When Freya met Aiden

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"Yuck!!! sorry ladies and gentlemen, and especially children, you might see a lot of that, they're always kissing and cuddling" said Matt. A load of fans shouted at Matt for saying that, one of them said "leave them alone, it's nice seeing Aiden and his fiancée happy and so in love, your solo was beautiful Aiden and I noticed when you sang 'how great thou art' you put your hand on your heart when you sang 'it is well with my soul' and looked straight at Freya, it was very emotional" "I know I cried, he's always doing things like that, I don't mean making me cry, he's sweet and a big softy" and Freya winked at the lady and gave Aiden a kiss on the cheek. "See what I mean?" said Matt, but most people just laughed. It took quite a long time getting through the queue. Some of the last ones were Betty, Rose and Carlo "oh I'm glad to see you I thought you'd gone home" "no it's just the queue, it was enormous, but it's worth the wait for my mom to say 'hi' to the guys and get her t-shirt and picture signed" "so you're the lovely Betty's mom, pleased to meet you" said Aiden and he shook her hand, "and this is Carlo, my boyfriend and it's all thanks to Freya" said Betty. Aiden looked at Freya, puzzled "I'll tell you all about it after" then she whispered in Aiden's ear, he nodded and smiled and stood up and got into a huddle with the rest of the guys, Regan said "that sounds great, and I'm starving" the others said the same thing, so Aiden whispered in Freya's ear "right, I'll just make a quick phone call" Betty, Rose and Carlo were heading out, but Freya called them over to her "right Carlo, is the restaurant open, and what time does it stay open 'til?" "Yes it's open, we have a license 'til two, but if it's a private party and no money is changing hands, we close when everybody's gone home, why?" "Well we're all coming over after it's all finished, come backstage with me and we'll see everybody else" Carlo looked stunned "all of them?" "Yes all of them, and the crew, but they won't finish when the guys do, they're taking the stage and everything down as we speak."

They all went backstage and Freya went over to Soma, Jana, Amber and Kayleigh, and asked if they liked Italian food, because the guys were thinking of going to an Italian restaurant after "do they do other food or is it all Italian, I like some but not all?" Said Jana. Freya called Carlo over "I'll leave you in Carlo's capable hands, he'll tell you everything." Freya went and saw the rest and asked them the same thing, "sounds great" said Lianne and the others said the same thing. "Is everything ok Jana?" "Yes, sounds delicious" said Jana "when you've finished here that horrible lot over there would like a word, Carlo, I'm going back to Aiden." Freya went back to the guys "where have you been?" said Aiden "talking about your favorite subject" he whispered in her ear "what, red hot sex?" "No, food" "that's not my favorite subject" "well you could have fooled me, You're always hungry" "well I need food, but I need and want red hot sex" "well you can have some red hot sex later, but we're going to the restaurant first, if you're still ok with that?" "Yes I'm still ok with it, told you I need food, how do you know about Carlo's?" "I went for a walk earlier and met Betty and Rose, and I needed coffee and something to eat and Betty suggested Carlo's, so we went there and the food was delicious, so I thought 'why not go after the show if everyone else was OK with it', I didn't want to tread on anyone's toes if you had somewhere else planned" "well the guys liked the sound of it and so do I, and I take it everyone else backstage is ok with it?" "Yes, they're all fine, in fact Charles and Rowena have been there before, and said the food is delicious" "right when all the fans have gone, we can get food" "do you stay 'til every fan has left the building?" "It depends, some hang around, but we slip away when we can, without offending anybody. When everybody's finished here we'll go backstage see Sandy and Annette let them have photos and sign things for them and hang around with them for a while, that's why they're always excited about winning the backstage pass, they get to hang around with us, they'll be talking to our partners and everybody else there at the moment, but then we walk in and they're excited, after a bit we can go, they won't mind me going, it's Ray and Charlie they fancy, so we'll go first to go to the restaurant and sort things out for when the rest of the guys come." The guys finished signing and talking to the fans and said 'good night' to the ones still there and they all went backstage. Sandy and Annette made a beeline for Ray and Charlie, and they went to talk to everybody else "right, when I've done the photos with the ladies we're going on a head to the restaurant, did Carlo tell you where it is? I'm ok for finding it, I'm going with the 'camera'" "yes, we know where it is, and Charles and Rowena have been before, and they've been making us really hungry telling us about the gorgeous food you get there" said Kayleigh "I must admit I love Italian food, especially really good proper authentic Italian meat balls" Freya said "so you should, remember Jack?" Said Charles "oh god, I could never forget Jack" Freya said "who's Jack and why could you never forget him?" Asked Aiden and he didn't look to happy. "Because he was a foreign agent, a good guy but he fell in love with Freya, he was like a love sick puppy, his brother was married to a beautiful Italian lady and they owned a restaurant, and Jack called in one day on the way home and he had take away with him, Freya said 'something smells gorgeous' and he offered to share, so the three of us sat in my office eating meatballs and spaghetti, and making a right mess, but it was fun, Freya thanked him and gave him a hug, well that was it he was always fetching tit bits in, either food or chocolates, then one day he came in with a dozen long stemmed red roses and told Freya he was falling in love with her, and asked if she would go out on a date with him, a proper one just the two of them" said Charles "well did you go out with him?" Asked Aiden "no, I liked him as a friend, like I like the guys and Charles here, but I didn't fancy him and I definitely didn't love him, I let him down as gently as I could, he tried a few more times, but he eventually got the message, and he's happily married to an Italian lady now, who loves cooking for him and he has three children" Freya said, "he's got five children now, they had twins not long after your husband died, a boy and a girl, they called the little girl Freya after you" said Rowena "so he was romancing you, while you were still married, why didn't you tell him to piss off as you were married?" Said Aiden "because I didn't realize he was romancing me, we were never alone, there was always at least two other people with me when he came into the Embassy, and I never saw him outside the Embassy, so I didn't realize that's what he was doing, I just thought he liked all our company, not that he was falling for me, otherwise I would have told him, I never lead him on so I truly didn't realize what was happening."

