THEN & NOW -3

THEN

I am sleeping and the cell rings up. Jack, kahan par hai tu, wo lab aayega kya, in stinging hindi a telugu guys speaks up.

"Why, what happened ?", Jack asks in a worried and caring tone.
"I had to search the deadlines and other info for universities. "
"Ok , right now I am sleeping, it is 12 noon, I will be there at 3"

When I reach the lab at 3, the telugu guy has no idea that which univ he was going to apply, where should he apply, what all he needs for applying. For a lot of univ, the deadline had already passed. So, after searching all the univ for which the deadline was still far enough, so that all the materials and application packet reach the univ at time, I give him a list of univ in order of preference that he should try.

"This is the list and you can pick up from it.", Jack replied with a list in hand with information about the deadline, application fees and blah blah blah...

"Bhaiyya, you will forget me definitely once you reach there in U.S.", Jack added after sometime.
"You and D******, you are my best friends. Where ever I will be you call me and I will come in 2 mins", the telugu bhaiyya said.


NOW

"Who wants to talk to you ?", The same telugu guy asks

Everything changes with time, even the subjectivity. Should I ask him, from where he got his bank letter, without which he could not apply ? The guy had lost his strength once in a while to such an extent that he was not even applying at all. Ask him who pushed him, and who motivated that he must apply and try his luck. But what is the heck, now he is admitted into UFL with scholarship, so how do I matter now.