I'll Follow You Down Page #3

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using my toys.

He loved me.

It's weird, but I...

I don't remember what he

looked like, you know,

just photographs and stuff.

Do you ever get angry

about what happened?

Mom, I don't think about it.

Did I ever tell you how we met?

No, not really.

You know, it was when we were

still living in Princeton

and pops dragged me to some event

that I didn't want to go to.

I think...

I think mom had just died,

like a couple of months before

and he wanted to get

me out of the house.

Well, he introduced me

to his prize student.

It was love at first

sight, just like

when mom and dad got married.

And he asked me to marry him

a month later at this old diner

we used to go to.

I resisted at first 'cause

he was a workaholic

and wanted to change the world.

I thought he wouldn't

have time for a family.

But you know what he said?

What?

He could change the world and

be home for supper every night.

And he was.

He was so confident.

Do you remember?

Yeah.

Such a dreamer.

Nothing was impossible.

You know, I have this recurring

dream about the night

that he didn't come home,

where he calls and tells

me what happened.

What happened?

Well...

he fell in love.

Or he hit his head and had amnesia.

Or he just wanted a different

life, not with us.

Mom...

you can't do this.

You're off the medication,

it's putting you in a rut.

They're not helping.

I don't want to feel numb.

It's just that, you know, your dad,

he never broke a promise, ever.

And I just, I remember his

face at the airport so vividly

and the way that he looked at me.

- It just looked like he knew something.

- You can't... you can't do this again.

- But... You can't think like that.

- I just want to know!

It doesn't matter.

- It's... that's the only thing I want!

- It doesn't matter. You can't...

What difference does it make?

He's gone! He's dead.

This time I'm late.

I can't go.

What is it?

My mom...

Is she okay?

I shouldn't leave her alone.

Is that what you were

trying to tell me earlier?

You want to know why

I'm not going to MIT?

I can't leave her alone.

I wish it were different.

I'm sorry. I know we had plans.

Sometimes it's hard not to

take everything you do for me

for granted.

Of all people, you don't

have to apologize.

You know, I've been carrying

this around for weeks.

I was going to give it to

you after grad, but, I...

I just can't wait.

Have you had this all these years?

They still don't make them, but...

Is that a baby?

Let me know when you're

ready for the real thing.

Soon.

I...

I got to check on her. I'm sorry.

Do you want me to stay,

keep you company?

No, thanks.

I don't think she'd want

you to see her like this.

Careful.

But you... you go to the play

Not if you aren't.

I'll call you later, okay.

I'm sorry.

Come on, Mom.

You miss anymore classes you're

going to be worse than me.

Mom...

Mom.

Oh f***!

F***.

Mom!

Mom?

I... I need an ambulance

at 1637 Sherwood Drive.

No!

My... my mom's not...

she's not breathing.

No, I can't. She's not breathing.

Oh, please.

Come on.

What do I do?

No, Mom, come on. F***! No. No.

No.

I said things to her

I shouldn't have.

I'll get some water.

Give me a minute.

I'll meet you at the car.

Okay.

Grandpa.

Is there any chance what

you were saying is true?

Walk me through the research.

By the way, my secretary

has access to the lab

but knows nothing of this and

I'd like to keep it that way.

Yeah, sure.

I suggest you follow suit.

Don't tell anyone.

Accounts for more than half

the increase last year

in the GNH of Ghana and the

source has been verified twice.

It's in the bibliography.

Well, that's excellent work.

Thank you.

How do you feel?

Relieved.

So are we celebrating or what?

Yeah, absolutely.

I just have to check on something

with gramps in the lab.

Everything okay?

Yeah. I'm just helping

him with something.

That's great. What?

Theoretical stuff.

Wormhole theories.

Science fiction?

Yeah, kind of.

Helps me relax, do something fun.

I'm glad.

So I'll call you later? Congrats.

Grandpa, if this is true,

why would he want to

meet with Einstein after

he invented the machine?

Well, read it.

Can't you just tell me?

I'm not entirely sure

what to tell you

but obviously it's important.

Okay. "The Lorentz Transformation"?

Yeah, yeah. Right here.

Your orders, gentlemen.

Coffee for the young man.

Thank you.

And Earl Grey for the Professor.

Thank you.

Uh, I'm done for the evening.

Need anything else?

Uh, no. No. Thank you.

Okay.

Gramps...?

Shut it.

Hey.

Hey. Where are you?

Uh, swamped. I don't

think I can make it.

Sorry.

Wow. Doesn't sound very relaxing.

Well, you know,

occupational hazard.

Well, don't work too hard.

Okay, I won't.

Bye.

So assume that in three

dimensions the X, Y and Z axis

are all parallel to their

respective counterparts.

And the relative velocity between the two

observers is V along the common x-axis.

So the two observers are using their own

Cartesian system to measure the intervals.

Exactly.

There's your negative energy.

This is so dangerous.

For a person to be inside this

while it travels

through a wormhole.

And even if it does work,

I mean, my father was killed.

Hey.

Hi.

What are you doing here?

What are you working on?

Experiment, actually.

It's kind of volatile.

Does it have something

to do with travelling

through a Wormhole into the past?

"Victim suffered a gunshot wound

and carried no identification.

Brands of clothing, unidentifiable.

The assailants left only his

pocket watch and his keys.

No witnesses, no suspects."

I... I think this is my father.

I have to stop this

from happening in 1946.

I know it's hard to believe.

That's why I didn't tell you.

And... and the chances

of us succeeding

and doing something

like this are... are...

are so small, but we have to try.

But the payoff, everything

will be different.

I'm sorry I didn't tell you.

You believe me, right?

I believe you believe it, but...

I know, it's crazy.

I felt the same way

as you, at first.

I have to get back to work.

Tonight, I'll make dinner.

You can ask me anything you want.

I'll... I'll explain

the science behind it.

Okay.

Why didn't you tell mom

what you were doing?

Because I wouldn't

sure I'd succeed.

I didn't want to

give her false hope.

She needed to move on,

try to enjoy her life

in whatever form she could.

Are you sure that was

the right choice?

No, but I couldn't help but think

that if she did latch onto

the possibility of

bringing your father back,

couple that with her depression...

You were already afraid that she

was going to take her own life.

Exactly.

Why suffer through

the waiting period

if it'll all be corrected.

You're not thinking

of telling Grace?

No.

No, of course not.

Like old times.

If this works and you bring

your father back to 2000

what will happen to our lives

for the past twelve years?

My parents will be alive.

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