Drifting into books

[Macy Deltine]

"I don't know, a bit below the shoulder, I think." she said, putting her hand to where she was thinking. "Maybe just to the elbow, in fact. I don't know where I'd get it done, though. There's no hair dresser's in Cardsdale, is there?" She said, looking down, thinking. "Maybe somebody here could do it.." She said, looking up again. "Say, Kira, can you cut hair?" She asked, not too sure herself, if she was being sarcastic or serious.

[Kira & Lee Norris]

Kira gazed stupidly at Macy for a few seconds.
"I... I don't know. I could try, I suppose..."
The more she thought about it, the more she liked the idea. She looked over at the bathroom door.
"We could watch your hair in the shower or the tub... and I could cut it from there..."

[Macy Deltine]

"What, now?" She asked. She was thinking in a few weeks, but there's no better than the present, as they say. She stood up, and the looked over at Gypsy, who was sitting quite comfortably on her pillow. "Right, um, here some scissors." She said, picking up a pair that were lying on the floor, near the window. They had maybe orginally belonged to Will, but they were now shared by the room. "Oh, this is exciting." She said, heading into the bathroom. The bathroom was a small room, about a quarter the size of the main dorm. All the girls dorm's had one, but the boys had to, unfortunatly, share one.
It had all the basic things; the bath with a shower in it, the toilet, the sink and rather large mirror. Around the mirror, people liked to stick up things, like photos or notes.
Macy went over, and sat on the edge of the bath, and pulled her hair around her shoulder. "Hmm..how'll we do this?" She asked, still feeling excited about the idea. This was beginning to become one, eventful night.

[Kira & Lee Norris]

All of sudden, Kira felt what made her a Head come over her. Suddenly, she was in control- this was easy. She could do this. More than that- she could do it well.
"Okay," Kira said, fetching a towel and draping it around Macy's shoulders. "What shampoo would you like?"
As Kira spoke she leaned over and picked up the shower nozzle thing. If she put it to the right setting, it wouldn't scoot everywhere, and she should be able to use it to rinse Macy's hair.

[Macy Deltine]

Macy lent over, with the towel around her neck, waiting for Kira to rinse her hair. "Um..I don't really mind. Just use the closest shampoo." She said. "This is rather weird, having someone I know cut my hair. Usually, my mum would ship me off to some stupid hair dresser, and have some stranger cut my hair the way she wants it, not me." She said. She started giggling then, and didn't really know why. "Oh, sorry, this is just strange."

[Kira & Lee Norris]

Soon, Kira got to work. This bit took a surprisingly short time. Macy's long, slightly wavy hair curled the second it met the water; soaking it up like a sponge. As the shower became increasingly awkward, Kira sucked up the water through the pores of her skin, and began to wash Macy's hair without it. Picking up a shampoo- Madeleine's, by the looks of it, because it was lime- Kira slowly and methodically began to lather it into Macy's hair.
When she was satisfied, she rinsed it out well, and helped Macy up, rubbing the towel through her hair. Then, they both went back into the bedroom, where Kira opened the wardrobe so they could see into the long mirror. She took the stool from the desk, and sat Macy down.
"Now," she said, enjoying herself. "How short again?"

[Macy Deltine]

"Um, just to my elbow, please..." Macy said, while getting her hair washed. "Sorry if my hair begins to freeze over, it tends to do that sometimes." She said, freezing the water droplets that were falling on her fingers. "Are you sure you want to do this? I can just wait until I go home, or something." But they both knew that Kira was going to do it anyway.

[Kira & Lee Norris]

"Nah," Kira said happily. "Look, the good thing is, if I completely screw it up- and I won't!- but say... if I did you could go home anyway, and get it sorted from there..."
Kira turned around and crossed the room once more to her drawer. There, she began to pull out whatever she could find- clips, combs, straighteners, hairdryer... well, everything she needed really. Finally, a gleaming set of shears caught her eye and she plucked the scissors from the top of Macy's drawers and carried her little pile of goodies across the room.
Setting everything down carefully, Kira began to brush Macy's hair- straightening the wavy, water-sodden curls. Then, once all the tats were gone, Macy was ready.
Kira clicked her tongue, concentrating on the mirror. She took her fingers, and mentally measured up the correct height. And then, with a sense of finality... she cut the first lock from Macy's hair.

