Disclaimer: I don't own SJA or any of it's characters. It all belongs to Russell T. Davies & CBBC.
Sarah Jane's POV
I walk downstairs and put the kettle on after putting some toast in the toaster. I pour my cup of tea and take my breakfast into the living room where I started to read the paper. I finished half my cup and looked up see Luke sitting on the other couch. I hadn't even noticed him come in.
"Morning Luke." I say, not looking up from the paper.
"Morning."
"There's some toast in the kitchen if you're hungry." I say as I turn to the last page.
"No thanks." I glance up at Luke and I noticed he was sitting on the couch with his hand pressed up against his jaw. Usually when he was in here he had his face buried into a book or he was watching something on the telly. And there was something about him. Something that seemed off. Was there something on his mind?
"You alright?" I ask.
"I don't know." Luke says. I put down the newspaper and arch my eyebrow at that response. He doesn't know? Did that mean something is wrong?
"What do you mean?" I ask.
"I've got a toothache."
"What?" I say, quickly moving over and taking a seat next to him.
"It's nothing mum." Luke says, not wanting me to worry. But I think I was past that. The Bane gave Luke perfect health and that included having teeth that can't decay. He shouldn't be having toothaches. Unless something happened.
"Okay, well, let's try and figure this out then." I say, trying to stay calm. "When did it start?"
"This morning. It just hurts." Luke says. Well I guess that eliminated the broken tooth option. I try to think of what else this could be—something normal. Luke isn't exactly normal, but I'm hoping this isn't something that has to do with aliens. Or at very least, this is something that can easily be fixed. What else could it be? Maybe I should have Mr. Smith scan him.
"Where does it hurt Luke?" I ask and Luke points to a spot close to his ear on both sides. It was hurting in two places? Okay, I think I better have Mr. Smith scan him. He might be better at figuring this out than I could on my own.
"Okay, I think we should go see Mr. Smith." I say, putting my arm around him.
"Mum, I'm sure it'll be okay—"
"Luke, your teeth do not decay. You shouldn't be having toothaches. Now Mr. Smith will just do a quick medical scan and we'll see if we can find out what's wrong. Okay?" I say. I wonder why Luke wasn't that concerned. I'm sure those toothaches aren't nice. I've had plenty of them, especially when I was younger.
"Okay." Luke nods and follows me upstairs to the attic.
"Mr. Smith, I need you." I say and Mr. Smith comes out of the wall.
"How may I be of assistance, Sarah Jane?"
"I need you to do a medical scan of Luke. He appears to be experiencing a toothache." I tell him as I place Luke in proper position for him to be scanned and then I step back as red lasers come out of Mr. Smith for the scan.
"I have the results." Mr. Smith says once I had wrapped an arm around my son and the scan had been completed.
"Well?"
"It appears that Luke's wisdom teeth have come in." Mr. Smith and I sigh in relief. But I can't believe that I didn't think of that. I guess I thought that The Bane would've deemed that unnecessary like they did dreaming. But I guess maybe they don't know everything about humans.
"What does that mean, mum?" Luke asks. Oh, right. I probably should explain to Luke what that means.
"Okay, so this is a bit early. But anyways, your third molars are coming in. There should be four of them."
"One on each quadrant. I know that." Luke says. "How do we stop this from hurting?"
"Well you see there isn't enough room in your mouth for them so they have to be removed." I explain. Now, I almost wish that this was something alien as I knew this wouldn't be fun. I got mine out when I was in my twenties and I was in quite a bit of pain afterwards. Maybe Luke won't be in as much pain as I was, but I find that unlikely. Especially since Luke hasn't had much experience with physical pain yet.
"Is that the only way?" Luke asks, sounding anxious. I don't blame him. Anyone in the right mind would be. I remember I was terrified.
"Yes, I'm afraid." I say as I rub his shoulder reassuringly. "Don't worry. It'll be okay." I then grab my mobile from the desk after looking through my phone book. I have a dentist, whom is quite nice. I'll have to take Luke to him so he can refer us to an oral surgeon.
"Hello, how may I help you?"
"Yes, I'd like to make an appointment. My son's got a toothache and I believe it might be his wisdom teeth." I say and nod, out of habit, as the woman talks to me on the phone. She then asks me the standard questions. "Yes, with Dr. Wilson. He's my dentist. Yes, he's a new patient. His name's Luke Smith." I nod as she then told me the appointment time. "Okay thank you."
