#egotistival: alicia ft cyrus 01

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"yes, i'm aware, it's a church, it's weird," mumbled alicia when she noticed the look on her roommate's face. it was another moment where she longed to have her own car. instead she was forced to rely on public transport, ride services or her roommate. she had been forced to ask for a ride since she knew she was supposed to meet with cyrus, at least, once a week. that week it turned out it was going to be on a saturday afternoon for lunch. she hated that the only way for her to go off to college was by agreeing to check in with her father's old friend. she threw her purse over her shoulder before going to slam the door and towards the side entrance. she forced herself to take a deep breath before she walked inside," hello? father dunn? i'm here? are we going somewhere or eating...here?"

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alicia had been tempted to just not show up. though she didn't want to deal with the consequences. the last thing that she wanted was for her parents to just show up because she had missed out on her first meet up with father dunn. church wasn't unfamiliar to her but she had stopped attending when she hit the teenage years. it felt almost wrong to be standing in one right then. she had no idea what the plan was or what they were even going to talk about. after all he was older than her and a man of the cloth. what did he have in common with an aspiring film student? she almost did a double take when he appeared, noting how he looked ever the part of a pious priest. she couldn't help but roll her eyes at the jibe about her height," short stack? really?" her gaze followed his movement as he reached for his keys. it seemed they weren't going to be hanging out in the church. she sighed before wheeling around to head out the front door," probably better than the food at school." she shook her head in an instant as she stepped outside," no offense but i really don't love that idea of hanging out here so a diner is great." she wasn't too sure what else to say but she bit down on her lip," um, do you even have a car?" she had zero idea what his situation was but she was trying to be positive.

cyrus was in the back of the church, in his office, when alicia came in. he watched her on the set of camera that he'd had set up in the place for a only a second before getting up from his desk chair, which creaked a little when he moved, and walking out into the open church. it was empty at this time on a sunday, the more devout church goers coming by a little later to pray or to confess. but he liked to lock up around lunch time, especially when he had other business to see to. as such, he carried a set of keys on his carbiner that jingled as he walked. the vestment that he wore was just a dress shirt with the traditional collar of a preist and a pair of black slack pants; he certainly looked the part of dutiful, faithful, and holy, and he wouldn't say that the visage was necessarily a lie... but it wasn't the truth either. when he got closer to her, he realized that he towered over her and it brought forth a kind of amusement that made him smile. "hey short stack," his voice boomed across the church, and he reached for his keys. "we're going out for lunch; the diner just down the street has good food." he replied easily, his smile fading just so as he gestured for her to move ahead of him and back out the front door. "unless you'd rather stay here?"