Suspense+-+Danny

=Danny =

 It had been almost an hour since the doctor left the room and Danny was sweating to the point where he couldn't sweat anymore. Every time he touched his knee, he would cry because of the throbbing pain inside. He punched himself and regretted driving on Interstate 468 that morning. While sitting in a doctor's office waiting for the results of his knee xray, He stared outside the window and watched the city in peace and happiness when he was sitting in a doctor’s office waiting for the results of his knee. As he thought to himself about how he would break the news to his mother, the doctor walked in.  Her hair was up in a bun and her glasses were pushed up to her nose so high that it looked like they built it right on. The expression on her face didn’t seem to calm him down either. As she walked across the room, her heels clicked and clacked on the hard surface floor. She sat down and placed an orange folder down on her desk and fumbled through the papers inside. The back of her neck started to drizzle with sweat every time she made a silent mumble. Danny stared at her and wondered what she was doing, what she was going to say him, or if she noticed him sitting right behind her on the patients bed. “Hello” he said “Is everything all right”. Her head flicked around so fast that it could have fallen off if she turned any faster. She grinded her teeth together and said “Oh! I didn’t see you there.” She started to mumble. “I-I was just looking through some files. Y-You know records.” When she finished, she looked as frightened as a little boy walking into the principal’s office.  Her head turned back around and she went right back to looking through the papers. Danny wondered what the papers could be but he already knew the answer. It was his medical records. If anybody could be rewarded for the most allergies, it would be him. Danny was no stranger to medications and bad news, but this time, this time it was different. He didn’t know how to explain to anyone and he couldn’t even explain to himself when he thought about it. There was just a feeling he got that knew it was going to be different.  A half and hour had past and Danny was still lying on the patients bed without any news on his knee. Suddenly, the phone started to ring. It rang twice before the doctor picked it up and said a calm “Hello”. From the other end you could here a man talking. Danny knew it was important because she jotted down every single word he said.  “Thank you” she said as she hung up the phone. She rubbed her hands together and took three deep breaths until she turned around and faced Danny. Their eyes locked together and they stared right at each other. She opened her mouth and began to speak. “Danny, I’m sorry to say, but your leg will have to be amputated. The bullet has gone deeper into your knee and the only way we can save your life is by amputating your leg. I’m truly sorry”  That was it. His whole life changed in just one minute. He couldn’t open his mouth for a reaction. Instead, his whole world went black.