Sameer

I am eighteen now and will graduate by the end of this term. I am a careful, observant personand employ a method for most things. My friends call me serious and a 'kill joy'. But that is notcorrect. I don't laugh loudly and uproariously at little things. I don't join in mouth-open-back-slappinglaughter just because my colleagues do. I don't care if I am the odd-person out. 'Opinionated' they callme...perhaps that's true. We all become 'opinionated' at some time in life, but I mainly have my ownpersonal way and am reluctant to flow along and behave in unison with my colleagues for no reasonother than of maintaining a cohesive group.

I see Tanya often and her loveliness pulls me to her like a magnet`. She doesn't take muchnotice of me, but I have time on my side. She has to finish school; she has to have her fill of fleetingromances and heartbreaks - by the time she is in her early thirties she would be looking for stabilityand permanence; and I'll be there to offer her stability, permanence, security, comfort and anabundance of romance.