So very sorry for taken so long to post, so much going on right now, life is kind of crazy, please kindly review, I would really appreciate it and it will tell me someone is reading this story. Thank you Kathryn and Natalie, you never miss a chapter and you always post your thoughts. I'd like to also thank Hollywood Heights Obsessed I really appreciate your reviews. Enjoy chapter 3

Always the One Hollywood Heights

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Eddie stops her. "Penny what are you doing?"

"Like I said, I'm here for you!"

"Yes, I get that, why did you kiss me?" What are you trying to do?"

Penny stops and walks back towards him. "I'm sorry for everything, and I can't help it Eddie, I like you, I want to be here for you."

"You realize I love Loren, there's no room for anyone else, because she's my life, my everything, I don't want you getting the impression that something can happen between us, please remember that and if you really want to be my friend, then show it the right way."

Penny sighs. "Of course Eddie, and I'm sorry."

Eddie doesn't say another word and walks away. Penny down casts her eyes and sighs more heavily. "Why did I have to fall in love with you Eddie, why?"

Meanwhile….

Loren sits in one of the fancy chairs in Jake's Jetliner, and she's feeling devastated and hurt. She keeps wiping the tears streaming down her cheeks.

"Loren it's going to be ok." Mel assures her.

"How? I want this career and I thought Eddie was going to be my side."

Mel hugs her. "He loves you Loren, and I don't know what brought this on, and I don't know why he broke up with you, maybe to make things easier for you while you tour."

"Easier? That's a joke, I love him and my career would always come second." She looks at Mel. "Eddie is my priority."

"I know Loren, and I know once you're back in L.A. he'll be by your side once more."

"I don't know what to think." She mumbles.

Jake keeps his number one artist on track, if she wasn't recording, she was writing, her concert at Kensington Palace sold out, everyone loves Loren, her fans can tell she's genuine, always kind and sweet to them, signing autographs and posing for pictures with them. It was passed midnight when she was finally getting to bed, she was tired but she felt so excited and pumped, her show was a success.

Two month later she was in Paris for a few weeks, she was going to do a video there, Jake made sure to get his top male artist to be a part of Loren's video, it was Mike Luke, one of Jake's success stories who was on the top ten of the billboard for a few months.

"It's nice to meet you my beautiful lady." Mike holds Loren's hand and kisses it.

Loren furrows. "Thanks." She pulls her hand away from his.

"So tell me Loren Tate, are you seeing any one?"

Loren looks at him. "We just met, why do you need to know? Last I heard, you were dating several popular actresses."

"So, I love to have fun." He teases.

Loren rolls her eyes. "Listen we're here to do a job, that's all your getting from me."

Jake and Kelly watch them from afar. "I think Loren and Mike make an amazing couple, are you thinking what I'm thinking?"

Kelly laughs. "You've got to be kidding, Mike has the worst reputation in Hollywood."

"I want her to succeed and I need to convince Eddie Duran she's out of his league, she's moved on is dating people she has something in common with."

"So what do you need?" She asks.

"Have the photographer take a few pics of them together while they rehearse for the video, then make sure TMZ gets them and they release them for the world to see, tell them to make it seem like they're a couple."

"What are you trying to do Jake? If Loren finds out…"

He interrupts her. "No one will know, it's a common thing to put couples together and let the fans come to their own conclusions."

"Ok Jake, you're the boss." Kelly admits.

Jake smiles. "Exactly and when have I ever been wrong?" He asks with a smirk.

Kelly says nothing else and leaves the area in search of the photographer. And within the hour he's taking pictures of Loren and Mike as they went over some dance moves with the choreographer.

Within a few days, TMZ releases the pictures, Mel's phone buzzes several times, her eyes widen at the sight of the pictures released, they seemed very cozy and they would give anyone looking at the pictures the impression that they were a couple.

Mel walks into Loren's room. "Hmmm what's this about Lo?"

