I wanted to post this chapter before the weekend because I didn't want you to have the last chapter in your head all weekend. But that didn't happen so.. This one is so much more sweet and full of Leddie moments to make up all the horror in the last one. Enjoy!

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That morning Loren woke up feeling a pair of strong arms around her, she let panic take over for a second before she saw that it was Eddie. The tough, annoying, flirty, sexy guy that he'd always been wasn't the guy laying next to her, this Eddie was sweet, kind, protective and still so damn sexy. She turned around so she was facing him, looking at him sleep peacefully. She put the outside of her hand to his cheek and stroke it slowly, it felt so natural to her. Eddie slowly opened his eyes and they immediately lock eyes with eachother.

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Eddie: "Morning." He whispered with a smile.

Loren: "Morning" She said and returned the smile.

Eddie: "How you doing?" He asked and she could hear the concern in his voice.

Loren: "Fine." She simply said, not really wanting to talk about it.

Eddie: "I know that fine isn't fine and I know you. Just talk to me, please?" He said and he took her hand in his.

Loren: "You know me huh?" She couldn't help but smile at this.

Eddie: "Yes, I do. Now talk to me." He said seriously but with the same sweet smile on his face and her in his arms.

Loren: "I.. I can't." She said as she turned away and tried to get out of his grip, not really wanting to part from his embrace but to avoid the subject.

Eddie: "Loren, you can trust me. You know I'm never gonna leave you right?"

Loren: "I know I can, I do. But you can't possibly know that Eddie."

Eddie: "Good, than trust me when I'm saying that I'm always by your side no matter what." He moved his hands to each side of her face, not letting her turn away from him again.

Loren: "Why?"

Eddie: "Because you are amazing, smart, funny, talented and crazy beautiful and that is just the obvious things though." He said loosening his grip on her and she couldn't help but to blush.

Loren: "Eddie.." She started out before she took a deep breath. "I've never let anyone in, not about this. Not even Melissa or my mom." She felt her chest tighten up.

Eddie: "You don't have to tell me if you're not ready." He didn't want to push her towards something she wasn't ready for.

Loren: "That's not it, I just need you to know that you are the only person who know about my d.. about Trent." She couldn't call him dad, he had never been that to her and he was never going to. She felt Eddie's arms tighten around her and she felt safe again. "I don't want you to treat me any differently because of this."

Eddie: "I wont, I promise." He already knew, well almost anyway.

Loren: "So.." She didn't really know where to start. "Where do I begin?"

Eddie: "The beginning I guess."

Loren: "I think I was about four when he hit my mom for the first time but it wasn't until I was six that I realized what was really going on. There was yelling and fighting for as long as I can remember but I still have nightmares about when I saw him lay his hands on her for the first time. I still hate myself for not stopping things right then and there.. Then it wouldn't have gotten as bad as it did." She felt some tears roll down her face.

Eddie: "You were six Loren, no one expected you to."

Loren: "I know that!" she said loudly, not really meaning it to be that loud.

Eddie: "I just don't want you to punish yourself for something that wasn't your fault." He said and dried her tears away with his thumbs. The gestured got a small smile to appear on her face before she continued the story about the worst years of her life.

Loren: "I guess that I was kind of lucky that he left me alone until I was eleven. I don't even know why he waited that long to come after me, maybe he thought that the sound of my mothers screams wasn't torture enough after three years and the sight of it had gotten boring after another two that it was the only way to get under my skin. But if that had been enough I wouldn't be like this. I mean the hits and kicks I can take over and over again but I don't think that I could take the feeling of him watching me undress ever again." There it was, her darkest secret was just about to be told for the first time ever. "The feeling of his hand over my mouth and his breath on my neck still gets me to tears." She was speaking through tears and sobbing right about now, but she wasn't stopping. She had to say the words out loud, she needed to. "Just how his tough on my skin and his touch all over me makes me sick. And I hate that he made me so small by his actions and even smaller for keeping me quiet for so long! I hate him and I hate myself for letting him rape me over and over again." The words felt heavier than she thought they would but she also didn't expect to be abel to breathe by letting the words out for the first time.

Eddie: "It wasn't your fault Loren, no matter what he told you or made you think. No one deserves do go through what you've been through.. and I hate him too for making you go through it."

Loren: "Thank you."

Eddie: "For what?"

Loren: "Not giving up me. I don't know what I would have done if you hadn't come into my life at the right time."

Eddie: "I'd like to think that we would have come to this moment at some point."

Loren: "Yeah, me too but after last week and last night with Tyler I means the world to me that you're here.

