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There was that grin again, the one that made him feel like this dark-haired fellow actually liked him; Colin couldn't keep an answering curve from his mouth. He wanted to protest that he'd made the offer because he genuinely thought Laz was a decent person and also for a more selfish reason: he missed having a massage therapist on staff! "I'll get you a card from the Theater, got a few in my bag."

Colin's ears went pink and his blush went down his neck like ink, but he did turn back to look Lazarus in the eye. "Ha ha, you're hilarious." Encyclopedia Brown his a**. "Uh, no? Should it? I just...it didn't cross my mind." He might have been kind of pink in the face but he found nothing wrong with 'exotic dancing' or 'stripping' or whatever you wanted to call it. "You've certainly got the build and face for it." Would he ever learn to not say what came to mind? Probably not.

As a matter of fact...it was time for him to stop blushing like a virgin and do what he said he would! "Gimme a sec." Colin rolled up onto his feet and went to dig in his duffle for a card and a pen, so he could write his cell number on it and his name and the best time to hit up Mr. Gerhke, before offering it to his new dance partner. "Christopher Gerhke's the guy you wanna talk to. He's a hard-a**, be respectful, neat and don't call him Chris...you should be okay."

Colin would just smile at his new friend~ beatifically; didn't matter to him that Lazarus had been a stripper - if anything it just kind of made him want to see that. It was interesting.

"Well...some people might need to get their heads out of their asses." Colin shrugged as though it really were as simple as that, "Not their life, not their place to judge." Lazarus' approval pleased him greatly, though he wouldn't have changed anything even if the dark haired man hadn't been part of a profession that some found objectionable. That was just about all he had to say about people that wanted to get their panties in a wad over someone else's life choices. Granted, he sometimes had to catch himself from doing the same thing...but hey, who didn't?

"Maybe I should give it a try, sometime. Could be fun." At the very least Colin made a mental note to check out pole dancing videos on Youtube sometime soon. Especially if doing so gave one an upper body like Lazarus had!

He chuckled a bit, "Definitely do that. I miss having someone on staff...if you want, I'd be happy to introduce you then." Maybe by then he would have found a means of making Gerhke like him! And maybe he would have sprouted wings or won the lottery - either was more likely than befriending Christopher.

Colin didn't get back down onto the floor, instead he played flamingo for a bit, did some side stretches. "So...want any help? Stretching." While they were thinking about their little dance so they weren't just winging it the whole way through. Not that he'd have minded doing it that way; it wasn't quite so hard to swing dance when you weren't the one doing the leading. If they were lucky they'd find it easy to match up their rhythms and things would mesh well..if they weren't?

His toes would probably pay for it. As usual.