I was upstairs in my room brushing out my hair
and getting ready to go to Amy's shop to help her out. She had hired me
just a few months ago just to help out with the bookkeeping that she sometimes
got too tied up to do.
I had just graduated from high school and was
planning to go get my hair trimmed at Amy's salon. Maybe I could even get
my boyfriend to come with me. As he was in need of trim badly.
Just as I was about to leave my room to go get
my jacket as it was cool outside and Aunt Jean popped in the room.
"Steph, you really need your splits trimmed off. Do you have the time for
it right now. then I will do it for you?" I thought well I planned
going Amy's but why not let my aunt do it and save the money. "Sure"
I said. I sat down at my dresser and aunt Jean started to
snip at my bangs as they were getting over my
eye brows. She cut them to just above my eye brows and then proceeded to
the back. She spoke up and said "your hair is so cute at the length
it is" I said "yeah it is, I love it". My hair was just
a few inches from my rear and i loved to play with it and occasionally
i would place it in a french twist just for a change in appearance. My
aunt cut my splits off.
When she had finished she sat down on the bed
and said "I have a bit of news for you, since you and your boyfriend are
planning to go look for an apartment to live in" I said "what's that?"
She then handed me some keys. I looked at the
keys and couldn't figure out what was going on.
"Those keys go to your old home, I was
appointed owner of it and have been keeping it a secret for quite a few
years" my mouth dropped open. Aunt Jean then said "I thought you
and Keith
would like to make it your home!" I said "I haven't
seen that house in quite awhile" Aunt Jean said "I have had
it repainted and some things repaired
and it's ready for occupancy" I said "wow,thanks
aunt Jean"
"You won't owe any house payments on it, it's
paid for,it was to go to you when you were 18"
I then thought well, me and Keith can move in
to it next week. I said "I didn't expect this" Aunt jean
said "I know. You had better get to work to do."
Aunt Jean dropped me off at Amy's. As I walked
in the door Amy noticed right away that my hair was trimmed. She
said "Hi Steph. See you're hair is already free of those splits.
Your aunt?"
I knodded, yes. She said " Well she's done a
good job, but I sure hope you're the only customers she's taking away from
me". She said it with a smile as if she did not make a hassle of it.
Amy said "Well, then I might as well go for lunch
now. You can go work on the books if
you like" .
I said "ok". Amy put the closed sign in front
of the door window as she left.
I went to work on the books and I heard a knock
on the door about 5 minutes later. I got up to go see who it was and it
was Keith. I unlocked the door and Keith came in.
He said he got a message that I wanted to meet
him here and asked "what's up Steph?"
I answered "I had planned to have Amy cut off
my split ends and then work on the books here. And ...... (I hesitated)
.... maybe convince you to have a haircut to after mine. But aunt Jean
already cut mine and now Amy's gone off to have lunch."
Keith said "Amy'd better give me a haircut next
month. I am actually broke at the moment. And I guess she won't cut my
hair for free or would she?"
I said "I think I can manage that". "Manage what?"
Keith asked.
"Give you a haircut for free" I said.
Keith was rather surprised. I knew this was what
he secretly wished for, but did not dare to ask.
He said "You think Amy would mind us using her
tools?".
"No, I don't think so. Anyway she'll be out for
at least half an hour. We'll be finished by then".
"OK let's go ahead" Keith said.
I got a cape from the cupboard. Put it around
him as he leaned back in red leather chair.
"Only one condition" I said.
" What's that" Keith asked.
"I get to decide on the style" I said with a
smile on my face.
"What kind of a cut do you want?" Keith
replied.
"Just something for summertime" I said
and gave him a kiss on his cheek.
"OK" he said with some doubt in his mind.
Keith had a lotta hair on the sides and back
and it was really shabby.
I started to cut the sides with about a 1/2 inch
attachment and then decided
to go down to a 1/8 of an inch and started at
his nape and went up to the
crown and made several passes. Then went to the
sides and cut them down
to 1/8 of an inch and then went to the top of
his forehead and sheared all
the hair off. and there was only small hairs
left. He then felt his head and
said "it feels great" I then uncaped
him and then he said "next time it
grows out you can shave it" I then said
"that'll be my pleasure".
Keith then left and cleaned up the place.
A returned from lunch and she said something
that really surprised me.
"Can you cut my splits off in the back?
"I haven't had time to go to another salon and I'm afraid to mess things
up when I do it myself".
I said "certainly" she sat down and i took
the scissors and cut off the splits and evened out her hair in the back
which was about mid back. I then went to the front and cut her
bangs just a little as they were over her eye
brows.
When I finished she said "thanks Steph and I owe
you and Keith a trim or
haircut for free."
"That boy has way too much hair" she said smiling
as if she knew what had happened a little earlier.
She said "A real short cut would suit him. And
if he does not like like that ....."
"We can maybe even ..... shave his head" I said
interrupting her. We looked at each other and burst out laughing.
When I returned home my aunt was going through
some old photographs. She held her hand up holding up a picture of my
grandfather. He had a very short marine like haircut.
"Keith would look good with his hair like this.
Is he coming over tonight ?" she said.
"He may be interested in that" I said with a
laugh. Glad I was that I took the opportunity to get rid of his locks before
they others got a chance.
The end.
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