Chapter 14 - Me Without You

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Loren's POV

Eddie! My savior! He had pulled Cameron away from me, Cameron didn't kiss me against my will, thank God! Eddie was punching him and the words he had said kept repeating in my mind. No we're not dating, but she's mine. And you don't touch, talk to, or flirt with what's mine! I had felt a tingling feeling in my stomach when he said those words. But still, all the events made me run away, I wasn't ready to face Eddie. Even if he deserved an explanation, I just couldn't. Running away was way easier than taking risks, but it brought the most pain.

I ran out of the school and drove home. I texted Melissa that I had left, I wanted to be alone now. I felt miserable, why did Cameron had to turn out to be like that? What had I done to deserve that? I was nothing but nice to him, it wasn't my fault that I didn't have feelings for him. I was laying in my bedroom, looking at the ceiling. I felt so alone right now, I wanted and needed Eddie, but my insecurities got the best of me. My past was always going to follow me, it made me lose all my hope and believe in love.

I felt tears stinging in my eyes as I was hugging my pillow. I let them flow down and cried, my face buried in the pillow. My mom was at work and I didn't expect her to be home until midnight. That meant that I had time enough to fix myself, so she wouldn't see me like this. I couldn't help it, the tears kept flowing down and I had this heavy feeling in my chest, making me feel like I couldn't breath. Why did I have to be so difficult.

Pretending like nothing is wrong is easy, well that's what it was until I met Eddie. I always just put a fake smile on, like everything's okay. But when I met Eddie I wanted to get rid of that mask. I saw him changing and I wanted to change too. I wanted to tell someone what was going on, to lift it all of my chest. I felt my eyes getting heavy from all the crying and it didn't take long until I fell asleep.

I woke up around 7.30 pm, I looked around and felt a little dizzy from all the crying. My sight was blurry and when I looked in the mirror I saw that my eyes were swollen and red. Great, I made my way out of the house, heading to my secret spot. I needed to sort some things out. I needed to face Eddie, I had to be strong and to start taking risks. I just couldn't continue living like this.

I was climbing up the hill when my phone rang. I looked at the caller ID and saw that it was my mom. A million questions popped into my head, why would she call right now? It was 8 pm she should be on her date with Max..
I picked up. ''Hey mom, everything okay?'' I asked sounding a little worried.

''Loren, honey! You have to come here right now, Eddie is freaking out he needs you!'' My mom said, she sounded desperate. I could hear yelling and the sound of things being thrown away in the background.

''Mom what's going on, what's wrong with Eddie?''

''Honey please come here right now! Max and I are at his penthouse, the police coughed the guy who caused Katy's accident and Eddie is out of control.'' My heart almost stopped when I heard what was going on. ''I'm on my way.'' I said and with that I hang up.

I ran back to my car, a thousand thoughts running through my mind. Eddie. I needed to be there for him. I jumped in my car and drove as fast as I could. I was completely tensed up, my hands were shaking and I was clenching the steering wheel to keep my car straight. When I finally arrived at the building, I parked my car in front of it and ran inside. Jeffrey stood up and greeted me. He seemed to know what was going on, because he was already opening the elevator.

''Hello Loren, you can go up immediately. Mr. Duran really needs you.''

''Thank you Jeffrey.'' I said rushing in the elevator. The whole time I was just tapping on the door, waiting impatiently until the doors opened.

I heard Eddie yelling at Max, he sounded so broken.. There were a lot of thing being thrown. I knocked at the door and my mom immediately opened the door. She had been crying. She pulled me into a hug, I pulled away and walked in. I saw Eddie leaning against the piano breathing heavily. Without a warning he slammed the piano.

I ran to him and put my hand on his shoulder. He shrugged my hand off and shouted. ''GO AWAY, LEAVE ME ALONE!'' I flinched at his voice, when he turned around and saw that it was me, his eyes widened in shock.

