Dagney had met with Mere on Thursday and gotten her schedule all set up. She had gotten dressed for her show, She was wearing a lingerie set that almost matched her hair, her hair that night was mostly blondish white dreads with red and black running through it. She tried to keep her hair and outfits matching. She had already stripped out of the top layer of clothes on the stage and they lay discarded back towards the curtain while she worked the pole. Some strippers were more into the dancing she was very agile on the pole. showing off strength and sensuality. She twirled around the pole, climbing to the top before tightening her thighs around it and bending backwards, grasping it with one hand below her head while she let go with one of her legs stretching her leg down in an almost parallel line to her body.
Ben, meanwhile, was just sitting there, watching her, and silently reminding himself to pledge his undying love and devotion to Meredith for finding THIS one. He watched her with intense eyes, barely blinking as he watched her. Seriously: this one? Was gonna bring in BIG bank.
She lowered herself down to the stage hands hitting the stage as she let her legs move down into a split as she did a handstand before putting her feet on the floor directly in front of her. She flipped her hair as she stood and swayed her hips from side to side, looking back towards the crowd over her shoulder.
Oh, how Ben loved a woman who could do a split. Sure, he was the owner and technically paid her checks to begin with... but this kind of effort? Deserved to be rewarded. Hell... maybe it would encourage the other girls to work harder. He walked to the stage, and placed two hundred dollar bills into her tip glass.
She danced to the finish of the song, twirling around the pole, her legs hooking on it just at the right moments, her body a sensual line as she moved. When the song was over she blew a kiss to the crowd before picking up her tip glass and walking to the back.
Ben just walked on back, as really... what girl working there had anything physical to hide from him at this point? He looked her over and whistled loudly, clapping a few times. "YOU, my dear, were fantastic out there."
She was drinking out of her water bottle, and looked over towards the whistle as she capped her bottle. "Thanks," she said with a wide grin. "I'm Dagney... I'm assuming since you're back here... you're probably someone that works here... or God what did Mere say his name was... Oh Ben?" She asked as she held her hand out towards him.
"Benjamin Bale, at your service." He smiled, shaking her hand. "Dagney, is it? You're truly a pleasure to watch. Welcome to Saints & Sinners. Anything I can do to make things easier for you... let me know."
"Yeah, Dagney... my Mom was odd... you can call me D or Dag if you want to shorten it..." She smiled. "Well I'm already loving it here so much better than the last place," she said with a wide smile and a shrug. "I don't stand out like a sore thumb... do sore thumbs actually stick out?"
"No, they really don't." He smirked, finding her fairly adorable, as well as attractive. "And Dagney is a fine name. And believe me... looking like that, I'm sure you'll manage to distract Meredith and my wife enough to cost them hours of productive work with their band."
She looked down at herself and pursed her lips shrugging. "I'm alright. I'm more of a dancer than a looker..." she said shrugging. She was more modest than most people would assume just looking at her. "But aaaaany who." she said as she said with a grin. "Its nice to meet you since I'm working for you. So makes sense to know who will be yelling at me." she teased
"Well... I tend to take good care of my girls. VERY good care." Yep. Let her take that ANY way she wanted. God, what a perv.
She couldn't help the small smirk that spread across her lips as she snickered. "Sorry. I'm kinda a pervert sometimes." she said as she laughed. "My mind sooooo went directly to the gutter, do not pass go, do not collect two hundred dollars."
"Then you'll fit in JUST fine. Let's just say that... while I certainly would never pressure anyone into anything, my girls and I tend to enjoy.... getting to know one another, usually. Sometimes with my wife's help."
Her brow arched at that. "Well that's certainly a new one for me." she said with a small laugh. "Sorry, I get hit on, but I don't think I've ever had a guy tell me that his wife would be up for play with me too."
"We're both... pretty deviant. To put it mildly. But seriously... its an option, but nothing I'd ever make any of you feel obligated to do. I truly care about everyone who works for me." He did, too. He was a perv, and a jackass at times... but Ben was a good boss.
She smiled. "Oh, believe me, I won't do anything just because I feel obligated... do you think I'd wear my hair like this if I was the follow the leader type? Or actually pole dance not just do the got bad for teacher routine that almost every stripper at a lot of clubs do? Nope. So If I did take you up on your offer..." she said stepping forward until there were just a few inches between them. She walked her fingers up his chest. "It wouldn't be because of obligation..." she said as she lifted her eyes to look at him.
"Well. Good to know, there." He said, making a mental note to happily tell Skylar that he seemed to have another one who would gladly play with them. It was good to be the king, hm?
She smiled coyly before turning around and walking back towards where she had sat her bottle of water. "I'm glad to know that coming here won't be completely mundane." she said smiling.
"Never." He laughed, giving her behind a good ogling as she walked back to her seat. "You really ARE a gorgeous young thing..."
She looked back over at him. "I'm not as young as you'd think..." she said shaking her head. "But thank you... you're not bad looking either,"
"I'm really not, hm?" Ah, and SUCH a modest sort, Ben was. "Have you met my wife? You want to talk sexy... Jesus CHRIST." And from the proud look on his face? Man knew he had a keeper.
She shook her head. "Not that I know of..." she said shrugging. "But I've only been in LA for like three months." she said shrugging. "And this is my first night dancing here..."
"In a totally non-flirty way... if there's anything I can do to make things around here easier for you, let me know. I try to help the people I know work hard for me." God knew some of his employees made more than people with "real" jobs...
She smiled and scrunched her nose. "Thanks, Ben. I'll let you know if I need anything, babe. I'm pretty self sufficient." she said as she leaned against the wall.
"Please do. And also..." he scribbled his private cell phone number down onto a napkin, handing it to her. "If there's anything you ever need, whether professional or personal, call me anytime."
She accepted it from him and looked at him before nodding. "I'll definitely keep that in mind... Being new in a big city can be a little overwhelming... I mean I've got my best friend and everything, but there's only so many hours of the day that she can be around."