{*a/n: HAVE A BEAUTIFUL & BLESSED EASTER WEEKEND. I'LL BE BACK ON TUESDAY...*}
RECAP FROM CHAPTER 27….
TWENTY MINUTES INTO DANCING FOR LOREN IN A BOW TIE AND ONLY A BOW TIE, EDDIE PULLS LOREN INTO HIS ARMS TO DANCE WITH HIM, THEY ARE ABOUT TO STRIPPED DOWN TO NOTHING BUT SKIN…
He was not half way into the song but his dancing led them in bed, wrestling each other in between the sheets till the sun rises.
THE FOLLOWING MORNING…..
Loren woke up to the startling sound of her phone vibrating so loud, it almost fell off the night stand and onto the floor. She turned herself towards the night stand, stretching out to grab it. Her screen read : 20 MISSED CALLS & MESSAGES from Melissa and Adriana and with a recent picture text message that made her shot up in a upright position that made her scream in shock.
"OH …MY ….GOSH!...THIS CANNOT BE POSSIBLE!"
CHAPTER 28 – LOREN TATE EXPOSED!
DURAN POOL HOUSE, IN LEDDIE'S BEDROOM, LATER THAT MORNING…
"LOREN TATE UGLY AS EVER, LOOK AT THOSE SPOTS!..EWWW! YUCK! ….WHAT MONSTROSITY IS THIS?!..."
read the message below the photo of herself wrapped in a pink blanket. The smile on her face revealed this newfound happy go lucky, flirtatious, inner sex goddess, Loren Tate. And now the photo that was taken just for fun has gone viral and portrayed "UGLY" in the eyes of Hollywood.
Loren remembered this photo shoot from years ago. It was back at the time when Ian first started as a Professional Photographer and had asked Loren to be his first model for the purpose to start a Professional Portfolio. Loren, of course, being the good friend that she is, said Yes. And when she asked Ian, Why?...He said, "because I want the world to see what I see and what my best mate Eddie sees in you, a beautiful lady inside and out." Ian also explained to Loren that he was intrigued by Loren's skin condition which was the clusters of brown spots that was all over her body. But he also thought that Loren was an amazing woman for not letting her brown spots get the best of her and her dreams of becoming a World Famous Rock Star someday. Anyhow, Loren remembered Ian telling her that when she does become a Rock star that this photo shoot will be part of his Most Prized Collection on his website.
After what seemed like an hour of being lost in thought, reminiscing of this photo shoot, the reality she will soon be facing is Hollywood's ugly side. Loren knows better to not read the brutal and vicious comments about the photograph and as strong as she is on the outside, deep down, she is still the brown spotted freak ten year old she used to be on the inside. She turned to Eddie who was happily snoozing away and quietly got up and out of bed, heading to the bathroom staring at her reflection in the mirror, nodding to herself in disbelief. Be strong. She told herself. You're not that girl anymore and you've grown up stronger than ever. You've lived with this skin condition all your life and you have treated it as if it did not exist. Look at you now girl!...don't forget you are Beautiful!...
She smiled as she quickly took a shower, then stepped out, a few minutes later, putting on her high school gym shorts and Eddie's vintage Concert t-shirts, grabbed her pen and notebook, then took her for keep sake box where her first book of poems were stored. She totally forgot it was left under that bed all these years and now she her inspiration to write was on full charge. She walked into the living room, sitting down on the piano bench, looking through the pages of her original book of poems/songs and began to sing & play on the baby grand piano.
Loren: "Everyday is so wonderful
Then suddenly
It's hard to breathe
Now and then I get insecure
From all the pain
I'm so ashamed
I am beautiful
No matter what they say
Words can't bring me down
I am beautiful
In every single way
Yes words can't bring me down
Oh no
So don't you bring me down today…."
A few minutes later, Eddie walked into the living room, taking a seat by her on the bench, but Loren did not notice his presence 'cause she was in her singing mode.
Loren : (singing, eyes closed and feeling the words of her song, while playing the piano),
"We are beautiful
No matter what they say
Yes words won't bring us down
Oh no
We are beautiful
In every single way
Yes words can't bring us down
Oh no
So don't you bring me down today
Oh, oh
Don't you bring me down today
Don't you bring me down, ooh
Today…."
When she finally opened her eyes, then turned followed by a jump at the sight of Eddie sitting next to her. Eddie chuckled at the look on her face while Loren by impulse, punched him on his arm. Eddie rubbed in arm, pretending it did not hurt, but his fiancee is one tough woman.
Loren: "Sorry." (feeling a slight guilty), " I did not mean to wake you up."
Eddie: (flashing his trademark smile at her), "babe, it was the most beautiful sound to wake up to. Did you write it just now?"
Loren: "yeah. From a long time ago"
Eddie recognized the notebook lying on the top of the piano.
Eddie: "Dude!" he yelped as he grabbed it while looking through it. "...is this the first and original note book of songs when you use to write the best stuff for me?"
Loren: "yup. This is the one."
Eddie: "what made you bring it out after all these years?"
Loren took a deep breath, trying her best to hold back her tears and showed him the photos of her from a photo shoot that is now media blasted.
Eddie: "Isn't this a photo shoot you did with Ian when he started out as a free lance photographer?"
Loren nodded in disappointment, avoiding his eye contact.
Loren: "yeah and now that these photos are viral, I have become scrutinized as some 'freak of nature' "
Eddie: "Loren…baby…..look at me" he said as he cupped her face in his hands, staring directly into her chocolate brown eyes, "you, Mrs. Duran, are beautiful to me and these photos are gorgeous, in fact, very hot and extremely sexy in my eyes. Ian obviously sees a unique beauty in you too, so to hell with these idiot people and their comments. They are jealous of your natural beauty and talent"
He pulled her into a sweet kiss on the lips. But Loren was still bummed out by the negativity of her photo as hot tears began to roll down her cheeks.