''Eddie please..'' I pleaded softly. He blinked a few time and broke down crying. He was kneeling on the ground with his face in his hands, his shoulders were shaking and I couldn't hold my own tears back. I knelt down in front of him and wrapped my arms around him. He sunk into my embrace and put his arms around my back, and continued crying with his face buried in my chest.

''Loren..'' He whispered, still sobbing. I rested one hand on the side of his head, pulling him closer to me. ''Shhhh, it's okay, everything is going to be all right.'' I said, believing it myself.

My mom and Max were looking at us in shock. I closed my eyes, shutting everyone out. It was just me and Eddie right now. His arms around me, oh God I had missed those arms so much! He probably thought the same thing because he was snuggling his body closer to mine. I tightened my grip around him and he did the same. Just holding him made me feel better. I could stay like this forever.

I heard my mom and Max cleaning up. I opened my eyes and looked down at Eddie. He had stopped shaking and he wasn't crying anymore. Instead he had fallen asleep in my arms, with his head still resting on my chest. I couldn't help it, but kissed the top of his head, stroking his face gently. That movement was enough for him to wake up though. He blinked a few times, taking in his surroundings. He looked up at me, I looked back, and we were both staring in each others eyes. No words were needed, our eyes held all the emotions we couldn't say out loud.

We were both leaning in, I saw hesitation in Eddie's eyes when I backed down a bit. That's when I decided that this was my time to take risks. I had decided that I wanted to take risks, and this was the time to do it. I held Eddie's face in my hands, in one movement I had closed the gap between us. I crashed my mouth against his, he was shocked, I felt his body tense up. But he didn't pull back, no instead of pulling back he wrapped his arms around my back and kissed me back.

This kiss was so different from our first kiss, that kiss was sweet and slow, but this... This was filled with passion and want. We had both longed so much at this. His lips were a little raw, but he managed to still be gentle. I moved my lips against his and we were both lost in the moment. I stroked his face, wiping away the remaining tears, and he bit my bottom lip in reaction. Air was needed and we both pulled back reluctantly.

We were both breathing heavily, I felt my face heat up, when I stared in Eddie's eyes. They were shining and I knew it wasn't because of the tears. He grabbed my hand and gently kissed the back of it. I looked at the ground, feeling my face getting redder and redder. Eddie cupped my cheek and started drawing circles with his thumb. I felt shivers going through my spine at his touch.

Unfortunately we got interrupted. Max cleared his throat and I saw that he and my mom were both looking in shock at Eddie and me. We both stood up quickly, they had seen us kissing, I knew it. Just by the look on my mom's face.
''We are going now.'' My mom said looking directly at me. ''Are you going to..'' But before she could finish her sentence Eddie interrupted her.

''Can Loren stay for a little longer?'' he asked, almost whispering. He scratched the back of his head. I grabbed his hand and squeezed it. My mom saw it and I saw her face soften. ''Is that okay with you Loren?'' she asked, already knowing the answer.

I nodded at her. ''Yeah don't worry.'' She nodded and gave me a hug. ''Don't make it too late.'' She walked up to Eddie and to both our surprise she gave him a hug too. ''Please take care of my little girl.'' When she pulled back I saw that Eddie had tears in his eyes.
''I will Nora, I promise.''

Max pulled both Eddie and me in a hug. ''Take care, both of you.'' When he pulled back, he looked at me. ''Thank you Loren.'' he whispered. My mom and Max walked out of the apartment, leaving Eddie and me alone.

Eddie's POV

I had never felt like this, wrapped up in Loren's arms, I felt so safe and peaceful. And not only did she make me feel better. She had kissed me! I was so shocked when she had just crashed her mouth against mine, but it didn't take me long to recover. I had wrapped my arms around her and kissed her back, with so much passion and want. The kiss held so many emotions, everything we couldn't say out loud, it was all held in that kiss. She had stroked my face and I had felt shivers going down my spine, all because of her touch. I had bit her bottom lip playfully, not intending anything more. I was going to let her take the lead. Loren was the one to decide how fast or how slow we we're going to take this.

