Indian girl in United States.....

Sonali Sharma ran her fingers through her luxurious long black locks. So soft and shiny. She was gorgeous. Sonali was Rich Indian Girl Came to United States For higher studies.she was twenty one, and a student at Texas University. She was tall and thin, and very tanned. She was one of the prettiest girls on campus.

That Friday afternoon she planned on going downtown, since she didn't have any classes. She was meeting her Indian boyfriend Sameer for dinner, but wanted to go early to shop a bit. She pulled out her car from the dorm parking lot, and headed downtown. She drove around a few blocks, and finally found a parking space. She put some change in the meter, and locked her car door, then started walking to one of her favorite boutiques, which was a few blocks down from her car, but she had all afternoon, so time didn't matter. She carefully walked down the street, staring in at the items in the storefront windows. She had walked this block many times.


First came Burgdorfs, then Arlington Dresswear, then Tiffany's Jewelry store. She absolutely loved Tiffanys. Sonali glanced at her watch, and decided to browse through Tiffany's. She strolled through the store, and checked out anything new. She tried on a gorgeous silver necklace, that had a stunning blue and clear pendant hanging from it. It sparkled like nothing she had ever seen before. It was perfect. The way it brought out her nice neckline was incredible. Her whole face seemed to light up with it on. A sales clerk walked over, and asked if Sonali needed any help.

Sonali turned away from the mirror, and said, "how much is this?"

"Oh, that's five hundred dollars. We just got it in yesterday." the clerk said.

Sonali glanced at it wistfully, and put it down. "I'll think about it." she said, then walked out. She walked down past a few more stores, thinking about how great she looked in that necklace. As she continued walking, a new store caught her eye.

A big pink sign hung from the awning, said, "Hair Flair-Now Open-Taking New Clients_Walk-ins Welcome For a Short Time Only." Sonali peered in the clear glass window. She saw a few ladys getting their hair done, but it wasn't full. She stared at her reflection, and ran her fingers through her hair. Just then a stylist walked to the window, and mouthed, come on in, while she motioned for Sonali to go inside. Sonali smiled and shook her head. The stylist wouldn't take no for an answer though, and finally walked to the door, and said, "Hey, come on in for a sec." Sonali reluctantly followed her.

"Here, let me take your jacket." the stylist said.

"Oh, no thanks, I'm not staying." Sonali said.

"Why did you come in then?" she said.

"Because you asked me to." Sonali replied.

"Well, since you are already in here, are you sure I can't do anything for you? A new haircut perhaps?" She asked.

Sonali all of a sudden thought for a moment, and said, "Well, I guess I could use a trim."

"I could do that," The stylist said, as she took Sonali's coat, and hung it up, then said, "Follow me," she said, leading Sonali to her station. Sonali walked over, and took a seat in the chair. The stylist said to her, "Well, my name's Janet, what can I do for you today?"

"Oh, like I said, just a trim please, by the way, my name is Sonali."

"Ok, a trim it it." Janet said, as she started to brush Sonali's long black hair out. "My you have thick hair. It must get so annoying in this heat." Janet said.

"Well, a little." Sonali said.

"Have you ever thought about getting a shorter haircut?" Janet asked.

"Oh no, I love my hair long. Besides, I don't know what my boyfriend would say if I ever cut it. He loves to play with my hair." Sonali said.

"That's too bad,I Dont know why Indian Girls are afraid of short hair because you would look great with a shorter haircut." Janet said. "Are you sure you don't want to try it? It's Texas, and a shorter haircut would feel so much better in all this heat than having such thick long hair on your neck."

Sonali thought about it for a moment, then said, "I suppose you're right, but it's really never bothered me much before."

"Even so, you might find that you really like your hair short, but you'll never know if you don't try it." Janet said.

"What if I don't?" Sonali said.

"Then you can grow it back out." Janet said. "Why don't you try a new shorter haircut today. Lots of people are cutting there hair shorter now a days, because it's just so much more comfortable, and easy to maintain. I bet a college student like you wastes lots of time in front of the mirror doing their hair in the morning, don't you?" Janet asked.

Sonali laughed, "Yeah, you've got that right." As she said it, Sonali thought about it. She did spend a lot of time doing her hair every day, and it was getting to be a pain. Maybe something shorter would be nice. It would sure save her a lot of time. She could just have Janet cut it to just below her shoulders or something. That would be perfect. She could just put some layers in and that would look cute. Sameer probably wouldn't mind that too much. She said, "Well, maybe something just a little shorter, like just below my shoulders with some layers or something."

