[ WP ] Your whole life you had an ability that seemed normal to you . Now you realized you 're the only one with this ability .

“ That ’ s weird. How did you just do that? ” She looked me dead in the left eye, chewing bubblegum open mouthed and slurring her words. 
 
 “ Do what? ” I hadn ’ t done anything out of the ordinary. I was just trying to flirt in my own weird, misguided way. 
 
 “ It ’ s like you blinked but only one eye closed. ” She must be drunker than I thought. Maybe this is good though. Maybe it ’ s good she ’ s so drunk that she can ’ t remember what winking is. 
 
 “ You mean you can ’ t wink? ” I did it again. Teasing a little bit is like flirting, right? 
 
 “ Wink? The thing where you close one eye? No. I ’ ve never heard of anyone who can do that. You ’ re trying to trick me into thinking you ’ re magic. ” Yes. She must be very drunk. 
 
 “ Okay, now you ’ re being weird. People can wink. I think superman used to do it at the end of those old TV shows. ” People can wink. I ’ ve seen them. I ’ ve done it. Into mirrors. 
 
 “ Okay, you know what, let ’ s ask. ” She motioned to the guy standing in front of us in line at the movies. “ Excuse me, sir? Can you wink? ” 
 
 “ What ’ s that? ” He had a deep voice and towered over the both of us. She picks the oddest people to settle bets. 
 
 “ Can you wink? Can you close only one eye? ” She squinted her eyes down to slits, as if to show him something she couldn ’ t do. 
 
 “ You can ’ t just close just one eye, they close together. ” He seemed very sure of himself so I winked at him. 
 
 Next thing I know, I am in the hospital. He was a neurosurgeon. Somehow this whole ‘ winking ’ thing was an indication that I had a severe divide between my two hemispheres. I go under the knife on Friday. They said it was lucky that they caught it this early, all the scans came back looking terrible. They said I am lucky to be alive. I ’ ll be okay someday. No more winking. I will have to tell people when I am joking, I guess… 