"You can't blame Freya, Aiden. She doesn't realize that men fall for her, be fair she told you not to be silly, but she loves you so she let you in, nobody usually gets past Freya's barriers, you're one very lucky man Aiden, you've achieved something that people didn't think was possible, you've broken down Freya's barriers, and she loves you with all her heart, so don't judge her on her past, she never wanted it" said Charles "oh God, don't think I'm judging Freya, I was just asking, I mean Freya's a very intelligent woman, but she doesn't know when somebody's falling in love with her?" "I don't realize men are really falling for me, because since I was sixteen years old I was told by my husband I was ugly, stupid, and that nobody else would want me , and if any man did say that he wanted me or loved me, he'd just be making fun of me, and if he did want to have sex with me, it would be for a bet, he used to say that he was only with me because he pitted me knowing I was so ugly and unlovable and I should be thankful and grateful that he was willing to have sex with me" Aiden went down on his knees in front of Freya "well I love you with all my heart, and I'm NOT making fun of you, and I don't make love to you for a bet, and I think you're beautiful" and he took her in his arms and kissed her and whispered in her ear "and if we were alone I'd make love to you, right now" and he kissed her again. Lianne, Krysta and Pearl came by Freya and Lianne said "why didn't you leave him mum, if Aiden can fall in love with you, you could have had the pick of the bunch?" Kayleigh said "can I say something?" "Yes, of course you can" Freya said "well you know I'm a councilor, I deal with people who have been mentally and phycological abused and I don't think your mom could leave him, she'd been brainwashed into believing everything your dad told her, so as far as she was concerned, she was unlovable and ugly and nobody else would want her, so she stayed because she didn't have anywhere else to go." Aiden was holding Freya really tight as he said "is that true, you really think your ugly and unlovable, even now?" "No not now, because I know you love me, but I did spend nearly all my adult life being told that, that's why I had barriers up, so nobody could lie to me and tell me they loved me, when they didn't really, I think that's one of the reasons I didn't go to your mom's that first night, because you said you loved me after a few hours and at the back of my mind, I could hear my husband's voice saying 'he's lying, why would someone who could have the pick of hundreds of women, want an ugly old bag like you, you must be mental to think he really wants somebody like you, I bet the guys bet him he couldn't find a really ugly woman and have sex with her'" and she cried in Aiden's arms.