When Freya met Aiden

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"Hello, nice to see here are you excited, I know I am" "why are you excited, you've meet the guys and your engaged to Aiden Ross" said Betty "because this is the first show I've been to, so I've never seen the guys live, so this is a new experience for me as well, CD's and videos are fantastic, but seeing them perform live is a totally different thing" "how did you meet Aiden?" Asked Rose "in the hotel restaurant I was staying at, I went up to him and told him he looked like Aiden Ross, but he said his name was Henry Brown, we spent the day together, and that was that, we fell in love and have been together ever since" "how romantic, like something out of a romantic novel" said Betty "well they say truth can be stranger than fiction" said Carlo "look at me, if you hadn't come into the restaurant with Betty, I wouldn't have had the courage to speak to Betty properly and find out that we both liked each other, and we wouldn't be here tonight as a couple" "oh, are you officially dating now, oh that's wonderful, are you both happy, and what do think Rose?" "I'm so happy for them both, they make a lovely couple, don't they?" "They do Rose, they do" the doors opened and they were all called in to meet the guys. Everybody sat down and Freya sat at the back, the girls had all gone to the front, saving her a seat. The guys were standing at the front, scanning the crowd "what are you doing at the back, come to the front" "I can see you perfectly fine from here" "and I said come down here to the front" everybody turned to look at Freya, so she slowly got up and walked to the front "I'm going to get you for this Mr Ross" Freya whispered to him, as he hugged her "well I may as well be hung for a sheep as a lamb" he turned Freya round and said "everybody meet Freya, my fiancee, I know she's going to kill me for this, but Freya is the love of my life and she's made me so happy, and I love her to death" everybody clapped and Freya blushed like mad "can I sit down now?" "Of course you can, I just thought I'd introduce you"

Freya had to admit they had a whale of a time, once the introductions were made, and the guys sang a song for them that they wouldn't be performing on stage, they all got up and mingled. An awful lot of the younger ladies made a beeline for the guys and especially Aiden, but some of the ladies wanted to talk to Freya, it was a case of twenty questions, 'do you have any children?' 'How many?' 'Any grandchildren?' All sorts of personal questions . One cheeky cow asked her if she was worried, because with her being older than Aiden, that he might dump her for some gorgeous young woman in the future. So Freya told her 'if he ever wanted to leave me, I wouldn't fight him, I wouldn't want to keep him caged up, if he stopped loving me then he could go', then she said, 'mind you I might get fed up of Aiden, and leave him, he's not perfect'. She was shocked, 'you don't mean that, that's what his first wife did, and it nearly broke him', so Freya said 'don't ask such bloody stupid questions then, nobody knows what the future holds' and she walked away and sneaked out of the room. There was a little room and she went inside and shut the door and left the lights off. Freya didn't know whether to laugh or cry. She must have been there a while, because the girls were in the corridor calling her name, Georgie opened the door and put the light on "why are you hiding in here?" "Because I'm going to kill someone, asking me stupid questions and getting me to give a bloody stupid fucking answer, if Aiden hears what I said he's going to think I meant it and I didn't, and I don't know what to do, I've never been in a situation like this before and I fucked up good style. I'm going back to the hotel" "no your not, you stay right here and I'm going to get Aiden" and off she went.

Freya opened the door to sneak off, but the girls were guarding it "I'm just nipping back to the hotel" "no your not, Georgie said to make sure you don't leave" said Lianne, so Freya went and sat inside the room, Aiden came running in "what's been going on, I saw you talking to some ladies, next thing you'd vanished and now Georgie said you're upset, why?" "Because some stupid bitch asked me a stupid question, and I gave her a stupid answer" "right start at the beginning" "when you'd all finished singing to us, we got up and mingled, all the young ladies making a beeline for you and the guys, an awful lot to you, but the older ladies wanted to talk to me, asking me if I had children, grandchildren, how many boys and girls, generally being plain nosey, which I didn't mind, I know what we fans are like, we like to know everything about you all, so I was prepared for that, but one cheeky cow asked what I'd do if in the future, you'd go off me and get together with some gorgeous young woman, so I said if you stopped loving me, I'd let you go I wouldn't want to try and keep you caged up, even though I'd never stop loving you, if you stopped loving me, you could go, but then I said something I didn't mean, I truly didn't mean it, but if you hear what it is, you'll think I meant it and I truly didn't, honestly I didn't, but if you get it in your head you'll start thinking I do mean it and I don't, you know I love you more than anything or anyone else in the world, don't you?" "Of course I do, nothing you can say would ever stop me believing that, I know you love me more than anybody else in the whole world, so what did you say? Tell me" "my exact words were, 'mind you I might get fed up of Aiden, and leave him, he's not perfect', she said that I didn't mean it, because that's what your first wife did, and it nearly broke you, so I told her not to ask such bloody stupid questions, nobody knows what the future holds, but I didn't mean any of it, I truly didn't" "I know you didn't , that was a stupid, horrible question to ask you" "and you truly believe me, when I say I didn't mean it" "yes, I believe you, so don't worry about it, if anything is said I'll just ignore it, but I might give the stupid bitch a piece of my mind, upsetting you like this, I wanted you to really enjoy your first Home Front concert" "I will now, now that you believe me, so don't say anything to her, she's not worth it and it will spoil your image, as the strong silent type" "is that what people think, I'm the strong silent type?" "Yes, but I can understand why you've been like that, if you talked more, you might say something you shouldn't say, and that would have got you into trouble" "you've hit the nail on the head, I said something one day and she beat me when we got home, I was only joking, but apparently someone took it the wrong way and called her an evil cow" "well they weren't lying, were they? she is an evil cow, and I'd love to take that riding crop and beat seven colors of shit out of her" "so are you OK now?" "Yes so long as you ignore anything said to you, because I definitely didn't mean it" "I know you didn't" they were having a kiss and cuddle, when Regan came in "this is where you are, can't you two behave, your like love sick teenagers, the Q&A is starting in five minutes, so you're wanted" Aiden was standing there with his arm around Freya's waist "I know I am" "I meant on stage, not by Freya" "spoil sport, but I'm coming and so is Freya, she's going into the audience with the others" "but I don't need to ask any questions, I can ask you anything, anytime" "well just go with the girls, I want you where I can keep my eye on you, make sure you don't get into trouble" "right let's get going, or we're going to be late" said Regan.