Unfortunately we got interrupted by our parents. We both stood up quickly. When I looked around I saw that everything was cleaned up. I felt bad for making them go through this. Nora and pops left and I was so happy that Nora let Loren stay a little longer. If it was up to me I would've wanted her to spend the night, but again, that was up to Loren. And I was actually already pushing my luck with Nora. She had seen me at my worst, so I was more than thankful that she let Loren stay with me, alone.

''Let's go sit down.'' Loren said softly. I grabbed her hand and leaded her to the couch. I ran to the kitchen and grabbed two bottles of water out of the fridge. I sat down next to Loren, handing her one of the bottles. She smiled slightly at me. ''Thanks.''

''Do you.. ehm.. do you want to talk about what happened?'' She asked a little hesitantly at first.

''Yes.'' I said firmly. ''I want to talk, but not about what happened with me, not now.''

She looked a little confused. ''Then what do you want to talk about?''

''I want to talk about you, about us, about what happened at school today with Cameron.'' As soon as those words had left my mouth, I saw her tense up. She shook her head. ''I don't know..'' I looked surprised at her, she was looking down at the bottle in her hand. I gently lifted her chin and stared in her beautiful hazel eyes. ''Please'' I whispered at her. She closed her eyes and that was enough for me. I leaned in and before she realized what happened I put my lips on hers. It was a quick kiss, but I knew that it was enough.

She looked at me with red cheeks, and rested her head on my shoulder. I wrapped my arm around her shoulder, pulling her closer. I knew that this was her way of saying that she trusted me, and there was no way that I was going to break that trust. I gave her all the time she needed. We stayed like this for a while, when she started talking.

''Four months ago, something happened.'' her voice was nothing more than a whisper. ''It actually started five months ago.'' she added hesitantly. I squeezed her shoulder in reassurance.

She sighed and started telling the whole story. I didn't interrupt her once.

''Five months ago, I was still in New York then, the most popular guy at school came up to me. His name was Chad Smith. He asked me out, saying that he really liked me, but that he didn't know how to approach me. I was flattered, I couldn't believe that Chad actually asked me out. So we went on a date and we had a really great time. We started dating and things were going great. I loved him, I really did. But..'' She choked and I stroked her face, letting her know that it was okay. She held my hand on her cheek by putting her own hand over it and continued.

''A month had passed, and I was at his house. We were alone, his brother was already in college and his parents were working. We were having a make out session on the couch, when things started to get heated... He was tugging at my shirt, trying to unbutton it. I wasn't ready, I didn't want to take the next step, I just wasn't ready. I told him that I wasn't ready, but he didn't stop. Instead he got mad at me, I tried to push him away but he was stronger. He pinned me down on the couch and he had already removed my shirt, and was tugging at my pants.'' She said sobbing.

I felt so bad for Loren, I didn't know what to do so I just pulled her closer to me, letting her rest her head on my chest. I kissed her on top her head. She wiped her tears away.

''Eventually I managed to kick him with my knees, I pushed him off me and ran away. He tried to catch me, but I was faster. Only wearing a camisole I ran all the way to my house. I felt so dirty...'' She started crying again. I wrapped both my arms around her and held her tight to me. ''The next day at school he came up to me with this blonde bimbo clinging on his arm. He introduced me to his 'real' girlfriend. Telling me that he only started dating me because of a bet. He had made a bet that he could take my virginity in less than two months.''

I hissed in anger when I heard that. There was nothing I wanted to do more than to go to New York right now, and beat the living hell out of that Chad.

''He told me that I was worthless.'' she continued, with her face buried in my chest. ''He said that I only made people's lives complicated, that I wasn't to be loved, that it was probably the reason why my dad left. He had waited a fucking month to fuck me, no way that he was going to wait another month.'' Loren said, by now she was crying uncontrollably. I held her close and kissed the top of her head.

''Shhhh, Loren please, it's not your fault.'' I whispered in her ear. ''Chad is a fucking asshole for doing this to you, he doesn't deserve you, he doesn't deserve those tears Loren. No one deserves you.''

