It's My Life • Shawn Hunter

2| On The Fence

During lunch time at school, Shawn, Cory, Zoey and Ellis, a classmate, sat together at a table in the cafeteria. Zoey leaned back in her chair, enjoying her sandwich.

"Say you could pick any superhero to be your dad, who would you choose?" Cory asked.

"Batman, no questions." Ellis declared quickly. "Live in a cool cave and borrow the batmobile."

"I'm guessing Ellis is going with Batman." Zoey muttered with a slight smirk.

"He lets Robin hang out with him and play with all his stuff. And Robin isn't his real kid. He's his ward." Shawn explained.

"How do you get to be a ward?" Ellis asked.

"Batman!" Cory repeated, raising his eyebrows and glancing between the boys. "Is he faster than a speeding bullet? I don't think so. Is he more powerful than a locomotive? Uh-huh, I want Superman."

Shawn shook his head. "See through walls, you can't get away with anything."

"Because I'd make somebody a very cool ward." Ellis continued, answering his own question.

"I would love to have Superman for a Dad." Cory stated.

Zoey huffed. "Well, if my dad hadn't left, I'd want him to be Superman too."

Shawn, Cory and Ellis turned to her and gave her a questioning look.

"See boys, this is why she's our best friend." Cory said.

"Hey, there's Minkus." Shawn called.

Stuart Minkus was essentially a nerd with dirty blond, bowl cut hair, and he always wore a pair of glasses perched on the bridge of his nose.

Zoey observed Shawn reaching into his bag and pulling out a water gun. He aimed it at the back of Minkus' head and squeezed the trigger, shooting water at him.

"Ow." Minkus muttered as he continued reading his book.

"Whoa." Cory gaped at Shawn's water gun. "The 2000-C Hydro-Saturator."

"Careful." Shawn warned. "If Feeny sees this baby on school grounds, he'll shag it and I'll have to sit out the water wars."

"Lady and Gentlemen, meet the Hydro-Sat 3000-Z Blow your head clean off." Ellis said, proudly displaying his larger water gun to his friends.

"The 3000? That's not even supposed to come out till Christmas." Cory said, eyeing the water gun.

"I know a guy." Ellis replied before squirting water at the back of Minkus' head.

"You really shouldn't do that." Minkus warned as he got up from his seat.

Shawn chuckled. "What, are you going to melt?"

"No." Minkus declared as he pulled out a large instrument case. He then turned to them, brandishing an even larger water gun. "I'm going to retaliate." Shawn, Cory and Zoey's eyes widened as they looked at the water gun. Ellis pointed his water gun at Minkus. "Go ahead... make me wet." Shawn, Cory and Zoey turned to Ellis, who hesitated for a moment before lowering the water gun. "Wise choice."

"Ah, who needs one of those?" Cory wondered as he walked to the water drinking fountain. "For your information, a well-placed water balloon can give you just as much splash for your cash. Like everyone's gonna have a humongous water gun."

Shawn and Zoey retrieved their water guns from under the table and pointed them at Cory. As soon as he finished filling his water balloon, he turned around to find the entire cafeteria aiming their water guns at him.

"How are ya?" Cory asked nervously.

Zoey smiled innocently. "We're doing great, Cory."

Everyone, including Shawn and Zoey, started shooting and spraying Cory with their water guns. Cory winced as he was getting drenched by the water.