This is my first visit to some Shane’s salon, it was recommended to me by friend, who says this Shane girl has a gift, so I have an appointment today at  4 o’clock, really don’t  know what  to expect, but then again it is only hair.

            I’m just in time, so I walk through the salon to the counter and tell the cute receptionist that I have an appointment, she smiles and tells me to please wait a minute, while she goes to find someone to get me shampooed, so I wait. it takes two minutes to find someone, is a curly haired, not very tall girl that is gonna do the job, takes me to a small room with three sinks, or whatever they are to wash hair, so the girl does the shampoo, giving me a little massage on the skull, that lasts a good fifteen minutes, and then rolls a towel in my hair and directs me to Shane’s chair and says she’ll be there in a few minutes, so I got to the chair, sat down, tilt my head back, and closed my eyes.

            It wasn’t long ‘till I felt someone removing the towel out of my hair, so I opened my eyes, "oh my god" I thought to myself "she’s beautiful" I was shocked by this girls beauty, I got speechless for a few moments, and then she broke the silence. "so, how is it gonna be?" this deep, smoky voice made my heart tremble, but I got myself together and finally speak "umm, I dunno, you’re the expert" when I finally get the words to come out of my mouth I realized she has her eyes laying on me, well actually on my hair, but what’s the difference, and I’m melting. "Ok, look I have an idea, but you need to tell me what it is that you want." she says with a little smile on her face. "I’m here to make a change I’m tired of looking always the same, so you do what you want, play with it, after all it will grow again, right?" she looked at me this time the smile was big and it light up the room, and then she said "great, i love to work with people that is up for the change, so lets get to work" she started running her fingers trough my hair, looking at every angle, checking if its even, while she was working I couldn’t keep my eyes off her, she has this vibe around her like no one I’ve ever met, this girl is special, the kind of girl that would blast my heart into a million pieces, then she realized I was staring at her, so I looked away. she never said a word while she was working, I wish she did, I was dying to get to know her, talk to her, I want to be someone for her. "Ok now is time for the blow dryer, you ok?" "Oh yeah, I’m fine, go ahead" is that all she has to say?  Ok now I’m feeling a little despised, what can I do to get her attention? I need to do something fast cause she is about to finish my hair.

 

 

"So, how long have you worked in here?" I ask kicking my self, couldn’t I think of something cleverer than that? but she seems fine and answers the question "umm, not so long really, a few months" she says quite serious, like she is really into the dryer thing and doesn’t really want to talk right now, so I don’t say another word ‘till she is done. And I look at my self in the mirror for the first time, to find that she has cut off some length, did some layers, and I look really hot like this, she really has a gift. "You like?" "You’re kidding me? I look awesome" she grins "yeah I think so too" oh my god, did she just said that I’m awesome? Oh my god! I have to come back here, "so when do I have to come back?" "It depends but I think it would take five to six months" what? Five to six months?!! That’s way too long, but at least it’s something to look forward to. "Ok, so how much do I owe you?" I say, while getting up from the chair, and stand right in front of her, she is little bit taller than me, and now she looks even more beautiful "umm the receptionist will take care of that, I just cut hair" and she smiles again, and every time she does it’s like a sun ray laid on her face. I nod, extend my hand to hers in gesture of goodbye, she extends her hand, and I feel this long, thin fingers that where on my hair a little while a go, it is a long hand shake, till she lets go and I walk  towards the counter, it is a little expensive, but it was totally worth it.

