wait for Asha to grow up a little so she can enjoy the trips along side them .

  Swara knew her life was depressing before she met Sanskar. And now this last five years she  had known him,  It was like an fairy tale. Every time she used to read a children book and it ends in happily ever after she used to laugh at the simplicity of the end.  But she did get her happily ever after, And maybe her life was like an fairy tale. All she  needed was to meet her prince. Well an prince  who had  an secret. And she  had her  happily ever after . As she  walked towards their daughter room and saw her prince reading an fairy tale book to his princess. For the first time ever she thought such ends are possible,  Because she had her own happily ever after ..

P. S:" The End. Once again thanks for being part of this journey ,Let me know your feedback and thoughts.. Hit the votes if you liked it "

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Nita