Rob & Di
PART 13
4 months later.
…Rob and Di had been attending couple counselling after they arrived back from their vacation in capetown.
There was plenty on their plates. The families had started marital negotiations,
she had gotten busy with furnishing their new house.
They had started brainstorming about their wedding celebrations
It was an excitingly busy time of their lives ,however tiring it was.
( At Di’s apartment)
They stood in the middle of the empty house looking around. It was their last day of moving out of the apartment. Di thought ‘this was where she learnt to thrive independently , to fall in love, to deal with conflict & emotional pain and get back up.
As for Rob, he thought ‘ this where he socially grew to love a woman, this is where he got mischievous and had to learn the pain thereof, this is where he thought their love would end but he was welcomed back.’
Di: Goodbye house, thank you for sheltering is. ( she whispered)
Rob was holding her memory box while they stood there and she remembered, “There is one last thing we need to say goodbye to babe,” She said leaning her head on his shoulder .
“ What are you talking about love?” He asked turning his gaze to her.
“Give me the memory box,” she requested.
Rob passed her the memory box. She opened it and took out the pregnancy stick.
“ I mean this.I think it’s time we bury this vivid memory in peace,” Di said looking at the stick.
Rob pulled her closer with his arm over her shoulder , “you are right. I think it’s time.” He swallowed a feeling of guilt & regret.
They went outside and she burnt the pregnancy stick, they stood there watching it burn until the flames died down.
Rob: I am going to buy you a new memory box love.
Di: Hahaha! what’s wrong with this one babe?
Rob: New beginnings,New home, new memories
Di: Alright, I will take that.
They locked the apartment and left for their new home.
Rob: Today I am cooking dinner for my queen…
Di: Nnyaya rra kitchen ke yame, e bulwa semmuso ke nna..just stand back…
Rob: aaaw! Love ,You are such a party pooper . Kana I am in the perfect mood to cook. May I join you at least?
Di: so long as I don’t get disturbed, no requests for dances, no hugging me ke apeile, no touchy-feely.
Rob: No, no, no….. ke ta bo ke go thusa go shashola hela mogatsaka. Letswai hela.
Di: Hahaha!..maybe we should call the parents to come and eat with us.. re rapelele bodulo jwa rona mothowame
Rob: I love that idea. You are so sweet, did I tell you I love you.
Di: In so many ways and I hear you saying it in my sleep
Rob: Hahaha! O a bo o robetse ka leitlho le le one. Sometimes I do say it o kgorotha.
Di: mxcm babe, I don’t snore..
Rob: Tell that to someone who doesn’t share a bed with you.
They laughed and continued chatting about this and that.
They got home and freshened up. Di started preparing food. Rob called their family inviting them for dinner.
In the kitchen he found Di munching on a cupcake.
Rob: by the time we eat you will be full
Di: I felt hungry, these days tlala yame e kare motho a na le dibokwana mo maleng.. I don’t stop eating. See what happiness does, Ke sa ja monono.
Rob: I know, Phane ke ngwana mo go wena love, o ja 24/7. O ta re ke happiness kante you ve got something baking in the oven.
Di: Hahaha! In your wildest dreams Rob! I am not having my wedding with a big belly. You bake in your own oven.
Rob: I am just saying. We share the oven remember?
Di: ( she rolled her eyes) kante mme what’s the date today? Ke ta re wa tshameka. Pass me my phone.
Rob handed her the phone and she checked her Flo App: it noted Day 30 of the cycle. She panicked. Usually she gets her period between day 26 & 28. Day 30 was a bit ahead.
Di: Rob go and buy a pregnancy test
Rob: Gape gape! I thought it’s just happiness. ( he said mockingly)
Di: it’s not funny babe,there is a pharmacy open 24 hours just go. I am not negotiating.
He could see the uneasiness in her. He stopped trying to make fun of her, “okay love, I ll go. Do you think dinner with the parents today is still a good idea?”
Di: Yes, don’t worry about that.
Rob: Alright, I ll be right back.
Just when he was outside the door he peeped back in and said “I love you.”
“ I love you too, itlhaganele babe,” Di responded.
He left for the pharmacy. A tinge of worry creeped in. What if she really is pregnant? She clearly didn’t seem excited at the thought of it. Will she relive those unpleasant memories?
In the kitchen Di was more worried about having a big tummy on her wedding day. Her fairytale, All her fantasies were about her in her best body shape but then if she is pregnant what is she going to do? She googled ‘wedding gown for a pregnant bride’.. she wasn’t impressed by the pictures she saw, she abandoned the search and continued with her cooking..
The family came for dinner. They were given a tour of the house. Laughs and chats filled the house. The dinner went well although Di was anxious and preoccupied about taking the pregnancy test. They bid the family goodnight and cleaned up the kitchen.
Di: I guess it is time now. She said taking out the pregnancy test
Rob: Are you sure? we can do it tomorrow.
Di: better now love otherwise I won’t sleep..
She went into the loo. Collected urine, pipetted it on to the stick and left it there, “you will check the results and tell me babe— Ke tshaba go checka.”
Rob agreed although he felt anxious too, maybe even more than her.
They waited there holding each other not saying much.
15 minutes later, Rob stood up to go and check the results….
*fiction
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