    Its been five days since I met Shane McCutcheon, and I cant get her out of my head, I hear her smoky voice everywhere I go, and the image of her face is in everything I see, but today my roommate Jo has convinced me to go out tonight she says that someone told her about this “girl bar” and she wants to check it out, and of course drag me down with her, so were getting ready when she asks me with an evil grin on her face:
"So, are you gonna tell me who she is, or I’ll have to figure it out myself?
"What are you talking about Jo?"
"You know damn well what I’m talking about, don’t play games with me Amy, you know I’m gonna find out sooner or later"
"I’m not talking to you about this, you wouldn’t understand"
"well try me, I’m your best friend, remember? you can tell me everything even the things that I wouldn’t understand"
"look Jo, I dunno, I don’t even know her, just met her once, we barely even speak, I know nothing about her, and still I cant get her out of my head"
"ummm, I see, but who is she?"
"Shane McCutcheon"
"what? You’re ***** kidding me right?"
"You know her?"
"Not in person, no, but I’ve heard about her, she is a heart breaker Amy, she would only hurt you, I’m telling you do not get with her"
"geez Jo, I just told you, I just met her once and on a professional bases, she did my hair, but that’s all she did, is not like were madly in love with each other, so calm down"
"ok, are you ready?"
"yes I’m ready"
"lets go then"
Jo, seemed really preoccupied about me, but I couldn’t understand why, well she has a tendency to blow things out of proportion from time to time so we drove her car to the club, parked, and start walking towards the entrance of the club, we were chatting and laughing, we looked  hot, and got a lot of attention, we got in directly to the bar, ordered two beers, and start drinking and scouting our next victim, watching who was cute, who was not, and who would we like to *****. Then I feel a cold breeze rushing trough my spine, I heard a voice, a familiar voice, deep, smoky, beautiful. "Can I get a beer please?" I turn around just to check, and yep, there she is, black leather pants, white shirt, and a jacket, she looks so good, but I try to be cool. "do not stare at her" I say to myself, so I don’t, I wait for her to see me, then finally she looks my way, grins and leave, I can see her walking in the crowd, it looks like she is looking for someone, but hey what the *****? She didn’t remember me? I’ve been driving myself crazy over her, I can’t even sleep, and she does not remember me? That is fucked up, men. Then as I order another beer, Jo who was seating right by my side asked if I was ok, but I couldn’t really hear her, so I just nodded. Then she found a victim for the night and left me in the bar by myself, I was happy for Jo, but I really wasn’t in the mood for that. so I just sat there, ‘till I saw Shane’s head talking to someone, a blonde chick, it looked like the blond was Shane’s victim for the night, and I was so jealous of the her cause she was gonna have what I’ve been dreaming for five days, but hey I don’t even know Shane, maybe she is a heart breaker, maybe she is mean, maybe she is just not worth it, I can’t know cause she isn’t gonna give me the time of the day, so I might as well get used to it. So I drank my third beer, paid, and left the place, as I walk to the car I realize it isn’t there, so ***** Jo must have forgotten that I didn’t brought my car. *****!!
so I sat there, were the car was supposed to be, I really had no hurry to get home, so I stayed there head in my hands thinking about ways to get ride of all the Shane’s thoughts, I don’t really know how long I sat there, ‘till I felt a hand over my shoulder.
"damn it Jo, you could’ve at least tell me you were leaving, so I could get a cab or something, ***** you!!"
"umm, I’m sorry" oh my god that is not Jo’s voice, that is Shane’s voice, but what the ***** is she doing here?, I’m paralyzed. "I didn’t mean to bother you, but, you need help?"
"Oh, sorry, thought you were someone else" she grinned "yeah, I kinda thought so" I laugh
"I thought you left, I saw you in there with a girl" I say.
"umm, yeah wasn’t gonna work, she left, I stayed a little longer, and on my way home, I saw you, and thought you might need help"

"Well, my friend dumped me in here for some chick, and I had no way to get home, cause I didn’t brought my car, so I sat here and thought about my life for a while, I was about to take a cab."
"bummer, hey I have my truck parked a block away, want a ride?"
"***** yeah! I really don’t feel like searching for a cab right now" ok maybe I got too excited but, what the *****? At least now I know she is not mean, otherwise she would have walked right up, never looking down.
"ok, lets go then, oh by the way, I’m Shane, Shane McCutcheon"
"yeah I know, I went down to your salon five days ago"
"oh really?  Oh yeah, yeah I remember you, the one that wanted to change, right? But I don’t remember your name, sorry"
"its ok, I’m Amy, Amy Daniels, nice to meet you again"
she laughed, and then we walk to her vintage truck "I have it only for the memories" she said. Opened the door so I could get in, God, she is so sweet, so gentle, and only being around her felt like magic. She started driving and on the first red light I remembered.
"oh *****!!"
"what? Is something wrong?"
"yeah my friend must be at our apartment with her date, and I kinda hate being there while she’s having *****" she grins
"ha ha, it is awful, so where do we go then?"
"I dunno, any ideas?"
"Well actually I have one, there’s a café around the corner, want to go?" she said looking at the street like searching for the place. And of course I said yes, so we got to the place found a table ordered an espresso and a cappuccino. And started to talk.

