𝓲𝓷𝓽𝓮𝓻𝓷𝓮𝓽 𝓯𝓪𝓶𝓸𝓾𝓼

Natalia would be lying if she said she wasn’t enjoying the attention this young man was giving her. Right up until she felt his hand rest upon the small of her back. Oh hell no. She reached around and grabbed it, taking it from her body before dropping it back by his side. “Miss out on you?” She comments with a heavy scoff as she gave a ‘is this guy serious?’ look to her friend behind the bar. Then he proceeds to say that line and Natalia’s eyebrows rose in a moment of shock as she let out a breathless laugh. “You think because I am a stripper, I am that easy, hmm? “Fils de pute arrogant…” She muttered before placing a ten-dollar note on the bar. “I’ll get my own drink, thank you… And I suggest you mind yourself with the other dancers because I will throw your ass out of this club if you touch any of them, is that– how do you say it… Crystal clear?”

Natalia rose her eyebrows as he entertained her idea of new things. She was absolutely the type of person who would never say no to a new experience, her motto in life is one of ‘try everything at least once’. She did not think she would ever like gin by just smelling it, but now it was her particular drink of choice. She would have missed out on such a wonderful drink had she been frigged enough to say no. “I am glad I am not the only one who believes so,” she says with a smirk in her thick French accent. “Oh, now, I would never turn down a drink from a handsome young man,” she grinned as she shrugged off her faux fur. “A gin, a touch of soda– S'il vous plaît.”.

Truth be told Nick wasn’t having the best day. Anyone could probably see that. And he really didn’t appreciate the way this guy was talking to him. “Hey, I was doing my fucking job alright. You get jumped by four men and see how you hold up pal.” He winced as he scrunched his face slightly and let out a “fuck!” He breathed a heavy sigh and in a softer voice said, “I’m sorry. Its been a rough night and morning. I’m going to go have a look now. Hopefully they have something to help with my headache too.”

Meeting new people had become a second habit to Alison. When she first started out in her career, she had been very stiff and awkward when it came to meeting people - especially fans. She knew they were excited to meet her, and she too, had been, but she wasn’t very good at meeting new people. But as her career blew up, she met more and more people, she quickly became a pro at being bright and cheery with every person she met.

She truly believed, that you never knew what another person was going through, and for some, this meet and greet would be the best part of their day, week, month, or even year. Alison never wanted to make anyone feel unloved or unwanted by her. So she always worked hard to make sure everyone felt great after one of her meet & greets. 

Alison finished up with the pair of fans that had entered, before returning to Richard, and downing the water bottle in her hand. “I – I love meet and greets.” She said, the meet and greets were exhausting, but worth it. The blonde smiled over at him. “Did you want to get dinner? Or something? I’m starved –,”

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“It’s fine, don’t worry about it.” Tee stood up as well and offered his hand for a shake. “It was nice to meet you, Richard, don’t forget to make an appointment before you leave. Oh, and have a little think about what we talked about today so we can discuss it next time.” All in all, this was a bigger success than he initially thought it would be and he was left feeling quite satisfied. He just hoped the other would keep his word and come the next week.

Tee raised his eyebrows at the…compliment? Was that even a compliment? No one ever mistook him for taking protein powder before; his gangly limbs were usually proof enough that he wasn’t into anything of the sort. “New York’s great nightlife’s kind of wasted on a guy like me; I’m not really into all that”, he admitted with a shrug. He would never fail to see the irony in him living above one of the most popular clubs in New York while having no real interest to visit. Tee needed to be more careful over the details he was giving about himself. “I think we made a lot of progress for our first session. What do you think?” 

Even though he didn’t really get a straight answer for his question, Tee was still satisfied. He knew the probability of getting something concrete was slim but at least Richard would have something to think about once their session was up. He wasn’t going to pressure him about it and besides, their hour was almost up so this wasn’t the right time to try and bring up different aspects. “It’s okay not to have an answer for now. It’s not an easy question and taking your time to think about it is a really good thing. I don’t want to be lame and say I’m going to give you homework but I’d like you to think about it a little before our next session and maybe we can discuss what you’ve come up with next time. What do you think?” Tee could see the way he jumped at the chance of talking about something that didn’t have to do with feelings and bit back a smile. “I wouldn’t say I’m very into working out so I’ll probably pass. You, on the other hand, I don’t think you really need it.” He coughed awkwardly when he realised what he said and gave him a detached smile. “Sorry, that was inappropriate.” 

Tee could barely believe this was the same guy who just a few minutes ago was doing his best to avoid talking about anything. He knew there was still a lot to uncover but this was already so much more progress than he thought they would be doing in their first session. It wasn’t rare for a client to take multiple sessions in order to feel comfortable enough to share anything personal so this was a really good sign. “So if I had to ask you to choose just one part of that routine you could change, which would you choose?” Tee was getting an idea of what his answer would be but it was really important that Rich comes up with the answer himself with just a little prompting from him. Just saying it himself would not have the same effect and his advice would very probably be ignored. The drugs and alcohol were just the tip of the iceberg and the problem ran much deeper than that. Just by the few things Rich told him, Tee suspected there was a problem with building healthy relationships but he couldn’t really say much until he got some more detail from him. “The green smoothies help you with your hangovers?”