The Meaning of Beautiful By: Gypsy Tollamer ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Gypsy: Here it is! Part 20! The very last installment of my fic.... *sob* are you all as sad as I am? because if you are please leave a review asking for the sequel. because if you all don't want it then i won't write it. Thanks to everyone who read and reviewed! Love you! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Part 20- 10 years later ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The camera zoomed across the clapping crowd. The talk show was a brand new hit for the tv station and the crowd clapped and whooped it up for the woman standing on stage. She was tall, and slightly over weight but in a sexy way. She stood there a smile on her painted lips and a some cue cards in her hands. "Hello!" she said smiling. "Welcome to the Marilyn Hurley show! On todays show we're going to be discussing a major problems affecting the next generation. Such problems as drug and alchohol abuse are running rampant among teens but some other less obvious problems are hurting them as well.... First we'll be discussing the problems of depression with praised psychologist Dr. Jane Pitts and then we'll talk one on one with award winning author Quatre Winner After the break." She smiled and the show changed into a commercial. "I can't believe you're going to be on tv. Let alone on the Marilyn Hurley show." Iris said picking a beer out of the cooler and cracking it open. "me neither." Duo said. "Who knew being screwed up when you were young could be so great for your career?" Quatre smiled and laughed. "I hardly think suffering from bulimia is a great career move." he said. Trowa wrapped an arm around the blonde. "I agree." he said. "Duo I doubt it helped you any." "Hey, it doesn't take much to be a mechanic." he joked. "I'm just happy that Heero's getting paid well." "NASA always pays well doofus." Iris said. "Too bad he had to go to Houston." "He should be grateful Quatre and Trowa can afford a VCR to tape it for him." Duo smiled. No one really paid attention when the psychiatrist came on the show. They already new about depression and eating disorders. They just joked and remembered. "How's work Iris?" Trowa asked. "I teach 2nd grade, it's not that exciting." she said. "But it must be great to help all those little kids." Quatre said wistfully. He loved children. "It has it's perks." Iris said raking her hands through her now shoulder lenght hair. "Hey look! You're coming up next!" Trowa said turning the television up. "Alright!" Duo yelled turning around to lean against the couch. "Were you nervous?" Iris asked. "Of course." Quatre said. "Shut up!" Trowa yelled when the program came back from break. The four went silent and watched. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Welcome back!" Marilyn said to the camera's. 'Sitting next to me is one of the most proclaimed authors of our times. At 26, he's been on the best sellers top 20 list, three times. His first book, "The Meaning of Beautiful" has sold 58 million copies and has been translated into 3 different languages. A survivor of bulimia, Quatre Winner has beaten the odds and come up on top. Welcome to show, Quatre." "Thanks for having me." Quatre said. "It's been said that your book has saved a lot of kids by showing them the truth." she said. "I don't know about that but I tried to tell it like it was." he said. "I read the book and found myself both crying and laughing at the same time. It was wonderful." Marilyn said kindly. "I think at some times we did cry and laugh at the same time. When you're sick your emotions are on the surface at all times and you wear your heart on your sleeve. It's not always a good thing to be in touch with your emotions." he said pushing a peice of hair behind his ear. "What's teh main message behind your novel?" she asked. "That like truth, the meaning of beautiful is in the eye of the beholder. That many people think many different things at the same time and they are all right, In most instances. We grow up in a society where it's obsessed with vanity and sexuality and most people relate being thin to being sexy. It's not always true. Beauty is being able to be yourself while living a safe life style. Beauty is being healthy in both mind and body. The meaning of beautiful can mean the same things to hundreds of people but can be changed by one. One person can make you think that you're not beautiful just like one person can make you believe that you're the most gorgeous person to ever walk the planet. I think my story's important for everyone. Because if everyone is careful of what they say and if everyone speaks nothing but beautiful words then we change society. To make the world obsessed with being kind instead of being thin. The meaning of beautiful is indescribable. There is no meaning set in stone. BEAUTY IS WHAT YOU MAKE IT." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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And remember; beauty IS what you make it out to be!