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Loren and Eddie have been best friends for two years now. It's really weird to be best friends with an amazing rockstar, but they became friends when Eddie was still in high school. He was a senior and Loren was in a year lower than him. Yes he already sang, but he didn't have success than. Until his great hit 'Something in the Air' last year. He finished school, just to be sure but never went to college. He tried to make it in the music business, while Loren is a senior now. They talk to each other about every day and every Friday they have movie night. Loren was attracted to Eddie the moment she saw him and for Eddie it was the same. But both convinced their selves that they didn't have any feelings for the other and they just loved each other as friends. Two months ago, Loren started dating Cam and even though she really likes him, she doesn't feel attracted to him and she doesn't love him. Eddie has date after date, he is a real womanizer. But there hasn't been one girl that he fell in love with. Until he meets Chloe, or that's just what he wants himself to believe. It's almost time for Loren to graduate and after that she will go to Brown University. Which means Loren and Eddie won't see each other for four years. What will happen before that?


CHAPTER 1

LOREN'S POV – TATE HOME
I am sitting on my bed with my keyboard. Strumming some keys and humming along. When my phone rings. I stop what I am doing and pick my phone up. It is Eddie, I get an instant smile on my face and pick up.

PHONE CONVERSATION BETWEEN EDDIE AND LOREN
Loren
: Hey Eddie.

Eddie: Hey Lo, how is my best friend?

Loren: I am fine. Why are you calling?

Eddie: Can't I just pick up the phone and call my best friend?

Loren: You can, it's just… it sounds like you've got something on your mind.

Eddie: Wow, I keep forgetting how well you know me. So, yeah there is something on my mind. It's about our movie night tomorrow. I can't come, because I have a date.

Eddie keeps having dates, ever since his mom died, two years ago. That happened just around the time that we became friends. I have tried to say something about it, but every time I do, he gets angry with me. Telling me to but out. So I stopped with that and I started being happy for him.

Loren: That's great. With whom?

Eddie: With Chloe Carter. She is a model, just my type and I met her on the set of the movie of Oz I'm doing. You know, the remake of Grease.

I start laughing. Of course I know what he is talking about. He keeps ranting about it every time I see him.

Eddie: She's going to play the leading female role, Sandy. So we got to talking and we just clicked. So I asked her out on a date. Problem is the only day she can go on a date the coming few weeks is on Friday.

Loren: Eddie it is okay. I will just ask Mel if she wants to keep me company tomorrow. And you have fun on your date. Just don't make it a habit, okay? Leaving me alone on Friday.

Eddie: I won't Lo. I promise. I have to go now, Jake is constantly on my back about new songs. So I have to write some. Love ya.

Loren: Okay well do that. Love ya too.

I end the conversation and start doing what I was doing before Eddie called, until I hear a knock on the door. My mom isn't home, she is working at the clinic. So I stand up to open the door. It's Cam.

EDDIE'S POV – EDDIE'S PENTHOUSE
Well that phone call wasn't as awkward as I thought it would be. I know Loren and I are just friends and Loren is with Cam now. But sometimes I get the feeling that it was supposed to be me and not Cam. What am I thinking? I have to stop being stupid. I am not in love with Loren, I just like her as a friend. That's how she sees me so. By the way, I have a date tomorrow with an amazing super model. And I have to focus on my music, other wise Jake won't be too happy with me.

I get an idea for a song and I start writing it down in the notebook Loren got for me for my last birthday. That girl is really amazing and I am lucky to have her as a friend. Let's not screw that up.

CHLOE'S POV – CHLOE'S APPARTMENT
Everything is going great and my plan is set in motion. Yesterday on the set of the remake of Grease I met Eddie. He is good looking and just about every girl in LA wants to be his girlfriend. Of course for all the money he has and all the fame he can get us. I am no different and tomorrow I will be going on a date with him. I just have to act super nice all the time and play my sexy card. No man can resist that.

LOREN'S POV – TATE HOUSE
Loren (surprised to see Cam there):
Cam! What are you doing here?

He keeps doing this, making random stops at my house just to visit me. I know that's what boyfriends are supposed to do, but to me it's just creepy. I get the feeling that he is just checking up on me the whole time and I don't like it.

Cam: I just came to see my beautiful girlfriend.

He leans for a kiss and I lean in to. Our lips touch and we begin our tongue wrestling. Kissing with Cam is okay, it's not great. I don't get that sparkle that you're supposed to have and I really don't know why. Cam grabs my waist to get me closer to him and I wrap my arm around his neck. We are really getting into the kiss, when we hear someone clearing her throat. It is my mom, she is standing outside on the lawn and I feel myself blushing.

Loren (embarrassed): Well, ummm. Hi mom. Cam was just leaving.

I give Cam a sweet smile in the hope that he get's the hint.

Cam: Yes I was leaving. See you later Lo. Good night Ms. Tate.

Cam walks to his car, gets in and drives away. My mom comes into our house and starts unpacking the groceries she did. She doesn't say anything and I don't want to break the silence. I start walking towards my room until she speaks.

