This is a fictitious story of a young man's first and later visits to a hairdressing salon.
Any sexual activity occurs when all protagonists are aged 18 or over.
This is a slow build up story, so for those who desire more prompt gratification I would recommend Chapter 2 which will be submitted shortly.
Regards Steve
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Jeremy an only child, lived in small English market town with his parents. Up until the age of sixteen he accompanied his father to the barbers. The establishment was run by an elderly Greek man called George who reeked of strong cigarettes and had at least four days growth of stubble on his chin.
At sixteen Jeremy entered his school's Sixth Form and obtained a Saturday job in a local supermarket. This provided him for the first time, a degree of financial independence from his parents which allowed him to seek out somewhere else to have his hair cut. It may have been an inadvertently overheard a comment or just his view that his new classmates had hairstyles which seemed cool and trendy which led him to this. As he looked at his hair in the mirror, no shape, no style not remotely in touching distance of the latest fashion he decided to visit The Salon.
The Salon was a permanent fixture in the town. Opened just after the war by Marco, an ex Italian POW, it was now managed by his grandson Nico.
Jeremy knew he didn't have to book appointment so one Thursday afternoon after double maths he visited The Salon for the first time.
He was greeted by Nico who rather disdainfully looked him up and down, 'cut is it sir?'
He nodded, but what immediately struck Jeremy was the absence of tobacco and petrol smells. The smell of petrol courtesy of the car parts which George left at the rear of his shop. The unfamiliar smells of The Salon included perfume, hairspray and talcum powder.
'Take a seat.'
A few moments later a surly looking girl aged about nineteen with dyed red hair sauntered over to him. Jeremy's eyes narrowed as he vaguely recognised her from school although she was in her final year when he was in his first year.
'What can I do for you?' She asked in between chews of her gum.
Jeremy had conducted research on the type of cut and style he wanted to the extent he had cut out a few pictures of a well known trendy young actor. Whilst he didn't want to mimic the actors exact cut, something near would suffice.
'Well,' he stumbled, 'something like this...' as he pulled out a magazine cutting from his pocket, 'you know so, I'd...don't look such a geek.'
She smiled to herself as she thought it would require more than a haircut to prevent this. 'Okay, I'll see what I can do, but no promises.'
Jeremy did not hold out much hope as she started off spraying water into his hair, not even apologising when a jet went directly into his left eye. As he blinked, he pictured her shaving all his hair off, or cutting it really short with tramlines in all the wrong places.
As she busied herself away he looked ahead in the mirror. Later he felt himself blush as she leant in to make sure her cuts were straight. This was an unexpected bonus, a true virgin, Jeremy had never been as close to a girl and could smell her perfume as her face was only inches away from his. Taking in a deep breath as he hoped he would not get an erection. Even if her cut was as bad as he thought it would be, having a woman cut his hair was so much better than smelly old George.
He was too shy to attempt conversation, but felt rather left out as the other customers in The Salon seemed to all be chatting to their stylists. Apart from his natural shyness, she was so much older and consequently mature so he felt intimidated by her. If he was too shy to say anything to girls his own age at school what hope was there of him saying anything to her?
'Hmm,' Donna said to herself a few times as she cut the young mans hair. As she snipped away she wondered who on earth was the culprit who had cut his hair so badly and was rather amused that he had presented her with some clippings and a request to look just like the young actor who she had a secret crush on.
Jeremy tried not to catch her eye but when he did in the mirror a few times felt himself turn scarlet. During the cut he tried to see what she was doing but she worked very quickly in sharp contrast to her surly initial manner.
'Right that's you done then,' as she removed the drape, brushing a few stray hairs away.
Jeremy blinked as he could not believe how different he looked, 'wow,' was all he said, 'that's amazing I look really...' he reigned in his potential complementary adjectives, 'thanks.'
Donna smiled to herself she was not used to such compliments and without that horrible hair-style her customer was indeed quite handsome, something she did not notice when she first saw him.
