After Ashley had recovered from the shock of her new do, the girls headed back to Nisa's house to get her some more tops. They raided Nisa's closet and she found an old storage container of things she had packed away that she no longer wanted. Ashley helped her drag it out of the bottom of the closet and Nisa lifted the lid. Most of the items were black, but there was some color. Ashley went for those first. She held up a green baby tee. "The Donna's?! How can you get rid of this?" Ashley exclaimed. Nisa laughed.
"It's all yours," she replied. Ashley went to town, grabbing everything she even remotely liked and keeping it for herself. By the time she was done, she had an entire wardrobe. Ripped up jeans, black cargo shorts, gray capri's with patches all over them, and more tee shirts and hoodies than she could shake a stick at. She was officially estatic.
"Well, there's one more thing we need to do before your done. But we have to do it here because I don't exactly think your mom would approve," Nisa said, pulling a small tub of purple hair dye from beneath her bed.
"Oh…no….Nisa…" Ashley began, but she wasn't having it.
"It's all or nothing!" she exclaimed. Ashley gave in, and in fifteen minutes, she had purple highlights.
"I actually kinda like it," she said, running her hands through what was left of her hair. The girls spent another half hour doing her makeup a little darker and daring than it had been before. When they were done, Ashley looked harder than most of the punks at her school. With a few accessories from Nisa's collection of chains and chokers, she was set.
"What do you say we go over Billy and Paul's, see what their up to?" Nisa suggested. Ashley was pumped. She couldn't wait to show off her new look to Paul. The strangest site in Waldorf that day was watching Ashley with her new look driving a BMW to Paul's house. They finally arrived, and Nisa knocked on the door. Billy answered, but didn't even recognize Ashley.
"Who's your friend?" They laughed hysterically.
"Ashley…I saved your ass in the hallway?" Billy was floored.
"Holy fuck! Paul, come look what Ashley did!" he exclaimed. Paul entered the room, eating a piece of bread. He dropped it to the floor at the sight of Ashley, and then squished it with his shoe as he walked over to her. She was wearing the skin tight tank top and the Dickies, two thin chains draped down her leg, and boots. Paul's eyes widened at the creature standing in front of him.
"Hi," Ashley said, smiling. She tucked a piece of purple hair behind her ear and smiled. "You look amazing!" he exclaimed. Nisa smiled like a proud parent. It was only a matter of time now before they hooked up. She was sure.