This choice: A 13-year-old boy on the weightlifting team • Go Back...Chapter #5A 13-year-old boy on the weightlifting team by: scriptboy   You park the car at the entrance to the large gym where you were supposed to meet your cousin Eddie. He’s just like you in his 30’s with a good job, wife and a kid. In fact, the wife got sick just a few years ago and passed away unexpectedly. So, you were hoping that your latest project would help your cousin out.
“Hey, Eddie…” you say to him as you both walk into then large gym. “How’s your kid doing?”
“Miguel is doing alright! There he is, on the weight bench by the wall! In front of the dumbbell rack!” Eddie says, pointing at a short kid wearing a tank top and shorts while lifting a barbell with weights. “He’s been lifting now for two months and he loves it!”
“Great! I like it! A kid with dedication and discipline!” you reply.
“Yes, he stays busy with the gym, with school and with the soccer team, of course…” Eddie adds.
“Does he do anything else outside of school, the gym and soccer?” you ask him.
“Well… There isn’t much time for much else due to studies and homework… But he helps at the church on weekends. They collect canned food and they give it to poor families…” he responds.
“Good! So, he also does some community service?”
“Yes! He helps coach a few boys in soccer before and after his own practice session at the park where the soccer fields are. That’s just down the street from here. But, overall, Miguel is a good kid.” Eddie smiles.
“Good! I think he can be a guinea pig for my formula, Eddie!” you say to him.
“Oh, yeah? What are you working on?”
“Eddie…” you say quietly as you lean closer to him. “I developed a serum which will make any person omnipotent!”
Eddie stared at you with his jaw wide open.
“Does it work on anyone?”
“No. Only on young people below a certain age. He can’t be older than eighteen. He needs to be a good physical condition in order to drink it!”
“Well, he plays soccer and he lifts weights!” Eddie responded. “He’s a great shape!”
“Great! I’ll meet you and Miguel at the house when he’s done with his workout, okay?” you suggest.
You get in the car and you drive to Eddie’s house, which is only a block away from the gym. You grab the plastic container containing the orange liquid and you walk up to the front door just when the SUV pulls up and parks in front of you.
“Hi, Uncle John!” the boy smiles as he walks up to you.
“Hey, Miguelito! You’re getting big!” you say, giving the kid a big hug.
“Show him what you got!” Eddie says as you walk into the house and you sit down on the couch with Miguel sitting next to you.
“Miguel, do you see this container? The serum in here is something I created! Okay?” you tell the boy.
“Oh, okay!” he nods.
“If you drink all of this, it will make you omnipotent!”
“Uhh… What does that mean?” Miguel asked you.
“You will have Godly powers!” you answer.
“Wow!”
“Do you want to try it?” you ask the boy.
“Sure!”
Miguel unscrewed the cap from the container, and he started to drink the liquid. It only took him a minute to drink every drop of the serum which was in the container. When he was done, he set the empty container down on the coffee table.
“Thanks, Uncle John! That tasted like Orange Juice!” the boy smiled.
Eddie then turned to you.
“Did it work?”
“So, Miguel, is there anything you always wanted to have here at the house?” you ask the boy.
Miguel stood up and walked over to the back yard. The small patio only had room for a trampoline and a few potted plants.
“Yeah, I always wanted a hot tub in our back yard!” the young God said.
Then, like magic, a bright flash of light illuminated the yard, blinding everyone. Once the light faded, there was a nice, round hot tub installed in the corner of the back yard, filled with water and with lights on the inside. A Tiled path led from the patio to the hot tub.
“Whoohoo! Nice!” Miguel cheered. “My wishes come true!”
“Unbelievable!” Eddie gasped. “You did it!”
“There ya go, Eddie! Miguel has the powers of a God!” you explain to Eddie as he watched Miguel get in the tub. “Keep me posted on his new adventures, okay?”
Eddie was smiling as he looked on, wondering what Miguel would do the next day at school, during soccer and at the gym…
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