She's about to comment on this woman's lovely hair, when said woman turns around in the chair and is actually a man.
She has her mouth open, so she can only assume the stranger thinks she's either a moron or just plain slow. She closes it abruptly and tries to smile, which he takes as his cue to smile back.
And oh…well isn't he handsome…
"You're staring" he remarks.
Her brain un-fogs enough to hear herself say "what?"
"I said you're staring" he repeats. And why does he keep smiling at her like that?
"Oh, I'm sorry, I was just thinking". Inside her head she's facepalming.
"Okay", then "Hello my name is Finn, it's quite nice to meet you."
She's smiling again when she replies, "Hello, nice to meet you Finn, I'm Caroline…did you just move to town?"
He's frowning now and she thinks she may have said something wrong. He covers up whatever he's thinking though with a questioning "Yes?"
"Umm…you don't know if you're moving here?" she asks
He hasn't answered her yet, but is still frowning.
"What's with the frown-y face?"
He looks at her aghast, like she's said the most awful thing ever "I beg your pardon?"
She's trying to clear this up because he's obviously upset about something to do with moving to this town. Maybe he knows about the vampires or werewolves…or he is a vampire or werewolf and is afraid of the counsel?
She's about to ask these questions when she remembers there aren't supposed to be any of those things in town…or in real life.
"I just meant, I thought…I wasn't sure…why are you so upset?"
And oh god, did she actually say that? Caroline and tact do not mix.
He's looking at her funny again and she thinks maybe she should just turn her chair back around.
"I'm not upset", is all he mutters.
She gives him an okay then nod and starts smiling her Caroline bright smile again.
Causing him to smile again, and now they're back where they started.
She starts again, "Are you really going to let them cut off all of that gorgeous hair?"
And now he's giving her the affronted look again. He saves himself this time, "Well…my sister doesn't like it. She thinks it makes me look like a pirate, and it's old-fashioned".
She just mumbles "oh", then "well I mean, I guess it's considered old-fashioned, but I think you look great".
Now he's smiling really wide but looks as if he's going to cry. He utters a small "Thank you".
"You know, you don't actually have to cut it, right?"
"I don't?"
She just shakes her head and smiles at him again.
He's smiling now like she just saved his life.
He gets up from the chair and leans close to her and exclaims "Caroline you're smile is beautiful" before leaving the hair salon.
She's left sitting there with the biggest grin on her face…again.