All week I have been dreading this day; Friday. I've tried to think of ways I can get out of going to this dumb dentist appointment but Josh would just end up taking me another time and if I fake being sick he would just bring all his medical equipment to my dorm and give me a check-up, which is the opposite of what I need right now.

He took me to dinner on Wednesday night after class and told me he spoke to Justin and he said he doesn't mind giving me a check-up so that was great news. Not!

Right now I'm sitting on my bed in my dorm waiting for Josh to pick me up, he finished work around 10 minutes ago so he should be here soon. I decided to wear one of Josh's hoodies for comfort seen as I'm going to be in the worst place ever in a few minutes, and some leggings.

The door knocks and I drag myself off my bed and open the door. Josh is still in his work clothes- a crisp white shirt, grey slacks and his black dress shoes- he looks so hot, as usual.

"Hey baby" He says as he pecks my mouth and pulls me into a hug, I tuck my face into his chest and breathe in his aftershave and the scent of the hospital. "Hey, you smell like the hospital" I say as I tighten my grip around his waist, he laughs and kisses the top of my head. "You love it really" He jokes knowing I hate it. We pull away and he takes my hand.

"You ready to go baby?" I huff and look away. "Hey, baby its going to be fine, we're going out after remember? This is just a quick stop, there's nothing to worry about okay?" He softly takes my chin and turns my face towards him. "Do I have to get a check-up?"

"No" He smiles. "But I'd really like you to, everyone needs to go for a cleaning and a check-up every six months babe and Justin can help you out with that sensitivity yeah?" I still don't reply, he's said I don't have to so maybe I should just say no. Suddenly he picks me up, walks over to my bed and sits down with me on his lap. "Baby, there is nothing to be afraid of, okay? I'm not going to let anyone hurt you, Justin is going to be really gentle and just have a little look then he'll probably give you a cleaning. After that we can go to benny's, easy peasy yeah?"

Ughh, why does he have to be so persuasive, and I don't want to disappoint him. "Okay." I whisper and Josh kisses my cheek. "Everything is going to be okay sweetheart." I get off his lap and he stands, taking my hand.

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We get to Josh's hospital and he leads me through to the dental building and it smells even worse down here for some reason. He walks me into the reception area and signs us both in with a young male in scrubs that I have never seen before but Josh must know him because they know each others name. Once he has signed us in he walks us over to the chairs and we sit down, my sweaty shaky hand still in his.

"My tummy feels funny." I say quietly. "Your okay baby, its just the nerves yeah? You don't feel sick do you?" He asks as he places his hand on my forehead. "No, its like butterflies but bad ones." I say quietly. Josh gives me a sad face and wraps his arms around me. "Take some deeps breaths sweetheart, your fine." I don't feel fine. I'm terrified.

I cuddle more into Josh.

"Hey guys." I hear Justin's voice and turn to see him walking towards us in his blue scrubs.

"Hey man" Josh holds me against him as he stands to greet Justin.

"Hey Sophie, you okay hun?" Justin asks and I peek out of Josh's chest.

"She's a little nervous." Josh answers for me, rubbing my back.

"Oh no, there's no reason to be nervous, do I really look that scary to you Sophie?" He smiles at me and I laugh a little, shaking my head.

"Good, why don't we head back so we can get outta here?" He asks me and I nod.

Josh holds my hand as we follow Justin through a corridor and into a room with the dreaded tools and dental chair.

"Okay Sophie, why don't you sit on this stool here so you can see what were going to be doing today, when its your turn." Justin says as he pushes a stool with wheels on the bottom by the dental chair. I sit down as Josh sits on the dental chair. He grabs the stool and pulls me closer to him and the scary, dental chair and rubs my thigh- smiling at me.

Justin quickly washes his hands as he talks to Josh about work and I just fiddle with my fingers in my lap. I hear latex slapping against skin and I look up to see Justin sitting on a stool, similar to mine, putting on gloves.

"Just leaning you back J" Justin tells Josh as he puts on a mask and the chair reclines. Josh looks so relaxed- not nervous at all. He is laughing and smiling with Justin like this is nothing to him. I wish I didn't have irrational fears like this-its exhausting.

"Okay, open when your ready mate" Josh opens his mouth and Justin uses a small, metal mirror and a pointy tool to look around his mouth. "See Sophie, easy peasy hun, I'm just going to use my mirror and explorer to look around your mouth, just like this." Justin talks to me as he checks Josh's teeth. I hear the metal come in contact with Josh's teeth and I cringe but Josh doesn't even flinch- it sounds like it hurts.

"You looking forward to tonight Sophie? I cannot wait to eat, I'm starving." Justin makes convocation as he concentrates on Josh's mouth.

"Yeah, I'm excited to try these wings you speak so highly of." I say quietly, trying to control my nerves.

"Oh they are going to be the best wings you have ever tasted Soph! I guarantee that!" He says dramatically and I laugh slightly. "They are even better with a beer!" But Josh speaks around Justin's tools before I can reply. "Nope!"

Justin removes his tools. "Dude you drink every now and then, you can't go all doctor on her and stop her from having a beer!" Justin jokes and I giggle as Josh shakes his head.

"She can't drink." Josh says smiling.

"I'm 18, I can't drink YET." I say smiling to Josh, emphasizing the 'yet' and he rolls his eyes as he opens his mouth again for Justin.

