SWEETHEART DRAUPADI (INNOCENCE OF THE FLAME)

MARRIAGE

FINALLY THE LONG AWAITED DAY HAD FINALLY COME. THE DAY WHEN SHRISTI AND NILGYANT AND REVATI AND BALRAM WOULD GET MARRIED. DRAUPADI WAS DOUBLE CHECKING EVERYTHING. AFTER SHE FINISHED SHE GOT READY AND WENT TO THE PANDAVAS.

SHE THEN CAME TO THEIR ROOM TO SEE THEM NOT NOT READY YET LIKE USUAL. SHE THEN LET OUT A SIGH. "PRIYE?" KARN SAID. "WHAT HAPPENED?" YUDHISTIR ASKED. "I SHOULD BE THE ONE ASKING YOU THAT." SHE SAID. "WHY WE ARE ALL FINE." BHEEM SAID. "WHY ARE YOU SIGHING FROM THE MORNING?" ARJUN ASKED. "BECAUSE OF YOU." SHE REPLIED. "VERY BAD BHRATA ARJUN WHAT DID YOU DO TO PRIYE?" NAKUL ASKED. "WHEN I SAID YOU I MEANT ALL OF YOU." SHE SAID. "WHY WHAT HAPPENED?" SHAHADEV ASKED. "YOU GUYS ARE NOT READY YET." SHE SAID. "WE CAN'T FIND THE DRESS THE DASIS BROUGHT SENT BY YOU YESTERDAY." THEY SAID IN UNION. "GOD! NOW I HAVE TO FIND THE DRESS." SHE SAID AS SHE STARTED SEARCHING. SHE THEN WENT TO THE CENTER TABLE TO FIND A PILE OF JEWELLERIES. "NOTHING IS THERE EXCEPT FOR JEWELLERIES, FRUITS AND SOME CLOTHES." THEY SAID. SHE QUICKLY SPOTTED THE THALI OF DRESS AND PULLED IT OUT FROM THE PILE OF CLOTHES. "THEN WHAT IS THIS?" SHE ASKED. "BUT HOW?" THEY ASKED. "YOU SHOULD HAVE SEARCHED PROPERLY." SHE SAID AS SHE HANDED THEIR DRESS AND EXITED. AFTER 30 MINUTES SHE AGAIN CAME TO CHECK UP IN THEM TO SEE THEM STILL NOT FULLY READY. "GOD HOW LONG DO YOU MEN TAKE? EVEN WE WOMEN DON'T TAKE THIS MUCH TIME." SHE SAID. "CALM DOWN IT HAS JUST BEEN 5 MINUTES." NAKUL SAID. "YEAH YEAH 5 MINUTES. THATS WHY ITS 11:20 RIGHT NOW." SHE SAID. "WHAT WHY DIDN'T YOU SAY EARLIER?" BHEEM ASKED AS ALL OF THEM STARTED TO GET READY IN DOUBLE SPEED. "WHAT DO YOU MEAN? I GAVE YOU 30 MINUTES TO BE READY." SHE SAID.  THEY ALL RUSHED OUT OF THE ROOM ALL READY EXCEPT FOR THE YOUNGEST BY DIVISION. "NOW WHAT HAPPENED?" SHE ASKED AS SHE MOVED CLOSER TO SHAHADEV. SHAHADEV THEN SUDDENLY PULLED HER MAKING HER FALL ON HIS LAP. HE JUST HUGGED HER AND DRAUPADI JUST LET HIM BE LIKE THAT. "I LOVE YOU" SHAHADEV SAID SUDDENLY. "SO SUDDENLY?" DRAUPADI ASKED. "YEAH JUST. WHY CAN'T I SAY 'I LOVE YOU' TO YOU MY DEAR WIFE?" SHAHADEV ASKED. "OFCOURSE YOU CAN, 'ARYA'" SHE SAID. SHAHADEV JUST SMILED HEARING THE WORD 'ARYA' FROM HER MOUTH DEDICATED TOWARDS HIM. "FINALLY. THIS IS WHAT I WANT YOU TO CALL ME." SHAHADEV SAID. "SURE ARYA" SHE SAID THE WORD ARYA LOOKING DIRECTLY IN HIS EYES. "NOW GET READY." SHE SAID. "CHOOSE JEWELLERY FOR ME." SHAHADEV SAID AND SHE STARTED TO CHOOSE JEWELLEIES FOR HIM. "EVERYTHING LOOKS BEAUTIFUL ON YOU." SHAHADEV SAID. "OFCOURSE WHY WOULD'T IT AFTER ALL YOU MADE IT 'ARYA'" SHE SAID MAKING HIM SMILE. SHAHADEV NOTICED HER MEHENDI HAD REALLY DARKENED. "SHOW ME YOUR MEHENDI." HE SAID AND DRAUPADI SHOWED IT TO HIM. "THEY SAY WHEN THE MEHENDI DARKENS ON ONE'S HAND HER HUSBAND WILL LOVE HER ALOT." SHAHADEV SAID. "I KNOW RIGHT. MY ARYA LOVES ME VERY MUCH." DRAUPADI SAID. SHAHADEV LOOKED CLOSER AND FOUND THEIR NAMES WRITTEN IN A VERY CLEVER WAY THAT EVEN IF THEY SEE HER MEHENDI THEY WON'T NOTICE THEIR NAME. "FOUND SOMETHING 'ARYA'?" DRAUPADI ASKED. SHAHADEV JUST LOOKED AT HER LOVINGLY. "DON'T WORRY IT I WILL MAKE SURE IT WILL BE HARDER TO FIND AFTER OUR MEHENDI." DRAUPADI