Great start! I always dreamed of my wife and I getting braces at the same time.

Hmm I’m curious where this is going

   Chapter 4: braces installation
   
The big day has arrived, the day that Bill and Carol both get braces. Bill had a great night's sleep and is ready for the big day. He decides to have a good lunch, so he doesn't have to eat a lot later in the day. When he was still in school, he always heard a lot of stories of how painful braces can be the first few days. He takes a big bite and instantly regrets that decision. He didn't notice it before, but the spacers had put a lot of tension on his teeth. He finishes his meal and it doesn't hurt if he's careful. He looks at the clock and sees he only has 10 minutes before he must drive to the orthodontist. He walks across the hall to Carol. He knocks but it remains completely silent on the other side of the door. He decides to grab his spare key and enters Carol's apartment. He looks in the bedroom, but he doesn't see her. Then he enters the bathroom door and she's Carol sleeping in her bathtub. Yesterday must have been an exhausting day for her. He wakes her up and she looks shocked.

Carol says, "What are you doing here?" She quickly realizes she slept in the bathtub and she must hurry. She puts on her clothes and they leave to go to the orthodontist. Carol doesn't even have time to eat something. In the waiting room, she hears her stomach, but she knows it's too late to grab something to eat. The assistant from yesterday calls their name and they enter a different room than yesterday. They can see a lot of photos of all kinds of orthodontist appliances, some even more horrible than the others. All the photos have names on them. Headgear, Herbst, expander, Forsus spring and a lot more. Underneath the photos, Carol saw a glimpse of an expander and a Herbst. Although her fear went away yesterday, she begins to sweat again. The orthodontist says, "I see you already spotted the appliances." Carol's eyes widen at the spoken words from the orthodontist. Bill decides to take his place on the chair before Carol. He expects it takes a lot more time for Carol to have her braces placed.

The orthodontist tells Bill more about what is going to happen. "Today both of you will get the brackets on your teeth with your first wire. But before we place the brackets, we will put the appliances in place."

"Please open wide." The orthodontist grabs one of the appliances off the shelf,. This was something he wasn't expecting. He can't really see what he grabs and it really frustrates Bill. The orthodontist removes the spacers and puts rings on his back molars. He's busy doing all kinds of things, so Bill decides to just let all of it happen. Eventually the orthodontist grabs a mirror and lets Bill look at what just happened. The orthodontist has just put a Herbst appliance in Bill's mouth. It feels weird because he's unable to fully move his jaws.

It's Carol's turn to take her place in the chair. The orthodontist begins to remove the spacers. This time he isn't placing individual rings on the molars. He grabs the expander and puts it in Carol's mouth. It reminds her of her first day sitting in the waiting room. The first day it made her dizzy, but not this time. Then he grabs a lip spreader and puts it in Carol's mouth. She could imagine how funny she might look now. She looked Bill's way and a string of drool fell on the ground. Bill was too busy to notice it, he was busy opening and closing his mouth. The assistant placed all the brackets on Carol's teeth and when she was done, she winked at Carol and walked out of the room. The orthodontist came back in and put the wires in. He grabbed a mirror and a little piece of metal. He showed her how the expander worked. He put the key in and turned the expander once, and she began to feel a little bit of pressure. The pressure was nothing compared to the pressure of the spacers.

Next Bill took his place in the chair again, he was still opening and closing his mouth. He found it hard to get used to the Herbst appliance. He didn't even notice that Carol already had her braces installed. The assistant put the lip spreader in his mouth, and he was imagining how funny he must look right now. A string of drool fell on the ground. Carol giggled a bit and looked Bill's way; it was the first time he saw Carol's braces. Carol sat there with her legs crossed over each other, not her usual sitting position. Did he like Carol's braces? He certainly didn't like his one contraption, or did he? The assistant put on most of the brackets and walked out of the room. The Herbst appliance made it impossible to put brackets on all his teeth. The orthodontist came back in and put the wires in. It looked like they were done. The orthodontist said, "You both have different kinds of molar bands on your teeth. These bands are typically used for headgear. Not that you two need them, but I don't have any of the regular ones left." They both got instructions on how to keep all the appliances clean and the orthodontist told Carol to turn her expander every day. They were on their way to make another appointment with the receptionist. Carol saw the assistant walk by and once again she winked at Carol. The next appointment is scheduled in 4 weeks. They go home together and Carol's happy that Bill is driving.

