Tom sat in the waiting room, alternating between checking emails on his phone and flipping through the magazines on the nearly table.
The receptionist noticed his fidgeting and called out to him.
‘It shouldn’t be too much longer Mr. Hiddleston. They’ll just be making sure she comes out of the anaesthetic without any problems.’
‘Thank you,’ he replied, his knee bouncing up and down. He’d been waiting over an hour for his girlfriend, Georgia, as she had two of her wisdom teeth removed. They were impacted, growing sideways and had been giving her tremendous pain.
About 10 minutes later the dental surgeon came out of his rooms.
‘Mr. Hiddleston?’ he called to Tom.
‘Yes Sir,’ Tom replied, standing up.
‘Miss. Perry is ready to be taken home now,’ the doctor continued. ‘However I must warn you that it will be some time yet before the full effects of the anaesthetic wears off,’ he went on.
‘Oh? Like what?’ Tom was suddenly concerned.
‘Just the normal symptoms, mild hallucinations, laughing, incoherent babbling, in and out of consciousness but she’ll unlikely remember anything she says and does until it wears off. Nothing a bit of rest won’t fix.’
‘Uh…hallucinations?’ Tom asked.
‘Yes. She may think she’s seeing something that’s not really there, but is real to her. She may think she sees objects or people but it will be very real to her, just play along with it, there’s no harm in it,’ the doctor replied.
‘Okay,’ said Tom, slightly hesitant.
‘If you’re really concerned about anything, give our rooms a call. Now, if you’d like to follow me…’ the doctor gestured to Tom.
Tom followed the doctor to one of the consulting rooms. Walking in, he found his darling girl lying in the chair, looking up at a picture on the ceiling.
‘Georgia, darling, are you ready to go home?’ Tom gently asked.
Georgia looked away from the picture on the ceiling and focused on Tom. Her eyes went wide.
‘You’re Tom Hiddleston!’ she gasped.
Tom just stared at her.
‘You’re Tom freaking Hiddleston!’ Georgia raised her voice in excitement.
‘Shh, darling, yes it’s me Tom. I’ve come to take you home,’ he said.
‘Take me home? Did I win a competition or something? Did I win a date with you?!’ she clapped her hands in excitement.
Tom looked up at the doctor who was stifling his laughter. He shrugged his shoulders at Tom.
‘Perfectly normal behaviour Mr. Hiddleston,’ he reassured him.
Tom nodded his head.
‘Okay darling, let’s get you home,’ he moved to help Georgia off the chair.
‘Darling,’ she giggled. ‘He called me darling,’ she said to the doctor.
‘Well you are my girlfriend,’ Tom said.
‘Fuck me, no way!’ Georgia said.
Tom’s eyes went wide.
‘Um…let’s get you in the car eh?’ and with that he led her out to their car.