"Hey, does your friend dumps you for other girls really often?" she said while taking a zip of her coffee.
"ummm, no, sometimes I dump her" she smiled and raised an  eyebrow.
"oh, I see, and for how long have you guys been living together?" she asked smiling.
"umm, like three years or so, she took me in after a nasty breakup"
"of hers?"
"no, I was living with this girl, and she decide I wasn’t good enough to be in an exclusive relationship, so she was fooling around with lots of girls, when I tried to talk to her she was ready to throw me out, and she did, so here I am" it was a painful thing to remember, but I was over it, she looks  moved by my experience, and quite serious.
"then you shouldn’t be hanging around with me" she said deeper than she used to talk, and really serious, with her eyes looking into her cup of coffee.
"why not? Let me tell you I have no sexual intentions with you, what so ever."  She looked shocked, but smiled anyway.
"oh, I’m flattered thanks. No but seriously  lots of people thinks I’m a bad influence, and I gotta tell you I have the nasty habit of breaking peoples hearts"
"well I’ve already been told about your habit and it doesn’t scare me, and about being a bad influence for me trust me you can’t be worst than some of my friends, so there you go" after I finished my sentence she looked deep into my eyes and smile so sincerely, that I knew right then this was gonna be the end of my life as I was used to it, I was falling for this girl, I was falling fast.
"Oh right then, finally someone who isn’t scared of me in any way" she smiled, and zip the lasting coffee on her cup, scared? I’m freaking terrified here, but hey if I can be a part of her life in someway, I’m gonna go for it. so we sat there chatting, drinking another coffee, she told me about a woman who broke he heart, about how she broke the heart of the ladies daughter, this is a really sensitive person, really vulnerable, she has been trough a lot, no wonder the tough girl cover. She don’t want to be hurt no more. And I understand her, and fall for her even harder. We chat till it was almost a new day, and then she took me home, and when we were in my door, she kissed me on the cheek and ask me for my phone number "I would like to hang out with you again" she said while putting the piece of paper on her pocket. And after that she left.
I got into my apparent, and I was flying like in a dream, she kissed me and it was a greater feeling than having ***** with some random girl picked up at a bar. I know I’m lost and up for some real damage if I continue to see her, but somehow I don’t care, I really don’t. And while I was walking towards the bathroom I bumped into a pretty girl.
"oh, sorry" she said she looked scared
"no problem, hey, did you guys had fun?" I ask smiling
"well yeah, you know. It was good"
"great, well I’m gonna take a shower and get some sleep later, you guys need something?" I said but didn’t actually mean it.
"umm, no thanks, just let me use the bathroom first I’ll be quick, ok?"
"Yeah, I can do that"
after my shower I spent most of the day sleeping, I could hear Jo’s voice from time to time trying to wake me up, but I was so tired I couldn’t move. so when I finally got out of bed, first thing was making something to eat cause I was starving, while I’m making my self a sandwich, in comes Jo, and I don’t even want to talk to her, after all, she did dumped me in a place I was no familiar with, and that isn’t right.
"Are you still mad at me?" she asks with a puppy face, she knows I am. And I don’t give her an answer. "Look Amy, I’m sorry, I messed up, can’t you forgive me? Besides you came back ‘till  5 am so don’t tell me you spent the night waiting for me to come back, you found someone, and don’t try to deny it." I can’t help but smile and let her know its ok.
"Well yes, but still if you leave again like that were gonna have a problem."

