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Chapter 21

Adriana fell over as the van came to a sudden stop. Adriana hated not knowing where people were taking her, and to make it even worse, these were Vince and Ted. People who's jobs were to kidnap people, and Vince took advantage of his position. Adriana had admitted that she was a horrible person, but nobody could be as bad as Vince. Well, maybe, but she didn't want to meet them, ever. The back doors of the van opened, revealing Vince.

"Come on girl, we need to go." Vince said with a huge smile on his face. Adriana wanted to slap that smile right off his face, but she wouldn't dare to touch him. She didn't want to touch him, she felt herself getting sick. Adriana quickly ran out of the van and vomited, she felt Vince gently pulling her hair back, that sickened her even more. Adriana felt tears running down her cheeks, she didn't even care to look around and see where she was.

"Shh... Shh... I know, I know..." Vince whispered he gently rubbed her lower back, trailing to her butt. Adriana stopped vomiting and fell down on the edge of the van, sobbing. She was just glad Vince wasn't laying his filthy hands on her anymore. Adriana heard Vince say something but she wasn't listening. Until she felt him firmly grab her face, forcing her to look into his eyes.

"When I ask you a question you answer, understood, skank?" Vince said. Adriana nodded she felt fresh tears streaming down her face. "Good, now I will repeat myself one more time... You have to call your daddy, tell him to hurry up with his payment." Vince said and his grip on Adriana's loosened.

"What do you mean?" Mel asked after a brief moment of science. Why would Nora worry about Loren? Maybe she had seen her bruises? No, that wasn't possible, Loren hadn't seen her mother all day.

"I'm sorry, Mel" Nora began, she sounded hopeless "I shouldn't have brought it up..."

"No, no, no, Tate problems are my specialty" Mel replied jokingly "Tell me, Nora." she added in a more serious voice.

"She has just been so distant lately." Nora sighed "Don't tell her I said it but I'm worried about her."

"I can assure you, she's fine..." Mel said, she realized Nora needed to be put at ease. She couldn't help but wonder why Dr. Don wasn't there to calm her down. "There were a few speed bumps... But Eddie truly is amazing and... I think the boy loves her." Mel continued in her usual Mel-ish way.

"Good to hear." Nora said, Mel could tell by the sound of her voice that she was smiling "Maybe I have been overreacting a little." she admitted.

"Yes totally, but you are nothing compared to Lisa though." Mel responded. It was true, Nora wasn't even close to overreacting compared to Lisa.

"See you tomorrow Melissa, thank you." Nora said as she hung up the phone, Mel had a way of calming people down which Nora admired. If she was able to calm down Loren in the same way, she truly had a gift. Nora sighed, she hadn't heard from Don all night, what was he up to anyway? He had been acting weird on the phone and he wasn't himself the morning either. Nora knew she was an easy person to talk to, people had always told her that. Trent had always told her that. She hadn't thought about Trent for a while, it hurt, it still hurt. Nora mentally slapped herself when she thought about the good things Trent had brought her. She had felt happy when she was with him, her happiness grew when Loren was born. Although her family cut her off when she got pregnant at 19, she hadn't cared, she had beautiful little Loren, she had an amazing husband. Trent was the perfect dad for the first two years, then the fighting started. Trent started drinking, parting, some nights he didn't come home at all, leaving Nora and little Loren waiting for him to get back. Loren always wanted to wait for her daddy to give her a goodnight kiss, her little heart broke a little bit every night Trent stayed out. Nora knew Loren heart had been completely shattered to pieces when Trent left. Loren had never shown her pain, she had been strong for Nora.

"Gotcha!" Eddie yelled as he lifted Loren up and threw her over his shoulder.

"No! Eddie! Let me go!" Loren yelled breathless from running and laughing.

"Never." Eddie replied as he grabbed Loren's waist and lifted her off his shoulder.

"You just let me go." Loren said and she smiled teasingly at Eddie.

"I'm still holding you, aren't I?" Eddie responded and he returned her smile, he smiled in the same way. Loren was so much fun, she was unlike any girlfriend, he loved that word, he has ever had. She was his friend and girlfriend at the same time, you could just have fun hanging out with her. With Chloe it had always been about being 'the perfect couple' for the paparazzi.

"I guess you are, okay, you win." Loren said and she moved closer to Eddie "I don't want you to let me go." Loren stood on her tip toes and kisses Eddie lightly.

"I wouldn't dare." Eddie whispered, he smiled and let his hands trail to Loren's butt. He kissed her again and parted her lips with his tongue. Eddie wanted her so badly. Eddie rubbed Loren's butt with one hand, his other hand he gently trailed up her back and placed behind her head so she couldn't break their kiss. Her hair felt silky and soft, he loved the feeling of her hair. He loved her. He truly did, she loved him too, right? He felt Loren's hand resting on his shoulder and her other hand running through his hair. She was getting better at this, he thought. Eddie felt Loren smiling while kissing her.

