A Happy Meal

"Come here dear, let us just sit down together and eat, sitting side by side."

"Why, what is wrong? Why do you suddenly want to sit and eat together?

You know I have a lot of work to do. I can't just leave everything and sit to eat with you just because you want me to do so. I'll eat after I finish all my work."

Harsh pounder about the words said by his wife and than grudgingly told her, "Sanju I'm going than. I have a lot of work to do myself. I'm not free you know. The annual tax month is going on and this is a very hard month for me. I'll eat when I have time. Bye, see you in the evening."

Sanjana looked towards the dining table. Harsh had not eaten anything and the tea had become cold too. This made Sanjana very angry. She started to yell at him. She furiously said, "What is all this non sense. I get up so early in the morning to prepare something for you to eat and you have the audacity to disrespect the meal and all my hard work and just leave. Why are you so insensitive toward me. Why don't you love me any more." Saying this she started to cry.

This made Harsh freeze. He just shrugged and didn't know what to say. But he just realized that his Sanju was sad so he quietly went and sat down on the dining table. When he saw her so furious, he didn't know what to do. He thought about it a little. Than he made Sanjana sit down next to her and fed her a piece of toast. He lovingly told her, "Sweetheart I'm fed up of eating alone. I want to sit with you and eat. From the past few day I have been waiting for you to finish your work so that we can eat together. But your work doesn't seem to get over. Because of this for the past few days I have been reaching late for work. I even waited for you again today but I can't afford to get late today, so I was just about to leave." Sanjana was surprised listening to Harsh's confession. She asked him in a horse voice, "But why all of a sudden do you want to eat with me. We have been following the same routine from the start."

Harsh said with a loving voice, " Sweetheart, now you are not alone. You have a life growing inside you. Remember what the doctor said. You should not skip any meals and have a good gap between your meals. How can you follow the instructions given by the doctor if you eat late. So I was just thinking that we can at least eat two meals of the day together and be together all day during the weekends. I want you to relax, take it easy and I even want to start spending more time with you. As it I half the day I'm out of the house due to my job. I don't want you to feel lonely when I'm around."

Sanjana started to feel a little relaxed listening to her hubby. She said in a low voice, "I'm sorry I yelled at you. I'm so exhausted so I just let it all out. I keep forgetting that I have to be more careful now. For so long I have been doing the same thing. I forgot that I have to be more careful now. I finish all my work in the morning before eating. I'll be more careful from now on. And you are right, it really gets lonely sometimes. I can understand now as to why you insisted to eat together. I agree, we should at least try to have two meals together on week days. But promise me that weekends will only be for me, and that you will not bring any work home to do in the weekend."

Harsh happily said, "that's exactly what I want. Weekend and public holidays will only be for family. No work only some quality time with you me love. Listening to Harsh's endearing words Sanjana said in a cooing voice, "You know what, at night we'll have dinner together. I'll even prepare something special for you." She than hurried told him to go to work or he would get very late for work. He gave her a peck on his cheeks and left.

The whole day Sanjana was in a great mood. She felt like nothing could ever make her sad. She started preparing for dinner early. She wanted everything to be perfect. But after a while she started to feel dizzy. She grabbed the edge of the kitchen counter and slowly with a lot of difficulty walked towards the sofa in the hall. She saw the time it was 5 in the evening. She thought that if she rested for sometime she would feel better. In some time she got so relaxed and dozed off.

Sanjana suddenly woke up after hearing the concern in her dear hubbies voice. She looked at the clock on the wall in the hall. It was 8 in the evening. She surprising said, "O dear! I slept for so long, the dinner is not ready yet."

Harsh told lovingly, "My dear, don't worry. Give me some time to freshen up than I'll come and help you in the kitchen."

Harsh came after fifteen minutes or so. He headed to the kitchen and started helping Sanjana. The meal was read by 9 PM and Harsh set the plates and dishes on the dining table. He than sat down next to his dear wife and served the food. Harsh realized he didnt feel tired at all and said Sanjana, "Darling if there is anything else you want me to do than tell me. I feel very refreshed and relaxed."

Harsh was so happy and Sanjana understood how he felt. After a long time even she felt so relaxed and happy. Just be spending some time doing the same thing together after a long time she felt loved, wanted and cared for. She started to realize what she was missing for such a long time. She, after a long time saw the man she had loved and married.

They sat together and ate dinner. They didn't talk any more but kept looking at each other and passed secret smiles. After eating Harsh said happily, "This was so much fun. We should do more things together. I had so much fun helping you in the kitchen today. Even the food was great. I loved it, it was so delicious."

Hearing this Sanjana felt like making fun of Harsh so she teasing said, "What are you talking about, you were not helping me just causing trouble. Tickling me with your funny jokes. It was a wonder that we were able to prepare the meal at all. I thought that in the end I we would have to order food from a restaurant."

Listening to this Harsh looked at Sanjana with a look of surprise and suddenly they both started to laugh loudly