Hello puppets :) I'm almost at 200 reviews and still kind of blown away by every single one of them! I'm also busy fixing the mistakes in my previous chapters hehe, I'm going to do my best to not make mistakes because fixing them is annoying. So please keep reviewing! Enjoy!

Chapter 55

Loren was sure that no one could destroy her happiness, her mom could call her now and announce that she was going to marry Dr. Don and Loren would congratulate her. Okay, maybe she was getting ahead of herself...

"Lo, you are like a celebrity..." Mel gasped, everybody, literally everybody was looking at Loren. Loren chuckled but didn't protest. A handful of girls had already asked Loren all kinds of questions. One asked if she could be Loren's best friend, Mel had assured the girl that the position of best friend was already taken. Another girl had asked if Eddie would be willing to her graduation speech, Loren had no idea how to answer that one.

"This is so crazy." Loren laughed. Everywhere she looked, people were looking at her.


Tyler had thought he was over Chloe. But he got this angry lost feeling inside when he looked at Chloe. In the hospital bed, cuts on her usually perfect face. Last night Tyler and Chloe had talked for a minute or two until Chloe needed to sleep again. He felt something that seemed like guilt when he thought about Adriana, she must feel really betrayed at this moment. But Chloe needed him. Didn't Adriana saw she needed him too. She had some kind of urgent matter she needed to discuss. Last night Tyler had convinced himself that Chloe was more important. Jackie was also still in the room, she was talking to a sleeping Chloe. Tyler decided to listen.

"... But Cynthia, it was this town that pushed you out on the road..." Jackie said with tears in her eyes. "This town it's- it's toxic. I'm going to get you out of here, after you make your recovery. Back to Fresno. Back home."

"Jackie she's not in a coma, she can hear everything you say, remember?" Tyler said sarcastically, before getting up and walking out of the room. Jackie asked where he was going, but he ignored her. He was going to see what urgent news Adriana had for him, he figured she'd be at school right now. Tyler was going to wait, it didn't matter how long he had to wait, he was going to talk to Adriana.


Eddie's phone went rang. Jake's name appeared on the screen. Eddie stood up from his piano bench and took the call.

"Jake, hey." Eddie said, his voice sounded more excited than he had meant it to.

"Somebody's happy, are you with Loren or something?" Jake replied with a chuckle.

"No, just writing songs..." Eddie said, knowing that that was something Jake wanted to hear.

"See, that, I like." Jake answered "I called because we just finished the video, do you want to see it before we put it online?" He added. Eddie nodded excitedly, then realized Jake couldn't see him.

"Yes, yes I would. Do you need me to come over there? If you come here I could give you a sneak peak of the new songs." Eddie replied.

"I thought you didn't do sneak peaks?" Jake asked. Eddie had always refused to play Jake anything that wasn't finished. He couldn't help but wonder what had changed.

"Yeah well, I can't wait to let somebody hear this." Eddie answered with a chuckle.

"Well, who am I to turn that offer down, right?" Jake said "I'll be over in a few." He added, Jake didn't give Eddie time to reply, he hung up.

Eddie smiled and turned his attention back to his piano. He was going to play Jake a new song, and the song he had written for Loren. A part of him knew that Jake wouldn't like the idea of Eddie writing songs for anybody other than himself.

"Hey Ed." Katy said, Eddie turned around and was surprised by his mother suddenly showing up. But Katy didn't like arranged plans.

"Hello ma." Eddie replied, he stood up and hugged his mother.

"I heard you playing, that's a great song." Katy said when Eddie parted from her. Eddie had been playing his own new song.

"Thanks. But it's not done yet." Eddie answered with a proud smile taking his face.

"Does it have any words?" Katy asked as she raised her eyebrows.

"Of course, but it's not done yet." Eddie replied "Want to hear it?" He asked. Again wanting to let people hear his new songs.

"I would love to." Katy replied. She leaned on the piano as her son sat down and started playing.

"Taken by surprise, I was overjoyed

The look in your eyes, makes you seem annoyed

I can talk all I want and be who you want me to be" Eddie sang.

"But won't you just tell me..." Katy suddenly sang, caught up in the song. Eddie smiled, he hadn't heard his mother sing for a long time.

"What are you waiting for?

What do you want me to say?" Eddie sang.

"Never thought about the past before

Fine you can have it your way." Katy sang, Eddie realized this song was meant to be a duet.

"But won't you say no?" He sang.

"Or do you need me to go?" Katy sang.

"Oh I don't know..." They ended in perfect harmony. Eddie had never thought about doing a duet with his mother, but was surprised by how well their voices went together. There was a knock on the door.

"It's open." Eddie said, still smiling about what he had accomplished in the last few moments.

"Hello Eduardo, Katy." Jake said, he gave Eddie a brotherly hug and Katy a quick kiss on her cheek.

"Hey Jake, I think I have something you'd be pretty excited about." Eddie said with a slight nod in his mother's direction. She returned his nod and Eddie started playing.


