"Why didn't Spider-Man show up?" I heard kids asking.
"Yeah, or the Fantastic Four!"
Fantastic Four?
Oh boy.
I had totally ditched all of them before! Damn it, I forgot!
As I was about to leave when I saw Mr. Nap running over to me.
Ooh man, I had better just go...
"Wait! St. Jimmy!"
Just leave...
"Hold on! Don't...don't fly off!"
Just fly off...
"St. Jimmy!" He said once he reached me, seriously out of breath.
Why won't you fly?
"I'm...I'm so glad I caught you! I'm a teacher here...Mr. Nap...my students are really interested...about you."
Why won't you ditch him?
"Ooh, really?"
Because I'm too nice.
"Yeah, they were asking questions about you like crazy."
"O...ok..." I said as if I didn't know where he was going with this.
"Yeah...and they were asking me...about you...coming here."
"What? Why?"
"The class is undecided on whether your a superhero or...or not."
"Well, I'm undecided on that as well. Why do you want me to come here?" I asked, pushing him to his mental limits.
"I think you're a great role model for them."
"Really? That's...that's really nice of you. I don't usually here that, considering I didn't crown myself a hero."
Why was I sucking up to this? Because it was sweet...dammit where was my usual attitude? Its because I love Mr. Nap. I have to be respectful to him.
"Maybe...I don't know. I mean, do you think Spider-Man, or the Hulk, or Dare Devil would come here? Plus, I'm trying to maintain a low profile, If you know what I mean."
"A very smart girl in my class said you'd come, if we gave you a good reason to."
I was taken back by this. Did he mention me on purpose...did he know?
"I...I'll think about it..."
"Is there anyway I can contact you about this?"
"Daily Bugle."
And I flew off.
Did he know? Did he figure it out?
Man, this sucked! I hated this! But all superheroes must go through it. Wow, that's like insane.
I headed back up to the Fantastic Four Headquarters. I slipped through a window and tried to tiptoe-toe back to bed, but they were there, hands crossed or on their hips in a very pissed-off way.
"Heh...guess it's too late for me to turn invisible?"
"Where were you?"
"Relax! It's not like I was out doing drugs!"
"How do we know? You smoke, right?" The Thing snapped back.
"How does he know?"
"Your tests showed the tobacco in your lungs." Reeds Richards said, not happy.
"Okay, look. I was flying around when this total bitch attacked me. She was like a cat...she calls herself She-Line. She attacked this school as she was about to reload her gun...I had to save the school."
"She-Line?"
"Yeah...she said she underestimated me...why would she want to kill me? I don't even know her..."
"Welcome to the club!" Spider-Man said as he patted me on the back. "It's only been twelve hours since I last feared for my life."
I stepped back.
"Look, I know y'all are pissed, but I have a life. If I went missing, that'd cause suspicion. I mean, come on. How do you know I wasn't at school or something positive?"
"You? School?" Johnny Storm laughed.
"The whole She-Line thing doesn't add up. I don't know if I believe 'ya." The Thing said.
"What?"
"You did break into one of our secure rooms."
"That was forgiven!" Sue Storm snapped. She winked at me, like, Yeah. I got ya back.
I was still so furious, I marched out of the window. Well, I flew out. But I marched to it. You get the idea.
I went home after that. I was just too tired. I wanted to take a shower. I felt all dirty from that fire. Who knew, maybe Josh would be home.
I took off my mask and walked inside.
Oh my god! He was there!
"Damn, Kim! What happened to you?"
"There was a fire at school."
"You went to school?" He laughed.
"Shut up!"
He was wearing his hat backwards, sitting on the couch and drinking a soda.
"Hey, Kim, we need some rent money."
"Ooh yeah! I brought home five hundred bucks."
"What? Five hundred?"
"Yeah. I'll go food shopping tomorrow."
"Where'd ya get that kinda cash?" He asked.
"We had a gig. Where were you?"
"Out with da boys, we got some cash too."
"That's good. Say, should I do the laundry tomorrow?"
He nodded at me. I didn't care he was being lazy, I was just glad to see he was alive.
"Hey, Josh?"
"Yeah?"
"I wanted to talk to you about something..." I said quietly.
"What?"
"I had
a dream...I relieved the day...the day Mom and Dad died."
He got up from the couch and slammed the door closed to his room.
