Three years later

"So Mr Matthews, still haven't decided on what to do after high-school."

"Yeah, I'm still not sure what I want to do."

"Well, from what I heard from your coach was that a lot of schools have taken an interest in you."

"Yeah, but I don't know if playing basketball interests me anymore." I told him.

Mr Jones, sighed as he leaned back in his chair. I could tell he was starting to get frustrated with me, he always did that after our meetings. I've been forced to see the school's guidance councilor for a few days a week to talk about my career choices. My basketball coach was worried because I haven't picked one of the schools that offered me a scholarship. He didn't seem to like it when I said I didn't really want to play basketball anymore.

"Mr Matthews, do you know how many people would be envious to be in your position. You have five schools practically begging you to go to their schools for free, while other students have so much trouble getting into one school and paying for tuition." He said irritably. "I can't understand why you would want to throw that all away."

I sighed and leaned back in my chair. I was getting tired of talking about this with him. We already had this conversation five times already, and he still couldn't change my mind. I mean, I was only good at basketball because I used my power to make my body stronger and faster. I was afraid if I played at college and people saw how good I was, they'd notice something abnormal about me and figure out I was a mutant.

"I can't understand it either," I sighed. "Can I go now Mr Jones."

"Fine." He was getting tired of this too. "Just seriously think about your future Mr Matthews. It doesn't have to be basketball, you just have to choose something."

I left as soon he was finished. Heading to the parking lot grumbling under my breath, going to these meetings were a waste of time. I could have used this time to practice with my power, or be training with Ace.

I get into my car and drive home. One of the ways I've been using my powers was working on making gems and gold to sell. I once sold a diamond as big as a rock and colored it red. I read online red diamonds were the rarest in the world. Someone bought that diamond for $300 million.

After my family became millionaires we moved from our old house and bought a new one. It was bigger and had more rooms then you needed, it even had a pool. No one in my family really swam that much, but I think it was some kind of rule where if you were rich you had to have a pool.

Parking my car in the garage, I tapped it to wipe out the mud and dirt making it good as new. I walked into the living room and saw my mom eating on the couch and watching Ellen on the flat screen.

"Drake could you go into the kitchen and get me some water?" Mom asked as she saw me walk in. I head to the fridge and get her a bottle of water. Handing it to her I start to walk upstairs. "Drake, could you change this banana and make it taste like strawberries please?" I sighed at her odd request. She's been going through this weird phase where she asks me to change her food, like chocolate oranges and gummy pineapples. Probably one of those pregnancy cravings I heard about.

I touch the banana, then her shoulder scanning and fixing any aches or pains. After Mom and Dad had their makeover, they've been really, uh, romantic with each other. So when they told me eight months ago that Mom was pregnant, I wasn't very shocked.

"Thank you sweetie." Mom kissed my cheek goodbye and I left to my room. Seeing Ace sleeping on my bed I call for him to get off. When he wakes he rolls on the floor and jumps on me with his considerable weight. If I hadn't enhanced my strength he would have toppled me. Ace was a Belgian Malinois dog that I had for a year. When I found him at the animal shelter he was really sick. Going on thirteen years old and about to be put down right before I saved him.

After healing him and making him as fit as a two year old, I was ready to start my experiment. When I bought him I wanted to see if I could use my power to change someones DNA. After looking at my DNA and my parents DNA I noticed there was something extra in mine. Looking online I figured out that it was the X gene that gave mutants their power. Learning about the X gene I wondered if I could give someone the gene making them a new mutant.

The idea of having my own mutant dog was too awesome to resist. So I copied my X gene into Ace and watched for any transformations. The only physical change was an increase in muscle mass. After an hour of staring he turned fully into stone, then to wood, metal, and then water. Most likely because I copied my X gene into his, he now had similar powers to mine, the ability to change his body.

Sitting on my bed with Ace on my stomach I began to think about what I wanted to do. All I know is that I'd want a job where I could use my power. Since we weren't lacking in money anymore, I could pick a job even if it didn't pay well.

"Drake!" Mom yelled from downstairs. "Drake, Help!"

I ran downstairs as quickly I could, which was really fast thanks to my changes. I saw Mom siting in a puddle of water with a bit of blood. She was crying, and from what I saw in her expression, must have been from intense pain.

"Mom what's going on?" I asked holding onto her hand numbing the pain for her.

Mom, relaxing in relief from the pain, looks at me and says,

"The babies are coming early."