didn’t look so good. He was
breathing, but he was white as a ghost. I turned around and noticed that
Nathan was also hurt. Someone gave him a wad of Kleenex that he was holding up
to his nose. I had a feeling that Nate and Bully would be going off in an
ambulance.
Mercy and I walked to the locker room together. I asked
her, “So, Mercy, do you have any idea what happened to Bul.., I mean Jimmy?” I
turned and watched her but I couldn’t get a read on her. Mercy’s eyes were a
blank. I could see her aura, though. It was a bright red with purple and some
darker flashes of red. I see strength, energy and passion with flashes of
temper. Still, there’s something I can’t quite see in her. What’s the purple
mean?
“It’s hard to say what happened to him. Maybe he had a brain
freeze of some kind,” Mercy answered quietly.
I looked at her and assented, “Yeah, maybe a brain freeze.”
As it turned out, Mercy wasn’t too far off the mark. The
tests revealed that Bully Boy had suffered a stroke and that he should
eventually be able to recover from after physical therapy. We heard from Mr.
Elton that it was very unusual for someone as young as Bully to have a stroke,
but it can happen. Nate was also injured. He had a fractured nose.
18. A New Me
Rainy arranged an appointment for me at The Chic Shack after school today. I still had doubts about going, but I was sick of
constantly pushing hair out of my face. Most importantly, when I eventually
bumped into Ian, I didn’t want to look like an upside down floor mop. My
cousins had to come along for the show. They were always watching makeover
shows on TV and they loved this stuff, especially when it was happening to me.
So after school I met them in front and we walked to The Chic Shack which was only a few blocks away.
Rainy noticed my worried look so she tried to reassure me.
“My mom said that she can’t wait to cut your hair, Tess. Don’t worry. She
knows what she’s doing.”
“Hope so,” I muttered under my breath.
“What?” asked Rainy.
“Nothing. I’m just a little nervous. I’m not big on making
too many changes, especially if they require daily maintenance.”
“Calm down. My mom wouldn’t do some high maintenance thing.
The most it may require is a little blow dry in the morning.”
“Geez, you may have to get up a whole five minutes earlier,”
Eve smirked.
When we arrived, Mrs. Prescott sat me down in a chair and
studied me. I was feeling squirmy and thinking about running out of there. Mrs.
Prescott herself made me nervous because she wore bright red lipstick and had puffed
up red hair and high heels, with tight black pants. (How can you stand around
all day on your feet in those pointy things?) There was no way someone like
her would be able to figure out what I wanted to look like. What was she gonna
do to me? I didn’t want to look like a freak.
Out of the corner of my eye, I could see Rainy, Eve, and
Annie looking through hair magazines, giggling and pointing at pictures. Finally,
Mrs. Prescott spoke. “Girls, I think I have an idea for Tess.” She took a
style magazine from behind the counter, flipped through some pages until she
found what she wanted, and then she pointed, loudly tapping with her long shiny
red fingernail. “There. I think that style would fit Tess perfectly. What do
you think?”
Annie, Eve, and Rainy all stared at the picture, looking
back and forth between me and it. Finally, Annie responded, “Yeah, I can
definitely see it. That would work for Tess.”
“Tess’s big eyes and heart shaped face would go with a medium
short, offset hairstyle. Plus, it’s not a lot of maintenance. I can see she’s
not into that,” Mrs. Prescott commented dryly while appraising me.
“Would you mind if I got a look at it?” I said glaring at
them.
They handed me the magazine and waited to see what I
breathing, but he was white as a ghost. I turned around and noticed that
Nathan was also hurt. Someone gave him a wad of Kleenex that he was holding up
to his nose. I had a feeling that Nate and Bully would be going off in an
ambulance.
Mercy and I walked to the locker room together. I asked
her, “So, Mercy, do you have any idea what happened to Bul.., I mean Jimmy?” I
turned and watched her but I couldn’t get a read on her. Mercy’s eyes were a
blank. I could see her aura, though. It was a bright red with purple and some
darker flashes of red. I see strength, energy and passion with flashes of
temper. Still, there’s something I can’t quite see in her. What’s the purple
mean?
“It’s hard to say what happened to him. Maybe he had a brain
freeze of some kind,” Mercy answered quietly.
I looked at her and assented, “Yeah, maybe a brain freeze.”
As it turned out, Mercy wasn’t too far off the mark. The
tests revealed that Bully Boy had suffered a stroke and that he should
eventually be able to recover from after physical therapy. We heard from Mr.
Elton that it was very unusual for someone as young as Bully to have a stroke,
but it can happen. Nate was also injured. He had a fractured nose.
18. A New Me
Rainy arranged an appointment for me at The Chic Shack after school today. I still had doubts about going, but I was sick of
constantly pushing hair out of my face. Most importantly, when I eventually
bumped into Ian, I didn’t want to look like an upside down floor mop. My
cousins had to come along for the show. They were always watching makeover
shows on TV and they loved this stuff, especially when it was happening to me.
So after school I met them in front and we walked to The Chic Shack which was only a few blocks away.
Rainy noticed my worried look so she tried to reassure me.
“My mom said that she can’t wait to cut your hair, Tess. Don’t worry. She
knows what she’s doing.”
“Hope so,” I muttered under my breath.
“What?” asked Rainy.
“Nothing. I’m just a little nervous. I’m not big on making
too many changes, especially if they require daily maintenance.”
“Calm down. My mom wouldn’t do some high maintenance thing.
The most it may require is a little blow dry in the morning.”
“Geez, you may have to get up a whole five minutes earlier,”
Eve smirked.
When we arrived, Mrs. Prescott sat me down in a chair and
studied me. I was feeling squirmy and thinking about running out of there. Mrs.
Prescott herself made me nervous because she wore bright red lipstick and had puffed
up red hair and high heels, with tight black pants. (How can you stand around
all day on your feet in those pointy things?) There was no way someone like
her would be able to figure out what I wanted to look like. What was she gonna
do to me? I didn’t want to look like a freak.
Out of the corner of my eye, I could see Rainy, Eve, and
Annie looking through hair magazines, giggling and pointing at pictures. Finally,
Mrs. Prescott spoke. “Girls, I think I have an idea for Tess.” She took a
style magazine from behind the counter, flipped through some pages until she
found what she wanted, and then she pointed, loudly tapping with her long shiny
red fingernail. “There. I think that style would fit Tess perfectly. What do
you think?”
Annie, Eve, and Rainy all stared at the picture, looking
back and forth between me and it. Finally, Annie responded, “Yeah, I can
definitely see it. That would work for Tess.”
“Tess’s big eyes and heart shaped face would go with a medium
short, offset hairstyle. Plus, it’s not a lot of maintenance. I can see she’s
not into that,” Mrs. Prescott commented dryly while appraising me.
“Would you mind if I got a look at it?” I said glaring at
them.
They handed me the magazine and waited to see what I
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