Remember l wrote that he confided
in her
he dreamed of becoming a great
singer, like Elvis Presley?
Vera laughed at him,
and he got hurt and said:
''l love you and l'll do everything
so that you don't laugh at me.
l'll become famous, and in a year,
exactly on May 12,
l'll come for you
in a white Mercedes.
And he left, taking nothing with him,
just his guitar.
And two months later, in Moscow he
entered an amateur talent competition,
they noticed him, selected him,
and now Sergey
sings on radio and television
almost every day,
and he has records and
performs at stadiums.
Girls at his concerts go crazy
over him.
Vera came to her senses, cries all
the time and waits for his letters,
but he doesn't write and, sure thing,
he won't come to her on May 12.
Everyone laughs at her, it serves her
right: she shouldn't have mocked him.
And Vera, stupid thing, still hopes
that Sergey will come back to her.
l do well in school,
l get no Cs.
Perhaps l'll go on
studying after school.
Don't call me 'sis'.
Although my father and your mother
live together, l'm not your sister!
lf you write it again, l'll get
mad at you!
Kolia, dear, l think about you
every day.
Come back soon, please.
Yours, Olia.
Oh, Kolia...
Kolia! Kolia! Kolia!
The sharp taste of another life
Kolia, l've been waiting for you,
waiting each day.
l propose a toast
to our dear Kolia
and to his coming back.
- Where's Kolia?
- Chasing girls, after two years...
Everything here is as it used to be.
Vera's waiting for her Sergey.
The granddad's wife has never been
found. Father drinks a bit less.
l finished school last spring.
Got only two Bs. Can you believe it?
l've passed a preliminary test
and will now study at the preparatory
courses absolutely free.
School of Economics! The most
in' thing: business, marketing!
But if l don't pass tomorrow's exam,
l won't be able to study free.
Kolia, are you not interested?
Yes, l am, Olia, l was just thinking...
l guess you didn't like it,
l mean this...
What are you saying, silly?
The girls told me it's always
scary the first time.
But it didn't hurt at all,
just a little bit.
- And Vera is waiting, stupid!
- Shut up!
We are the commandos!
l remember we went to dance, three of
us, and a whole gang of 15 against us.
Well, l knocked down one right away...
Have you done your homework, sonny?
What homework? He doesn't go to
school yet, you drunken idiot.
First thing tomorrow morning.
You have your courses at night?
Tomorrow morning we'll go to
a registry office with an application.
- We'll have kids.
- No.
- Not yet.
- You don't want them?
Well, if we do it...
Three days later, you know,
this thing...
Then we will have kids.
But not today.
- Vasya!
- Just a sec.
- Vasya!
- George Gershwin.
Stand right here and remember,
at a rehearsal it should be
like during a concert, that's the law.
Vasya, you're the band's trademark.
George Gershwin.
Strike it up!
- Aria...
- Aria.
From the opera ''Porgy and Bess''.
Great. One-two-three and...
Where's Kolia?
He went to meet Olia after
her courses.
Katya, l've got three tickets for
the ballet the day after tomorrow.
The Maryinsky Theatre will play here.
Go with Olga, she likes it.
But she's got her courses. All right,
l'll give them to the Samsonovs.
One of the most prominent businessmen,
General Director of the Astron Co.
Konstantin Smirnov,
has arrived in our city.
He launches the construction of one
of the largest amusement parks,
the so-called
Russian Disneyland.
Funny. Konstantin Smirnov.
l knew one, too.
Had the same name.
How long ago was it?..
About twenty years ago.
He climbed up into my room by a fire
escape, knocking on this window.
How l loved him!
But l married Kolia's father
and dumped Kostya.
He cried so.
And he left for l don't know where.
l wonder where he is now.
l guess he took to drink.
l thought l'd never pass it.
Thank God everything is all right.
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