I wanna see your real smile part 2
Disclaimer: I don't own Glee, if I did the warblers would show up in New York and be like "Hey!" also there would be more Niff so yeah.
Tuesday night Nick and Jeff were sitting at the table. Nick made lasagna and was eating. He looked over at Jeff who was pushing his lasagna around with his fork. Nick frowned.
"You don't like it?" Nick asked.
"No it's great, you know I love your cooking. I just don't feel good." Jeff said.
"Are you nervous about tomorrow?" Nick asked.
"Yeah.." Jeff mumbled. "I feel nauseous."
"Just try to eat something, but if you can't it's okay." Nick said.
Jeff ate about a quarter of his dinner but eventually gave up. "Nicky I really don't feel good."
"It's okay. I'll clean up and you can just go get ready for bed. I'll be in there in a few." Nick said.
"Okay." Jeff said.
Jeff showered before dinner, so all he had to do was his personal hygiene stuff and then he was laying down in his and Nick's shared bed waiting for his husband.
Nick walked out of the bathroom and climbed into bed next to Jeff. He wrapped his arms around his husband.
"Hey, how are you feeling?" Nick asked.
"I'll live." Jeff mumbled.
"Talk to me." Nick said holding Jeff closer.
"I'm just nervous.. Okay really nervous. Last time it hurt so bad and the.." He paused, he didn't like saying the word dentist. "..you know who people didn't stop and they just called me a baby. If this was any other time I would be thinking of a way to get out of it." Jeff trailed off.
"You don't have to think of a way to get out of it because there really is nothing to be scared of. You will be completely numb, you won't be able to feel a thing. The worst part will be the noise and you can just listen to music if you want. How did you used to get out of going?" Nick asked, suddenly curious.
Jeff softly chuckled. "Once I locked myself in the bathroom. Another time I made myself throw up so my mom thought I was sick. It was horrible, I would do anything to get out of going. My mom eventually just gave up." Jeff said.
Nick laughed. "You locked yourself in the bathroom? Oh my gosh what did they do?" Nick asked.
"They sent me to a specialist or something I don't even remember I was like eight." Jeff said.
"Wow, oh my gosh I'm so sorry. Did your mom get mad?" Nick asked.
"Yeah she got pretty pissed off but she got over it." Jeff laughed.
"I wish I could go back in time somehow and make sure that never happened. " Nick asked.
"You can, just ask the doctor to borrow his TARDIS." Jeff said.
Nick chuckled. "Trust me if I had access to the TARDIS we wouldn't be here, we would be on mars or something." Nick mused.
"That would be so awesome." Jeff mumbled.
"Go to sleep you goof. Your appointment is at 8:30 so I'll just drive you there. I love you." Nick said.
"I love you too, even if you are going to put a drill in my mouth tomorrow." Jeff said. Then they both fell asleep.
Jeff had a rather restless night. He kept having nightmares and waking up in a cold sweat. He probably got 4 hours of sleep in total.
"Get up sleepy head." Nick said.
Jeff rolled over. He looked at Nick who was standing by the bed with only a pair of sweat pants on .
"I don't feel good." Jeff said.
Nick looked at Jeff, he had dark circles under his eyes and Nick frowned. "Did you get any sleep last night?" Nick asked.
"Hardly." Jeff mumbled.
"You still need to come to your appointment. Do you want breakfast?" Nick asked.
"No, I feel like I'm gonna throw up." Jeff said.
"It's just nerves. I promise you'll be fine." Nick soothed.
A little while later they were in the car driving towards the office. Well Nick was driving, Jeff was sitting in the passenger seat nibbling on his bottom lip looking out the window.
Soon they pulled up to the office. Jeff noticed and shifted in his seat. Nick frowned, he wasn't looking forward to what was to come, he knew Jeff would most likely be difficult. He hated to see Jeff distressed but it had to be done. He turned off the car and got out. Much to his surprise Jeff willingly got out of the car without Nick having to force him.
"I'm shocked, I didn't have to physically drag you out of the car." Nick said. Jeff just shot Nick a bitch glare and Nick threw his hands up in defense.
