Author's Note: Hello wonderful readers. Thanks for all your support and feedback on the story it is greatly appreciated. Now, this chapter will focus on Eddie's P.O.V. and what happened in the last chapter from his perspective. Hope you guys are enjoying the way things are playing out and be sure to leave me a review letting me know what you think. Thanks and enjoy!
Chapter 6
Eddie's P.O.V.
Eddie was so caught up in the moment that he did not hear someone come out of the bushes and clear their throat. He and Loren hastily pulled apart from each other long enough to see a tall male figure approach towards them. Eddie couldn't make out who the person was but Loren surely did. She glanced over and yelled in surprise, "Cam! What are you doing here?" Eddie couldn't believe what he had just heard her say. 'Did I hear her right? Did she say Cam's name? No, that can't be he isn't here… at least he shouldn't be.' He put his thoughts aside and paid attention to what was going on around him. By that time Cam looked furious at Loren but more so at Eddie, and he grabbed her hand before saying, "Please give us a minute to talk alone." Before he leadingly led her into a more secretive corner of the woods so they could talk things out. Eddie wanted more than anything to be able to hear what they were saying. He inched his way forward, trying to get a better view of them but struggled because they were standing behind some trees about a good 20 feet away. Kicking the rocks around with his feet, Eddie got bored and pulled out his phone to see he had 6 missed calls from his dad. Starting to call him back, Eddie suddenly turned when he heard yelling coming from the direction where Loren and Cam stood. 'What's going on over there? Is Loren in trouble?' Eddie paced back and forth as he fought back the urge to run over to them and see what was going on. He heard footsteps coming near him, abruptly turning around to see Cam sprinting his way full speed. Eddie didn't have much of a chance to at least attempt to run the other way because Cam beat him to it. He tackled Eddie to the ground and Loren was shortly behind them trying to break up the fight. She was bent over in half hugging her hands around her stomach, out of breath from chasing Cam. After finally regaining her strength, she leaned over towards him and boldly said, "Cam don't you dare touch Eddie. It's either that or I call the cops, now leave, I mean it." Of course Cam made the decision in ignoring his fiancé and went straight to pounding Eddie's face repeatedly. A look of utter shock spread across Cameron's face when Eddie flipped him over and attacked him to the ground. Now it was his turn to hit Cam back. Eddie to this to his advantage and first hit him in the nose, which almost instantly started bleeding. Next, he went for his stomach and kneed him in the balls afterwards a few times. He found pleasure in the fact Loren wasn't trying to fight him on this. Looking up at her he saw her smile faintly as he was just now sitting on Cam preventing him from getting up anytime soon. "Loren call the police now." He said this because he did not know how long he could hold Cam like this before anything else bad could happen. She kept looking beyond him and said, "No need, looks like they already are on their way." Eddie stared at her bewildered and appearing more confused than ever. She pointed her finger in the path of the underbrush signaling that someone was coming, or a lot of people. Cops came bursting through the scene and Eddie jumped off of Cam so suddenly before anyone said anything. Two cops brawled with Cam and managed to handcuff him after a while fastening their grips on him. Loren swapped a baffled gaze with Eddie that he echoed back and they came closer to see what was occurring at the moment. "Um, anyone care to explain what's happening? Why are you arresting Cam? Not that I'm obliging." A cop broke out in a fit of laughter after the last thing that Loren had said. Everyone gave him an annoyed look and he tried his best to regain control of his behavior. Eddie turned back to the crowd and willingly listened to what they were beginning to further explain. Loren curiously stepped closer and asked, "What did he do to get arrested?" She couldn't have emerged any more ashamed of Cam in that moment who just tried to sham a sweet smile. He gave her the most ridiculous pair of puppy dog eyes Eddie had ever seen in his life. But he took notice when she turned away for an instant and didn't respond to his phony act. At last the officer replied. "Well, he was found in possession of drugs. We were driving by and he was on the side of the road drunk out of his right mind. We tried helping him and stumbled upon some drugs in his bag. My partner and I kindly asked him where he got it but he didn't answer, and we tried arresting him there but he broke free and ran into the woods. From there we followed him as best as we could and traced him up to here. Now may I ask what you TWO are doing up here at this hour?" Loren gave Cam an expression full of distrust and doubt for a small number of minutes and her eyes lessened into slits. She broadly inhaled before crossing her hands over her chest and turning to the officer and stating in a highly-annoyed tone, "Eddie and I were looking for our missing friend, Melissa Sanders. She was kidnapped by her insane ex-boyfriend Tyler Rorke; he kidnapped her a few hours ago. We thought they might be up here because this is their spot, but they were nowhere to be seen. Eddie and I were headed back to the car when Cam here jumped out from the bushes. Then you all showed up. Any more questions officer?" Eddie peered over and took in her facial expression of anger and annoyance. 