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“... can I join you?” a man asked behind her. She ignored his question but he sat anyway. Brie wasn't at the club or where Padma had seen her. She had walked a little further from the club drowning the music out.

There was a bench a few feet away from a stream and that was where she was seated throwing pebbles into the stream and enjoying the view as well. She was enjoying the silence until she had company.

Can't I ever have some alone time just for a few minutes? she wondered.

“ Hi, I am Aaron Rodgers, and you?” the man asked again after his initial question was ignored.

“ Brie, I'm Brie nice to meet you, Alex,” she answered rising on her feet to take her leave.

“ Am I that boring or annoying?” he asked after he noticed she was leaving.

Very annoying. She thought but she wasn't going to say that to his face.

“ No, but my friends must be worried and looking for me. We came to the club together...I gotta go let them know I am alright,” she explained.

“ I could walk you if you don't mind