"Basically, I'll inject you, and when you feel numb.." Dr. Rivera's voice trailed off. It was four o' clock. It was Wednesday.

I was going to pull out two of my precious te.

" Ow!" I cried, as the needle slipped under my flesh.

" Don't move, Mal, or I'll have to inject you again." Said Dr. Rivera. I stayed perfectly still.

" Alright, Mal, now, can you go to the waiting room outside, read a book or something, and I'll call you back in about 15 minutes."

Fifteen minutes later came real fast. " Mallory Pike? Please go to room 4 to see Dr. Rivera." said the receptionist.

"Mal, you may want to close your eyes, it doesn't hurt, but lots of kids prefer to close their eyes." Said Dr Rivera " All you'll feel is some pressure. Then you'll hear a sound. It sounds as though you were running through mud, you know, that sound when you pull your feet up."

" Uh-huh."

"Here goes.done! One tooth out, and one to go!"

As she showed me the tooth, I thought of Betsy Sobak. She almost, I said almost, tricked me into thinking she had sneezed her tooth out. And also of Vanessa, my little sister, when her tooth dropped out while eating candy. It was so bloody. Then I felt more pressure. She was at it again.

" Okay Mal! All done. Here are your teeth." Said Dr Rivera, holding out a zip-lock bag with two teeth inside. " Don't forget, next Thursday."

Done? That was real fast.It didn't hurt as much as I thought it would have. Well, it was time to rush to Claudia's for a BSC meeting.

~end of part two~

please R&R.