Ch 7- screwed

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LOLA POV

That taffy really hurt my jaw.. and now my toothache won't go  away.. it was now November 1st and me and my family were sitting down for dinner and my mom made steak and potatoes.

We were now all sitting down at the table eating till I aggravated my toothache with a piece of steak. And my hand flew up to my jaw and I rub it "Oww"

My dad looks at me strangely

"You okay?" He says

"I don't know..." I say

"Does your tooth hurt?" Mom said

I wasn't gonna lie they would find out anyways

"Yea" I say

"Well.. I've already scheduled you an appointment for tomorrow after school you are overdue" mom said

"Even though we just moved you found a dentist?" I question

"Yea his name is Dr. Miller, I'll be picking you up from school to go " mom said

Omg.. is that Chloes adoptive dad? I hope not.. it was already awkward meeting him the other day..

"Oh" I say and finish my food and put the empty plate in the dishwasher after rinsing it.

I went upstairs grabbed a towel from the lonely towel and comfy pajamas from my dresser and head in the bathroom to take a shower

I start thinking in the shower, man i was nervous for tomorrow.

THE NEXT DAY AFTER SCHOOL

I just put my books I don't need in my locker and grabbed by book bag which I put my homework folder in.
I then head downstairs to the main entrance. The stairs were packed but i was small enough to slide down them pretty easily.

I walked out the main entrance and spotted my moms car and hopped in the passenger side.
"Hey mom" I say as I put my bag down and sat down and shut the door and lastly put on my seat belt.
Me and mom drive off in the direction of the office. 10 minute later we pull into the parking lot of this dental clinic.
Mom parks the car and we get out and head towards the entrance .
We talk to reception and take a seat I heard drills in the background. There was a few plaques of awards for two other dentists .then another plaque for a orthodontist or something
One had Dr. Daniel Miller D.D.S on it and the other one had Dr. Tyler Willows D.M.S
The third one said Dr. Caleb Willard Orthodontist.

The door to the back opened and there stood a tall man. "Lola Wheeler"
This man exactly looked like Chloe's  Foster dad.

I stood up and his eyes widened. "Lola is that you?"

"Yea.." I say

I follow him on back into an exam room.
I then take a seat in the chair.

"How's Chloe doing?" I ask

"She's doing good" he says and places a bib on me, then washes his hands and places gloves and a mask.

"First I'm gonna take xrays.. I gotta place this big lead jacket on you to protect you from radiation" he says and places the lead jacket on me.
He then grabs bite wing films then places once at a time in my mouth and takes the X-ray and does the other side. Then finally removes the lead jacket

He then views my xrays then he puts on fresh gloves then reclined me back and positions the light over my mouth. He puts the tray holder thingy over my chest.
"Open" he says as he grabs a mirror and explorer.
I open my mouth and he slips his tools in my mouth.
He began tapping all my teeth and scrapes bits of plaque.
He taps on my sore tooth. I yelp.
"Well.. I hate to say it but you got a nasty cavity, not sure if a regular filling will do it, it may need a root canal" he admits and takes the tools out of my mouth.
I shot up and hit the tray of tools on the floor

"No! No! No!" I cry as I remembered the memories flooded back in my head. He looks at the the mess in shock. He gets up and begins cleaning the mess up. Throwing the dirty tools in the dirty tool bin to be sterilized later

"I'm sorry Lola.. but I still need to give you a cleaning before you go.." he says as he opens a fresh pack of tools.
I lay back down knowing the cleaning will not hurt. I've had it done before.

"What kind of toothpaste do you want?" He asks

"Do you have bubblegum?" I ask politely
"Yep" he says and grabs the pod of toothpaste

He began brushing my teeth with the polisher.
Once he was done he flossed my teeth.
He finally finishes and returns the chair to normal state. Then takes off his gloves and mask.
"I've got to talk to you and your  parents about a treatment plan" he says as I get up to walk out
I retrieve my parents and went to the private office with Daniel. I sit them down and Daniel began talking.

"She needs a root canal plus two additional fillings.. and possible braces in the future" he says and gives me a glare

"That's understandable, she hasn't been to the dentist for a while, she's had a toothache for a long while" my mom said

"She told me, you've just moved to the area, so is that part of the reason?" Daniel says

"Yea" mom said

After talking for awhile we finally leave and schedule my appointment to get my teeth fixed and an additional orthodontic appointment which is a few months away.

But the day I get my teeth fixed is tomorrow...

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