The Baby-Sitters Club is Ann M. Martin’s series not mine.

---

The next day, my tooth was still hurting me.

“Was Mary Anne alright?” Sharon asked.

“Half of her tooth broke off last night.” Dad told my stepmother.

“That doesn’t sound too good.” Sharon replied.

“I’m going to bring her to the dentist first thing in the morning.” Dad said.

“My tooth’s in pain and it’s making me nauseous.” I said.

That was when I fled upstairs to the bathroom and started throwing up.

“I better go and see if she’s alright.” Dad said.

He came in and comforted me while I was still throwing up. After that, my tooth was hurting me even more.

---

The following day, at the dentist’s office, the dentist checked my tooth and said, “Yep. Half of it is broken. I’ll have to pull the rest of the other half out right now.”

“Is it going to hurt?” I asked.

“Just a little, it will take two seconds.” The dentist told me. “I promise to be gentle. I just need to put Nova cane first. It’s an injection that helps you not to feel a thing. ”

“Okay.” I said.

I took a deep breath and closed my eyes while he gave me nova cane. It didn’t even hurt when he took it out. The next thing I knew, it was all done after that.

“All done, dear.” The dentist told me.

“I find the injection works so I won’t feel anything.” I said.

“And it works every time. I’m going to excuse you from school for today and tomorrow so you can recover in case your mouth aches.” The dentist said.

“Okay.” I said as I went out to Dad.

“How did it go?” Dad asked.

“It took two seconds to come out. He gave me the nova cane injection to help me not to feel a thing. It didn’t hurt at all. The dentist is going to excuse me from school for two days, starting today so I can recover in case of toothaches.” I told Dad.

“Okay. I’m off today so I’ll be home with you.” Dad said. “I’ll call the school and let them know when we get home.”

---

At home, I was on the couch watching TV. Dad called the school right after we came back home. Good thing I was excused from school because I felt some bad mouth pain.

“Do we have anything for mouth pain? It’s bothering me.” I said.

“I’ll go check, Mary Anne, honey.” Dad replied.

“I never had a toothache or mouth pain in my whole life.” I said.

He checked and he came back down with an Advil and I took one. It was helping me so far. I’m glad the tooth was pulled out since it was hurting me.