The Exordium

Just like everyone else, Ademir wanted to enjoy the beauty and privilege to easily access services around the capital and its metropolitan area. This was however not possible for him. The number of trips he would make to Bam University of Medical Science where he was taking a course in Bachelor of Environmental Health Engineering would be innumerable compared to the once-a-week trips to the capital,Tehran,for the movies so he hanged his hat in Bam. In his second academic year,he was still looking at two more academic years before he could graduate with a bachelor's degree but he was however properly motivated to move to the capital every so often not only for the theatres but also to meet someone he was only acquainted with. Once in a while he would have the thought of the many possibilities of him falling in love with Caspara but again this was someone he just talked to and the subject that was louder then was about his royal heritage. "Please be a traveler, not a tourist. Try new things, meet new people, and look beyond what's right in front of you. Those are the keys to understanding this amazing world we live in", the words that his old man often told him as he left Panama for Iran never fled his mind.

He had been seeing Caspara for quite some time;the bond between them was growing stronger and bewilderment was their worry no more. Unlike Ademir, Caspara was not a student. Her interest in being an alpinist was stronger than the desire to be at the theatre and so she'd spend most of her time in Trans Alborz, a famous mountaineering destination two hours Northwest of Tehran. Her unwavering zeal for hikes and the steadfast determination to recce the terrain at Trans Alborz saw her getting hired as one of the hike leaders. "The place where you find peace and happiness, that's where home is";and so these mountain sides had become her home.

"Have you ever felt so misplaced,always finding yourself on the wrong side of everything,almost like your great grandparents owed karma and fate is on your neck punishing you for mistakes you did not commit?" Jane picked Caspara's brain as they were seated in a gazebo at the Trans Alborz administrative offices where they worked together. She had had a lot of complications with her love life. Being an alpinist is not what she really wanted;her dad forced her into it because he was an alpinist too. She could have married Biale her prospective Italian boyfriend but that did not happen because her mother thought they had a lot of social differences and so their marriage wouldn't have been successful. The guy that she was attracting and was in love with after such a great culturally drawn misfortune was not so different from Biale. His name is Jonathan West,a native African-American who was born and raised in Iran. She was not worried about the social differences because Jonathan was a devoted muslim just like her but their marriage was going to be interracial.

Jane's mother did not know about Jonathan yet. Jane was no longer sure what her punctilious mother would say about introducing a different complexion in the family and that saw her remain apprehensive for quite some time. "It reaches a point in life when all the power to decide the course your life takes solely rests in your personal decision and that time is now,Jane." Caspara said without stressing any bit of her statement and with a dandy assurance Jane snapped out of the conversation and she knew exactly what to do.

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With frequent visits to each other,telecommunications and Cinema meet-ups,a strong bond was already Budding between Ademir and Caspara. It was starting to be all merry for them;as they say, sometimes all you need is one person that constantly shows you that it is okay to let your guard down,be yourself and love with no regrets!