"Ok ok, I swear, it won’t happen again, but tell me who she is" she was eager to know.
"That I wont say" I take a bite of my sandwich and look at her for a few seconds.
"oh c’mon you have to tell me, I’m your best friend, you have to, is in the book."
"what book?"
"the best friends book, it is a best seller"
"it doesn’t exists Jo, but for the sake of my well being I’ll tell you, but you have to promise you wont freak out"
"ok, I promise"
"I was with Shane" I smiled
"***** you! I told you not to get with her."
"ok first of all you don’t know her, and second of all we spent the night talking on a coffee shop, oh and we are just friends, there’s nothing to worry about."
"Ok whatever, hey wanna go out tonight?"
"You’re kidding, right? ***** no"
"*****? I was just asking, I’ll go alone then"
She started to get ready to go out, and I sat and watch TV. ‘till the phone rang, I picked up.
"Hello?"
"Hi! Is Amy there?" oh my god it’s Shane, I really didn’t thought she was gonna call, at least not so fast.
"Shane? Is it you?" who am I kidding? I’m absolutely certain that it is.
"Oh yeah, hey are you busy?" she asks, with that beautiful voice of hers.
"umm, no why?"
"I just bought this new movie and I was wondering if you would like to check it out?"
"no girlfriend tonight, huh?"
"actually I’m not in the mood of going out tonight"
"and your friends have other appointments to watch a movie with you, right?"
"umm, well yeah, but that’s not why"
"don’t worry come on over, well watch it, should I make some popcorn?"
"Well I was thinking of bringing a pizza, is that ok?"
"Sure"
"ok I’ll be there in a few"
holly *****!! She is coming! I cant believe it, this place is a mess, *****! I clean the place as good as possible, jumped out of my pijamas and put on some jeans and one of my vintage t-shirts. And waited, she arrived 15 minutes later, and when she knocked on the door my knees started to tremble, but I got up and opened the door.
"hey, that was fast"
"umm yeah, I was on my way when I called" she grins
"ok, want do you want to drink"
"I dunno, have any beer?"
"of course, ill be right back, make yourself comfortable"
so I went for two beers, seat down on the same couch as her, but with a considerable distance between us. so we watch the movie, after we talked for a while and then she left. we spent a couple of months hanging out together, we would go to the movies, to some bar, we watched movies at my house, went bowling, she introduced me to her group of best friends, they are cool. And we did all those things friends do. By then I was absolutely and madly in love with her, cause she opened her self to me, and showed me a part of her that I don’t think anyone knows, not even her. She felt safe with me ‘cuz she thought I couldn’t hurt her, and I couldn’t.
By that time she started seeing this red headed girl, I didn’t really liked her, not just cause I loved Shane, but cause she has a really bad vibe around her, she was hot though, so I had to deal, so I was dating around, Shane and I met a lot of girls while hanging out together, so I had my pick of girls to spent the night with. But one awful night something bad happened. Bette porter had a party in her house and we were invited, so I took Jo, Shane took the read head, her name was Elaine. So there we were having a good time laughing, and then someone suggested to play spin the bottle, with three options, truth, dare or kiss. And as we were all friends, we thought it would be fun. So the game started with Dana. She spinned the bottle and it pointed to Bette.
"So what’s it gonna be Bette, kiss, truth or dare?"
"I’ll have to go with truth"
"ok, when are gonna tell Tina you still love her?"
"Oh, soon enough"
and so it went, it was fun, ‘till it was Alice’s turn, the bottle pointed at Shane.
"What do you chose Shane?"
"kiss" she said the first one to ask for that, and she liked it.
"ok, you have to kiss Amy for forty seconds" what? Me? Is she ***** crazy? I can’t do that, it would be to much for me, she is coming closer, to the point when I can actually feel her breath in my face, oh my god this could be my only chance to kiss her, so I closed my eyes, and slowly felt her lips on mine, really smooth, the adrenaline is rushing through my entire body, she places her hands on each side of my face, my heart is bumping so hard that I’m sure she can feel it, my hands were around her waist, I couldn’t really believe that her tongue was in my mouth and mine was in her mouth, it was just too good to be truth, all my feelings rush into my heart and brain, and then they said "forty!" and it was over, she look directly into my eyes like if she just found out what my real feelings are, and I just looked away. Then the bottle pointed at me, Elaine was the one to tell me what to do.
"So?"
"Truth"
"ok, why haven’t you told Shane what you really feel about her?"
"Excuse me?"
"Oh c’mon, the only one who doesn’t know is her, so you might as well tell her now"
I wanted to say something but the words just wouldn’t come out, I just sat there, looking down, ‘till I heard Shane’s voice.
"Look Elaine, if she does or doesn’t, that is not of your damn business, so you might as well leave."
Then I got strong enough to talk, made Jo a sign to get up and stand by my side, and I talked.
"No, listen Shane I’m only gonna say this once so pay attention, she’s right, I love you, I’ve loved practically ever since I met you, and I decided to be your friend just to be close to you, this isn’t your fault, you didn’t know, and I appreciate the fact that you trusted me so many things of your life, and I didn’t want to become  a problem for you, I wanted to help you, I thought I had this under control but you are so ***** adorable that I couldn’t, and now I know after knowing this you will not want to see me again, and I kinda think that it is the right thing, ‘cause I cant take it anymore, I love you too much now to be just friends, so I’m gonna go now, and I don’t want you to look for me if it isn’t to love me back. Have a nice life McCutcheon."
And after that I ran for the door with Jo behind me, and once we got on the car, I broke down, I lost her, I knew I had lost the only one that made me feel like this, every lasting sunray in my life was gone, I should’ve kept my mouth shut, but I couldn’t. Jo drove us back home where I locked myself in my room, I’ve been her twenty two hours, I can’t stop crying, so I decided to write this.