"Oh sorry, my bad- well I'm sure we can sneak you one." Justin says cheekily and Josh side eyes him, shaking his head slightly- as much as he can with Justin's tools in his mouth.

Justin talks about a little boy he had as a patient today and how cute he was as he cleans Josh's teeth and he is done after 10 mins. Justin starts lifting the chair back up and my nerves that were settled for a while, have now returned.

"Yeah your looking good man, I'll put you down for your next appointment in 6 months and have Chris text you the date and all that." Justin tells Josh as he takes off his mask and gloves, then changing all the tools.

"Thanks dude" Josh says as he holds me to his chest, noticing my nerves.

"Okay Sophie, wanna get in the chair for me hun, Josh can sit next to you and hold your hand." He says as he pulls on new gloves. I slowly walk towards the chair, nervous butterflies in my stomach. Josh helps me into the chair and sits beside me, on the stool, with my hand in his, his other hand rubbing my arm soothingly.

"Any problems hun? Or anything bothering you lately?" Justin ask me and I shake my head but Josh speaks up.

"She's been having some sensitivity to hot and cold drinks, especially with ice cream and smoothies." Justin nods his head along with what Josh is saying and I just sit quietly.

"Okay, I'll have a look and see what I can do to help with that."

"And how long ago was your last dental appointment Soph?" Justin asks.

"A few years" I whisper as my cheeks flame and Josh reaches out to rub his thumb along my hot cheek.

"Okay hun, that's no problem. I'm just going to lean your chair back, is that okay?" Josh begins to rub circles on the back of my hand and I nod my head, hesitantly. The chair slowly leans me back so I'm parallel to the ground and I look at Josh squeezing his hand.

"Your okay, baby." Josh says quietly to me.

Justin rolls under my head and I look up to see him smiling under his mask. He turns the dental lamp on and aligns it with my mouth.

"Okay hun, can you open wide for me? I'm just using my mirror and explorer like I showed you with Josh." He holds his tools out to me, showing me that's all he has and I hesitantly open my mouth a little.

"Can you open just a little wider for me sweets?" Justin asks.

"Common baby, your okay." Josh chimes in and I open wider.

"Thankyou hun." Justin gently inserts his tool into my mouth.

"Good girl Soph." Josh says to me rubbing my tummy and squeezing my hand gently.

As Justin looks around my mouth I just look at Josh's perfect face and he smiles and talks to me reassuringly the whole time but I cannot wait to get out this damn chair. I tense every now and then, but Justin always stops to see if I'm okay and Josh was calming me as much as he could.

"Your doing great Sophie, I'm just going to brush your teeth now. What toothpaste would you like? We have, mint, watermelon, strawberry and orange. Josh is boring and always has mint." Justin jokes.

"That's because all the others taste disgusting." Josh says.

"Um, I'll just have mint then please." I say trusting Josh and laughing a little.

"Good choice baby." Josh smiles at me.

"Josh you are ruining the fun of it!" Justin rolls his eyes dramatically and so does Josh and I laugh at their antics. Their dynamic is so funny.

"Okay Soph open for me hun." I do, wanting to get this over with. Don't get me wrong, it was nowhere near as bad as I thought it was going to be but I still don't like it. Justin was gentle as he cleaned and brushed my teeth but I want it to be over now, I think the boys know too.

"Almost done sweets, just going to floss your teeth." Justin says, I have definitely been in the chair longer than Josh was- what is taking so long? Justin finishes off flossing my teeth and I go to sit up but he stops me.

"Hang on hun, I just want to put a bit of fluoride on your teeth, it will only take a minute." He didn't do this to Josh but I lay back down anyway and let him brush the weird gel on my teeth.

"Okay sweetie, your all done, you did so well." I close my mouth and immediately I taste the fluoride and pull a face. As the chair is still leaning up I scramble out of it and into Josh's arms.

"I'm so proud of you baby, you were so brave." I look up at him as he rubs my back, he smiles down at me and pecks my mouth.

"This stuff tastes weird." I say and Josh smiles at me and rubs his thumb across my rosy cheek.

"Yeah so, that fluoride is just preventative care, you had a few area's we should keep an eye one, but they are okay for now and I noticed your wisdom teeth will start coming in over the next few months or so, if they cause you any problems come and see me. Just make sure your flossing but apart from that your looking pretty good Soph, just no eating or drinking for half an hour." Justin tells me with a smile and Josh squeezes me.

"Well done baby, no cavities!" Josh praises and my cheeks flush. He kisses the top of my head.

"I'm going to book you in with me for in six months time, so you can come with Josh but if you have any problems you can of course come see me whenever." Justin smiles. "I'll grab you some toothpaste which will help with the sensitivity." Justin says.

"Thankyou." I say quietly.

A few minutes later we leave to go to benny's-once Justin has gotten changed out of his scrubs and by the time we get there and we have ordered our food and drinks, Justin said its okay for me to eat and drink. Josh only has a water because he is driving me even though I said he was okay to have a beer or two- he declined. He is so sweet.

I actually have a great time and I learnt a lot about Josh through Justin. I guess not all dentists are bad.

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Ahhh finally managed to get an update out! Sorry it took so long, but I hope this was worth the wait! Thankyou for reading! Leave a comment and a vote if you enjoyed it!

Bella xx