June 15

Telephone. 2:31 am. "Mar its too early what do you want." "Hey wanna come over I made pancakes. I got some movies if you want to watch." "Yeah give me 10 minutes." Raina stuffed her knotted hair in a baseball cap, shoved her glasses on her face, and climbed out of her second story window to ride her bike across the neighborhood to Mara's house.! Mara's room. 2:43 am. "Hey what movies do you have?" "Why is your hair in your hat?" "I didn't want to think about doing anything to it. I gotta make an appointment for it this week." "Why? I've got a pair of scissors! I cut Elle's hair all the time and it's never that bad!" "Only if you cut yours too. I want you to look at bad as I do." chuckle Mara's room. 3:12 am. "Mar, you're sure about this? That's a lot of hair... it'll take forever to grow back." "I'm sure. You can't get this knot out without pulling half your hair from your head. And it looks hot." "But its right near my chin. Will I look like a toddler? I'm short enough..." "It's too late now," Raina's mid-back length icy blonde hair fell into the sink behind the chair in long shards. Billy Joel's "The Stranger" played on Mara's stereo as she carefully trimmed the ends of Raina's blunt short hair. Mara's room. 3:28 am. "Well fuck. You look hot" "And you look like you could use a haircut." "I got it, Ray. Let me get some hair ties and put in a new record." Mara's room. 3:34 am. "Ok. Whew. You got this! Cmon! Why am I talking to myself?" "I don't know. You don't have to do this you know..." "Nope! I'm doing this, Ray!" Mara then proceeded to cut her messy braids that used to fall down to her back. Her now short curls sprung up to her shoulders. Mara's room. 4:16 am. "I'm going to bed here. I'm not asking I'm just . My bike is too far away. Come sleep with me, Mar." "I'll be in in a few minutes. I'm going to warm up the pancakes."