Alice looked down at his hand and then looked up. "Well, to put it plainly." She turned back as her salad was served along with her water. "A circus. I'm one of those trapeze artists. I mean, if that is even worth photographing over a model or an actress."

Miles laughed softly. "Are you kidding me?" he asked. "So much better than snobby actresses!" He watched her for a moment. "But you would be a gorgeous model, so you know." He gave her a smooth grin, then turned his attention to his sandwich.

Alice blinked, and blushed heavily, shrinking behind the clever disguise of eating her salad like a normal person. "So...you want to photograph the show? My boss has been looking for someone to...spread the word." He sipped her water.

Miles grinned around a bite of sandwich and nodded. He swallowed, then said, "Yeah, I'd love to! If that's alright with you."

Alice exhaled and smiled widely with surprise. "Of course!" She said, almost amazed. "I mean, of course it's alright, my boss would love to meet with you. Like...wow."
She didn't know how else to react other then shocked and smile.

Miles smiled at her. "I'm Miles, by the way." He brushed crumbs off his hand on his pants, then held it out to shake hers.

Alice smiled and took his to shake. "Alice." she said with a nod. She licked her lips. "It's nice to meet you."

Miles nodded. "And you as well," he smiled. "Are you traveling with someone?"

Alice nodded. "My older brother, and my boss. A bunch of other clowns. Literally." she laughed a little. "I would stay away from my brother though. He's as highstrung as the tight ropes we walk on."

"Ah, alright then," Miles nodded. He smiled at her, then quickly finished his sandwich. He could hear the workers readying for departure again.

Alice sighed and picked at her salad some more. She wiped her mouth. "Uhm, so. When you want to meet with my boss? It looked like we'll be leaving soon. And to tell you the truth I have a hard time walking when its moving..."

Miles smiled. "I do too," he told her. "How about we meet by the ticket booth, at the next stop, right?"

Alice smiled and nodded. "Alright. that sounds good. I'll have to tell him about you." She finished her water and got to her feet. "I'll see you then." She couldn't stand still it seemed and she bent her legs a little and hopped back up in a smile, keep her hands on the sides of her dress.

Miles grinned and nodded. "Alright," he said. "I'm excited to see your show. Even if your boss doesn't like me, I'll pay to go see it." He stood up. "See you in a little bit." He waved and walked back to his seat.

Alice waved back and turned on her heel walking back to her small cabin. She opened the door and tried to act as casual as possible. But she couldn't help a small smile. Mick barely looked up from his book.
"So, who was he?"
Alice exhaled and scoffed. "Mick! No fair!"
Mick closed his book and sat up in his bed. "Really, who was he?"
Alice sighed and pouted, crossing her arms. "He's a photographer. He's going to take pictures of the show."
Mick misaligned his jaw. "Of course he is. You think for one second that if I was out that and asked him to take pictures of the circus that he would agree?"
Alice opened her mouth a bit to answer. She looked to the side and frowned. "He said his boss wanted something new." she added in a small voice.
Mick sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose. "You think for one second that's really true?"
Alice looked down at her hands. "He's nice."
"They're all nice. Next thing you know you're on your back."
"Mick..." she tried to argue softly.
"I'm just trying to look out for you, Alice. You remember that time I wasn't there."
"Not...all men are like that."
"A helleva lot are, Alice. I don't want you hanging around that man no more."
"That's not up to you. Boss needs to meet him. He's just what we need."

Mick sighed. "Fine. But he doesn't need to see you for that. We take him to the boss and then that's it."
Alice sighed and lay down on her bed. How did he always know?