Ashley's Wedding (7 page)

The clippers slid about her head. She could feel them follow the contour of her soft skin, the unblemished smoothness of her near-perfectly shaped head. She would have no hair left, she realized analytically, her only emotion coming from the pleasure of feeling the steel on her skin. As the clipping continued, her sensibility and passion began to swell as she further digested the erotic nature of what Ashley was doing to her. The dampness between her legs spread, accentuated by the lack of pubic curls.

Betty was standing in front of her now, and the clippers were sliding from her forehead back. Suzi cooed with pleasure, feeling the instrument clear the soft, short fur from her scalp. Pass after vibrating pass massaged her scalp as the clippers rendered it almost hairless. Then, without pausing, Betty placed the clippers in their stand and a steamy hot towel around Suzi's head.

Suzi sat still for several minutes, luxuriating in the moist warmth. The other bridesmaids nervously asked her how she was doing. Watching Betty removing all but a trace of Suzi's hair had been unnerving for them - in spite of their hair already being very short. The thought of losing it all still, somehow, frightened most of them. Suzi said it "felt wonderful, like a scalp massage, and cooling at the same time. The warmth of the towel is delicious." Ashley could only stare in surprise, a smile creeping into the corners of her mouth, as she realized she’d accomplished the changes in her cousin that she’d set as her goal. The poor, submissive girl actually had gotten aroused by the changes and absorbed them into her personality. Well, one thing was certain to Ashley, Suzi would never return to the person she’d been before. Susan was history. Period.

Betty clipped Miki while the hot towel softened Suzi's remaining stubble. An assistant dyed the thin line of Suzi’s brows back to dark brown.

When Miki had been clipped and similarly toweled, Betty returned to Suzi. The towel was removed and Suzi felt and smelled the rich, thick , aromatic foam being spread across her scalp. Clearly, she was to lose every trace of her hair this time. Betty massaged the foam in for several minutes, getting some kind of gratification herself from watching the look of pleasure on Suzi's face.

The hairdresser began shaving Suzi at her left temple. The vibrating, five-blade, Gillette Fusion razor slid smoothly across Suzi's scalp. She heard the faint scraping and knew that the remaining traces of her hair were being erased. It was as though she were being cleaned of layers of dirt that had built up over time. She felt liberated, energized. The razor made pass after pass. Betty was very good; there was no pulling or tugging, just an even glide as the hair was shaved.

Betty completely shaved Suzi, carefully massaged her head with another hot towel, and lathered it up again. She shaved it again with a fresh blade to get it perfectly smooth. She cautioned Suzi, "You must shave it every day now, to get the scalp used to the shaving. If you don't, you'll find that two-days' growth will be harder to shave than one, and you'll risk razor burn. You certainly don't want that for the wedding."

The shaving was done, and Suzi's scalp was absolutely smooth and completely hairless. Betty rubbed a special aloe Vera lotion into it to keep the skin soft and healthy. The lotion also contained a growth inhibitor which, if used daily, would slow regrowth. She handed the bottle to Suzi to take with her.

Everyone was amazed at how perfectly-shaped Suzi's head was. The skin was without blemishes and had the tone of Suzi's lovely face. Only a very faint shadow remained, and the scalp was only slightly lighter in color than the rest of her head. The short buzz had allowed enough sun to filter down to the skin to tan it. Betty applied a dab of Suzi's makeup and some powder to her scalp, and she was finished. For the first time, Betty turned her toward the mirror.

Suzi's hand reached up slowly to touch her head as her gaze became riveted on her new appearance. Her scalp felt as smooth and soft as her cheek. Her head was, indeed, perfectly shaped. The startled expression of her high, smoothly-curved, thin brows set the look off perfectly. Her green eyes gleamed as brightly as the rings in her ears and the jewel in her nose. The overall effect was stunning. She was beautiful again, in an unexpected, erotic, intensely sexy way. Without her fully realizing it, the last vestiges of her old self, of the long-haired, vivacious Susan, melted away as she examined the image.

She felt so clean. It almost seemed that she must have been buried in her hair for all these years without realizing it. The air felt fresh and cool on her head. She turned to the others and saw real approval in their expressions. She was renewed, confident, satisfied.

Ashley was amazed.

* * * * *

The wedding was four hours away when Suzi awoke and started her preparations. All of the bridesmaids had spent the night at Ashley's house and had paired up to help each other get ready. Miki and Suzi had shared the suite in the huge house that Suzi had been using all summer. Miki was already out of the shower and waiting for Suzi to shave her. Suzi lathered Miki’s still-damp head and spread thick foam all over it. She then shaved her carefully, twice, with a fresh Fusion razor.

Suzi showered while Miki continued her preparations. She washed slowly, enjoying the warm water on her smooth body and almost-smooth scalp. She giggled as she washed between her legs - she still found the soft, smooth, hairlessness that Elsa's electrolysis had given her to be something slightly naughty and humorous in a surprisingly sexy way. I'll always look like an six or seven-year-old there, she thought, amused.

Miki was waiting for her when she emerged from the shower, and motioned Suzi onto an intricately embroidered, padded bench by the makeup table in one corner of the large bathroom. Miki lathered Suzi's head and began to shave her slowly, carefully, rubbing her hands over the just-shaved spots to insure their smoothness.

Miki had shaved Suzi twice since they’d both become bald the previous week. Suzi had shaved herself daily the other times. Miki knew how much Suzi liked the feel of the gently vibrating razor against her skin and took her time. Suzi sat perfectly still, breathing softly with her eyes closed, the better to concentrate on the marvelously sensuous feeling of being shaved. Miki shaved her twice and rubbed lotion into her soft skin. Their heads had tanned evenly over the previous eight days, so only a little foundation and powder were necessary to even the tones and cover the slight hair shadow.