"But you already know what the problem is." Luke states as soon as I hung up the phone.
"I know, but what am I going to say? I had my supercomputer do a medical scan so I know it's his wisdom teeth?" I ask with a slight laugh. I wish this could be simpler but it's not like I knew an oral surgeon anyways. I had to be referred and for that to happen, they had to see Luke first.
"I guess not." Luke looks down at the floor for a moment before looking up at me. "What are they going to do?"
"They'll just take some x-rays, do an exam, and they talk to you about what happens. Alright?" I tell him. This would be the easier part even though going to the dentist is never fun, no matter what you're getting done.
"Will—will it hurt?" Luke asks, looking at me with this frightened expression.
"No Luke. It won't hurt." I tell him with a reassuring smile as I rub his shoulders for some comfort. I knew this was scary. Especially since Luke has never been to a dentist before. There was never any need to take him since his teeth don't decay. "Don't worry. He's really nice and I'll stay with you the entire time, alright?"
Luke nodded. It seemed hearing that made him feel a little bit better.
"When's the appointment?"
"This afternoon. They had an opening." I tell him. I was lucky. They had a cancellation so they were able to fit Luke in. Otherwise, Luke would be waiting a while. Though I know he won't exactly want to rush to get the surgery done, I don't want him to be in pain for too long. "Why don't you go lay down for a while? I'll make you some tea."
Luke nods and leaves the attic without another word.
"I guess I better go make that tea then. Right, Mr. Smith?" I say.
"Indeed. I detect Luke's anxiety levels have increased." He replies. I nodded as I left the attic and went into the kitchen to make the tea for Luke. I expected as much. But I would be too. I mean, I was, but that was different. I had been to the dentist before while Luke has not.
But I guess there's a first time for everything.
Luke's POV
I lay in bed, wrapping my right arm over my pillow. I tried to close my eyes, but I quickly opened them again. It just made it easier to think about what's happening later today. And that's not helping with the pain either. I know I shouldn't be scared. I've seen scarier things before. I've seen so many different species of aliens. Hell, I was made by aliens.
But I can't stop how I feel. I wish I could, but I can't.
I looked up at hearing a knock and watch as mum comes in with a cup of hot tea. I sat up in bed and took the mug from mum once she sat down on my bed in front of me.
"I made your favorite. Peppermint." Mum tells me before I take a sip. I felt a little better already. This always helped me a bit when I was stressed. I guess this was what I needed.
"Thanks mum."
"You okay?" She then asks me.
"Yeah." I say, feeling the anxious feeling quickly returning as I'm now thinking about this whole thing again. I looked away, not wanting to admit I'm scared. It is stupid.
"Hey." Mum says to get my attention. I turn to her as she takes my chin in her fingers to turn my head towards her again. "It's alright to be scared, Luke. You've never been to the dentist before and with this—it's understandable."
"But I've seen scarier things." I say.
"Remember when you first started Park Vale. You were terrified. Sure, you've seen aliens, but some things—normal things—when you've never experienced them before can be scary. It's only normal. Remember, you're only human Luke."
I nodded as I put my cup of tea down. I guess she was right. That could be a factor to why I'm scared, but it doesn't help me feel much better about going.
I wish not going was an option.
"Hey. Come here." Mum says, opening her arms to me. I didn't hesitate to go into them and she wrapped me into a hug.
I promise, it will be okay. I'm here for you." Mum says as she rubs my back. I held onto her. I always felt better when she gave me hugs. She knew how to make me feel better.
"You'll stay with me, right mum?" I ask. I had to make sure.
"Yes, Luke. I promise." She promises and I rest my head onto her shoulder. I didn't let go and I was relieved she didn't either. I felt better in her arms. It was comforting—it made me feel a lot better. Mum always makes me feel better.
A few hours later, mum drove to her dentist's office and we went inside. I looked around and eventually sat down in one of the chairs while she went to the front desk. She then came back with a clipboard and some papers. I guess that was for me because I'm a new patient. Though it's almost pointless in a way as I'll probably never come back here after this.
"Can I fill it out?" I ask her. I was anxious and hoping that maybe doing this could distract me. Mum hands me the clipboard and a pen. I then start filling it out. It didn't take me very long and even then, I had done it slowly to give myself a little more time. I don't know why I was delaying. It's pointless since I have to go back eventually. Delaying won't help me.
