When Freya met Aiden

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Poor Ethan looked scared to death. "Right everybody let me introduce you to Ethan Ryles, some of you may know him, his mom Gladys owns the diner a few miles down the road, they do fantastic burgers by the way, well Ethan sings in there a few nights a week, we called in there on our way to the theatre and we heard Ethan singing, he was doing my song 'what's left of my heart' we snuck up behind him and joined in, he nearly had a heart attack, but we thought he was really good, and he deserves to be heard by more people, so Ethan we're asking you to join in with us for a few songs, what do you say?" Said Regan "I don't know what to say, except I haven't got my guitar with me and I need that to sing" he looked relieved at that, but Aiden went off stage and came back with Ethan's guitar "there you go, one guitar, now you don't have any excuses for not singing" said Aiden "but this is my guitar, how did you get my guitar?" "I'm a wizard" said Aiden and laughed and pointed at Gladys "your mom gave it to the ladies earlier on, so what would you like to sing?" "I don't mind, anything you guys don't mind me murdering" Regan said "well let's start with 'what's left of my heart' then do you know 'brother' , 'man of constant sorrow' 'ain't going down till the sun comes up' but if we do the first one and then see how it goes, ok?" "Ok, but I'm scared to death, so I don't know what I'm going to be like" so they started with 'what's left of my heart' slowly at first, but Ethan soon got into it, it's like he blanked everyone out and just sang. He was really good, when he finished everybody gave him a standing ovation, and shouted for more. They did three more songs and when they'd finished, the guys thanked Ethan for singing with them and presented him with the poster, he thought it was fantastic "my god, my name's on a poster with Home Front" and he cried. They looked at Betsy and asked her to come and get Ethan. Ethan was taking his guitar with him, but Ray said "leave it there we want you to come back stage afterwards, so you can pick it up then" so off he went with Betsy, looking bewildered but happy, clutching his poster. "Wasn't he fantastic ladies and gentlemen, I'm sure we'll be hearing a lot more of him in the future " said Matt.

Well the guys finished the show with 'how great thou art' Freya loved that song, and when Aiden does his little bit she melted, because he's started putting his hand on his heart when he sings 'it is well with my soul' and looks straight at her, making her blush like mad. The show was over and everyone had left the building, apart from all who were backstage. They were all with their respective partners and friends dissecting the show, and seeing if they thought it had gone well. Everybody thought it had gone brilliantly and that Ethan was fantastic "I don't know what to say, I thought you'd all gone crazy wanting me on stage with you, but it's something I'll never, ever forget and I've got a signed poster to prove it" "well it's been watched by quite a few thousand people already, and everybody loves it" said Abe "bloody hell, who's done that?" said Ethan "I did, I wanted people to see it and they loved it" said Soma. Poor Ethan looked really tired and drained "I don't know how you guys do this night after night, I'm pooped and I only did four songs, I don't want to leave and go to sleep, I'm afraid I'm going to wake up tomorrow and realize it was all a dream, but I'm going to have to I am really pooped, goodnight everybody and I hope to see you all again soon" "we'll see you before we leave, don't worry it's not a dream" said Charlie. Gladys and Betsy said thank you and goodnight and hugged everybody they could. "Well, that went down well and I think Ethan was a very, very happy bunny" said Regan. Everybody agreed and everyone said that they were the same as Ethan, tired and ready for bed. So they all headed for the hotel. They were walking along and Aiden had his arm around Freya's shoulder and hugging her close "happy darling?" "what do you think, I'm walking with my gorgeous fiancee, the envy of hundreds of women and some men, and he loves me, little old me, so of course I'm happy" "what do you mean men?" "There's some men out there that find you handsome, sexy and fancy you like mad" "I thought the men fancied Matt" "remember Paul that police officer's husband? he fancied you like crazy and there's lots more out there, that fancy you, you sexy hunk, and the night manager that fancied Charlie, just because they're gay doesn't mean they only like the pretty looking men, I mean you think I'm gorgeous and sexy, I bet the other four think you're crazy, I mean they like me and we all love one another like family, but they don't fancy me like you do, well you've just got to look at their wives and girlfriends all different, which is how it's supposed to be, so yes you do have an awful lot of male admirers and they don't just want your talent, they want your body to ravish just like I do."