The Dream

14

Raavi and Shiva went down to find everyone sitting and waiting eagerly. Maami, Anita and Maama had also reached by this point. Anita and Dhara couldn't stop smiling. The rest of the Pandya family was still confused as to what was happening here.

"Kya hua? Itni subah subah yeh family meeting kyu bulaya hai?" Suman asked.

Prafulla looked like she was about to cry right at that moment.

"Hum dono aaj shaadi kar rahe hai!" Raavi smiled.

The entire family was shocked. What was happening? They had all been used to seeing Shiva Raavi as childhood enemies. Now they wanted to get married?

"Kya keh rahe ho tum dono?" Suman asked.

"Maine toh pehle ki kaha tha koi khichdi pak rahi hai inn dono ke beech!" Krish said.

"Suman bein, mana kar do! Iss Raavi ka toh dimaag kharab ho gaya hai. Aap toh samajhdar ho. Na kar do."

Suman liked doing the opposite of what Prafulla said, so all the doubts she had in her mind began to fade away. "Meri taraf se haa hai."

"Hein??"

"Par Raavi, kal hi toh tumhari Dev se shaadi tooti." Gaumbi said. "Aur aaj tum Shiva se?"

"Mujhe koi problem nahi hai." Dev said. "Main toh bohot khush hu apne bhai aur hone wali bhabhi ke liye!"

Gaumbi was confused. Wasn't Dev supposed to be sad right now? His marriage had just broken and he was giving Raavi the green light to get married to his younger brother. But then he looked at Shiva and Raavi, and saw how happy they looked! He had never seen Shiva so happy, he could barely control his smile.

"Par tujhe aaj hi kyu shaadi karni hai?" Gaumbi asked.

"Iss maami ki behen ki beti se wait nahi hota kisi baat ka." Shiva replied.

"Gaumbi, mujhe aaj subah sapna aaya-"

"Ae gadheri, tere sapne mein kisiko interest nahi hai! Inn logo ko mat paka sapne ki baat bolke."

"Tu chup kar!" Raavi said. "Achha main short mein batati hu. Maine sapne mein already Shiva se shaadi kar li hai. Aur mera yeh sapna Bholenath ka ishaara tha, woh chahte hai ki main jald se jald iss bhootnath se shaadi kar lu."

"Par Raavi baaki ke rasamo ka kya?" Gaumbi asked.

"Raavi ne almost saare rasam Shiva ke saath hi kiye the." Krish said. "Main toh kab se yahi bol raha tha par aap logo ne dhyaan nahi diya."

"Bohot zyaada bolne laga hai tu." Shiva said.

"Jitne bhi important rasam the maine Shiva ke saath kar liye." Raavi said. "Ab chote mote rasamo ka kya? Aap log jaldi se mujhe mehendi lagwake meri shaadi karwa do!"

"Ek minute." Dhara said. "Shiva tu bata, tu aaj shaadi karne ke liye ready hai?"

"Ab maami ki behen ki beti yahi chahti hai toh thik hai." Shiva said.

"Tu kya chahta hai?" Gaumbi asked with a smirk.

"Gaumbi isse toh intezaar nahi ho raha. Chehra dekho apne bhai ka!" Krish said.

But Gaumbi's curiosity wasn't still satisfied. He wanted to know more. It wasn't just Gaumbi, but everyone. They had the same question in their minds. How did this happen? Because Shiva-Raavi, together were unimaginable!

"Mujhe abhi bhi jaanna hai ki yeh kaise hua." Gaumbi said. "Tujhe Shiva se pyaar kaise hua? Tu toh Dev se pyaar karti thi."

"Main Dev se pyaar nahi karti thi. Woh toh sirf mera bachpana tha!" Raavi said.

"Shiva se yeh humesha pyaar karti thi. Ise bas khud nahi pata tha." Dhara said.

"Mujhe toh puja wale din pata chala jab Raavi chipkali se darke Shiva ke gale lag gayi." Anita said. "Tab se samjhane ki koshish kar rahi hu. Aaj subah samjhi yeh pagal."

"Mujhe bhi usi din pata chala tha." Dhara said. "Main bhi ise samjha samjha ke thak gayi."

"Bhabhi ek number ki gadheri hai. Mujhe toh bachpan se pata tha ki yeh faltu mein Dev-Dev karti hai. Saare girlfriend waali demand aake mujhse karti thi."

"Aur tujhe kab se pata tha ki tu Raavi se pyaar karta hai?" Gaumbi asked Shiva.

"Bachpan se." Shiva replied. Raavi seemed shocked, and so did everyone else

"Mujhe kyu nahi bataya?" Raavi asked.

"Tere dimaag mein kuch ghusne wala nahi tha."

"Raavi tu mujhe bata ki tune kaise realise kiya ki tu iss gadhere se pyaar karti hai." Gaumbi asked.

"Maine toh aaj subah hi realise kiya. Mere sapne ki wajah se."

"Phirse sapna!" Shiva scowled.

"Tu beech main taang arana bandh kar. Yeh humari love story sunna chahte hai." Raavi said. "Pakka wala realisation toh aaj hua, par thoda thoda doubt mujhe use din ho gaya tha jab isne mujhe almost kiss kiya tha."

"Ae gadheri!" Shiva shouted, turning absolutely red.

"Shiva tu toh kaafi fast nikala." Dev teased.

"Chi chi, yahi sanskar diye tujhe Maa aur Dhara bhabhi ne ki tu shaadi se pehle yeh sab harkat kare!" Krish said.

"Tum dono ko toh main abhi dekhta hu!" Shiva ran behind Dev and Krish, and he finally caught Krish, and hit him on the back.

Then Gaumbi came and twisted Shiva's ear. "Uss bechare ko kyu maar raha hai?"

"Maza kare yeh aur saza mile mujhe!" Krish said. Gaumbi hit him on the head for that. 

"Yaha main soch rahi thi tum dono slow ho. Par tum dono toh kuch zyaada hi fast nikle." Dhara said.

Raavi blushed and tugged at Shiva sleep. She whispered a sorry to him.

"Ae Raavi, ek aur baar soch le." Prafulla said. "Mat kar yeh shaadi."

"Ae Prafulla, mere bachho ki khushi mein nazar lagayi toh teri aankhein nikal lungi." Suman said.

"Tu iss raakshash se shaadi mat kar. Koi aur nahi mila?"

"Maasi maine keh diya na main Shiva se hi shaadi karungi." Raavi said.

"Raavi tu-"

"Ae maami, Isse toh main aaj hi shaadi karunga. Zyada zaban chalayi toh-" He looked at her kangan.

Prafulla decided it was best to be quiet for the sake of her precious kangans. Now that both dulha-dulhan were ready, she could do nothing. The best thing to do now was to prepare for the wedding.