On Friday Rory asked Logan if he could pick up Amelia from preschool. She picked up Oliver from school, and then took him to an ice cream place.
"Why are we not going home?" Ollie asked
"Because I thought that we should have a special mommy and Ollie date" Rory said
"I like mommy and Ollie dates. It's fun"
"I think so too" Rory said. "And if you still want to, I thought we could go do something really special"
"What?"
"Do you still want your haircut?"
"We can go now?" Ollie asked excitedly. He no longer wanted short hair, but he did decide that he wasn't a 'baby haircut' , although Rory wasn't really sure what that meant.
"We can go now" Rory said
"Let's go! Let's go! Let's go!"
"Ok, come on"
Rory didn't want to take him to one of those kids barber shops because she didn't really trust them, especially since she herself didn't understand what Ollie wanted. She wasn't even sure if he himself knew. So she made him an appointment with the woman who cut her hair. Cindy. Cindy had been cutting Rory's hair since she moved to New York City, and Rory fully trusted her with Ollie's.
"Look at this hair" Cindy said as she ran her fingers through Ollie's hair. "I wish I hair like this"
Ollie giggled.
"Is this your first time cutting it?" Cindy asked
"It is" Rory said. By the time she felt emotionally ready to cut his hair, he was almost 2, and able to decide that he didn't want it cut.
"That's awesome" Cindy said. "Ollie, how old are you?"
"6" Ollie said. "And a half"
"That half is very important" Rory chuckled.
"So what are we doing to your hair today, Ollie?" Cindy asked
"Baby, baby haircut" Ollie said
"What does that mean?"
"A little bit short, but still long"
"Like a trim?" Cindy asked. "You want me just cut off a little bit from the edges?"
"No. A little bit short, but still long" Ollie said
Cindy looked over at Rory who shrugged. Neither of them knew what Ollie was asking for, so Cindy decided to change tactics and pulled out a laminated piece of paper with a bunch of different hairstyles on it. "Why don't you try and find what you want on this card?" Cindy asked as she handed it to Ollie.
One looked at the card for about a minute until he found what he wanted. "That one" He said and pointed to a picture on the paper.
"Is that ok with you?" Cindy asked Rory
"Whatever he wants" Rory said. She wanted him to have his hair however he wanted it, but she was definitely emotional at the idea of cutting that much of his hair off.
"Alright, so we're buzzing the sides and leaving the too long, right?" Cindy asked
"No" Ollie said
"No?"
"Buzzing means to make it short" Rory said. "It'll be like the sides of Logan's hair"
"Oh"
"So we are buzzing the sides right?" Cindy asked
"Yes" Ollie said
"And do you want to make the top shorter at all or leave it how it is?"
"A little bit shorter" Ollie said
"Can you show me with your hands how short you want it to be?" Cindy asked. Ollie put his hand right above his shoulders. The top of his hair would only be about an inch shorter than it already was. "Alright, so if he has his hair down, you won't really be able to see that it's short on the sides and that's fine. Or if you put it in a ponytail or a bun, you'll be able to see that it's short and it'll look really good"
"Ok" Rory said
"Alright, you ready?" Cindy asked
"Yeah" Ollie said.
Cindy tied off a small lock of Ollie's hair with a little elastic band. She cut that and handed it to Rory who already had years in her eyes.
"Oh, my god" Rory said.
"Mommy, why are you crying?" Ollie asked
"I'm ok, baby" Rory said and wiped her eyes.
A took about half an hour for Cindy to finish cutting Ollie's hair. "Alrighty, I'm done. "
"Oh, my god, baby you look so grown up" Rory said. "What do you think? Do you like it?"
"Yeah" Ollie said with a huge smile on his face.
"So this is how it'll look when it's down" Cindy said and then started combing Ollie's hair into a little bun. "And you can still do this to get it out of his face and make it look neat"
"It looks great, thank you" Rory said
"My pleasure" Cindy said. "And, Ollie, because you sat so still I think I have a lollipop for you". She opened a drawer in her work station and pulled out a bowl of lollipops.
"Can I pick one for Mel?" Ollie asked
"Of course you can" Cindy said
"And for Oliver?"
"Go ahead"
From the hair salon, they went to Logan's apartment to pick up Amelia.
"Hey" Logan said when he opened the door. He was definitely surprised to see Ollie. He didn't think he'd get that much cut off. "Ollie, I like your hair"
"I got a haircut" Ollie said
Logan chuckled. "I can see that"
Just then Oliver walked out of the kitchen and saw Ollie. "Woah! Your hair looks cool! Can I feel it?"
Ollie nodded. "I have a lollipop for you and a lollipop for Mel"
"You ok?" Logan asked Rory quietly.
"He looks all grown up" Rory said.
Logan put his arm around Rory's shoulders, pulling her close to him, and kissed the top of her head. "The hair looks great"
"She gave me a little piece of it to keep" Rory said. "His little baby hair"
"He's never had a haircut?" Logan asked. He knew that Ollie hadn't had a haircut in a while, but he didn't know that he'd never actually had one.
"Never"
That night Rory took Ollie and Amelia to Friday night dinner with her grandparents, and when they walked into the living room where Richard and Emily, Lorelai, and Luke were sitting, Lorelai's jaw dropped.
"What did you do?" Lorelai asked
"I got a haircut" Ollie said
"Yeah, I see that" Lorelai said. "Come here". Ollie walked over to Lorelai and she took his hair out of the bun that Cindy had put it in.
"It looks very nice" Emily said
"When did you do this?" Lorelai asked
"Today" Rory said
"Mommy cried" Ollie said
"You didn't have to tell everyone that" Rory said. "But yes I did"
"Is Amelia next?" Luke joked. He knew that Amelia had also never had a haircut and that Rory didn't plan on cutting it any time soon.
"Don't you dare" Lorelai said.
"Don't worry, I'm not doing that until she asks for it" Rory said.
"You could French braid this" Lorelai said. She was still playing with Oliver's hair. "Braid it like you braid Amelia's and then when you get to the end of the back of his head put the rest in a bun"
"There is no universe in which he sits still long enough for me to do that" Rory said. She could barely get him to sit for long enough to put it in a bun, so she figured that braiding Ollie's hair was not happening.
The conversation shifted from hair, to school, and then to Rory.
"I actually do have some news" Rory said
"If you tell me you're pregnant, I'm gonna lose it" Lorelai said. She'd gotten about as much shock as she could handle for one day.
"I am not pregnant" Rory rolled her eyes. "We're moving"
"Oh, you found a place?" Lorelai asked
"We found a place" Rory said
"We?" Emily asked
"Logan and I bought an apartment" Rory said. "Or maybe it's technically a house. I don't really know. It's like a mix of both, but the point is that we closed the deal this morning, and we're hoping to be moved in by the end of the month"
"That's wonderful" Emily said
"Mommy and Logan are getting married" Ollie said
"No" Rory said before anyone could react to what Ollie said. "Stop telling people that"
"Why?" Amelia asked
"Because it's not true"
"For now" Lorelai said
"Not helpful, mom"
"Sorry"