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Have you ever fell asleep and when you woke up it felt like you were sleeping for a decade? That's how I felt when I woke up just instead of a decade it was a century. The first thing I noticed were the bright lights in the center of my vision, then I felt how tired I was. I tried to call out but I was to exhausted to even move my tongue. Ok what's the last thing I did, I went out with my friends, I met some guy or was it girl? And then I walked home, right? Was I kidnapped? After few panic provoking moments my eyes adjusted to the light. Am I in the hospital? *whew* ok I'm safe, I think.

I started to look around the room for something to get someone's attention with my head swinging and weighing a ton.Then I noticed the assistance button that you use to call nurses, I had to press it once when I visited my grandma in a place like this. I tried to reach the button but if I thought talking was hard moving my arm was like beating up a rock. I turned my body and put my arm out to reach for it. My arm got above my body and then swung back down again, I did this a few times before I pulled out enough energy to reach the button a foot away from me.

There was a buzzing noise that started when I pressed the button. I heard footsteps getting closer to the door and finally a female otter walked in wearing a white nurse's uniform. "Easy dear, you're finally awake. How are you feeling?" she asked me in her squeaky voice when moving over to me.

I thankfully got my muzzle to open."t-tired" I responded in a whisper. Then I noticed how cold I was.

"Tired? you have been sleeping for nine hours now. I'm joking." She smirks." That tends to happen when you bang your head. The doctor can go into more detail but for right now I think I need to get you another blanket, I know how cold you feel when you have an IV in you. Oh don't give your mother a heart attack if she walks in, she went to get breakfast." The nurse started to walk out of the room to get the blanket when my Mother walked in.

"Oh hello nurse, has there been any changes?"My mom asks with her fair voice while holding a bottle of soda and a small plate of food in her paws. When she saw me looking at her they were out of her grip in a second.

"Oh honey!!" she started sobbing as she ran to my bed to choke and hug me."When d-dad found you he-he thought you were..." She couldn't finish the sentence because of her sobs.

"it's ok mom I'm fine." I responded quietly I could feel my eyelids drooping.

"Ok don't tire him out much he's already falling back to sl.." That's all I heard from the nurse before I went back to my slumber.

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For second time waking up I didn't feel as tired as I did earlier. And this time both my parents were in the room with me. "Hey Dad." I called out to him. Mom was sleeping using his thighs as a pillow on the cheap looking cloth couch next to the bed.

"Hey Riley!" He responded in his deep like voice and made a move to get up.

"No it's ok, don't want to wake up mom I don't have the strength to talk to her." I half way joked to him.

"So it turns out that you got a concussion, probably from football yesterday." He tells me. "The doctors said that you only lost consciousness at home due to a delayed effect, that's if you didn't slip and bang your head at home yesterday.."

"I remember football and obviously I got hit, I also remember hitting my head on a table at Stuart's now that I think about it but I don't remember getting home; I thought I got kidnapped when I first woke up."

"I found you on the bathroom floor, at first I thought you overdosed or just dropped dead or.." His voice started to get shaky, my dad is not an emotional guy but now his eyes are tearing up.

"It's ok I'm fine I'm safe." I reach my paw out to him and he grabs it tightly." I wouldn't put you guys through that besides, death wouldn't want me mom would go after it." I tell him trying to brighten the mood.

He smiles."No, I suppose death knows not to come between a fox and her cub." I could hear his tail wagging faintly.

" I hate to tell you this but I think you knew this in the back of your head, you can't finish football this year, you can still work but you can't do any sports. You may only be able to do track at the end of the year." I can hear him struggling to tell me this.

" Yeah." I feel depressed about that and know that this could, this will stop me from playing in college, no one will pick a kid who didn't play all years of highschool unless you're good enough to play pro. Now I'm good and definitely above average but college is what I was hoping for to get at that "pro" level and have a slight chance at getting drafted.But now that I'm thinking about it yeah I'm sad and feel like shit but I don't feel dieing, that was more of my side dream. I guess I need to find a real dream now. He just left that conversation like that." Can we leave soon?"

"We can leave as soon as you feel good enough to well, not go into a coma again." He answers me with a smirk.

" I'm feeling a lot better than earlier, What time is it?" I ask him

He looks at his silver watch that stands out against his black,grey mixed fur on his wrist."4 A.M." he says.

" Well then I will let you go to sleep and I will try to get some energy for later." Even though I have slept for about 11 or 14 hours I could fall right back to sleep.

"Night." My dad lets go of my paw.

"Night." And I do just that as I turn to my other side, pull my blankets up to my chin, and wrap my tail around my waist something I've done since I was a child.

"Riley, time to wake up." My mom whispered in my ear, "The doctors said you can go home."