Loren was on her laptop going over some lyrics. "What is?"

Mel shows her the phone. "Weren't these taken while you rehearsed the other day?"

Loren is upset. "You know that guy is a jerk, I would never date him."

"They're trying to imply you guys are an item."

Loren rolls her eyes. "Whatever, Kelly says it's part of my career."

"What if Eddie sees them?"

Loren looks at her best friend. "He knows me; I wouldn't do that to him."

Meanwhile…..

Eddie is finishing up. "Ok guys take a lunch break; we'll go over these moves afterwards again."

Katy walks into the gym area. "I have lunch for you sweetie."

Eddie smiles. "Thanks mom."

One of Eddie's students walked back into the gym area. "Hey teach! Did you see the latest?"

He turns to acknowledge him. "Seen what?!"

He tosses him his phone, there in plain view was Loren in a very cozy hug with Mike Luke. Eddie pretends it doesn't bother him, tossing the phone back to his student.

"Yeah I'm sure it's all fun."

Katie looks at her son. "Honey you know most of these pictures are Photoshop."

"She's been gone how long? And she's all over the first guy to come her way."

"This isn't nothing like Loren, don't forget it's a gossip page posting these pictures!"

Eddie was hurt. "I don't care anymore mom, she's moved on and so can I."

It didn't end there, the press never left Loren alone, and it didn't matter where she was with or the place she was at, the photographer's had a field day taking her picture, maybe she was having a rehearsal, business dinner they took her picture with any actor or musician that sat by her side. The caption always stated it was her latest boyfriend.

Loren had no time to date, she was always writing, or recording, and rehearsing for her next show. She was reaching the top of the music world really fast.

Nora flew in to visit her daughter. "Honey you look so beautiful."

Loren blushes. "Mom, I've missed you."

"What have they done to you?" Nora asks.

"What do you mean?" Loren questions.

"Your hair, your make-up, you're just more beautiful than I remember honey." Nora responds as she hugs her daughter, not wanting to let go.

"Thanks mom, I miss you so much."

"So tell me, how is life on the go? Are you ok? Are you eating well?"

Mel walks in with a huge smile. "Nora you're hilarious! Loren lives like a queen and Jake and Kelly make sure she has everything she needs."

Nora smiles. "I am so happy you're here with her Melissa."

They had lunch and chatted for a while and Loren finally asks. "How's Eddie mom? I miss him so much."

"I don't see him that much honey, he's been very distant lately." Nora responds.

Loren sighs. "I thought he loved me, we were supposed to be together, and now here I am touring the world all by myself."

Weeks turn into months, and a year later, Loren is at the Grammy's and leaves the ceremony with 4 Grammies, Loren is on top of the world, she was asked to promote several beauty products and a clothing line, fans go crazy wanting everything Loren wears or uses.

Loren performs in many countries, after three years, she told Jake she was going to take some time off, she's headed to Los Angeles.

Jake has gotten Loren her very own Jetliner, and personal pilot and attendant. They arrive in L.A and are ready to exit the Jet.

"Your mom will be thrilled to see you Lo." Mel says with so much excitement. "It feels great to be home; I've missed L.A."

"I can't wait to be home." Loren adds.

Loren's personal Limo and driver are waiting for her and Mel, they get into the limo and the driver makes sure he gets all of their personal luggage.

The limo stops in front of Loren's home, she and Mel exit the limo, and head towards the front door, the driver takes all of their luggage out.

"Miss Tate where do I place your luggage?" He asks.

Loren opens the door. "Just leave it all in here."

He does as told. "Do you need anything else Miss Tate?"

"No I will be here the rest of the day, you may go and I'll call you tomorrow if I need you to come."

He leaves, and Loren calls for her mom, and there's no answer. "I wonder where she's at?"

"I told you to call her and let her know we were coming." Mel states.

Loren walks towards the dining room table. "It looks like mom was at a wedding."

"Why? What did you find?"