Loren: "I thought so too until you read these horrible unfriendly comments."
*Loren bursting into tears*
Eddie: (holding her close, in his loving embrace), "shhhh…babe," (gently wiping her tears with his thumb),"…hey…..its alright. …alright?...you know these people have nothing better to say or to do than to put people like you down just because you are not like the rest of the plastic people of Hollywood. You have always remained true to yourself. No matter how tough the situation is, you have taken every challenge in the music industry has thrown at you and handled it with grace and humble smile on your face. And that's why I love you so much Lo".
Loren: (in between sobs), " I love you too Eddie, truly I do and thanks for the sweet loving words because it is exactly what my mom would way too but I wish…I wish she was here with me...I wish she can hold me close and tell me everything is going to be OK….she made everything better and now…now I feel so bad for not being around during her last days of life…"
*Loren still crying as she buried her head in the nook of Eddie's neck and shoulders*
Eddie could not help himself but to hold her close and let her cry, massaging her back in a circular motion to calm her down. He know how much she misses her mom and he too, wishes her mom was alive too, especially right now when she feels the world is against her. All he knows is that Loren Tate, the love of his life, soon to be his wife, is the most beautiful woman in the world and will make sure she feels like the most beautiful woman in the world too.
Loren finally calming down. "Anyways, while you were sleeping, I've been in a inspirational song writing high and wrote two songs in like an hour"
Eddie: "WOW! That's great my love!...do I get a sneak peek of these amazing songs ?"
Loren: "sure. Of course. You can. It still needs some major work, but all I can give you is the first verse into the chorus"
Eddie: "I'm all ears babe. Go for it!"
Loren: (taking a deep breath, as if she was performing for a music executive as she grabbed her guitar) ,
"After all you put me through
You'd think I'd despise you
But in the end I want to thank you
Because you made me that much stronger
[ End ]
Well I, thought I knew you
Thinking, that you were true
I guess I, I couldn't trust
Called your bluff, time is up
'Cause I've had enough
You were, there by my side
Always, down for the ride
But your, joy ride just came down in flames
'Cause your greed sold me out of shame, mmhmm
After all of the stealing and cheating
You probably think that I hold resentment for you
But, uh uh, oh no, you're wrong
'Cause if it wasn't for all that you tried to do
I wouldn't know just how capable I am to pull through
So I wanna say thank you
'Cause it makes me that much stronger
Makes me work a little bit harder
It makes me that much wiser
So thanks for making me a fighter
Made me learn a little bit faster
Made my skin a little bit thicker
Makes me that much smarter
So thanks for making me a fighter…"
Loren turned herself around towards Eddie who was sitting on the sofa, utterly and completely , stunned speechless. But she was not sure if his facial expression was good thing or a bad one. "So what do you think Eddie?"
Eddie: …
Loren: (letting out a disappointed sigh), "Your silence obviously says more than I need to know…"
Eddie: "Loren…I …I think it was…it was.."
Loren: "its Okay Eddie. You don't have to like it, I know its totally stepping out of my box and all, but I promise it is still written by the same old goody goody gum drop me, Loren Tate."
Eddie: "No. No. Lo, I do, in fact, understand the creative process behind this song and yes. It is different but WOW Loren!..this song and this upcoming album is going to go platinum, I promise you babe, you are going to break my record for number one."
Loren: " that's crazy talk babe, there is no way I can break your record for number one. This song was written based off on honest feelings of the negative scrutiny against me."
Eddie: "And that's exactly what I'm talking about Loren, you, the woman I am deeply in love with every moment of every day on the daily, has finally learned to open up, let go and break down all these walls you seem to hide behind…"
Loren: " what do you mean?"
Eddie: "I mean, when things get tough for you, you impulsively, bottle up your emotions and push people away but this song plus all your wonderful songs written for this album, is the real deal, truly honest, up close and personal, Loren Tate. "
This time Loren was deeply touched by his words, she walked over to him, wrapped her arms around his neck and gave him a kiss on the lips. Eddie, of course, was taken by surprise, that he simply kissed her back to the point where they were lost in a hot and heavy make out session on the sofa . Until …
*RING! RING!* went Loren's phone.
She grabbed her phone which was on the coffee table while Eddie continued kissing her on the neck.
Loren: " hello?..." (in between giggling and pushing Eddie away). The screen read: MELISSA
Melissa : "hello Lo? …Oh my goodness!..its about time you picked up your phone!.. seriously!...we need to talk. .its urgent!"
Loren: " Ok. Talk. What's up?...is this about the pho—?!"
Eddie stopped what he was doing with Loren locked in his arms.
Mel: "first of all, I am so sorry about all the crazy nonsense drama this has caused on you Lo and second, Ian had nothing to do with it, I prom-"
Loren : "Mel, its ok. Eddie made me feel better about the situation and I've been writing songs about it all morning."
Mel : "good. I'm glad you found a positive outlet to calm you down and let it go, but its not going to be that easy…"
Loren: "huh?...what the heck are you talking about Mel"
Mel: " I know who leaked the photos…"
UUUGGGHHH!..yeah. I know this Chapter is not quite my best and I apologize ahead of time that it turned out EH! -_- OR is it more like 0_o?
but this is me coping with WRITER'S BLOCK and I'm about to crash and burn in flames. But hopefully the next few Chapters will pick up and get back on track to my totally AMAZINGLY twisted creative writing skills.
ANYWHOo, Whatcha think "my lovelies?" LOVE IT? HATE IT? THIRSTY FOR MORE?...
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MUSICAL ARTIST SONG/CREDITS:
"BEAUTIFUL" & "FIGHTER" by xTina Aguilera