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Sejal: Alright, come here. Do you want to go back? I can hook you up with a cab.

Anish: No, it’s alright. I don’t trust myself, I can’t go anywhere alone now. I keep thinking
about her wherever I go. I can’t be left alone.

(Sejal sighs.)

Sejal: Fine, I’ll drop you off. How far do you live from here?

(Back at the Registrar’s office. The Registrar's Wife has stopped her work, and is now staring
at Sejal.)

Sejal: What?

(The Registrar's Wife snaps out of it.)

Registrar's Wife: Nothing, I just thought you were going to continue with the story.

Sejal: Well, you know, one thing led to another and, here we are!

Anish comes back and slides his arm around Sejal.

Anish: She will be here soon, hon.

(Sejal gives him a big smile.)

Anish: But we really need another witness. Can you call one of your friends, if they live
here?
Sejal: No, none of my friends live so far out of the city. You should know that already.

Registrar's Wife: (suddenly) I can be a witness too.

Registrar's Wife: (thinking) This anyways won’t last for a month.

Registrar: So how do you guys know that you should marry? You know, given that you’ve
only known each other for a week.

Anish: When you’re with the right person, you know.

Anish gives a goofy smile. Registrar smirks again.

Registrar's Wife: So, what are your plans after this?

Sejal: Well, we haven’t really decided. I have to be back home in about an hour, or my father
will get worried…

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