In my "Life without Penny" series the four male principal characters in TBBT split up. Only Sheldon stays at Caltech, Leonard returns home to Princeton, Howard moves to the Kennedy Space Centre and Raj returns to his alma mater of Cambridge University. What happened to Raj? Part 9 - Raj and Samina

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Next Monday Raj and Samina were both in full academic dress, complete with doctoral gowns, when they attended the formal dinner at Darwin College. There was a drinks reception, which ended with Samina and the other new college fellows being welcomed to their new roles. Then there was a lavish formal dinner, Samina introduced Raj to her Darwin colleagues, she did most of the talking as usual but Raj was able to contribute a few words to the small talk. One of Raj's astrophysics colleagues was also a Darwin fellow, he was sat opposite to Raj and Samina so Raj had someone familiar to talk to.

At the end of the dinner Raj and Samina left holding hands. On their way out Samina was spoken to by an old Professor.

"Congratulations again Dr. Sharma, good to have you on board as a college fellow. I am afraid I didn't get to say hello to your guest."

"Thank you Sir, this is Dr. Koothrappali. Raj this is Professor Andrews, the Master of Darwin College."

Professor Andrews shook hands with Raj "Pleased to meet you Doctor, this is my wife Professor Towns."

Raj shook hands with Professor Towns "Pleased to meet you Sir, Ma'am."

Professor Towns then spoke directly to Raj

"Hello to you Doctor, what do you do?"

"I am Dr. Rajesh Koothrappali, fellow of Wolfson College and lecturer in astrophysics. I am Dr. Sharma's fiancé….."

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Five minutes later, when they were out of the college, Samina finally spoke.

"Are you serious Raj?"

"Yes my dear Samina, I will marry you tomorrow if you like!"

When they got back to Raj's apartment he started a video call to India. Eventually Raj's father replied.

"Rajesh, what are you doing, it is 3.30 in the morning, I am only awake as I just got in from the hospital."

"Sorry to disturb you Daddy but I would like to introduce you to my fiancée…."