Story Idea

So here's my idea for a totally legit story. I thought I'd post in here to see what you think. Should I go forward and write it? And If I did, would you be interested in reading it?

I don't really have a title yet, but here's a summary: A girl, Maya I have decided on a whim to call her, has a terminal illness. According to her doctor, if she makes it past 20 it'll be a miracle. She's perhaps 17ish during the story. Her best friend is older than her, like 21ish, and is a member of the military (perhaps the Marines?). I have decided on a whim to call her Anna. Anna is home working on a college degree. Maya lives with her mom and a nurse no one acknowledges is basically hospice care (since Maya's health has been deteriorating).

When Anna stops by one day, she brings an article about a rare lamp being sold for $100,000 at a public auction and convinces Maya's mom to let Anna take her. At the auction, Anna spots someone steal the lamp practically in front of everyone and replace it with a fake before he saunters away. Anna, with an addiction to adrenaline and desire for people to notice her, follows him outside to an empty alleyway. Maya follows, but her disease slows her down. The thief in question is a young man who I haven't yet named on a whim, around 21ish like Anna is. Anna confronts him and ends up unconscious on the floor, and as the thief turns to leave Maya shows up in a bad state and he realizes he can't leave her there, but doesn't know what to do. After a couple attempts at helping her, he resorts to getting out his cell phone to call paramedics, and in the process knocks the lamp to the ground. Maya's hand brushes over the lamp and after it does the lamp floats into the air.

The thief stops fishing for his phone and watches in confusion as Anna regains consciousness and tends to Maya immediately, while the thief continues to stare down the floating lamp. Once he realizes Maya is OK he reaches for the lamp, but it glows and begins forming a shape. These shape takes a decidedly human quality as the thief looks unsettled and Maya and Anna turn their attention to it. The being before them appears to be a young, tan man dressed in a silly outfit but he corrects the assumption by telling them he's a genie, and Maya has three wishes.

Maya's immediate response is to wish for "World Peace," and the thief and Anna shoot her glares at the wish. The genie explains that world peace is a tall order, and if she really wants to wish for it it will be the only wish she gets. He tells her to think about it, as the thief asks him if he would return to lamp shape, but the genie refuses, citing the strange look in the thief's eyes. The thief leaves, but vows to get the lamp someday, and sticks a tracking device to Maya's clothes as he goes.

Maya and Anna take the genie back to Maya's home, where he explains only those who witnessed his initial transformation will be able to see him. Maya is still dead set on "world peace" as a wish, though Anna insists she wish away her disease. Maya asks Anna to let her decide for herself, and Anna quiets down but mutters a few bitter words under her breath. The genie explains that he's had the wish posed before and never been able to pull it off, and tells her she's going to need to guide him if she wants that wish.

So basically, she and the genie travel the world to various places to evaluate and help things. Anna sometimes comes along, and the thief tracks them down and stalks them frequently. The thief's motivations are uncovered (it's a family thing) and his little brother accompanies him at times.

Sound interesting?