Chapter 4: The Truth about Loren Tate
After School
Eddie saw Melissa and Loren walking towards her bike, he thought it was a perfect time to ask Melissa about Loren. Like lightning he bolted out of the school into the parking lot.
Loren: So you'll come by around 6, my mom won't be home until 7:30; my mom would be so ecstatic to know that you go to school here and that I wasn't alone on my first day. Remember the directions I told you!
Melissa: Of course. Oh and make that amazing chocolate marshmallow cheesecake you've been famous for since we were in 3rd grade.
Loren *laughing*: Of course
Loren putting on her helmet gave Melissa a hug then left.
Eddie was eavesdropping so he heard the entire conversation, as soon as Loren took off he started talking to Melissa, basically scaring her half to death.
Eddie: Mel!
Melissa *jumps to her name being called*: Oh my gosh Eddie! You scared me half to death! *takes a deep breath* so what's up?
Eddie: I need you to tell me everything you know about Loren.
Melissa *curious*: Why?
Eddie: I don't know just something about this girl intrigues me on so many levels.
Melissa *smiles*: Okay. So want do know? Specifically?
Eddie: EVERYTHING!
They walk over to a bench and Melissa starts to talk:
Melissa: Well. She was born and raised in Manhattan, New York. All her life since she was 6, it has been her and her mom because her dad died in a car crash 6 months after she turned 6. Loren has built this scar tissue, you know? She doesn't take bullshit from people, like what was witnessed today; but on some occasions she's shy.
Loren is an amazing singer, dancer and actor but she has stage fright for as long as I've known her. She was supposed to be in a play the night her father died, she didn't see him in the audience, she went on stage and before she could make a sound she broke down and cried then threw up on the entire front row. After that she never performed in front people ever again. Her mom is a lawyer so she sees little of her because she always in a court room or in her office whether it's at their house or at her office. She's into sports like basketball, soccer, volleyball and swimming. Today, I told her about tryouts next week and her face light up like the lights on a Christmas tree. Her favorite food is lasagna but she doesn't know how to say it properly, her favorite colors are black, blue, purple, red and white. Her favorite ice cream flavor is chocolate marshmallow. And she loves to cook.
Eddie: Wow. She's even more amazing than I thought.
Melissa then looks at her watch and a sly smile slowly spread across her face.
Melissa: I can't believe it took me 45 minutes to explain her. You know what I bet you she running around her house dancing and singing right now.
Eddie: What are you suggesting? *he lifted an eyebrow for her*
Melissa: Wanna her sing and dance? She gets lost in her own world when does it for herself. Plus, I know where they hide their spare key. They don't change.
Eddie: Then why are we still sitting here! Let's go!
They went with Eddie's car. Melissa called her brother, who was at football practice and left him a message saying she'll get a ride home with Loren; then she called her parents and told them the whole story and got their permission to go over at Loren's and that she doesn't need to ask to go over there.
Within 15 minutes they arrive at Loren's house. Eddie sees Loren's motorcycle and a black convertible in their driveway.
Eddie: How come there is a convertible in the driveway. I thought she said that her mom be home until 7:30.
Melissa: Yeah she did that he-…..Wait, how do you know she said that.
Eddie *scratches the back of his head* I may have been eavesdropping.
Melissa: Eddie!
She rolls her eyes. They walk up to the front door when Melissa stoops down and takes a key from under the mat.
Melissa *flaunting the key in Eddie's face*: See I told you, they never change. Eddie Laughed.
Melissa unlocks the door and peeks inside to hear music playing but no sign of Loren. So she signals Eddie to hurry and hide behind the counter while she locks the door. As soon as she locked the door, she heard a room down the hall open, Melissa darted behind the counter next to Eddie when Loren came out with her hair in a ponytail wearing a purple long sleeved crop top and a red short shorts. She pushed back the coffee table to the right hand side of the living, played music and started dancing and singing to the music.
She was singing and dancing to Who I Am and Chasing the Beat of My heart, songs from Austin and Ally:
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh ohohoh
Maybe I shouldn't have lied
I was in over my head
All the games that I played
Just played me instead
Please forgive me
I'm trying to forget
I was too busy fronting
How dumb can I get
Oh-oh-oh
So busted
Oh-oh-oh
I messed it up up up
Gonna tell you what what what
Gonna dance like the freak imma be tonight
Sing the wrong words into the mic
Cause that's just who I am
That's just who I am
I wont care if they laugh at me
If I lose my grip on gravity
I'm doing the best I can
Cause that's just who I
That's just who I am
(Chasing The Beat Of My Heart)
Chasin' the beat of my heart
Been counting every second of the day
I'm dying to be seeing your face
Wishing you were at the door
Can't take another minute more
Some way and somehow
I'm through anticipating, oh
Right here and right now, it's true
Instead of waiting, oh
I'm going home and I'm coming to you
Chasin' the beat of my heart
Heading for all that I knew
Chasin' the beat of my heart
Oh woah, you and I
Oh woah, together again
Oh woah, you and I
Chasin' the beat of my heart
No matter what I've done or where I've gone
You still have been where I belong
Been livin' in a merging sea
Because you haven't been here with me
Some way and somehow
I'm through anticipating, oh
Right here and right now, it's true
Instead of waiting, oh
I'm going home and I'm coming to you
Chasin' the beat of my heart
Heading for all that I knew
Chasin' the beat of my heart
Oh woah, you and I
Oh woah, together again
Oh woah, you and I
Chasin' the beat of my heart
So you can you hear it, c-can you hear it?
It's beating out of me, oh, oh, oh
Can you hear it, hey, hey can you hear it?
It's where I wanna be, oh
I'm going home and I'm coming to you (to you)
Chasin' the beat of my heart
Heading for all that I knew
Chasin' the beat of my heart
I'm following you and you lead
Chasin' the beat of my heart
Heading for all that I need
Chasin' the beat of my heart
Oh woah, you and I, together again
Oh woah, you and I
Chasin' the beat of my heart
Eddie and Melissa jumped up from behind the counter and Loren jumped holding her heart. When she turned around she saw Melissa and Eddie clapping for her. Her face was 7 different shades of red.
Eddie: You are an amazing singer!
Melissa: I told you!
Loren:…..
Melissa *smiling well smirking*: Lo! Lo! Lo!
Loren: Mel! How could you?!
Credits: Chasing the beat if my heart and Who I am – Ross Lynch from Austin and Ally