Panic rushed through my body. Man, news must travel fast around this town. "Who exactly are we?" Robbie says, challenging her. "Your the singers from the newspaper!" the cashier says excitedly. A wave of relief washes over me. "Yeah!" I say, playing along, "That's us." Fel, Brian, and Robbie say, catching my drift. "What are you guys doing here?" She asked. "Well we were gonna dye our hair before the show." I say. "Hmmm. Well, whatever you choose, I'll be at the register and I'll give you guys a discount." She says, returning to her post. "Really? Thanks!" I call after her.
"So what color do you guys want?" Fel says, finishing her sentence from before. I reach out and grab a dark red. "This looks cool." I say, trying to picture me with dark red locks. "And I could get a perm to curl my hair so the police won't know it's my straight hair." I finish. "Cute but grab a few for when the red comes out! What about you boys?" Fel asks Robbie and Dylan. Dylan grabs a couple of the black. "I got my color." he says. "Robbie?" Fel asks. "How about blonde?" Robbie says, reaching out and grabbing a few. "You'd look cute in that!" Fel says. "And for me..." she says, reaching for a few purples.
"Purple?! Yeah that won't draw attention." I say. "Relax! It's a dark purple-almost black." She says. "Yeah, I guess. You'd look pretty in that anyway," I say, offering a smile. "Thanks!" she says as we bring our stuff up to the cash register. The cashier scans our dyes and what should have been forty dollars, she brought down to fifteen. "Thanks again!" I call as we walk out the door. On the way to the hotel, we stop to get my perm and then we head off.
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When we enter the hotel, Dylan sits me down on a chair and Robbie sits Fel down. He rubs the red into my hair, over and over but gently. When it's finished, Fel and I look into the mirror. I can't believe my eyes. My dark, straight hair turning to dark red and curly. Fel's long blonde hair had been cut to her shoulders and changed to dark purple. We both looked pretty amazing, but now it was the boy's turn. Fel and I sit both of them down and work the dye into their hair. When it's finished, the guys look into the mirror and smile, running their fingers through their newly short hair. Dylan looked handsome with black and Fel was gushing over Robbie's blonde hair.
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I lay down on the bed next to Dylan and close my eyes. As soon as I drift off to sleep, I hear a knock on the door. "Hello, Joy," Dr. Mason says.
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A Mental State Of Mind (Completed)
Horror[(COMPLETED)] Joy is in a stable enough state to have a roomate at the hospital. The mental hospital, that is. And one of the best in the country. But few know what goes on in the hospital. Few know the history. Few know about the little girl who di...
