At the first stab of pain I let go of it. I reached up to rub my head as I sat back up in the bed. I swung my feet over the edge of the bed and rested...my face in my hands, elbows on my knees. I was beginning to wonder if I had burned myself out when I heard the door open. ‘Tre, are you okay?’, Arianna asked, suddenly materializing beside me from the door. She knelt down beside me looking up at me. I nodded at her, smiling as reassuringly as I could manage. ‘Yeah, I’m okay. I tried to draw on. Called Qizilbash because of the red turbans they use to wear. But we are not only warriors, we are a deeply spiritual people. We are Shia Muslims like Iran, but our Shi’ism is based on Sufism and spiritualism and not dogmatism. We share culture, but not politics with Iran, we do not want to be an Islamic Republic, because this goes against our culture roots.’ An important message aimed at the American delegations, they will read my political leanings based on these words and my speech on. I am not ‘some macho guy who can make girls panties drop with just a look’, but a guy who would be called cute and nice, a guy with a smile that can make girls giggle, the good looking smart guy who would have few crushes.Having nothing to do, I took a little stroll my friend Rakesh’s house. His parents were out, attending a marriage in the next town. When I went in and checked in his room, he wasn’t there. I roamed in the house looking for him. I don’t remember why I went into the bathroom.. Drugs, including pot, are banned in all of the dormitories.” This last didn’t bother me since I had never indulged. Jay, however, looked disappointed. “In the dormitories and elsewhere on campus we have an absolute rule that No means No. If someone makes a pass at you there is nothing wrong with making the pass and nothing wrong in rejecting it. If the person gets insistent just say “No.” If the person persists, tell me. Every semester we expel a few students who abuse the freedom here and.