When Freya met Aiden

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And then he cried. He had Georgie and Ma cuddling him and generally making a fuss, till he stopped crying. He kissed them both and stood up, "Right can I borrow your bike again Ma? And before you ask I'm not drunk, I wouldn't dream of taking your bike if I was even slightly tipsy." "I know you're not drunk, you'd never get drunk on this stuff, it's 99% alcohol free. I keep a bottle in here for when people are upset, because drinking doesn't help. So yes you can borrow my bike and go back to Freya and fetch them both home safe." "You're sneakier than Freya and that's saying something, but I love you both and you Georgie, and even you Charles and I'm sorry for saying that earlier on, and being rude when I first came in here, as Georgie pointed out I do have manners, but I forgot them." "You're forgiven under the circumstances, but don't do it again" said Charles. Ma handed him his jacket, helmet and keys, "Here you are, where's your leathers?" "Robin's got them, I'll just change and then I'll be off and hope Freya forgives me." "She really loves you, so of course she'll forgive you, you might get a smack round the ear though" said Georgie. "If she did I'll take it, I deserve it, I just hope she doesn't hit to hard," and he went to change his jeans to go back out. "Well I hope that's cleared his head and he's ok now" said Georgie. "I think so, it's a hell of a lot for a civilian to take in, but he's a bright boy, and he realizes that Freya is not a coldblooded killer. But you're really sneaky Charles, not putting Freya's resignation papers in yet, why did you really hold on to them?" Asked Ma. "The reason I gave Aiden, I'll put them in when Freya and Aiden are married, because if for some reason it didn't work out then Freya would need something to take her mind off things, and people who love and care for her around her, because I don't know what she'd do." "Well if I tell you something, will you promise on your honor not to breathe a word to Freya or Aiden?" said Georgie. Both of them promised they wouldn't. "Well we were talking one day, and Freya said she's going to be with Aiden till her dying day, so I asked her if she had a terminal illness, she told me not to be daft but as she's older than Aiden, she's bound to go first, so I said but there's always illness and accidents, and she said well he wouldn't go alone, I'd be right behind him. I told her not to be silly, there's loads of people who love her, and would want her around, and she just said tough, because I'd be going with my Aiden, because all our adventures we do together, even into the great unknown." 

"Well she's never been afraid of death, that much I know, but I never thought she'd even think about suicide." "Well if Aiden was to be taken first, then she'd have to be watched like a hawk then" said Ma. "Shh, Aiden's coming back in" said Charles. "Right I'm off, thanks to the three of you for making me realize how stupid I was being, but I wish you'd hand her resignation papers in Charles, I'm not going anywhere away from Freya, that I can promise you." "OK Aiden I will, now go and get your woman back." He smiled and was gone. The next thing you heard was the bike taking off. "I hope they all come back safely, now I know who's in there with Karan I'm worried, he's killed so many one more wouldn't make a difference to him" said Georgie. "Well with Freya and Ruddy up there, it should all be over soon. How good are Freya's shooting skills Charles?" Asked Ma. "Think about what she's told you and triple it, at least. She's very modest about it, but she always wins the yearly shooting tournament, rifle, hand gun and crossbow, and she's pretty deadly with her knives as well, that's another reason I haven't handed her paperwork in yet, there's a tournament before Christmas and if she's not on the books she can't enter." "She told me she was only learning the crossbow, but she's a dab hand at it?" Said Ma "When she says 'learning'? what she means is learning to hone it to perfection, Freya's a bit of a perfectionist." "Well she's perfect for Aiden then, he's exactly the same with his music, he can be up all night with it. I've had him at my place and he loses track of time, he'll forget to eat, sleep, shower and shave" said Georgie. "I've had Freya at the gun range for hours at a time. One day it was quite funny, she'd been doing target practice and she couldn't find a bullet hole on the target, so it looked like she'd only fired five shots instead of six, she went over everything looking for the bullet, she even had her gun apart in case it was still in the barrel, couldn't find it anywhere. Then one of the tech guys looked really closely at the target, put it under a microscope and found she'd gone through the same hole twice. Her face was a picture, as she said it was pure luck, but what luck." "Well between Ruddy and Freya they'll be alright for snipers then, Ruddy's really good as well, he's a crack shot. Right who wants coffee and something to eat? " Said Ma.