   Chapter 5: the first night with braces
   
The moment Bill and Carol step out of the car, they immediately went home again. Although they didn't know it, they were both very excited about what happened. Carol at home with braces

When Carol got home, her teeth didn't hurt at all. She was really surprised by it. So she grabs a few pieces of fruit and fills her stomach. This morning she overslept and left in a hurry. After the installing of the braces, Carol and Bill hadn't spoken a word. They really had to adjust to their new situations. Carol looked at the key that belonged to the expander. It was small, but it was certainly something she had to be careful with. Without the key, it would be impossible to turn the expander. She walked into the bathroom and examined her teeth. There was a lot of metal in her mouth and she could see the different molar bands that the orthodontist was talking about. There was a small tub on the side of the molar bands. Carol imagined how she would look with headgear. What was happening, did she have a braces fetish? First, she's afraid of the dentist and now she's starting to like braces? She could really notice the expander in her mouth, but it wasn't the pressure. Her tongue just kept noticing the piece of metal on the roof of her mouth. She imagined the pressure the expander could eventually give when you turn it. She grabbed the key and turned the expander. The orthodontist told her to do it once a day, but it wouldn't hurt doing it once more she thought. She began to feel a little pressure but not a lot. She tried to turn it back and that worked. The pressure on her teeth subsided. She started to fill her bathtub again. She was about to walk into the bathroom when her telephone rang. She picked it up, it was one of her friends.

Carol said, "Hello, itth Carel." She was surprised by her speech. It was the first time she really talked after her orthodontist appointment and it was harder than she expected. Amy said 'Hi, it's Amy, do you have anything to do tonight?"

"You can't cum uver tunight." Now Amy knew for sure Carol finally made the appointment with the orthodontist. Amy was the friend that suggested Carol get the braces that she really needed. Amy had braces in the past and now had perfect teeth.

Amy replied, "I hear you finally did it, I'm proud of you. I understand you want to get used to them, please call me later this week." The call just as quickly ended as that it had begun.

She folded her clothes on a chair and stepped into the bathtub. Carol sat in the bathtub and decided to turn her expander once again. She turned it and could feel some tension, but not a lot. She decided to turn it again, now she really started to feel some tension. She couldn't resist to turn it again. With her next turn, she heard an audible click she never heard before. Her teeth really began to hurt now, she tried to turn the expander back but noticed it would not turn back anymore. She began to mildly panic. She walked to her coat to look at the manual that the orthodontist gave her. The manual didn't mention anything about relieving tension on the expander. She then saw a card fall on the ground and read the letters. "I know you like your braces, call me: +3112345678."

Bill at home with braces

Immediately after Bill arrived home, he rushed to the bathroom. He looked into the mirror and took a good look at all the appliances in his mouth. Even with his mouth closed you could see he had a lot of metal in his mouth. He opened his mouth and immediately saw two bars connected between his upper and lower jaw. He already noticed it at the orthodontist office, since it made a squeaking sound. Surprised, he looked behind his upper front row. There was a small metal box connecting with the bars in his mouth. He tried to say a few words and noticed a lisp, he really hoped it would become less noticeable. He took a good look at the molar bands the orthodontist was talking about and saw they had tubes on the sides of them.

The tubes immediately reminded him of an Asian girl he had been dating when he was in his teenage years. While they were dating, she always had to wear headgear with normal traditional braces. It was normal to wear headgear in those days. The day she got her braces off, she told him she had to go back to China. That day was the first and last day I saw her without headgear. She never took it off. It was weird, but the day she left she gave me her headgear. It was the only reminder I had of her. It looked a bit different than the typical headgear, I always thought it was a Chinese kind. It was still somewhere in a box in the closet. Should he do it?

