Anonymous | Magic Mike

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Gia started doing some weight lifting with Ross, while Harry kept exercising on his own.

And after two hours, Harry could literally not take it anymore, so he left earlier than the others, saying to Daniel, Peter and Mark, who were training together, that he had business to take care of at the theatre.

But obviously, Gia heard him, and was as surprised as the guys, who suddenly didn't recognise Harry anymore.

"What's wrong man?" said Peter, one of his closest friends.

"Yeah, what's up? is it because of the new girl there?" added Mark, who had probably already understood everything more than Harry himself did.

But he refused to even think about something like that, he was so angry at himself that he hated what he said, the way he handled the situation, and just wanted things to return as they were the morning...

Everything was hurting his mind so bad he could hardly keep the count of exercises in his fucking noisy and pulsing head. And yet, he replied coldly to the others.

"I'm serious, I have things to do that I forgot"

"So it's not about that?" remarked Peter, this time, clearly pointing his eyes towards Gia, who was talking to Ross in that precise moment.

Harry rolled his eyes, almost disgusted. He had always been quite close to Ross, having known him for six years now.

And yet, now that Gia had entered his life, he had started looking like a villain into his life. The villain of a story he had just stopped. Possibly forever.

"Nah, man. I don't really care. Anyway, see ya tomorrow" Harry said, before leaving.

He resisted to the temptation and didn't look back like he had been dying to do...

In the meanwhile, Gia was really enjoying getting to know Ross. He used to do some dancings with the guys in his routine, sometimes the water duet, and the four piece, which he claimed to be his specialty.

He was being so genuinely funny that it was hard to tell the difference between his flirty manners and just his pure self.

"So what did the boss tell you to do?" said Ross interested.

"I started today for the duet piece... but didn't you get girls from the public to do the four people thing?"

"Usually yeah, but now that we have such lovely dancers with us, why not try something different, I think we could elevate it a bit, you know?"

"Yeah sure, I mean, we could rehearse it after this"

"You mean today! Nah woman, you crazy, these weights will kill you!"

"C'mon! It's already Tuesday... and I need someone to show me all the routines"

"Fine fine, we will go back to the theatre"

"I already love you!" said Gia cheerful. Finally able to recognise how Harry had changed his outgoing and extroverted attitude. Now, with Ross as a colleague, she felt more free, she felt like herself again.

Things were so smooth and easy with him, there was no provocation, there was no constant tease... they were just both so similar.

So physical, and yet, so light and joyful with one another. And also, Ross was much more communicative than Harry...

After thirty minutes, they were both exhausted, and decided to leave with the others, all together, how it should have been done. Unlike Harry, who apparently decided to organise the whole thing so that Gia could bond with the crew by herself, and then leave without even say a word to her.