11.
Ian and Eddy were at the bar waiting on the ladies. Loren and Mel had just walked in when they ran into none other than Chloe.
"Oh look who is here. If it's not the little girl from down the tracks. What are you trying to stalk Eddie now, because if you are he doesn't want anything from a money grabber like you."
Mel almost hit her until Loren grabbed her back.
"Chloe, it is so not nice to see you. I think only you would think about trying to hook on to the spotlight for all the money grabbing you could do. So why don't you go try to find someone that would actually give a damn about you. That person is not here for you. I think Eddie has woken up to what lying cheating skank you are."
"Who the hell are you calling me a skank, you little toddler?"
"You call me the toddler when you act like you are pitching a fit for your pacifier."
"Ladies." Ian said walking up on them.
"Eddie tell this child she needs to stay out of grown up business." Chloe whined to him.
"Chloe go home. Stay the hell away from me. You are the one acting like a child." he said as he took Loren's hand and escorted her to their table as Ian did the same with Mel.
"I'm sorry about that." Loren said.
"No, you have nothing to be sorry for Loren." Eddie said as he helped her to sit.
"Too true." Mel said smiling.
"Well don't you two ladies looked absolutely drool worthy." Ian said.
"Thank you." they both responded.
"So I'm really glad you two could make it."
"Thanks Eddie, it was very nice of you and Ian to ask us."
Mel and Ian seemed to be into themselves so that left Eddie and Loren to talk.
"I was going over some of the lyrics I got from you. They are really good. I think maybe if you would like to come over sometime tomorrow we can work on them together."
"That would be good." she said a little bit hesitant.
"Loren, I promise not to mess up again."
The week had gone by slowly. Loren had done her regular shifts at the coffee shop and Mel seemed to be off the radar a little. She walked into her bedroom and after taking her shoes off lay down on her bed. No sooner then she did that she heard an alert go off on her computer. She got up and pulled up her laptop and opened the screen. There staring back at her was none other then Eddie with Chloe wrapped around him. It looked like she was in a hospital gown. She started reading the story and it stated that Chloe had overdosed. The headline read "Is Chloed back?" Loren's felt so sad at the information. Her phone started ringing and she saw it was Mel.
"Hey you, it's been awhile where have you been."
"Well I've been spending some time with Ian. Loren, I think I'm in love."
"What? Where are you, we need to talk."
"I'm on my way to your house now." Mel said before hanging up.
"Eddie. Eddie, where the hell are you son?" Max asked storming into Eddie's penthouse.
"Right here pops. What has you so riled up?"
"Please tell me those gossip papers have it wrong."
"What gossip papers?"
"Have you not looked on line?"
"No why?"
Max pulled out his laptop and pulled the headline up.
Eddie looked at the photo and took a deep breath. "Well we are not together if that's what you are worried about."
"Then where the hell did they get these pictures?"
"Look, when I found out what happened it was instinct to go check on her. She heard me and Tyler outside the door arguing and she came out and wrapped her arms around me. I walked her back to her room and then I left."
"Why the hell would you even go there? You could have called and checked on her."
"It was just on instinct."
"Eddie please tell me you are not considering going back to her."
"I don't know pops. I'm so confused."
"What about Loren?"
"What about her?"
"You told me how you were having these feelings growing in you. What happened to that?"
"That's why I am so confused pop. I don't know what to do anymore. I can't even stop to think about any of that. I have Jake brow beating me for new songs for the album. My head is spinning."
"I know. I have three questions to ask you."
"Shoot."
"Do you trust Chloe? Do you trust Loren and have you ever felt the connection for Chloe that you have felt for Loren?"
Eddie wasn't sure he could answer his dad because he knew his dad never liked Chloe. He just shrugged his shoulders.
"Okay then if you don't want to answer, maybe you should take the weekend and go to the bungelow in Malibu. Think about it. Once you get that part of your life situated the music will come to you."
"I can't this weekend because I have to be here to help Loren with the photo shoot for her album cover. Then she is going to have the first song recorded." Eddie said smiling.
"Okay, well then the following weekend."
"Yeah, that sounds good."
Max saw how Eddie lit up when he talked about Loren and he was going to watch carefully how they connected during the photo shoot and recording. Then he would know what he needed to do for his son.
Mel and Loren walked into the MK to get ready for the photoshoot. Loren was extremely nervous. She really didn't know how to act around Eddie after reading that stuff on the computer. But she was going to try to act normal.
Max saw Loren arrive and proceed to the dressing room to put on the clothes Kelly her manager had given her. He took a seat in a booth not to far off and pretended to be doing paperwork. He really needed to see how Eddie was around Loren. When he saw Loren come back out he couldn't help but chuckle. Now he really wanted to see how Eddie reacted. Loren was smoking hot in the outfit they chose for her. Her make up was done perfectly. He looked over at Eddie as he saw he come out to the area Loren was at. He knew the exact moment Eddie spotted Loren. He immediately came to a stop and stood there with his mouth wide open in absolute awe. He called Eddie's name a couple of times to get his attention but it finally took Jake walking up behind him to actually penetrate his brain. Eddie went to the bar counter and ordered a very strong shot of whiskey. Max couldn't help but chuckle to himself.