My Brother, The Dentist

Chapter 29-

~a few weeks later~

After school, I received a text from Sam which read:

'Hey Billy, can you come to my office please. See you soon!'

Without questioning, I plugged in my earphones and began the journey to the office.

As I arrived, I noticed Sam and another man chatting and laughing away in the waiting room, seeming to have a good time. But never did I expect my brother to actually have friends! As I entered the building, I was greeted by two giant smiles.

"Ah hello Billy!" Sam smiled, scooping me towards the other man.

"Hi?" I responded, slightly scared.

"Billy, I'd like you to meet Adam, my assistant I was telling you about!"

"Hello Adam" I said politely, faking an awkward smile. Adam was about the same height as Sam, with fluffly brown hair with baby curls at the front. He looked younger than my brother, yet much older than me, and had small freckles on his nose and cute dimples when he smiled.

"Hey Billy, it's great to finally meet you!" he grinned, shaking my hand.

"Adam, if you just want to go through and we'll be with you in a second" Sam said, out of context.

Adam obeyed and soon Sam and I were alone in the waiting room.

"Samuel, what's going on?" I glared, wanting an immediate answer to this suspicious mystery.

"Well..." he began. "Adam is currently training in orthodontics, and has never had a patient to work on. So, I thought since it's time you got your braces tightened, it'd be the perfect time for me to teach Adam how to do it."

"So you're going to use my teeth to train Adam?" I asked.

Sam nodded.

"But I've only just met him. How can I know he's trustworthy?" I asked, not feeling too sure about the idea as a whole.

"I'll be beside you the whole time and basically telling Adam what to do. Nothing will go wrong buddy, honestly" he smiled.

I could tell Sam was eager for me to oblige...

"Fine. You can do it. But i'm not saying i'm happy about it!" I replied, moodily.

"That's great Billy, thanks so much for this!" he gleamed. "Now come on, let's not leave Adam waiting any longer."

Sam and I walked through to one of the examination rooms where Adam was sitting patiently, already set up and rearing to go. I chucked my school bag in the corner of the room and plonked myself into the chair, already an expert of the routine.

"Let's get started then" Sam said, gesturing Adam over to where I was.

Both Adam and my brother snapped on a pair of gloves and pulled a mask over their faces. Now it was two versus one, and I felt even more uncomfortable than usual! Sam lowered the chair and positioned the overhead light, then grabbed a mirror off the tray.

"I'm just going to quickly check on the progress, then you can have a look around at Billy's teeth, Adam. Then we'll get started on tightening the braces" Sam explained to the both of us.

"Open up please Billy" Sam said.

Of course I did, and Sam took a look around, nodding his head in approval and pulling back my lips to see everything.

"They're coming along nicely Billy" Sam stated, looking very proud.

He then passed the mirror to Adam, who then began looking around at my teeth. It was strange, since I'd only ever had Sam look around in my mouth. Yet Adam seemed very curious which made me not mind so much. Once he was done, he placed the mirror back on the tray and looked down at me.

"You have very nice teeth Billy. Once you're finished with braces they'll look amazing!"

This compliment caused me to blush and smile at him. I really liked Adam!

"Alright, so first we'll take off the coloured bands and the wires. I'll do the top so you can see how I do it, then you can do the bottom, Adam." Sam declared, grabbing a more spikey tool.

Both Adam and my brother were now in my face looking at my teeth, so it was difficult to not make eye contact with either of them, so instead I decided to close my eyes. Sam speedily took off the top bands and wires, but was very vicious about it, pulling and tugging. However, when it came to Adam's turn, he was slow yet gentle, and if he did pull the slightest bit too hard, he'd apologies. But, soon enough they were all off.

"What colours do you want now?" Sam asked me, passing me the chart.

"I think Adam should choose" I smiled, passing the chart to Adam which took him by surprise.

"How about light green?" Adam asked, examining the chart.

"Sure" I answered, smiling up at him. I don't know what it was, but Adam was making me feel nervous- in a good way!

Both Sam and Adam applied the new wires and bands, making me teeth feel very tight and hurt much more than before. Sam restored the chair back to it's normal state then began cleaning the room.

"This is really painful" I groaned, rubbing the side of my cheek.

"I know it is buddy, but you'll adjust to it like last time" Sam responded, walking over and pulling me into a hug.

"Can we go get smoothies, I think my teeth need it" I asked, with cute puppy eyes up to my brother.

"If you want" Sam playfully moaned. "You wanna come Adam?"

"Yeah sounds good" Adam smiled, grabbing his coat.