Loren's pov
"Are you saying you want to quit it?" I sigh, "No Eddie, I'm not saying that. I'm just saying that I want it to be different." "How would we do that? I can't just ban Lia out of my life and I can't just magically make our arguments disappear.", he desperately asks me. "You can start by trying to get to know me." "I know you?", he says confused. "No, you don't.", I state. And that's when I drop the bomb on him. "You don't even know I was a virgin when I met you." And that's when I hang up. I just told him that I want it to be different but I don't have the power to that. Eddie does. But it doesn't seem like he wants to use it. "Lo, are you okay? That was intense.", Melissa asks concerned. "I'm fine." "When you said you were sick of being unsure about his feelings for you. Were you talking about the fact that you're not sure if he loves you?" "I was. But I'm almost sure that he doesn't love me. If he loved me he wouldn't choose Lia above me.", I say with a sad smile. "I don't know Lo. Maybe he does love you." "It doesn't matter. Maybe Eddie and I are just not meant for each other." That's when my phone starts buzzing. It's Eddie, I deny. "It's Eddie isn't it?", Melissa knowingly asks. "It is.", I simply state. "He's probably freaking out right now. You just told him that he made your first time like hell." My phone starts buzzing again and I don't even bother to deny it anymore or even look at the screen to see that it's Eddie. "It wasn't completely his fault. I let my fear of loosing him get in the way of my judgement." "Yes it is his fault Lo. He's the one who made you feel like you had to sleep with him. He's the one who didn't know you well enough to know that you're a virgin but in his opinion he did know you well enough to have sex with him.", she fiercly states. In the mean time my phone just keeps buzzing. Sometimes it stops for a few seconds but then it starts again. Gosh, why's my life so messed up?! Tears appear in my eyes and I hate myself for crying. "I don't want this any longer Mel." Melissa is about to hug me when there is loud banging at the door. I quickly wipe my tears away while Melissa walks towards the door and opens it. "You've got to be kidding me. What are you doing here Eddie?!", she exclaims.
Eddie just pushes past Melissa and walks up to me. He kneels down in front of me and I can see a few tears in his eyes. "Loren, baby, I'm so sorry. I didn't know it was your first time but I should have. And it isn't an excuse. I should have never used you like that." He grabs my hands and starts stroking them with his thumbs. "Why didn't you tell me? Why didn't you tell me then and there that you were a virgin?", he desperately asks. "I didn't want to loose you." "Baby, why would you think I would leave you for that?" "You just care so much about your popularity. It's like you care more about that then about me.", I say as a tear rolls down my cheek. He wipes it away. His hand stays on my cheek. "That's not true baby. I care about you more than anything." "So what are we going to do now?" He thinks about it for a little while. Then he states, "Go on a DATE with me." A smile appears on my face, "Are you serious?" "Very. Loren Tate, will you go on a date with me.", he formally asks me. "Hmm, I'll have to think about that.", I tease. "Oh really?", he says while a smirk crawls onto his face. "Eddie, no.", I say referring to him about to tickle me. "I'll go on that date with you." "Great. How about the day after tomorrow?" "Sounds great." "Great, I'll pick you up at 5 AM." "5 AM?!", I exclaim. "It will be worth it. You'll see." And with that he walks out the door with me smiling at him. Melissa sits back down on the couch next to me. "Okay, so that didn't go as expected.", Melissa states confused. "No, it went better.", I say with a smile on my face. "Do you think this date will fix anything?" "We'll just get to know each other better on this date and have fun together." "What will that fix? Lia is still in the picture." "I'll just try to ignore Lia. The truth will come out eventually and then Eddie will be done with her. "So it doesn't even hurt that he doesn't believe you about her?" "Of course it does. But if I keep holding a grudge about that I can say goodbye to my relationship with Eddie. "Well then, I hope you'll have fun on your date."
I open my eyes and am immediately happy that my date with Eddie is close now. I turn around and see Melissa laying next to me. I stand up and walk into my bedroom. I change into white skinny jeans and a blue chiffon crop top with a blue bandeau underneath it. Blue nike wedges, shadow eye make-up, wavy hair and hoop earrings. Then I walk into the kitchen to make breakfast. I turn on the radio and turn the volume up really loud. Then I start dancing and cooking. After a while Melissa walks into the kitchen with her head all sleepy. "Loren, I love you...BUT IT'S FUCKING 5 AM!", she says all sleepy. "Hey Mel! You want breakfast?", I exclaim cheery. "Well I can't say no to pancakes.", she answers as she sits down. I put a few blueberry pancakes on both of our plates and put one of them in front of Melissa who immediately starts digging in. I sit down with my plate too after giving us both a glass of milk. "So why are you up so early?" "I don't know. Just happy about tomorrow I guess. Eddie and I are finally not fighting and we're gonna have some special alone time together. "Do you have to go shopping for your date?" "I don't think so. I think I'll be able to find something in my closet." Melissa chuckles, "Yeah, maybe. Rich girl." "Hey, not my fault." "Not your fault that you have a rich parent but kinda your fault for having a rich boyfriend." "Eddie doesn't buy me so much expensive things." "Really? What about the bracelet you're wearing right now? I look down at my bracelet and smile. It's a charm bracelet with an infinity charm, a heart charm, a key charm, a flower charm, an eifel tower charm, a charm of a shoe, a charm with "Eddie and Loren" and a charm with a red rhinestone in it. "It was a gift from Eddie for our anniversary.", I say as I smile. "You never told me what the charms stand for." "Eddie told me that the infinity charm is because we will be together for infinity, the key charm because he hopes he will always have the key to my heart, the flower charm because he thinks it's beautiful like me, the eifel tower is for our trip to France, the shoe is for when I threw a shoe at his head. It reminds us that we can overcome every argument. And the charm with the rhinestone is just beautiful. The red is love but I don't know if that means that the bracelet symbolises love. "What about the heart charm?" "Eddie never explained that one to me.", I say with a frown. "Why not?", Melissa asks. Also with a frown. "I don't know. He told me I would have to wait to find out." "Well, however, Eddie buys you a lot of expensive things. Your date tomorrow will prove that. I bet he will make it really expensive." "You don't know that." "Yeah, I do. Anyway, I'm gonna change."
