When Freya met Aiden

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"I love you too uncle Aiden and you aunty Freya" and she kissed Aiden's cheek and snuggled into his neck and started to cry. "Hey don't cry sweetie or you'll have me crying as well, and I look ugly when I cry, I get big red puffy eyes and I go all blotchy all over my face, and I won't be pretty like your doll like that will I?" He had tears in his eyes, and a couple ran down his face and landed on Anna's arm. Anna lifted her head and looked at him. "Don't cry uncle Aiden, look I've stopped now." She gave a little sniff and smiled a teary smile at him. Freya sniffed and turned away looking for a hankie. Gladys gave her one saying "Is your Hay fever playing up again Freya?" "Yes Gladys, it is." Freya blew her nose and said "I got a little present for you Anna." Aiden looked puzzled as they hadn't bought anything for Anna. Freya went into a bag she had with her and fetched out a Teddy Bear, he was wearing a T-shirt with a picture of Aiden on it. "This Teddy has come all the way from Wales where I live, I used to cuddle him and pretend I was cuddling uncle Aiden, but now I can cuddle Aiden anytime I want to, so I thought you might like him, bet you can't guess what he's called?" "I bet he's called 'Aiden', he's pretty just like uncle Aiden and I can keep him for ever so I can hug him and pretend it's uncle Aiden?" "Yes darling you can, for ever." She reached for Freya and Freya took her off Aiden and hugged her and kissed her cheek, and she hugged and kissed Freya the same.

 "I've given your mommy my phone number, so you can call us if you need anything Anna" said Aiden. "That goes for you as well Paula, don't forget we're only a phone call away, so if you need anything just call" Freya said "well I'll be calling you, but it won't be because I need anything, it will be because I just want to chat." "You can both call anytime we'll miss you both, we'll miss you as well Bill. I'm glad you two found each other, you're perfect together" and Freya hugged him and kissed him on the cheek. "We'll miss you as well, these last few days have been like a roller coaster ride, and it all started with you two, is it like this everywhere you go?" "No thank god, I don't think I'd be able to cope, it was never like this before I met my little minx, but I'm glad it's happened this time, apart from the horrible start I've loved it, I've adopted myself a new mom, Freya's get a new dad and we've got two nieces. We've also made lots of new friends. So we'll be back to see you all really soon." Said Aiden. "Well we'd better make a start, otherwise we'll be saying goodbye all day" said Bill. Freya put Anna down and they walked to the car, she was holding the couples hands so tightly they thought she'd never let go. It was more hugs and kisses all round, Anna even got one from 'uncle Charles', but she had to have one last big hug and kiss from Aiden. She sniffed Aiden and then her bear, "Uncle Aiden? my bear smells just like you, Mmm nice." Aiden looked at Freya. "Ok, I'll own up, I put some of uncle Aiden's aftershave on him." "Thank you aunty Freya, he even smells like uncle Aiden now" and she hugged her bear tight. "Right everybody, in the car." Anna insisted that Aiden put her in, he did and kissed her cheek, she held up her bear and he had to kiss the bear as well. "Right we're off" said Bill and they slowly left the car park, Anna and her teddy waving like mad.

 Aiden hugged Freya so tightly, "Are you alright darling?" "Yes, it's just that I'll miss her, I won't have an excuse for falling asleep now, I could always blame Anna if I needed a snooze." "Well you could always snuggle up to me, I need snoozes to you know?" "Fancy a snooze then?" "After, we've got to see who's going and when." "Well, I suppose all the family are coming to London with us, I don't know about Karan. Then there's the parents and Charles, they are supposed to be going back today, but Charles and Jed are quite happy talking to Rolf and Gladys has gone to join them." They went back into the lounge, everybody was sitting around. "Right what is everybody doing? We'll be setting off for London soon, but we don't know about you lot" Freya said.  "Well we're all heading for London, I'll be leaving tomorrow to go and do my little job, so Georgie's traveling with me, the family have hired cars, so they're all right, I just don't know about Charles, Jed and Gladys" said Karan. They sat down to have a coffee and Allaya was sitting on Kaye's knee, but she kept giving Aiden cheeky little smiles and looks. Aiden smiled and waved at her, that was all the encouragement she needed, she wriggled off her mum's knee and toddled over to Aiden. She held her hands up so Aiden picked her up and sat her on his knee. "Hello darling, do you want anything?" Asked Aiden. She shook her head and just snuggled up in his arms. "You must be the biggest snuggle monster going, everybody wants to snuggle and cuddle you." "Even you?" "Of course, I want to snuggle and cuddle you all the time, but you'll have to wait till we get to the other hotel now." "Can I have a little cuddle to keep me going?" "When your arms are free, but somebody's taken my place at the moment, you're actually highly honored, Allaya doesn't take to everybody straight away, so this is a first." "Well I can't help being so lovable can I?" And he fluttered his eyelashes at her.