She opened the sealed envelope that he had left for her. It read
BRUSH YOUR HAIR OUT. MAKE IT SOFT AND SILKY
YOU MUST GO TO "CUT N CHATTER" BEAUTY SALON
2525 NORTH DAYMAR BLVD
YOU MUST BE THERE BY 3pm
ASK FOR KATHY, SHE KNOWS WHAT TO DO.
It was 2:30.
She went in the bathroom and began to brush her hair as instructed. It was long, it hung to her brastrap, it was all one length and was a lovely rich chestnut brown and was very shiny. She loved her hair. She had never been to the Cut N Chatter salon, she did not know Kathy... she did not know what was to be done to her.
She stepped out of the car, it was 2:55pm. She opened the salon door and went in. The Cut N Chatter Salon was what could be termed quaint or old fashioned. It was definitely more of a Beauty Shop than a Styling Salon. And it was small, only 3 chairs. An older woman was sitting in the first styling chair reading a magazine. She was the only person in the salon.
She looked up and smiled.
"Hi you must be Lorri! I'm Kathy, come on over and have a seat."
She sat down and Kathy lifted her long hair and snapped a green vinyl cape around her neck. She began to brush Lorri's hair smooth.
"Wow you just have the prettiest hair, this will be fun"
Lorri spoke for the first time "uhm...... what exactly are we doing?"
Kathy laughed "oh, didn't he tell you dear? Well he wanted you to get all fancied up so he could take you out tonight. He wants me to give you a good old fashioned Upstyle... He told me you said you'd never had one done the old way with doing a shampoo and set, using the old curlers instead of a curling iron. So you just relax, he wants you to feel pampered!"
With that she took Lorri to the shampoo bowl, laying her back and dousing her hair with floods of warm water. She turned the water off and applied a liberal amount of a fresh citrus scented shampoo. Lorri closed her eyes as Kathy massaged her scalp, digging lightly with her nails.
Another dousing to rinse and a general pat down with a thick terrycloth towel.
Back at the styling chair Kathy dug her fingers deep into a jar of pink styling gel and slathered the entire length of her hair.
She sectioned off different areas of her hair with a comb and began to wind and wrap Lorri's locks around large plastic rollers.
Soon Lorri was perched under a hot hair dryer, slightly dozing......
Kathy sat back in the chair and picked up her magazine... she lit up a cigarette.... seeing this, Lorri reached into her purse and lit up her own cigarette... She drew deeply on it, letting the flavor fill her lungs.... her head tightly wrapped... the hot air turning her scalp pink....
A half hour later she was back in the styling chair, Kathy unwinding her now controlled locks from the curlers... she looked in the mirror at her head covered in huge sausage curls and giggled...
