Topical Guide 292
Mark Dorset
Partnership; Teamwork; Collaboration; Concord
Adelaide Hooper and her sister Priscilla watched them go. When they were gone, Addy sighed and gave Priss a look that Priss understood at once. It was a look they had exchanged often, ever since they had become interested in boys.
“Don’t you wish — ?” asked Addy.
“Oh, don’t I,” said Priss.
“Hey, wish what?” asked Zack Mitchell. He gave Addy a squeeze. “You’re not wishing you were her, are you?”
“No, it isn’t that,” said Addy. “I just wish we were more like them. They’re so — well — they kind of understand each other.”
“We don’t?” asked Zack.
Addy sighed and frowned. “Did you see the way he looked at her when he came back into the hall with Andy Proctor and all those other guys? Just a little grin, but she knew what he meant by it. Priss and I can do that, but you and I — well — I wish we — I wish we — understood each other like that.”
“And the way they dance together,” said Priss.
“Come on,” said Zack. “They don’t dance well at all.”
“I know,” said Priss, “but they — oh, I know this doesn’t seem to make sense, but they don’t dance well the same way — the way they don’t dance well is just right for them.”
“I know just what you mean,” said Addy.
“Well, I don’t,” said Zack. He went outside for a pull at his flask.Herb ’n’ Lorna, Chapter 7
Here are two dancing couples who dance in a way that is just right for them, from Lost in Paris (Paris Peids Nus):
Lost in Paris (original title: Paris pieds nus) is a 2016 French-Belgian comedy film written, directed and co-produced by Dominique Abel and Fiona Gordon, starring Gordon as a Canadian librarian who meets a homeless man (played by Abel) in Paris. The film also features Emmanuelle Riva and Pierre Richard. The film had its world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival on 2 September 2016. It received three nominations at the 8th Magritte Awards, including Best Film, and won Best Editing for Sandrine Deegen.
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