°Leanne's POV°

I wake up in my bed, my nose cold and vision blurry. I slowly sit up and rub my head, trying to remember everything that had happened. I hear a faint knock on my door, along with the doorknob twisting. "Hey Annie. How ya feeling?" Craig asks, stepping in. I shrug and look at the ground. "Not good. I'm sorry, but you know we couldn't do anything. No matter how badly we wanted to try," he tells me, sending me a trigger of what happened. "So it wasn't just a dream.." I mumble out. "I'm truly sorry," he apologizes again, sitting on the edge of my bed. "Sorry won't fix anything. She's dead and we can't help it," I say to him, rather rudely. 

"Well, I know you're upset. So don't go to school if you don't want. And please, don't take your anger out on everyone else. It won't help you at all, just cause more problems," he tells me, then ruffles my hair and walks out of my room. I wait to hear the click sound before getting out of my bed. I stand up and stretch, looking out the window as I do so. I see the sun is rising, meaning it shouldn't rain today. I check my alarm clock, seeing I still have 35 minutes to get to school. I step into my closet and bring out my outfit. Right before I begin taking off my clothes, I get an idea. "I don't want my black hair anymore," I convince myself.

I walk out to the living and see Craig sitting on the couch, bundled in a blanket. "I'm going to the store once I get dressed." I tell him. He nods and looks back at the tv. I walk back up to my room and slip on the outfit I grabbed out of my closet. I look in my full body mirror, seeing my simple dark purple top with a black overcoat, matching purple skinny jeans with holes in them, and black converse. I grab my beanie off the pole of the mirror and slip it limply on my head. I walk into the bathroom and brush my hair as well as my teeth. 

Once I finish with all that, I head down the stairs and walk out the door, grabbing my wallet on the way out. I stick it in my jacket pocket and head to town; the hair salon specifically. With me being a Junior in high school, I have my ID saying that I'm at a qualified age to do what I like. I have my permit, but no license. I'm only 16, but I never got around to taking my test. Once I finally reach town, I stop at a cross walk and look both ways, then cross. Once I make it to the other side of the street, I turn left into the hair parlor.

"Welcome to Hair Care! You may enter right over there and explain what you'd like!" the cheerful cashier says to me. I smile and nod, walking into the waiting room with a few other people. I see one of them get up and greet me with a smile. "What can I help you with?" she asks, bringing me into the hair area. "I want a different hair color and style," I simplistically explain to her. "What color are you thinking of?" she questions, setting up a chair to wash my hair. "I don't know. Purple, blue, or red. But I can't decide," I tell her. She nods and pats the black leather chair.

"How about, I surprise you with an ombre hair?" she asks, putting warm water on my head. I nod and lay back, relaxing against her smooth touch. As she finishes rinsing out the 2-n-1 shampoo and conditioner, she wraps a towel around my hair and tells me to stand up. I do as told and follow her to a desk. She pulls out a blow dryer and quickly dries my hair. "Alright, time for the coloring!" she says cheerfully. Guess she likes doing these kinds of things. "Wait, you said you wanted a different hair style?" she pauses.

I nod. "Just something a little different, that'll look good with the color," I explain. "How about we just curl your hair afterwards since it's naturally straight," she suggests. I nod again, so she smiles and we head back to the room with all the colors. "Alright, just sit here and let me take control. Fall asleep if you like," she giggles, so I crack a small smile. I hear her rummaging around inside some boxes, probably looking for the colors she wants.

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Chapter 3! Hope you enjoyed! It'll show her new hair in the next chapter :) Sorry it was short. I just didn't want to have to explain everything they do to dye hair. So please forgive me <3

~WildLadd