I wanna see your real smile part 3
Disclaimer: Obviously if I owned Glee I wouldn't be writing fanfiction about it so..
"Jeffery Anthony Sterling-Duval if you don't get out of this car right now I'm dragging you in there." Nick said to Jeff who was latched onto the steering wheel of the car. Right now the two were parked outside of Blaine's office. You could say Jeff was a little nervous about the whole ordeal.
"No, take me home. I'm not going in there." Jeff cried, he knew he was being a little dramatic, and probably acting like a giant 5 year old but he didn't want to go in there. Having Nick in his mouth was one thing but another person he had never even met before was another. To put it in simple words he was not cool with this.
"Jeff you aren't going home. Yesterday you were excited about this, you are just scared. Come on, you'll be fine. I promise you will be fine." Nick said, putting emphasis on the word promise.
Jeff sighed. He wouldn't win here. Either way he would get in there, and it was either be dragged in by Nick or go willingly. Jeff slowly got out of the car and Nick smiled. "We're off then!"
Jeff slowly followed Nick into the large building. Nick signed him in and such, it was strange actually having to wait. Which didn't really help with Jeff's unease with the whole situation.
They sat down and Nick looked over to Jeff who was nibbling on his bottom lip, like he always did when he was nervous. Jeff would look up every time the door would open and a assistant would poke their head out. Followed by a name. He dreaded when his name was to be called, he really didn't want to do this anymore.
Nick noticed Jeff's head snap up every time the door opened. He hated that Jeff was so scared, but there was nothing he could do about it except help him through it.
The door opened again. "Jeffery Sterling-Duval?" A assistant called out to the room.
Jeff flinched at his name, but Nick took his hand and guided him to the assistant. He smiled. "Hey Nick, how's it been?"
"I almost didn't recognize you! Hi Thad, I've been good. How's the wife?" Nick asked, smiling at Thad.
"Oh great, she is 7 weeks pregnant." Thad said.
"Oh that's lovely, Congratulations!" Nick added.
Thad nodded with a smile. "Okay, well first I'm just going to take some quick X-rays." Thad said, directed towards Jeff.
Jeff nodded. They walked to a room located toward the back of the office.
"Okay Jeff if I can just have you step right here." Thad asked, gesturing toward the big X-ray machine. He then put a radiation apron on Jeff.
"Okay put your chin here.. Good. Okay now bite down on this.. Great! Okay now I'm just going to take the X-ray. Keep your tongue on the roof of your mouth please." Thad commented to Jeff.
Thad took the X-ray, and 15 seconds later Jeff was done.
"Okay step straight back out of the X-ray machine.. Good." Thad praised.
Jeff walked back over to Nick and held his hand, trying to find a source of comfort in the situation he had such little control over. Overall the entire situation was overwhelming and he just wanted it to be done with.
Nick gladly took Jeff's hand, he held it tightly. Trying to comfort him, even if they were only holding hands; the simple little gesture said all that needed to be said.
Thad led them around a corner to a blank wall. At first Jeff was confused, but remembered what happened on the YouTube videos he watched; because of course Jeff would watch videos to know what to expect and or get himself worked up, but that's not the point.
Thad took a digital camera out of a cabinet near by.
"Okay Jeff, now I'm just going to take a few pictures. It won't take long." Thad explained.
Nick felt Jeff go tense next to him. Nick held back a sigh, he knew what this was about.
"It's fine baby, don't worry okay? These people are trained to fix the alinement of people's teeth. You don't need to be embarrassed. It's their job." Nick said in a low voice.
Jeff just nervously nodded.
"Okay just stand against that wall for me." Thad insisted.
Jeff did as told. He still didn't feel any more comfortable with the situation.
"Okay just relax your face for me." Thad said, and Jeff did. He saw a flash. "Okay now can I have you do a normal smile for me?" Thad requested and Jeff did.. sort of.
Jeff did his normal closed lip smile and Nick sighed from beside Thad.
"Baby, he means with teeth." Nick said gently.
Jeff shifted uncomfortably, he knew that but that didn't mean he liked it. He then slowly smiled, showing just a little bit of his teeth.
"Just a little bit bigger, please." Thad pressed.
Jeff smiled a little bigger, wiping his sweaty hands on his pants. His insecurities getting the better of him. He saw a flash and it was done. He walked back over to Nick, holding his hand.
