HOLLYWOOD HEIGHTS LOREN TATE : THE STORY OF MY LIFE!
The Good Girl. Chapter 1
Sofia sat quietly, she had just bought a pregnancy test, and it was positive, she was pregnant at 18, how was she going to tell her mom? How was she going to tell her she had married her boyfriend of 6 months, they were both too young, she loved him so much, and she knew her mom would never approve, she waited for him to come home, he had been gone all day, she had told him earlier that day that she might be pregnant, but it never happened, he never came home to her, he left, Sofia was devastated and left alone to raise their child. She would have to face her mom and tell her the truth. She walked into her mom's room and sat next to her and told her what had happened in the last few weeks, she was crazy about Dan. She thought it would work out; she had dated so many guys in High School and Dan seemed special and different, now she knew it was all a lie, but when Dan entered her life, Sofia knew things would be different. Now she knew how different they were. Her mom sat listening and taking in every word.
"You married Dan without thinking things through?"
"Yes Mama, I love him."
"He didn't care Sofia, how could you do this?"
"I'm sorry Mama." She walked over to hug her daughter; she knew she would need her now more than ever.
Months later Sofia was told she was carrying twins, this worried the Dr. because Sofia was born with a heart condition, there could be serious consequences if she carried these babies to full term.
Sofia went into labor 2 months early, the twin girls were delivered via C-section, Sofia fought to live long enough to make sure her girls were born. The Dr.'s rushed to save her as the nurses took the two baby girls to the neo-natal unit. Each girl weighted in at 5 pounds each. Lorena Sofia's mom stood outside waiting with her other daughter Nora.
"Mama please calm down." She hugged her as they sat waiting for news from the Dr.'s.
"Sofia had a heart condition; I knew having these babies would be dangerous for her." Lorena cried as she said these words.
"I know Mama." Suddenly the doors flew open and the Dr. walked towards them avoiding eye contact, he reached their side and sat next to Lorena and held her hand. "We tried Lorena, Sofia fought to live, her heart was too weak, I'm so sorry, the girls will be ok, they need to be in the neo-natal unit for several weeks, but they will survive, they're fighters."
Lorena sat crying as Nora tried to comfort her mom. "Mama we're going to be ok!"
"We have to care for those girls, they need us, and we are all they have." Both women cried.
It was 8 weeks later when Nora and Lorena were taking the twins home. They were beautiful identical twins, Lorena named one of her granddaughters Loren and Nora named the other girl Lucy.
Nora was Sofia's older sister; she and her mom adopted the twins. The girls were beautiful with wavy light brown hair and hazel eyes. Nora was proud of her nieces. Both girls grew in a loving environment. It was beautiful watching both girls grow into lovely toddlers, then they started school, time flew by and the twins attended high school and each had different interests when it came to choosing careers, Loren always loved fashion, as a little girl she drew pictures of dresses and accessories, Lucy wanted to be a model.
Loren made friends a lot faster than her sister. She was sweet and kind and mellow, now Lucy on the other hand reminded both Lorena and Nora of Sofia, she always went for the popular kids, flaunting her beauty; Loren studied hard to become the best fashion designer in the L.A area. While in High school Lucy met Evan Duran. They started to date, he fell heads over heels in love with Lucy, she was wild and loud and loved to flirt, she dressed to impress and knew how to keep the boys smiling. There wasn't a guy in school who could get away from Lucy's claws. Loren was beautiful and the opposite of Lucy, she wanted to finish with school and there was only one guy Loren had eyes for and that was Eddie Duran, she loved him the moment he was introduced into the Music world, he was the son of Max and Katherine Duran, famous musicians of the early 80's! They were known as MK!
The school bell rang and Loren walked to her locker followed by Melissa Sanders her best friend.
"Lo I will never understand Lucy, look at her flirting with any guy she comes across, you're the good girl Loren."
"The good girl? That's funny, I'm enjoying doing the best I can in school, I want to design clothes for women of all ages and sizes."
"You're really good at it."
"I try Mel; I've always loved it, as a little girl I was always dressing my dolls and making dresses for them, my grandma Lorena says I was very good at it."
"Lo do you miss your mom?"
"It's weird Mel, I never met her, all I've ever known about her was what my nana and my mom Nora have told us about her, we have pictures of her, Nana and aunt Nora have both raised us."
"Are you happy they told you about your mom?"
"Yes, don't get me wrong, I love my mom Nora, she's the best thing to happen to us since our real mom died." Loren turned away; she was trying not to cry.
Mel smiled; she immediately changed the subject when she noticed it was really upsetting her. "So what did you make for prom?"
Loren smiled, she was so good at always having that beautiful smile.
"I will surprise you Mel, I think you'll approve."
Mel tried to get Loren's design notebook out of her hand to get a glimpse. "No you don't!"
Evan walked by. "Hey Loren where is Lucy?"