'How can they be so stupid and go after her like that? This is her fiancé and it must be hard for her to talk about him in such a cold way. Even if he deserves it all, that doesn't matter right now.' They were both caught up in thought that they didn't bother noticing Cam being placed in the back of a police car. The silence was soon broken by the officer saying, "Actually yes, quite a few, now that you mention it, now let's start. Why are those two boys bruised in the face? Were they fighting? When did you first notice this man come out of the bushes and do you know him personally? Did he hurt you in any way?" Eddie's eyes nearly popped out of his head when he heard the stack of questions the cop was going to ask her. Loren looked rather pale, panicked, and at a loss for words as what to say; but tried her hardest to put on a happy face. She finally began to respond, "Well OFFICER," She seemed to emphasize the last word. "Cam came over here and started acting like an idiot. He began hitting Eddie because he was angry over something, I don't even know what. Eddie was defending himself so he hit Cam back but it was not as bad as when Cam was hitting him. He tackled him and then started hurting any part of Eddie in his grasp. I noticed him come out of the bushes when we were heading back to the car and he just popped out of nowhere like I said before. I actually do know him personally, he is my crazy fiancé. Officer to answer your last question, he did hurt me physically by grabbing a hold of my wrists and squeezing them to the point where I thought there was no circulation in them. Is that all?" Eddie was amazed that Loren was lying to the police What she had told them was only half of the truth and she had left out some important details, but then again he was rather pleased she had decided to do that. The police officer looked over at Cam in loathing. "I'm so sorry to bother you miss, but one more question. What is your name? And thank you for your cooperation; it will help put him behind bars. He will be charged with assault and attempted murder. Along with possession of drugs, now you may go on." Loren felt like she could breathe again but her heart sank when he said that he had one more question to ask, even if it was as simple as her name. Eddie on the other hand felt anger bubble up inside of him and was furious at the fact that the officer had the nerve to ask Loren so many questions at one time. 'Hasn't she been through enough today? This isn't fair to her. But thank god it's almost over.' Loren paused before saying with satisfaction, "My name is Loren Tate, officer." With that everyone starting freaking out when they learned the true identity of Loren. He laughed to himself a little before turning his head towards her only to become aware of that she too was laughing in pleasure. It suddenly dawned on Eddie that they didn't recognize her was her because it was pitch black outside and you could only make out people's shadows, not their faces. "Oh my goodness I can't believe it's really her! May I have your autograph Miss Tate? And I'm terribly sorry for this misunderstanding; I didn't realize who you were. If I knew it was you I wouldn't have wasted your time by asking all of those silly questions." Eddie chuckled even more to himself when Loren said, "It's okay officer I'm just glad that I could help out. And I will be sure to get you all autographs and front row tickets to my next show. Here is my card, just contact my manager and she will be sure to hook you up." Everybody switched glances over with each other and thanked her for her kindness and patience. "You are free to go Miss Tate. Sorry again for the inconvenient questions on your part. Thanks again for the tickets to your show." Both of them smiled back at one another and were thankful that they go could now. 'This took forever and was the most ridiculous thing ever. At least it's over. Now we can go and find Mel.' Loren smiled and waved to the cops taking Eddie's hand and dragging him off with her. Eddie just stared at her and was at a loss for words himself. Loren was determined to break the silence between them on the way back to the car. "Today has been a long day." Eddie felt confused when that was all she had to say after what just happened, but he shook it off and agreed with her. Starting to head back in the car, he was slightly surprised when Loren decided to pull him back when she wrapped her arm around his. Eddie turned and paused before asking, "Something wrong?" He felt concerned and started to wonder if something really was wrong. What he didn't know was that Loren had something else in mind other than talking with him. She pulled him back into reality when saying, "No, it's something else." He nodded his head letting her know that she should continue with what she was trying to state. "Well I can't stop thinking about that kiss we shared earlier. It was amazing and I want it to happen again, and really soon." Eddie was surprised by this and thought what he could respond to that. Loren dived right in and didn't give him much of a chance to think before she grabbed him by the shirt and kissed him once more. Eddie didn't know what was going on at first but then kissed her back. "Oh my god, this is happening again! The first time was amazing and surprising, and I thought it would only happen once. Does she really like me?' Eddie never felt more confused by these mixed signals she was sending his way. When she did finally pull away from him for air she was breathing pretty heavily and smiled over at Eddie. He returned the smile and all that ran through his head is 'Where does this leave us now?' He saw Loren's face turn from happy to pure horror. 