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- Dear Red Shoes.

Some over paid ad execs had a brainstorm.

They would create the Alphabet Girl, revealing her

each week in a different magazine, captured with a

different letter of the alphabet.

April 19th.

- Bring the other camera!

A.

A is for aphrodisiac.

April 20th.

B is

for banana.

Give me a little vulnerability.

Yeah!

Yeah.

You guessed, it, Red Shoes, I'm her.

The Alphabet Girl.

My big break.

Hi.

- Hey!

- Hey.

How ya doin'?

Listen.

I really need you to start feeling something, okay?

We're shooting a lot of pictures,

but I'm not really getting anything.

I need you to, to feel something.

Something real.

I mean, you've got to really connect.

Otherwise it's just a picture

and it's a waste of time for me.

April 21st.

According to the great and wise at Waterman,

C is for courage.

But C is also for cat,

cantaloupe,

candor, cookie, coffee,

couple

and completely happy.

D.

D is for

dog.

D is for

doubt.

- Delight.

- D is for delicious.

- D is for

delicate.

- D is for desire.

Desperate.

The minute I saw your face I knew you'd be a star.

You have the face of an angel.

- E.

E is for ecstasy.

Geez!

No.

Not now.

Yeah.

- Mattias, it's not funny.

Stop it.

I'm not kidding.

- No bullshit! - Stop it!

No!

Stop it, stop it!

Come on, stop this!

- That's beautiful.

Come on.

Turn around.

Turn around.

- Okay.

All right.

Do you want it?

Go on, take it.

F.

Hey! - Hey!

- F is for friendship.

Who is that?

- Dalia.

Who's Dalia?

- She was Mattias' girlfriend before you.

- She's very beautiful.

I read somewhere about a tribe in Africa

that refuses to have their picture taken.

They say that photographs steal your soul.

Think it's true?

Yeah, but you know what they say about souls?

Very, very big things.

We can afford a little theft.

And coming into the third turn,

it's Olga Poklovaninska from the Ukraine,

pulling out ahead of Volga kapuchinzki from Rumania.

It's amazing to watch this woman, Bob.

All two hundred pounds of her.

- Volga.

Here comes Volga.

Never underestimate the Rumanian.

What a gal!

Come on, Volga, come on, Volga!

It's Volga in the lead!

But Olga's still in there!

She's putting up a fight.

Just look at those thighs of steel, Bob!

- That's right.

She was a world class wrestler at the age of 17.

It's Olga, Bob!

She's taking the lead!

- No, it's Volga! - Olga!

- No, it's Volga.

Now it's Olga.

- Here! - Oh, oh, oh, oh!

- Olga takes the gold! - Yeah, Olga takes the gold!

Volga gets nothing!

- You know?

You remind me of my brother.

- Really?

What's he like?

Tell me about him.

Do you have any other brothers or sisters?

What about your Mom and your Dad?

So, I guess you don't like to talk about your family, huh?

I know a lot of people like that, including me.

Hey, you want to talk about cameras?

We'll talk about cameras.

When I was a kid I looked through a

I love taking pictures, you know?

That's why I'm here, to learn, you know?

I mean Mattias, he's got it all.

He understands lighting, faces, everything.

The question is,

why are you here?

I mean I, I know you're a model and everything,

but what are you doing with him?

I just, I just can't stand to see him use you.

I've seen him do it before with other models

and it never bothered me.

But with you it's different.

You're too special for him.

You're a real person, with real feelings.

Fuck!

There, I said it.

I just hope you don't hate me.

Good.

'Cause I couldn't stand it if you hated me.

- It's that old model/photographer thing, huh?

I know that he's using me.

The truth is I'm using him too.

You understand that?

I guess what I'm saying is that I do need Mattias.

Not forever, but for right now.

- No, you don't.

I must say one thing to you,

then I'll never bring it up again.

Don't underestimate yourself.

Okay?

- Okay.

G is for grandma.

H,

For home.

- You looked so peaceful.

Like the babes in the woods.

- I is for India.

J is for jodhpur.

K is for kitten.

M, of course, is for Mattias.

N is for night.

O.

O is for orphan.

Which I am, by the way.

Only.

One.

Once upon a time.

What are you doing here?

- Get in, let's go for a spin.

Come on.

- All right.

Q is for question.

R is for response.

What's going on?

- I wanted to do some pick-up shots.

You weren't around.

- You said we weren't shooting today, so I went out.

- That's your decision.

- So, what are you going to do?

Just hire another girl?

What about me?

- What about you?

- I want this.

- How badly?

Tell me.

How badly?

Show me!

- Come on in.

I just made some tea.

Come on, let's get you warm.

So.

This is my castle.

I'm king here.

A broke and lowly assistant when I step out the door,

but ah, king here.

That's all right,

you don't have to smile if you don't feel like it.

You don't have to do anything you don't want.

- Come on, let's go.

Leave her alone.

- Come on.

Let's go.

You begged me.

You fucking begged me.

And now you give me this shit.

- Mattias, please.

I think you'd better leave.

- I love you.

I take care of you.

Everything, your food, your clothes.

If I take it away, what are you going to do?

What?

What's he going to do for you?

What's he going to give you?

- Think about it, Vanessa.

- Think about what?

You fucking her?

Is that's what you want?

He's a kid.

He thinks with his dick!

Keep your hands off her.

She doesn't want to go with you.

- Ask her!

Go ahead, ask her!

Do you want to go with him?

- Choose!

S is for surrender.

T is for tears.

- I'm sorry I was so tough on you yesterday.

You understand, though.

This job is a total commitment.

It's so important to do everything right.

Especially at the beginning.

You have to trust me

with every step.

- I do.

I know what you're thinking, Red Shoes.

How could she spend that last night with him

if she knew she was going to leave him in the morning?

But I think you already know the answer.

I just had to.

G is for good-bye.

Hope we can still be friends.

When you know it will never work.

And G is for good-bye.

If only it could stay just the way it is,

when you know it never will.

And G is for good-bye.

I love the feel of his body next to mine.

And I love to be taken care of.

And I love working,

and always will.

And G is for good-bye.

Of waking up at sunrise,

and getting dressed and walking out the door

without ever looking back.

- So, where are you going to go?

- Jessie's going to help me find a place.

We'll see how it goes.

- I'm sorry.

Really sorry.

- I'm not sleeping with him.

- I know.

The agency saw the pictures.

They really liked them.

In fact, they're crazy about them.

- I'm scared.

- You'll be okay, my little Alphabet Girl.

I really do love you.

So where am I taking these?

And G is for good-bye.

And G is for good-bye.

And, unfortunately,

E,

Is for

ever.

- May 25th.

V is for Vanessa.

Neither virgin nor virago, but voyager.

Vital, voluntary, voyager.

W is for wisdom.

Y.

Y is for youth, young, youngster.

And Z is always for zebra.

I'm glad she didn't skip Y.

It'd be terrible to miss on on your youth.

No, Stella, what if you were never a puppy?