LOST

            Another dim and rainy day, as if it reflected the atmosphere of gloom in Tom's and Jenny's flat. He was a young and ambitious scientist, whereas she spent almost all her days in a beauty parlor: 'Stunning' where she worked as a hairdresser. From the very beginning they hadn't looked like the perfect match for each other, so it wasn't a surprise that they were quarrelling again:

- You're spending all these bloody days in this messy laboratory of yours!!! - shouted Jenny - I'm sick and tired of it!!!

- And you, my darling, keep reminding me of that as if I didn't know about it myself! - snapped Tom - Can't you simply understand that I'm in the middle of discovering something extraordinary?! Something that humanity hasn't seen yet! Something, that might change our world! - exclaimed Tom with passion.

- Well Thomas, frankly speaking, I can't imagine that! The last thing you invented for the sake of humanity, as you call it, was this super, extra, fantastic helmet with this bloody GPS that keeps messing our garage, because nobody wants to buy it!! - screamed the woman with the blatant irony.

'That's it...I've had enough...It's the final straw...' - thought Tom and slammed the door behind him as he was walking towards his laboratory. 'I'll show you, sweetie, I'm a real genius' - promised to himself clenching his fists.

            The next week was very quiet. Tom's pride made him speechless and any time Jenny wanted to make up with him, he gave her the cold shoulder. He worked days and nights. He barely ate and slept. He didn't answer his phone and he forgot to feed his cat: Julius Caesar. He could only think about Jenny's bitter words.

But then, suddenly the deathly and uncomfortable silence was interrupted by Tom's delirious joy. He laughed uncontrollably and jumped around. His thorough analysis of one of Pythagoras's works, found in an old second-hand shop in Greece, proved its worth. He made a remarkable discovery. He accomplished this what a large number of alchemists hadn't managed to obtain since centuries. Finally, HE made it! No one else but Tom, could take any object and fold it using this intricate and known only for him pattern, that made things disappear...vanish forever. For amateurs, it looked like origami but for those initiated into scientific experiments, it was nothing else but a hard science. Just to be absolutely sure, Tom took Jenny's scarf, which was dumped on the armchair in his laboratory, and started folding it. First one edge...then another..forward and backward..thirty second more and: 'puff..' - the scarf was gone. The man whooped with sheer delight.

- I did it!!! I'm a genius!!! - screamed Tom wildly. And then Jenny entered the room. She was staring at him with furious and reproachful look.

- Well, as I can hear, you're blissfully happy because of the fact we haven't spoken to each other for a week!

            Those were her last words...Without any hesitation, Tom approached her and started folding..first Jenny's left arm then right leg..neck..knees...He would never forget this pattern. She wanted to ask a question but in her complete surprise she was unable to do it. Last three seconds..last foldings..: 'Puff..' Jenny was gone.

- Bye sweetie...- whispered Tom smiling and having no remorse that he lost her for ever.