Hi guys, I thought this story would have 40 chapters, but it will end in 30! I have a 2 part one shot I'm working on and another idea for a new story; I won't say what it's about! I hope you'll like that too; well at least I hope you will. Enjoy this chapter! R & R

To the moon and back, remember? Chapter 26

Loren was speechless as she saw Eddie down on one knee with a beautiful black velvet box on his hand.

He finally asked what she knew he would. "Loren I love you so much, will you marry me?"

How many times did that scenario show up in her dreams? As a little girl playing with Lucy they both rehearsed their wedding, pretending to walk down the aisle to the man of their dreams. Eddie's words brought her back to reality. "Loren I just asked you something."

She finally replied. "Eddie you know I love you but I can't say yes right now."

Eddie stood up as quickly as he had kneeled. "What are you saying? You say you love me and you won't marry me?"

"Eddie I love you to the moon and back remember? It's too soon right now, you just told me you're going to seek help, you need to do that before I would even consider marrying you."

He pulled his head back sighing. "Loren!"

She wasn't going to continue this conversation and walked into her apartment with Eddie trailing behind her. "Something went wrong!"

"No Eddie, what went wrong was the huge blow ups you had because you were enraged with jealousy. I can't handle that, I won't have that."

She took the velvet box he was still holding and closed it. "Here Eddie put it away for now."

He stopped her. "No you hold on to it, I want you to believe that's going to happen, I made my first appointment with the Dr."

She tried to focus on his eyes. "So you understand?"

"Yes." She knew he was hurt. "Eddie what if I go with you?"

"I'd rather talk to the therapist alone."

"I'll wait outside for you."

She held his face and slightly turning it to face her. "I love you, you have to know that?"

He scanned her eyes and looked down at her lips. He leaned in to kiss her; she allowed the kiss to deepen wrapping her arms around his neck.

The door opened and Mel peeked in, she cleared her throat. "So can I congratulate the future Mrs. Duran?"

Loren rolled her eyes as she turned to look at her best friend. "No one is engaged."

Mel furrowed her eye brows, and turned her attention to Eddie. "I thought you were going to ask her?"

"I did and she said no."

Mel was shocked turning her attention towards Loren. "What? Lo what's up?"

"Nothing Mel, Eddie and I talked, it's not going to happen right now."

Eddie walked back into the room with a bottle of water in his hand. "I'll be back later babe; Dan and Jake want to see me."

He kissed her and waved as he left the room. As soon as he was gone Mel turned her attention to Loren again.

"Ok so what happened?"

"Nothing happened Mel."

"Lo do you realize Eddie Duran asked you to marry him and you said no!?"

Loren sighed. "I wanted to say yes."

"You could have said yes and pick a date later this year."

"That's not the point Mel; he has to understand how serious this whole thing is."

Mel bit her lower lip. "Ugh you're right; well I'm going to get ready."

"You just got home, aren't you tired?"

Mel smiled. "I have a date."

Loren's eyes widen. "Who asked you out?"

"You will never guess!"

Mel walked towards her room and Loren trailed behind her. "Who?"

"Guess I'll give you 3 chances!"

"No just tell me! I can't imagine who." Loren stopped in her tracks. "Omg is it Vince?"

Mel laughed. "Omg Lo…No! it's Kevin."

"Are you serious?"

"Yes he asked me on our way home."

Loren hugged her. "I'm so happy for you."

"I'm excited Lo, the moment I laid eyes on him I knew he was the one."

"I'm sure, he's really sweet."

"I know so let me get ready."

Loren smiled as Mel walked into her room to get ready. Her phone buzzed. She smiled; it was a text from Eddie. "I love you babe."

She texted him back. "Love you too."

Eddie arrived to meet with Dan and Jake. With the release of his album they wanted him to do a few concerts in the LA area and other cities in California.

Jake left. Dan had to know. "So when is the big day?"

"No big day."

"What! No date set?"

Eddie let out a huge sigh. "No, she said it's too rushed and I need help."

"You did admit that to me on the plane when we spoke that you're going to go and see a therapist, when you tour, I'll makes sure he comes to you."

