Chapter 103: chapter 103

Hemlatta - Hmm…I thought, “She just said hmm. She didn’t get angry with me. It’s a positive sign for me.”Aman - Let’s run Hemlatta. Don’t worry about your parents. They will also accept our marriage later on. But we have to take this step.She said in a low voice, “Okay.”I was shocked for a couple of seconds! I thought, “She said yes! She is ready to run away with me! Paras was right! His advice worked 100 percent!”Hemlatta - Hey! What are you thinking? Tell me how to elope. I don’t know how to run and marry someone?I thought for a while and said, “It’s easy. I will manage everything. You just have to take a leave from school and come to me when I will say.”Hemlatta - Okay. Aman - Now, let’s change the topic otherwise you will get stressed. Hehe. Hemlatta - Yeah, right. We started talking normally for about one hour and then we started flirting with each other and ended at 2 a.m. After two or three days, I went to the court in the lawyer’s block to meet a lawyer. I wanted to know about the full legal procedure of a marriage. I didn’t know much about the lawyers like who were good and who were bad. I telephoned one of my friend and he recommended me to meet Indra. I went straight to the lawyer, Indra. He was about forty nine years old. His eyes looked very cunning. He had a mustache but no beard. His hair cut was short. I sat there waiting for my turn. Only one man was there who was discussing something about his case with him. After him, was my turn. Within five minutes, my turn came. He looked at me and said, “What’s your problem?”Aman - Sir, I want to marry a girl. Indra - Then marry her? Who is stopping you?Aman - The problem is that her parents are not agreeing. Indra - Hmm…Aman - We want to do court marriage. Indra - Hmm… okay. Aman - So, what do I do? What’s the procedure of the marriage?Indra - First of all, you have to marry her. Aman - What? It’s the only problem. How can I marry her without her parents’ consent? Indra - Even for court marriage, first you have to marry her in any temple and then you have to get the marriage certificate from the priest of the temple. And then that marriage certificate, you have to apply in the court. Aman - Oh… Actually, I just want a simple marriage in court. I just want a legal proof. That’s all. Indra - Don’t worry. After you bring your marriage certificate then it takes only five minutes in the court to get you legally married. You and your wife will just have to give one statement that you want to marry each other. That’s all. Aman - Okay. So first of all, I have to find one temple where we can marry. Indra - Yes. Aman - Okay, sir. Now, I will meet you after getting married. Indra - Okay. I went back home and telephoned Hemlatta, “Tomorrow, take a leave. Tomorrow we are going to run.”Hemlatta - Oh, okay. Where should I come? Aman - You reach the bus stand of Mansa. We will meet there. The benefit of this city is that no one knows us there. Hemlatta - Yeah, true.Aman - We will marry there. Hemlatta - Oh, okay. Are we going to marry in the court? Aman - No, we are going to marry in the temple. Hemlatta - Okay. The Next Day at about 8:30 a.m.Both of us had reached the bus stand of Mansa. Now, we had to find a temple. As both of us came on a bus over there so we didn’t even have our own vehicle. We started walking and talking to each other. I simply asked a passerby, “Do you know any temple near here?”“Yes. Turn right to the next cross road. You will find a temple there.”“Thanks brother.”Soon we found a temple. I said to Hemlatta wearing a smile on my face, “It’s time to marry. Hehe!” She smiled back. We entered the temple. There I saw a temple priest of about fifty years old. I said to him in a confident voice, “Pandit ji (This word is used for showing respect to a temple priest.), we came here for marriage. We want to marry each other.”Pandit ji - Where are your parents? Aman - Hmm… Our parents are not with us. Pandit ji - No, bring your parents first. We can’t get you married without your parents. Aman - What? But…He interjected and said almost insulting me, “Nothing can happen without your parents. Now, you may go!”We went out of the temple. I said to Hemlatta, “He is so stupid. He can’t understand, had our parents agreed then why would we have been here? We would have married even without coming to you!”Hemlatta - Yeah, he is so stupid. Huh! No problem, we will go to any other priest. Aman - Yes. Let’s go. Then we found one another temple. There also the priest asked us to bring our parents first. I started losing my confidence. Then we went to another temple, the same we got to listen to over there also. Finally, I saw a young priest sitting in a small temple. I thought, “He is young. He may help us.” I and she went to him. I said, “Pandit ji, we want to marry each other. What’s the procedure?”Pandit ji - Okay, I will get you married but you have to pay some money. Because I need to buy necessary things that are required for Pooja and for various rites and rituals. Aman - No, problem. I am ready to pay. How much Pandit ji? Pandit ji - Ten thousand rupees. I quickly gave him ten thousand rupees and said, “Please start the process as soon as possible. And yeah, I also want marriage certificate from your temple.”Pandit - No problem, I will give. Now, you come here after about half an hour. Then I will start pooja for marriage. Till then, I am going to buy ingredients for various rites and rituals. (It will be so nice of you, if you leave at least a single word comment 🌺❇️🌹🌺❇️)