Wishes

I grabbed a soda from the refrigerator and sat down at the family table. My mom, dad, my twin brother, my other brother and little sister were already seated waiting to start dinner. We said grace and dived into the grilled hot dogs, burgers, and chicken. There was salad and oven-baked French fries as sides.

As we passed around the food my dad Mike said, "I heard on the news that there is supposed to be a meteor shower tonight."

This caught my attention. I had always loved watching the heavenly bodies especially shooting stars. "When dad?"

"I believe they said around two this morning. Maybe we should make a party out of it. You know make some brownies eat some chips."

"Dad!" I moaned. This is something he tries to do every time one of us is interested in something. He tries to make the whole family involved though no one else is interested. "Can't I just watch it by myself?"

My dad looked a bit dejected but nodded his head. "Sure. But as long as you make it back inside before we have to leave in the morning. We have to go to Uncle Vernon's birthday party tomorrow."

"Yes, yes. I'll be back in time to get ready Dad. You don't have to worry," I sighed with exasperation. He seemed to think that no one could remember anything.

"I just wanted to make sure."

I rolled my eyes and asked for the salad.

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Later that night I grabbed a blanket from the back of the couch and a pillow from my room and went outside. I hiked up the hill that stood to the west of our house and laid down my things. This was the best place to view things in the sky. I spread out the blanket and laid down with my head resting on the pillow.

I waited for a few moments before I saw the first bright streak across the sky. I cheered as more of the stars fell out of the sky. It was beautiful. I almost regretted not grabbing my telescope but I liked it much better to watch it with my naked eye. You get a bigger horizon to view.

Then I did the most predictable thing. I wished on the stars.

Lately, I've been reading this really good saga that a friend of mine had recommended and now I'm in love with it. Well of course, who wouldn't love a book about vampires? Before I had thought that vampires were the sexiest things 'alive' and the books just proved my point. They're about true love between a vampire and a human with some shape shifters in between.

So, of course I wished to meet the characters of my favorite book. I wanted to go and have an adventure with them but of course I knew it would never happen. Who ever expected their wish to really come true when wishing on the stars? Certainly not me, when I had wished probably a thousand times on stars and nothing came true.

After the last star had streaked across the sky I closed my eyes and fell asleep dreaming about stars and vampires.

But, this is my story of how an impossible wish came true and I landed in the middle of a fantasy world that probably should have just stayed fantasy.