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She held the bottle of water out to him and he locked eyes with her. He smiled briefly.
"Thanks." He said taking the water from her.
There was a knock on the open door where Vince was standing and they all looked round to see a young man standing there wearing a suit. "Sorry to interrupt, but there's a call for you. It's important."
"Ah, I'm going to have to take this. Er, Aimee these gentleman will look after you until I get back. I won't be long."
"It's no problem." Aimee said.
"Here, sit down." Kevin said, moving across from the seat he was on and letting her have it as he sat down next to Shawn on the bench. "So what are you gonna be doing here?"
"Well I'm going to be working on merchandising. Vince wants to try and get a 'younger feel' on what fans want these days." She said.
"Cool."
"Where are you from?" Shawn asked.
"I'm from Maine."
"Oh, it's nice there." Kevin said. He paused a moment looking at her for a few seconds. "You know, you really look like my sister."
"Oh yeah? Do you have a picture?"
"Not on me. I'll have to get one when we're near home and I'll show you. But it's just uncanny, don't you think Shawn."
Shawn looked up from playing with his watch strap. "I can't really see it myself." He shrugged a little.
"So where are you guys from?" Aimee asked.
"Detroit." Kevin said.
"San Antonio."
Just then, there was another knock at the door. The door was opened before they had a chance to speak as Sean Waltman popped his head round. "Hey guys, Kev, Scott wants to talk to you about tonight."
"Okay." Said the man, getting to his feet. "It was nice meeting you Aimee." Turning back to Sean, he asked, "Have you guys been introduced yet?"
He shook his head no. "I'll be back in a little while to say hi, I just got some stuff to do."
"Okay." She said, smiling. The two men shuffled out the room and Shawn and Aimee were alone. After a moment of silence, she turned back to look at him. "Where did you say you were from?"
"San Antonio."
"I love Texas. Went once when I was a kid with my Grandparents but I'd love to go again."
"Yeah, you should visit the Alamo Dome." He said as he studied a bruise on his arm.
Not sure whether he was bored or not, Aimee carried on anyway. "You ever hear about Ozzy Osbourne and the Alamo?"
He looked up at her. "No."
"I read this interview and he said about how he used to drink all the time. His wife took away all his clothes so he couldn't go out drinking, so he put one of her dresses on. Anyway, when he was out and very drunk, he need to urinate and he happened to see this building and peed on it. Then this big Texan guy came up to him and started yelling at him about his being a hippie and said 'How would you like it if I went to your country and urinated on Buckingham Palace?' and he just said back 'I wouldn't give a shit mate."
Shawn found a smile played across his lips.
Inwardly, Aimee was relieved, she had a feeling that he found her boring. His life was so much more glamorous than hers was. What did they really have in common besides where they worked. But she felt a slight relief now she'd managed to get that smile from him. "I'm sure we'll stop by Texas soon enough, you should go when you get the chance."
The door to the room opened and Vince popped in again. "Sorry about that Aimee. If you're ready, we can carry on."
Standing up she nodded her head. "Sure." She turned to Shawn. "Thanks for keeping me company. I'll see you around."
"Ciao." He replied casually, watching her leave. He decided he needed a shower.