Loren Tate's Crazy Life
Chapter 1
Eddie's P.O.V.
Eddie Duran was dozed off in his chair while writing his history paper and listening to his favorite artist of all time; the famous Loren Tate. He had posters of her plastered everywhere on his walls in his room and had all her albums along with anything else you can imagine about her. He awoke rather quickly when he heard a rapid knocking coming from his door. Eddie answered by yelling, "It's open!" and in came his dad. The well-known former rock 'n roll star Max Duran came in and sat down next to his son. "Hey son, just wanted to come in and see how the paper is coming along. Looks like you are listening to Loren again, huh?" Eddie's dad appeared rather worried about his son because it seemed like he had an obsession with this girl who he was always writing songs about and constantly listening to her music. It was always Eddie's dream to meet his idol, Loren. "Pop the paper is going fine, don't worry about it. So what if I'm listening to Loren's songs again? They inspire me to write my own stuff." He shot back at his dad when he became a little annoyed at how his father was always talking about his supposed "obsession" with Loren. "Sorry, I didn't mean to upset you son. I just came up here to tell you that Mel has come to see you. How are things going with her?" his dad winked at him before getting up from his place in Eddie's chair. "Dad, for the millionth time Mel and I are just friends, we have been since the first grade if you haven't noticed. And gross I would never date someone who I have come to think as a sister." He replied to his dad after giving him a stern look that said 'let it go'. Max just simply laughed at his son and turned back before leaving the room saying, "Don't keep Mel waiting too long you know how impatient she can get sometimes." Eddie just simply smiled at his dad and nodded before running down the stairs into the MK club that his parents owned. There Mel was waiting for him at the counter where she was making herself a sandwich. She looked up from what she was doing and screamed and ran over to one of her best friends giving him a hug. "Oh my god, I missed you so much Eddie! It's been so long since I saw my favorite best friend in the whole world." She kept screaming and gave Eddie another hug, eventually letting him go from her death grip of an embrace. "It's nice to see you too Mel. I haven't seen you in almost 6 months and I missed seeing my best friend. How was Hawaii with your birth parents?" He asked her before walking over to the counter and taking a seat next to her. Mel gazed anywhere but into Eddie's eyes. He waited patiently for her to reply but soon caught on that she wasn't going to say anything anytime soon. "Okay listen Mel, I know you don't want to talk about them but I'm dying to know at least something." She finally turned to him and still said nothing, but just as she was about to open her mouth, Tyler Rorke came bursting through the club entrance. "Hey baby, I heard you were home, so I came to see you! I have missed you so much." Mel then ran up to her boyfriend and gave him a hug and walked over to where she and Eddie had been sitting before. In truth, Eddie couldn't stand Mel's boyfriend Tyler because he was such a jerk who didn't care about anyone but himself and he knew that he was going to break his best friend's heart soon. Tyler just gave Eddie a death glare when Mel went to go get their presents from her suitcase. Eddie tried to ignore it and went back to what he was doing before. He felt bad for lying to Mel because she had no idea that Tyler and Eddie really had it in for each other, and if she found out she would be really upset that they never told her. It was awkward for the both of them to just sit there and put on an act just for Melissa. Still, he wanted to keep her happy so for the time being he tried to keep his mouth shut about Tyler and just hoped that she would see him for who he really was soon enough. At this point, the couple had been dating for 9 months and they were bound to break up soon thought Eddie. Mel was snapping her fingers in front of his face saying, "Earth to Eddie, I have your present right here!" He snapped back into reality and took the nicely wrapped gift from Mel thanking her for it. "You really shouldn't have Mel. But thank you anyway I'm sure that I will love it!" Eddie opened the present from Mel and saw that it was a photo album of the two of them and all their other friends along with Eddie's parents in a few of the pictures. He flipped through the book smiling at himself and hugged Mel. "Thanks this is the best and most thoughtful present anyone has ever given me." Eddie wrapped Mel into a hug and stared at Tyler who grew impatient and tried to pry the two apart. Mel looked mad at Tyler and told him to cool it or he would have to leave. "God Tyler, why do you have to be such an ass sometimes?" She asked him and he just stared back at Eddie and walked out of the club.
Mel's P.O.V.