Nick walked in the office and greeted the receptionist. The two walked back to a room and Jeff lingered outside of the door. Nick who had already walked in expecting Jeff to follow him rolled his eyes. Of course it wouldn't be that easy. Nick tried to grab Jeff's hand but he pulled it away.
"No, I changed my mine. I don't wanna do this!" Jeff yelled. Nick grabbed Jeff's wrist before he could run out.
"Jeffy I know your scared, but it'll be fine. You just need to calm down." Nick said.
"No you don't know! You don't understand how terrifying this is for me! I can hear my own heart beating, I think I'm gonna have a heart attack. Nick everything is blurry I think I'm gonna pass out I'm scared." Jeff panicked.
"Hey, hey. Jeff I need you to take a deep breath in through your mouth and let it out through your nose. You are having an anxiety attack. You are not going to die I promise." Nick soothed.
Nick walked Jeff over to a chair in the corner of the room and helped him sit down. Jeff was hyperventilating. Why was it so hard to breath?
"Jeff look at me. Okay I need you to poke your nose three times." Jeff did, wondering what this had to do with anything. "Okay now pat your thighs 5 times." Nick instructed and Jeff did.
Eventually Jeff calmed down and was breathing some-what normally again. "You okay now?" Nick asked.
"I think so.. That was weird. I actually felt like I was gonna die. It was like a million thoughts went through my mind I saw myself being rushed to the ER and you were crying. Oh my gosh Nick that was scary." Jeff said.
"I know babe, that was an anxiety attack." Nick said.
"What did poking my own nose and patting my thighs have to do with anything?" Jeff asked.
Nick laughed. "Simple, it just distracted you. It worked didn't it? It was basically distracting your brain from freaking out." Nick said.
"How'd you know how to do that?" Jeff asked.
"Experience." Nick said, he then took Jeff's hand and brought him over to the chair. Jeff slowly sat down.
Jeff just sat there while Nick washed his hands, put on gloves, and then a mask. The tray of tools was already on the small table next to the chair.
"Hey Nick, can I ask you something?" Jeff asked.
"Of course." Nick said.
"Have you ever had a cavity?" Jeff asked.
Nick laughed. "Where did that question come from? Um.. No, I never have. I've always been a little O.C.D about brushing and flossing. Even when I was a kid." Nick said.
"Oh." Jeff said, feeling slightly embarrassed.
Nick frowned, he saw the embarrassment on Jeff's face. "But I went in for cleanings and exams every six months." Nick said.
Jeff nodded. Nick put a bib around Jeff's neck. Then he reclined the chair and positioned the light over Jeff's mouth. He then picked up his mirror and explorer tool. "Okay let me take a look real quick."
Jeff opened his mouth and Nick took a look to make sure there were no other problems. He saw the same two cavities on the bottom left and knew there was a cavity in between the teeth on the same side, one of which was the pretty deep one. Then on the top on the opposite was a small one. He then retracted his tools. How did Jeff manage to get 3 cavities in the same area?
"How many shots do I have to get?" Jeff asked.
"Only two, somehow you managed to get 3 in the same area." Nick said. "Okay, I'm going to put some numbing gel on the area around the tooth so you won't feel the injection." Nick informed Jeff.
Nick then put some of the numbing gel on a Q-tip type thing. "Okay open." Nick instructed and Jeff did.
At first Jeff winced at the pressure but eased a moment later. Soon that part was over and Jeff couldn't feel that area, he licked where the gel went and it numbed the tip of his tongue, naturally.
"Can you feel the area?" Nick asked.
"No, I also can't feel the tip of my tongue." Jeff said.
"Naturally you would lick it." Nick laughed.
"Okay now I'm going to give you the injections, you may feel a little pinch but nothing major." Nick said and Jeff nodded.
Nick picked up the needle, keeping it out of Jeff's peripheral vision so he didn't trigger another anxiety attack.
Jeff opened his mouth tentatively. He then felt Nick's fingers feel around and then a small prick, it actually didn't hurt as much as he thought it would. Nick repeated this one other time on the opposite side of Jeff's mouth.
"Your done with that part." Nick said sitting Jeff's chair up and turning off the light. "I'll just wait about ten minutes for the novocaine to take full effect and we'll get started." Nick said.