Bill walked to the closet and grabbed the old box out of the closet. There it was the old headgear and it looked just like he remembered. How would it feel to have headgear, he wondered? He grabbed it and walked to the bathroom mirror again. He tried to push the headgear in the tubes. It looked ridiculous, but he kept going. He licked the headgear with his tongue. He took it out again and examined the headgear. He looked at the strap that was on one end secured with the metal. He put the headgear back in again. He connected the other side of the strap with the headgear and heard a beep. Pressure begins to form on his jaw, and he heard several more noises coming from the strap. He tried to disconnect the strap from the headgear, but it would not move at all. The headgear was now stuck in his mouth, but it didn't bother him. Was this why he never saw her without her headgear?

Instead of panic, he felt more relaxed than ever. He took off his clothes and filled his bathtub. He never really used his bathtub. But on such a crazy day, he could really use it. As he stepped foot in his bathtub, he felt something move in his mouth. It felt like his teeth were crushed on top of each other, at first it was painful but then it stopped. He tried to move his jaws, but he could not move them at all. What had just happened? He walked to his coat to look at the manual of all his contraptions. There was nothing useful in the manual, so what had just happened. He saw a card fall on the ground and read the letters. "I know you like your braces, call me: +3112345678."

   Chapter 7: Where is Bill?

Carol wakes up

Carol woke up from a good night's sleep. She yawned once and her mouth felt dry. She almost forgot her braces, but it didn't take long before her tongue hit her expander. She felt the touch through her whole upper row of teeth. She shouldn't have turned her expander as many times as she did. Her stomach began the growl. Did she really forget to eat a good night meal yesterday? Carol walks to the kitchen and opens her fridge.

Usually she eats a big bowl of granola, but she's confident she won't be able to eat that right now. Luckily, she also has some yoghurt in her fridge. She fills a large bowl and empties it completely. Obviously she was very hungry yesterday because she only ate some fruit.

Her thoughts once again went to the card that fell out of her coat. She felt really confused, who could have done this. There was a phone number on it, but if she calls that number, she wants to stay anonymous. She steps into her bathroom again; she really must brush her teeth properly now. Otherwise, she could end up with a lot of cavities. It goes a lot better than yesterday, but it is still a bit painful. While she rinses her mouth, she hears her phone ring again.
Carol says, "Hi, it's Carol."
The orthodontist replies, "Hello, it's your orthodontist, I'm calling to check if everything is going alright?"

Carol responds, "Yes, everything is fine, do you call all of your patients?"

Her orthodontist responds, "Usually not, but a new assistant helped install your braces yesterday, and I like to check if everything went well. If it's not too inconvenient, I'd like to schedule an appointment for today."

Carol hesitated for a moment but decided it won't hurt to let the orthodontist check. He had an open space left in half an hour. Carol stepped into her shower, and every time her tongue hit her expander, she felt her teeth hurting. Ready to go, Carol decided to ask if Bill would come with her. She knocked on his door, but it remained silent on the other side. She had no time left, so she decided to go on her own. When she arrived at the orthodontist, an assistant was already waiting for Carol at the front door. She steps foot into the office and noticed the office shouldn't be open at this time of the day. She did not even have to sit in the waiting area, the assistant directed her directly to the dentist's chair. She sat down and had a good look in the room across the hall. There was Bill, wearing a weird kind of headgear. He was wearing the same clothes as yesterday.

Bill wakes up

Bills felt like he was run over by a truck, his head was hurting. He opened his eyes in confusion, then he looked around and was surprised to see he was in a dentist's room. Did he pass out last night? Why was he not at home anymore? In front of him lay the headgear from last night. Although there was nobody in the room, he began to blush. Obviously, someone had to remove it from his mouth.

The door opened and the girl from last night entered the room. She smiled again while showing all her teeth. Once again, he noticed the Herbst appliance. Bit by bit he remembered what happened last night. How the headgear locked in and how the pistons of his Herbst were locked. He tried to move his jaws, but they simply wouldn't move at all. All this time the girl kept smiling, but she did not say any word. Bill tried to speak, but he couldn't pronounce any word.

The door opened again, and the assistant came in. It was the same assistant that had been working on his teeth yesterday. She looked very different while she wasn't wearing her work clothes. She was wearing a casual blouse, but she also wore latex leggings and black high heels. She smiled with a smile of an angel and Bill began to feel relaxed.