Eddie: "I'm always here for you. What happened last week? I knew that something was up and I heard your songs, did he..." He didn't get to finish that sentence before Loren cut him off.

Loren: "Nothing happened, I saw him at the Mall and.." Now she was cut off.

Eddie: "He's actually still around? If I see him I swear I'll.." She cut him off once again.

Loren: "Eddie, don't. He doesn't deserve any attention. He didn't even see me."

Eddie: "That doesn't matter, just the thought of him near my.." He just realized what he was about to say and stopped just in time to stop himself from saying it.

Loren: "I'm your what?"

Eddie: "eh, ah my.." He didn't want to scare her off but he couldn't help but feel the way he does.

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Loren didn't think twice about it, within seconds her lip where on his. The kiss took him by surprise but he soon moved his lips over hers. It was sweet and lingering for a few seconds, it might not have been as heated as it had been before but the same spark and feeling was there. They both pulled apart after a little while, just enough to rest their foreheads against eachother.

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Eddie: " That was.." He was at lost of words.

Loren: "Yeah, it was."

Eddie: "I've been wanting to do that for quite a while now."

Loren: "Me too."

Eddie: "Then what was with the teasing?"

Loren: "Mel kind of talked about messing a little with you but after the first time it just felt so good to have you near."

Eddie: "You could have just told me that and not torture me for it."

Loren: "I know but I was scared.. I really like you and trust you, and I haven't trusted anyone other than Mel and my mom my whole life. And I don't know if I can trust myself around you."

Eddie: "Why not?"

Loren: "Cause I think I'm falling in love with you." It just flew out of her mouth, she couldn't help it and Eddie couldn't help but smile at this.

Eddie: "Good cause I've already fallen for you." He said and looked into her eyes, they were at the verge of tears once again.

Loren: "Really?" She asked with a smile that told him that it wasn't sad tears, they were happy tears.

Eddie: "Really." He whispered and started to lean in once again.

Loren: "Good." She whispered, letting her lips grace his with the word.


While Loren and Eddie was having their heart to heart, Mel and Ian were having one of their own.

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Ian: "God morning love." He whispered and gave her a sweet kiss on her lips.

Mel: "God morning to you too handsome." She said and kissed him back.

Ian: "How'd you sleep?"

Mel: "Good, I almost thought that I had dreamt last night though. I'm glad that it wasn't."

Ian: "Me too." He kissed her again as he wrapped his arms around her. "I meant what I said last night Mel. I love you."

Mel: "I love you too Ian. Last night was kind of perfect, wasn't it?" She asked as she looked up at him with a smile.

Ian: "It really was, I'm just worried that Eddie and Loren might be upset that we missed everything."

Mel: "If they are then they'll get over it. I mean what could we have missed that would matter that much?"

Ian: "I guess you're right. Then I guess that they can manage without us a while longer." He said as he started to kiss down her neck while his hands puller her closer to him.

Mel: "I think they can live with that." She moaned as she felt his hands on her butt and thigh as his kisses had gotten down her stomach.

Ian: "I though so too." He said between kisses.


Loren and Eddie just laid in bed for about thirty minutes until they decided to leave the comfort of Loren's bed and take a look and last nights damage. Just as they opened the door and made their way out in the hall they both stopped by the sudden moaning and the screaming of Ian's name.

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Loren: "I'm guessing they're having fun." She couldn't help but giggle.

Eddie: "Yeah, that wouldn't be that hard to miss." He said as he took her hand in his, intertwining their fingers, and pulled her towards the stairs.

Loren: "I'm not sure I even wanna see the mess down there." She said as she stopped at the top of the stairs.

Eddie: "I didn't look around that much when I threw everyone out last night but I don't think it was that bad." He said.

Loren: "Are you trying to convince me or yourself?"

Eddie: "I honestly don't know, but it's not like we can stay up here forever just hoping that it will clean itself up."

Loren: "Fine, come on.." She said as she walked down the stairs. Once they got the to bottom they turned to look in the living room and stopped at the sight.

Eddie: "Wow.. this is bad."

Loren: "What are you talking about?" She said sarcastically as she gestured around the house.

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The cough in the living room was tipped over and was stained from at least four cups of beer, there was cups and spilled beer all over the floor, counters and tables, out on the patio half of the furniture as in the pool and broken to pieces and in the kitchen the fridge stood open with slim to non food left. Not to forget about the broken glasses and fallen painting around the house.

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Eddie: "We are so dead.."

Woman: "You sure are..." They heard an all to familiar voice say behind them in an angry tone.

