Jon mentally braces himself as Rachel proceeds to stretch, twirl, jump, and kick. He is stepped on repeatedly, but does not feel any pain. She soon becomes quite sweaty, which Jon is forced to taste as he clings to her foot. His mind goes slightly blank.
For the next two hours, Rachel uses Jon thoroughly, as it was her final practice before the competition. She needed everything right. Her shoes stank at the end of practice. Jon tasted and smelled sweat and feet. He was enclosed in darkness again as Rachel packed him away for tomorrow night. Jon began to see himself as nothing more than a piece of clothing, and it slightly concerned him. But he could do nothing. He was a pink ballet slipper.
