Tommy and James by Bald K

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Tommy hung his suit jacket in the wardrobe and wiped a tear away from his eye as he looked at the picture of his step mum on the front of the funeral booklet.
"I will miss you even though you were only a step mum." Tommy thought to himself as he changed into a tight pair of jeans and a t shirt before walking into the lounge where his father was sitting with a glass of scotch in his hand. "Didn’t you have enough alcohol at the wake dad?" Tommy asked his father.
"What the f*** has it got to do with you?" Jason replied as he lit up a cigarette.
"F*** you then." Tommy said as he put his shoes on before putting his jacket on and walking out of the flat.
Tommy made his way to the bus stop and waited a few minutes for the bus to arrive. Tommy got on the bus and paid for his ticket and sat down and stared blankly out of the window as the bus made its way into the town centre where Tommy thanked the driver and got off the bus and wandered aimlessly around the town centre looking at new designer clothes in his favourite shop and decided to buy a polo shirt with red trim that he had his eye on for a while and it had now been reduced in price.
"Proper Oi boy skinhead polo that mate." The shop owner said to Tommy as he handed over the carrier bag. "Want some red braces to go with it?"
"Oi boy skinhead? Never heard of that." Tommy replied as he ran his hand through his black hair. "Yeah go on then give us the braces."
Tommy walked out of the shop and into the newsagents where he picked up a copy of his magazine and paid for it before sitting on a bench and flicked through the magazine before putting it in his bag and made his way to the local arts centre to see what was occurring in the next month or two. "Hmm cropped boy a skinhead band playing here in a couple of months time but f*** you have to be eighteen to get in or be accompanied by an adult." Tommy sighed as he would only be sixteen when it was on. "Oh well guess I could try my luck at getting in, but I am not a skinhead either." Tommy thought to himself before making his way back home.
Arriving home Tommy looked in the lounge and saw Jason fast asleep in the armchair. Quietly Tommy closed the door and went into his bedroom and got the polo shirt and braces out of the bag. Tommy took his shirt off revealing his muscled torso and slipped the polo shirt on before securing the red braces and looked in the mirror. "Not bad but I don’t think I will be wearing the braces much." Tommy thought to himself as he switched his laptop on and for some reason googled skinhead fashion and haircut and looked at some pictures and reading about skinhead culture. "Not really my scene." Tommy thought to himself as he started up his X box to play fifa 2020.

Tommy woke the next morning as he heard Jason close the door and get in his car before driving off for a round of golf. Tommy picked up his phone and sent a message to his mate James wishing him a happy birthday and what time they were meeting up. A couple of minutes later James sent a message back that he wanted to go into town so meet up at nine and take it from there.Tommy showered and put his new polo shirt on with the braces before going to the kitchen and made himself some toast and poured a fruit juice. Finishing his breakfast Tommy put his shoes on and made his way round to James house and rung the bell.
"Come on in mate." James said as he opened the door.
"Cheers mate happy birthday." Tommy replied as he handed over a card and a present before taking his jacket and shoes off.
"You going for the trend then Tommy?" James asked as he saw the polo shirt and braces
"What do you mean mate?" Tommy replied with a puzzled look on his face.
"They reckon the skinhead crop is in this summer with the boots n braces look in the paper today. James replied as he showed Tommy the article in the paper.
"So that is what Den was on about when I got the shirt yesterday." Tommy said as he read the article.
"Yeah mate and you are one for trend so when you getting the crop?" James grinned.
"Could get a two crop I guess as it is the shortest school will allow." Tommy replied. "You getting a crop if I do?"
"Be right back mate." James told Tommy as he walked out of the room before returning with a box with wahl clippers written on it. "Do it now before we go to town mate." James continued as he got the clippers out of the box.
"Yeah let’s do it mate but make sure it is a two crop nothing shorter." Tommy said as he followed James into the kitchen.
"Strip the shirt then mate." James told Tommy as he took the clippers out of the box and plugged them in.
Tommy sat on a stool after taking his shirt off and James draped a towel over Tommy’s shoulders. James showed Tommy the two guard and put it on the clippers.
"Ready to become a skinhead then mate?" James asked Tommy as he removed the guard without Tommy noticing.
"Do it mate then I will do your skinhead." Tommy replied.
James switched the clippers on and pushed Tommy’s head forward and ran the clippers up the back of Tommy’s head depositing a mound of black hair into his lap.
"F*** that is a lot of hair." Tommy said as he saw the hair fall into his lap.
"Yeah it is mate." James replied as he continued to shave Tommy’s hair off the back of his head before moving to the sides. "Just the top to go now skinhead." James said as he placed the clippers at the hairline at the centre of Tommy’s forehead and ran them over Tommy’s head. "Wow man you look good with the zero crop." James laughed as he put the clippers down on the table.
"WHAT THE F***!" Tommy shouted out as he felt the stubble left on his head. "You know the f***ing school rules!"
"Yeah and I also knew that the end of year play was fashion through the ages and they wanted two boys to get proper skinhead crops so I put us forward." James laughed. "Come on mate do my skinhead now."
James sat down and Tommy draped the towel over James shoulders and picked up the clippers and quickly shaved his short brown hair down to the zero crop like his before putting the clippers down.
"Skinhead boys." James laughed as he rubbed his head.
"You look good mate I must admit." Tommy told James.
"So do you mate so let’s look in the mirror at our shaved heads." James told Tommy.
"Wow I look so f***ing different and hard looking." Tommy said as he looked in the mirror.
"So do I mate and I like the look so let’s get in town and get the boots and clothing." James said to Tommy.
"Good job my mum still gives me a couple of hundred a month as boots are well expensive." Tommy said as he put his shirt and jacket on. "Your dad is well good giving you a credit card and him paying it."
"F*** knows what banker brother max will say." James laughed as he put his shoes on before walking out of the house and getting the bus into town.

