1 Stupid Wish

Well... If i'm gonna tell you my life story, Might as well start from the beginning, right? Well... let's just get this over with. July fourth, nineteen ninety-five, nine days before my birthday. It was around seven thirty that night. My curfew was eight o'clock, but ma' allowed me to stay up that night to celebrate the Fourth of July with the neighbors. I didn't really care for the holiday, I just wanted to use the extra time to read comic books with my best friend, Tommy Winchester. We were reading my old Superman comic books I brought. Tommy usually read Marvel comics, but his dad took his comic books away and said "you need to be reading some text books to pick your grade up!". Since I felt bad for him, I brought over my DC comics. Sadly I didn't own any Marvel comics, even though I loved both franchises... Anyway, Tommy's folks were having a cookout that night to celebrate Fourth of July. Tommy's dad grilled everything but the kitchen sink. If there was anything you wanted, like chicken, porkchops, mushrooms, and yams, he grilled it for you. And Tommy's mom was in charge of the desserts. She made 2 cakes, 3 plates of cookies, and Peach cobbler. I ate steak and chicken, with a side of mashed potatoes and grilled corn. We ate until the fireworks lit up the night sky, it was a perfect evening... until it wasn't. After everyone finished eating, and the fireworks stopped popping in the sky, everyone said their goodbyes. I let Tommy borrow some of my comics in secret, I got caught after my birthday, but that's a story for another time. As soon as we got home from the cookout, we had to get ready for bed. I did my usual routine, Shower, change into my pajamas, brush my teeth, and do my evening prayer before going to bed. This time for prayer though, I planned to pray for something that I wanted ever since I leared how to read. That prayer was the cause of the mess I call a life. I prayed for the thing that every kid my age wanted... Super powers...