She looked up at me. ''You do.'' She said softly. I shook my head at her. ''No I don't, I like to think that I do, but no. You've seen how I can get. I don't deserve you.'' I said firmly. ''Eddie..'' She whispered cupping my cheek. ''Yeah it's true, I've seen you at your worst, but I still think that you're the best. Even if you think that you don't deserve me. There's no one else I want.''

My eyes widened at her words. I felt tears stinging and I instantly cursed at how emotional I seemed to get lately. I didn't say anything I just hugged her even tighter. ''I wish we were in New York right now.'' I mumbled in her hair. ''Why?'' I stroked her hair. ''Because I want to hunt that Chad down, and rip him into pieces for hurting you like that.'' She didn't say a thing, she just snuggled her face closer to my chest. I felt her clutching my shirt. I didn't care though, even if Melissa had already told me this story, it was way more different to hear it from Loren.

She sighed and I loosened my grip around her a little. She sat up and looked at me. ''Thank you Eddie.'' She said smiling at me. I saw that she still had tear streams on her face. I bend over and gently kissed them away. Loren was staring at me with her big beautiful hazel eyes.
She was so beautiful, even with puffy and red eyes, she was the most beautiful girl I had ever seen. I couldn't pull my gaze away, I kept staring at her.

''You're so beautiful.'' I whispered. ''Loren you are so so beautiful.'' I stroked her cheek and saw that little blush I liked so much appear.

''It's your turn you know.'' she said shyly. I chuckled at her attempt of changing the subject. ''What do you mean?''

''I mean that it's your turn to open up.'' she said looking me directly in the eyes. Something told me that there was something specific she wanted to talk about. ''Hmm got something in mind?'' I asked.

''Yes actually I do.'' Loren said. ''Okay, bring it up.'' I said getting curious.

''Why did you get kicked out of your last school?''

Out of everything, I didn't expect her to ask me that question. Answering that question meant that I had to open up about everything. But why not? Loren deserved to know, she had opened up herself and now it was my turn. There were no secrets between us now, even though I didn't know where we were standing, but I was determined to make 'us' work out.

I sighed deeply. ''That's a long story.''

''I have time.'' she answered immediately. I chuckled at her sudden confidence, it was kinda sexy, but there was no way that I was going to tell her that.

''So it all started two years ago.''

Loren's POV

I had told him, everything that had happened. And his reaction was just breathtaking. He had hold me in his arms, giving me that familiar safe feeling I had felt before, he had kissed me and I didn't want him to stop. Finally I felt like a heavy burden was lifted off my chest. I felt that I could breathe again. Knowing that Eddie didn't judge me by what had happened, and that he was so protective, just melted my heart. It made me like him even more, maybe even love him.

But now it was his turn to open up. The day we met at the hill, I knew that he hadn't told me everything. I laid back against his chest, he wrapped his arm around me again, and I grabbed his hand.

''So it all started two years ago.'' He started. ''I was seventeen and I had met this girl, her name was Carly Mitchell. Back then I was desperately looking for love, I wanted a relationship like my parent's. So when I met Carly I really thought that she was the love of my life. We were dating for four months, when I found out that she had a one night stand, when I was out of town. She swore that she was so sorry, she was drunk and didn't realize what was happening until the day after. I was so stupid to believe her. I forgave her. I should've had listened to my mom.'' The memory at his mom made him clench his fist in my hand. I stroked it gently encouraging him to continue.

''My mom had warned me, she wasn't a big fan of Carly, but I was blinded by love, and didn't listen to her. Two months went by and we were close to our six months anniversary. I loved Carly so much, at least that's what I thought, after all she was my first, my first time was with her and I wanted her to be my last too. One day I wanted to surprise her so I went to her house. No one answered the door, but the door wasn't closed well. I found it strange, the worst scenario's made their way into my mind. Maybe someone had broke in and did something to her. I walked in and heard some noise out of her room. I ran to it and barged in. I got the shock of my life when I saw her with Ryan, the football captain, in bed, naked.'' I saw that he was getting angry, but could you really blame the guy?

''It's okay Eddie.'' I said softly. He nodded thankfully at me and continued.

