Becoming What, Exactly?: Part 17
by Theory Queen
Cordelia had been spending much more time in the art room than was her wont. She had cut a deal with her teacher to allow her to work on the full-length supine male in exchange for entering the finished project in the upcoming art contest which, if she won, would bring her teacher great renown and also get Principal Snyder off his back. That was the official deal, but she suspected he just liked her airheaded flirting. Well, he ought to. She'd been honing that skill for years!

After several days of intense work on the head and torso, she hit a snag. Willow, getting ready for bed that night, got a panicked phone call from the budding artist.

"Will, I need to know how to do his, um, lower half." She said.

"?" said Willow.

"I mean, with or without clothes on! How am I supposed to sculpt him below the waist? Can I sort of give him pants? Or maybe a fig leaf??

Willow considered the question seriously. Honestly, she hadn't thought of it before. "Well," she began. "I think the man is going to end up looking like however you sculpt him. If that's the case, then he should probably have all of his… all his, um, man parts, don't you think?"

"That's what I was afraid of," moaned Cordelia. "I don't know how to."

"Well, don't you do it the same as you do all the rest of his parts?"

"That's just it!" Cordelia exclaimed. "How can I sculpt things that I don't know what they look like?"

Willow stifled a quick giggle. "You mean, you don't know? You don't mean to say that you're a -"

"Don't even let the word cross your lips, Will! Fine. You're one, I'm one, but do we have to let the whole school know? I didn't think so. So can we move on?"

"You might want to try looking at some famous sculptures by Michaelangelo or someone. Or try Gray's Anatomy?" She offered, feeling suddenly magnanimous... or was that mischievous? "Also, Giles might be able to help."

"EEEWW!" was Cordelia's heartfelt response to that suggestion. "Thanks for the disgusting mental picture right before I go to bed!"

Willow blushed furiously as the picture popped into her own mind. "That wasn't what I meant!

"Yes, well, I think I'll 'consult the books' before I bother Giles with something like this!" Cordelia decided.


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