This is the story about how three friends who have
This is the story about how three friends who have known each other for years each made a wish when they were smoking weed at their usual spot in the park at night. The atmosphere is thick with anticipation and perhaps a hint of foreboding. These three friends are called Joanathan, Mike and Neil. Jonathan wishes to be taller and healthy, Neil wishes to be rich and Mike, as a joke, believing the wishes won’t come true because they usually don’t, wishes for Neil to be a girl since they would make a great couple.
The air hung thick with the sweet, acrid smell of marijuana, a familiar scent that always accompanied their late-night rituals. Jonathan, Mike, and Neil, friends since childhood, sat huddled around a flickering lighter, the orange flame casting dancing shadows on their faces. The park, normally buzzing with life during the day, was now shrouded in an eerie silence, punctuated only by the distant chirping of crickets.
Jonathan, the tallest of the three, leaned back, inhaling deeply. “I wish I was taller, healthier,” he sighed, his voice heavy with frustration. He’d always felt self-conscious about his height, and his chronic back pain had been a constant source of worry.
Neil, the quietest of the group, took a long drag from the joint, his eyes fixed on the shimmering stars above. “I wish I was rich,” he muttered, a glimmer of longing in his voice. Money, he believed, would solve all his problems.
Mike, ever the joker, smirked, “I wish Neil was a girl. We’d make a great couple.” His laughter echoed in the stillness, a sharp contrast to the somber tone of their earlier wishes.
The three friends, caught in the euphoria of the moment, didn’t notice the shift in the air, the sudden chill that seemed to creep in, like an unwelcome guest. They were used to joking about their wishes, about the impossible becoming possible. But tonight, the air felt different, heavy with an unspoken tension.
The next morning, Jonathan woke up to a sharp pain shooting through his back. He was surprised to find himself lying on the floor, his body cramped and contorted in an unfamiliar position. He struggled to his feet, feeling taller than usual. His legs, usually a source of discomfort, were now strong and nimble. He looked at his reflection in the mirror, his jaw dropping in shock. He was taller, significantly taller, and his back, which had ached for years, felt miraculously healed.
Meanwhile, Neil received a call from a lawyer, informing him that his distant aunt, whom he’d never met, had passed away, leaving him her entire fortune. The sudden wealth was both overwhelming and terrifying. He felt a growing sense of isolation, a disconnect from his old life.
Mike, the least affected by the wishes, still chuckled at the absurdity of it all. He watched as Neil, now swimming in his newfound riches, became withdrawn and distant, and Jonathan, struggling to adjust to his new height and his newfound health, seemed lost and confused.
The days that followed were a blur of confusion and fear. Their once-close friendship seemed to crumble under the weight of their changed circumstances. Jonathan, who’d always been the voice of reason, was now overwhelmed by his physical transformation, his confidence shaken. Neil, blinded by his fortune, struggled to connect with his friends, trapped in a world of luxury and solitude.
One evening, they met at their usual spot in the park, the memories of their wish night hanging heavy in the air. They sat in silence, each lost in their own thoughts, the bond that had once held them together feeling fragile and strained.
“Maybe we shouldn’t have wished for anything,” Jonathan said, his voice laced with regret. “Maybe things were better the way they were.”
Neil, his eyes distant, nodded in agreement. The wealth, he realized, had brought him not happiness, but isolation. He yearned for the simpler times, when their friendship was their only treasure.
Mike, still reeling from the absurdity of it all, looked at his friends, their faces etched with regret and uncertainty. He knew their lives had changed forever, and their friendship, once a beacon of stability, was now adrift in a sea of unforeseen consequences.
Their wish, fueled by a fleeting moment of intoxication, had changed their lives in ways they could never have imagined. As they sat in the silence, their future uncertain, they realized that sometimes, the greatest gifts are the ones we already possess, the ones we take for granted, the ones we never have to wish for. The most valuable of these, they silently acknowledged, was the bond they shared, a bond that, despite their missteps, they desperately hoped could withstand the test of time.