SAID. "WHY SO?" HE ASKED. "YOU WILL KNOW AFTER DAU AND REVATI'S MARRIAGE." SHE SAID MAKING HIM SMILE. "THIS" SHE SAID AS SHE CHOSE SOME BEAUTIFUL JEWELLERIES WITH RED DIAMOND ON THE MIDDLE WITH SEVERAL DOT LIKE WHITE DIAMONDS WHICH CO-ORDINATES WITH HER DRESS. "I SEE I AM THE FIRST ONE WHO IS GONNA CO-ORDINATE WITH YOU." SHAHADEV SAID. SHE HELPED HIM TO WEAR HIS ORNAMENTS THEN THEY BOTH PROCEEDED TOWARDS THE MARRIAGE VENUE. AS THEY ENTERED THE VENUE WAS FILLED WITH PEOPLE. MANY KINGS AND PRINCE WERE DYING ON DRAUPADI MAKING SHAHADEV SNAP OUT. HE STAYED CLOSE TO DRAUPADI AND FOLLOWED EVERYWHERE SHE WENT. "THEY LOOK LIKE COUPLE." ONE OF THE PRINCESS WHISPERED. "LOOK HOW THEY CO-ORDINATE WITH EACH OTHER." ANOTHER PRINCESS SAID. "THEY JUST LOOK SO PERFECT." ANOTHER PRINCESS SAID. THIS QUICKLY SPREAD ALL OVER THE VENUE. SHAHADEV WAS MORE THAN HAPPY KNOWING THAT IT HAD SPREAD ALL OVER THE VENUE. EVERYBODY KNEW EXCEPT FOR DRAUPADI. THE PANDAVAS WERE JUST SURROUNDING HER ALL THE TIME. "LOOKS LIKE EVEN PEOPLE ACKNOWLEDGES 'IT'." APARNA SAID TO SIDDHARTH, PANDU AND KUNTI. "WHAT ABOUT MARRYING THEM RIGHT AFTER BALRAM'S AND REVATI'S?" PANDU ASKED. "NO OBJECTION." KUNTI, APARNA AND SIDDHARTH SAID. AS THE FERRAS WERE GOING ON DRAUPADI QUICKLY WENT AND STOLE NILGYANT'S AND BALRAM'S SHOES. AS BOTH REVATI AND SHRISTI DIDN'T HAD ANY SISTER EXCEPT FOR DRAUPADI WHO WAS LIKE A SISTER TO THEM SO THE JOB WAS GIVEN TO DRAUPADI. AFTER THE MARRIAGE RITUALS WERE OVER NILGYANT AND BALRAM WERE SEARCHING FOR THEIR SHOES BUT COULDN'T FIND IT. THEY ALL STARTED TO LOOK FOR THEIR SHOES BUT COULDN'T FIND. "900 GOLD COINS AND A BLUE AND PINK DIAMOND FROM EACH." DRAUPADI SAID MAKING THEM ALL LOOK UP AT HER WHO WAS SITTING BETWEEN SHRISTI AND REVATI GIGGLING SEEING THEM SEARCHING FOR THEIR SHOES. THEY FINALLY REMEMBERED THAT SHRISTI AND REVATI HAD WARNED THEM ABOUT IT AND THEY EVENTUALLY GAVE UP AS THEY KNEW THEY DIDN'T STAND AGAINST HER. "THANK YOU. HERE YOU GO." SHE SAID GIVING THEM BACK THEIR SHOES WHICH WAS RIGHT UNDER THEIR MANDAAP. BOTH THE GROOMS CURSED UNDER THEIR BREATH AS THEY HAD SEARCHED THE WHOLE VENUE EXCEPT FOR UNDER THE MANDAAP. SHE MADE IT REALLY EASY BUT THEY COULDN'T FIND IT. SHE THEN HAPPILY WENT TOWARDS THE PANDAVAS AND SAT BESIDES SHAHADEV. "I SEE YOU ARE REALLY FAVORING SHAHADEV." KARN SAID. "NO I AM NOT." SHE REPLIED. "THEN WHY SITTING WITH  ONLY HIM?" KARN ASKED. "YEAH WHY ONLY HIM?" BHEEM AND ARJUN ASKED AS SHE USED TO SIT RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE MEANING BETWEEN BHEEM AND ARJUN. "WHY CAN'T I SIT MY ARYA?" SHE ASKED. "I AM YOUR ARYA TOO." NAKUL SAID. "WELL WE ARE REALLY CO-ORDINATING SO I THOUGHT WHY DON'T I SIT WITH 'ONLY' HIM TODAY." SHE SAID TEASING THE REST OF THE PANDAVAS. "WELL AFTER ALL I SHOULD GET MY REWARD. I WAS THE ONE WHO KEPT FORWARD THE CONCEPT OF OUR MARRIAGE AND SPOTTED OUR NAME AT THE FIRST ON HER HANDS PLUS 'WE ARE LOOKING PERFECT' DIDN'T YOU HEAR?" SHAHADEV SAID. "WHAT OUR NAMES?" THEY ASKED. DRAUPADI JUST GIGGLED AS THEY QUICKLY SAT ON THE FLOOR AND TOOK HER HANDS AND STARTED FINDING THEIR NAMES. THEY WERE SITTING AT THE VERY CORNER AND SOME KIND OF ENTERTAINMENT WAS GOING AND EVERBODY WAS FOCUSING ON THE SOURCE OF ENTERTAINMENT.