Loren opened her locker and got out her books. She put them in her bag and closed it again. Back to reality. It was a hard thing to do with everybody staring at her like she had just grew two more heads... And maybe an extra arm.

"Here comes the boyfriend." Loren said as she motioned towards an approaching Adam. Mel was about to say something but realized Adam was too close.

"Hey Loren." Adam said before turning to Mel "Could we talk in private for a moment?" He asked. As soon as he said the words Mel froze. No, Adam couldn't break up with her.

"Yeah, sure, see you guys..." Loren said, not knowing what to think, she walked off.

"Adam I'm so sorry-" Mel began.

"Just explain to my why you stayed there with... him?" Adam cut her off. The last word he had spit out.

"I don't know-" Mel began.

"And where did you sleep?" Adam interrupted her again. Mel turned white, she knew it would look bad if she told him the truth.

"A- At Eddie's." Mel managed to say. Adam shook his head.

"Did you cheat on me?" He asked, a little too calm, holding in his anger.

"No! Of course not!" Mel denied. Thanks to Eddie she was telling the truth.

"Okay, fine I believe you." Adam replied "But I really don't like you being around Ian..." He admitted. Mel frowned, she knew Adam didn't like Ian, but why shouldn't she be around him, they were just friends after all.

"Who are you to tell me who I can and can't be around?" Mel asked, pressing her eyebrows together. It had sounded a bit more harsh than she had meant for it to sound.

Adam sighed "I'm sorry Mel, but I just can't bear seeing you flirt like that with another man." He said.

"I told you I can't help it." Mel replied with a chuckle, hoping that this serious conversation would turn into a joke. Why couldn't Adam just like Ian who was going to be her roommate?

"And I told you that that doesn't mean I have to like it." Adam said with another sigh.

"Are we really having this conversation again?" Mel asked, she felt herself getting annoyed by Adam's attitude towards Ian... Again.


Loren walked trough the hallways, there were still a lot of people staring at her. Loren sighed when she saw Cameron, he saw her and walked up to her. She instantly turned around and started to walk away from him, until she felt his hand on her shoulder.

"Loren-" He started.

"No, Cameron, I thought it was clear that I didn't want to talk to you." Loren snapped, cutting Cameron off.

"I'm really sorry." Cameron said, Loren turned around and crossed her arms over her chest. "I saw your interview last night. You were really good." He continued with a weak smile. Loren looked down at the bruises on her arms that didn't hurt anymore and had transformed into a bit of a yellowish shade.

"Thanks... I guess." Loren replied in a way that she almost never talked. She was being really snappy. But she had every right to be, Cameron had hurt her, not mentally, but physically hurt her.

"You know, you don't have to act like that just because he doesn't want you talking to me." Cameron suddenly said. Loren looked at him with fire in her eyes.

"I can talk to whoever I want, Eddie doesn't own me. And he will never try to tell me what and what not to do." Loren replied and she crossed her arms over her chest.

"You are so blind, Loren." Cameron smirked.

Loren was not going to let people talk bad about her and Eddie. Especially Eddie since she knew he would be ready to kill Cam ever more after hearing this. Loren slapped Cameron across his face, with that wiping the smile off it.

"Don't you ever talk to me again." Loren hissed before turning around and walking away.

"So now you are too good for us?!" Cameron yelled, everybody was looking at him and Loren, wondering what had just been going on. Loren didn't care what they thought, she got her phone out of her pocket.

I have a surprise for you. x

Loren noticed that almost every time she checked her phone there was a message from Eddie. Cameron was so wrong and he knew it. Everybody knew Eddie loved her because Eddie wasn't afraid to show it. Loren wondered what kind of surprise Eddie was talking about and felt herself getting excited already. She forgot all about her 'clash' with Cameron and got lost in thoughts about Eddie.


Jake clapped his hands when Eddie and Katy finished singing, they had a full song. It felt weird for Katy to sing with someone other than Max, even if it was her own son. But it felt right to sing again.

"Eddie, Katy, that was amazing. Really, really good." Jake said excitedly. Jake had a huge smile on his face. "Katy, are you willing to record this for Eddie's next album?" Jake asked.

"Yes, I would love to." Katy replied, making Eddie smile. Eddie loved the idea of recording with his mother. He had been trying to get Katy back to making music for quite some time now.

"A mother- son duet, that would look amazing." Jake said mostly to himself. Eddie laughed, as did Katy.

"It would, but let's watch the video." Eddie answered, really curious about the way his music video turned out.

"I almost forgot about that." Jake laughed as he grabbed his bag and pulled out his laptop. He put it on top of Eddie's piano and pressed the play button. The sound of Something In The Air filled the room. The first shot was one of Loren and Eddie. Loren was looking into Eddie's eyes as she danced around him. Eddie's eyes following Loren. They had amazing chemistry. Eddie couldn't be happier about the way the video had turned out. Plus, Loren looked really hot and she was even a better dancer than Eddie had thought she was.