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was
actively seeking her out in the crowd.
     
    Liam had made a decision. He had to see Rose
again, face to face, if anything so he could try to get the girl
out of his head. Maybe he would be able to convince himself that
Rose wasn't as attractive as he remembered, or maybe Rose would
scream in his face and Liam would be able to move on, writing the
girl off as just another crazed fan.
     
    So, after the show, Liam darted backstage and
rushed outside to the front doors, where the fans would be
exiting.
     
    That was a seriously stupid idea.
     
    Sure enough, he appeared at the front door
shortly after fans began exiting the arena, and complete chaos
broke loose. Fans were screaming and running up to Liam, just
trying to get close to him, or touch him, all shouting his name and
jumping up and down in their excitement.
     
    Liam got lost in the crowd. In his rush to
get to Rose, he had forgotten to bring his security guard along.
And now he was stuck in a mob of crazed fans, all wanting pictures
and autographs. The only way Liam could see himself getting out of
this was to just consent to the fans' pleas, smiling for pictures
and giving autographs, praying that no one would get hurt in all
the excitement.
     
    It was as Liam was about to pose for another
picture for someone who had pushed their way to him that he saw the
familiar eyes that had stuck in his memory from earlier that
week.
     
    It was her- Rose. She was in the middle of
the crowd, trying to see what all the chaos was about, staring
right at Liam, an expression of shock on her face.
     
    Liam, desperate, mouthed “help me” to her.
Rose understood and starting pushing her way through the crowd to
get to him.
     
    Liam reached out and grabbed Rose's hand, who
was doing her best to lead the taller man out of the crowd and
toward the club's back door.
     
    “Ok, people, that's enough. You've had him
long enough. Make way! Make way!” Rose cried out as she pushed and
shoved her way through, making sure to keep a tight grip on Liam,
wearing an expression on her face that basically screamed at people
not to mess with her.
     
    Liam couldn't help but laugh at the absurdity
of it all, but at least he had found who he was looking for.
     
    At this point, security had been alerted as
to what was going on and rushed out to meet Rose and Liam halfway,
attempting to pull Liam away from Rose and get him back inside,
away from the crowd, but Liam refused to let go of Rose's hand,
saying,
     
    “She's with me.”
     
    Security didn't question him and let a
confused Rose come along with them backstage. Once they were safely
inside with the doors closed and locked, Liam finally relaxed,
laughing at the crazy situation he had gotten himself into, all for
a girl he barely knew. What in the world was he doing? What was he
thinking?
     
    Rose was wondering the same thing.
     
    “What the hell was that? You could have
gotten yourself killed! What were you thinking going out into a
rabid crowd after your show? You've never done that before!
What could possess you to do such a thing now?” Rose yelled out,
scolding the singer.
     
    Liam just laughed even harder at this.
     
    “You,” He finally managed to squeak out
between laughs.
     
    “Me...? What?” Rose asked, more confused than
ever.
     
    Liam had finally managed to calm down a
little, or, at least, enough to explain.
     
    “I wanted to find you, Rose. See you again. I
was wondering if you would like to go out for coffee with me.”
     
    Rose was speechless. She could barely believe
that Liam Walker had even remembered her name since meeting her
last week. Rose was sure he must have met hundreds of people since
then. And then he risked his life just to ask her out for coffee?
What was happening? Again, Rose voiced this question out loud.
     
    “Liam, what is going on? I am seriously
confused. Why would you want to go out for coffee with me? You're
Liam Walker!”
     
    Liam laughed again.
     
    “And you're Rose Moore!