Ellie Thorton is a beautiful college student at Ohio state studying English Lit. Luke Carter is fresh out of dental school now working at his dads office. What happens when their stars align and they come face to face?
Were about to pull up to Luke's dads office and my heart is beating out of my chest. I trust Luke but being within a few feet of a dental office is enough to send me into a panic attack. Luke has my hand in his and he strokes it reassuringly with his thumb. "Come on then baby." He says as he exists the car. I stay put but he comes round to open the passenger door.
I look at him through tear-filled eyes and he crouches down to my level and rubs my arm. "Its just a check-up honey, we don't even know what the problem is yet so why don't you let me take a look. That's all I'm doing as of now, just looking, yeah?" He looks at me with his gorgeous blue eyes hopefully and I timidly nod. He smiles at me and helps me out of the car as he takes a hold of my hand.
He unlocks the office and pulls me inside to be hit with the sickening stench of antiseptic and fluoride. I pull a face and Luke chuckles at me and runs his thumb down my cheek once. I look around the waiting room as he he pulls me towards a corridor. It is beautifully furnished and is not scary out here at all. Its empty because its after closing time, so it is just me and Luke.
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Luke looks back at me as he pulls me along to seem me admiring the waiting room and smiles so big at me I almost melt. I blush and duck my head. "Not so bad, huh?" He teases me but I'm not in the mood for jokes right now, I pull on his hand until he stops. "I like it out here, lets stay here. But it could use an air freshener." He laughs at me as I wrinkle my nose and stands closer to me. "It doesn't smell, its just clean baby" he laughs out and tucks a hair behind my ear "I cant look at your teeth or what's bothering you out here sweetheart we can spend as much time as you like out here after baby but let me have a look at what's going on first okay."
He guides me towards one of the many doors and he opens one that has 'Dr Luke Carter' displayed on the front that sends the moths in my stomach crazy and shivers down my spine. In front of me is the obnoxious, grey dental chair in the middle of the room with the dental light above. There is a tray of tools already waiting and cabinets filled with god-knows what other scary equipment. "Okay honey, take a seat for me" he says softly and he gently guides me by my shaking hand towards the chair. I abruptly stop. I'm breathing heavy but I just need a minute to calm down. I know Luke isn't going to hurt me but this is a huge step and this is the most trust I've ever put into a doctor. I genuinely feel safe with Luke and I know if he continues being this patient with me I will eventually do this. I'm sick of the pain, I've got to do this.
I take a deep breath. "That's it baby, deep breaths." He pulls my trembling body into his chest for a minute as I try to get my breathing under control. Luke pulls away and looks down at me with a small smile. "Your doing so well, you know? You calmed yourself down and are doing perfectly, were half way there, why don't we sit on my comfy chair together for a while?" That seems like a good idea, I gently nod my head and breath out a small "yeah."
Luke picks me up bridal style and I grip my hands around his neck not expecting to be lifted off my feet. He sits down on the chair, put me in between his legs and places a gentle hand on my shoulders to guide me back against his hard chest. He wraps his arms around my waist and holds my hands rubbing small circles on them. He rests his chin on my shoulder. "I'm going to ask you a few questions, alright honey?" I gently nod my head. "Okay so, I'm going to pull up your file anyway but I need to ask incase there have been any recent changes or if you haven't visited the doctor or dentist is a while-which I have a feeling that you haven't" he tickles my sides and I squeal. "Do you have any health conditions or are you on any medication?"