''Well, it's kinda obvious that I broke up with her. Two weeks later was the premiere of a teen movie I had done. It was really weird, because I was actually doing pretty good. Yeah I was miserable for like three days, but after that I didn't feel any pain. My mom told me that it was, because deep inside I knew that she wasn't worth it. My mom was right. So my parents and I were at the premiere, when it ended my parents were about to leave. I was going to stay with the rest of the crew, for the after party. My parents and I were standing in the lobby, when all of a sudden Carly made her appearance. She was begging me to take her back. Ryan came too. It was really strange, I guess they just wanted to get a reaction out of me.''

I noticed that Eddie's behavior changed, he got nervous and was scratching the back of his head. ''Eddie are you okay?'' I asked a little worried. He nodded and laid back at the couch.

''I ignored Carly.'' He said continuing. ''Ryan on the other hand was saying some things..''
He sighed deeply. I squeezed his hand. ''He was bragging about how he had slept with Carly, while she was in a relationship with me. About how he had satisfied her more than me, and just some other things like that. I couldn't ignore him, he knew how to push my buttons. So we got into a fight. At one moment he managed to run out of the theater, I ran after him and saw him jumping in his car...'' He choked on his last words.

I saw tears in his eyes. I laid back too, and wrapped my arms around Eddie. He rested his head on my chest and closed his eyes. I stroked his face and gave him a kiss on his hair. I saw a little smile appear on his face, when I kissed him. I smiled too and started rubbing his arm.

''I.. I jumped in my car too. I was about to drive after him, when my mom knocked on the window. She told me that I should ignore him, but I felt so humiliated, I couldn't. So I didn't listen to my mom and drove off after Ryan. Little did I know that my mom was following me, she had taken the car and drove after me, to make sure that I didn't do anything stupid.''

Tears were streaming down Eddie's face by now. I wiped them away and kept stroking his face. ''I was driving and I was so angry, when all of a sudden I heard a loud crash. I looked in the mirror and saw the car behind me getting hit by another car. I stopped and ran out of my car to help, when I saw that it was my mom. The driver of the other car had just drove off. Leaving my mom there, dying..''

Eddie was crying uncontrollably by now, my shirt was getting wet, but I didn't care. I felt so bad for him. I tightened my grip around him and nuzzled my nose in his hair. I kissed his forehead, trying to comfort him. ''She.. she was still a-alive, before she .'' Eddie said sobbing.

''Her last words were...'' He started crying again. I felt my own tears making their way down my cheek. ''She said: I love you Eddie.. It's not your fault, tell your dad that I love him so much. I'm so proud of you! It's not your fault...Eddie.'' He was silently sobbing in my arms, I hugged him even tighter and he had wrapped his arms around me. ''It was my fault, I should've had listened to my mom.'' Eddie said sounding shaky.

''Shhhh, it's not your fault, you didn't know that it would turn out that way.'' I whispered in his ear. He shook his head. ''But still, every day I feel the guilt.'' Eddie whispered.

I didn't know how to react on that. ''To be honest with you, I don't have the words to make you feel better.'' I said. I saw the hurt in Eddie's eyes and gave him a little smile, I wasn't finished yet. ''But I do have the arms to give you a hug, ears to listen to whatever you want to talk about, and I have a heart; a heart that's aching to see you smile again.'' I continued. I looked at Eddie and bend over, I gently kissed his tears away, the same way he had kissed my tears away. When I pulled back I saw him smiling at me. There was still pain in his eyes, but there was this little spark, and that was more than enough for me.

''But how is your mom's death the reason you got kicked out of school?'' I asked when he calmed down a little. He clenched his eyes, opened them and looked at me. ''I stayed home for a month or so, when I finally went back to school again, I started to have anger issues. All the pain I felt, I just took it out on others.'' I nodded understandingly.