"Bloody hell Tommy you have gone the full on trend look then!" Den exclaimed as Tommy and James walked into the shop."
"Yeah mate and I really like it." Tommy replied. "Got the boots so I can finish the look along with James?"
"What size boots mate? And do you want black or cherries?’ Den asked Tommy.
"Size nine cherries please Den." Tommy replied.
"Same for me please." James told Den.
Den walked into the storeroom and walked back with two boxes of boots and handed them to Tommy and James. Sitting down Tommy and James took the cherry doc marten boots out of the boxes and watched as Den showed them how to lace them up.
"Yeah I love these boots." Tommy purred as he looked in the mirror at the now kitted out skinhead Tommy. "Guess I need a jacket and some more polos to keep the look."
"I need the gear as well mate." James told Den.
"No problem skinheads." Den replied showing them a range of Fred Perry and Ben Sherman polo shirts with braces to go with them along with MA1 jackets.
James walked into a cubicle and put a polo shirt on and walked out so Den could do his braces.
"Sweet as mate I love it." James said as he looked in the mirror before paying Den with his credit card.
"You still looking for weekend work Tommy?" Den inquired. "Chris quit on me this morning."
"Yeah I am Den." Tommy replied. "Anything to get me extra cash for my look."
"James come back in about ten minutes so I can go over work stuff with Tommy." Den said.
"Meet in shakes mate." James told Tommy. "Get me a strawberry shake please."
"Right Tommy it will be seven fifty an hour with Saturday being nine till five- thirty and Sunday ten till four thirty with a forty minute break each day and possible extras when you are not in college." Den told Tommy.
"Sweet as man when do you want me to start?" Tommy asked Den.
"Tomorrow if that is ok." Den replied. "Get you trained up on the card machine and till."
"I will be here for ten in the morning." Tommy said as he got his card out to pay for his boots and new shirts.
"Staff discount mate of twenty five percent call it one fifty." Den told Tommy.
Tommy paid for his boots and polo shirts putting his shoes in the bag before walking out making his way to shakes where James was waiting for him.
"Start tomorrow mate so we will both be working weekends." Tommy grinned. "Love the feel of the boots, well I just love the f***ing look."
"Yeah and to think you wanted a grade two wimp boy crop." James laughed. "Would you have gone through with it if I told you about the play?"
"Don’t know mate cannot wait to see your brothers face though when we get back to your place." Tommy laughed.
"That is if he even leaves his room." James grinned. "Let’s Facebook some pics of us as skinheads."
James and Tommy took some photos and uploaded them to Facebook before catching the bus back to James home.

