The cost of Infinity

Chap 2: Unpredictable Future

My Name is Infinity Sage Alexander, and as you can probably tell, my parents are hippies. They are also professors at the prestigious Savanna Heritage Institute. My mom teaches Astronomy, and my dad teaches Oceanography.

My mom says their curiosity about the unknown brought them together and that they would stay together as long as there was still something new and exciting to be discovered. My dad says that their love is as infinite as the universe and the ocean.

I would argue with him that the ocean isn't infinite; it has a bottom. Then my dad would say, "yes, it has a bottom but, it also has no beginning, no end, and if you sit on a boat in the middle of it, it feels like it could go on forever like it's infinite." And that saying is how my parents chose my name; they say that I am the product of their infinite love for one another and their work.My sister, Nigiri, was named after sushi; yes, that's right. Sushi. When my mom was pregnant, she said all she craved was sushi, Specifically Nigiri, but the doctors told her pregnant women shouldn't eat raw fish, so she had to wait. That's why my parents named her Nigiri because my sister was everything my mom always wanted but knew she couldn't have.

Now I know what you're thinking; that's undeniable favoritism, and it's fucked up for a parent to choose a favorite kid. But after my parents had me, the doctors said my mom couldn't have any more kids. So my sister was a miracle baby. My mom would have named my sister miracle, but my dad HATES miracle whip, and he said even the word miracle made him think of the condiment, so the name was out of the question. My family is weird about food. Don't ask.

We share the same middle name because my mom believed in "speaking the future into existence," so she named us both Sage in hopes that we would always be wise beyond our years. However, I would settle for just being knowledgeable enough to get through the day. Our last name Alexander means protector of men. I'm one hundred percent willing to protect the bodies of women, but men are important too. I'll let my sister protect them. That's her thing.

You would think that my sister would have a hard time growing up with names like ours, and I would have it easy, but it was the exact opposite. I always struggled socially, academically I did okay. I wasn't valedictorian or anything, but I maintained a 3.5 or better every year. My sister, on the other hand, was loved by everybody. Teachers, students, the staff, the principal cried when she graduated, but He forgot my name. Like, bruh, HOW DO YOU FORGET A NAME LIKE INFINITY!!!! UGH!!! I digress.

My sister tried to help me. We did makeovers; she invited me to hang out with her and her friends; she would throw parties at the house, so I had no choice but to attend, but nothing worked. It was all too awkward for me. I would make up an excuse and hide in my room until it was over most of the time. Once a girl from school got a new puppy and brought it to the party; that was the only time I hung around. As soon as I saw it, I ran over and spent the entire night hanging out with her dog and the other people, mainly the dog, though, to be honest.

I'm sure by now you must think I probably look like a dog myself, and that's why I have such a hard time socially. Still, no one has ever said I'm unattractive before. My skin is the color of burnt caramel. My eyes are like warm honey. (See, I told you my family was weird about food) My hair is brown with a red hint to it. My sister calls it "Dark Copper" with wavy beach curls. Imagine if Moana and Pocahontas had a baby; that's how my hair looks.

My eyes slant slightly, and I got that from my Asian ancestors. My full lips come from my African ancestors, and My nose is long and thin because of my European ancestors.

According to National Geographic, everyone should have looked similar to me by now. But that's the thing about the future; it's unpredictable. And just like the future, no one could have predicted this mess I find myself in right now.