We're Married Novels & Stories

“If you say so. Still crazy. I mean, you two aren’t even married yet!” You two aren’t even married yet! The word “married” seems to expand to a large enough size to take up the whole room. Married. I can picture bits and pieces of my life with Spencer when I close my eyes. Raising Jason–and potentially many children of our own–together. Dinners, holidays, cherished celebrations. The marital bed. Spencer and I are mates. We share a life. We’ve declared our love for each other over and over again. I can’t imagine either of us ever ending up with anyone else.

“This thing we have going between us. What if we made it real?” His question shot me up into a sitting position, my pulse spiking as I looked at him as though he had lost his head. “What?” Theon sat up as well, much calmer than I was “We are already married, and the contract doesn’t have an expiration date or any clause about divorce in the contract we signed. What if we just forgot that the contract existed and made it real?” “I don’t need to ask. You’ve lost your mind” I breathed out.

Ava said, trying to fight her own emotions and tears that were already at her eyelids waiting to grace her face again. “I'm just 18 and you want me married?” Ava asked. “That's it Ava, you keep thinking you are little!” Mrs Sarah said, while she readjusted on the mattress she sat. “Go prepare for school, you are getting married to Ryan and that's final.” Mrs. Sarah added while she moved into the bathroom. Sluggishly Ava walked out the door leaving the room, her mom's words repeating in her brain. Thoughts running down her mind, ‘who is Ryan and why was she getting married to him’ she knows her mother was the devil but this was just too much.

"What should we do then?" "Married?" Ah, this...

to not have to be mean all the time? "Let's take pictures in front of the shark exhibit." He said as he took out his phone. After taking selfie pictures, Tyler asked a guy to take a picture of us. That guy asked, "Are you two friends or dating?" Without a delay, Tyler answered, "We're married." "Then pose like one. Why are you standing like you're enlisting for the military? Stand closer." Tyler moved closer to me and whispered, "It's for a picture." And put his hand over my shoulder.

"It's been three years? I thought we were friends most of the time." "That's not true. We made it official last year, but we have always had something special for one another." Copeland nodded his head. "I'm twenty-six, Copeland, and I think sometimes you forget that I'm a woman. I don't want to date all my life. I want us to get married while we wait for Tameka's divorce papers to be signed. I think it's only logical we take the next step." She said with a slight smile. "The next step? What step is before marriage? Isn't it engagement? I can't do either because I'm a married man already, Lizzy."

We were already legally married. Weren’t we?

And we continued to eat in silence. "By the way Lucinda" Dylan's mum said after the long silence and I lifted my head to look at her. I and my husband have had you both enrolled in a marriage class to take some marriage lessons which will enable the both of you to create a good relationship since you both got married unprepared". I almost spat the food in my mouth on hearing that. "What the hell Mum?" Dylan said scoffing. "It's going to help you both build a…" "I don't need it" he blurted out before she could finish.

" Sorry sir, This association was bound to happen, and I know what you want but that won't be possible in this lifetime. As we are associated with each other for our next seven lives." " What nonsense are you talking about? " He yelled at me. I caught Shruti's hand in mine and said, " I mean to say that with gods blessings, we are married now." I said and her mom and dad were shocked beyond the limit. " Shut up! Stop lying and get lost !! " her dad shouted at me. " He is not lying papa, we got married the day before yesterday in Jodhpur. We are legally married now. " Shruti said.