"W-W-Who's your favorite artist b-b-beautiful?"
"Degas."
"Ooh, a c-classic."
"You know art history."
"Of c-course."
"Hm."
"W-Why?"
"Why what? Why do I like Degas?"
"Y-Y-Yeah."
"Why else?"
"A-Answer the question, b-b-beautiful."
"No."
"W-Why not?"
"...It's embarrassing."
"Aww, is T-Tracy too s-scared to-"
"I'll tell you if you shut up Just Ben."
"My l-l-lips are s-sealed."
"Well... I..."
"..."
"..."
"I p-promise I won't judge b-b-beautiful."
"...you never judge, I know that."
"W-What was t-that?"
"Nothing!"
"O-Okay? Are you going to t-tell me or w-what?"
"Don't laugh okay?"
"I w-won't!"
"..."
"..."
"...When I was little, I wanted to be a ballerina."
"R-R-R-Really?!"
"You said you wouldn't laugh!"
"I'm not l-l-laughing, p-please continue b-b-beautiful."
"Ahem. Well when I was little my mom took me to a dance studio she was doing business with, and it was beautiful. One wall was completely mirror and another had a Degas painting of ballerinas. I was obsessed with it because the ballerinas were so pretty and prim and proper."
"Nice a-a-alliteration."
"..."
"S-Sorry, keep g-going."
"And so I begged my mom for classes, she was thrilled, and I took ballet for years until I quit. The end."
"W-Why did y-you quit?"
"Are you kidding me? Ballerinas are thin and tall and beautiful!"
"Do I n-need to p-play C-Christina A-A-Aguilera again to t-tell you how b-b-beautiful you are?"
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Short Story"W-Why do you p-p-paint the t-t-train cars?" "To feel alive, Just Ben." ~ A dialogue story. ~ Sequel to 'Airplanes' but can be read as a stand-alone. ~ Sitting by train tracks, a guy and a girl learn to understand each other. And maybe even fall in...