"There's a lot of wedding favors here." Loren picks it up and looks to see if she can find the names of the bride and groom.

"Who do we know that could have gotten married." She says.

"Maybe it's someone Nora knows." Mel responds.

They wait for a while and then they leave to have lunch. "I feel like walking." Mel agrees and they head out, as they reach the downtown area, Loren runs into Cameron. "Wow Loren it's really you."

She smiles. "Yes, it's definitely me, how are you Cameron?"

"Great, you're more beautiful than I remember Loren, how long as it been? I love all of your music, when I first heard you sing, I knew you were going to be huge."

"Thanks Cam, it's been 3 years since we graduated, I always loved music so you know I love what I do."

"How does it feel to be so famous? Aren't you afraid of being recognized?"

Loren furrows her eyes. "I feel the same Cam, I am still Loren Tate, and nothing has changed me and never will plus this is my hometown, I don't mind being recognized, and it was great to see you, Mel and I are going back to have lunch."

Cam shrugged his shoulders. "Yeah I get it; thought you came to the wedding." He walks away without saying another word.

Loren looks a Mel. "Ok so who got married? Now I'm curious."

"Let's go and eat and afterwards we'll go home and see if Nora is back."

They stop at Loren's favorite place, many fans recognize her and requests autographs and selfies with her, and as usual Loren complies.

They finally head home, and Nora and Katie are already home. "Hi mom! You're finally home."

Katie smiles at the sight of Loren. "Loren, I'm so happy to see you sweetie."

They hug. "I'm happy to see you too Katie, how's Max?"

"He's good, and why didn't you tell us you were coming?" She wonders.

"I wanted to surprise mom, but, it didn't work out, she wasn't home." She looks at Nora. "So, who got married? I saw many clues on the table, we went to eat and ran into Cameron, and he too mentioned a wedding."

Nora sighs and looks at Katie, both women stand there without saying a word, Melissa furrows her eyes, what is the big deal? Why is everyone acting so weird she wonders.

Nora downcast her eyes, the tension in the room is quite thick, you can cut it with a knife. She walks towards Loren and holds her hands and sits her down right next to her.

"I never thought you'd show up today of all days, and I thought when it came to you finding out, it would have been several weeks or months."

Loren looks at her. "Mom you're beginning to scare me, what's going on?" She looks at Katie too.

"What's going on Katie?"

Mel stands next to Loren placing her arms around her, and Nora finally says it. "Eddie got married last night."

Loren's eyes widen. "He what? Wait, who did he marry?"

"He married Penny." Katie was quick to say. "It was a small ceremony, nothing huge at all." She adds.

"Penny?" Is all Loren manages to ask, she stands there numb, not knowing if she should cry or run away.

"Loren I wasn't going to tell you, at least not yet." Nora says.

Loren finally speaks. "I don't know what to say, I thought he loved me, he broke up with me and I was hopeful we could work things out today, the reason I decided to come home."

"Loren…" Katie pauses and then continues. "He loves you so much, he was heart-broken to see all those pictures of you with all of those men."

"Katie most of those pictures were Photoshop, I didn't date any of them, I couldn't..." She stops, tears streaming down her cheeks. "I thought he'd wait for me to come home."

She wipes the tears escaping her orbs. "I love Eddie, I never stopped, and I come back to find he's with some one else."

"I'm so sorry Loren." Katie adds. "I wasn't in agreement with his choice."

"No worries Katie, this isn't your fault." Loren walks away trailed by Melissa, her broken heart allows Loren to cry and grieve losing Eddie forever.

Nora turns towards Katie. "Go home Kate, I'll talk to her." Katie does as told and exits the home.

Loren stays in the area only a few days, then calls Jake and resumes her tours to Australia and the surrounding countries.

Two years later, Eddie and Penny are expecting a baby, through an ultrasound they learn twin girls are on the way, Penny develops heart problems during her pregnancy.