There was clearly something up between Eddie and Tyler. They kept giving each other dirty looks and didn't even talk to each other that much. Suddenly Mel become worried when she thought there was a possibility that her best friend and boyfriend were secretly enemies. Without meaning to she let it slip out, "Eddie do you and Tyler hate each other and just put up with it because of me?" She saw Eddie look shell-shocked at her remark and she herself was surprised at what made her ask that out loud. Eddie started to pace around the room and she reached over to put her hand on his arm, "I'm sorry I didn't mean to say that to you it was honestly just a thought Eddie." He paused then looked into her eyes and said, "Honestly Mel, I can't tell you that we don't hate each other. Tyler and I were friends YEARS ago and we just put up with one another for your sake. We didn't want to upset you or anything so we didn't mention it to you." Melissa wasn't expecting that to be his answer but anger arose inside of her. She was tired of being lied to and didn't imagine that the two most important people in her life would keep such a big secret from her for so long. She remembered back a few months, when many times Eddie and Tyler said they were hanging out together and started to wonder what they really were doing that whole time. "You lied to me Eddie and you promised that you would never to this to me because I have been hurt so many times. You are unbelievable." She began walking out of the MK club and was almost to her car when someone grabbed her from behind and spun her around. Of course, it was Tyler, he seemed very angry with her and he started to yell. "What the hell is wrong with you Melissa? I came down to Eddie's to see you and we haven't seen each other in months and all you do is spend time with HIM! What is so special about him? I don't want you spending more time with that freak, he is such a loser and no one likes him! All he wants is to take you away from me Mel." She couldn't believe what she was hearing from her boyfriend. Mel snapped back at Tyler and tried objecting to what he had just said about Eddie. "Tyler just shut up! Eddie is my best friend and I can do whatever I want, you don't own me. So just stop telling me what to do. I missed him and just gave him a hug and I do want to spend time with you, but not as long as you keep acting like this." She felt in charge for once and brave for standing up to him for the first time ever. Tyler was taken aback by this and didn't like the tone she was using with him and he thought she needed to learn her lesson and know who really is boss. Just as Mel was attempting to get into her car Tyler pulled her back and yelled, "Listen to me you little bitch I don't like the tone you're using with me! So stop it and I am the boss of you and I will do whatever I want with you." Suddenly, Tyler punched Melissa hard in the face, knocking her unconscious, also leaving a bruise.
Eddie's P.O.V.
Eddie was mad at himself for what he had just said to Mel and was confused as to how this had all happened so fast. Things were going great with her and then Tyler just had to show up. She was even going to tell him how her trip was but she was surely too ticked off right now to do that. Eddie was too lost in thought to have noticed earlier that Mel's bags were still here. He had decided to give her some space and time to deal with what he had just said to her. But he thought that the least he could do in an attempt to say he was sorry was to bring her bags back to her so that she wouldn't have to worry about that later. Eddie ran back upstairs and left his dad a note saying that he would be back soon after he came home from bringing the bags back to Mel. Just as Eddie was about to leave the club his dad called out to him and said, "Eddie don't go to Mel's house empty handed. The least you can do is get her a card or flowers or something. Or even better, sing her a song!" He paused at first then said, "Pops I don't have time. Don't you know how long it would take just to write a song? I want to go while I can catch her before she tries hiding from me." His dad came down the stairs from the apartment and handed him a folded piece of paper. Max held out his hand and put the paper in Eddie's hand. "What is this?" Eddie asked looking up in confusion. "Open it." Was all his dad replied and Eddie did so. He looked at the paper and smiled back. "When did you write this Pop, it's a great song." Max grinned and said, "Glad you like it. I wrote it ages ago and would sing it to your mother whenever she would get mad at me and it would work like a charm every time. I just thought you could use it with Mel." Eddie was at a loss of words so his dad just said to him, "Go to her before you can't find her. I really hope that you two can work things out." He realized that nothing could come in-between him and Mel even a little stupid fight like this. "Thanks again Pop." Eddie now said with confidence as he ran out of the club grabbing his guitar as well and rushing to his car. What he saw next he was not expecting. About 30 feet away out of the corner of his eye he saw Tyler leaning over Mel who was lying on the pavement very still. He was shocked and not sure what to think could have happened. All that ran through his mind was if Mel was going to be okay. Eddie ran over to the two of them and he bent down next to her and then stood back up. "WHAT DID YOU DO TO HER TYLER?" He screamed this and raised his fist at Tyler…