The sound. It was always the sound that terrified her the most and it didn’t get any better, no matter how often she heard it.

Fidgeting in her chair, she watched as the second hand on the clock before her moved like a snail. Move faster, she willed it fiercely, hoping her angry glare would do the trick.

“Getting restless, are we?” The voice boomed in the room, startling her. “An impatient patient is never a good thing,” he said, cackling at his own joke.

She wished she could reach for a sharp instrument and stab the dentist with it.

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An Oxymoron rendered inΒ micro-fiction.

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30 thoughts on “Impatient – #FlashFiction #AtoZChallenge

  1. hahahahaa …Dentists all over the world must have been stabbed a thousand times in their patient’s minds πŸ˜› Loved this micro fiction πŸ˜€

  2. The worst thing about dentists is that they love to crack stupid jokes like these, specially when they are using some scary looking instrument in your mouth!

    You’ve described the wait for the dentist perfectly! I had this one appointment where I had to get two teeth extracted. Extractions are done on an empty stomach, and my rumbling stomach couldn’t wait for those two teeth to be gone. Imagine my surprise when I realised that I had to wait for a few more hours before eating anything, and had to survive on ice-cream for that day! πŸ˜›

  3. Haha:) Another good one Shailaja. I empathize with the patient, she just wants to get it over with run out of there and never return!

  4. Dentists…..Phew! They put you through so much inconvenience and take all your money away…lol. Anyone would be furious…

    Jokes apart- Awesome take on another one. Loved it Shailja πŸ™‚

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