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Chapter Fifty
New Looks
The girls did not want to leave their new home at all, especially as they were all picking up habits from being at home. One day Esmie was getting ready for school and went to put her hair up but she sighed. She hated that hairstyle, it was tight and restricting so she left it down and curly like Julie's.
"Hardbroom will kill you, you know you aren't allowed to have your hair down at school" Ethel told her sister who shrugged, prepared for the fight that would come because of it.
"But I like it curly" Esmie told her sister "Do you like it Prudie?" Esmie asked picking up her niece who squealed in delight and Esmie laughed.
"I will take that as a yes" Esmie told her and Ethel rolled her eyes.
"You only like your hair like that as it is like Julie's" Ethel told her sister knowingly and Esmerelda smiled.
"So what if I do?" Esmie said admiring herself in the mirror just as Sybil walked in with her hair in two plaits like Mildred.
"Oh we both decided to change our hair" Sybil said with a chuckle as she looked at Esmie.
"Aww Sybie you look so cute like that" Esmie said as she beamed at her.
"Sybie you look like Mildred" Ethel said looking horrified.
"I know, I like her hair it is so cool so I decided to do something different" Sybil told her sister as she span around happily.
"I think HB will have a heart attack when she sees a second Mildred" Esmerelda replied chucking as she handed Prue to her other auntie for a cuddle. Prue touched Sybil's plaits and giggled.
"Aww thank you Prudie, I love your hair too" Sybil told her niece as she stroked her blonde tufts of hair and the baby giggled.
"You should change your hair Ethie" Esmerelda suggested thinking it would be nice for them all to have a new hairstyle.
"I am happy enough with my ponytail" Ethel replied rolling her eyes.
"But don't you want something a little different?" Sybil asked thinking she must be bored of that by now.
"You can have a single plait, Milbie wears her hair like that at times" Esmie suggested thinking how cute Ethel would look.
"My hair is fine think you very much" Ethel told her sisters rolling her eyes.
"I think you should change it" Sybil told her sister
"Well I am not going to school for a while so I will leave it down thanks" Ethel replied smiling as Julie called them as they had to go.
"Good luck, if I don't see you tonight it is because HB made you clean cauldrons because of that hairstyle" Ethel told her sisters smirking.
"You might be surprised, HB might like our hair" Sybil said to Ethel as she handed Prue back to her after kissing her goodbye.
"Yes and I am best friends with the queen" Ethel replied as she knew her sisters were going to get into trouble but she had to laugh. She was a bad influence on them.
Esmerelda, Mildred, and Sybil flew to school, Mildred commented oh both their hair wondering if they would be allowed to wear their hair like that when they were at school as Cackles was pretty strict when it came to dress code but she didn't have much time to talk to them as the girls went their separate ways as they were all in different years and had different lessons.
Esmerelda had potions first and walked into the lab trying to keep her head down as she walked into the room but HB with her all seeing beady eyes noticed her new hairdo.
"Esmerelda Hallow, may I remind you of the school rules which state all pupils with long hair must put it up during school hours" the woman told her not happy to see she was breaking rules.
"Well yes but I thought it would be nice to wear it curly for a change, I will put it up during potions of course but then take it down again, that is a silly rule anyway I mean must schools let you wear your hair however you want" Esmerelda told HB who turned red in anger.
"Detention Hallow for your cheek and for your disregard for school rules!" Miss Hardbroom said as she closed the classroom door annoyed.
"But miss" Esmie said trying to explain.
"Sit down Esmerelda" she told the blonde who sighed and went to sit down at her desk, unable to believe she had got detention. It was worth it though, that rule was stupid after all. She used her maglet under her desk to send a message to Ethel.
"I got detention, I can't believe it!" she messaged Ethel and Prue was clearly asleep and she was clearly not busy because she replied in secoonds.
"I told you!" Ethel replied and Esmerelda and Ethel talked through the maglet during the lesson. Esmerelda had gotten pretty good at hiding it as she used to contact Ethel all the time when she was pregnant in case it was time for the baby to come. She smiled to herself as she spoke to her sister, harley able to wait to get home and give her and her niece a squeeze.
Sybil had potions period two and walked through the door chatting to Clarice and Beatrice as she did so when HB stopped them.
"Clarice, Beatrice, go and sit down!" she told them as they left and she glared at Sybil.
"I have already had to tell your sister off today for her new hairstyle" Miss Hardbroom told her.
"Her hair looks pretty doesn't it miss?" Sybil replied not seeing anything wrong with what she was saying.
"No it doesn't, it looks scruffy and it is lucky we are not being inspected, as for you I thought I was teaching Sybil Hallow right now not Mildred Hubble" she told Sybil annoyed.
"Well I decided to do my hair like Mildred's today as it is cute" Sybil told her teacher with a smile. The thing was Hardbroom was annoyed as Sybil had her hair up so she had not actually broken any rules like her sister.
"You do not come to school to look cute Miss Hallow, now go and do your work!" HB told her as Sybil skipped off,
Sybil happily went to her cauldron but she was to busy thinking about her new hair and touching it to concentrate and her cauldron exploded.
"Detention! I will be having two Hallows tonight" she told Sybil.
That is how Esmie and Sybil ended up both cleaning cauldrons for an hour after school. When they were allowed to go Esmerelda was so desperate to see her sister and niece she nearly crashed her broomstick into a tree. Luckily they both landed without anyone getting injured and Esmie rushed into the flat.
"Ethie! I missed you!" Esmerelda said grabbing Ethel and squeezing her tight as she kissed Prue on the cheek.
"I missed you too but oww my ribs" Ethel complained as her sister loosened her grip.
"She really did miss you, she nearly crashed into a tree trying to get here" Sybil told Ethel with a smirk.
"Aww Esmie I had no idea you cared so much" Ethel replied with a snort as her sister glared at her and took Prue out of her arms for a cuddle.
"I missed you too baby girl" she told Prue who giggled at her silly auntie.
"Next time I will save my hairstyle for weekends or I miss you too much" she told her niece kissing her face as Ethel and Sybil shook their heads and laughed thinking their sister was crazy.