"You're beautiful when you smile, I love you." Nick whispered in Jeff's ear and Jeff blushed. He whispered a quick 'I love you too'.
"Okay, we are all done with this part. If you'll just follow me." Thad said, gesturing for the two men to follow him.
They walked to a small room. The room had a reclining chair, a tray of tools, and computer, and a big screen along with countless other things. Jeff started to fidget uncomfortably.. 'Are my teeth going to be on that big screen?' Jeff thought to himself. He already hated this and he hadn't even sat down yet.
Nick frowned once again at his husband. He wished he knew what was going through Jeff's mind. It looked like he was getting himself all worked up. Nick knew that face.. Jeff was on the verge of an anxiety attack. Thad gestured for them to come in the room but Jeff just hurriedly shook his head and backed out of the room. Nick inwardly swore as he went after Jeff.
Jeff rounded a corner, then another, then another. He had no idea where he was going but he just needed to get out of the room. He put his back up against a wall and slid down it. He put his head in his hands, messing up his blond fringe. He heard someone sit down next to him and looked over. It was Nick..
"Baby.. What's wrong?" Nick asked.
Jeff just shook his head, Nick couldn't see his face but Jeff was probably crying.
"Talk to me baby, please." Nick pressed on.
Jeff sighed. He lifted his face from his hands. His eyes rimmed red from crying.
"I'm scared.. I'm so scared. This whole situation is terrifying. I don't want to do this anymore.. Please take me home Nicky, I'm so scared." Jeff said, trying not to cry.
"Jeff, please try to calm down. Getting yourself all worked up isn't doing anything but make things worse. You really have nothing to worry about. None of what will be done today is going to hurt. All that is being done is finding out what treatment is going to be used. You know you don't want to go home, baby. You are just scared, and that's fine. You just need to calm down and know you're okay." Nick said, trying desperately to get Jeff to calm down, but it didn't seem to work judging by Jeff's still uneven breathing.
"You know we can't sit here forever. You will have to go in that room eventually." Nick pointed out.
"I know.. I just need a minute. I feel like I'm going to be sick.. I can't stand this smell." Jeff sniffled.
"You won't be sick, you are just nervous." Nick assured Jeff.
A soft knock on the wall cut them off. Blaine popped his head around the corner.
"Well hello, my name is Dr. Anderson, but you can call me Blaine." Blaine introduced himself.
Jeff knew who that was, he whimpered quietly. He just wanted to disappear into the floor at this point.
Nick stood up. "Hello Blaine, how have you been?" Nick questioned.
"Oh good, how about you?" Blaine asked.
"Oh I've been great, I actually just married the love of my life about eight months ago." Nick said smiling at Jeff, and Jeff blushed from his spot on the floor.
Blaine smiled at the two. He thought they were adorable together.
"Well I couldn't help but overhear part of that conversation. I just came to see if there was anything I could do to help." Blaine went on.
Nick looked down at Jeff who was still sitting on the floor before looking back over to Blaine. "I honestly don't know if you can help. I mean getting him off the floor would be an accomplishment." Nick trailed off.
Blaine softly chuckled. "Well Jeff, I can see you are a bit nervous. Do you think you could just come to a private exam room with me? Nick could come, and I won't even do anything. I won't even look at your teeth yet. We are just going to talk. Do you think you could do that?" Blaine asked.
Jeff looked up at Nick who just gave him an encouraging smile. Jeff then slowly nodded. Nick helped him off the floor, and the three walked back to a private exam room.
Once in there Jeff became tense. It looked just like the other exam room but there was a small sofa to the side.
"Could you and Nick just sit on the sofa so we could talk?" Blaine asked. Jeff nodded. The two men sat on the sofa while Blaine sat on a swivel stool.
"Okay Jeff. I just want this to be really easy for you. Is there anything I can do to make this easier for you? All that is left to do is a few more pictures, molds, and a visual exam. Does any of that scare you?" Blaine questioned.
Jeff just shrugged, and Nick sighed. "Baby, you need to speak or Blaine can't help you." Nick voiced.
Jeff held Nick's hand a little tighter. He didn't like talking about this type of stuff but he knew he had no choice in the matter.
"I mean I guess it scares me a little bit but not as much as it makes me feel uncomfortable. I am just really self conscious about my teeth. I've been embarrassed of my teeth for so long and it's hard to be comfortable with anyone looking at them." Jeff said in a low voice.