The assistant said, "I guess you were really surprised last night, but you were not the only one. You also surprised me."

Bill could only mumble, "hmhm ,hmhn, hmhn."

The assistant replied, "I would never have guessed you would end up wearing headgear."

Bill tried again. "hmhm ,hmhn, hmhn."

The assistant responded, "How cute, you're still trying to talk to me, luckily we still have to solve your tongue thrusting issue. You will end up just like Angie over there."

For a moment Bill forgot about the other woman in the room. She still stood there with a huge smile; Bill started to find it a little uncomfortable. The assistant grabbed a remote and aimed it at Angie's mouth, and the remote began to speak.

The remote said, "Unlock pistons patient 1."

Angie opened and closed her mouth a few times and still didn't speak a single word. The assistant told Angie to show the inside of her mouth to Bill.

Bill looked into Angie's mouth and saw the same configuration as his. But he also saw an upper expander just like Carol's and on the bottom something that looked just like to upper expander but there was a small ball on top. Her tongue was underneath the appliance.

The assistant said, "I see you found her tongue thrusting appliance, isn't it magnificent? It can also be used to widen the bottom row, but you won't need that."

The word began to pass through, was he really about to get the same applications as Angie? He was sure not. The look in his eyes began the change, but this wasn't unnoticed. The assistant grabbed the remote and aimed it at Bill.

The remote responded, "Securing chair 1." Straps came from the chair and he was held firmly into the chair. He struggled but the straps wouldn't budge. The assistant stroked his hair and the assistant spoke. "We just want to improve your bite."

Angie was walking Bill's way with a tray with all kinds of tools and parts. The assistant once again aimed the remote at Bill.

The remote said, "Unlock pistons, patient 2." He felt the pistons of his Herbst appliance loosened. The assistant asked Bill to open his mouth, but he kept it shut, he didn't even dare to speak.

"We can do it the easy or the hard way," the assistant said.

Still, Bill didn't respond.

The assistant said, "Honestly, this is my favourite way." She once again pointed the remote at Bill.

The remote responded, "Open pistons patient 1."

Bill felt force on the pistons in his mouth, but this time in the opposite direction. His mouth went open inch by inch to the point it began to hurt. Bill began to feel helpless.

The assistant said. "It's is a bit different from regular treatment, but first we have to put a rod in your tongue so we can attach the ball." The assistant grabbed a few tools and asked Bill to stick out his tongue. He saw no reason to deny her requests. Surely, she would have a different method to complete the procedure. He felt a clamp on his tongue and a needle pushed through his tongue. The assistant told him to not move his tongue and he listened.

The assistant said, "We have to remove the bands on your bottom teeth so we can install the appliance, but don't worry, I'll leave the upper rings in." She removes the rings on the bottom and scrapes the excess glue off. She grabbed the tongue thrusting appliance and put it in Bill's mouth. She grabbed a small metal ball from the tray and screwed it into the rod. Bill's tongue crushed into the metal while she kept turning the screw. She ordered Angie to help her shine the blue light into Bill's mouth. While the assistant applied more pressure to the appliance, Angie hardened the glue. Bill felt the crushing of the metal on his tongue and must do his best to hold his gag reflex. He tried to speak but while it was already hard, he now found it impossible. With his mouth still wide open, the assistant held a mirror in front of him. Bill looked shocked, a week ago he never went to the orthodontist and now he looked like an absolute freak.

The assistant says, 'That wasn't so bad was it, Angie will help you with the final adjustments and don't worry, she will put MY headgear back in your mouth. I'm sure we will see each other more often." She gives a kiss on Bill's forehead and walks away.

The surprise is clearly visible in Bill's eyes, how did he not recognise her. The blues eyes and her pretty smile. It was obviously May, his girlfriend from his teenage years, the owner of the odd-looking headgear. He was daydreaming about the good times he had with her when the silence was broken.

The remote says, "Locked pistons patient 2." With that he felt the pistons close again, he was back to reality again. Angie walked to Bill with the headgear and inserted it into his mouth. He heard the familiar beeps and the tension on his jaw increased again. Angie walked out of the room and left the door wide open.

Damn twist I did not see that one coming and neither did bill.

