DISLAIMER- I DONT OWN HOLLYWOOD HEIGHTS!

Chapter 2- The Rock Stars and the Valley Girls

Eddie has one arm wrapped around Loren waist holding her to him on the couch, and the other hand intertwined in her hair. Loren has her arms draped around his neck as she is kissing him. Their tongues are fighting for dominance as they deepen the kiss. Just as Eddie is pulling her onto his lap, Nora walks in. Nora clears her throat and both Eddie and Loren freeze.

"Hey you two what are you guys up to?" she asks.

"Hey mom, we were just hanging out." she answers shyly, her cheeks turning bright red as she looks down at her feet.

"I can see that." she says sarcastically.

"Mom I am not doing this with you right now." she says angrily.

"I'm sorry it's just I am not used to this, walking in on you making out with a rock star on my couch."

"I'm sorry next time we will put a sock on the door knob so you know." She spits harshly.

"There is no need to be as wise ass." Nora fires back quickly.

"Sorry, but you started it."

"I just want you to be careful." Nora states.

"I am, don't worry." Loren answers beginning to feel her cheeks turn even redder.

"Sorry Eddie I am being rude, how are you?" she says turning to Eddie, who is also turning a shade of red as he listens to the exchange between the mother and daughter duo.

"Hey Nora, I am great how about you?"

"I am good, did you have a good time at your birthday dinner? "

"It was amazing, did you have fun?" Eddie asks.

"Yeah I did, it was great hanging out with your dad and you again." Nora says truthfully.

"Yeah he had a good time with you too! He enjoys spending time with you." he states truthfully.

"Really?" Nora is genuinely shocked by this; never in her life would she have thought that Max Duran actually would enjoy spending time with her. "I enjoy his company as well, you know I never imagined I would ever meet him; I love him and your mom when they were making music. Has he ever thought of making music again?"

"After my mom passed I think he thinks he can't do it anymore, that he won't be good without her. After she passed he kind of went into a funk." he says with a small smile.

"Awe I bet that is not true and I hate to hear that, but I'm sure he will start to cope with it and become happier again."

"I have told him that but you know lately he has been really happy and I can't figure out what changed, I think it started right after he met you. " Eddie says. Nora can feel her cheeks begin to heat up; she looks down at her feet and smiles at the thought of Max Duran being smitten with her.

"Hmm seems like Max might have a little crush on you, mom?" Loren says with a sly smile.

"That's what I was thinking, because you know the other day I walked into his condo and he was playing his guitar and I haven't seen him touch it since my mom." Eddie states with a smile, he is truly happy that his dad has met some who is making him happy again.

"That's crazy, I doubt it's me, isn't he dating some women, and anyways I am dating Don." she states, almost sounding regretfully. She likes Don but she likes Max more, she just can't see it ever happening with Max. Don is a nice guy and he is there for her, for now. She can't just drop him because Loren thinks Max has a crush on her.

Loren rolls her eyes, she hasn't made her hate for Don a secret; she can't stand him mainly because she doesn't trust him. "Come on mom you know things with Don aren't serious and besides I think Max is great for you."

"I know you don't like Don but it's not fair to him if I talk about stuff like this, besides I don't think Max thinks of me that way." Nora states coyly.

"I'm not going to get involved with this but let me just say my dad has been happier since he's met you." Eddie states truthfully.

Eddies phone rings he checks it and sees his dad picture flashing on the screen, he answers it. Max wants to have lunch with him but Eddie tells him he is with Loren and Nora then Eddie suggests that they all go out together, Max says no because he is feeling a little down, he is missing his late wife Katy. Eddie knows why he is feeling down, he wishes he can make him feel better. His smile falls off his face as he hangs up the phone.

"Is everything okay?" Loren asks.

"Yeah my dad just sounds a little down; I think I am just going to go see how he is." Eddie says sadly, he doesn't want to leave Loren but he knows he has to go and check on his dad. He doesn't want him to do anything stupid.

"Ok, well I guess I will see you later." Loren says with a small smile that doesn't quite reach her eyes, she is sad she doesn't want him to go yet but she understands that his dad comes first.

Eddie makes a quick decision and asks "Why don't you come with me; we can hang out in the club after?"

Loren smile and responses quickly. "Yeah! Then she realizes that she should ask her mom. "I mean if it's okay with you, mom?" she asks, there is hope laced in her voice.

"Yeah its fine." Nora says with a smile, she is still nervous that her daughter is spending so much time with a guy who is older than her but she can tell Eddie makes Loren happy.

"Nora, why don't you come with us?" Eddie asks quickly, knowing that if his dad saw Nora maybe he would feel a little better.

"No its okay I will just stay here and relax." Nora wants to see Max but she knows that she should keep her distance while she is with Don.

"Are you sure?" asks Loren

"I'm positive, go have a good time." Nora says with a small smile.

Nora watches as they leave, she likes Eddie, she knows that he makes Loren happy. She also knows that he is good to her. She is a little nervous knowing that he is older and famous but she just hopes her little girl doesn't get hurt. She trusts Eddie though; she wants the best for them.

