My hair had finally reached that point where it got to be more trouble trying to keep it clean and combed each day than to make an appointment and get a haircut. Now all my life I'd gone to Elliot's Haircut Store, that's going on fifty some odd years now. Elliot cut my grandfather's hair, he cut my father's hair and then he cut my hair, that is until he passed away a few months ago. Yeah, that was another reason it's been so long since my last haircut, I just didn't have the courage to have anyone else cut my hair.
Well I had to do it so I took a drive down by the old store and saw it was open. I had read in the paper some of his kids or grandkids had taken over the shop. The store had the same old sign but around the windows and door there was some odd neon lights and I could hear rock and roll music inside. Now I ain't that old and I can appreciate some good rock and roll like the Beatles, Rolling Stones, and Led Zeppelin but this place was playing some of that strange Hop Hip stuff and I nearly walked away. The only thing that stopped me was when an attractive young girl called to me from the door.
"Mr. Johnson, is that you Mr. Johnson?"
"Yep, but who are you?"
"I'm Janey, Elliot's great granddaughter. I was working the last time you came in for a haircut."
"You were working then? But Elliot cut my hair."
"Yeah he cut hair up until that last day. He talked me into getting my cosmetology license and then he gave the business to my brother and I."
"You talking about little Billy, scrawny little kid."
"Well Billy is graduating college this week. He played tackle on the college team. That's his helmet on the shelf over there."
"So are you open now?"
"Yep, just opened up this morning."
"Well where is everybody?"
"It's too early in the morning for most of my clients. It looks like it will be just you for a while now, come on in."
I walked in slowly, strolled over to my normal chair and climbed up. I sat there gazing about the room. It had changed a lot but some of the old things still haunted some of the shelves and corners. And I must admit Janey was sure a nice addition to the place, Elliot's great granddaughter or not if I was about thirty years younger I might try to chase some of that.