Eddie and Loren grew up together and have something in common. Music! She writes the songs and he sings them. They work well together but Eddie's goal is to get to the top of the music world. He thinks being famous is all you need in life and true love can wait.

BTW Loren will narrate parts of this story. Read and kindly review and this will tell me if I should continue.

ROCKSTAR HOLLYWOOD HEIGHTS

Just Friends C-1

Loren was 5 years old and she was sitting in her front porch playing music on her piano. A huge moving truck parked across the street in the front of the house with the sign that read SOLD. She wondered if there would be new friends to play with.

Within a few hours the men had unloaded all of the boxes and furniture belonging to the new family. Nora looked out her window and turned towards her husband Trent.

"I think our new neighbors have arrived."

Trent had been grilling and placed several hamburgers and hotdogs on the dining room table. "I wonder if they're hungry?"

Nora turned to acknowledge his question. "Do you think we should share our dinner?"

Trent smiled. "I think it's the neighborly thing to do."

"Let's go and welcome them to the neighborhood and we'll ask them to join us for dinner."

Trent looked around the room. "Where's Loren?"

"Where else is our daughter? She's outside playing with her piano and singing to her dolls." Nora responded.

"Let's take her to meet our new neighbors and maybe there's a little girl for her to play with."

Nora's smile grew. "That would be amazing."

Trent and Nora walked outside and asked Loren to join them as they walked across the street to meet their new neighbors.

They knocked on the door and an adorable little boy who was probably a year or two older than Loren answered the door.

"Hi I'm Eddie." He said with a huge smile.

Nora smiled back. "Hi Eddie are your parents' home?"

Eddie let the door open all of the way and his parents Trent and Nora were in plain view unpacking their things. "Dad! We have company!" Eddie yelled out.

Max and Katie made their way towards the door. "Hi we're the Duran's and this is son Eddie."

Trent extended his hand. "We're the Tate's and this is our daughter Loren."

Loren begins to tell us about her life with Eddie Duran.

"And this is how our story began I was 5 and Eddie was 7 when we met. We had an instant connection. It was like magic. He loved playing the guitar and I loved playing the piano. We became very good friends and you could always find us playing music together, because it was our favorite thing to do. I was almost 13 when I realized I had feelings for him and it was so hard because he was always surrounded by girls listening to him play his guitar. Everyone loved the music covers he did from several music artists. My best friend Melissa moved into our neighborhood a year later and we became very good friends. She was very observant and the one that made me realize how I felt about Eddie, I was that obvious to her. She would sit by my side when Eddie played his guitar and it was inspiring to watch him because he was so passionate about playing his guitar. He loved standing in front of an audience and the attention he got while he performed made him try harder. Mel and I knew that he was going to be huge in the music industry. Deep down I knew he wasn't going to stop until he earned the title America's ROCKSTAR."

Loren paused for a while…..

"He was amazing doing music covers from many well know artist but I knew if he was going to get anywhere and have a career he had to start singing his own music. He had talent and I knew he had to be heard and I was going to do everything in my power to help get him there. I was going to do whatever it took to help him succeed. I loved poetry and I started to put them into lyrics and by then my parents had gotten me a bigger piano so that was how I was going to find the perfect tunes for the songs I was writing so Eddie could get to the top of the music world."

Loren worked very hard to help Eddie accomplish his dream. She was very creative because whatever she wrote on paper she was able to turn into a song for Eddie. He was tuning his guitar when Loren ran into the room.

"Look Eddie let's try this song using your guitar while I play the piano."

Eddie smiled. "You mean you finished it already?"

Loren felt proud and happy. "Yes I've been working on this song and I can't think of a title for it yet."

Loren began to touch the keys on her piano to find the perfect tune to the lyrics she had written.

Eddie followed suit. "Wow Loren I love the lyrics."

Loren watched him play his guitar and as they both finally found the right tune Mel walked into the room and smiled because she could they complimented each other pretty well. She walked towards Loren and sat next to her as Eddie continued to play the guitar. "He's getting better and better." Mel said.

