Gas Station Barber – edited

Right after he said that, he lit a cigarette.

He  stood behind the vacant chair, staring in her direction.

She sat motionless, wondering if this was something she really wanted to do.

Taylor thought the barber looked sexy with Marlboro red in his right hand, and his other hand  resting on the back of the vintage chair.

When she got up from the plastic chair, the barber said “I’m Mike”.

He took a brief pause then said that is my wife, Kate”.

Taylor looked over at Kate and the boy, when Mike said that.

She had the left side and back of his peeled.

She was mid way thought the right side of this head, when she said “I can take you after him, if your more comfortable with a female cutting your hair”.

As Taylor walked towards Mike’s chair, she said “I’m fine with Mike cutting my hair.

Taylor eased into the vintage barber chair, as Mike said “does the smoking bother you”.

Taylor laughed, and then said “no, I’m a smoker, as well”.

Right after Taylor said that, she saw Kate run her clippers down the middle of the boys head.

As Taylor watches Kate make more passes over the boy’s head, Mike said “you can have one, when I get done caping you”.

Once the cape settled, Mike pulled it up around her neck, before he snapped the snaps.

Once they where snapped, Mike turned the chair.

At this point, Taylor could see herself in the mirror.

As Mike began to pump up the chair, he said “how much are we taking off, today”.

When Taylor heard Mike say that to her, she felt the need for a cigarette.

In an effort buy herself some time, she said “I think I’ll have that cigarette, now”.

Once she said that, he realized she left her purse on one of the waiting area chairs.

Before she could say anything regarding the location of her cigarettes, Mike offer her one of this.

When she had it to her lips, Mike lit the cigarette for her.

Right after he lit the cigarette, Taylor saw Kate’s chair going down”.

As she sat their nervously, she the cape removed from the boy.

After she exhaled her first hit, she said “I’m wrestling with telling you cut it super short or just shave it all off”.

Mike exhaled the hit he had in him, and then said “let’s start with tarpering the sides and back from a number 1 to number 2”.

She took a brief pause, and then said “I think a number 4 for the top”.

At this point, Kate wondered where there end point could be, if Taylor wanted to start as such a short haircut.

As the boy paid for his cut, Kate said “just cut her like you cut me”.

The shampoo basins are right underneath the counter at Kate’s shop.

It saves space, and creates a better working environment.

Normally, Kate and Mike would  lift the piece of marble covering the pearl ceramic sink, and wash her clients hair before the haircut.

As Mike began lifting the piece of marble, Kate said “cut her hair first. No need to waste all that shampoo”.

As the boy walks out of the shop, he begins to feel sorry for Taylor.

As Mike makes his way to the counter to get her clippers, she said “normally, I would wash you first. However, my wife thinks that is a waste of money”.

Taylor took another hit of the cigarette, as she wondered what she got herself into.

There where a few moments of silence, and then Kate said “i think you will looks cute with a cut like mine”.

As he began to clean his clippers, she said “my husband is very skilled his clippers”.

After Kate said that, she lit a cigarette. At this point, Taylor is starting to understand why they keep the door open.

Mike put a number 2 guard on clippers, and began walking towards Taylor.

Taylor knew that Mike was ready to start the haircut, because a buzzing noise filling the entire barbershop.

At this point, Taylor hair was cut into a jaw length Bob with a full under cut.

Mike said “head down”, and Taylor began looking at the floor.

As Taylor took another hit of cigarette, Mike began running the vibrating clippers up her nape.

As he did his, he said “I much rather work on adults, so I smoke thought the whole cut”.

Mike had the cigarette in the hand that was securing her head in place. Every so often he would take a hit.

Taylor anxiety increased as Kate sat down in her chair.

Clearly, she was enjoying watching Taylor get her haircut.

Taylor didn’t see what guard Mike had on the clippers.

She wanted to believe Mike wasn’t messing with her, but at this point she was questioning everything.

All Taylor really knew was that in a few minutes, her hair would not be longer than Kate’s.

Mike continued shearing up the back of her head, as Kate said “what made you choose are barber shop for your huge transformation”.

After she said that she took another of cigarette.

As Mike ran his finger nails over the back of her neck and head, Taylor said “we needed gas. I saw your shop”.

Taylor was getting the sense that she had very little hair left there on her nape.

She was going to ask Mike some questions about the guards he was using, when he said “honey, I think you could even take her a little shorter than mine”.

When Taylor heard that, she knew she was fucked.

As Mike moved on to the left side of Taylor’s head, Kate said “I think you could pull off the bald look”.

Taylor knew this was going to end well for her.

Taylor took another hit of her cigarette, as Mike more forcefully ran the clippers around her ear .

After Taylor exhaled the hit, she said “I have rocked the bald look before”.

She took a brief pause, and then said “I shaved it bald for years”.

As he continued to work on left side of Taylor’s head, Kate said “are you ready to go that short, again”.

Simply smoking the cigarette was no longer enough to keep Taylor calm.

She took one more hit of the cigarette, and then put it out in the ashtray that was built into the armrest of the barber chair.

Right after she put out the cigarette, Kate said “mike could shave you down with a straight razor”.

Kate could sense that Taylor was starting to come on done.

Mike moved onto the right side of her head, when Kate said “if you can’t stay calm, we are going to have to send you on your way with half a haircut”.