"You would do that for me?"

"Anything to help you and Loren."

"I love her Dan."

"Then it's time to do something about it, show her you meant what you said."

"I made an appointment to see Dr. Skylar on Friday."

"Ok, get ready to leave the following week, I'll make sure he's on board, I'm willing to bring him to you."

Eddie cracked a smile. "Yeah thanks."

After leaving Eddie stopped at his parents' home. Katy was still up. "Hey handsome."

"Where's Pop's?"

"He's getting a bottle of wine from the cellar; I thought you were with Loren?"

"I was things didn't go as planned."

Katy noticed the tone in his voice. "What happened? You rushed us home from Paris to see her."

"I asked her to marry me and she said not yet."

Katy shook her head. "Eddie sweetie, you didn't think she would say yes after this whole mess in Paris?"

Max walked in. "Found our favorite bottle." He stopped when he saw Eddie. "What are you doing here?"

Eddie furrowed his eye brows. "Am I interrupting something?"

He held his hand up before Max could answer. "No I don't care to know what you two had planned, I'm out of here."

"I thought you were spending the evening with your girl."

"I thought so too, but after my embarrassing evening, I should head home."

Max chuckled. "What happened?"

"I'm leaving."

Katy kissed him and he left. She turned towards Max. "He asked Loren to marry him and she said not yet."

"Woah are you serious?"

"Max I told you what happened, he has to learn a lesson from all this, plus he is going to get help."

"I agree with Loren, he has to control that temper and those trust issues he's been hanging on since Chloe."

Katy walked up to him and kissed him. "Let Eddie handle that, you and I have a date with this bottle." She held his hand and they walked into the adjacent room.

A few days later Eddie made his first appointment and that following Friday, and as she had promised Loren was with him and waited while he went in to see the Dr. A week later he toured the nearby cities and Dan made sure his therapist was there for their appointments. Loren was busy with her designs, the Oscars were approaching and she was going to design for several of the nominees.

The next cities he was touring were in the San Francisco area and once again Dan made sure he didn't miss his therapy sessions. Loren joined him twice a week; she started to notice Eddie was more open about his feelings. While she was there she ran into several male friends from High school and she spend some time talking to them, Eddie noticed and walked away to get ready for his next show. Loren was excited it seemed therapy was working and it was very noticeable. He felt secure in his relationship with Loren.

Kevin and Mel continued to date and that progressed into them becoming a couple. Everything seemed to be falling into place.

Dan made plans for Eddie to fly to Seattle to do a few shows. Loren was making a name for among Hollywood's biggest names, several of the nominees were wearing her gowns, she was excited and pleased, she had to stay behind this time and make sure the gowns were ready and perfect for Hollywood's biggest event.

Eddie was now headed to Las Vegas; he was booked for 3 months. His latest album had climbed to the top five on the Billboard.

He wanted Loren to come with him but she was getting busier with more of Hollywood's elite After a long day she finally arrived home, this seemed to be her schedule lately.

"Wow it's almost 1 in the morning and you're barely walking in since you left at 6 a.m.?"

"I know Mel, I told Kelly I was taking a few days off, I miss Eddie so much, and I need to go see him."

"He's been in Vegas almost a month."

"I know, we FaceTime every night but it's not the same."

"Then you should fly there, I'm sure Daddy will let you use one of his planes."

Loren nodded. "What is that supposed to mean?"

"Oh come on Lo, you have to admit it's great to have one of the richest men in the world as your father!"

"I don't see it that way Lo, my name isn't Lucy remember?"

"I didn't mean it like that! Speaking of your sister, where has she been hiding?"

"I don't know Dan gave her an ultimatum and she's working, no modeling for now, she's helping out in one of his charities."

Mel let out a huge sarcastic laugh. "Are you serious?"

"Yes it was either that or she wasn't coming anywhere near him or his family, he rented a modest place for her and she has to pay for it on her own."

"Yikes! I hope that helps Lucy become more human."

Grasping for a diversion and trying to take their conversation away from Lucy, Loren grabbed her phone, there wasn't any text or message from Eddie, and she had to admit she missed him. She smiled as he looked at some of the pictures on her phone.

