Jasper

Wednesday - 1pm

"So, I'll be seeing you in a week, Sarah" I told my patient, who was leaving from her appointment. I sighed once she left the room and checked the forms filled by my assisntant, Emily, of my next patient. Guess I didn't introduce myself. Hello, I'm Dr. Mary Emmerson, DDS. I specialize myself in oral and maxilofacial extractions. Which means I'm a dental surgion. Now, people is mostly terrified of dentist. Not my case or I'd never decided to study such a career.

Anyway, my assistant Emily walked in and gave me the file of my next patient and make it come in. A few minutes later, a man around 35 years with blonde hair and piercing blue eyes walked into the room with who I believe was his son. Unlike his father, the boy (around nineteen years) had brown hair and green-brownish eyes.

"Hello, I'm Dr. Emmerson. You must be the Graces" I greeted them, politely. Both males nodded as reply "OK, who's the patient today?" I asked, joking.

"That would be him, Doc" the father, Mr. Grace said, nudging gently his son, who glared at him.

"OK, Thomas, right?" I checked with the boy, who nodded. I gestured him to sit in the chair and he did "What are we gonna do today is the less painful thing of all: I'm gonna see your x-rays and your mouth"

"That's it for today?" he asked, nervous. I nodded, turning on a light and seeing the x-ray of his facials.

"Everything seems fine..." I agreed, turning to him. He released a sigh I didn't knew he was holding "Now, open your mouth, please" I asked him, turning on a different light and putting some latex gloves. He did and I looked around, while his father watched from a corner "Wow, Thomas, you have a big mouth" I told him, teasing him a bit to relax him.

"You haven't even heard him" his father joked with me. I smirked and let Thomas loose.

"OK, Thomas, this is what gonna happen. You have to remove your wisdom teeth. The four of them" I started to explain.

"At the same time?!"

"Only if you want to" I added "Anyway, I have to remove them or your other teeth would start pushing because of the lack of space and could cause permanent damage to the rest of them"

"How long would the surgery take?"

"Without any complications? An hour. Don't worry, you'll be able to walk home" I assured him, who was paling "Now, you have to buy these medications..." I informed his father, writing down a prescription "...and bring them the day of the surgery" I finished, handing him the prescriptions. Once they asked for an appointment, they left, Thomas looking more nervous than before.


1 Month Later - Thursday - 9am

"Emily, prepare, we have a surgery in five minutes" I reminded her, looking around for the instruments. I take them off the drawers and shelves, but don't open until the patient is in the room. In that moment, the doorbell rang and Emily went to get it while I finished preparing everything.

"Dr., Thomas Grace is here" Emily informed me, with a very meaningful look in her. I rolled my eyes, thinking she shouldn't be looking out for teenage boys. But I can't do a thing. I'm not her mother. I walked out to the waiting room. Mr. Grace and his son were there, along side with a woman with brown hair, braided to the side, with toasted skin and beautiful kaleidoscopic eyes. Holding her hand, a beautiful young girl of twelve, more or less. She had her mother's skin, a lighter tone, but her father's hair color. Her eyes were blue.

"Hello again, Thomas" I greeted him, pulling my hand out. He shook it, nervous "I'm guessing these are your mother and sister"

"Piper Grace" the woman introduced herself. I shook her hand as well.

"Well, Thomas, I'm gonna ask you to bring the medication I prescribed you and your x-ray?" I asked, guiding him in. You could see him shrinking visibly and walking away.

"Let's just get this over with" he stated, trying to sound brave. I had the urged to start digging and extracting his teeth in that moment.

"Maybe it should be better inside the room, with the right equipment" Mrs. Grace said, stern. Her voice was very persuasive and very... right. I marched into the room, Thomas in my heels.

"OK, Thomas, I'm gonna ask you to sit down while I adjust the chair" I told him, changing the chair's position. Once that was sorted, I placed a towel in his chest "Just in case I want to wipe your mouth" I explained, while taking the medicine out "Take this..." I gave him two pills and a cup with water. He swallowed them without hesitation. While Emily opened the instruments, I pulled out a needle and the anesthetic.

"You're not gonna out me to sleep, are you?" Thomas asked, really freaked.

"Just your gums, I promise" I assured him. But he jumped off the chair.

"You won't stick that needle in my mouth!" he shouted. I sighed, trying to relax myself and him.

"If I put you to sleep with gas, you'll leave in four hours" I admitted to him "Is that what you want?"

"I don't want it inside!" he kept saying, walking back.

"What's going on?" I heard from outside. In a second, the whole Grace family walks in.

"I'm not allowing her to stick a needle in my gums!" Thomas insisted.

"Thank you for coming" I heard Mr. Grace tell his wife, who raised an eyebrow at her son.

"Mom's mad, Dad" the girl told her father, who nodded.

"Listen to me, young man" she started, pointing at his son "You've faced swords, piliums, a furious elephant, some Canadians and you're scared or needles?" she asked, direct. Thomas nodded "Sit down or I'm making you" she warned him.

"Mom-"

"Sit down" Surprisingly, Thomas sat down, but was about to protest "Don't. Now, open your mouth" Wow, she was good, I wanted also to open my mouth. I shook my head and applied the anesthetic, in the upper part. Two for each molar.

"When I finish with one, I'm applying the one below" I explained "Takes time to work" With those words, I dismissed the family out.


1 Hour Later

"OK, let me just put this in..." I told Thomas, placing some little fabric in the back of his mouth on both sides "You're ready, let me..." I straighten the chair and write some prescriptions and grab a paper with the instructions for the next few days and walk out with him.

"Everything alright?" Mr. Grace asked, being the first up. I nodded.

"After the initial scare, everything went smoothly" I confessed "Now, I placed some fabric at the end of his mouth. He should pressure lightly there and keep it for three hours. That's when the anesthetic would completely wear off" I started to explain "For the first few days, you can't look down. At all. Also, apply ice for twenty minutes and rest an hour-"

"Can he eat ice cream?" Thomas' sister interrupted me. I smirked and nodded.

"By next week, he should be able to eat solids, but they should be at normal temperature" I explain, handing Mrs. Grace the prescriptions "He needs to take this pills, each one is specified and..." I glanced at Thomas, apologetically "...the last medication I made you bought it's an injection-" Thomas cut me, moaning loudly.

"Thomas Grace, watch your mouth" his mother warned him "Thanks for everything, Dr."

"My pleasure. Bring him here in two weeks to get his stitches out" I told them before they left the place. Is sighed, concentrating in my next appointment.


Hello! A little short? What do you think? You know the drill!

P.S. I did this, thinking it would be funny to use Piper charmspeaking somehow...

P.S.S. This is real life procedures... I went through it... It's more painful when you have to do it twice, trust me!

P.S.S.S. Next one is about Caleo and their shop ;) What about the following? You choose!

P.S.S.S.S. Thank you to ALL the comments and reviews I got from last week! Didn't have time to answer them one by one, so I'll be doing it now:

To MyLittleBigBangSwitchAtOlympus: Hope this answer your question :)

To Princess of Flames: You want them as couple or friends or what?

To YourLogicIsFlawless: Already thought of something! XD

To Writingnerd291: Couple or friends?