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"Ah, the way they were. Nathan Sykes and Ariana Grande -- a.k.a. Nariana -- may have ended their teen-dream romance, but they&amp;apos;ll always have the memory of their romantic first date. Appearing on the cover of Cosmopolitan&amp;apos;s February issue, the 20-year-old &amp;quot;Baby I&amp;quot; singer dishes about how the Wanted boy bander wooed her with flowers and pastries.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;We were going back to his hotel to watch a movie, and he had Laduree macarons and sunflowers waiting -- I love Parisian baked goods, and sunflowers are my favorite flower,&amp;quot; Grande tells the mag. &amp;quot;He had taken the DVD player out of the bedroom and into the living room, because he said he didn&amp;apos;t want to take me into the bedroom on the first date.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nUs Weekly first broke the news that the two were dating back in August, after they released their duet, &amp;quot;Almost Is Never Enough,&amp;quot; for the movie The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones. However, sources confirmed to Us shortly before Christmas that they had split.\r\nDon&amp;apos;t expect Grande to go wild now that she&amp;apos;s single, though. &amp;quot;I think I&amp;apos;m an old soul,&amp;quot; she tells Cosmo. &amp;quot;What excites younger people doesn&amp;apos;t excite me...I&amp;apos;m kind of a boring, normal girl who likes Harry Potter and to sit in her pajamas and sing.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;A lot of my friends are partiers,&amp;quot; she adds, &amp;quot;but I&amp;apos;ve never really clicked with that. I like Barbra Streisand, and when was the last time you saw Babs getting, like, turnt up? That&amp;apos;s kind of the road that I, as a lady, would like to go down.&amp;quot;\r\nThe iCarly actress is certainly off to a promising start. Grande is one of the biggest breakout stars of 2013 -- much to her apparent surprise.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;I never really expected to be taken seriously as an artist, and it&amp;apos;s just been the ultimate, proudest achievement,&amp;quot; she confesses. &amp;quot;I&amp;apos;ve dealt with a lot of people not knowing what to expect from me because of my age and my personality. People often mistake my kindness for weakness, and they didn&amp;apos;t expect much from me, because at the end of the day, I&amp;apos;m just a nice Italian girl from Boca.&amp;quot;\r\nFor more from Ariana Grande, pick up the new issue of Cosmopolitan, on stands Jan. 7."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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