"Follow the noise, that's where you'll find her." Replied Mel.
"She promised we would go shopping for prom."
Loren furrowed her eyes as she faced him. "She's going with you?"
"She's my girl, of course she is, see you later Loren."
Mel noticed something was wrong. "Lo you look worried?"
"I swear I heard Lucy making plans to go with someone else."
"Yeah but everyone knows why she's dating Evan, he's related to Eddie remember?"
"So?"
"Remember Lucy is always saying she wants to meet Eddie Duran, she wants to become a model and reach Hollywood the easier way?"
"Yeah like Eddie will give her the time of day."
"Lo your sister gets what she wants."
Loren kept folding the papers she had of all the designs she had drawn in class. "My grandma and mom worry all the time for her, can't say I blame them, Lucy is a handful."
"So Lo, what are the plans for Prom?"
"We're both in the decoration committee; we will be there to make sure everything runs smoothly."
"So no dates huh?"
"No one has asked, plus we won't have time Mel, there's so much to do."
"Yeah yeah…nerds never have dates."
Loren laughed. "We're not nerds."
"Lucy calls us Nerds all the time; I'm starting to believe her." Loren rolled her eyes. "C'mon let's make sure everything is ready."
A week later it was the big day, and Loren was having breakfast. She quickly picked up the table and dishes and left to make sure the School gymnasium was ready for the big night.
The school principle Mrs. Larson was pleased with the way the gymnasium looked. "Loren I knew you could do it."
"Thank you Mrs. Larson, Mel was a huge help! I couldn't have done it without her."
"Ok time to go and get ready for tonight, I need you here an hour before it starts."
"We'll be here on time."
Mrs. Larson was walking away and suddenly stopped turning around to where Loren stood putting away her things.
"Oh there's a huge surprise for everyone tonight."
Loren smiled. "Really what is it?"
"I can't tell, I swore I'd let it be a surprise."
She kept walking. Loren picked up her things and continued towards the door. Later that evening Loren and Mel got ready, and arrived an hour before the Prom was to start. Loren wore a beautiful pink dress that wrapped around her tiny curves perfectly and was slight above the knees, it was strapless, she wore her hair to the side and the soft make-up she wore matched the color of the dress. Mel wore a tight hot pink dress. The accessories she wore were huge; let's just say it was something only Mel could pull off.
"Lo looks like everyone is wearing pink on their gowns"
Loren smiled biting her lower lip. "I thought it was a good idea to match a little with the colors of our prom theme…Prince and princesses."
"You know Lucy will wear a different color, she never really does what you ask her."
"It's ok Mel, when we were little we did everything together as soon as we became teens, Lucy changed."
Lucy arrived with Evan. "Wait here, let me talk to Loren."
"Sure babe."
She rolled her eyes. "Why do you call me babe? You know I hate it!"
"We're dating aren't we?"
"It doesn't matter, and remember I'm dancing with other guys tonight, I couldn't come with all the guys that asked, plus you promise to talk to Eddie, I hope you did."
"I did, he said he would really try, he's busy you know."
"He better be here tonight or you will never be seen with me again, I refuse to look stupid Evan."
"Stupid how? Nobody knows."
"I told the principle, she'll make sure everyone knows I lied, I can't have that Evan!"
Evan let out a huge sigh, he watched as she walked towards Loren and Mel, he loved her so much, he couldn't see his life without Lucy, and she knew that and took advantage of it too.
"Loren, I assume you know there's a surprise tonight?"
"Yes Mrs. Larson mentioned it."
Mel didn't like Lucy, she was bossy and arrogant. "Lucy what is the big deal, just spill it and tell us what it is!"
"I'm not talking to you Melissa!"
"Don't call me by my full name!" Mel retorted standing right in front of her pointing her finger at her. Loren got between the two.
"Mel stop it, its prom night, and Lucy, what do you want me to do about your surprise?"
"Just be ready, I asked the football team to assemble all of the balloons above the ceiling, when it does happen, they will release them to fall all over the place."
"I didn't want balloons everywhere Lucy!"
"It's going to be perfect for the surprise." Loren walked behind her.
"Can you just tell me what it is? I'm the president of the prom committee."
Lucy's laugh was cynical. "Of course you are, all geeks and nerds are put in charge of things like this." She looked around. "So Loren who's your date?" She smirked.
Loren down cast her look. "I didn't bring one, I didn't have time."
"Ha! No one asked you I bet."
Mel frowned and pushed her away. "Listen witch! Your sister could have had any guy tonight, aside from being very smart, she's beautiful and talented, look at this room, and it looks the way it does thanks to Lo."
Lucy rolled her eyes. "Yeah whatever, I'll let you know when the surprise arrives I will be the hit of the school, I will be loved more than ever, you'll see."
She walked back to where Evan stood waiting for her. Loren shook her head in disbelief. "I bet she got Evan to do something for her."