"Oh my god my brother has shaved his hair off!" Max shouted out in shock as James and Tommy walked into the house. "Wait till mum and dad see you bald."
"At least I had had the guts to get it done banker boy." James said to his brother. "And I don’t spend twenty quid a month just to get Paul to trim the ends."
"Oh my god James what have you done to your lovely hair?" Irene sighed as she walked out of the kitchen.
"It is the current trend mum and I did mention getting it shaved off for my part in the school play." James told his mum.
"Save you money and shampoo on what you got left." Mike laughed. "And next time put the clippers away."
"So you are ok with me shaving my head dad?" James inquired.
"I must admit it makes you and Tommy look older and a looking a lot harder but yes it look good on you both." Mike admitted.
"That’s right dad stick up for the skinhead with his boots and braces." Max said as he walked back up to his bedroom. "All you want from me is the monthly rent off me!"
"Can Tommy stay over the night as I hope you got me some beer in for my birthday?" James asked Mike.
"Oh by the way your birthday present arrived while you were out." Mike said as he handed over a package. "Oh wow the latest X Box thanks mum, dad." James exclaimed as he opened the package.
"Just don’t break it in a temper like your old one." Max told James. "Me and your mum are off out now so see you both later."
"Yeah dad I will be more careful with this one see you later." James replied. "Right mate beer time." James said to Tommy as his parents drove off.
"I got an idea mate before we start on the beer." Tommy said to James. "Go and get your laptop."
"Ok mate but what are you thinking?" James replied with. Puzzled look on his face as he went to his room and came back with his laptop and switched it on.
James watched as Tommy Googled how to razor shave the head and clicked on a YouTube link on how to do it and get a shine on it.
"Up for it then skinhead?" Tommy asked James. "Go all the f***ing way?"
"Yeah ok then skinhead I will do it if you will." James replied.
"Go and get the razor and shaving gel mate." Tommy told James. "And some aloe Vera gel if your mum has any."
James went to the bathroom and got the shaving gel and put a fresh blade into the razor before going back downstairs where Tommy had put a stool by the sink and was boiling a kettle for the shaving.
"You going first then mate?" Tommy asked James. "We need a cloth to soak and wrap round your head to soften the stubble."
"Yeah sure mate." James replied as he got an old tea towel out of a cupboard and handed it to Tommy.
Tommy poured boiling water into the sink and soaked the tea towel before wrapping it round James head. After a few minutes Tommy removed the tea towel and spread a thick layer of shaving gel over the stubble. After a couple more minutes Tommy picked up the razor and started to carefully shave the stubble from James head.
"Don’t f***ing cut me mate." James laughed as he felt the stubble being removed from his head. "This feels f***ing awesome though."
"Can’t wait for you to do my shaving mate." Tommy replied as he carried on shaving James head.
A few minutes later Tommy put the razor down and wiped the excess gel off James head before rubbing some aloe Vera gel over the smooth head and buffing it up with the towel.
"Right mate take a seat." James told Tommy as he boiled the kettle to start shaving Tommy’s head.
"F*** that is cold mate!" Tommy exclaimed as he felt James rub the shaving gel over his head.
"Aww shut it you wimp." James laughed as he picked up the razor and started to shave the stubble off Tommy’s head.
"See what you meant about it feeling f***ing awesome mate." Tommy told James. "You going to keep it smooth?"
"Don’t know mate parents might not let me how about you?" James replied as he finished the shaving and shined up Tommy’s head.
"Let me see how it looks first mate." Tommy said as he rubbed his smooth head. "Got to face my dad as well tomorrow."
James and Tommy walked into the lounge and looked in the mirror at their freshly shaved heads and grinned.
"I f***ing love it!" James shouted out as he saw his bald head. "I want to keep it!"
"Same here mate how about coming round mine Monday before school and shaving it again?" Tommy asked James.
"F*** yeah mate let’s do it again." James replied as he rubbed his head.
"I don’t believe it my brother has gone and shaved the rest of his hair off his head." Max said as he walked into the lounge. "You both look like hooligans."
"I am f***ing fed up with you banker brother it is time to teach you a f***ing lesson." James said as he grabbed Max and pushed him onto the floor. "Mate help me get banker boy into the kitchen."
"With pleasure mate." Tommy replied helping James drag Max into the kitchen.
James and Tommy dragged Max over to the kitchen sink and James forced Max’s head over it.
"Hold his head over the f***ing sink mate." James told Tommy as he picked up the clippers which were still on the side of the sink.
"No man please don’t do it how will I explain losing my hair at work!" Max cried as he heard the clippers start up. "You know I love my hair!"
"Tough s**t you will tell mum and dad you thought about how you liked my skinhead and asked me to do yours." James replied as he ran the clippers up the back of Max’s head depositing about two inches of brown hair into the sink. "As for work you got it done for charity on an impulse."
"My lovely hair." Max sobbed as he saw more of his hair fall into the sink.
"Aww poor Max." Tommy laughed as he forced Max’s head to one side so James could shave it before doing the other side.
"Head up banker boy so I can do the top." James told Max.
Without saying a word Max lifted his head up and felt the clippers remove the quiff on top of his head. Checking he had not missed any hair James switched off the clippers and rubbed his brother’s head.
"You say one word that I forced your haircut on you Max you will feel the razor on the skinhead haircut you wanted got that?" James menacingly told Max.
"I f***ing hate both of you!" Max shouted at James and Tommy as he wiped tears from his eyes before running out of the kitchen and up the stairs to the bathroom and saw his skinhead haircut for the first time. "F*** what the hell am I going to tell work that my brother gave me a f***ing skinhead zero crop." Max thought to himself as he rubbed his stubble before going back downstairs where James was clearing up the hair.
"You wait till I see mum and dad in the morning and tell them how you forced me to get this haircut James." Max said before walking back to his room and picking up his phone to ring his manager. "Oh hi Barry I sort of mucked up at the hairdressers today." Max told Barry.
"What happened Max?" Barry inquired.
"I misheard Paul saying how the trend was close cropped skinhead look and did I want to try it?" Max lied. "Next thing I knew he had picked up the clippers and ran them down the centre of my head.
"Thought you were going to say you had dyed it blue." Barry laughed. "No worries about getting a skinhead Max see you Monday."
"Yeah see you Monday Barry." Max said as he ended the call.