Loren sighed. "I know and he loves my song."

"You finished it?" Mel was surprised.

"I did and I think he loves it." She sighed and Mel could tell her best friend really cared for him.

"Watching how happy this makes him makes me smile and I feel so happy." Loren said with the sweetest look on her face.

Mel shook her head. "Ugh will he ever figure out how you feel about him?"

"There are times I think he feels the same way about me as I feel about him then I realize I'm dreaming and now I know how pathetic I sound." Loren sighed.

"You're not pathetic Loren he's too busy talking to all of the girls to realize what's really going on." Mel looked at her best friend. "And it's your fault because now you're writing songs that will bring more girls to his side."

"I know Mel and the worse part he tells everyone I'm his little sister."

"He used to say that when you guys were kids, and now he's 15 and you're 13 and I haven't heard him say you're his little sister anymore."

Loren played a few more tunes on her piano. "I think this is the perfect tune Eddie."

Eddie walked her way and smiled. "This song is amazing Loren." He stopped and wondered if he should ask.

"Hmmm can I sing this song? You know make it my own?"

Loren couldn't be happier. "Wait you really like it that much?"

"You heard Mr. Torres say that if we're going to participate in the talent show we have to be original and we can't do any song covers." Eddie responded.

"So you're going to enter the show?" Loren asked enthusiastically.

"Correction we're going to enter it because this song requires the guitar and piano to make it sound perfect." He was quick to add.

Mel agreed. "I think he's right Loren after all you wrote the song and this way you both can take credit when you win the talent show."

Loren couldn't believe her ears. "You think we could actually win?"

Mel laughed. "I've checked out the entries and no one is doing it like Eddie."

His smile grew. "That's awesome!" He yelled out then looked at Loren. "You're an amazing friend Loren!"

He walked away and Mel turned towards Loren. "So you went from little sister to a friend huh?"

"I guess that's all I am to him right now! We're just friends!" She placed her head between her arms on the desk wondering if he would ever look at her the way she looks at him.

Mel tried to comfort her best friend. "Just be patient Lo because he will realize how you really feel about him."

"When?" Loren wondered out loud. "I need to know when? I've given him many opportunities and he doesn't pick up on anything."

Mel laughed. "He's too busy with his music and now he's trying to win this talent show once he chills he'll know how you feel."

Loren continues:

"So we entered the talent show and we won! He was amazing performing the song I had written for him and we both agreed to name it Atmosphere. Eddie continued to perform and I kept writing songs because that was the only way to get him noticed. We graduated High school and Eddie found a talent agency that placed all aspiring artists in different venues every weekend to perform and it finally paid off. The following night a friend of my mom's Jake Madsen was there, and he kept an eye on Eddie's performance and this was exactly what we needed because he was a producer for several music artists and he invited Eddie to perform at his club. And guess what? Everyone loved Eddie and Jake offered him a recording contract but under the condition that he would have at least 5 to 6 songs ready to record. So I knew I had to get busy with the songs I had written and make them perfect. Eddie helped me with several suggestions and when Jake and his team finally approved them I knew Eddie's dream was coming true and it was going to be epic! My mom and Eddie's parents were very proud of us because we worked as hard and we were a great team, and I could see the excitement in Eddie's face as he made his way towards me and hugged me.

"Thanks Loren for helping me and I owe you so much! You made my dream come true."

I hugged him. "I'm so happy for you Eddie."

"His response? And you're probably thinking why was I surprised? But yeah he said what I knew he would. "You're a great friend Loren."

"I sighed heavily and I knew it right there and then that to him at that very moment we were just friends."

Chapter ends here today! Tell me what you think. As you can see Loren will narrate parts of the story and this is a first for me so please bear with me. And be kind as you review. Yes I need you to be honest but do it kindly. No reviews and the story will end with this chapter! Hugs!