Natural ash blonde. Golden blonde. Strawberry blonde? Sam held the last box and looked at it, confused by the name. Weren't strawberries red? How can blonde be red? Jeez. He couldn't believe he was resorting to this. Lemon juice had worked when his hair was longer, but since he had cut his hair his dark roots had come through and now were resisting the lightening effects of the lemon. So he had caved, and decided to splurge on some bottle blonde. But damn, this was confusing! How did girls do this?
Sam finally decided on two boxes. Natural Ash Blonde and Natural Golden Blonde. Both had the word 'Natural' in the name and he figured that was good, right? But he couldn't decide, ash or golden? As he stared intensely at the two boxes, he felt his phone buzz in his jacket pocket. Figuring it was Mercedes, he pulled it out and read the text.
Fr: Blaine
Courage.
Inspired, albeit confused, by Blaine's text, Sam took a deep breath, and grabbed the box of Strawberry Blonde.