When I got there Chaz took me to his bedroom where he delivered the news. He said that he has tried to date girls around here but no one matches his taste. So he thought I might be willing to compromise and fit his taste for him. I really wanted him to like me so I agreed. He asks me to put my hair down and my brown straight hair falls to mid back. He says that he wants me to cut my hair to a shoulder length bob with some bounce. I never had short hair like that in my life and I really love my hair, but I want him to accept me so I agreed. He said that Clara, his friend, would take me to the mall to get in style.

Clara is a tall buxom blonde with long curly hair and a low cut blouse. Clara takes me to her car and I hop in. I take a whiff and was about to comment when Clara pulls out a VS120 and puts it to her lips. She ignites the cigarette and hollows her cheeks. Then she plucks the cigarette out of her lips and does a snap inhale followed by a long exhale. I have always hated smoking but there was something seductive about the way she smoked. She proceeds to offer me one. I tell her no, but then she tells me that Chaz wants me to smoke. I reluctantly take one and awkwardly light it. The smoke tingled in my mouth and as I tried to exhale I had a light cough. She told me that I would love it soon enough. There definitely was a sense of empowerment holding the cigarette.

As we got out of the car a couple of boys were staring at Clara and I with our cigarettes in hand. I wave with my cigarette in my hand and they smile back. Anyway, we go into the mall where Clara picks out a pink silky camisole top and black leather miniskirt. She also gets me high heels with stockings. It was weird walking around the mall with these on, but it felt great to be out there. Clara decides that we need a smoke so we both go outside. I get a little better at lighting up and my exhales improve. She tells me how great I look and thinks that I should have my ponytail cut off right here. So with my VS120 in hand I agree. As she cut through the hair, I puffed deeper and deeper on my VS120, giving it a bright cherry glow. She smiles as she triumphantly pulls my ponytail high in the air and I let out an exhale the same as what Clara does.

Clara looks at me and is amazed at my progress. I smile and run my fingers through my new shorter hair with my cigarette dangling between my lips. As soon as we finished up we went back to the hairdresser where she styled it and gave it a nice bounce when I walked. It was so much fun being with Clara and enjoying my new life.