Crazy stuff
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For the first time since she knows Athena, she saw her hair stylist.
"What products are you using?" She asked him as he was washing the girl's hair.
"Only the best and most expensive ones" he replied without looking at her
Cara grabbed a bottle, and another. And none of them were meant for Athena’s hair type.
So she went to see Isabella and Josh to tell them.
"What do you mean they're bad products? They are the best in the world" Josh said
"Maybe the best for you and I, but not for her."
"What do you mean?"
"I'm not saying they're bad products. But her hair is not like ours. These products are made for basically white people hair. They're great for you, or me, or you" she pointed at Isabella "but her hair needs special treatment. Can't you see how hard it seems to be for the professionals to even brush it?"
"Well…" Isabella started "what products should she use?"
"I don't know. But definitely not those. You should ask people who have the same hair. Or close"
Josh and Isabella looked at each other.
"The only black people we know are mostly men… or people who would never share their secrets"
"Hair products are secret?" Cara asked
The Carloyls noded.
"Maybe I can ask some friends. Can I take her with me?"
"Sure" Josh said "but do you really think it's necessary?"
She went to get Athena and showed them her hair. "I actually hadn't paid attention to how dry it is. Here, feel it"
So they gave her the go ahead and she drove to her firehouse.
"Hey everyone, Mitch can I talk to you?"
"Hey, sure, is it about the car?"
"No, the car is yours man."
They walked outside.
"You remember Athena right?"
He nodded
"Do you think Nia could help with her hair?"
"Oh you wanna talk hair with Nia?"
"Yes?"
"She will be GLAD to help. All she does is talk about hair. If you could see how many products she buys for our girls you wouldn't believe it"
Cara smiled and asked if she could go see her.
"Of course" he said
So she drove to his house and met Nia.
"Hi Cara, how are you" Nia asked "And who is this little cutie?" She looked at Athena.
The latter handed her her hand and said her name.
"Ohh, nice to meet you too sweetheart, I'm Nia"
"I know. Can you help me with my hair?"
Cara explained to her why she needed help and Nia was overjoyed. She went upstairs and came back with a box of products.
"Alright, you need this. And oh my God, what was her routine?"
"The hairstylist washes my hair once a week"
"With what, glue?" Nia asked as she tried to brush them.
Cara smiled at her. This is exactly why. Athena’s hair was always regrouped to the back and she always thought it was well done. But apparently they were just smashing it and hiding the situation.
"It's gonna take me the whole afternoon, if not more, to take care of that" she told Cara
"They can pay you" Cara said
"Oh I don't… I'm not gonna do it for money. But I would love for you to pick up my girls. And cook dinner? While I take care of her"
"Alright" Cara agreed.
And then she watched her clean her hair and brush them with a special brush then used Shea butter everytime she brushed a bit.
"You think you could do that for her every week?"
Cara shrugged.
"Probably" she said "it's not that hard it just.. takes time" she added as she saw it was time for her to pick up Kylie and Rose.
When she got back, Nia was a bit more than halfway through.
"Alright girls, today I'm cooking. Gonna need your help finding things"
The girls helped her and finished cooking at 7 p.m right as Mitch got back to find his wife still working on Athena’s hair.
"Hey girls. What did you make?" He asked, seeing Cara washing pretty much all of her body as she got food all over herself. "Told you Nia and hair is something"
Nia finally finished and handed Cara the box of shampoo and creams after they ate.
"You can just give me the list and we'll buy them"
"Take them. I have a lot upstairs. What I will give you is a list of places where you can buy them"
She wrote down some shop names and gave her the paper.
"Thank you" Cara said
Then Athena hugged her.
"You're very welcome. You can come back whenever you want" she told Athena.
"You know Cara, it's the first time someone washed and did my hair without hurting me"
"It was hurting you?"
She nodded
"Why didn't you tell your dad?"
"I told Paul and he said it's because my hair is bad"
Cara nodded. Well, Paul is gonna have some explaining to do.
