i deleted my post out of this quoting...bcoz it wud like go on and on... :PSrsly!!! both of them need heart-warming hugs...best if the hugs are from each other.. :D :PAnd yup...the smack on Ajab's head...i planned it by Pratap, on river-side...making her realize what a gem she is,especially for him...in my own story of PrAja fantasies... :POh, thanks for the pearls symbolism, i can think and think and never understand what it means...if only u were there.. :Dsalut bro.. ;)