Psych Major Syndrome by Thompson Alicia

Author:Thompson, Alicia [Thompson, Alicia]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Tags: Fiction - Young Adult
Publisher: Disney Book Group
Published: 2012-04-17T04:00:00+00:00

RATIONALIZATION: The process of developing a socially acceptable explanation for inappropriate behavior or thoughts

WE weren’t leaving until later the next day, so Tim gave us the morning and early afternoon to see a bit of San Francisco. Normally it would have been a blast, poking around shops with Ami, chatting and people-watching.

But I was still unsettled from my dream the previous night, and Ami, as if sensing my weird mood, was uncharacteristically quiet herself. Aimlessly, we roamed through one particular shop that was a smorgasbord for tourists. Under normal circumstances, Ami and I would have been having a ball trying on the brightly colored hats and mocking all the postcards. But instead, we were going through the motions, picking up kitschy San Francisco snow globes (filled with confetti instead of snow) and minimodels of trolley cars, with little real pleasure.

We left the shop without buying anything and strolled down the sidewalk, and I wished that I had thought to bring a sweatshirt. The chilly breeze coming off the nearby water cut through my Clean Communities T-shirt and whipped long tendrils of my hair around my face. Earlier, I had gathered my hair into a ponytail, but there were still those pieces that crossed obnoxiously over my eyes and stuck to my lips. Ami and I passed a hairdresser’s shop, and I stopped.

“Here,” I said. “I want to get my hair cut.”

“What?”

“I’m sick of it,” I said. “It keeps blowing in my face, and it’s just a pain to take care of. I want it cut.”

Ami put her hands on her hips. “Okay, I wasn’t going to say anything,” she said, “but you’ve been weird all day, and I am not going to let you cut your hair in a mood like this. You love your hair. I love your hair.”

Andrew also loved my hair. For some reason, that only spurred me on. “My mind is made up,” I insisted. “It’s ridiculous to have hair this long.”

“But you get all bent out of shape about Audrey Hepburn cutting her hair supershort in Roman Holiday. You always say you liked it better before.”

“Yeah, but by the time we rented Sabrina and she did it again, I was totally over it, remember? It’ll just take some getting used to, that’s all.”

Ami pursed her lips, obviously considering what to do with me when I was acting like a kid who wanted a new Barbie doll. “Fine,” she finally agreed, surprising me a little.

“Okay,” I said, giving her a sharp nod as if to say, that’s settled. “Let’s do it.”

She grabbed my arm. “It’s your hair, Leigh, and you can do what you want. But as your roommate, future maid of honor, and friend for life, I have to beg you to reconsider. At least wait until we’re back home, okay? You don’t want to get your hair cut at the”—she glanced up at the sign and made a face—“Hair Factory.”

I opened the door, gesturing for her to go inside. “I know what I’m doing,” I said confidently.

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