I knew I loved you Chapter 2

"Loren I'm tired of telling myself that we are just friends, what I'm trying to say is I love you Loren, I knew I loved you the moment I saw you on set, the more scenes we had, the stronger the connection we had told me it was you, the girl I want to spend the rest of my life with, I tried to shake it off, but I can't anymore, I'm tired of lying to myself."

He leaned towards Loren looking into her eyes, he kissed her softly; he was so careful as he pulled her towards him, Loren finally gave in, wrapping her arms around his neck deepening the kiss. He pulled away looking straight into her beautiful hazel eyes.

"Loren does this mean you feel the same way?"

She smiled shyly. She placed both of her hands on his face. "Yes Eddie I love you too, I came up here to try and talk myself out of this crazy situation, but I can't anymore."

Eddie hugged her and kissed her softly once more; Loren pulled away, her eyes saying so much. "What about Hillary?"

"I know Loren, I don't love her, and I guess I never have, and I've been fooling myself."

"When I saw her earlier, she warned me to stay away from you."

"I don't care what she thinks Loren, I just want to hold you and kiss you, you don't know how many times I dreamed of doing this, I've fallen asleep thinking of you and I wake up thinking of you."

"Eddie how could we keep this a secret? Paparazzi gets a hold of this, we're done."

"No one knows of this place, it's well hidden, we'll meet up here every day, I need to see you Loren."

Loren hesitated, she was afraid of what this could do to both of them. "I don't know Eddie."

"Loren we love each other, we'll make this work."

She smiled, he had this way of looking at her that made her heart skip a beat. "Ok I'll see you here tomorrow."

"I'll wait for you here at 9, we'll be careful Loren, I'll figure a way out of this mess I've created with Hillary."

He smiled and brought Loren closer to him. " I love you."

She initiated the kiss wrapping her arms around his neck.

It was after 10 when Loren arrived to her Condo. Mel was sitting watching TV. "Where have you been? I've been texting you like crazy?"

"I had to get away, I feel better, and I'm going to shower."

Mel didn't feel convinced, something wasn't right.

Weeks went by and Loren would leave around 8:30 and return by 11. Mel couldn't take it anymore; she waited in Loren's bedroom.

Loren walked in not expecting to find her in her room and jumped at the sound of Mel's voice. "Lo where do you go each night? What's going on?"

"Mel you scared me! What are you doing here?"

"Loren this ends tonight! Where are you going each night? Are you ok?"

"Mel I don't know what you mean?"

She tried to stay busy putting her things away, avoiding eye contact with Mel. "Loren Elizabeth Tate you can't fool me!"

Loren finally looked at her friend, she met during the filming of Hollywood Rock star, they became good friends and very close, she knew Mel would not let up.

"Lo are you seeing a married man?"

"Mel are you crazy? Of course not!"

Mel's eyes widen when she realized who it was. "Omg Lo, it's Eddie isn't it?"

Loren didn't want to look at Mel. "What are you saying?"

"Lo you and Eddie, I'm right aren't i?"

Loren started to cry. "Mel I've never been this happy, we're in love!"

"Lo he's cheating on Hillary with you?"

Loren turned away mortified. "Mel don't say it that way, we're in love, we meet at Mulholland hill, we sit and talk and cuddle and we kiss, we can't be seen together, not yet, but I'm so happy Mel."

"Lo I'm so happy for you, but when will he make things right?"

"I know Mel, we've talked about it, for now this is what we'll do, please don't say anything, I trust you Mel."

"Lo I wouldn't hurt you, but please be careful."

She smiled. "I know Mel, we are."

A week later there was a red carpet event, Eddie arrived with Hillary holding his arm, she loved the attention she got when she was with Eddie, he looked around to see if he could catch a glimpse of Loren, finally he saw her walk in with Mel, she looked beautiful in her red strapless dress, the reporters were asking questions about Hollywood Rock star, wondering if there would be a season 2! Eddie tried to answer as many questions as he could, he was distracted, it killed him not to be by Loren right now. Eddie walked away but Hillary saw her chance to be photographed with Eddie and stopped to pose, she proceeded to kiss him as the flashes went off. Loren's heart skip a beat as she watched them; she turned and walked into the huge theater.

"Lo you know this was going to happen!"

"I know Mel, I had to come, I'm presenting an award, I couldn't get away from this event."

"I know, come on, let's look for our seats. "It was midnight before the two were headed back to their Limo, Loren was heart-broken, after seeing Eddie every day for weeks, this was the first night they wouldn't see each other. Eddie noticed when Loren Left, he turned to Hillary.

"I'm tired, it's been a long day, and I have so much to do tomorrow."

"Eddie the parties are just getting started, there's so many I need to hang out with."

She walked away he looked at his phone, there was no way he could call Loren, or even text her right now, he had to be careful with so many eyes on him, after a few hours he dropped Hillary off at her place and arrived home sending Loren a quick text.

("Loren I missed you so much, see you tomorrow, I love you!")

Loren stood in her shower letting the warm water sooth her body, it hurt so much to see Eddie with Hillary, and not be able to hold his arm and kiss him. She missed him so much. She was finally done and stepped out of the shower and heard her phone buzz telling her there was a new message. She smiled when she read the text Eddie had sent her. She replied.

