Three Times The Hummel Verse

The Haircut

"Baby, are you sure about this?" Carson asked worriedly. He had spent the last couple months trying to talk her out of it but to no avail. Her mind was set.

"Honestly no, but I need to do this." Shannon said as she continued to drive, her eyes never moving away from the road.

"You don't need to do anything Shane." Carson rebutted. He just couldn't wrap his head around why it was so important to her.

Shannon sighed and didn't speak again until they reached an intersection. When they stopped, she turned to look at her boyfriend for the first time since getting in the car over an hour ago. "It may not make sense, but I need to do this. I need to do this for my self."

This time, it was Carson who grew silent as he thought back to the many conversations they'd had. One of his biggest worries returned to the forefront of his mind. "Do you think you'll miss it?"

Shannon sighed again as she pulled through the intersection. "I really hope not." After a moment, she spoke again. "Will you miss it?" Surprised, Carson didn't know what to say. He had never thought about it before. Shannon took his silence as a bad sign. "I mean, you wont leave me or anything because of it will you?"

This time, Carson jumped at the chance to speak. "No! Shane, I would never leave you for something as trivial as that! We've been together for almost two years now! I don't think anything can split us up." He turned to face her and made sure she was looking back before he spoke again. As he spoke, he subconsciously stuck his hand in his pocket and squeezed the ring box he had been carrying around for the past month. "I don't plan on us ever being apart. Okay?" Shannon went to say something again but Carson was so caught up in his thoughts that he cut her off. "Don't you ever even think that again! I love absolutely everything about you. One small change in your appearance is not going to make me run away."

She nodded but returned to being silent again. She turned her full attention back to the road. The lovers' silence wasn't their usually calm, relaxed silence. When Carson couldn't take it any longer he spoke again.

"This wont change my mind about you Shane. I love you and I only want you to be happy. My worst fear is that you'll regret this decision the second its too late." Shannon didn't respond so Carson decided to lighten the mood. "Now would be the time to do it anyways. Change thing up for the New Year."

It was only a couple of days into the new year and everyone was finally getting over the big, all night party Kurt and Blaine had thrown.

"Yeah." She agreed, still lost in the bottomless pit of her mind.

Nobody talked for the rest of the drive. Although it wasn't comfortable silence, it didn't scream with tension and unease anymore.

When they finally reached their destination, they parked the car and walked into the building. Inside the doorway there was a big waiting room with lots of chairs. Behind a counter there were many chairs and mirror stations. Countless Hair dressers milled about either working with a customer or chatting amongst themselves.

Shannon and Carson took a seat in one of the many chairs and waited to be called. While they waited, Shannon let her hair down from the bun it had been in and began to brush it out. Her hair had gotten really long, to the point that she wanted a haircut.

A very drastic haircut.

Carson nervously tapped his foot beside her. He wasn't entirely thrilled that she wanted to do this, but he didn't want to tell her no. He didn't want to be in one of those confined relationships where they had to clear everything with one another first. He would have been completely fine if Shane had decided not to tell him before getting a haircut and just surprised him with it afterwards. But he knew what she wanted to do, and he was nervous for her.