Nora: Loren. Where do you think you're going?

Loren: Umm. Just my room?

Nora: I have to talk to you. Can you sit down at the table, please?

That is strange, my mom is never this serious. I know that it was weird to caught me kissing Cam, but does she has to be all serious and grizzly bear on me for that? I sit down at the table and she comes sitting down too.

Loren: I'm sorry for what happened. I didn't know you were coming that soon. You know, he is my boyfriend, so I'm not breaking any rules by kissing him.

Nora: Lo, stop. This has nothing to do with what I just witnessed. Ummm.. it's about Don and me. You know we have been seeing each other for a couple of weeks now? He asked me to go to a bungalow with him for a weekend. It's just… I don't if I can leave you alone and if you're okay with it.

I'm not okay with my mom seeing Don. There is just about that man that I don't like. I don't know exactly what it is, but just freaks me out. Maybe it has to do something with the fact that he raised a monster of a daughter, Adrianna. But I don't know. I have my mom a million times that I don't like him, but the only thing that that results in is a fight. So I stopped telling her the truth about how I feel about him.

Loren: I am totally fine with it. I am a big girl and I can stay home alone for two or three days. In a couple months I will be on my own while going to college. Can I just let Mel stay over? And can we maybe invite some friends tomorrow night?

Nora: How many people are we talking about here?

Loren: It's just me, Mel, Adam and Eddie, I guess.

Nora: Okay, that's fine. Just make sure that you clean everything up and don't make a party out of it. Just a gathering with friends, okay?

I stand up from the table, walk to my mom and give her a big hug.

Loren: I won't. Thanks mom. And have fun with Don. Can I go to Mel to tell her about everything?

Nora: Of course honey. I am going to pack and Don is picking me up. I will see you in three days.

I get my keys, step into my car and drive to Melissa.

LOREN'S POV – SANDER'S HOUSE
I get out of my car and knock on the door. Mel isn't the one who opens the door, but it's Phil. I give Phil a hug and ask for Mel. He tells me to come in and I know everything here in the house. So I walk upstairs to Mel's room. Her parents aren't home. I just give a quick knock at the door and Mel opens the door. She gets a smile on her face when she sees me and we give each other a hug.

Loren: How would you like to escape your parents for the weekend?

Mel (looking at me like I'm crazy): What do you mean?

Loren: So my mom is leaving tonight for a romantic getaway with Dr. Masters. Ugggh. But that's not the point, the point is I have our house all to myself until Sunday. Would you like to spend those nights at my place?

Mel: You don't even have to ask. I would take any opportunity to get away from my parents. So maybe we can…

I cut her off and finish her sentence.

Loren: …have a little party Saturday?

Mel: How did you know I was going to ask that?

Loren: I just do hon.

Mel: But will your mom be okay with that?

Loren: Well… she agreed with a small get together with friends ass long as we clean everything up and don't make a big party of it.

Mel quickly puts some clothes, make-up and other stuff in a bag. She hugs Phil to say goodbye and I do the same. Mel tells Phil that she will be staying at me till Sunday and if he wants to tell Gus and Lisa. Mel wants to be gone before they get home. So we get out of there as quick as we can and we go home.

LOREN'S POV – TATE HOUSE
When I get home, I see a car that I know too well. It's Tyler's car, my ex-boyfriend. I'm not really in the mood to see him, but I don't have a choice. I walk up to Tyler.

Loren: What are you doing here?

Tyler: I came to see you obviously.

Loren: What do you want?

Tyler: For you to just forgive me the way you forgave Mel.

I really don't want to be reminded of it. I dated Tyler for six months and this was a year ago. One day I walked into Mel's room and saw Tyler and Mel sitting on her bed and kissing. I was so angry with both of them and I felt betrayed. My best friend and my boyfriend kissing each other, that is the worst betrayal. For months I didn't speak with both of them but eventually I found out I couldn't live without my best friend in the world. She explained to me that the reason she kissed Tyler was to prove to me that Tyler was and will always be a player. This explanation first didn't make any sense to me, until Eddie convinced me that he really believed Mel. He knows Tyler better than all of us and he told me that Tyler is indeed a player. And he tried to tell me a thousand times, but I wouldn't listen. He also told me that Mel tried the same thing and that he can understand that she thought that this was her last chance to prove her story. So after a couple of months I went to Mel and told her that I believed her and after that she even showed me the tape of that night. Which proved that it was a setup for Tyler. And Tyler was the only bad guy in that situation. Since that night I never spoke with Tyler again until now.

Loren: I didn't forgave Mel, because she did nothing wrong. I am grateful to her for letting me see what of an asshole and player you are.

Tyler: I am no such thing. Your so-called best friend led me on.

Loren: And you had the power to not give in, but you did. No real boyfriend of mine would do that.

I tried to walk past him towards my front door, but he grabs my arm and pulls me close to him. That's when he does something, I wished he never did again. He tried to kiss me. I tried to pull away from him, but he wouldn't let me. That's when we heard someone clearing his throat, it was Cam.


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