Nora is cleaning up the kitchen when she hears a small knock at the door she isn't expecting anyone so she peeks through the window and is shocked when she sees who's on the other side of it, she opens the door still shocked that it's Max Duran on the other side.

"Hey Max, what are you doing here?" Nora asks surprised by his visit.

"Well Eddie said he was here with you and Loren and that we should go grab a bite to eat so I figured why not, I wasn't doing myself any good sitting home by myself and besides I wanted to see you."

Nora smiles to herself because she wanted to see him too she just couldn't admit it to Eddie and Loren. "Oh well Eddie and Loren went to club to see you."

"Oh, well at least I got to see you. I better go down there and see them." Max says quickly, he doesn't want to leave; the truth is he came to see her. He enjoys spending time with her, she makes him smile like he used to with his late wife Katy.

"Well why don't you come in and have a cup of coffee or something?" Nora asks shyly.

"Are you sure?" Max asks nervously, "I don't want to impose."

"I am positive." Nora states genuinely.

"Okay, I can't turn down a pretty lady like you." he says with a smile, making Nora blush, she quickly turns towards the kitchen so that he doesn't see, but she is pretty sure that he does.

Eddie and Loren are in the car on their way to the club.

"So what do you think is wrong with your dad?" Loren asks cautiously, she doesn't want to pry but she is concerned.

"He is probably just thinking about my mom. I'm sure he will be fine." Eddie says with a smile, he thinks it is so sweet how Loren genuinely cares about him and his dad. He never had that with Chloe, she only thought about herself.

"Yeah."

"Hey do you want to take a pit stop I have something special I want to show you." he smiles and looks at Loren out of the corner of his eye, he can't help but smile when he looks at her, he really likes her.

"Yeah sure, but what about your dad?"

"I'm sure he is fine, besides we will still go check on him just after our little pit stop."

Eddie turns the car around and heads towards another one of his secret spots. He likes sharing these things with Loren, she is so real and isn't after him just for his fame. He wants to be real with Loren. He know she likes him for the real him not what he has.

Back at the Tate house Max and Nora are sitting at the kitchen table drinking coffee and eating pie talking about Music and other things.

"So do you miss making music?" Nora asks shyly, she doesn't want to say the wrong thing.

"You know, I do and I have really been missing it lately, I actually have been working on some new stuff.

"Really can I hear some of it, if not that's fine."

"Yeah I would love to have your opinion. But I don't have a guitar."

"Hold on Loren has one in her room."

Nora goes and gets Loren's acoustic guitar, and they relocated to the couch.

"It's not finished; it's still a work in progress."

"I am sure it is great."

Max starts playing what he has wrote, it is a love song, about how he never thought he would find love again and now he has and he is finally happy again. He can't help but smile as she blushes while he is singing to her.

"Max that was amazing." she says genuinely and she smiles because she has never felt the ways she does about Max about anyone else, not even Loren's dad.

He smiles because the truth is he wrote the song about her. "Do you really think so, it's not done and it still needs some work."

"No it is amazing, so raw and emotional; it is one of the best songs I have ever heard." she says truthfully.

Max looks into her eyes and all he can think about is how happy she makes him. He is really happy that Nora came into his life, he hasn't smiled like this since his wife died. He makes her feel alive again.

"Thank you I am really glad you like it."

"I do I love It." she really does, she love everything about it.

Nora looks into his eyes and can't help but smile, she hasn't been this happy in a long time.

"I am really glad you let me hear it before anyone else, it means a lot." she says shyly.

"Well I am glad you liked it, what you think about it really means a lot."

Nora gets up to clean the table and Max goes to help, they are both in the kitchen and Nora is washing the dishes, neither of them can stop smiling. Nora is so happy that he showed up.

Max goes to grab the dish from Nora's hand to dry it and as he grabs it his fingers graze hers, as soon as their fingers touch it sends an electric shock through her whole body. He feels a shiver though his whole body and he accidently drops the dish, and it falls to the ground with a crash, smashing into pieces, but neither of them care. He grabs her hand, which is still frozen in its spot since their fingers touched, and pulls her into him; he puts one hand on her cheek, tracing little circle on her skin, and his other hand falls to her wait pulling him closer to him. She finally gets herself moving again and lifts her hand to intertwine them together behind his neck pulling him to her, then his lips crash onto hers, he licks her bottom lip asking for access, and she parts her lips slightly and his tongue makes his way into her mouth and their tongues begin to do a dance, both fighting for dominance. It is perfect, neither of them wants to pull apart, but eventually air becomes necessary. Max pulls away and rests his forehead against hers. She opens her eyes and meets his.

"I am glad you came over." Nora says breathlessly, she is still trying to gain her breathe back after the kiss.

"I am glad you came into my life." Max says truthfully.

A/N: As usual constructive criticism welcome! I hope you enjoy the story, I will try and update everyday depending on my schedule. REVIEW!