Twenty six.

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jennie stood at the steps of the metropolitan museum of art and gazed at the huge structure in awe

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jennie stood at the steps of the metropolitan museum of art and gazed at the huge structure in awe. it had been a week since she had arrived in new york and she had finally decided to pay the famous museum a visit.

she walked tentatively up the steps and entered the vast hall of the museum. it was a very busy time in the museum with a lot of people walking around.

there were several groups of students having field trips and a couple of older people looking at and appreciating the art works displayed. jennie headed towards the concierge and took a map to help her get around. she studied the map for awhile before deciding to head towards a room of paintings that perked her interest based on the description written on the brochure.

jennie finally reached the room and entered it excitedly as she glanced around and spotted the beautiful paintings that were hung all around. thanks to all the art books that madame lee had given her, which she had religiously read for the past couple of months, jennie was very much familiar with most of the art works displayed and was able to appreciate them more since she was more knowledgeable about their history and origins.

jennie was completely engrossed with a particular painting as she studied the swirls of the paintbrush that the painter had used that she did not notice a man come up beside her.

"it's an interesting painting isn't it?" the man spoke up causing jennie to jump in surprise.

she glanced towards her right and found a young man with blond hair and brown eyes standing beside her. he seemed to appear to be around her age. normally jennie would have been wary talking to complete strangers but this man exuded a peaceful aura that made jennie comfortable around him.

"yup, i love how the painter used his brush strokes making the picture seem ethereal." jennie commented as she gazed back at the painting.

"you seem to know a lot about painting." the young man commented. "are you an artist?"

jennie slightly blushed at his question. "nah, i've just read a lot of art books, that's all." jennie said shyly.

the young man smiled at her. "i'm vernon by the way." he said as he held out his hand for a handshake.

"jennie kim here." jennie replied as she grasped his hand with her own.

"do you live here in new york?" he asked curiously.

"no, i'm just here for a visit. how about you?" jennie replied.

"i'm a true blue new yorker. i was born and raised here." vernon said with a smile. "how do you like the city so far?" he inquired.

jennie was silent for awhile as she contemplated on what to say. "well it's very interesting here." she finally said. "i like how different it is from korea where i came from. i love central park and just walking around the streets has given me a lot of new discoveries and insights about your culture."

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