chapter 61

Raj said puzzled, “Why adhaar cards?”Pandit said in a bit of a rude tone, “I don’t think you are twenty one and she is eighteen either.” Now, Raj was dumbfounded. He was stuck. He didn’t know what to say now. I thought, “Now, I have to handle this situation. Raj is scared.” I took a step ahead and said loud and clear, “Yes, you are right pandit ji. Neither he is twenty one nor I am eighteen but we still want to marry. You just have to perform rituals. We don’t want any temple certificate from you. Is it fine now?” I plastered a smile on my face.Pandit thought, “If they don’t want any temple certificate, then it’s okay. I will not get trapped anywhere. Nobody can challenge me in court either. I can easily earn five to ten thousand rupees from them.”Pandit said, “Okay, I will perform your marriage.” We smiled. He continued, “But there is one condition.”Raj - What?Pandit - I will not let you take any snap in the temple.I hurriedly said, “Okay, okay, fine. Let’s start now.”Raj asked the pandit, “How much money do we have to pay?”Pandit - 10000 rupees. Raj said anxiously, “Oh, but I have only five thousand rupees now.”I requested the pandit, “Please pandit ji, give some discount. We can’t even arrange five thousand rupees from anyone now.”Pandit thought, “If I force them to bring five thousand rupees more, then it may happen that they never return again. They are very young, they don’t have consistency in their emotions. If once they returned home they may forget about their marriage. Teenagers are teenagers.”Pandit said, “Okay, I will perform your marriage in five thousand rupees only. Both of you appear very innocent, that's why I agreed.”I said from the bottom of my heart, “Thanks a lot, pandit ji!” He asked us to sit down in front of a small hawan kund. He started performing rites and rituals. Within one hour, he was finished and he declared us as husband and wife.My heart started jumping in gaiety. My happiness knew no bounds. But when I looked at the face of Raj. He still looked very anxious with a false slight smile on his face. I quickly said to Raj, “Let’s go to your home now.”He said anxiously, “Divya, I live on rent alone. If I take you along with me, I think the owner of the house will throw me out. I don’t think it’s a safe place. If we go to any hotel, it will be very expensive. I have spent all the money I had on our marriage. I don’t have anything now.”I said, “But I have one thousand rupees.”Raj - We won’t get any room in this amount. Because just by seeing us, they will come to know that we are boyfriend and girlfriend because we are very young. They will charge us extra. Anxiety began to grip my face too, “Now, what to do?”He took out his phone and said, “I have to call my friends.”Divya - Oh…Raj - I don’t have any other way. Divya - Hey, I think first of all, you should call Sanaya and Nikhil. If we get help from them then our marriage will remain a secret. Otherwise, the news will spread like wildfire.Raj - Hmm… you are right.Raj called Sanaya. She picked up his call and said, “Hello Raj, how are you?”Raj - Good.She teased him, “And how is your girlfriend? Hehe.”Raj said anxiously, “Actually, Sanaya, I am in a big trouble now.”She asked him, “What happened?”He said, “Actually, Sanaya, I and Divya have got married.”She was thunderstruck to hear that, “What the heck! It’s illegal! How can you do that, Raj? You are a very responsible boy.”Raj - Divya compelled me so much. I could not say no to her.Sanaya - Holy shit! Why did you hear her? You should have made your own decision. She is not mature enough to make right decisions in her life. I am shocked that you listened to her and even got married. And now, you are telling me all this! You should have told me earlier when she compelled you.I said trying to defend myself, “Divya compelled me about two hours ago. She didn’t let me even think properly, let alone calling you!”Sanaya exclaimed fearfully, “Oh my goodness! Oh my goodness! What the heck you have done!”He continued, “But now the main problem is not this.”She said, as if she got another shock, “What! The main problem is something else?”Raj - Yeah, we need a room to live in.Sanaya - You mean together?Raj - We are already married, Sanaya.Sanaya - Uff! Raj - I will explain to you everything. He walked a few steps away from me so that I might not hear. He told her the full story. He told her everything about how I compelled him. I understood why he walked away from me. I didn’t mind because we had to tell everything to seek her help. Finally, Sanaya said, “Okay, I’ll talk to Nikhil and let’s see how can we help you.”Raj - Thanks. He hung up the call and came back to me. I asked him, “What happened?” He said, “She is going to talk to Nikhil. Let’s see.”After about ten minutes, he got a back call from Sanaya. He picked up the call. She said, “Nikhil still has his old house. He also has his keys. Both of you can shift there. But the house is not in a good condition but it will pass your time.”Raj said gladly, “No problem at all! We will manage. We just needed four walls and a ceiling but you are giving us a house. It will work!” She smiled. Raj gave this great news to me. I started dancing in happiness. Within fifteen minutes, Nikhil came on bike to give us keys. We took the keys from him and shifted to our new house. (It will be so nice of you, if you leave at least a single word comment and please don't forget to follow me and become my superfan. You will be able to read all the locked parts of all my series for free and you will also be able to chat with me and my superfans directly.)