''Well, Ryan made sure to stay out of my way, but there was this time when he bumped up to me in the hall. As soon as I saw him, I felt all the pain and rage taking over me. I blamed him for my mom's death, and I just started punching him, I couldn't stop. I had lost all control off my mind and body. The only thing I seemed to know, was that I had to punch Ryan, he was the reason why my mom died. Eventually the teachers managed to pull me away from him. Ryan had to stay a week at the hospital and I ended up getting kicked out of school. From there things got worse, I started drinking, and partying. I got drunk and hooked up with a lot of girls in an attempt to ease the pain. But it only got worse. That's kinda how I became that bad boy. It was an act, in an attempt to protect myself from getting hurt again.'' He sighed when he finished.

It actually made sense to me. I rubbed his arm comforting him. ''Do you think I'm a horrible person?'' Eddie asked, he sounded really serious. I looked surprised at him, he was waiting for an answer. I sat up, making Eddie sit up as well. I turned my body a little so I was facing him.
I cupped his face and looked him directly in the eyes.

''Eddie you're not a horrible person.'' I said firmly. ''You are caring and sweet and protective, and you make me feel safe! You gave me the confidence to sing in front of you. You comforted me when I opened up about my past. You are an amazing person, you're sensitive and you make me feel amazing.''

He was looking at me not knowing how to react. ''But why did you push me away? I felt like I had lost you Loren.'' He said rubbing his face.

I looked at my hands in my lap. ''Maybe I push you away, because I need you to pull me back.'' I whispered. When I looked up I saw him staring at me. ''Loren..'' But he didn't let me know what he was going to say. Instead he crashed his lips on mine, wrapping his arms around my waist. I was surprised, but I gladly leaned into the kiss. I wrapped my arms around his neck and pulled him closer. Our lips were moving in time against each other. The kiss was slow and sweet, and heated and passionate at the same time. I felt electric shocks going through my body. I decided that I wanted more, so I deepened the kiss. Eddie licked my bottom lip, asking for permission. I parted my lips and I felt his tongue gently invading my mouth. As soon as his tongue touched mine I felt my body tingling. Our tongues rubbed against each other, our lips moved synchronically and Eddie's hand were rubbing my waist. I was clutching his hair, pulling him even closer.

I felt so happy at that moment, everything was going to be okay. I was afraid of falling in love again, but I knew now that Eddie would catch me. We both started to need air, so we pulled away reluctantly. We were both breathing heavily.

''Wow.'' Eddie said out of breath. I couldn't help but chuckled at him. He pulled up an eyebrow and looked at me narrowing his eyes. ''Are you making fun of me Ms. Tate?'' He asked smirking a little.

I decided to play along. ''Yes, yes I am Mr. Duran.'' I punched his shoulder playfully. ''So what are you going to do about it?'' I asked laughing.
Without any warning Eddie pushed me on the couch, I was laying at the couch and Eddie was hovering above me. I felt my heart beat increase, no I trusted Eddie. I had nothing to be afraid of, at least that's what I toughed until Eddie attacked me.

He started tickling me and I cried out, begging him to stop. ''Eddie please I can't breathe!'' I screamed laughing at him. ''You asked for it.'' Eddie said smirking at me. ''This is what you get for making fun of me. I can't help it that kissing you leaves me breathless.''

I felt my face heat up, I loved it when he flirted like that, but it also made me going shy. He noticed and stopped tickling me. He was still hovering above me. He rested his head against mine. ''So are we like together now?'' He asked, his warm breath was sending me shivers. I looked him in the eyes and I saw the anticipation. ''Only if you want to.'' I managed to say. ''Hmmm getting flirty huh Loren.'' He said smirking at me. ''But my answer can't be put into words actually.'' I looked questionately at him, but I realized what he meant when his lips brushed against mine. ''I want you to be my girl, Loren.'' He said with his lips against mine. I closed my eyes, giving in to the warm feeling that made its way from my stomach to my chest. ''There's nothing I want more, Eddie.'' I breathed. And with that we both leaned in, closing the tiny gap between us.

