Road Trip

18-Hair Begone

"Okay, I just put the address in." TJ announced." We should be there in like forty minutes."

Jessica nodded. "That's perfect timing for the midnight premiere of the movie, right?"

"Yuppers!" TJ answered. "Hey, have y'all read the books?" She turned around to ask the boys in the back seat.

"Uhm, no I don't usually have time to read." Harry whispered.

"Why are you-?" TJ asked, before Harry silently put a finger to his lips and pointed to Niall's sleeping body.

"Oops, sorry." She whispered sheepishly.

"And Niall doesn't read so, I definitely know he hasn't read the book." Harry answered.

"What do you mean he doesn't read?" TJ whispered incredulously.

Harry chuckled quietly. "The last book he read was "To Kill A Mockingbird" and he only read like three chapters before he got bored."

TJ smiled and rolled her eyes. "Why am I not surprised?" She turned back around and rummaged through he bag. After digging around, she pulled out a book, the cover worn from constant use and the pages dog-eared.

Jessica glanced over at her. "You're reading that thing again?" She asked, incredulously. "That's like you're, what, tenth time this month reading it?"

"It's my second." TJ said defensively. She pulled the book closer to her chest. "It's one of my favorites and everyone knows Harry Potter is a classic, or soon to be anyways."

Jessica rolled her eyes. "Whatever."

Ignoring Jessica and the rest of the world, TJ dove right into the world of magic and wizardry. Her eyes moved rapidly across the page, greedily drinking in the story unfolding before her. She remained like this for sometime, entranced by the book. But every so often, she could hear a whizzing sound coming from the backseat. After the third or fourth time, she turned around to investigate.

"What the hell is that noise?" She whispered loudly.

Harry shook his chestnut curly head and bit his lower lip to suppress a giggle. In his hand was a can of shaving cream. He squirted some on Niall's cheek and some more on his nose. Niall remained sound asleep, soft snores emitting from his slightly open mouth.

"Harry!" TJ gasped.

"Shhh." Harry raised a finger to his lips. "I don't wanna wake him up before my masterpiece is done." He giggled at his joke before concentrating on creating designs in the cream.

"What's happening?" Jessica asked, glancing up at the rear view mirror. She took one look at Niall's face almost completely covered in shaving cream and laughed. "He's gonna be pissed when he wakes up."

"I know." Harry agreed, laughing with her. He squirted some shaving cream on Niall's neck. Suddenly, he stopped and turned to look at the girls. "Do either of you have Nair?"

"Harry, you're positively evil." Jessica cackled.

TJ shook her head. "No. I won't give it to you. I won't let you do that to him."

"Ahh, c'mon TJ, don't be like that." Harry begged.

"Ignore her. She's just mad she didn't think of the idea first." Jessica said.

"How could I not have thought of that myself?" TJ mumbled to herself. She turned to Harry. "I'll let you use it on one condition. "You gotta put some on his legs too. But only on one leg." She grinned mischievously.

Harry grinned back. "Deal."

"It's in the green bag, next to the black suitcase." TJ pointed at the bag. Harry carefully reached for the bag and grabbed the can of Nair out of the side pocket, managing to do so without waking Niall. He sprayed some down the side of Niall's right leg, leaving the left leg untouched.

He was about to put the can back, when he thought better of it and made a small smiley face on Niall's chest, using the Nair.

TJ giggled. "He's gonna kill you when he wakes up."

Harry shrugged. "He'll probably be mad at first, then laugh his arse off afterwards."

No sooner than the had words left Harry's mouth, did Niall begin to stir.

Eyes screwed shut, he stretched his limbs before yawning. He mussed his hair a bit, slowly blinked his eyes open.

"Finally, he wakes!" TJ said dramatically.

"Yeah, yeah." Niall said, hands raising to his face to rub the sleep out his eyes. Instead, he smeared the shaving cream. "What the-?" Niall stared at his hands, confused. He whipped his face again, coming away with even more shaving cream.

Harry, Jessica, and TJ burst into a fit of laughter.

He stared at them, his face turning a bright shade of red. "HARRY! WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO?"

"Nothing mate. Just having a little fun." Harry said, eyes wide in innocence.

"Are you shitting me? What the fuck is this shit?" Niall kept whipping off more and more shaving cream from his face.

"Just shaving cream." Harry shrugged nonchalantly.

"YOU PUT THIS SHIT ON ME CHEST TOO?" Niall yelled.

"And your leg, don't forget that bit." Harry added, biting back a smile as the girls laughed uncontrollably.

Niall muttered a string of curse words as he ripped off his shirt to wipe off the remnants of shaving cream from his face and chest. As he wiped his chest, he realized that small clumps of hair were coming off along with the cream.

"What the-? HARRY WHAT THE FUCK!" Niall screamed as Harry laughed harder, no longer able to contain it any longer.

Niall reached down with his shirt and cautiously wiped his leg. Horrified, he stared at the large clump of hair that was removed from his leg. A large stripe run straight down his right leg was clean shaven. "I'm gonna kill ya." Niall whispered. "IM GONNA FUCKING MURDER YOU!" He yelled.