Cyrus Page #2

I'm glad you called.

Yeah. Yeah,

I'm glad I called too.

That was really fun

last night.

Mm-hmm.

And thanks for the note and, um--

Hey, I was wondering if you

wanted to hang out tonight.

Sure.

Yeah?

Great. You want to come

over here then or--

Look, I have to run, but I'll

come over after work, okay?

Okay, sounds good.

Bye.

Bye.

Hey.

Hi.

How are you?

Good, good.

There's a whole custom-prepared plate.

I want yours.

You're a very good cook.

I just decided

to give it my all.

Which is not

the cool-guy thing to do.

I'm not into that anyway.

Okay? Okay.

I'll take your word for it.

I know I'm not supposed to say this,

but I really like you.

Is it crazy for me to say,

like, I want it to work out?

Is that too much?

Am I supposed to be cooler than that?

Oh.

My life is really

complicated right now.

But I'm definitely interested.

Hey. Where you going?

Hey, hey.

I-- I just have to--

I have to go.

Wait. Why do you have

to leave so late?

I just have to-- I have to--

Just call me tomorrow, okay?

Molly, wait. Give me one second, please.

Are you married?

Is that where you're going?

No, I'm not married.

What is it?

Are you a secret agent?

Just trust me.

What is going on?

Call me tomorrow, okay?

Oh, my God.

- Hi.

- Oh, hi. Hey, hi.

Sorry.

Uh, what am I doing?

It's okay.

Hi. Uh--

Can I help you?

Uh, I'm sorry. Is this--

I think I have the wrong

address actually.

What address are you looking for?

Um...

Is this--

Does Molly live here?

Yeah. Can I ask who is asking?

Oh, I'm sorry. I'm John.

I'm a friend of hers.

I was in the neighborhood,

and I was, like,

"I think that's

Molly's house,"

but I didn't want to ring

the doorbell if it wasn't.

Um, no, it is. You can definitely ring

the doorbell. That's more conventional.

But, uh-- Yeah, I know.

I was just-- Whatever. I was shy. I was--

But I am a friend of hers,

and I'm sorry. Oh. I'm Cyrus.

Cyrus. Yeah.

- Her son.

- Her son. Yeah, I know. Yeah.

Um, yeah, anyway--

So how long you known Molly?

Uh, actually,

just a couple days.

Wow. Just a couple days.

Yeah, we just met, so--

But you could feel it

already, huh?

Like there's something

really special happening?

Y-Yeah.

Can I--

How old are you?

I'm almost 22.

Oh, okay. All right.

I'm 21.

So you-- you guys have always lived together?

You didn't--

You're not, like, in

from school or whatever?

No, I took my G.E.D.

when I was 16,

and then, um,

you know--

M-Molly and I are like best

friends so-- Oh, okay.

And my dad's not really in the picture.

Uh-huh.

She kinda homeschooled me

and raised me by herself.

And since then,

I've sort of been focusing on my music career.

Mm-hmm. Oh, that's--

So that's you? That's--

That's my studio.

That's my work space, yes. Yeah, I saw that.

You got a couple synths there.

Oh, more than a couple.

I think I have something

around seven pieces.

Yeah. Vintage

and some new stuff.

Would you like to hear

some of my-- my work?

Yeah, why not? I mean, yeah.

Great. Great.

Okay, great. Great.

Um, it's-it's untitled right now,

and it's an unfinished piece.

Slow

Sounds like Steve Miller.

You know that one Steve Miller song?

No, it doesn't.

Hi.

Hey.

It's good.

Ohh!

- Hi. Sorry.

I was in the neighborhood,

and Cyrus came out and let me in. I'm sorry.

- Hi.

- Hi.

Hi.

Hi. Hey.

Hey. Hey.

- Anyway--

- So, John, are you gonna stay for dinner?

Uh, uh--

Yes, dinner.

There's literally, like, 15 peppers.

- I know. Well--

I'm just not gonna be able to

eat it if they're on the side.

I know.

You asked for them

without peppers?

I did, but they never-- I'm not

gonna use this place anymore.

- There's a big red one right there.

- That's okay.

So, John,

I have to apologize to you.

What?

You came in

and I-I sat you down,

and I just started blabbing

all about my life.

I get overly excited sometimes,

and I apologize.

I honestly am curious

to hear about you...

and, you know,

just want to-- want to hear more about your life.

Well, uh, let's see.

I'm-I'm an editor.

I do freelance

editing work. Um--

I like to go to the movies.

I've got a pretty good DVD collection.

I mean, what--

what else do you

want to know?

I don't want to know

what you do.

I want to know what you are.

Who you are.

That's more what I'm--

what I'm interested in.

Are we really gonna-- You want me to?

Okay. I'm, uh-- I'm--

I'm divorced.

I got divorced, like,

seven years ago.

And it wasn't my idea.

It was--

You know, I got left.

Uh, I was kind of digging

myself into a hole with my life,

and my wife at the time

was not happy with it.

Told me so. Said to work it out.

I didn't work it out.

I ran away from her

emotionally...

and made a huge mistake...

and have been in kind of a dark,

existential place, to tell you the truth.

And then I met your mom

at a party,

and, I don't know.

Seems like things are looking up

for the first time in a long time.

That's--

Wow.

You asked. That's where I'm at.

Wow. Wow.

I like your style, John.

To John-- Our new friend.

You seem like a good man.

That was a lot

of information.

So, uh, are you gonna

stay the night?

Maybe we should ask

your mom. I don't know.

Um, I think that's

between me and John.

Fair enough.

I was just messing around. It's not,

uh-- It's none of my business.

It's valid. It's valid. If I was in your position,

I'd probably be a little--

I mean-- Molly?

Seriously, don't f*** my mom.

I'm just kidding.

I'm just joking around. Sorry. No.

Cy!

I know. I--

I'm sorry. Uh--

that's my attempt

at humor, John.

Okay.

That's, uh, just--

Enough said.

We did have sex.

I mean, if you want to be adults about it,

we did. That's--

I'm sorry if that's

weird or whatever,

but I'm not gonna sit here

and pretend like we didn't.

We met at a party and-- That's

not appropriate to talk about here.

Okay. I mean, I don't want to disrespect

you by treating you like a child or whatever.

You seem like you want to be

treated like an adult, and--

That's just it. That's--

That happened, so--

That's--

I accept that information.

- Hey, John?

- Hey.

I just want to say I thought

it was really great...

what you did at dinner,

opening up to me like that.

And I know it was weird,

but I thought it was great.

Thanks.

And it's great to finally

have a new dad.

You got to get used

to my weird sense of humor.

But I really thought that was-- that

was a great thing that you did.

Actually, your mom's

in the shower.

# # The king

falls off the throne # #

# # The king falls off

of the throne # #

Hi.

Hi.

- Night, John.

- Good night, Cyrus.

- Night, Molly.

- Good night, Cyrus.

Good shower?

Yeah.

Yeah?

You know, there's something that I've

been thinking about in the shower. And I--

I really appreciated what you were expressing

in the kitchen and throughout dinner.

And I've-- I--

I feel a little, um--

I guess a little embarrassed

and just a little, uh--

It's not even that.

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