When Freya met Aiden

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Freya Edwards was having a drive around Mankato, parked up and was looking around the churches. She spent a few happy hours doing that, then went to find a hotel. She walked into this particular one, booked in and went to the restaurant for some food. Well, she was gob-smacked, there was a man sitting having lunch and he was the spitting image of Aiden, but he was wearing a blue bow tie, and she'd never seen Aiden in a bow tie. She walked over and said,"Excuse me, I know you've most probably heard this hundreds of times, but you're the spitting image of Aiden Ross." "Yep , if I had a dollar for every time somebody said that, I'd be rich, I can see you're a fan," he said as he pointed at her t-shirt,"Oh yes, I love him ,he's awesome," "Well sorry to disappoint you, not being Aiden." "You don't have to apologize for not being Aiden, I didn't expect him to be in a hotel really, not with his family home being in Mankato."

The restaurant was practically empty, but the man asked if she would care to join him, as they were both eating alone, and she was a stranger in town so, Freya sat down and he introduced himself, "Hi, I'm Henry Brown, native of this town." "Pleased to meet you Henry Brown, I'm Freya Edwards from North Wales UK." "I was trying to figure out what accent that was, wasn't expecting Welsh" "Well your obviously from here, you even sound like Aiden." "Can you recognize his voice that easily?" "Well, I listen to it every day, talking, singing and when he does his Beat boxing, I'm in heaven." "Yeah, he's a very popular young man, is that why your here, seeing if you can 'bump' into Aiden?" "No, he's not supposed to be here, he's on tour, and doing some recording in Nashville, I'm over here on holiday, booked tickets for a few shows, well quite a few shows actually, including the one here at Christmas, so I thought I'd take a look around while I know he's not here, I'd be so lost for words and I wouldn't know what to do, I'd be so embarrassed." "He's very nice, he wouldn't bite you, you know" "I know, but when you meet your man crush, well, reason goes out the window".

They carry on talking about all sorts of things. They heard a noise behind them, Henry looked up, and he looked a bit mad, "Won't be a minute, my brother wants me, and if he comes and sits down, I'll never get rid of him." "His name's not Ashley, is it?" Laughing he replied, "No thank the lord, it's Bert, short for Herbert." He went out and disappeared round the corner. He was gone for about 5 minutes. "Sorry about that, I'll see him tomorrow." So they carried on talking, had lunch and when it was finished, Freya said, "Well, Thank you for such pleasant company, I'd better let you get on with whatever you do." "Oh, you can't go yet, I've got a day off, and I was thinking of taking you on a guided tour of our town, show you all the relevant places, regarding Aiden." "Oh, that sounds very interesting, are you sure it wouldn't be any trouble, I'd hate to bore you, talking about Aiden." "No trouble at all, I wouldn't have offered if I didn't want to do it." They went out to Henry's car, and Freya had to go back in, because she left her handbag by the table, also she wanted to text her solicitor with the car registration number and Henry Browns name, better safe than sorry. Freya was not usually the type to go off with a complete stranger, but he seemed so genuinely nice and there was something about him that was really bugging her. 

Well, they saw Aiden's old school, high school, church, where he went bowling. Everything Freya wanted to know about Aiden, he told her and more. Then he said, "Do you trust me enough, to go for a ride into the country and show you some of Aiden's special places that no other fans know about?" "Oh, yes when I went to get my handbag, I texted your name and Registration number to my solicitor, so he knows exactly who I'm with." "Who are you? PI or police or is it MI5 over in England?" "None, I'm just a very careful lady and I'm not THAT type of girl." "Ok, that's me told, do you still want to go?" "Yes, I trust you, there's something about you that intrigues me." So off they went, they were talking like they'd known each other for years. They drove for miles, then he turns off the road and pulled into a clearing. 'Henry' got out of the jeep and opened the door for Freya. "It's nice to meet a gentleman, you don't get many." "I was brought up properly to be nice and polite to ladies, hold doors open, be respectful to the older generation and generally be an all-round nice guy." "Well your parents definitely raised you properly, you're a credit to them." "Follow me, you're in for a surprise."