'So...,' she said, 'student?'
He nodded.
'£7.00 then.'
Jeremy handed over £10.00 note.
When Donna made to give him his change, 'no, no keep it, you've done a really fantastic job.'
'Are you sure?'
'Yes.'
She smiled again, not to herself but to her new favourite customer, 'thank you, I'm not used to such compliments.'
'You should be, that's the best haircut I've ever had.'
'That's very sweet of you, I'll see you again then?'
'Yes definitely.'
Donna was left surprised and wished all her customers were like that not just with the generous tip but with the genuine compliments. Moreover she felt a bit bad about her initial manner with him. She had vaguely recognised him, but could not think from where, a friends younger brother maybe? And in hindsight regretted not striking up a conversation.
Around three months later Jeremy returned to The Salon immediately noticing the girl who had cut his hair. Fortunately she was not with a client so she was available to cut his hair again.
'Hello,' she greeted him.
'Hi,' he replied and then summoning up all his courage, 'you gave me a fantastic hair cut last time, it was so excellent.'
Donna smiled as his old fashioned almost boy-scout manner of speaking, 'yes and you gave me a really nice tip, so let's hope I can do a good as job as last time.'
On his second cut there was conversation which flowed with ease, Donna asking, 'did you go to Napier School?'
'Yes.'
'I thought your face looked familiar, is Mr Kerslake still there?'
'Yes.'
'What about that old witch Mrs Kitchener?'
'Yes,' and realising he was answering her questions in exactly the same manner added, 'she's still there.'
'She really hated me, always giving me detentions.'
'Just imagine if she turned up here you could get your own back.'
'How?'
'Cut all her hair off!'
Donna laughed as she replied, 'I couldn't do that I'd get the sack, although it would be rather tempting.'
Jeremy was surprised at how easy the conversation flowed, he found out her name was Donna she was indeed three years older than him. But he took more of her in, the black blouse she wore he noticed when she leant forward it opened up slightly between the buttons revealing a bit of flesh and also her bra. Another highlight was her gentle touch on his head when she adjusted it, in fact he later deliberately placed his head in the wrong positions for that very reason.
His visits progressed over the next year or so and it was not just his visits as Donna seemed very interested in how he was getting on with his A Levels. Jeremy however was increasingly interested in other things and on that particular visit Donna was wearing a white blouse which tantalisingly sat just above her belt. This afforded Jeremy a view of her midriff and he noticed for the first time she had a little stud in her navel and a tattoo on her left hip most of which was obscured by clothing. As she cut away he couldn't help looking either via the mirror or stealing little direct glances.
His behaviour didn't go unnoticed by Donna as she asked, 'you looking at my tattoo?'
'Ere sor...'
'It's alright, you like tattoo's then?'
'I guess so.'
'I thought you might think they looked a bit tarty.'
'No.'
'What about piercings, do you like piercings on girls?'
He nodded.
'I've got my belly button pierced.'
'I know,' he blurted out.
'Been looking have we?'
'No,' he protested, 'I just noticed it earlier.'
'That's alright,' she smiled, 'I'm only teasing you. Here,' as she turned her hip towards him and lifted up the hem of her blouse, 'you can have a proper look if you like.'
'Ah, very nice,' was the only reply he could muster.
Donna looked down aware the bottom of her tattoo was obscured by her trousers, 'it does go down a bit further,' as she inched down her waistband before proclaiming, 'see,' as the whole tattoo was revealed.
Jeremy felt himself go a deep shade of red as not only was her tattoo revealed but the top of her knickers. As he closed his eyes he imagined her standing there I just a pair of knickers. His throat began to become dry and he gripped the armrests of the chair.
Donna smiled to herself, realising her young client did like girls and wondered whether she might tease him a bit more.
Jeremy next visited The Salon just after Christmas in in the middle of his mock exams. Whilst exceptionally bright he still fretted about his marks and consequently was very tense although this lifted as Donna greeted him with a smile.