A Cold Short Story

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Cold. That is the first thing that came into my mind. Why is this place so cold? Why is this light blinding me. “Wait” I thought, “I’ve heard about this before. People die like this. Am I about to die? Maybe if I play dead, they will just throw me to the side.” As I contemplated my actions, I felt something break skin in my mouth. “Wow. I can’t feel half of my face anymore. I am dead. I should have been a better son. I should have told my parents I love them.” I felt a pulling sensation as blood filled my mouth. This is how I was going to die. Drowning in my own blood, but then someone put little rolls of toilet paper in my mouth and stopped the bleeding. “This must mean I'm dead. I have no more blood in my body.” As this final thought flooded my …show more content…

“Alright Brandon, I took our your four front baby teeth. Here you go” As I slowly opened my eyes, a blurry figure was handing me a small box with four small incisors. “Is that it dad?” Looking back to this moment, I realized that this was the incipience of my love for the dental career. Growing up as the child to a dentist, I was given many mixed options no the profession of dentistry. This was due to the fact that some of my friends absolutely hated going to the dentist. When I was in elementary school, remember hearing comments like “I have to go to the dentist today. I hate going to the dentist!” Where in my mind, every time I went to my dad’s office, I was intrigued by all the drills, suction machines, and especially that tiny little vial that made your mouth feel funny. Being a young and impressionable kid, I always wanted to do what my dad did, except I wanted to make going

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