After the shaving Suzi performed her daily ritual of turning the rings in her ears and the stud in her nose and applying an antiseptic to keep them clean, although they were, by now, completely healed.

Miki and Suzi helped each other insert the colored contact lenses for the wedding. They were mauve, to coordinate with the bridesmaids’ dresses. Suzi found them a little weird, but admitted that they fit in with everything else.

Suzi continued with her makeup, applying foundation, mascara, a dark-brown pencil-line to accentuate her thin brow, and eye shadow. The eyeliner was already perpetually there and her deep red, tattooed lips needed only a clear balm to moisten them.

She dressed in the short, light-mauve sundress that Ashley had picked out for her bridesmaids. It fit her slim, shapely body perfectly, revealing the butterfly tattoo on her shoulder. It was slit up the left side to expose the mauve rose on her left hip. Ashley had given each bridesmaid an expensive, diamond pendant on a thin, gold chain and a diamond tennis bracelet and diamond ankle bracelet, which Suzi thought coordinated nicely with her nose stud.

She was anxious to get Jack's reaction to her deliciously clean, smooth head. He would arrive in town just before the wedding, and wouldn't see her until she walked down the aisle.

The bridesmaids rode together to the church in their own large, padded, horse-drawn carriage. They were energized with the excitement of the day - a day they’d built up to, and paid for with their own appearances, all summer long.

As they approached the church, Kate remembered to ask Teri, "Did you find out where?"

"Of course!” Came the reply.” I've got the suite number – and I’ve even got the key!"

"Really? Fantastic! What about him?"

"Won't be a problem. He'll be out of the room for a while, and you know he'll be supportive afterward - probably long, long afterward." They all giggled.

"And Elsa?"

"She's in. Everything's a go."

They wowed or astonished the wedding guests as they came down the aisle: four beautiful, matched, absolutely bald bridesmaids, almost identical in their appearance. Individually and as a group, they were stunning. Out of the corner of her eye, Suzi saw Jack almost fall out of the pew, his mouth hanging open and then forming the biggest smile she'd ever seen on him as he saw her. She was satisfied with his reaction. When they were finally alone, this was going to be some night.

And it was. Jack loved everything about her look, including her permanently lined eyes and alluring, deep-red lips. But most of all he loved her shaved head. Before the night was over, he had extracted a promise from her to keep shaving it for at least the next six months - "and then they'd re-evaluate together, before she tried something else – if she had to – and even then, he clearly wanted it to be very short, or almost very short and curly."

Early the next morning, Suzi rose, showered and shaved, and went downstairs to meet the others. Elsa arrived with the car at 7:00 and whisked them off to the Westin Kenwood Galleria.

They waited, tucked away in an alcove down the hall, until Craig left the room and headed toward the elevators, believing he had to move his car because of construction in the parking building. Using the key that Teri had managed to pilfer, the bridesmaids slipped into suite 2220 and noiselessly fastened the chain and deadbolt. They stood poised outside the bedroom until Kate gave the signal.

The four rushed into the room, playfully giggling. Ashley, whose back had been turned to them, rolled over, startled, and started to sit up, rubbing her eyes. Seeing who was there, she intended to shout "what the hell are you doing here?" just as Teri shoved a wad of cloth into her mouth and slapped duct tape over it. There was a bridesmaid on each arm and Miki plopped down hard on Ashley's legs. That left Teri free to start tying Ashley's wrists to the bed posts. Once done, she followed with tying her ankles.

Ashley's eyes seemed as large as saucers as she tried to make sense of what was going on. Teri spoke to clarify things for her.

"First off, Ashley, we’re not here because we’re really pissed at you. We probably should be, but in spite of your bizarre wedding demands, we’ve all enjoyed this summer of parties and bridal activities. You’ve taken unbelievable liberties with what you’ve done to our appearances – even though you did pay off most of us.

“Alright, with that said, we all felt that we hadn't given you a really memorable wedding present. When we thought about it, we decided that you should experience the same thrill we've come to know from having our appearances radically changed. So we're going to give you the most wonderful makeover you've never dreamed of.

"By the way, when Craig gets back, we're going to tell him that you intend to go along with this wholeheartedly, and that he should return to take you to the airport for your flight to Paris at 6:00. Now realize that we aren't doing this to punish you. We honestly believe that you'll benefit from this experience, and come to love the new you. But we're prepared to tell Craig all about your tryst with Tony Sinica if you don't do just as we say. Understand?"

Ashley's shocked expression changed to one of horror as she contemplated the effect her unfaithfulness would have on the start of her marriage. She slowly, reluctantly nodded her head in agreement.

"Good. No need to ever worry; your secret's safe with us. We know you'd never do anything like that to a great guy like Craig again, right?"

Ashley nodded again.

"By the way, if you ever do and any of us find out about it, we'll be back to give you another new look - and you probably won't like it as well as this one. One of Miki's good friends is a plastic surgeon. So you’re in this marriage for the very long term, unless you want to win a homeliest girl of the year award. Get it?"

Ashley nodded yet again, as Kate, shushing her, carefully removed the tape and gag.

Craig tried unsuccessfully to open the door at that moment. Suzi opened it to the extent of the chain and told Craig, "Sorry, newly-minted Cuz, you can't come in. Teri, Miki, Elsa, and Kate and I are here to do a makeover with Ashley. Ashley wants it to be a surprise for you. Isn't that right, Ashley?"