INFINITY (PART 1)

INFINITY

SERIES OF STORIES WRITTEN BY MARI SUDHIR

CONSIST OF FOUR PARTS 

PART-1

DAVID WAS EXPOUNDING A RECONDITE MATTER TO US.
HIS GREY EYE SHONE AND TWINKLED, AND HIS USUALLY PALE FACE WAS FLUSHED AND ANIMATED. THE FIRE BURNED BRIGHTLY, AND THE SOFT RADIANCE OF THE INCANDESCENT LIGHTS IN THE LILIES OF SILVER CAUGHT THE BUBBLES THAT FLASHED AND PASSED IN OUR GLASSES. OUR CHAIRS, BEING HIS PATENTS, EMBRACED AND CARESSED US RATHER THAN SUBMITTED TO BE SAT UPON, AND THERE WAS LUXURIOUS AFTER-DINNER ATMOSPHERE WHEN THOUGHT ROAMS GRACEFULLY FREE OF THE TRAMMELS OF PRECISION. AND HE PUT IT TO US IN THIS WAY MARKING THE POINTS WITH A LEAN FOREFINGER - AS WE SAT AND LAZILY ADMIRED HIS EARNESTNESS OVER THIS NEW PARADOX (AS WE THOUGHT IT) AND HIS INNOVATIVE MIND.

WE KNEW THAT HE WANTED TO STEP IN THE SPACE. HE WENT EVERY SPACE STATIONS IN THE WORLD APPLYING FOR IT. HE WENT ALL THE WAY FROM NASA TO ISRO AROUND THE GLOBE FOR HIS PASSION. SO MANY DISCRIMINATED HIM. BUT HE WAS ALL ABOUT HIS PASSION. HE GOT HIS phd IN PHYSICS FROM OXFORD.

WE WERE KNOCKING ON THE DOOR OF HIS APARTMENT SOUTH AVENUE, NEW YORK CITY. WE WERE KNOCKING NO ONE REPLIED WE WERE OUT OF PATIENCE. WE KNOCKED ONCE MORE. JUST A SOUND CAME FROM INSIDE "I'M COMING". WE WERE WAITING, AT LAST HE OPENED THE DOOR. WENT INSIDE, ON MY RIGHT THE WALL WAS COVERED WITH BOOKS ON MY LEFT THE WALL WAS COVERED WITH BOOKS. IMMEDIATELY ALEX(THE MAN WHO CAME WITH ME) ASKED "HOW CAN YOU STUDY THIS MUCH, DO YOU EVEN HAVE ROOMS IN YOUR BRAIN!!". HE JUST MADE US QUIET WITH HIS SIMPLE SMILE. AND SAID "THIS IS THE ONLY REASON I'M LIVING FOR".
I JUST GLANCED AT HIM. AND SAID "WOW, YOU ARE REALLY A GENIUS".
HE GRABBED HIS PAPERS FOR HIS FINAL DAY INTERVIEW. APPOINTMENT WAS ON 10:30 AND THE TIME WAS 10:15. WE WERE ALREADY LATE. WE WENT TO THE PARKING LOT. HE TOOK HIS CAR. "OH SHIT" HE SAID. "WHY" AND HE REPLIED "FORGOT MY KEYS, AND MY APARTMENT IS ON 19TH FLOOR". ALEX ALREADY TURNED THE KEYS IN. HIS SILENCER WAS CHOCKING WITH A LOT OF BLACK SMOKE. HE SAID "HURRY UP MOVE YOUR ASS IN" DAVID MOVED HIMSELF INSIDE AND I PUSHED HIM. "LOOK THE DOORS". "I'M NOT A 9 YEAR OLD KID", HE SAID "OK". HE SWITCHED THE GEAR PUSHED HIS ACCELERATOR DOWN. ALEX WAS A GREAT DRIVER, ANYBODY COULD BELIEVE HIM WHEN HE IS ON WHEELS. DAVID WAS REALLY VERY TENSED HE WAS TAKING HIS LAST GLANCE ON HIS PAPERS. I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND A WORD. ALL WAS ABOUT PHYSICS,MATHEMATICS AND CHEMISTRY. I ASKED HIM "FROM WHERE DID CHEMISTRY COME IN A ROCKET LAUNCH TEST OR ANYTHING..". HE TOOK A LOOK AT ME. I TURNED MY EYES TOWARDS THE WINDOW LOOKING AT THE ROADS. HE WAS STILL REVISING AND JUST 3 MINUTES LEFT FOR HIS BIG TIME. REACHED THE PLACE. HE WENT IN RUNNING TOWARDS THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE WERE HIS INTERVIEW WAS GOING ON.

HE TUCKED HIS SHIRT INSIDE HIS PANTS. HE COMBED HIS HAIR, HE CHANGED HIS LOOKS FOR SHABBY TO EXECUTIVE. HE WENT IN......


5 MINUTES PAST.....

HE DIDN'T COME OUT.


15 MINUTES PAST..

HE DIDN'T COME OUT.


AFTER 2 HOURS HE CAME OUT AND SAID "I'M ......."




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