Ashley and Ashlynn
The two girls arrived at the Phoenix Tanning Salon ready to get in the tanning beds. They waited impatiently at the counter for Yuri to come. After ten seconds of waiting, they rang the little bell until he came, and he got off the phone. "Come on, Yuri. Why can't you just use the phone right here?" asked Ashlynn. "Sorry girls. The manager starts talkin' shit to me if I use the main phone here. My wife won't stop bugging me. Thinks I'm cheating on her," said Yuri, the person in charge of the salon. "OK then Yuri. You just talk to your wife and we'll start the beds ourselves. We've done this plenty of times," said Ashley. Yuri nodded and walked away then turned around and said," Hey. Trash the drinks girls." To tease Yuri, Ashley took Ashlynn's drink and waved their drinks at him and put them in the trash can. Then, as he turned around Ashley took her drink back out. Ashlynn walked over and wrote a sign reading "Be back in 30 minutes!" and put it on the front door, and locked it. "What are you doing?" asked Ashley as she giggled. "Hey. I'm not going to let anyone walk in their and see me naked."
Both of the girls entered the tanning room and set down their bags. "Shit! I forgot my iPod!" said Ashlynn. She looked at the CDs they had on a shelf, as a nail popped off without getting any attention. "Ugh! Britney Spears? Are we the only cool people with a good taste in music who come here?" Ashlynn said sarcastically. "Uh Yeah!" said Ashley. She opened up her tanning bed and removed the card that said "THIS TANNING BED HAS BEEN CLEANED AND IS READY FOR USE" and Ashlynn did the same. Ashley then set the timer while Ashlynn set the temperature to 79 degrees. Ashlynn stripped down, while Ashley took off all her clothes except her panties. "What you aren't getting naked?" Ashlynn asked. Ashley giggled. "I like the tan lines. Guys dig them." With the tanning beds ready, both girls got in, laid down, and closed the lids.
Ashley was dancing to the music on her iPod while Ashlynn was falling asleep. Over at the desk where Ashley left her drink, it started to condensate and form a small puddle. The water seeped over to the temperature box, and fit in through the cracks and caused a spark, making the beds warmer. After a few minutes, the girls started to sweat, but only Ashlynn noticed. The air was turned on, and knocked over a coat rack. "I fucked up! I set it too hot in here," said Ashlynn. "Huh?" asked Ashley as she took off her earphones. Ashlynn opened up her tanning bed and went to get up as the coat rack hit the shelf, which fit into the opening in the handle for Ashley's bed and hit Ashlynn in the temple, knocking her out. Ashley banged her head against the lid of the tanning bed, which was sudden and unexpectedly not opening. The other side of the shelf fit in the now closed lid of Ashlynn's unoccupied bed, and things started to get toasty.
Ashley started sweating and breathing hard, and her hair was sticking to her head. She was worried that someone was going to have to come in their and help them out. Ashley tried opening her bed again, and burned her hand against the top of the bed. The lights got very bright, and she had to squint to see anything. Suddenly, Ashley started screaming as she was burning up. "Ashlynn! Help me! I'm burning up!" she yelled as she struggled to get out of her bed.
Wendy was back in the Christensen home looking at Jay's picture, and realized it looked like the rollercoaster was going through his head. "Oh no.." she whispered to herself. She clicked around looking for Ashley and Ashylnn's picture, and it was the picture with them holding an inflatable tree that they won at the theme park. They looked as if they were orange, like being on fire. Wendy looked at the crumpled piece of paper with Ashley's cell phone number and called it. "Hi. This is Ashley! I'm not here right now but if you are lucky maybe I'll call you back!" Wendy talked after the beep. "Hi Ashley, um. I don't think you should go to the tanning salon today…. And, when you get back, I'm sorry."
Ashleytried getting out through the top, but a fan meant to keep the occupant of the bed cool blocked the way. On the other side was the wall. Panicking and burning up, Ashley screamed and banged against the bed. Suddenly, the glass above her exploded on her face, which sent thousands of tiny pieces of glass upon her. Her goggles were now melting and sinking into her eyes. She screamed at the top of her lungs as her tanning bed caught on fire, and burned her hair merrily. She could hear and feel the crackling and popping of it, as she screamed for a way out. Outside of the tanning bed, Ashlynn was waking up. She got up and looked around to see where she was and realized Ashley was in trouble. She quickly got up to hear Ashley's cries for help. She ran over and tried lifting up the tanning bed, but the shelf was blocking it. She pulled it back and opened up the bed and looked at Ashley. "I've got you!" she said. The girls grabbed hands as Ashley's bed collapsed, and she fell onto the electrical wires sending thousands of bolts through the girls bodies. Ashley and Ashlynn were shaking violently as they felt pain surging everywhere through their bodies. Their brains were being fried, as well as their hearts. The electricity died down, and Ashlynn fell to the ground dead while Ashley's dead body was to remain burning to a crisp.