"Alright let's get started then" I said to Harry as he stood next to me at the sauce bench putting on his gloves.
"Saucing a pizza looks easy but actually takes a fair bit of practice to get a nice even circle. So you want to do it like this..." I explained while grabbing the sauce spoon and going through the steps really slowly so that he could keep up.
I ended up with an evenly sauced dough base in front of me and then I handed Harry the spoon. He took it awkwardly and just from the way he was holding the spoon I knew this was going to take a few tries.
"Okay so I dip it in the sauce and then...." Harry stopped talking as he tried to spread the sauce around the next dough base.
I bit my lip to stop from laughing but couldn't suppress a small giggle escaping my lips as he tried his hardest to move the sauce around the base.
It was really, really bad.
"Blimey I'm glad this whole YouTube thing worked out because I'm shite at this." He said returning the spoon back to the sauce tub and standing back to compare the bases.
"Harry I believe it's supposed to be a circle, like that one there!" Ethan loudly proclaimed making his way over to us, camera in hand, ready to zoom in on Harry's square looking sauce attempt.
I'll be honest I'm not too sure how he managed to get a square shape on a pizza but that wasn't even the worst of it. There was a big pile of sauce left in the middle of the pizza that Harry had tried and failed to move around.
"I wouldn't eat that if somebody paid me to mate." Ethan said and I saw Harry laugh but I knew he was slightly embarrassed.
"Alright then you give it a try!" Harry said taking Ethan's camera and spinning it around to face him.
"Hailey can you show him what you showed me?" He asked and I smiled before saucing another pizza, my hands slightly shaky from being filmed for who knows how many people to watch.
"Easy!" Ethan said, quickly grabbing the spoon from me and saucing a pizza himself.
I'll be honest, he definitely had more of a natural ability than Harry at saucing. He was much more sure of himself and it showed in the end result.
"There you go!" Ethan said standing back and admiring his work quickly giving Harry a friendly shove.
"Oi Jj get over here and give this a try!" Ethan yelled over to KSI who had only just put on his uniform and was trying to fit his hair under a hat.
He tossed the hat to the side and walked over to inspect what was happening.
"Nah fam I pay people to do this for me" he said, handing me a crisp £20 note with a laugh and picking up Harry's pizza.
"Who the fuck did this?" He said starting to laugh a very loud laugh, his head rolling back and practically screeching.
"Yeah yeah, leave it." Harry said before shutting off the camera and handing it back to Ethan.
"Alright what's next Hailey?" Ethan asked as he pocketed his camera and followed Harry to the makeline with his sauced pizza in hand.
"Well what pizza would you like to make?" I asked grabbing the make ring and placing it over the base.
"I'll do a pepperoni." Ethan replied and I talked him through how to make it while Harry watched over his shoulder.
Ethan was pretty happy with it and proudly placed it in the oven before grabbing Jj and making their way over to the cut bench on the other side of the oven, leaving me with Harry.
"Should I er, should I give it a go then?" He asked hesitantly, his confidence clearly taking a bit of a hit from the saucing.
"Yeah for sure! It's a lot easier than saucing." I replied enthusiastically before fixing the sauce on his pizza base for him.
"Thanks." He grinned sheepishly when I handed it back to him.
"So if I were to make a meat-lover pizza how much of this stuff am I putting on?" He asked reaching out to grab a handful of ham.
I reached into the ham first and grabbed a handful and he followed my lead, bringing out way too much ham in the process.
"Okay um, your hands are a lot bigger than mine..." I said not having noticed just how big they were before.
"So you'll want to put a bit back and then just scatter the rest evenly over the pizza." I finished as I showed him exactly how to do it.
He had such an awkward demeanor about him and he was concentrating so hard that it was actually pretty cute watching him struggle with the toppings and the correct amounts to put on the pizza.
We got to the last topping and he didn't wait for me to show him how much he needed. His hand quickly reached into the cheese at the same time as mine and brushed against it, making me let out the slightest gasp.
Trying to play it off I quickly pulled my hand out and waited for him to finish his pizza before placing it in the oven for him.
"I reckon I'm a pro now. I'll be making everyone's pizzas in no time." He said with a cheeky grin taking his gloves off and chucking them in the bin.
"Oh for sure." I said playing along and tossing my gloves in the bin next to his.
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"How long have you worked here?" He asked me later as we walked around the store together.
"A few years now. I'm in my third year of studying journalism but I needed a bit more money to afford my flat so that's how I ended up here." I replied with a shrug.
"How old are you by the way if you don't mind me asking?" He asked me and I was weirdly happy that he was curious about my boring little life.
"Just turned 23 in March." I replied and asked him the same question in return.
"I'm 24. I probably would have ended up working somewhere like this if YouTube hadn't taken off for me. I never was the studying type." He admitted and I decided not to tell him that neither was I.
I just didn't really have a choice.
"Harry is this your pizza fam?" KSI belted out as he spun the cut blade around like a mad man next to the oven.
He didn't give Harry the chance to answer before he cut the pizza into 8 (uneven) slices and handed it to him.
"Thanks mate." Harry said and gave him a pat on the back.
"Is that us for the night guys? I was told it was only introductions today and we start back tomorrow." Ethan said as he walked towards the bathroom to get changed back into his joggers.
"Yeah I just came for the free food today." KSI replied and followed suit.
Harry turned to me and smiled.
"Thanks for today, I might take a little bit of work but I had a good time."
"Me too." I responded with a grin and took his pizza off him so that he could get changed.
After a few minutes the boys were back in their normal clothes and were saying their goodbyes, apparently having a few more things to film that night for their other YouTube channel, More Sidemen.
Harry came and collected his pizza from me and gave me a quick hug which caught me completely off guard.
I wrapped my arms around him and felt him give me a light squeeze before he pulled away and said goodbye.
"Bye Harry."
And with that he was gone, back into his completely different world, while I still had five hours left of my shift to work.
The night went by much faster than usual though, my mind replaying everything that had happened with the thought of a certain sideman keeping a smile on my lips.
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