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Chapter 38

Eddie parked his car in front of the cafe, he wished there had been traffic or something to stall them. Loren turned and climbed on top of Eddie, to his pleasure. Loren kissed him softly before speaking up.

"You know, we have about two minutes until I go in." Loren said in the most seductive tone of voice she could manage. Eddie groaned approvingly as he placed his hands on her lower back. He kissed her and Loren felt the butterflies in her stomach go wild again. Loren wanted to stay in this slightly uncomfortable position forever, but she had to go to work.

"Should I escort you inside, miss Tate?" Eddie asked in an official voice when they had parted from each other.

"Maybe, but put on your sunglasses." Loren replied, not moving from Eddie's lap.

"Good thinking." Eddie laughed as he put on his sunglasses and opened his car door. Loren was still not moving, Eddie put his hands under her arms and picked her up, carrying her out of the car. He sat her sown just outside of his car and kissed her one more time before grabbing her hand and walking her inside.

"You can come by later, if you want a free milkshake." Loren said, turning to Eddie. Loren smiled insecurely and Eddie gave her a quick kiss.

"I am going to do my best, I have to go see Jake about the songwriting contest thingy." Eddie replied.

"Well, I'm gonna get to work then." Loren sighed as she walked over to the counter and tied her hair into a ponytail.

"I'll see you later, beautiful." Eddie said, Loren leaned over the counter and kissed him. Loren waved at Eddie as he left. Eddie smiled as he walked out, he loved Loren, he loved it when she was happy.

Adriana felt herself getting dizzy, she couldn't take it anymore. Vince was Tyler's friend? No. It couldn't be, Tyler was nothing like Vince. Vince was still smiling at Adriana who felt herself getting sick. Tyler he a confused expression on his face.

"Do you guys... Know each other?" Tyler asked carefully, sensing tension from Adriana's side.

"We have... Met before..." Vince replied, still looking at Adriana with that same smile on his face. Adriana couldn't take it, she ran out of Tyler's apartment with tears welling up in her eyes. She nearly fell when Tyler, who had ran after her, put his hand on her shoulder.

"Babe, what's wrong?" Tyler asked as he tried to turn Adriana to face him, she shook in hand off and wrapped her arms around herself as if she was cold. Tyler knew Vince wasn't always the nice or respectful towards women, but could he have hurt Adriana?

"I... Vince..." Adriana began, she stopped talking when she realized she couldn't tell Tyler what had happened. Adriana felt like it was still her fault and Tyler might judge her for it. Tyler saw the hurt in Adriana's face and didn't ask any more questions. He pulled Adriana into a tight hug. Adriana felt comforted by Tyler's arms, she felt safe and warm. But the feeling of safety quickly faded when she heard Vince's voice.

"Adriana, we need to talk." Vince said as he grabbed Adriana's waist and pulled her out of Tyler's arms, out of the warmth and safety of his arms. Adriana wanted to scream but instead she just shook her head lightly. Almost too light for anyone to notice, but Tyler noticed the look of panic in her eyes.

"Vince, man, I'm sorry, but I don't think Adriana wants to talk to you right now." Tyler said in a serious voice as he stood in front of Adriana.

"She doesn't know what she wants." Vince replied, he was insulted by the way Tyler stood up for this girl.

"I do, Vince. I know I don't want you anywhere near me." Adriana spoke up. She was surprised by how determent her voice sounded, the message was clear.

"You will see me again, even if you don't want to." Vince replied as he walked away, Vince knew he would never win a fight with Tyler and he wasn't stupid. "But I know you want to." he added. Adriana froze at those words. She didn't want to see Vince again. The only way she wanted to see Vince was dead, after what he had done to her.

Mel needed to go see Adam and David but mostly Adam. Ian had offered to drive her and she had gladly excepted, not knowing an other way to get there. Mel knew Ian and her were going to be very good friends. She knew Ian would probably want more than that, he was a guy after all. Mel glanced over at Ian whose eyes were still focused on the road, he stopped at Adam's house.

"Thank you so much for everything." Mel said, she truly was thankful for Ian being there for her. But now, she wanted to be with Adam.

"No problem love." Ian replied as he smiled, never taking his hands off the wheel "I guess I'll see you around." he added, he wanted to just drive off with Mel in his car, to a place where they could be alone, but he knew he couldn't do that. Adam appeared to make Mel happy, even though he clearly hadn't been there for her when he had.

"Oh you will." Mel replied in a bit of a flirtatious voice, Ian chucked, that was exactly what he would have said. And how he would say it.

"Good luck Mel, you'll be okay." Ian said in a more serious voice. Mel sighed and nodded, she got out of the car and waved at Ian, who waved back and drove off. Mel turned around and slowly walked towards Adam's front door, she wasn't sure about David, was he angry at her... He had every right to be. Mel had stood him and Adam up completely, but they hadn't called or contacted her in any way, so maybe they understood. Mel reached the door, she sighed and nervously knocked on the door, kind of hoping nobody would open it.

"Mel, hi." David said, surprised to see Mel standing there.

