Chapter 9: A smile on my face
Eddie at first thought he was dreaming about Loren's death but it wasn't a dream it was real. He suddenly saw that she was dead because the monitor wasn't beeping anymore and he knew it was true. He couldn't help but cry and just scream. Nora and Mel then woke up due to his screaming they heard him sadly saying "Why does this have to happen to Loren out of all people." Nora and Mel then began to cry too saying exactly the same thing Eddie sad but saying it even more depressed like. Just then Max entered the room only to find everybody crying yet again. Max then said to Nora "Listen Nora there might be a chance she'll wake up don't lose hope." "You really think she will" she said with a little hope. Max then said "Well I'm not certain she will but there's a chance. "But Max was wrong Loren never woke up.
The days that followed were truly heartbreaking to everyone. Eddie kept on dialing Loren's phone number just to hear her voice in the voicemail. Nora was depressed every morning not waking up to seeing her daughter's face. Mel would just stare at Loren's locker at school and just imagine her opening it. As for Max he just missed hearing Loren ask him for advice on Eddie, after all she was a daughter to him. Eddie and Nora were suffering the worst though. Both Eddie and Nora were being hounded by paparazzi everyday both being ask the same question like "How are you handling the lost for your loved one?" Both Nora and Eddie just stayed inside their houses all day just mourning Loren wishing they would see her face one last time. Especially Eddie he hated leaving the memory of him cheating on her in her brain before she died. He regretted not going to her house and not straightening everything out right then and there.
The next day came and Eddie was going to be throwing a tribute concert for Loren. He was going to be singing his new song he wrote called "Love Can't Describe What I'm Feeling". The song was the one he wrote about Loren, the song he wrote after the time they shared their first kiss. Anybody who was close to Loren or a friend of hers was invited. Eddie and Nora didn't want anybody else that didn't know Loren coming to the concert. The concert was held at the M.K. club it was going to start at 5:00. It was now 5:35 and Eddie only had 25 more minutes to prepare for the concert. Mel, Nora, and Max were all backstage with Eddie telling him he was going to do great. Eddie on the other hand could barely hold his breath; he was so nervous that he wasn't going to do well. Max saw this and told Eddie convincingly "You are going to do great just pretend your singing to Loren." With those words said Eddie felt a little more calm and stable, but then he saw the clock and it read 5:55. It seemed as if time was flying by.
Eddie now was getting his guitar so he'd be ready to go on stage. The guitar he grabbed was the Martin Guitar his Dad gave him for his birthday. Then the concert director said demandingly "Alright Eddie you better do well now get out there and sing your heart out. "With that Eddie walked onto stage all he could hear was screaming fans saying "I love you Eddie". The first song he was going to perform was his new one. He then said "Seems like I have fans her well anyways the first song I will be singing is called "Love Can't Describe What I'm Feeling'. With that Eddie then began to sing the song he sounded very depressed. He then began to sing the first lyrics which was "Those big brown and eyes and that pretty smile." He just sang those lyrics because all of a sudden he just froze on stage. Apparently this feeling overcame him making him so depressed and upset, he then ran back stage and sat in a corner and cried his eyes out.
All of a sudden he heard someone saying "Wake up Eddie wake up." Just then he woke up and realized he was dreaming. Nora was the one who woke him up because she saw him start to cry in his sleep. She then said very happily to him "Loren she woke up it's a miracle I guess God was listening to me." With those words said Eddie just had the biggest smile on his face he couldn't help it. The love of his life was alive he couldn't be any happier. But he still was a little shaken up from the nightmare he had. Max then walked into the room and said very happily like Nora "Son she's awake it's a miracle aren't you happy."Eddie then replied a little depressed "Of course I'm happy it's just that the nightmare I had seemed so real." Max then said "Well the nightmare is over she's alive son and they said she will be waking up very so.. Just as Max was going to finish his sentence everyone saw Loren open her eyes. The first words she said were "Where am I at?" Everyone then looked very confused. But Eddie looked upset in his mind he thought the worst "What if she's lost all of her memory."