Loren: "Mom, what are you doing home so soon? I though you weren't coming home until tomorrow."

Nora: "I got called in at work for some emergency but that isn't the problem here.."

Eddie: "I know and we're sorry. We were just gonna have a few friends over and things kind of got out of hand." He didn't lie, just a little. It did get out of hand but they might have invited a little more than a few friends.

Loren: "He's right, one person brought a friends and after a few texts the whole school was here."

Nora: "That doesn't keep you two from cleaning all of this up and being grounded for two week. Then you will pay of the damage by helping out around the club and here at home."

Eddie: "Two weeks? Can we still go to the studio cause we are recording this coming week."

Nora: "Not my problem right now, but we might be abel to work something out when I come back from work. Max should be here in an hour and I expect this whole place cleaned up by the time I come back." She said as her gaze drifted between the kids in front of her until they nodded and she walked back out through the front door.

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With that they ran upstairs to break Mel and Ian's love fest up to get help cleaning up and spending time with them since they were only gotta be abel to see eachother in school for two weeks. They had filled two huge garbage bags with red cups and broken things and fished the furniture out of the pool once Max came home. They could tell that Nora had called him about the wrecked house since he had a disappointed look in his eyes once he entered the house.

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Max: "Mel and Ian it's nice that you wanna help but you can leave now since these two have lost the privilege to have you here and it's not your mess to clean up. It's theirs." He said, never letting his eyes wander away from Eddie and Loren.

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It took about two more hours before the place looked pretty livable just in time for Nora's return. They were all sitting in the kitchen with Loren and Eddie at one side of the table and Nora and Max on the other.

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Max: "So you are grounded for two weeks, you go straight here after school and then you do your homework and work on some music if you have to. If you are recording one of us will drive you there and back. There is no computers, phones or anything like that unless it's about your music."

Nora: "There is no bringing friends over or going to friends houses. Not even to study, if you need a study group you've got eachother for that. On the weekends you are working at the club until you've paid of your debt."

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That was the rules that was enforced for the next two weeks, plus the working part which would be for about two months. After dinner they both got to their rooms but after a few minutes Eddie heard a knock on his door.

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Eddie: "Loren, what are you doing?"

Loren: "What? They said that we could work on music and that is what I'm gonna tell them if they ask."

Eddie: "You're not so dumb Loren Tate." He said as he closed the door behind her.

Loren: "I know, but I'm not really lying cause I do have a song for you to hear." First now Eddie noticed the guitar in her hand.

Eddie: "What kind of song?"

Loren: "A song about us, well.. my feeling about us to be correct." She couldn't keep the blush away.

Eddie: "I already love it.." He said as he gave her a quick kiss before he sat down next to her on his bed.

Loren: "You haven't heard it yet!" She said and hit him playfully.

Eddie: "Maybe not but you are an amazing songwriter and singer so I know."

Loren: "Thank you." she said quietly before she started to strum her guitar.

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Before I fall too fast

Kiss me quick but make it last

So I can see how badly this will hurt me when you say goodbye

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Keep it sweet, keep it slow

Let the future pass and don't let go

But tonight I could fall too soon into this beautiful moonlight

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But you're so hypnotizing

You've got me laughing while I sing

You've got me smiling in my sleep

And I can see this unraveling

Your love is where I'm falling

But please don't catch me...

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See this heart won't settle down

Like a child running scared from a clown

I'm terrified of what you do

My stomach screams just when I look at you

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Run far away so I can breathe

Even though you're far from suffocating me

I can't set my hopes too high

'Cause every "Hello" ends with a "Goodbye"

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But you're so hypnotizing

You've got me laughing while I sing

You've got me smiling in my sleep

And I can see this unraveling

Your love is where I'm falling

But please don't catch me...

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So now you see why I'm scared

I can't open up my heart without a care

But here I go, It's what I feel

And for the first time in my life I know it's real

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But you're so hypnotizing

You've got me laughing while I sing

You've got me smiling in my sleep

And I can see this unraveling

Your love is where I'm falling

So please don't catch me

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If this is love please don't break me

I'm giving up so just catch me

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With the last tone she took she looked up at Eddie whom looked at her all amazed. He didn't have any words for her so he just leaned in and kissed her with so much love that he never even thought that he would feel for anyone in his life. This was it, she was it. The one. The only problem was that their parents were engaged and he was in love with his future stepsister.

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I hope you guys like it! They are finally together! But things aren't that easy due to their parents. The next chapter is focus in the wedding and giving Leddie more moments and chances to get caught.. All the pros and cons of a secret relationship.. R&R 3

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Love S