The Dental Student

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 I did not want to see or feel the needle, so I squeezed my eyes shut as hard as I could.

"Okay, Willow, I see that you know what's coming up, but as a dental student you know how to handle this situation as a patient. DO NOT in any circumstance, move or jump. This will be uncomfortable and possibly painful but I need you to stay still. You can close your eyes if you want, but I strongly advise not looking at the needle." My professor warned before he made movements to grab the needle, which made me open my eyes.

I got a quick glimpse of the needle, and it was big a** needle to be going into someone's mouth.

Before I went to close my eyes, I saw Noah glare at the needle, and he immediately went wide eyed at the sight of it.

I squeezed my eyes shut, again, just waiting for the pain of the needle.

"Ok, I'm going to count to 3 and on 3, it's going on." I heard Dr. Clemens say, but I didn't do anything, I just sat there waiting, anxiously scratching my palms. 

Noah apparently saw my anxious because he grabbed my right hand and gave it a little squeeze. 

"One..... two....three." Dr. Clemens said as he plunged the needle into my gums.

The needle hurt so much, I immediately squeezed Noah's hand so hard, I felt bad that I did it, but it hurt.

I felt a tear escape my eye and roll down my cheek, making me look like a baby, but I didn't care.

I soon realized that there was at least one more needle, I kept my eyes closed.

"On 3 again, Willow." Dr. Clemens warned.

"One....two....three." He said as this needle burned and stung more than the first one.

"Now we just have to wait for it to start working." Dr. Clemens said as he rolled over to his computer.

I was just going to close my eyes and chill until Noah spoke up,

"You were really brave, that needle was huge ." 

I didn't know what to say, was he like mocking me or being sincere.

I smiled at him and responded back with a thanks.

Within a few minutes I was starting to lose feeling in my cheek, signaling that the numbing was occurring and it was time for the drill.

I leaned back and sighed before giving a Noah thumbs up to say that it's working.

"Willow, I know the drill might sound awful, but there should be no pain, just pressure." Dr. Clemens said while hooking up the drill bit.

"Open wide." He said, which I did wanting to get this over with, although instead of closing my eyes, I watched Noah concentrate. It was working fairly well, until I cringed st the sound of the drill. 

Noah took my hand again while I closed my eyes.