Mike continued to run her clipper with the number 2 guard on it, until he was satisfied that the sides and back where freed from Taylor’s head.

When Mike was almost to the point where she thought all the hair where freed, Kate said “we let our clients smoke in here, because i feel like it helps them to relax”.

As Mike made his final pass on the right side of Taylor’s head, Taylor said “I’m sorry, if I don’t seem relaxed enough for you”.

Right after she said that, Mike turned off the clippers.

When Taylor heard the clippers turn off, she hoped that she would be allowed to see the process that Mike  made.

When Mike began to walk to the counter, Taylor said “I wanted to see how it is looking”.

Mike picked up here number 4 guard, and then said “you can see it after I remove the top hairs”.

As Mike attached the number 4 guard to clippers, Kate said “right now, it looks like you have a mop on top of your head”.

That statement didn’t put Taylor’s fears or concerns to rest.

In an effort to try to calm her, Taylor said “give me another cigarette”.

Once Mike heard that, she set his clippers down on the counter. He picked up his pack of Marlboro red 100s of the counter.

As he walked to the side of the chair that the ash tray build in, he said “do you normally smoke reds”.

Once Mike open the flip top box, Taylor pulled out a cigarette.

When she pulled out the cigarette, she said “no, normally I smoke Marlboro lights”.

That statement kind of caught Kate off guard.

With out hast, Kate said “I would have given you one of mind. I’m a Marlboro lights kind of girl”.

Once Taylor had the cigarette to her lips, Mike lit it for her.

As Mike put his lighter back in pocket, Kate said “get that mop of hair off that vanner’s head”.

Right after Kate said that, Mike picked up his clippers.

Taylor prepared herself to feel and hear the clippers.

Once the clippers where back on, Mike said “yes, Mam” Right after Mike said that, he grabbed a fistful of hair on the top of Taylor’s hair.

Mike ran them right down the center of Taylor’s head without any hesitation.

Mike made 7 more passes, and then the mop was off Taylor’s head.

Once Mike Successfully removed the bulk of Taylor’s hair, he said “we still need to do the fade with 1 guard”.

When Taylor saw herself in mirror she couldn’t believe it was her.

She took a final hit of cigarette, and then stubbed it out.

Once she exhaled the hit, Kate walked up to her.

Kate ran her fingers though Taylor’s much shorter hair, she said “hopefully, you don’t lie to us, when you come for maintenance haircuts”.

She took a brief pause, and the said “if you lie to us, again, we will use our restraints on you”.

Kate made eye to eye with her husband, and then said “i think she would look cute with a ball gag in her mouth”.

Mike shrugged her shoulders, and then said “it would be harder for her to tell us fake van stories”. Kate thought about it for second, and then said “the thing that holds the mouth open be good too”.

Mike smiled as he grabbed his clippers. He quickly removed the number 2 guard that was attached to it.

Before he could flip it on, Taylor said “that wouldn’t be nessary”.

When Kate heard that, she laughted. When she was done laughing, she said “we decide what is and isn’t necessary”.

After Kate said that, he put the edge of the clippers against Taylor’s head.

Kate begun carving a line of skin around Taylor’s head.

The line started near her  forehead. This would be the fade line. Taylor knew Kate was in complete control of her haircut at this point.

Taylor feared if she complained or guestioned Kate, Mike would mess her up on purpose.

After Mike created the fade line, he started to address the hairs below the line.

New patch of white skin appearing on Taylor’s head.

The hair on the side of her head was being reduced to stubble.

Mike used a small brush after each pass.

After Mike reduced the sides and back to almost nothing, he picked up his clippers.

He used the clippers over comb style to fade it.

This was not a quick process. Taylor wanted to know how much longer it was going to take, but she didn’t want to upset Kate.

Finally, after about 15 minutes Mike put down her clippers.

At this point, Taylor wanted to get up. Apparently, Kate realized she was getting antsy.

In an effort to bring her back under control, she put her hand on Taylor’s shoulder.

When Kate hand was on Taylor’s shoulder, Kate said “mike still have to skin you in.”

Mike picked up hid foil shaver.

They where right next to Taylor’s ear when he turned them on.

They made a different sound than the other clippers.

As the foil shaver started to scrape them across the stubble on her back and sides, Taylor said “how longer is this going to take”.

Kate laughted, and then said “we can’t let you leave with half a haircut”.

As Mike continued to shave Taylor sides bald, her became more upset.

Taylor was not happy about how the haircut was turning out, but she admired  his skill as a barber.

Mike was giving her a brutally short haircut.

When Mike turned off the foil shaver, she hoped the haircut was over.

Mike still needed to put talcum powder on Taylor.

He deposited it into a brush, and then loosened the cape that was trapping Taylor.

Mike brushed off little hairs surrounding her face.

When Taylor saw him  pick up a straight razor. She knew she needed to end this.

Before Taylor could say something, Mike began removing the tiny hairs that remain on Taylor neck.

Once Mike set down her straight razor on the counter, she said “what do you think, Kate”.

At this point, Taylor was in complete shock.

As Mike unclipped the cape from Taylor, Kate said “you do beautiful work”.

Once the cape was off her, Taylor stood up.

When she put her hands on head, she couldn’t believe what she was feeling.

She just wanted to walk out the front door of the barbershop.

As she picked up her purse, Kate said “that will be $50”.