Noodle stared at her reflection in her bedroom mirror. She was in an intense staring contest with herself it seemed. Neither girl, nor reflection dared blink as the girl reached for a lock of the reflection's dark hair. She twisted it around in her fingers for a while, then let it fall. She had finally made up her mind. Noodle jumped off her dresser and ran to the kitchen to find some scissors.
When she returned to her room, she crudely brushed all the hairs on her head, then picked up a single lock. She aligned it with the scissors and...
Snip, snip, snip.
Noodle looked back at her face in the mirror, now sporting a new hairstyle. Her once shoulder-length hair was now choppy, and somewhere around the base of her neck. She now sported some very uneven bangs as well. She stared for a long while, before smiling.
"I do good!" She clapped her hands excitedly, before hopping off her dresser again and running off to find her boys.
Like always, Russel was in the living room, watching some crazy show (Project Runway), and eating a few chips. 2D had finally emerged from his room, and was passed out on the floor in front of the TV. Murdoc had come up stairs for just a second to grab a beer.
"Murdoc-san!" Noodle skipped into the room.
"Wha' do ya- SWEET SATAN, CHILD!" Murdoc jumped, throwing his already open beer can in the air.
"I do good!" Noodle threw her arms up, just like Murdoc had done.
Murdoc held back a smirk, "Um...Let's see wha' Lards and Faceache think..."
"Hey, we jus' heard a girl screamin', is everythin'-Oh-" Russel's face went blank.
"My..." 2D looked very carefully at the girl.
"I do good?" Noodle looked curiously at them.
Now safely hiding in a ball pit at a local restaurant, 2D fumbled around for his phone.
"So, Mudz, what's it like to have balls in your face?" Russel tried making light of the situation.
"Go fuck yourself."
"WHO JUST SWORE!" Was the first words to erupt from 2D's phone.
"Murdoc, now listen-"
"GO TELL MURDOC TA WASH 'IS MOUTH OUT THIS INSTANT!"
"Ya 'eard her, Mudz."
"Fu-"
"DON' SAY IT!" Rachel argued.
"Fine."
"Okay, so anyways, Mom, we 'ave a problem."
"Wha' is it this time?"
"Noodle cut her 'air...a lot, and it doesn' exa'tly look...yeah..." 2D trailed off.
"Well, ta'e her ta the salon."
2D's face went completely blank of all emotions, "Mother...If you still want a son by the end of the day, you won't make me go in there."
"You 'ave ta, 'm at dinner with your father."
"Bu-"
"Bye, love you, sweety." Rachel quickly hung up the phone.
"Men...ou' mission, shoul' we choose ta accep' it," 2D looked grim, "Operation: Ta'e Noodle ta the 'air salon."
It was a scary event, really. They told Noodle they were going somewhere, and she just got into geep, no questions asked. The boy proceeded to fight over who was going to drive, which ended with 2D with the keys. No one said a word as they drove to one of the most girly places in town: Heidi's Hair Care.
Noodle smiled brightly when 2D finally parked the car.
"We here?" She asked, climbing into the driver's seat and sitting on 2D's lap.
"Yep, now listen, luv, they'll fix ya hair for ya." The singer patted the girl's head, then got out of the car.
Girly was not even the word to describe this place, this place was a total male-pride-killing organization. Everything in the salon was either pink or fluffy, even the receptionist's hair was pink!
"Boys..." Murdoc looked around the entire place, "Does anyone else feel loike they jus' went ba' through puberty?"
"'m scared o' girls again!" 2D flinched at anything that moved.
"May I help you?" The receptionist asked.
All three men turned, now resembling a deer in headlights. Noodle ran happily up to the desk.
"Hai!" She nodded, then pointed to her head, "Toochi-san says you fix."
The receptionist smiled at the girl, then looked back up at the men, "She yours?"
They all nodded slowly.
"Oh, hun, looks like you had a little trouble with the scissors...unless one of those blokes did this..." She looked back up at the three manly-deprived-men.
"Yeah...Noods here decide' to cut her 'air." 2D began to explain.
"Say no more, Becky, come fix this little one's hair." The receptionist called over to a red-head.
"Come with me, sweety." She said sweetly, holding her hand out for Noodle.
Noodle suddenly felt scared, and clung to 2D's leg, "No."
"What if he came with you?" Beck knelt so she was eye-to-eye with Noodle.
"Hai." She looked up at 2D.
2D blushed, then turned to Murdoc and Russel, "So...this is what it's like to have your man-hood killed."
"And, we're done!" Becky turned Noodle's chair around. The girl gasped in excitement. He hair was now up to her chin with many layers, she had a small curtain of bangs that covered only half of her forehead.
"Good! Good!" Noodle clapped.
"Oh, Noodle, ya loo' so cute." 2D smiled, then looked up at Becky, "Can I leave now?"
"Sure, but it'll take a little more than that to get your pride back."
It was on that day the boys vowed never to walk into a salon again, it took too much porn and cologne to at least get a fraction of their dignity back.