Disclaimer: I don't own Glee, if I did there would be more Warblers and they would have never taken steroids.
Jeff was pretty brave when it came to most things. Spiders did not bother him, speaking publicly was no big deal, roller coasters were awesome; but there was one thing he was pretty much terrified of. The dentist. The dentist Jeff could not handle. He knew it was strange, but it was always something he feared.
This toothache felt like it was slowly killing him. It started two weeks ago on the top left side of his mouth for some unknown reason. So now Jeff was sitting in the dining hall of Dalton pushing his food from one side of his plate to the other. He knew Nick was looking at him with curious eyes, but he didn't really care at the moment
"That's it, what's going on with you?" Nick asked concerned about his friend.
Jeff looked up at Nick and just gave him a shrug. He really didn't feel like talking, it hurt too much.
"Don't give me that crap, you have eaten little to nothing for the last two weeks. You need to tell me what's going on." Nick said firmly.
Jeff was taken aback by Nick's sudden change of demeanor. Jeff searched his mind for a response but it was blank.
"Jeff, you really need to eat." Nick said, his tone growing concerned again.
"I'm really not hungry." Jeff said.
"So you haven't been hungry for the last two weeks?" Nick said.
Jeff was unsure of how to respond so he just ate some mashed potatoes. Or should I say tried. As soon as he put the spoon full of potatoes in his mouth he regretted it. The spoon hit the throbbing tooth and he cringed. He was hoping Nick did not see it, but of course he did.
Nick cocked an eyebrow, starting to understand what was going on.
"It's your tooth isn't it?" Nick asked
Jeff winced, Nick could not know. Nick would make him go to that hell hole and there was no way that was going to happen. "No, the food just taste like crap."
"Really? That's the best you could come up with?" Nick said sarcastically.
Jeff shrugged.
"Come on." Nick stated, getting up from the table.
Jeff's stomach did a back flip. What did Nick mean? "What d-do you mean?" Jeff said, mentally slapping himself for the stutter in his voice.
"We are taking you to the dentist. This is getting out of hand. It's not healthy for you to go this long without a proper meal." Nick said.
Jeff slowly got up from the table, trying to figure out how to get out of this.
"We have classes." Jeff said.
"This is more important." Nick replied.
Before Jeff could say anything he started speed walking toward his dorm. He ignored the questioning looks from the Warblers and Nick.
When Jeff got to his dorm he sat on his bed. Then Nick walked in. Jeff really did not think this through, he forgot him and Nick shared a room.
"What the hell?" Nick asked.
"There is no way you are making me go to that hell hole." Jeff stated; crossing his arms for effect.
"Jeffy, are you scared?" Nick asked sympathetically.
"No."
"What scares you?" Nick asked.
"Everything. The metal tools, the smell, the bright light, the noises. Need I go on?" Jeff said.
Nick started to realize how bad Jeff's fear was.
"Where does it hurt?" Nick asked.
"Does it matter?" Jeff asked.
"Yes, because if it's in the back it could be your wisdom teeth."
With a huff Jeff said "left, top, second from the back."
"Well, it's not your wisdom teeth. That's good."
"So now what?" Jeff asked fearing the answer.
"Well I am taking you to the dentist." Nick said.
"I don't have an appointment tho." Jeff said hoping he could get out of this.
"I know an office that accepts walk in patients."
"Nick please, I'll start eating." Jeff begged.
"And what let your tooth get worse? No Jeff, we are going."
Jeff wanted to argue more, but Nick was already dragging him to his car.
*Pulling into the parking lot*
Jeff had not said a word the whole ride there. He was unsure if this was because he was pissed off or if it was because he was terrified. Either way, his doom was only moments away and his heart was about to jump out of his chest.
As the car came to a stop Jeff saw the big white building. Nick parked the car and pulled out the key. As he got out Jeff just sat there.
"You have to get out." Nick said.
Jeff slowly got out of the car. Shaking with every step he took.
"You'll be fine." Nick assured him.
Jeff just nodded.
When they stepped in the building Jeff was hit with that foul smell and his stomach turned. He felt like he was going to throw up. Nick saw Jeff's face and just told him to go sit down. Jeff did so.
Nick walked over to where Jeff was sitting with about three pages of paper work. Nick handed it to Jeff that refused to even acknowledge the gesture. Nick just figured he would have to fill it out.
