"Terry, you remember my daughter, Val?" My mom asked.
"Why sure I do, but she's missin' some hardware there."
I felt naked with all my piercings removed.
Terry gestured to her chair and I hopped into it. "What can I do for you today, besides cut off the dead ends?"
I looked at my mom. "Whatever Val wants Terry. She wanted a different look for class picture day."
"Okay, I will just listen then." Terry said and sat down next to me.
"Can we color over all these colors and make it uniform?" My hair was: pink, purple and blue, but faded now.
"Sure. What color do you want?" She looked at my roots. "Reddish brown?"
She pulled out a color ring with dyed hair and I chose one and my mom nodded and smiled.
"Uh, while the color sets, could someone do my eyebrows?" They were closing in on unibrow territory.
"Yep. Wanna manicure too?"
"No thank you." I didn't have enough money saved for that too.
"Make-up? Our expert is here today and since your face is naked, it would be perfect."
"Please. All I know how to do is Goth or wild."
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Two hours later I looked like me, but a younger, less angry me. My hair was shiny and moved when I shook it. It tipped my shoulders, so not too short.
My face still looked naked, but good and my unibrow was gone.
Mom was smiling broadly. "Your picture will be great."
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I wore my stocking cap and big glasses until picture time and then shook my hair free and applied a light lipstick. I looked good. My glasses were fake anyway, so I tossed them.
Picture done and I sighed. Whew! I wouldn't have to worry about having weird comments this year.
No one recognized me, so I just left school after lunch and walked home. I began to wonder what I would do tomorrow.
The hair wasn't going to change, but I could replace my piercings or...not.
I said aloud to the breeze, "I'll decide tomorrow whom I want to be."
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