The Way We Were

Later that day, Jack came over to keep me company at my place. I had piled blankets on the couch, stocked up on Ben & Jerry's ice cream, and picked out some movies for us to watch. Earlier I had video chatted with Caleb and told him about my plans to cut my hair, he felt bad for me since he knew that I was dreading it, but he comforted me as best as he could, and right now, even though I should have been at a hair salon, I was fooling around with Jack as we watched Jeopardy.

Jack kept yelling out the answers before I could even think, so I kept hitting him and laughing, "No! Jack shut up, that's my answer!"

"You haven't even got any of them right so far, I'm winning!" He laughed, trying to grab my wrists to prevent me from hitting him anymore. We then started wrestling but it was hard since we were getting tangled up in the blankets. I shoved him off the couch and he got crammed between the couch and the coffee table, I laughed as I rolled off on top of him. I pretended to cry and then started laughing, "I don't wanna cut my hair." I whined.

"Then I will." He laughed. I then looked at him and smiled, "Yeah, you'll do it."

"I'll do what?" He smiled.

"Cut my hair." I grinned.

"You're crazy."

"No, well...a little, but let's do it! We'll go on youtube and search 'how to cut hair short'. Jack, will you do it?"

He hesitated, sitting up a bit and propping himself up on his elbows. He looked at me and inhaled sharply, really thinking about it. He then smiled, "Fine. But if I screw it up, don't get mad."

"Yes!" I grinned, jumping up off of him. I took his hands and pulled him up to his feet and pulled him to the bathroom with me. "Okay, find scissors somewhere, I have to get my laptop."

Soon I came back with my laptop, he was sitting on the edge of the tub and I sat down on the floor in front of him and opened up my laptop, searching youtube for haircutting videos.

"Okay, it says I have to wet my hair first." So I crawled up and turn on the tub and took the shower head, washing my hair. Afterwards I dried it off with a towel and again sat in front of Jack. He sat down directly behind me and I held up my laptop for him to see the video. He was making me laughing as he was preparing to cut.

"Are you ready?" He asked.

I took a deep breath and covered my face with my hands, "I think so."

"Okay, here we go." I then heard a snip of the scissors and when I opened my eyes, I saw that he was holding up the piece of hair for me to see. I held it in my hands and then dropped it to the floor.

"Continue." I whispered, scared out of my mind. He started laughing and doing as he was told. "I can't wear my wedding gown with this hair." I realized.

"What're you gonna do?" He asked, peeking over my shoulder watching the video inquisitively

"I don't know." I sat there in almost a daze, not considering the impact my haircut would have on my wedding dress. "I guess then...I'll have to have a different dress."

"Haven't you already had like three already?" He laughed.

I rolled my eyes, "It is only two. The first one I was not expecting. The second was my final choice, but my hair ruins everything now...Maybe I'll talk to Caleb and ask that we change the weddings theme, make it more casual. I think a short dress would look divine with this new hairdo."

"Divine?" He chuckled.

"Yes darling, divine. I think I'll really like this haircut actually." I smiled. "I should write a song about it." I laughed.

He kept on cutting and tossed hair in the air. I laughed as I frustrated him because I couldn't keep still, and I kept moving the laptop out of his view.

After probably an hour of sitting on the floor and watching the same video over again, Jack declared that he was finished. I held my breath and slowly got to my feet.

"Close your eyes." He smiled, covering my eyes with his hands. "I'll lead you to the mirror."

I nodded and placed my hands on his as he gently ushered me to the mirror. He removed his hands and my eyes were still closed, I took a deep breath and then slowly opened my eyes. My jaw dropped from pure shock. Turning my head from side to side and silently studying my new hair cut, I carefully brought my hand up to my hair and ran them through.

A tear fell from my eye as I started to laugh, I covered my mouth and turned to face him. "Jack, I love it."

"You really do? Tell me the truth, if it's bad I'll take you to a salon right now." He looked guilty.

I walked up to him and hugged him tightly, "I love it. As much as it is shocking that my long hair is no more, this is perfect. I look like Edie now." I smiled.

"Are you absolutely sure?" He hesitated.

"C'mon, let's go watch a movie." I grinned, taking his hand and leading him out of the bathroom. We snuggled up under the blankets. We shared a container of ice cream and watched one of my favourite movies, Say Anything.