10-MOTHER'S NEW DAUGHTER

day you'll get a beard but until then keep the sideburns off."

I felt extremely nervous as I sunk into the chair. "Sit up sweetie, while I blow it dry," Pat ordered. She took a hair dryer and a round vent brush and began to pull and straighten my wet hair until it flowed softly about my face in a long bob. I sat stone-faced in the chair while she finished.

Pat worked some sculpting foam into my hair. She combed my bangs forward covering almost my entire forehead with soft wisps of hair.

"Looks great," Mother said as Pat wiped off all the little hair on my neck and face with a towel.

Pat took out a mirror to show me the back. "What do you think sweetie?" asked Pat.

I looked into the mirror as she rotated the chair around so I could see the back. I looked like a girl from behind! I started to complain again.

"Honey. It won't look like this when you pull it back in a ponytail," Pat assured me. "I bet you'll grow to like it." "I like it!" Mother stated. "How often should he come in to keep it shaped?"

"Once a month should keep the bangs out if his eyes." Pat removed the cape from me as more hair fell to the floor. "I can't go around like this," I cried as I saw my hair floated about my face girlishly.

"It's only fluffy from the blow drying and styling foam. It won't be that bad," Pat said as she cleaned up her station. Mother paid Pat at the counter and we exited the salon. In the car, I continued to moan and stare into the mirror.

When we got home, my buddy Randy was standing at the front door ringing the doorbell. He saw the car and came up to meet us. As he came to my side, he stared in amazement. I opened the door and stepped out. I blushed as he stared. I tried to keep my composure.

"What happened to your hair, Jesse?" Randy asked. "Got it trimmed," I moaned.

"Ugly! It looks like a girl's hair cut! You aren't going to wear it like that, are you?" he asked.

"He sure is!" my mother announced. "Now you run home!" Randy walked away.

SANDY THOMAS ADV. -11

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In my room, I found the model's picture in my pocket. She was so cute, I couldn't take my eyes off her.