 

Morning after the party, in the planet:

"So, have any of you guys seen Shane?" Alice says
"No, honey. I guess she’s trying to figure things out" said Dana
"at least Amy finally said it"
"Yeah, but Elaine, had no right to do that, Amy wasn’t the one to blame, just cause she was jealous of her."
And then Shane walked trough the door looking like *****, sat down with her friends and said.
"Girls, morning"
"hey, how are you feeling?" asked Alice concerned.
"Like *****, I’m feeling things I wasn’t suppose to feel right now." Shane said while trying to get the waiter to bring her an espresso.
"What things?"
"My heart it, it really hurts"
"Why? ‘cause of Elaine? Trust me Shane she was no good she proved it last night"
"No, Elaine can go to *****, is Amy, she’s been dancing in my head since we kissed, it was like a magical kiss, I don’t really know how to explain it, and now she doesn’t want to see me."
"Shane, are you in love with her?"
" I dunno Al, she’s something else, she makes me feel like nothing I’ve ever done is wrong, like to her, I’m just Shane, and after thinking about it all night long, every time I looked into her eyes my heart stopped I didn’t know why, and she never made me feel bad about being me, with her it was safe, and I don’t think I’ve ever felt that way before, when I was with her I didn’t felt the need to be with any other girl, I didn’t wanted any one but her, and I’m all messed up about it cause I don’t know what to do."
"Shane you are in love with her now is up to you to be with her."
"But she said she didn’t wanted to see me"
"she said don’t look for me if you’re not gonna love me back, so if you do, then go for it"
"yeah I guess I will, but I need to clear my head first"
Shane walked around for hours thinking, how did all this happened? She fell in love without even noticing, and Amy to Shane was so beautiful, so pure. So she decided to go  see her tell her she wanted to be with her, and only with her. So she walked to her apartment knocked on the door, it was Jo who answered.
"Hi, is she here?"
"yeah, but I’m not sure I want to near her right now."
" look Jo, I love her, ok? I do, last night I realized that she is the one for me, and I want to tell her that, may I?"
"ok, but if you mess with her, you’re messing with me, ok?" so Jo let Shane in, walked to Amy’s room and knocked,
"Amy you have a visitor"
"I don’t want to see anyone right now, Jo"
"trust me, honey, this one you will"
"umm, Amy? Would you let me in please"  Amy felt her heart jumping up and down, she couldn’t believe Shane was there, so she got up wiped her eyes and opened the door.
"what are you doing here, Shane?"
"I came to say I’m sorry, I should’ve known better"
"oh well, ***** happens"
"Amy I love you" she just said it, Amy got frozen, she wasn’t expecting that, actually she thought Shane was there to be

Friends again, no to confess her love.
"What did you just said?"
"I said I love you, and I mean it, I want to be with you, and only with you, for as long as possible." Amy didn’t answer, just wrapped herself on Shane’s body, and gently kissed her mouth, "I love you too" she said, and drag Shane into her room closing the door behind them.

 

Its been seven months since Shane and Amy are together and today there getting ready to attend to the re-wedding of their friends Tina & Bette, while discussing about the possibility of moving in together. Shane looks happier than she is ever been, so is Amy.

 

                                                                        the end.