'What was going on? She was just happy a minute ago, did I do something wrong?' All these questions raced in his mind and he didn't even bother pushing them out of his mind. What came out of her mouth next was the last thing Eddie ever expected her to say to him. "We shouldn't have even kissed. I'm still engaged to Cam and I'm not supposed to have feelings for anyone else but him. This was a mistake." Loren gasped almost immediately after she had said that. Eddie felt the anger building up inside of him once more and started to back away from her and into the trees. He didn't have any control over what he was about to say to her because his anger had gotten the best of him. "So you think everything was a mistake? Was meeting me a mistake? You know what Loren I'm sorry for showing any interest in you in the first place. I should have known better than to go after someone that is getting married soon. I'm the one that should be sorry." Eddie then couldn't take it anymore and stormed into the car, slamming the door shut behind him. He was beyond angry right now at himself, Loren, Cam, and the whole world. 'How could I be so stupid and let her kiss ME twice?! She is engaged to someone else and I should have known better. I am nobody to her and she is engaged, oh god this is bad.' Eddie drummed his fingers while waiting impatiently for Loren to get in the car. As she got in, he then started the engine and let it run for a moment before pulling off the side of the road. Eddie drove as fast as he could down the hills. Loren tried talking to him multiple times but he just shut her down. 'No I'm not going to tolerate any more of her lies. I'm just going to focus on driving and finding my best friend. I hope she is okay.' Loren desperately wanted to get through to Eddie but he was purposely making it impossible. She wouldn't stop hammering him to listen to her. "I'm so sorry Eddie. I shouldn't have said those things to you in the first place. It was no mistake in meeting you! I really-" He cut her off and said, "Loren just stop it I can't take anymore of this. Let's just forget this ever happened and focus on finding Mel. After that we will go our separate ways, you can go back to being a famous rock star and I will go back to being the nobody who writes songs in his room dreaming of meeting you one day." Eddie confident when he said this but it hurt his aching heart even more that he had to say this. He felt like he had to show no emotions towards her so that she wouldn't totally think he was a lunatic who couldn't make up his mind about being mad at her or not being furious with her. Loren seemed taken aback at the coldness that appeared in his voice and had a hurt look on her face. "Eddie pull over right now, we need to talk some things over." He shook his head, "Sorry can't do that. We need to focus on finding Mel and that's all that matters right now. Let's just put this behind us and move on and pretend it never happened." She seemed very frustrated with how difficult he was trying to be. "Okay I can't take this anymore, you are being ridiculous. I wasn't thinking when I said that to you. Please just listen to what I have to say." Loren tried taking control of the steering wheel from Eddie but that badly back fired. "What are you doing? You could have gotten us killed!" He was now even angrier because she was demanding him to pull over and tried pulling a stunt such as fighting him over the wheel. She wouldn't give up and kept fighting him over it and they swerved off the road hitting into a car. "Eddie watch out!" Eddie was merely shocked at what he knew was about to happen. 'Has it really come down to this? Well if these are my last moments of my life, I'm glad it was with Loren, even thought I am beyond furious at her right now.' Loren screamed at the top of her lungs and the last thing either of them remembered were incoming head lights and the impact of another car clashing with theirs. Eddie and Loren had been so caught up in their little world earlier that they had completely forgotten about Mel and what might be going on with her. Little did they know she was in her own hell with Tyler.
Author's Note: Sorry it took me so long to update this chapter. I had writers block and didn't know exactly what to write at first for this part. Hope it turned out okay and that you enjoyed it. Right after this is updated I will start writing chapter 7 and then will update it in a hour or so. Thanks for all the feedback and ideas, and also be sure to leave me a review. If you ever have any ideas don't be afraid to pm me and I will do my best to include it. You are all amazing.