("I'll see you tomorrow, I missed you, love you too Eddie.") She smiled; she couldn't wait for the next day to see him again.

The following day Loren went about her business, she finished recording her album after several hours at the studio. Kelly had several events for Loren to attend that morning, everywhere she went fans always asked about a season 2 of the show. After running around all day, she was looking forward to seeing Eddie that evening, she drove to their secret spot and went up to wait, the view was amazing that evening, the stars where shining so bright. She looked at her watch, it was after 9, Eddie was never late, where could he be? She heard noise and a huge smile appeared on her face when she saw Eddie.

She practically flew into his arms. "You had me worried!"

Eddie didn't say another word; he held her and kissed her. "I missed you babe, sorry I'm late, Hillary wanted to come over, I'm so glad the studio called her for an audition, I couldn't take another day without you."

Loren smiled. He sat on the ledge pulling Loren towards him. She leaned on him. "I wanted to be with you at the Awards event last night; it was so hard to see you with her."

"I know, be patient Loren while I get out of this whole mess." He sat up to take something out of his pocket. He smiled as he handed Loren a small box.

Loren's eye lit up. "Eddie what is it?"

"Open it." She did, and she smiled as she saw a beautiful necklace with a heart locket. "This is beautiful, I love it."

"Let me help you put it on, open the heart locket, I had it inscribed."

Loren smiled and sighed. "Luv you always LT&ED" I will always wear it Eddie."

"That's the idea, don't take it off, I want you to hold the heart with your hand and think of me."

"I always think of you, I'm very happy you're in my life."

He leaned in to kiss her. He couldn't get enough of Loren. They cuddled and talked and before either one of them realized it was almost midnight. "Eddie it's late, what if Hillary is looking for you?"

"She was called to do an audition; I'm sure she's still there."

"We better go, I have several early appointments, you know how Kelly loves to keep me busy, and I'm going to have my own line of perfume and bath sets."

Eddie moved his eye brows up and down. "You're a huge tease, you know that?"

" What do you mean?"

"I love holding you and taking in your scent."

Loren got up and pulled Eddie up. "I love you!"

"I'll probably be by Jake in the morning, so we might run into each other."

"I know, I hate it, I hate pretending Eddie."

"I know Babe, but this will soon be over, I have to end it with Hillary, you know I love you."

They kissed once more and walked towards their car. "Eddie I can't wait until were free to show the whole world how we feel."

"Loren the moment I saw you on set for Hollywood Rock star and got to know you more each day, I knew I loved you that moment on."

Loren downcast her look blushing and feeling his look. "I've never felt like this Eddie, I had never fallen in love." She looked him in the eyes. "Until now, I love you so much I want everyone to know."

"We will very soon." He replied kissing her hand.

Loren's phone buzzed. "It's Mel she's worried, it's late."

"What will you tell her?"

Loren smiled looking at him again. "She knows Eddie, I can't fool Mel."

Eddie's eyes widen. "What did she say?"

"She said she knew it while we headed towards the end of the show."

"What she could tell there was an attraction between us?"

Loren blushed as she held Eddie's hand. "I guess so, she said our kissing scenes looked too real, and every time you looked at me, she knew it meant more than what our characters were saying or doing."

"Wow Mel is smart, I wonder how many more we couldn't fool?"

"Hillary for sure, the day I ran into her, she hinted something was up, she was upset at the fans for shipping us on the show and outside of the show."

"Don't worry about her."

He kissed her and held her hand as they both walked towards their cars and drove away.

The following morning Loren sat drinking some tea outside on her balcony. Mel joined with her cup of coffee.

"Lo you were really late last night, it was midnight when I went to bed and you weren't home yet."

"I know time flies when I'm with Eddie."

"Boy you're really heads over heels in love with him aren't you?" Mel smirked.

Loren turned to look at her. "Can't you tell by now?"

"Loren your eyes light up at the mention of his name, look at you, you're blushing and I bet the butterflies are fluttering everywhere in your tummy?"

"Yes I want to tell the whole world that I'm in love with Eddie Duran."

"So how long have you two have been sneaking around?"

Loren gushed with a cute laugh. "Can you believe it's been close to 3 months?"

"Lo he's got to end it with Hillary; I don't know how you do it girl!"

Loren got up and walked back into her condo. "I know Mel, he has to be careful, and he said he's doing it soon."

"I have a feeling he's afraid of what Hillary can do, her dad owns a lot of the labels doing business with Jake Madsen."

Loren bit her lower lip. "I had not even thought of that Mel."

"That alone can hurt Eddie's career, I guess that's why he's thinking of a smart way to break up with her."

Loren's smile turned to a worried look. "I hope everything will work out for us."

Later that evening, Hillary sat in her apartment looking through some scripts. She had done so many auditions and no one was calling her back. "I might have to talk to daddy about these idiots who can't tell I'm the most talented girl in Hollywood!"

Her doorbell rang and she walked to the open the door. "You finally show up, do you have everything I need?"

"I think you'll be pleased with my work." The man handed Hillary a yellow manila envelope. "Thank you and here is your payment."

He left and she closed the door. She seemed pleased as she opened the large envelope.

I know I know, but it's fun ending it like this!….what is this witch up too? R & R !