Lira1802
On fifth street, lady Jake has her barbershop open to the public but during the hours of 2-3, she only accepts lady clientele. It is a good system to build the sisterhood. The regulars love the system but new-comers don’t get it and fear it sometimes.
One day, a new girl arrived in town. She had really thick, brunette hair that reminded her constantly to get a trim every so often. The young lady asked some locals for recommendations on where to get her hair cut. When she asked this to a group of ladies in a cafe, they smiled and knew what to do. They stopped drinking their tea and wrapped an arm around one of the girl’s, walking her down the street but not saying where they were going.
When they arrived, the ladies opened the door and announced that the girl that they had brought was new to the town and needed a haircut badly. The young lady could only follow the ladies’ lead as they took and sat her in Lady Jake’s leather-bound chair. Just when the girl was collecting her bearings, she felt reassuring hands on her shoulders. She looked at her in the mirror, Lady Jake was standing behind her. The tall mistress bent down and whispered in the girl’s ear,”You arrived just in time”
As the girl was processing the phrase, the clock on the wall struck two. All the boys instantly scattered out of the chairs and hurried out of the barbershop. Lady Jake giggled as she watched them run. Then, her attention turned to the young lady in her chair,”Alright, miss. Let’s get to work”
The chair made a 180 quickly as Lady Jake resumed her place behind the chair. She daintily picked up a shiny, red cape made of satin and felt and swung it around her girl so smoothly, swaddling up her body and tightening around her neck snugly. A comb was picked up and brushed through the hair in many directions as Lady Jake got a feel for the hair.
“What should do with all of this”,Lady Jake asked her audience in the waiting room that wasn’t too far away. Many a suggestion was shouted out. Short, layered, blunt, curly, and a good shave were good options but this was Lady Jake’s girl. She had to make the girl look good before the end of the hour.
”I have something in mind”,Lady Jake said as she picked up the scissors. Her combination of tools worked perfectly as the two chopped off the majority of hair. The young lady was horrified but she let the hairdresser continue with no fuss.
Lady Jake tucked a towel into the cape and put the short hair into tiny, short rollers. She put a towel over the young lady’s face and told her to hold it there. As the girl did as she was told, the hairdresser sprayed a bottle of elixir into the hair, covering it all with a cap when it was ready. The face towel was taken from the girl as Lady Jake said,”Where are you from?”
”M-Maine”,the girl replied.
The hairdresser only nodded and relocated the girl to a hair dryer. After the stint in that, she was taken to the shampoo bowl where the cape and rods were removed. Lady Jake rinsed the girl’s head free of elixir and took her back to the chair. She teased the girl’s curly hair a bit before grabbing the clippers which made the girl’s heart skip a beat.
Lady Jake was careful while cleaning up her girl’s neckline and around her ears to give the young lady a nice, clean look. The clippers were killed and the chair was turned to face the mirror. The young lady was surprised to see herself with such a curly ball of hair engulfing her head but was surprisingly pleased to wear it.
”You like it?”Lady Jake asked with a big grin on her face.
”I love it!”the girl burst out loud, clapping her hands ecstatically. It was a good hour.
