My Brother, The Dentist

Chapter 18-

School the next day was a drag, double maths, physical education then Spanish. When am I ever going to need to solve simultaneous equations in my later life? That's one question I would love to have answered! Nothing exciting took place throughout the day, except for Spencer and Austin having a royal rumble over a piece of gum; that was gold! And I never thought Austin would've won, maybe I shouldn't make assumptions. Well, Spencer has to pay a visit to my big brother after having some of his braces broken. Don't ask me exactly what happened though, i'm no expert! At least i'll have a conversation starter to lighten the mood with Sam later. Until he starts sticking his fingers and tools in my mouth again. Ooh that sure does give me the shivers!

The clock struck 3:30 and the bell for home time rung. Next stop... Sam's office!

I grabbed my belongings from my locker and headed out the doors with Kyle, aka. ninja kid.

"I'm telling you Billy, braces aren't even that bad" Kyle began. "Mind you, I only had them about a month. I got sick of not being allowed to eat sweets, popcorn and all that good stuff, so I demanded I had them taken off. My wishes came true and now i'm stuck with my same old semi-wonky teeth. But I couldn't be happier with them" he grinned.

I laughed at his cheesy smile. "I know, I know, I'm just a little tense."

"It'll be fine, trust me!" He smiled. "Well... until they grab the drill! And start drilling the insides of your mouth and blood begins squirting everywhere and there's nothing you can do about it because there's four other doctors holding you down laughing maniacally one after the other and..."

"KYLE! DUDE!" I yelled.

"Oh, sorry, I was in one of my little fantasy worlds again wasn't I?"

"Well I should hope so!" I exclaimed, rolling my eyes disapprovingly.

"I'm just kidding around Billy, no need to take all this crap so literally. The wost that'll happen is Sam poking your mouth a bit but he's a great dentist, right?"

"Right..." I agreed, half heartedly.

We arrived at the dreaded office after a ten minute walk of insanity.

"This is your stop Billy! Good luck bro!" Kyle pulled me in for a hug and I grabbed him tight. He pulled me in even tighter then slapped my back. "Go show 'em who's boss buddy! See you later, with your new smileeeee!" he winked at me, waving whilst walking off into the distance.

"Well, I guess this is it" I gulped, as I headed towards the doomed doorway. What on earth was I letting myself in to?

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The doors slid open automatically, and the dim stench of cleanliness and latex gloves hit me right up the nostrils. I took a seat hiding in the corner where I usually sat, and decided to wait for Sam to approach me. I could hear a drill coming from the distance, and a subtle whining for mercy coming from the same room.

"AAAA...OOOO...EEEE. ZZZZZZ... NOOO...PLSSSS...AAAH"

After a short amount of time the drilling stopped and two people emerged from around the corner, one who looked maybe one or two years older than me with thick, curly brown hair was holding tightly onto his cheek, tears swelled up in his eyes. The other, still wearing gloves splatted in blood, a surgical mask placed just below his chin, and an unusual apron covering his scrubs. My brother.

"You should feel better very soon Henry, just take some tablets if you have any pain. See you soon!"

"Fank oo" the boy replied, rushing out the doors, happy to be free.

Then my brother spotted me out the corner of his eye and quickly slid off his gloves, chucking them away in a hurry. "Alright Billy?" he smiled.

"Not bad" I countered. "What happened to him?" I questioned Sam.

"He didn't look after his teeth properly Billy."

I nodded, and felt the blood from my face vanish. Sam noticed this and came over to my side. "So, you ready then?"

I nodded hesitantly. I followed Sam into a room and plonked my bum down on the 'operating' chair. Sam took off his mask and apron, and threw them out of sight.

"Billy, I'd just like to apologise for your appointment the other day, I shouldn't have treated you the way I did, I should've been more patient. I'll never be like that again, it was horrible of me."

Ugh, did he really have to bring that sinister day back up?

"It's fine Sam, we've moved on" I replied, not wanting to dwell on the matter.

"Okay bro. Anyway, just give me one second and then i'll be with you." He scruffled up my hair then exited the room. Now was my chance to run...