"Lo she has him wrapped around her finger and the sad part is he allows it, he's Eddie Duran's cousin, you'd think he'd be as smart as Eddie is."
Loren let out a huge sigh. "Eddie Duran, I would love to meet him one day."
Mel snickered. "My poor Lo, you aspire so high, you have loved him the moment he was introduced to the music world."
"He's amazing Mel, plus his songs inspire me, every time I hear him sing I come up with a new design, I love him just for helping me through my tough teen years and getting me started on designing clothes."
Melissa hugged her best friend. "You're the best Lo, and don't you forget it, don't ever let Lucy put you down."
"I try not too Mel, she's just so out spoken and doesn't care, I'm grateful you're in my life, I don't know what I would do without you."
"I'm here to stay Lo; you're not getting rid of me that easy."
Little by little, the senior class started to arrive, everyone was at awe with the decorations, it turned the gymnasium into sophisticated castle, since the theme was "The prince and princesses", everything was in its place. Loren was happy all her ideas fell into place as she looked at the faces of each of the students who walked in that night.
Dinner was served buffet style and everyone enjoyed the variety and selection of dishes offered. Punch and Soda were the main drinks; of course two teachers guarded the area to make sure no one tried pouring alcohol into the punch bowls.
Loren watched as everyone enjoyed their dinner. All the girls were perfectly paired with their dates, even Cameron was seated with a girl, and she sighed when she realized it was only her and Mel without a date that night.
As soon as dinner was done, the area was cleaned and all of the girls left to the ladies room to touch up their make-up and made sure their hair was properly in place.
Loren made sure the band was already setting up for the dance. She looked around and as usual found her sister Lucy scolding Evan for whatever was upsetting her, Evan was very cute, he resembled his cousin Eddie, but in Loren's eyes, there was no better looking guy than Eddie Duran. She had been to one of his concerts, he always sold out, she was happy she was able to go and watch him when she was 16. She first heard Eddie on the radio when she was 15, she loved designing but each of his songs inspired Loren to do what she loved the most, maybe one day she could design something for him, she smiled and blushed at the thought.
"Oh my god, don't tell me you're thinking of Eddie aren't you?"
Loren didn't bother to look at her. "Why?"
"You're blushing, and I know he's the only one that makes you blush the way you're doing it right now."
"He's amazing Mel, you know how much I love him and his songs."
"Of course you do."
Meanwhile.
"Did you make the call?"
Evan sighed, he did that a lot lately, if he didn't love Lucy the way he did, he wouldn't put up with her nasty manners.
"Yes I already told you I did babe."
"There you go again with the babe stuff, just stop ok?"
"Lucy you know I love you, and if that bothers you too bad."
"Listen make sure you don't make me look stupid tonight, I don't know what I'll do if you don't come through for me!"
Evan took out his phone. "I'll be outside."
"Stay there until you have good news for me, don't bother coming inside Evan!"
The music had already started and Lucy went to dance with the captain of the football team. She walked up to Cameron.
"Come on, you're dancing with me!"
"Hey he's my date!"
"He's going to look better with me than with you Suzy!"
Suzy sat back down. None of the girls liked Lucy.
Mel couldn't take anymore, she could tell Evan was hurt when he walked back inside and saw Lucy with Cameron. "Evan why do you let her treat you like this?"
"Mel please don't start, I don't need you telling me anything right now."
"I think she's a witch, how she and Loren shared the same uterus is beyond me."
"Mel don't talk about my girl like that!"
Mel couldn't believe her ears. "Evan look at her, she's your girl and she's hanging from the neck of the captain of the football team."
"I know I have to make this call."
Mel took his phone. "Who are you waiting for?"
Mel's eyes widen. "Omg Evan, are you sure this will happen?"
"I have to make it happen Mel; otherwise I will never hear the end of it."
Mel bit her lower lip and turned to where Loren stood still making sure everything was still in place.
"Mel please don't tell Loren or anyone, it's supposed to be a surprise, if you say anything, Lucy will kill me."
"Don't worry, if anything happens to you I couldn't live with myself, you have to be tough Evan, you can't let Lucy walk all over you."
"I love her Mel; I would die without Lucy in my life."
"Are you sure you're related to Eddie Duran?"
Evan looked at Mel shocked with her question. "Of course we are."
"I know Evan; I just can't see you as a Duran letting this witch treat you like she does."
A text message appeared on Evan's phone. "I have to go and get Mrs. Larson!"
Mel walked towards Loren. "I think the surprise has arrived."
Loren looked around. "Where is it?"
Mrs. Larson walked toward Loren.
"It's time Loren, the surprise is here."
Loren rolled her eyes. "Where?"
Evan walked out the door with Lucy trailing behind him. Suddenly the band started to play one of the popular hits playing on the radio.
Loren's eye widen when she realized who was walking into the room!
Ok guys… first chapter of my new story! Please R & R and tell me if I should go on! Hope you like it!