"Hey... David, I'm so sorry I didn't come yesterday-" Mel began, David didn't show any sign of being mad.

"It's okay, Melissa, Adam kind of missed you though, maybe you should go talk to him." David suggested, interrupting her.

"I will... Thank you, David." Mel replied, David just nodded and stepped aside to let Mel in. Mel walked into Adam's room to see him sitting on his bed with a laptop. He didn't seem aware of Mel's presence until she cleared her throat. Adam looked up, he looked a bit disappointed.

"Hi Mel, had a nice time at the set?" Adam asked in a bit of a cold tone.

"Well, yeah, but why did you leave?" Mel replied to his question with a question.

"It seemed like you were too busy talking to that friend of Eddie." Adam sighed, sounding annoyed. Mel lifted her eyebrows and a surprised expression took her face.

"Ian? I was just talking to him because Eddie was busy." Mel replied, knowing that she was not entirely the truth. She had liked talking to Ian.

"So why were you flirting with him?" Adam asked as he closed his laptop and stood up. Mel moved closer to him and grabbed his hands.

"Adam; you have to understand, I'm a natural flirt." Mel said as she looked into Adam's eyes.

"Doesn't mean I have to like it." Adam replied as he broke their eye contact. Mel kissed Adam, full of passion. Adam put his hands on Mel's waist, Mel broke the kiss for a moment and slightly pushed Adam, he fell down on his bed. Mel climbed on top of him and started kissing him again. Mel was happy Adam forgave her.

Loren was bored, today was a very quiet day. Nobody was in the cafe so she sat down on a chair. Loren sighed and got out her phone, she was going to text Eddie.

It's so not busy, I'm bored when are you coming? I need my rockstar x

Haha, get through it, soon you will not have to work there again, you know when you're a rockstar. I need to stop by the office and will be right over afterwards. That is if I'll get a free milkshake. Love you beautiful x

I can't wait to see you. Love you too x

Loren smiled and was almost giggling in happiness. She was so lucky to have Eddie. Loren heard somebody walk in, her smile faded as soon as she looked up. Cam was standing there, looking at her.

"Can I help you?" Loren asked in an unfriendly voice as she stood up. Cameron almost smirked, he was happy not to see Eddie here.

"Is that the way you treat costumers here?" Cam replied as he walked closer to Loren who took a step back.

"Well, you're not really a costumer, are you now?" Loren said in the same unfriendly tone of voice. Cam chuckled.

"That is true, I'm here to see you." He said with a smile on his face, the kind of smile you give someone after telling them good news. Loren walked over to behind the counter, hoping that Cam would not follow her. Cam did follow her.

"If you're not going to buy anything, please go." Loren said as she turned to face him.

"I think I can't do that." Cam replied as he again took a step closer to her, Loren tried to back up but bumped into the counter.

"You shouldn't be here." Loren said as she felt herself getting scared, she wanted Eddie to be here. Cameron took another step and his face was just a few inches from hers it made Loren very uncomfortable.

"It's time you know that I should be here." Cameron said in a serious voice as he brushed the hair out of Loren's face. Loren swallowed loudly and Cameron continued. "Loren, I like you a lot. I can give you more than Eddie can, he's just using you so other fans think they might have a chance." Loren shook her head and was about ready to punch Cam, instead she pushed him away.

"It is not at all like that, you don't know anything about us." Loren said, she wasn't really scared anymore, she was just annoyed now "I love Eddie and he loves me." she added, just to let Cam know Eddie already told her how he felt.

"No, Loren, he doesn't." Cam replied he crossed his arms over his chest, being pretty sure of himself.

"I think you really need to leave now." Loren said as she felt herself getting angry. Cameron didn't make any effort to leave.

"Mate, I think it's time for you to go." Loren turned at the sound of a familiar to see Ian, standing there. Loren almost sighed in relief. Cameron took a step back.

"Who is this, another boyfriend of yours?" Cameron asked with a look of disgust on his face, Ian laughed and walked over to Cam.

"I'm disappointed to say I'm not her boyfriend, can't say I didn't try though." Ian joked his face turned serious and he continued "But you really need to get out, before I'm going to escort you out."

"Fine, but think about what I said, Loren, you know it's true." Cameron said before he pushed Ian aside and stormed out of the cafe, mad.

"Bye Cameron!" Loren yelled as he Cam left. She was happy Ian had stepped in, she wasn't sure if Cam would ever leave otherwise.

"Who was that guy?" Ian asked when Cameron had left.

"Just some... Asshole." Loren replied as she walked around the counter and sat down on a chair, she rubbed her temples and sighed.

"I'm glad he left though, that was more than just an asshole, love." Ian said, he sat down on a chair next to her.

"Yeah he's horrible..." Loren began with a sigh. She looked at Ian and continued "Why are you here anyway?" she asked.

"Eddie told me you were amazingly bored so he send me over to entertain you." Ian replied and he laughed at the broad smile that had appeared on Loren's face as soon as she had heard Eddie's name. Ian found himself wishing Mel would show the same emotion when she heard his name. No, he shouldn't think that. Mel was happy with Adam.