It's the first break and Eddie pulls me down on his lap with the populars. "Loren, haven't seen you at this table in a while.", Tyler says with a smirk. "But now she is.", Eddie immediately answers for me. "So, Eddie, what are we doing on our date?", I ask him. One corner of Eddie's mouth twitches up into a smirk. "It's a suprise." "Oh come on Eddie. Please?", I beg with a pout. "Nope.", he answers shaking his head. "A hint then?" "Take a bikini."
To say that I was suprised when Eddie parked his car close to a private jet is an understatement. I knew that his parents owned one but I didn't expect Eddie to use it for our date. Melissa was right, he really is going to make this expensive. Now I'm just staring at the jet, taking in the fact that I'm going to fly for the first time. And not in one of the regular planes, no, in this huge private jet. I don't feel any fear at all, just excitement. That's why I smile at Eddie when he places his right hand on my back. He guides me into the plane and we sit down on very comfortable couches. The stewardess walks in to tell us to buckle up for take off and after we do that she leaves again. "Eddie, this is really too much." "Nothing is too much for my girl. I just need to remember that." "So, can I finally know where we're going?" "Costa Rica.", he answers with a smile.
After the plane finally landed after several hours there was an expensive car to pick us up. It left us somewhere in the rainforest. Eddie wouldn't tell me what his plans are for today. Now Eddie is leading me to God knows what he has planned and I let him. We stop at some building where a man is waiting for us. After introducing ourselves we follow the man who I now know is Bob. He leads us to a platform that we have to climb. When we're at the top I'm almost certain about what we're going to do. There's a line going from the platform to somewhere lower in the forest so it's pretty obvious that we're going zip lining. I'm pretty excited about that. I've always liked doing exciting stuff. My mom always tells people that I'm not afraid of everything and that she had to talk me out of the craziest things when I was little. One time I jumped out of a tree and broke my leg. Back then I was too little to realise that it was too dangerous. All I cared about was the rush of jumping from a high height. Now I know better but the rush is still there. I turn my head to look at Eddie and one corner of his mouth twitches slightly up as he sees the big smile on my face. "How do you know I'm not afraid of heights?", I tease. "I know you better than you think Loren Tate." He pops the second 't' of my last name and then pecks me on the lips. When he pulls back we both turn to look at Bob who starts talking. Bob must be about fourty years old. When Bob is done explaining rules to us he attaches us both to a pulley on the line after we put on some sort of harness. Then he attaches Eddie and I to each other. He asks us if we're ready and when we nod to confirm he lets us go. The pulley moves with high speed down the line and air blows with high force against our faces. It makes it hard to breathe but at the same time it's a great feeling. "Oh my gawsh! This is greeeeeat!", I yell. When I look at Eddie there's a smile on his face and there must be one on mine too, a big one. Then, despite of the lack of breath, I kiss him. It takes him a second to respond but then he does by immediately pushing his tongue into my mouth. We're both breating heavily by the lack of breath also the kiss itself. When the lack of breath becomes too big to ignore we both pull back and Eddie wraps his arms around me a little tighter.
Eddie and I have been down the line two times more after the first time. Then we walked back to the car while I rambled on and on about how amazing it was. I could still feel the rush which had as cause that I kept feeling incredibly excited. I gave Eddie a kiss and we started making out while getting into the car. I barely noticed when we stopped in front of a little café. After staying in the café for about an hour the car drove us to the beach. There we went snorkling. We saw the most beautiful things. Eddie's sixpack being one of those things. The fishes and plants and more beautiful things distracted me more than one time from staring at his stomach but my eyes kept wandering back to it. Eddie apparently felt the same about my body cause in no time we were making out underneath the water. Now we're sitting in this beautiful restaurant having dinner. "Eddie, this was officially the most amazing date I've ever had." "It's not over yet.", he says with a smile. "What do you mean it's not over? There's more?", I ask suprised. "Just that we're staying in a hotel tonight. We're leaving tomorrow morning."
Eddie and I just got out of the car and are now walking into the hotel. As soon as we get into the elevator I push Eddie against the wall and start making out with him. We continue it while walking into our hotel room and I push him onto the couch. We continue making out for a few minutes and then I can't resist the urge to take off his shirt any longer. I grab the hem of his shirt and start to get Eddie out of it but he grabs my hands and pulls back. I must look really confused right now.
Okay, so what's wrong? Why would Eddie, out of all people, pull back from Loren?