Jeff just sat there touching his face. Typical Jeff. "Nick I can't feel my face." Jeff mumbled.
"Generally that's what novocaine does." Nick said sarcastically, but you could see the smile in his eyes.
"This is so weird." Jeff said poking his cheek. Nick just laughed. This went on for a few more minutes before Nick was ready to start.
"Okay Jeff, it's time to start." Nick said and Jeff suddenly didn't feel calm anymore, he actually felt rather sick. The reality of the situation finally hit him. He was going to have a drill in his mouth, how could Nick expect him to be okay with that?
Nick reclined his chair and moved his swivel stool to where it was under Jeff's head. He then positioned the light over Jeff's mouth.
"Okay I'm not going to remove the decay yet, let me check if you are feeling the whole effects of the novocaine." Nick said. He picked up his mirror and explorer tool. "Okay, open." Jeff did. Nick tapped on one of the cavity teeth.
"Do you feel that?" Nick asked. Jeff shook his head. Nick repeated these steps a few more times to make sure Jeff would feel no pain.
"Okay, you are completely numb. You won't feel any pain. Let's get started. I'm just going to remove the decay." Nick said. Jeff knew what that meant. The drill. Nick didn't say it but Jeff knew. Jeff then made a decision, he wouldn't let Nick do this. He knew it would hurt and he didn't want it to. Something would go wrong, it always did.
Jeff sat up, he had to get out of there. "Jeff what's wrong?" Nick said. He didn't want to push Jeff back down because he wanted to make sure Jeff knew he still had control over the situation but if he got out of that room it would be hard to get him back.
"I have to get out of here. I won't let you do this Nick. Something will go wrong! It always does." Jeff said trying not to cry. He was about to put his feet on the ground but Nick pushed him back.
"Jeff I'm sorry but you aren't getting out of this." Jeff said.
"Please Nick I don't want to do this." Jeff said. By now he was crying.
Nick pinned down Jeff's legs so he wouldn't leave. Jeff was still crying and Nick was pretty sure his heart actually hurt seeing his husband like this. He knew what he had to do. He grabbed the laughing gas and put it over Jeff's nose. At first Jeff fought against Nick but soon he was really calm.
Jeff really didn't understand why he was so scared anymore. He actually felt pretty calm. Now he was just really tired. He didn't remember much from there. He remembered a blue light and the sound of a drill and Nick saying he was doing great but he surely wasn't scared anymore.
Jeff woke up in his and Nick's shared bed. How did he get there? The last thing he remembered was Nick pinning him down and some weird smelling gas. He got up and walked into the living room where Nick was watching Doctor Who. He sat down on the sofa. Nick paused the tv.
"Hey you. How are you feeling?" Nick asked.
"I kinda feel like I got hit by a bus. My head hurts and my face feels kinda weird." Jeff said.
"That's normal." Nick said. "Come over here and we can watch Doctor Who and cuddle." Nick said gesturing to the sofa and Jeff did.
"Wait. Why aren't you at work?" Jeff asked.
"I took the rest of the day off so I could look after you." Nick said.
Jeff smiled. "I love you."
"I love you too." Nick said.
"So what's next?" Jeff asked.
"Well tomorrow I took off so I can go with you to your appointment with Blaine." Nick informed Jeff.
"Oh goodie. More people screwing around in my mouth." Jeff said, his voice muffled because his head was buried in Nick's arm.
"Hey, look at it this way. Now you're on your way to having a perfect smile." Nick said rubbing circles on Jeff's back.
"No more talking, let's just cuddle." Jeff mumbled.
"I'm perfectly fine with that."
A/N: I'm so so so sorry for the wait. I've been so busy but I finally got to the point where I just wanted to post this. I'm not as happy with this one as I was last chapter. Thank you guys so much for the lovely reviews! I'll be posting another chapter, I'm not sure if I'll do an epilogue or not. I'm not good with deadlines so I'm not sure when I'll have it up. Leave me a review? Like it? Hate it? Are you mad I took so long to update? Do you think Riker Lynch and Curt Mega are adorable?