CHAPTER 1 ~"SPEECHLESS….."

Loren Tate took one last look at her self in the mirror. She was wearing a very HOT, very Red backless long grown with matching strappy peep toe heels. Her hair in a perfect up do with soft curls hanging down the sides of her face. She applied a dab of sparkly pink gloss on her lips, grabbed her clutch, along with her phone, house keys and of course, the tickets. Her radio alarm clock read five forty five, so as she opened her bedroom door and stepped out, only to be surprised the multiple flashes by her mom's camera.

Nora: (teary eyed) "Oh my baby girl, you look so beautiful!, Max? what do you think?"

Max: "absolutely gorgeous, you'll leave my son, speechless, now about a photo with your mom?

Nora handed Max the camera, as Nora took a couple of photos with her one and only daughter; now in awe that Loren is no longer the little girl who loved to bang pot lids together but a grown woman turned rising rock star, on the night of her SENIOR prom and in a couple of days, will be giving her commencement speech as Valedictorian of her graduating class.

A few minutes later, Loren went to answer the doorbell as she opened the door, to find Eddie standing there with his freshly new tux and matching red box tie and fresh corsage with a look of shocked speechless on his face.

Eddie: "WOW!"

Loren blushed, kissed him the cheek and let him inside the house as he gently placed her corsage on her right wrist. Max and Nora could not help but to take photos of every moment going on right now, switching to take turns one solo of picture Loren, one solo of Eddie, Father/Son, Max/Loren, Nora/Eddie and back to Eddie and Loren. It almost felt like an engagement photo session where the couple took a trademark mark pose of Loren leaning her back on Eddie's chest as he wrapped his arms are tightly around her waist.

Eddie: "You look incredible!" he whispered softly in her ears, followed by a quick kiss behind her ear, "and amazing" another kiss on the cheek working down her neck and, "mmm..sexy"

Loren turned around to face him as they wrapped their arms around each other, locked in a hot and heavy passionate kiss.

Loren: (pulling away from him as her lips formed into a teasing smile), "I was going to add something to that, but never mind, it will have to wait. But thank you baby, you are looking good yourself!".

Eddie: (confused) "wait for what? …."

Loren: "shhh…don't worry.." she put her index finger to his lips, " you sir, might like this surprise.."

Eddie: (intrigued) "Mmmm…. Does this surprise involve my girlfriend wearing the recent Angel Collection by Victoria's Secret?"

Just as Loren was about to answer but instead, shot him a flirty wink and a smile, walked to the side table and received a text from Melissa which read:

Text from Mel

Lo, change of meet up spot it is not your house ,anymore.

please go to Rumor as planned and we'll

all be waiting there. See ya..love ya and thanks.

Loren's reply:

OK. We will be there at our set time around 6:30ish?

Eddie: "So what's up babe?"

Loren: "Mel and company we'll not be meeting us here but heading straight to Rumor."

Eddie: "sounds like a plan to me. But before we head to dinner, I need as much alone time with my girl at our secret spot".

Loren and Eddie said their good byes to Nora and Max and headed out to their first destination of the night.