[Macy Deltine]

Macy started giggling, as Kira began to cut her hair. "Ah, this is so weird!" She said, feeling her hair get shorter. It was almost refreshing, getting her hair cut. She hadn't gotten it cut since she came here, and she needed a change. This was the hair that he pulled in her cell, this was the hair that she let hang on her face when she had been rescued, this was the hair that flopped over her eyes, while she was trying to concentrate on the exams, this was the hair that...well, you get the point.
"I'm sure it'll look lovely." Macy said, while Kira was working. "And as you said, if I hate it, I'll get it recut when I go home...but I won't hate it, it'll look great."

[Kira & Lee Norris]

"Yeah it will," giggled Kira. Macy's laughter was infectious. The hair was half-dry now, falling like dark gold ribbons. Kira was surprised at just how evenly she was cutting her hair. The locks of hair fell quickly now; one smooth snip and they were gone forever. Soon, Macy's hair was shorter- well, it was still long, but it was short-er. Kira liked it. She was pleased with herself, and her work.
"What d'you reckon?" she smiled, stepping back.

[Macy Deltine]

Macy looked in the mirror and smiled. "Oh, it's perfect!" She said, pushing some of her drying hair around her shoulder, to get a better look at it. "Wow, it really is." She took her brush and went though it, feeling how short it was. "I don't know, it's different. Like, from when I usually get it done. It's with more heart." She knew that it didn't make sense, but still. She laughed again, at it. "I wonder if this is the start of a future career, K. Norris & Co., I'll be the '& Co.', salons and hairdresser to the stars." She said, turning round, to look at it from the back.

[Kira & Lee Norris]

Kira giggled at the idea. "Bit of a break from all that Spying, I suppose?"
And her mind reached forward, and started to plot it all out. It would really work, if she made an effort. Pink everywhere. Not sure why. Maybe a bit of vintage decor. They'd fuss about a bit like headless chickens, but it'd be a nice place to work in. There'd be a great atmosphere, and the hairdressers and their customers would be as tight as anything. Everyone would know everything about each other. Like a little pink, vintage family.
Cute.

[Macy Deltine]

"Oh, yes, it'll be perfect." Macy said, running her fingers though her shorter hair. She laughed again, looking at herself in the mirror. "I probably look so vain." She said, turning from the mirror to look like Kira. She seemed pleased with herself, which was good. Macy walked back into the dorm, and closed the large curtains as it was completely dark outside, and she had a thing about when it was dark outside, and the lights where on with the curtains open. She sat back down on her bed, and picked up Gypsy, who was now a cat again. Gypsy howled in annoyence as she had been fast asleep. She changed into a crow and went up to the shelf above Macy's bed, and settled down.
"Oh, I really love my hair." Macy said again, playing with it.

[Kira & Lee Norris]

"So do I," Kira said cheerfully, beginning to clear up. "Except I probably sound the vain one when I say that! But no, really, it suits you..."
Maybe Steve would notice.
Kira grinned, and said this aloud.

[Macy Deltine]

Macy smiled, as she ran her fingers though her hair again, and looked around the room. "Oh, we should clean this place up.." She said, getting up and starting to pick up the flask and food that they had snacked on earlier. It actually seemed like along time ago, when they had the picnic on their floor, but it had only been about an hour or so. She wrapped up the packet of cookies and set them back into the drawer, and lifted up the picture that she had shown Kira earlier. "Oh, I should show Steve my hair! Oh, but it's getting late..he can see it tomorrow." She said, taking one last look at the painting before putting it into the drawer where it had been taken. She then folded up the blanket and handed it back to Kira. "Here you go, my dear."