"Lucy what the hell is going on with your hair?" Fi asked and she sat on the couch. "Nooo!" I screamed and jumped up off the floor. "It's disgusting, she hasn't washed it in ages" Debbie chimed in. "Lip you said you were taking care of them. Look at her" Fi said with a sigh as she stood up again. "Yeah good luck washing it. She's being a brat" lip replied.
Fi went up stairs. I sat back down thinking it was over. She reappeared out of no where and tried to grab me. I was quicker and managed to avoid her. We ran around the house while everyone else just ignored us. "That hair is going to be washed. You know I can outrun you. Just fucking stop!" Fi yelled at me. I ran straight into someone, I was in his arms before I realised it was Ian. "Jesus Lucy" he said as I kicked and wiggled around. He eventually loosened his grip and I slipped away only to be grabbed by Fi. "Enough Lucy" Fi said, her tone told me it was time to stop. "Get in the bath now" She told me and led me up the stairs. I didn't risk fighting anymore but I wasn't going to help her either. I stood there until she undressed me. She pushed me into the bath and made me sit down. Water was poured over my head but she stopped with that. "There's twigs in here" she said as she poked through my hair "omg…. Is that a fucking worm?" She slapped the back of my head and poured more water over me and some shampoo too. "What the hell Lucy?" "This is so gross" "what has gotten into you?" She said as she rinsed the shampoo off and then washed it again. She pulled more sticks out. "Lucy?" she asked again, I shrugged. "Lucy" she said sternly. "Fine. I wanted a bird and it's not like anyone's going to buy me one" I mumbled. "so, doing this to your hair is going to get you a bird?" "It's a nest, birds like nests." Fi sighed "that's not how it works." "It work for the women in the book" I said. "Why are you being this silly?" Fi asked as she pulled more twigs out of my hair. "I want a bird" I told her. "We can't look after a bird Lucy" "I know!" "Then why do this?" "I just wanted to see if it would work, I don't have anything else to do" "hang out with your friends?" "There's not many left anymore" "What? Are they excluding you?" "They all gone away, well, most of them. Em's still around but I got to catch the bus to see her. The rest are kinda weird or boring. There's a girl from school who is obsessed with the book" "so that's why you did it?" "Maybe. She was going to, but her moms mean and would have beaten her up and stuff. She's dumb and didn't think, she just wanted birds to live in her hair." "Couldn't you have just talked her out of it?" "No. I figured we use my hair, plus it would have been awesome if it worked" I chuckled. "Hopefully she's over it now, we were running out of idea of what to put in there but she was still super focused on it" "no shit, this is a mess Lucy. I don't even know what to do with it"
"V!" Fiona yelled as soon as we got inside. I could hear the tv so walked in the direction. V and Kev were snuggled up on the couch. "What now?" V asked with a sigh. Fiona guided me over to V and made me sit down in front of her. "Jesus Christ" V mumbled as she poked through my hair. "Beer?" Kev asked. "Yes" Fi said with a laugh.
Kev handed V and Fi a beer each. "I'm going to jump in the shower" he said as he stretched and then headed upstairs. "Did we interrupt something?" Fi asked as she popped the cap of the beer. "Nope, already done. I'm going grab some stuff to tackle this mess" V said and got up. "That better not be why the couch is wet" Fi yelled after her, V turned around and smirked at her. "What?" I asked. "Nothing" Fi said. I sighed, I hated when I was included in the conversation.
V came back with her arms full of bottles and combs. She sat behind me again and started to comb my hair. "How are things with Conner?" V asked Fi. "Haven't seen him in over a week, all I've been doing is working" Fi said. "Is that why you're all mopey?" V asked. "I'm not mopey, I'm exhausted. Work over 80 hours this week" Fi sighed. "And haven't seen Conner for some fun time" V said. Fi grunted. "Are you talking about sex?" I asked "as if you know what that is" V laughed. "I do" I said. Both were quiet for a bit. "Just watch the tv" fi told me. "Are things serious with Conner then?" v asked Fi. Fiona was quiet for a bit. "He gets along with the kids" she eventually said. "Screw them, what about you?" V replied. "I like him, I suppose" Fi mumbled. "He got jam into R something, it's to do with the army" I said. "What? He got Ian into the army?" Fi said sounding a bit panicked. "No it's a high school thing, starts with R but they wear army stuff and march around. Ian really liked it" I said. "He is too young to commit to it, must be some kid groups of something" V said. "No one's told me anything" Fi said. "We haven't seen you in a week" I said. Fi reached over and squeezed my shoulder. "There's twigs and leaves in here" V said. "It's a nest" Fi said and started laughing.