Blaine nodded. "You know what you are feeling is very common, It's completely normal. You just have to understand that when I look at your teeth I'm not thinking 'ew they don't look right' I'm thinking of how I can fix the problem. My job is to fix the placement and alinement of teeth, I'm not judging you in any way. You are my patient and I want to help, you have nothing to be embarrassed or ashamed of." Blaine explained.
Jeff nodded, that visibly eased his worries.
"Do you have any questions at all?" Blaine asked.
Jeff nodded. "Will any of this hurt?" He asked.
Blaine shook his head. "No, it's completely painless. The molds might make you feel a little bit sick depending on how strong your gag reflex is but besides that not at all." Blaine went on.
Jeff nodded. Now he understood and it didn't seem so scary.
"So do you think you are ready to finish up?" Blaine asked.
Jeff nodded.
"Okay, if you could just sit down in the reclining chair for me. I'm just going to take some pictures." Blaine explained. Jeff sat down and Blaine proceeded to put on gloves. Usually this would be a job Thad would do but Blaine didn't mind, he just wanted Jeff to be comfortable.
Jeff sat down in the reclining chair, it was still sitting up which made him feel a little more at ease. Nick pulled up a chair as well so he could be next to Jeff. Blaine put a tray next to the chair as well as grab a camera. Blaine picked up two medal rod type things from the tray.
"Okay Jeff, these will just pull back your cheeks so I can get pictures of your teeth. It won't hurt at all." Blaine explained.
Nick could feel Jeff grow tense from beside him. He gave Jeff's hand a reassuring squeeze. Jeff gave him a soft smile.
Blaine requested that Jeff open his mouth and Jeff hesitantly complied. Jeff held the metal rod things in place. He felt very exposed, but just tried to stay calm and not overthink anything.
Blaine had Jeff do several different positions with his mouth (clinched jaw, open mouth, ect.) as he took pictures with a digital camera and soon Jeff was able to take the cheek retractors out of his mouth.
Next was the molds, Jeff was a little uneasy about this because he had a strong gag reflex but tried to stay calm.
"Okay Jeff, just open your mouth really big and I'll just take a mold of the bottom." Blaine said as he held the tray right under Jeff's bottom lip. Jeff opened his mouth. "Try to keep your tongue out of the way, just hold it to the roof of your mouth." Blaine informed Jeff.
A few moments later the mold was dry and it was time for the top mold which Jeff was a little more hesitant about. Blaine put the top mold in and Jeff had to hold back a gag. It made him feel really sick but it took all of his self control to not be sick. That seemed like the few longest moments of his life but eventually it was over.
"Okay open." Blaine requested, he took the mold out and Jeff sighed in relief, it was almost over.
"Okay Jeff, I'm just going to do a quick visual exam. I already have a good idea of what course of action I'm going to suggest you take to straighten out your teeth but I just want to be sure." Blaine explained and Jeff became a little more uneasy. Nick noticed and grabbed Jeff's hand as Blaine leaned the chair back.
Jeff gripped Nick's hand tight as Blaine adjusted the light over Jeff's mouth. A soft whimper escaped Jeff's lips as Blane held some tools under his lower lip. Blaine already had gloves and a mask on so now it was time for Jeff to open his mouth. When Blaine asked Jeff to open he just shook his head and kept his mouth clenched shut.
Nick sighed. "Baby please don't work yourself up again, you're doing so well. Please don't be scared, you can trust Blaine. I'm right here baby just please don't work yourself up." Nick coaxed trying to make sure Jeff didn't have another anxiety attack.
Nick could see the terrified look in Jeff's eyes, yet Jeff opened his mouth. Blaine of course praised Jeff and told him great job and such but Jeff didn't care about that. Hot tears slowly poured down his face.
"Sh.. No no no, you're okay. Don't cry baby, please don't cry. You're okay, I'm here." Nick soothed wiping a fallen tear from Jeff's eye.
Jeff eventually stopped crying, and the crying turned into soft whimpers. Blaine was done after a little while and retracted his tools. He chose to not bring up Jeff's little crying incident, it had been handled by Nick.
To be continued..
A/N: I just really wanted to post something, sorry for the wait. I'll be writing more but wanted to get something up. Next chapter will find out what will happen to Jeff and more Niffness! Sorry if anything isn't correct. If there are any errors please let me know. Please review! :D