"Don't tell anyone, but it's not your hair that's bad, it's Paul"
Athena covered her face, smiling.
For a few months, Cara spent her Saturdays or Sundays doing Athena’s hair. But then she thought, although she appreciates doing it, her shifts change all the time and sometimes she's so tired she messes it. So she asked Isabella if she could hire someone.
"Is it a professional hairstylist?"
"Not officially" she said "remember my friend who told me about how to take care of her hair and where to buy the products?"
Isabella nodded
"I don't know if she'll agree but, I thought about asking her to do it. Plus they are struggling a bit with money so I thought she might need whatever you'd be paying her"
"Oh, well, Athena’s hair does look better. And easier to work with. So she does know what she's doing"
Cara nodded.
"Please do ask her. We can pay her as much as we paid Paul"
"And how much was that?"
"Well we pay the products and we pay him $500 each week. Do you think that'll be okay for her"
"500 wow she might not accept.."
"We can go up to a thousand…"
Cara laughed
"What?"
"Well, if she won't accept 500, she won't accept a thousand. I'll ask her, and try to make her agree. That'll be almost as much as Mitch makes, and he works as much as I do!"
"Oh you mean she'd settle for less?"
"Yeah"
"Well, tell her we won't agree"
"Alright"
At the end of the following shift, Cara followed Mitch to ask Nia if she could do it.
"Once a week? I could do that" Nia said "but you buy the products, we can't afford that"
Cara smiled and explained that she would get paid.
After refusing several times, Cara explained to her that they wouldn't agree otherwise.
"Well, okay, I'll do it if Mitch agrees. And if the day can change depending on Mitch's shift"
"Deal" Cara said
"Are you kidding me? I would actually be able to work less and spend more time with you! $2000 a month if you won't do it I will. Thank you Cara"
So Nia officially became Athena’s hairstylist. She even taught Josh and Isabella how to braid her hair.
As Nathan got out of the shower to join Cara, he found her putting her suit on.
"What are you doing?" He asked
"There’s an emergency" she threw her phone to him so he could see the message while she finished suiting up.
He drove her to the building where cops and firefighters were.
"Hey Alphonse what's going on?" Cara asked the captain of the police.
He explained to her that they have been trying to contact the people who are holding hostages for hours.
"Doug said you're good at pretty much everything"
She started undressing.
"What are you doing?" He asked
"Being good" she replied, handing her suit to Nathan, ending up in shorts and a long t-shirt.
She walked towards the civilians who were watching.
"Hey you" she called a lady in pyjamas. "What’s your shoe size?"
"6"
"Can I borrow your slippers?"
Captain Doodle joined her and the lady handed her her slippers.
"Thanks" Cara said, putting them on.
"Alright, I hope you have some tech to give me if you want eyes inside" she added, messing her hair.
He called someone who arrived 20
minutes later and gave her camera glasses, a mic bracelet and a GPS mic ring.
Cara put it on her ring finger.
"Alright, now can I have a microphone?"
"What for?"
"Just give me one. And act like you're actually looking for me"
She took her b*a off and handed it to him
"Why?" He asked, grabbing it
"None sleeps with their b*a on" she said before running to hide behind a tree. And she started talking on the microphone.
"Hey guys. What are you doing?" She said with her Australian accent
Then she walked to a building and kept going "Can I join you?"
"This is so fun I stole these cops' microphone. Can you believe how stupid they are? Look at them, you'll never find me"
She kept talking while running around.
"Honestly, I don't know what you're doing, but I just got out of bed because of the noise. If I'm not sleeping, I'd rather be with you and your adventure. Can I join? Pleaaaaaaase?"
She kept running around and saying "please" every 30 seconds or so.
"Where are you?" Someone asked
She looked at the cops, who were also running around fake looking for her, and one of them nodded, meaning it was not them.
"Uh, I'm not gonna tell you duh. Open the door, I'll be the one running very very fast"
She'd always wanted to play stupid.
As unbelievable as it was, the door opened.
"Anyone else tries to get in and we shoot" they said
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