Eddie put his arms on both side of my head, resting his weight on his arms, so he wouldn't crush me. Kissing him only got better and better. This kiss was so slow, he had parted his lips and this time I was the one sliding my tongue inside his warm mouth. It felt like we had all the time of the world. Eddie kept the kiss slow, every time I tried to increase my pace, he would bite my bottom lip, leaving them plump by the many times he had bitten them.

Eddie started kissing the corners of my mouth and I was enjoying every second of it. When I didn't pull back, he slowly trailed down to my neck, leaving a path of tiny little kisses. He buried my neck with even more little kisses, before trailing back to my mouth. He gave me one last fierce kiss, before pulling away. When he saw me breathing heavily, a small smirk appeared on his face. ''So I guess kissing me leaves you breathless too.'' I smiled shyly down casting my eyes. Eddie looked at me smiling brightly. ''You're my girl now.'' He said proudly. He sounded like a little kid, letting everyone know that he got a good grade. He looked at me with so much care and passion in his eyes.

I nodded at him. ''I'm your girl..'' I whispered, I couldn't believe it. After running away for so long, I was finally able to let myself fall again. And with who. The most amazing guy ever. Yes I was definitely falling in love with Eddie.

We both sat up on the couch. ''I think I have to go now.'' I said looking at my phone. It was already 11PM. I didn't want to go, but there was no way that my mom would let me spent the night. I saw the sad look on Eddie's face, and I was sure that I had the same expression.

''I wished that you didn't have to go.'' Eddie said burying his face in my neck. I sighed. ''Me too.'' I called my mom to let her know that I was on my way.

''Hey mom, I'm about to head home.'' I said when she picked up the phone.

''Hey honey, how did everything go? Are you both okay?''

''Yes everything is fine, we had a really good talk.'' I looked at Eddie when I said that. I saw him smiling at me.

''Good. Ehmm Loren, I'm not home right now. I'm uh.. I'm going to spent the night with Max. He's having a hard time too.''

My eyes widened and Eddie looked surprised at me. I nodded letting him know that everything was fine.

''So what does that mean for me?'' I asked sounding a little hopefull.

My mom sighed and gave in. ''Okay Loren, you can spent the night at Eddie's, but please be safe honey. And don't get used to it!''

A smile appeared on my face. ''Thank you mom. I love you.''

''I love you too sweetie.'' And with that I hung up. Eddie was looking curiously at me.

''My mom is spending the night at your dad's place.'' I said chuckling. His eyes widened. ''No way, and that on the first date.'' he said laughing. I laughed at his reaction.

''But what does that mean for you?'' Eddie asked already knowing the answer. I just saw it in his eyes.

''If it's okay with you, my mom said that for once I could spent the night.''

He smiled brightly at me. ''That's more than okay with me, so are you ready to go to bed?'' I looked a little hesitant at him. ''I have a guest room, you can sleep there if you want.'' he said when he saw me hesitating. ''And what if I don't want to sleep there?'' I asked innocently.
He shrugged his shoulders and looked at me in amusement. ''Well then you just have to sleep in my room, my bed is big enough, we can share.'' he gave me a wink. I thought about it and gave in. I trusted Eddie, and being in the same house, knowing that Eddie was a few steps away would slowly kill me.

I nodded at him. ''Glad to hear that you can share Eddie.'' I said smirking at him. He laughed and kissed my cheek, he let it linger for a while, and stood up, pulling me with him. He was still holding my hand when we walked upstairs. The little hesitation I had felt was gone.

When we walked into his bedroom, I felt it coming back. I looked at the big bed in the middle of the room. Eddie stood in front of me, he rested his hands on my wais and gave me a reassuring squeeze. ''Loren if you don't want to sleep here, you can sleep in the guest room. Don't feel pressured at all.''

I shook my head. ''No it's all right, it's just that I have never spent the night at a guy's house.''

He smiled at me. ''But I'm not just a guy, I'm you're very own boyfriend, and I promise you, I'm not going anywhere. If you're not ready, than I'm not ready too. You've got the lead in everything, in this whole relationship okay?''

I nodded and gave him a smile, he knew the perfect words to make me feel better. He leaned in and gave me sweet kiss on my lips. ''I will give you something to sleep in.'' he said softly.