Mum hands the paperwork back to the woman at the front desk and then not too long after that, a woman in green scrubs came over to us. I guess it was easy to pick us out as we were the only ones in the waiting room.
"Can you follow me, Luke? We're going to take some x-rays." I got up and while staying close to mum—I guess subconsciously I wanted to make sure she was still there—as I followed the woman to a room with some machine, I assumed was for taking x-rays.
She then turned to mum.
"You're going to have to wait outside." She tells her and I frowned. I looked at her, confused. I thought she was going to stay with me. "It will only take a minute hon."
"I'll be right outside Luke. She's just taking some pictures. I'll see you in just a minute, okay?" I nodded at what mum says as I walk over to the woman.
She puts this heavy apron on me and has me bite down on something. It only took a minute before I was able to leave the room and go back to mum's side. It wasn't anything bad, but I was still anxious about this whole situation. Having mum with me made it a bit easier. I hope they don't make her leave again.
The woman then led us into a room with a big chair, which I sat down in when she told me to. As mum sat down next to me, the woman had left, probably to go get the dentist. I sat there staring at my feet as my left leg started to jiggle.
"There's nothing to worry about Luke. He's really nice and this won't hurt. I promise." Mum says as she rubs my shoulder.
"Sorry." I said.
"No, don't be sorry. I told you it is okay to be nervous."
"You promise you will stay?" I ask. I had to make sure because they made her leave for those x-rays. I know it was only a few feet but I felt a lot better with her right here. If they made her leave, she wouldn't be here. It wouldn't be the same. I guess I feel safer with her here next to me.
"I promise. I'm sorry I forgot to tell you that I couldn't be in there when they took x-rays. But I can stay in here with you. I'll sit here next to you and hold your hand, if you want. Okay?"
I nodded at what mum said. That made me feel better.
There was a knock and then a tall man wearing a stripped blue shirt and a white coat walked in. He held his hand out to me. I shook it.
"Nice to meet you, Luke. I'm Dr. Wilson." He says. He seemed nice, at least. I looked over as he washed his hands at the sink and then sits next to me on the opposite side of the chair from where mum was. "So you're back teeth hurt?" He asks, probably to confirm.
I nodded.
"Okay, I'll take a look inside your mouth and at the x-rays. Then we'll talk about what has to happen. Alright?" He says as he slips on a pair of white latex gloves.
"If you have the x-rays do you really need to look? I mean, don't they tell you what you need to know?" I ask. Mum and I know what's wrong already. If he had x-rays, why couldn't he just look at them? It'd be a lot easier and faster.
"There can be things that don't show up on x-rays, Luke." He answers.
"What kind of things?"
Before he could answer my question, I felt mum put her hand on my knee.
"It's alright, Luke. He's just going to take a look. It won't hurt." Mum says and I nod. It was stupid anyways. I mean, he is just taking a look and if mum said it won't hurt, I trust her.
"It won't take long, Luke." Dr. Wilson says and then chair is moved so I am laying parallel to the floor. Then this light above me is turned on. I assume so he can actually see. I glance over and watch as he picks up two metal tools and holds them under my lip. One of which looked like it could hurt, but I trusted mum. I had to trust her.
I shut my eyes for a second and I then felt mum take my hand.
"Can you open up nice and wide for me, Luke?"
I opened my mouth, feeling not so scared with holding mum's hand. I tried to distract myself, but it wasn't easy. All the pictures on the wall were dentistry related. You'd think they'd have something nicer for the patients to look at while they're in the chair.
After about a couple minutes, I was able to close my mouth and sit up while he took a look at the x-rays. Mum rubbed my shoulder as an attempt of both comfort and distract. It's working.
"Okay Luke, your wisdom teeth have come in…" Dr. Wilson confirms what mum and I already knew. I had my wisdom teeth and I had to get them removed. We already knew that. But I listened to what he had to say. He would refer me to an oral surgeon. He says he's one of the best and I hope he's right. He also recommends it that I get them out as soon as possible.
Though it'll be nice for my teeth not to hurt anymore, I'm not thrilled about this procedure at all.
A/N: I got this idea a while ago and Luke's teeth may not decay, but he could still get his wisdom teeth :) So I had to write it. Originally this was going to be a One-Shot, but I decided why not make it Two or Three-Shot. Might be more fun. Set for this story is on Polyvore. Let me know what you think. Please don't forget to review.