CHAPTER 7
**Loren POV**
I put the key card into the door of the suite and turn the handle and push my way through the door and let it slam behind me. I walk straight to the bathroom and lock the door. I know that I am acting like a child, but I rationalise that I can after the last few days that I can…
I splash some water on my face and look into the mirror, I'm still wearing my black dress from my performance earlier, and I don't recognise the person staring back at me, my hair is perfectly styled, make perfect, well until I put water on my face, I don't look like the senior I had been a few weeks ago. My dreams are coming true but at what cost?
I walk out of the bathroom and see my laptop sitting on the bed. I sit down on the floor at the end of the bed and pull the laptop onto my lap, I open the laptop and it lights up the screen with images of "Eddie Duran Rock Star" and also just Eddie and I, I like those ones, just a young couple in love, no rockstar titles in these pictures.
I load the video that Mel made me when we thought Eddie had been killed and I watch the video. I must be half way through watching it for the third time when I hear someone behind me; Eddie is watching the screen very intently, I have never shown him this or told him that Mel had made it.
Loren: "How long have you been watching?"
Eddie: "I'm not really sure, what is that you are watching?"
Loren: "It's a video type of montage that Mel made when we thought you had been killed?"
Eddie: "Where did all the footage come from, I don't recognise some of it?"
Loren: "It's all the footage that Mel had shot, from the café when we played foosball and the concert you did when you arrived back in LA, even behind the scene type stuff at the video shoot and the concert we did at MK."
Eddie: "Can you forward it to the part at my concert?"
Loren: "Sure but why?"
Eddie: "I just want to see something"
I find the part the Eddie is talking about while Eddie comes to sit beside me. I press play and we sit and watch the footage from the concert.
Loren: "what is it, what is wrong?"
Eddie: "I knew I had a connection with a fan at my concert when I was singing 'something in the air' but I didn't see her face, the lights were really bright and I didn't see her face, I even went back through what we filmed but I only had shots from the sides not front on, even Love2LoveU tweeting back and forth, the lyrics and poems you were sending me, they were deep and we connected, but it all makes sense now that it would all be you.
Loren: "I felt the connection too but never in my wildest dreams did I think they would come true, you Eddie have made it all come through and I don't know how to put into words how thankful I am to you, but right now I need to know what happened when you disappeared?"
Eddie: " I know, its kinda complicated and some of it really doesn't make sense but I've had a few conversations with dad and filled in some blanks but I don't really have the full story but I'll tell you what I know."
**Back in LA with Mel**
**Mel's POV**
Everything is changing, nothing will be the same. Lo is off with Eddie in New York, my parents aren't my parents and Adam well I don't know what is happening with my love life, but I can't help but think of Ian, I've only met him that one time at Loren's party but we have kept in touch, I receive emails and texts from him, which I have kept to myself, I haven't even told Lo. I feel like I'm being left behind.
-Mels phone beeps with a text- From Ian
** Hey, I'm in town wanna catch up?**
Mel- ** Yeah, when and where?**
Ian- **MK in an hour?**
Mel - **sure meet me out front.**
I better find something to wear, my computer beeps with a new notification, so I walk over to check it…..
"Loren Tate Nails Festival" I read the title and smile to myself, I am so proud of her, and I vow to myself that I won't let anything change us.
As I change to meet Ian I pick up my phone to call Lo I need to tell someone about Ian and my feelings, are they real or am I just intrigued with the idea of him, whatever it is I need to talk to Lo about it.
**Ring, Ring,Ring**
**Hey you've reached Loren leave me a message and I'll bet back to you.**
I hang up, I can't believe she didn't pick up, she would have left the festival by now. Feeling I little bummed I finish getting ready to see Ian.
Ian is waiting outside for me when I walk up to the club.
Ian: "Hey love."
Mel: "Back attcha, thanks for waiting."
Ian: "My pleasure, I've got a table reserved for us."
Ian takes my hand and leads me into the club.
Mel: "Hey Ian, how long are you in town for?"
Ian: "About a week, I have to finialise the tour with Jake and Eddie now he is back and I've got a couple of shoots to do for America's Next Top Model."
Mel: "What are you doing for Eddie's Tour?"
Ian: "Eddie wants me to do the tour with him taking pictures backstage, on stage, the tour bus/plane."
Mel: "Will you do the whole tour?"
Ian: "I'm not sure, it will all depend on the dates, I already have a few shoots booked in that I can't change so I'll miss some of it but we should be able to work something out."
Mel: "Cool, Lo has asked me to come along aswell and film it. So we might be on tour together."
Ian: "That's great love, we can hang out."
As Ian and I talk about the tour, I think about Adam, I haven't told him about the tour yet, he is thinking about transferring to UCLA but I think he needs to conquer his dreams and I think he needs to go NYU but how do I tell him that?
Ian: "Earth to Mel anybody there?"
Mel: "What….Oh sorry I spaced, I've got a lot going on and I need to talk to Lo but she didn't answer, and hasn't called me back."
Ian: "I'm sure she will as soon as she can, I've been backstage at those things and they are chaos, and the media will be giving her a hard time, specially having Eddie with her, they all want his story and unfortunately until he tells the story they are going to make up their own, on the way here I heard that he was shacked up in some hotel room with another girl, they will stop at nothing to sell a newspaper, magazine or talk show."
Mel: "I have been trying hard not to read to bad stuff, I'm waiting on Lo to tell me when she is ready."
Ian: "You're a good friend but something tells me that that isn't the only thing on your mind?"
Mel: "How can you know how to read me in such a small amount of time."
Ian: "I just do I can't explain it, we are the same Mel."
A/N: thanks so much for all the feedback, I nearly gave up on this story but you all have helped my push on... please keep reviewing and i'll have the next chapter up very soon...
just another little note... I have NO intention of making Loren pregnant in my story, not unless I skip ahead by a few years, which at this stage I have no intention of doing... what to look forward too... a wedding proposal, a death, a breakup, a hookup, and a media frenzy...
Hope you are excited...
Keep reading and keep reviewing, I love reading you PM's they really keep the appeal to keep writing. SOOOO Thanks again and enjoy xxxx
