When Freya met Aiden

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"Right I've put the bug back, god he might be the Big Man around here, but he's a rotten spy, my granddaughter could have done it better." "What made you suspicious Freya?" "His body language was all wrong for him, and when he sat down he was pretending to brush something off his trousers. He was like a beginner and what I want to know is, why he feels the need to listen in to my conversations, I mean I don't think I've dropped my guard with him, so why is he curious about me? It's worrying. I'll have to get on to Charles as well, find out what I can do about the offer of a plane ride, I don't know whether I'd be compromised or not. I mean I'd have no reason to refuse if I didn't know about him, but I do, but if I refuse he'll get suspicious, he's a pain in the ass Ma and I could gladly kill him at this precise moment." "You're not allowed to kill anybody Mrs Edwards." "I'd love to know how you manage to creep up on me, considering you're a big guy." "I've always been light on my feet, all the better for sneaking out of the house late at night" said Aiden. "Naughty boy sneaking out at night, are you always so naughty?" "Yes and I'll show you how naughty I can be later on" and he kissed Freya. "Well I'm going to get on to Charles and see what he says about the offer of a plane ride." "I think he'll say take him up on his offer, so as not to make him suspicious, and he's not going to be on the plane with you, is he?" said Ma. Freya was on the phone about a minute, "That was quick" said Aiden. "He's coming here, and he's about five minutes away" Freya said. 

They were sitting there when Charles knocked and came in, "Hello, look before we start talking can I order some food please, I'm starving" said Charles. "No, come in here and close the door" said Ma. Charles came in looking puzzled "What have you done Freya?" "I haven't done anything, But I had a visitor earlier on GWS, he hasn't finished his business here yet, so he thought he'd see what all the excitement was, and make sure I was alright. He brought some flowers for Karan, he couldn't deliver them to her because he didn't know where she was, which was an obvious lie he knows everything that's going on. The reason I called you though is a bit tricky, he asked where we were going next and we told him......" "Then I opened my big gob and told him we'd have to fly there, or we'd never get there on time, so he's offered us the use of his private jet. I'm an idiot!!!" said Aiden. "No your not, you didn't know he'd do that. Tell him Charles, he's not an idiot." "You're not an idiot Aiden, well it will save using the government jet, always a good thing." "So you're saying we should take him up on his kind offer?" "Yes I am, because if you say 'no', he'll become suspicious of you, and it's safer for you if he still thinks of you as my 'ex secretary', not an 'ex agent', so go for it, and enjoy the ride. He's got the top of the range jet, even got a bedroom on it, you could join the mile high club in style, and everything else will be top class, only the very best for GWS." "Well, I'll get in touch with the pilot then and tell him when to expect us, and we've already joined the mile high club, we joined on the plane coming over to Canada, so we won't be using his bed. We'll also be taking our own food and drink with us, I don't trust him." "Why don't you trust him?" Asked Charles. "Because before he left he put a bug under the table, and I'm wondering why he wants to listen to our conversations, so he could get his staff to put anything into the food and drink, and find out anything he wants from me, but I've got the perfect excuse to take our own things with us, AIDEN" "Why me?!!!" "Because your a musician, with your own set of demands, only eating and drinking certain things, and you have to take them with you, if you can't have the bands cook with you, perfect cover." 

"Are you over thinking things Freya? it might be all innocent." "OK, why the bug then? if I'm going on his plane I'm not taking any chances, so no matter what delicious thing they offer you, you say 'no', and only eat and drink what we've taken with us, OK?" "Yes boss" said Aiden saluting. "Right, can we go and eat now? I'm starving, and I promise I'll be very careful as to what I say." "Yes, but Aiden and I will go and sit back down first, then give us five minutes and greet us and join us. Then I can tell you all about Garth's generous offer." "OK boss" and he saluted like Aiden. "You two are getting as bad as each other, I don't know who's corrupting who?" Freya said. "It's Charles, I was sweet and innocent till I got involved with you lot, spy's and guns, and all sorts of unsavory characters. I'm a good boy I am" said Aiden. "You are though aren't you? what have I done to you, getting you involved with all this?" Freya said. "You've made me the happiest man on earth. I might not have had to put up with spy's and things, but I had to put up with that bastard didn't I? for twenty years.So all you've done is make me happy, and because of you I've made some fantastic friends, I've got a new mom, I've also got Ma, we've got two nieces and I now belong to a very loving family, even if they do tease me now and again, so I'm glad you found me, and then saved me" and he took Freya in his arms and kissed her passionately, making her toes curl. Ma looked at the couple,  "Look you two, you need to relax and wind down before you get on that plane, go to bed for an hour and come down when you're ready, Charles and I will go and have something to eat and we'll talk away quite happily, so go, you know where it is." "But Ma, we haven't got time, we need to sort things out, pack food and drink to take with us" Freya said. "Well, if you don't stand around arguing you'll have time, so bugger off, and no arguments."