Forget Hope, It Just Hurts

by RainDance

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“You’re very lucky you didn’t wind up with a concussion son, that dog pulled your leg right out from under you. BAM !”

Campbell flinched. Recalling the incident, he saw the dog biting his leg at which point he remembered falling to the ground. But it wasn’t so much that the dog had pulled him, and more that he had passed out at the sigh of his own blood.

The doctor chuckled, “Bloody mutt shattered your patella,” he tapped the railing of Campbell’s bed near where his knee was resting. The doctor seemed a bit too amused by himself.

“Where are my parents?” Campbell asked, “Do they know?”

“Of course they know. Your mother has been waiting here since yesterday when you went into surgery. She just went home to freshen up.”

“Surgery?” Campbell’s mouth hung agape.

“Yes, the break you had required immediate surgery,” the crinkly-faced doctor began to leave but turned around, “And Campbell, someone dropped off a card for you.”

Campbell opened it slowly.

Get well soon. So you can read my hatemail.

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Average Reader Rating: 5.0 stars out of 5

  1. Forget Hope, It Just Hurts

    John Perkins' Buddy Icon John Perkins

    Posted 2 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    That last line was pretty funny. Cute little continuation to a completely random bit of ficleting. And thank you for heeding my advice. Do you agree that it reads better?
    I do have to ask though, how did you find this 14 day old ficlet? Usually once a fic has his 24 hours and not made it to the most active list, it’s bound to obscurity.

  2. Forget Hope, It Just Hurts

    RainDance's Buddy Icon RainDance

    Posted 2 months ago

    It definetly does read better. And it’s funny you should ask how I found it. People have told me I’m funny and I love writing comical stories and articles so I just searched for a ficlet with “comedy” as a tag and this is what I found. I wanted to show that I don’t just do haunted houses, scary mermaids, and murder mysteries, you know?

  3. Forget Hope, It Just Hurts

    OrangeOreos' Buddy Icon OrangeOreos

    Posted 2 months ago

    Great job on sequeling!

    And that is very strange that you should find it after 14 days…

    Ah well, perhaps twas fate!

    Good job, anyways.

  4. Forget Hope, It Just Hurts

    RainDance's Buddy Icon RainDance

    Posted 2 months ago

    You know, I thing that sounds like fun, bringing stories back from the dead. I might have to try that more often.

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