"What? oh ok." I grumbled back still in my groggy state. The IV wasn't in my arm anymore, so I went to sit up. I felt pins and needles in my arm but other than that I felt fine. Mom handed me a pair a sweatpants she must have brought from home. I was still in my gown I was given and my boxers so I wasn't embarrassed to change in front of my parents. I had trouble getting my tail through the hole in the back of the pants but I got it in after a second. I took off the gown and I noticed how muscular I actually am with all my fur padded down from laying on it, I still like being fluffy better. Then I put on a white shirt Mom gave me and with everything done we just had to wait for the nurse.

"You look like a grandpa." Dad chuckled.

"No thanks, how about the most interesting fox in the world?" I brought back. Now I was never keen on having pups or even a wife I'm more of a lonely stud. You do you I do me that's what I think.

"See lisa he's back to his old self." He smiled to her while telling her this.

"We will see." Mom responded.That's when the nurse from yesterday walked in while pushing a wheelchair.

"I hate to ruin the moment but I think you're anxious to go" She told to all of use. I got out of the bed and started to stretch and shake my tail out.

"Now would you mind sitting in the chair?" The nurse told me.

"I can walk you know." I stated.

"I'm sorry but it's policy." She must have repeated those words a thousand times by now in her days of working here so I wouldn't be hard so I sat in the chair and she proceeded to push me out the hall way. I wasn't really paying attention so I didn't hear her say "cover your eyes" when walked walked out the shaded glass door leading outside. Ok I just want to say I love playing video games and especially shooters and I have been flash banged hundreds of times but now I see how bad it can actually be. The sunlight was the brighter than looking directly at the sun. I shot my hands to cover my eyes.

" Are you ok!" My mom must have seen my jump as she rushed close to me.

"Yeah I'm fine it's just bright."I started to rub my eyes.Dad went to get the car from the prking lot so I just sat there waiting and getting used to the light.

"Now Riley I have to remind you that you can not be rough housing when you get home and you cannot do any strenuous activity for quite a while until we are sure there can't be any further further damage to your brain. And Lisa It is will be a good idea to keep him out of school for while until there is a 0 percent chance that he won't have a seizure." The nurse warned both of us while looking us in the eye.

"Oh you don't have to worry he will be fine." Mom told her.

"Oh I have a question. I have a job so can I still work or do I have to stop that too?"I asked.

"Of course you do you can get hurt you can." The nurse cut my Mom off.

"It depends what do you do?" She asked.

" I clean al very small diner." I partially lie because it is not entirely legal that I work at a bar.

" That can be beneficial, It will practice your memory and movements but like I just said you can't be working for the entire few weeks just a few hours at a time and if you feel sick or anything at all you must stop immediately." She tells me. Thank god I'm not going to be stuck at home doing nothing.

"Why can he do that and not go to school?" Mom asks her a little but stubbornly.

"There is too much brain work,activity, and excitement for the body it will just be too much. The cleaning how ever will work his short term memory slightly and will easily work out his body and motor skills." I don't know if she is covering for me or not and telling a white lie but she gives me this look that I don't question her after.

"Ok." Mom says a little resistantly. Dad started to pull up to the entrance so I got out of the chair. After and exchange of thank yous and goodbyes we were off. All the way home Mom was lecturing about not being stupid and being careful. I lost interest halfway through so I just responded with "ok, I know, and yeah" and that carried me through the conversation. We finally got home around 1 P.M. And just to please my mom when I got out of the car I hugged her and told her I'll be ok.

" Ok I trust you."she said quietly.Dad unclocked the door and as soon as he did I went to grab a snack.What, my stomaches been empty for two days.

"I'll be in my room" I said loudly. I didn't wait for a response. As soon as I got in my room I pulled out my phone to call Stuart. He picked up on the first ring.

" Riley are you ok? I saw what your mom posted on the internet about your head are you fine?" He talked quickly and was holding back some questions.

" Yeah I'm fine I just got a concussion, I'm out of school for few weeks and my nurse said it would be a good idea if I would be working during some of those days." I told him.

"She. Did? Ok uh what are the days you want?" he sounds a bit surprised.

"Can I start tomorrow and have everyday for few hours? I don't want to be stuck at home." I answer.

"Listen, you know you are like a son to me so you don't mind if I call your dad first right.?'" He tells me a little bit questionably.

"No, I don't mind he will tell you the same thing though." I honestly tell him.

"Ok, I'll text you back in a minute."

"sounds good" I sigh with relief.And after a minute I get his text.

Stuart) No more than five hours a day ;)

I walk over to my bed and flop right down on it. Forgetting about everything for just a moment.

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