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Chapter 37

Loren woke up in Eddie's arms. Ian had slept on the couch after offering Mel the guest room. Mel had told Loren everything and Ian told Eddie what he had seen and heard. Eddie and Loren were both shocked but after some time they all went to sleep.

"Good morning beautiful." Eddie said as soon as he noticed Loren was awake. Loren turned in his arms and smiled.

"Hey yourself." Loren replied and she gave him a soft kiss.

"Did you sleep well?" Eddie asked, he was actually just stalling, he didn't want to let Loren go.

"Yeah, after all, I slept great." Loren responded. Eddie's voice was sexy when he had just woken up, she thought.

"I'm glad, do you want to go downstairs?" Eddie asked. He knew Loren had to work today and just hope she didn't have to.

"What time is it?" Loren groaned. Eddie looked at his phone on his night stand.

"10 AM, how late does your shift start?" Eddie replied as he stood up from his bed and pulled Loren up.

"In an hour!" Loren nearly yelled as she looked at him as if she was about to start stressing. Eddie chucked and kissed her, he felt her relax and was glad he had that effect on her. He parted from her and looked into her eyes, Loren smiled. She was the luckiest girl on the world and she knew it.

"I'll get you there in time, only if you hurry and get dressed." Eddie whispered in a soothing voice as he slightly rubbed Loren's waist. Loren quickly nodded and ran into the bathroom. Eddie laughed as he walked downstairs, he saw Ian still asleep on the couch. Eddie laughed, Ian's mouth was open and there was a bit of dried drool on his chin. Eddie remembered last night, the way Ian had talked about Mel had been different than any other girl he had ever talked about. He seemed to truly care about Mel's feelings, Ian, the guy who hadn't even known what feeling were, apparently Mel changed guys just like Loren had already changed him in a short amount of time. Eddie decided to wake Ian up in a not so gentle way, he walked around the couch. Eddie pushed Ian off the couch, Ian screamed, not much of a manly scream.

"What did you do that for mate?!" Ian yelled as he rubbed his eyes and stretched out.

"Hey, it's my house, I can do whatever I please." Eddie replied as he shrugged and chuckled.

"Not funny, mate." Ian groaned, he acted as if he was in pain. Eddie just laughed as Ian got up.

"Is Mel up already?" Eddie asked, just as he said it Mel came in from the kitchen. She looked better than she had looked last night but Eddie could see she didn't get a lot of sleep.

"You don't have any food in your kitchen." Mel stated as she sighed and sat down on the couch.

"No, I'm not much of a cook, that's my mom." Eddie replied, he chuckled at the bummed expression on Mel's face.

"That's such a cliche." Mel replied

"I know, I know." Eddie answered as he threw his hands up in defense.

"Where's Lo?" Mel asked. She was in the need of her best friend right now.

"Changing, doing what not." Eddie said with a sigh "She has to work today right?" he added, not really asking it but he wanted to keep Mel talking.

"Yeah, our normal common folk life continues." Mel replied dramatically, she was trying to get as close to her old self as possible. Not like Mel had had changed or anything but she just felt a bit different. There was actually a part of her that felt complete, free of secrets. But still she was hurt by being kept in the dark for so long.

"Loren doesn't need to work, according to my mate, she's going to be a rockstar." Ian said, teasing Eddie.

"Glad to hear you believe in me, Ian." Loren laughed as she walked down the stairs, she had gotten ready as fast as she could and still had some time left.

"Anytime, love." Ian replied, he winked at Loren who giggled. Eddie hugged Loren from the behind and looked at Ian as he kissed her neck.

"Well, mister Duran, why so affectionate?" Loren asked teasingly as she turned in his arms and kissed him before he could reply. Mel and Ian exchanged a look and Mel rolled her eyes, making Ian laugh.

Nora sighed, she had known Loren was at Eddie's last night. She had texted her. Nora had still been at Katy's while receiving Loren's text and was sure she would have freaked out if she wasn't. Katy told her to give Loren some freedom, she was eighteen after all. Nora had thought Katy had a point but she wasn't completely okay with it. Nora didn't want Loren to grow up. The world outside was rough, Adriana was the proof of that. Oh, Adriana, it was horrible what happened to her. She hadn't heard from Don for a while either, she had called him but he hadn't picked up. Nora didn't blame him, he was probably dealing with a lot right now. Nora almost jumped when somebody knocked on the door, she glanced through the window in the door and saw Don standing there. She opened the door.

"Hi, Don, how are you?" Nora said as Done walked in without answering her question.

"I'm in trouble, Nora." Don replied speaking very quickly.

"What's wrong?" Nora asked as she closed the door and sat down on the couch and motioned for Don to sit next to her which he didn't. Don was just walking through the room like a crazy person. Nora felt herself getting nervous, what was so important?

"I'm having money issues, the guys who took Adriana wanted me to pay one million dollars." Don began, he held up his hand when Nora opened her mouth to speak and continued. "Which I did, but I can't pay the guy I borrowed it from back."

"Why are you telling me this?" Nora responded in a confused voice as she stood up again.

"I need your help." Don said. Nora's mouth fell open, how could she help him with this? Nora didn't have that kind of money laying around.