He walked to his closet and gave me some shorts and a t-shirt. ''You can change in the bathroom.'' he said pointing at a door. I took the clothes and walked into the bathroom. I locked the door behind me, but I instantly felt bad, so I unlocked it again. I swear that I could hear Eddie chuckle, behind the door.

I quickly changed. The shorts were a little wide, and the shirt came to my mid tight. But they were comfy and they smelled like Eddie, which was a big bonus of course.

When I opened the door, I saw Eddie already laying on his bed, he was wearing a sleeveless shirt and some sweatpants. It took all my self control to not drool at the sight of Eddie's muscled arms. And to top it off, his abs were visible through his shirt. He looked up when he saw me entering the room.

''Look at you, aren't you cute.'' He said laughing at me. I was blushing and played a little with the hem of my shirt, well actually his shirt. ''Come on, don't get shy now.'' Eddie said softly. ''Although, you're really adorable when you're blushing like that.'' He was looking at me with amusement in his eyes. I could see that he meant it, but he had way too much fun, making me blush.

I made my way to the bed, hiding my red face behind my hair. I stood next to the bed, looking down at Eddie. ''I don't bite, well not now.'' he said reassuringly. I stroked my hair behind my ear. Eddie realized that I wasn't going to move, so in one movement he grabbed my arm and pulled me next to him on the bed.

''You are so cute Loren Tate.'' Eddie whispered in my ear. I was laying next to him, feeling a little tense. He wrapped his arms around me and made me rest my face on his chest. The strength of his arms was enough for me to relax in his embrace. I stroked his chest with my hand, drawing circles with my fingers. Eddie pulled the covers over us and bent down. With his face a few inches away from mine, I could feel his warm breath in my face. ''Good night Loren'' he whispered, he gave me a soft kiss and I felt like everything around us disappeared. I kissed him back, moving my mouth on his. I gave him one last kiss before pulling away. ''Good night Eddie.'' I whispered back.

We both fell down on the bed, I snuggled closer to him, and he wrapped his arms around me in a tight embrace. I felt safe and happy, Eddie and I were together. We were a couple! We had kissed and every time I felt sparks fly! I took in his scent, closed my eyes and I slowly fell asleep. It was the best sleep I had since a long time.

Eddie's POV

I was laying in my bed, my arms wrapped around my girl. Yes I said my girl. Loren Tate was officially my girlfriend. I knew from the beginning that I was in deep, but after spending this evening with her, I knew that I was already falling in love with her.
Loren Tate, the sweetest, cutest, most caring and most adorable girl I had ever met. She looked so cute in my clothes... Okay not only cute.. She looked so hot and sexy, wearing those clothes. But I wasn't going to tell her that. We would take things at her pace.

Knowing what had happened to her, I understood that she was hesitant about a lot of things. But I knew that I wanted to break down all of her walls. Maybe pops could call school tomorrow, so Loren and I could stay home. Yeah that was a good idea. I would call him tomorrow.

Right now I enjoyed laying in bed with Loren. She was already sleeping, and watching her sleep in my arms, with her head on my chest, looking so peaceful, just melted my heart. I kissed the top of her head. ''I'm falling hard and fast for you Loren Tate, please don't let me ever be without you.'' I whispered, closing my eyes. It didn't take long before I fell asleep. It was the best sleep I had in a long time.

OMG aren't they cute! It was so much fun to write this chapter. I wanted to give you guys another chapter because I won't be able to update until Wednesday or Thursday... I'm sorry, but I still have to go to college. Ughh I have to travel two hours by train every day. One hour to go to college, and another hour to go home. I didn't want to get a room there, because I would miss my family too much. Anyways enough about me. Let me know what you thought of this chapter. I really hope that you liked LEDDIE. If you have any ideas for the next chapter, or any suggestions, let me know! You can review or PM me. I will definitely read it and I will reply! Thanks for your support!

Until Wednesday/Thursday ;)

xxx-ImaginingMe