"Why are you making me do this?" Jeff asked
"Because you need to be able to eat and I don't like to see you in pain." Nick said, not looking up from the paper work he was filling out.
Jeff sighed. His thoughts wondered as he began to feel a panic attack coming on. 'What would they have to do? What if I have a lot of problems and they have to pull out my teeth? Or what if I needed a root canal? Either way there will be a drill in my mouth.. I know-' his thought were cut off.
"You need to calm down." Nick said, as he sat back down; obviously reading Jeff's body language.
Jeff had gotten himself really worked up and was starting to freak out even more but his thoughts were once again cut off.
"Jeff Sterling." An assistant with light purple scrubs said.
Jeff slowly got up; trying not to lose his balance.
"Is it okay if I come back with him?" Nick asked the nurse.
"We usually don't allow it, but because your friends seems so nervous I guess it will be okay." The nurse said.
As the nurse lead them back to the examination room Jeff felt like he was going to throw up once again.
The two boys walked into the room. "Have a seat." Said the assistant whose name tag read Cali.
Jeff looked at Nick with pleading eyes.
"Sit down." Nick demanded.
Jeff looked down at the chair and his stomach did something similar to a backflip for the umpteenth time today. He warily sat down. When he was settled in the chair he caught sight of the metal tools placed next to the chair and it took every bone in his body to not run out of there. He gulped.
"Okay put this in your mouth and I will take an X-Ray." Cali said
A few seconds later Cali was done with the X-Rays.
"Okay the dentist will be in here shortly and she is going to look at your teeth and figure out what is bothering you." Cali said before she walked out.
A few minutes later the dentist walked in with a file in her hands.
"Hello I'm Dr. Andrews." She said
Jeff said nothing.
"So, what is the problem?"
Jeff still said nothing so Nick decided to speak.
"He has a toothache. It's pretty bad, he hasn't been eating anything." Nick said.
"How long has he had this toothache?"
"About two weeks now." Nick said.
"Well I'll just take a look then." She said.
Jeff started to move around uncomfortably.
She put a paper bib around Jeff's neck. She then started to recline Jeff's chair and Jeff felt sick again.
Then she turned on the light and positioned it over Jeff's mouth and grabbed the mirror and explorer tool. He squinted at the bright light.
"Open please." The dentist instructed.
Jeff just kept his lips closed. He knew he was acting childish, but maybe they would just give up if he was stubborn, that was about his last option.
Nick pulled a chair up next to Jeff and held his hand. "Jeffy come on. You aren't leaving until you get your tooth fixed."
Jeff reluctantly opened his mouth.
"There we go." Nick said. As soon as Jeff opened his mouth he felt cold metal touch each tooth individually.
"Well I see a bit of plaque build up around the left side of your mouth."
That was another thing Jeff hated. No matter how good he brushed and flossed he would always have something wrong and he would get lectured about it.
"Your gums are a bit inflamed you need to floss better honey." The dentist said.
Now Jeff started to feel embarrassed.
Then the dentist got to the back of Jeff's mouth and the explorer tool got caught on one of Jeff's molars and Jeff winced. Upon closer inspection she saw it was a cavity and it was pretty deep. She looked over the rest of Jeff's teeth and he had a few other cavities and a chip.
She retracted her tools and sat Jeff's chair up.
"Well honey you have a few other cavities and a chip. I'm going to go look at your X-Rays and I will see what all needs to be done." She said before walking out.
Jeff looked over at Nick terrified.
"Nicky I don't know what I'm going to do. I could barely keep it together when she was just looking at my teeth. I'm scared Nick."
"Jeff your going to be okay. I know all of this sucks, I went through a lot with my teeth when I was younger but trust me you will get through this."
Jeff was really scared but Nick being there helped.
Then the dentist walked back in.
"Okay Jeff, you have quite a bit of work that needs to be done. You have 4 cavities, one is pretty deep but the other 3 aren't too severe. If you would have waited any longer to come in it would require a root canal. You also have a small tooth chip. I would also recommend a root scaling."
Jeff started shaking and felt like he was gonna throw up.
"Are you okay?" Nick asked
"I feel like I'm gonna throw up." Jeff said.
To be continued..
A/N: Okay I'm going to stop it here because this is getting really long. I will update this as soon as I can but I wanted to get something up tonight. Reviews make me update faster haha. Thanks for reading