"What are you smiling about, miss Tate?" he asked teasingly as he parted from Loren.

"You." Loren replied and she kissed him lightly again.

"What about me?" Eddie asked, he continued before she could answer "Do you love me as much as I love you?" he was shocked by his own confession, maybe it was too soon for Loren.

"Wait, you love me?" Loren nearly gasped in disbelieve, she was sure she was about to wake up in her bed. That she had fallen asleep at her house when Mel left. It had to be true.

"Yes, I do." Eddie assured Loren "Do you love me too?" he asked, he already knew the answer by Loren's reaction, but he wanted to hear it from her.

"Yes, Eddie Duran, I love you too." Loren said, Eddie was still holding her. She wished he never had to let her go. Eddie kissed her, a passionate kiss that made Loren's butterflies want to escape from her stomach. They fell down onto the couch, not breaking the kiss, Eddie must have fallen down on the remote control because the TV turned on. Loren didn't care at first but parted from Eddie when she heard her name.

"Rock star Eddie Duran has moved on from Cheater Carter to a more down to earth girl. Loren Tate a regular girl from Tarzana appears to be, as Eddie Duran tweeted earlier, his amazing girlfriend. I have to admit, she truly is gorgeous." A blond reporter, which Loren had seen on TV before, said. Loren was flattered, she had called her gorgeous. Loren knew she had no reason to be nice, was she being sincere?

"You know, Emma is right, you truly are gorgeous." Eddie, who had been listening since Loren parted from him, said.

"You know this women?" Loren said, pretending to be jealous as she motioned towards the television where the blond women was still talking.

"I do" Eddie laughed "You have to know some people in this busyness."

"I guess so, she seems nice though." Loren replied and she shrugged

"Appears she has good taste, saying you're gorgeous." Eddie kissed Loren lightly and she turned her attention back towards the TV.

"As amazing and beautiful Loren Tate is, Chloe Carter. Or should I say; Cheater Carter, was spotted earlier tonight with actor Dylan Boyd. I think it is a rather irrational decision from the actor, unless he's just looking for some good... Night time fun..." Emma said

"She never did like Chloe." Eddie smirked, Loren was still on top of Eddie watching the TV and she chuckled at the remark.

"I bet Carter is good at that." Emma laughed, apparently somebody told her to cool it about Chloe. "Okay, okay, I won't hate on Cheater Carter anymore, oh I can't call her that? Sorry. But what about Eddie Duran and Loren, huh? I just saw that they have been tweeting before they even met. Lyrics from somebody called LoveToLoveYou turned into something real. I must say I like Loren Tate way more than that Cheater Cart-" somebody interrupted Emma by yelling something Loren couldn't understand. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, we're out of time anyways. Can we just look at the pic that Eddie Duran tweeted earlier?" she asked as the picture of Eddie kissing Loren's cheek appeared on a screen behind her "So cute isn't it? Okay guys, thanks for watching!" with that the program ended and quickly turned to commercials.

"She really doesn't like Chloe, does she?" Loren said, she was changing the subject from Emma calling her gorgeous.

"No she doesn't, can't blame her." Eddie replied "She does love you, but not as much as I do though." Eddie turned Loren around so he was on top of her, again, supporting himself with his arms so he wouldn't crash down on Loren. He loved her, this feeling was different from what he had felt for Chloe. It was a better feeling.

Adriana was holding a cell phone in her hand, she took a moment to look at where she was. She was back in LA, no, she couldn't be at this place, this was the place where Phil worked, no she must be wrong. It sure looked a lot like it. Vince pushed her back into the van, she was again disgusted by his touch. The neighborhood was bad, nobody would care if they heard her scream. So she didn't scream.

"Why are we here?" Adriana managed to ask

"We need to pick up some guys." Vince replied, as he sat down on one knee, since Adriana had fallen down he was now at her level looking into her eyes. He brushed the hair out of her face and looked at her with a caring expression, she fought back the urge to spit in his face.

"When do I call my dad?" Adriana asked as she shook her head, shaking his hand off.

"That's enough questions for now, sweetheart." Vince said and he stood back up. He yelled something that Adriana didn't quite understand, some guys appeared, she didn't recognize them at first, then she saw him... Phil? No, it couldn't be, her mind must be playing tricks on her.

"Phil?" Adriana gasped in total disbelieve, she looked at her ex-boyfriend who hadn't entered the van yet. This could not be happening, Phil only did robberies sometimes, right?

"You know her?" Vince asked, he looked at Phil and motioned towards Adriana who had used her remaining strength to sit up.