She goes into labor at 28 weeks along, she's rushed to the hospital. During her labor, doctors tell Eddie she may not make it through labor, her heart condition have worsened. An emergency C-section is scheduled.

Penny knows she's not going to make it. "Eddie, thank you for the beautiful life you gave me, I know you couldn't love me…." She stops than continues. "I know Loren was your true love but I'm grateful for everything you did, I loved being your wife."

"Penny don't talk right now, save your energy, our girls will be born very soon."

She holds his hand. "Tell them I loved them with all of my heart."

The doctors perform the emergency C-section and two beautiful girls are delivered, they wrap them up with blankets and are taken to Penny, she kisses them and then passes away, her heart was too weak.

Eddie is left with two tiny girls to raise on his own. Katie and Max are thrilled to help raise the girls, and they're named Lisa and Lyla.

5 years later, Eddie now coaches a college football team at the nearby University. And Loren continues to perform, now she's back in the United States, back in L.A and starts a Music School to help young girls learn how to play any instrument of their choice and nurture the ones with the gift of music.

Eddie's daughters love music and they're huge fans of Loren Tate. "Daddy there's a school of music by our school, can you take us?" Lisa asks.

"Please daddy!" Lyla insists.

Katie smiles. "You can't say no to them, it's a brand new School, and I hear it's an amazing Music School, and I think the girls can benefit greatly from attending there, so let's go and check it out."

Eddie smiles, he can't say no to his girls. "Ok then, you girls, including grandma win."

They get into Eddie's car and head there; the girls are so excited! "I want to sing like Loren Tate."

Katie smiles as both girls sit in the back of the Mini Van singing to one of Loren's songs. "It's really weird how your girls love Loren's music."

Eddie agrees. "I know, who would have thought that was ever possible."

Loren is finally done writing her latest beautiful song she calls Photograph, she plans to play it for the girls attending the school, so gets her guitar and starts to strum it, humming along to the music created to go with the song. The girls form a circle around her, they sit to listen to her sing, and Loren smiles, she loves this part of her life now, she doesn't tour as often, she is her own boss now, Jake is no longer in charge of her life and choices. She begins to sing….

"Loving can hurt

Loving can hurt sometimes

But it's the only thing that I know

When it gets hard, you know

It can get hard sometimes

It's the only thing

That makes us feel alive

We keep this love in a photograph

We make these memories for ourselves

Where our eyes are never closing

Our hearts are never broken

And times forever frozen, still

So you can keep me inside the pocket of your ripped jeans

Holding me close until our eyes meet

You will never be alone, wait

For me to come home

Loving can heal

Loving can mend your soul

And it's the only thing that I know, know

I swear it'll will get easier

Remember that with every piece of ya

Mmmmmmm And it's the only piece to take with us when we die"

Eddie walks in holding his daughter's hands, and Katie is there too, they've been able to hear her song and they stand there listening, Lisa recognizes Loren, but Katie tells her to wait until Loren is done with the song.

Loren continues to sing, everyone there can tell she loves singing, it shows strumming the guitar to follow each and every tone of her song.

"Mmmmmmmm we keep this song in a photograph

We made these memories for ourselves

Where our eyes are never closing

Our hearts are never broken

And time is forever frozen, still..

She continues unto she reaches the last lyrics of her song which reads…

"Wait for me to come home.."

Loren closes her eyes feeling every lyric to her latest creation, a song so close to her broken heart.

She finally finishes the song and looks at every young girl staring, smiling at her and watching her every move, her smile is huge.

"So, what do you all think?" She asks.

Suddenly, Lisa and Lyla run in. "We love it Loren."

Loren stops and turns towards the young voices of the little girls coming her way, she smiles at them and stands to acknowledge them, that's when she sees Eddie standing a few feet away with Katie right next to him.

"Eddie…."

So sorry, but the chapter ends here today! So now what? Please kindly review, it will help me to continue.

Song credit; Photograph by the amazing Ed Sheeran.