"How am I supposed to help you?" Nora managed to say, still in shock. Don sighed and crossed his arms over his chest, Nora was surprised by his gesture.

"Loren, you saved money for her collage right?" Don finally said. Nora shook her head.

"Yes, but that's for her future!" Nora nearly yelled. Nora felt sorry for all that was happening with Don and his daughter but that didn't mean she would put Loren's future at stake for him. Don threw his hands up, he looked frustrated, just as he was about to say something he appeared to change his mind and stormed out. Nora was shocked, how could Don do something like this, he should be there for his daughter. Adriana needed him.

Loren was sitting on the couch next to Mel who appeared to be somewhat back to her old self. Loren thought about how good Mel was at fooling people but Loren saw right through it.

"Eddie, Ian, could you leave me and Mel alone for a second?" Loren asked, Eddie nodded and left to the kitchen with Ian following him.

"What's wrong, Lo?" Mel asked hoping that it was just a Loren-problem, something she needed advise on, but she knew better.

"Are you okay?" Loren asked, ignoring Mel's question. Mel gave her a not understanding look, which Loren didn't buy. Mel's fake expression finally faded as she sighed.

"I'm not sure." Mel sighed. Mel wanted to be her happy cheerful self but it wasn't working right now.

"Just know I'm here for you." Loren replied understandingly, Mel nodded and Loren continued. "Where are you staying today?" she asked.

"I don't know yet, I think I should go see Adam, I was supposed to go talk to my parents- I mean, Lisa and Gus with David yesterday but I ended up going with Ian." Mel said quickly, she looked at her best friend who wasn't really showing emotion on her face.

"First of all; Lisa and Gus are your parents, they raised you, real parents or not." Loren said, she didn't allow Mel to reply and continued "And I think you should go see Adam and David, you kind of stood them up. As for Ian, what is going on with you two?" Mel looked surprised by what Loren had just said, nevertheless she was kind of impressed, Loren had grown a lot in the two days she had been with Eddie.

"Nothing's going on between us!" Mel denied, she hadn't really thought of Ian in that way, well, of course she had, she would be lying if she said she hadn't. But she loved Adam.

"Okay, I believe you, but I trust you to not do anything stupid." Loren responded as she looked into her best friend's eyes.

"I won't, speaking about 'anything stupid' what did I interrupt last night?" Mel said in a dirty minded voice. Loren laughed and slightly blushed which Mel noticed immediately. She was about to say something when Eddie walked back into the room.

"We need to get going, beautiful." Eddie said as he got Loren's jacked. Loren stood up and gave Mel a look to make her shut up. Mel laughed loudly, Eddie wasn't sure what to make of it but it was good to see Mel laughing like that. Loren cared about Mel so Eddie did too.

Adriana wasn't sure what time it was, since she hadn't gotten a lot of sleep. Adriana had thankfully not dreamed of Vince, she had dreamed about Tyler. She had dreamed about being with Tyler, in his apartment and than Phil had shown up and asked her to marry him. Adriana had thought it was a pretty funny dream. Now she couldn't stop thinking about Tyler. She could go see him, get some distraction. Adriana felt better, tired but a bit better. At least, she thought she did. Adriana decided to just get in her car and drive to Tyler's apartment. Adriana didn't stop to wonder where her dad went, she just went back to thinking he didn't care about her. Adriana didn't think about anything as she was driving. She just looked at the road, before she knew it she had pulled up to Tyler's apartment complex and she had gotten out of her car. She walked up the stairs and knocked on Tyler's door.

"Tyler, open up it's me." Adriana said as she knocked on the door. She heard Tyler move and then he opened the door, he smiled at the sight of Adriana. Tyler thought she looked beautiful, he was glad she had come to his house.

"Adriana, I thought I wouldn't see you in a while." Tyler said happily as he put his hands on her waist and kissed her softly.

"Now what made you think that?" Adriana replied as she parted from him and sat on Tyler's couch. Tyler closed the door and leaned against it.

"Just, you were so distant... The last time I saw you." Tyler said as he crossed his arms over his chest and smiled.

"Ya, I guess I was, but I'm here now." Adriana responded "Not wanting to talk about that." she quickly added, before Tyler could ask her about it.

"So what do you want to talk about?" Tyler replied flirtatious tone of voice as he walked over to the couch and pulled Adriana up. Adriana didn't say anything, she just kissed Tyler, a kiss full of passion. Adriana needed to get it out, all the emotions from the last days, Tyler was her outlet right now. They were interrupted by a knock on the door. Tyler didn't part from her, but Adriana heard someone open the door. Tyler looked up before Adriana did.

"Hey man." Tyler said as he hugged the guy who had just walked in.

"Hi Ty, am I interrupting something?" The guy asked as he motioned towards Adriana who was sitting on the couch. Adriana turned around, the room started spinning. This could not be happening. Adriana nearly jumped up from the couch. Vince. Vince was standing there, smiling at her.

"Sweetheart!" Vince said warmly as he looked at Adriana. Adriana couldn't take it anymore but it was like her feet were glued to the carpet. Was Tyler friends with Vince? No, please let this be a nightmare.