The Puzzle

I sat there for hours. It was so complicated. I was trying to decipher the most complex



puzzle in the world. “This is so confusion. How can anyone solve this abomination?”,



Devin thought to himself. He was so determined to solve it. No one he knew except his



older brother had ever solved it before. He sat by his desk in room for so long. He refused



leave room except  to go to the bathroom. He wouldn’t eat, sleep, or even play video



games. All of his attention went into what he was trying to solve.



“This honestly is more complicated to solve than the Da Vinci code.”



Devin sweated like he’d never done before. His mind worked a thousand ways per



second.  His mom called him to dinner, but refused to go eat. It was like he was glued to



what he was trying to solve. Nothing else around him mattered. He didn’t answer any



phone calls from his friends. He ignored text messages from his girlfriend. He even



ignored his own stomach when his was begging for food. Twisting and turning and



rotating. His fingers sweated and became real sticky. But then after a total of  nine hours



he finally got it. He finally solved the puzzle he’d been going at for hours. He jumped



with joy. He couldn’t believe that after all that work, he’d finally solved it. He ran



downstairs to his parents to brag about his achievement.



“Mom, Dad! I did it! I finally solved this stupid Rubik’s cube!”