Mel noticed and nudged her. "You should surprise him, go pack and fly to see your man."

Loren sighed. "Mel can you keep a secret?"

"Of course, what's up?"

Loren walked to her room and opened the drawer and took out a small wooden box. Mel furrowed her eyes and looked up at her. "What is it?"

"Help me pack Mel, I'm going to take this box to Eddie."

"Ok, so you're leaving like now? So what's the surprise?"

"For now it's a surprise for Eddie."

"Ok let me get your things together." Replied a curious Mel.

"Yes, I'll call Dan, I'm sure I can fly out tonight."

Mel didn't say another word and took one of the many small suit cases Loren had stored in the closet.

"How long will you be?"

"Just a day or two, I have a lot more sketches and designs to get to my ladies, I can't be away too long."

"I'll pack these for you, go and call Dan."

Loren walked away; Mel looked at the box and was tempted to take a peek. She looked towards the door to see if Loren was coming back, she turned to where the wooden box laid and touched the lid.

"Oh no you don't!"

Mel jumped at the sound of Loren's voice. "Omg will you stop doing that!"

"I told you not to look."

"Well I can't help it; I'm dying to see what's in there."

"You're going to have to wait, Dan is sending a driver to come get me, he and Gail and the girls are headed to Vegas too, so I'm tagging along."

"Lo you have to let me come."

"Don't you have work to do, cook for someone?"

"No I was supposed to see Kevin but he cancelled our date earlier, he said Dan wanted him to go with him, I assume it's Vegas?"

Loren smiled. "Sure I know it will be ok with Dan, the more the merrier."

"So you're going to surprise Eddie?"

"Yes." Let's hurry; Dan said I had 20 minutes to get ready."

Within a few hours Loren sat on the plane alone, Gail was with Dan and Kevin and Mel were snuggling on the other side of the plane. Jillian and Dalia sat nearby with their laptops; they were trying to look for things to do while in Vegas.

Loren's phone buzzed, she smiled when she saw a text from Eddie. "Hey Babe, last show and we can face time as soon as I'm done, I miss you, love you to the moon and back, remember?"

She smiled again, that always made her blush, she looked around and took the wooden box out of her bag. She texted him back. "Love you too, can't wait."

The Plane landed in McCarran Airport, Dan instructed the pilot to go to the private area. He walked to where Loren sat. "I have a car ready."

She smiled. "Thank you Dan, you've been so helpful."

"Hey I'm here for you, always."

Loren hugged him. Jillian and Dalia walked towards them. "A daddy and daughter moment."

Dan hugged the both placing a soft kiss on their forehead, the Limo drove them all to one of the Hotels Dan owned and the place where Eddie was doing his show.

Loren ran to her room and showered and changed into a pretty lilac dress she knew was one of Eddie's favorites. She fixed her hair leaving it loose and wavy and as usual her make-up was very simple. She stepped out of the room and found Mel and Kevin getting ready to go into the elevator.

"Lo wow, you look hot."

"Really? I want to look pretty special tonight."

Kevin smiled. "Where you headed?"

"Going to wait back stage for Eddie, he'll be done in 20 minutes; I want to make sure by the time he reaches his dressing room I'm there."

"Do you mind if we tag along?"

She shrugged her shoulders. "Sure why not."

Mel looked at Kevin and whispered. "She's acting pretty weird; she's carrying that wooden box again."

By the time Eddie finished his last show for the night, he waved to his fans. Smiling as he headed back stage.

He ran into Kevin and Mel as he headed to his room. "What are you guys doing here?"

Mel smiled as she rolled her eyes towards his dressing room door. "Is Loren here?" He asked.

He opened the door to find Loren standing there. "Babe you look so sexy, this is the type of surprise I love."

She leaned in to kiss him. "I had to see you, I miss you."

She took the small wooden box out and placed in in Eddie's hand. "Open it."

Sorry so sorry…..any guesses what Loren has planned for Eddie? What was in that small wooden box? R & R guys! Thanks again!