"Well if it isn’t the skinhead banker." James laughed as Max walked into the kitchen. "Don’t forget I will shave you bald like me and Tommy if you say anything."
"F*** you." Max replied as he poured himself an orange juice before putting some toast in the toaster.
James heard his phone beep and saw a message saying happy birthday for yesterday lover boy will give you your present soon and love your shaved head. James grinned as he replied cannot wait for it and I love the skinhead look as well.
"Put some toast in for me skinhead." Tommy told Max as he walked into the kitchen. "How is my baldie mate?"
"Do your own toast." Max said as he spread butter on his and put it on a plate and sat down at the table.
"Loving the baldie mate and time to see what my parents think of it." James replied as he saw his mum get out of the car. "Don’t forget Max the razor waits if you say anything." James said menacingly to Max.
"Oh my god Max you had to copy your brother didn’t you!" Irene exclaimed as she saw Max.
"Yeah he did mum but could not face the razor like me and Tommy." James said as his dad walked in.
"Yeah that’s right dad I was upstairs thinking about how good it looked and decided to get James to do mine." Max lied. "But could not face the razor like they did while you were out."
"Thought you had shaved the rest off." Mike laughed. "Bald boys and a skinhead."
"I better make a move mate to get in town for my first day at work." Tommy told James. "See you in the morning."
"Ok mate and let me know what your dad thinks about your shaved head and skinhead clothes." James replied.
"Will do mate see you tomorrow." Tommy said as he walked out of the house and to the bus stop"
"God knows what the bank will think of your haircut Max." Mike said as he made a coffee.
"I phoned my boss and said that I misheard Paul when he was saying about how boys were getting the skinhead crop and did I want to try it." Max lied. "I said yeah it looks good and next thing I knew he had run the clippers down the centre of my head." Max lied before walking out of the kitchen and back to his room.
"I need to go to my room as well see you soon." James said as he walked out. "Oi you did well but the promise is still there if you blab." James told Max.
"Don’t worry about it I sort of got used to it now." Max replied as he closed his bedroom door.

Tommy paused by the front door before taking a deep breath and put the key in and opened the door. Pausing before he walked in and closed the door he saw his dad in the kitchen preparing the Sunday roast.
"Let’s see the skinhead then!" Jason shouted out.
"How did you know I got my head shaved?" Tommy asked as he walked into the kitchen.
"Colin in the pub saw you and James in town yesterday and told me." Jason laughed. "Hey it looks good though and Brad and a couple of others are getting their skinhead crops for charity next Friday night in the pub."
"So you don’t mind if I keep it shaved then?" Tommy asked Jason.
"You will be sixteen in just over a week son so you decide how you want your haircut." Jason replied.
"Thanks dad all I have to do now is face school tomorrow." Tommy sighed. "But I got a part time job now in trends clothes shop."
"And with your CCS card which arrived yesterday you can do part time on building site with Alan before you start your bricklayer course at college in September." Jason told Tommy.
"Yeah thanks for that dad." Tommy said as he got two beers out of the cupboard and poured them out. "Just not sure on how school will react tomorrow." Tommy thought to himself as he started eating his dinner.

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