"Oh Sonali, you should go a bit shorter, don't you think?" Janet said.

"How short were you thinking?" Sonali asked.

"Just leave it to me. I've got the perfect style in mind. Trust me, It'll look great on you." Janet said.

"Well, I really don't want it too short." Sonali said. "Oh, but you'd look fabulous, really." Sonali thought to herself. Then said, "How short?" She said.

Janet shook her head. "Sonali, you have to fully trust me. I know what's best. Just trust me." Janet said.

Sonali finally gave in, and nodded, "Ok, not too short thought."

"Great, just relax you'll look super." Janet said. Then Janet put a cape around Sonali's neck, and said, "Close your eyes, and let me turn you into a real beauty." Janet said.

Sonali felt the chair turn, and then felt Janet's hands massage her scalp. Then she tilted the chair back, and rested Sonali's head on a headrest. Gosh that felt nice, Hilary thought as Janet kept rubbing. Soon, Sonali was close to sleeping. Janet kept massaging with one hand, and used the other to grab a rubber band. Carefully, Janet stopped massaging, and pulled Sonali's thick black hair into a ponytail. She picked up a pair of scissors, and slowly sawed off Sonali's ponytail. Sonali did not notice, and kept sleeping. Janet slowly tilted the chair back upright, and took off the headrest. She held Sonali's head in her palm and lifted it up. Janet picked up her clippers off the counter, and put the half inch guard on them. She turned them on, and the humming woke Sonali up. Sonali saw the clippers in the mirror, and screamed. Janet quickly turned them off, and layed them on the counter.

"What are you going to do with those?" Sonali yelled.

"Calm down Sonali, I was just going to run them up your neck a little, don't worry, I'm not going to shave your head." Janet said, putting a hand on Sonali's shoulder, and turned the chair towards the mirror.

Sonali saw her hair, now a jagged bob, and screamed, "What the hell did you do?" Reaching up, and touching her shorn locks, she started sobbing. "I I should have never let you do this." She cried.

"Oh, Sonali, don't worry, you'll look great, just relax, and let me finish, I promise, I won't make you look bad." Janet said, trying to comfort Sonali. Sonali sobbed as she reclined back into the chair. "Good. thanks for cooperating dear, you won't regret this." Janet said, picking up her clippers. Janet said in a gentle tone, "Just tilt your head down for a minute." Sonali bent her head down, as told, and shut her eyes. why had she even come in here? She felt like that was the biggest mistake she'd ever made. How in the world was she going to explain this to Sameer? He'd always adored her long hair, and now it was all sitting on the tile floor of a hair salon. Interrupting her thought, she heard a loud buzzing coming closer to her head. Oh no, the clippers. Sonali froze.


Janet said, "Keep your head down, and sit very still, this won't take long." As she placed the clippers at Sonali's nape. Sonali didn't know what to think as she felt the vibrating sensations of the clippers shearing her hair off, as Janet ran them up her neck. Janet carefully shaved a path up Sonali's nape. It was only about an inch high. Then she shaved another path next to it, then another. soon, Sonali's whole nape was shaved. Not sensing any resistance from Sonali, Janet decided to shave higher. She quickly shaved an extra two inches higher in the middle, then started shaving the rest of Sonali's nape to that height. Sonali felt the clippers shaving up so high, and started to get nervous. Janet said she was just going to shave a little, and she felt the clippers way high up. She was about to say something, but as she sat there, she began to get all warm and tingly inside. Having her neck shaved was an odd sensation she'd been missing out on. This felt great! She thought to herself. She kept her eyes shut, and smiled, as she let Janet finish shaving the back of her neck. Janet saw her smiling, and thought for a moment, about what she might be able to get away with here. A nice short bob? A bowl cut perhaps? She might even be able to go shorter. Janet was getting excited. She could hardly contain her enthusiasm. Janet thought to herself, and decided that since Sonali's head was still down, maybe she could keep shaving higher, and give her a pixie or something. Yeah, she could probably do that, Sonali seemed to like getting shaved, and wasn't paying too much attention, so why not? Janet said to herself, as she placed the clippers where she had left off on the back of Sonali's nape. She slowly shaved higher. Up and up she went, until she reached the crown. Sonali seemed to be off in her own little world, and did not notice how high Janet was shaving, so Janet continued her work, and shaved another path