This was such a twist!

I'm still busy writing my story, so expect more in the future. Right now I'm writing a big side story about Angie. I'm not able to post it on the forum due to the rules. Are you are really about his side story? Start commenting on post or write a story to gain access to the drive. Braceface2015 is also helping me with making my story easier to read. I'm very thankful  for his help.

If anyone reads my story in the archive I'd love to hear your opinion. I doubt it's smart to put your opinion directly on the forum. So please send me a private message.

This story was amazing!

I have added this chapter to TheArchive. I found that this should be chapter 13 when I was adding it to both versions of this story. I had to go back and check to make sure that I had numbered them right and found that I had numbered them wrong in my copies.

I am enjoying this story and am looking forward to more of it.

I am happy to be able to work with the author by proofreading the chapters that have been sent to me.

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This is such an interesting story. I can't to see what's going to happen next, plus, like Carol, curious about Bill.

I definitely would like to see this story continued. I know how hard it is to write stories that stay within the rules and many of my stories end up being posted to other story sites. Do your best to continue this story, or at least find a way to end it that doesn't leave us hanging.

Chapter 16: Carol's day with elastics

Carol lay on the couch for a few minutes while she opened and closed her mouth a few times. The pressure of the elastics made it a lot more difficult for her to open her mouth. The large shake helped her a lot with her hunger, she did not even feel the need to eat anything else. Right now, that was very convenient. She only wanted to lay on her couch and get used to her rubber bands. She lay there on her couch needing someone to comfort her. Where was Bill when she needed him. The warm touch of his hand the day she got her braces felt really soothing.

She went across the hall and knocked on Bill’s door again. Just as this morning there was no response. Where was Bill? Was he not home anymore? Or was Bill that embarrassed to show himself in public with braces? Only the thought of it made her chuckle. Bill who she knew as a very confident strong man was now to scared to leave his house? Still leaving Bill alone she went to her own apartment again.

Carol reminded herself to brush her teeth. The orthodontist told her to do this three times a day. She stood in front of the bathroom mirror looking at her metal smile. The first thing she noticed were not her braces or her rubber bands. Shocked she found out there was already a noticeable gap between her front teeth. Only two days and the expander was already showing his work. The next really noticeable things were her bright red elastics. The rubber bands were matching perfectly with her red hair.

It was better to remove her elastics when she brushes her teeth. With a lot of difficulty, she managed to remove the first rubber bands from the hook. The relieve of only one rubber bands was immense. The pressure was a lot less than with both of the elastics. She tried to release the other elastic with the same difficulty as the previous one. This time it wouldn’t get off the hook. She began to get frustrated and yelled ‘’shit’’.

While she said it, the other elastic snapped and hit her upper lip. Carol began to yell; this was not something she expected. After she realised it made sense, with only one elastic it was far easier for her to open her mouth wider. Her lip became red and painful, but she was already getting used of pain by now. She started to brush her teeth, which was even harder than before. With her expander turned as many times it was pretty obvious. Done brushing she started to cook her dinner. Earlier in the store she had decided to make chicken soup. The relieve of the rubber bands mad the pain in her mouth a lot more pleasant. Sadly, she has to wear them for at least 20 hours a day. So, she has the wear them again later today.

She began to cook which she always loved to do and had her dinner. While doing so she constantly had hear ears aimed on the hallway. She really wanted to see Bill after yesterday. They had not even spoke a word once they left the orthodontist office. Once she finished her soup, she decided to put new elastics in. She went into her bathroom in front of the bathroom mirror. Immediately she noticed how her lip had even turned more red. She grabbed the elastics the orthodontist gave her and tried attaching them to the hook. Once the first on was attached she opened her mouth a few times, but then reminded herself of the accident earlier. She could immediately feel some pain, but she knew quite well it would only get worse. She attached the other elastic surprisingly fast and felt her teeth pressed on each other. They felt really heavy on her jaw.

It had again been a very exhausting day and tomorrow she had to work again. She laid down on her couch and watched her favourite television show before going to bed.

There is a new chapter in TheArchive. It can't be posted here because of the content.

I read that new chapter. It was great. Thank you for continuing the story.