Alden
He walked Rory up to her door, feeling unusually nervous. His earlier conversation with Bjorn had been pushed to the side while they"d had dinner, mostly because Alden hadn"t wanted to risk Rory agreeing to it just because she thought that she should. Even if he"d sold the evening to Rory on the basis of making a plan, he"d actually hoped that it would provide Rory with the female friend that she didn"t seem to have. As well as hopefully gaining her some answers she didn"t know she needed. From the way the two women had been talking during dinner, he"d achieved at least one of his aims.
"I had a nice time tonight, thank you for introducing me to them," Rory said, turning to face him once they"d reached her door.
"Good," he replied, brushing a stray strand of dark hair back from Ro
