Chapter 6

"Son, I don't understand. First, you were upset about Chloe, now Loren? What the hell is going on?" Max said sitting down.

"Chloe showed up, tried to talk but I slammed the door in her face."

"Okay…"

"Then I opened the door again to tell her to go away but then she kissed me and the paparazzi got a photo."

"Oh Eddie."

"That's not even the worst part! I called Loren to see if she got my flowers and apparently, Cam told her he sent them! I must have forgotten to make sure my name was on the note. I don't know what to do."

"You can tell her the truth."

"You think she would believe me?"

"Loren is a sweet girl Eddie; I think she would believe you."

"Doesn't matter pop. That picture is going to come out soon and I just… can't do anything about it."

"This could be a good thing Eddie."

"How!"

"Sit down, write some songs. Clear your head."

"I guess so." Eddie put his head in his hands. 'My life's a mess' he thought. He said goodbye to his dad and headed home, there was nothing left to say.

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The final bell rang and Loren walked out of her school for the weekend. Melissa walked up to her smiling and practically running.

"LO!'" Mel said.

"Hi."

"What are you doing this weekend, sweet make out sessions with Eddie?"

"I'm with Cam!" Loren said laughing.

"But Eddie's so cute and hot!"

"He doesn't like me! And why didn't you text me back yesterday?"

"Lisa took away my phone."

"Why?"

"I got a C on my history test. Whatever, I'll just sneak it back." Mel winked.

Adriana, the girl that hates Loren to no end, walked up to them. "Hey Loren."

"What do you want Adriana?" Mel said crossing her arms.

"Well, I just wanted to tell Loren that there is a new picture of Eddie she should really see." Adriana said with a smile.

Loren pulled out her phone and saw a picture of Eddie and Chloe kissing at his apartment. Loren stared at it blankly not knowing how to feel about it.

"Why would she care about this?" Mel said after seeing Loren's reaction.

"Because now she can finally realize that Eddie will never like an idiotic, pathetic loser like Loren Tate."

"Why would I want Eddie? I have Cam."

Adriana smiled, "I wouldn't be so sure about that," she whispered.

"You know Adriana, its bad enough that you're the reason why Phil's in jail, but now you're going to mess with my best friend? No."

"And what are you going to do abo-" Before Adriana could finish Melissa was on top of Adriana, pulling her hair and trying to punch her. Loren pulled Melissa off Adriana, whose hair was now on the ground and had a scratch on her face.

Loren stood right in front of Adriana, "Get out of here."

"I'll sue you Melissa Sanders!"

"Yeah? I'd like to see that!" Mel said lunging forward, but Loren held her back before Melissa could do more damage. Loren turned to see Cam, his face was pale and she could see he was faking a smile. She linked arms with Mel and walked up to Cam.

"You okay, you don't look so good."

"Yeah, I'm fine. How about you? Adriana's a bitch."

"I can handle her. She's just trying to get under my skin." Loren said.

"I gotta go" Cam said, turning around and leaving quickly.

"What's up his butt?" Melissa said.

"I don't know. I have work though, you mind using your gossip skills to find out. There is something going on with him.""It would be my honor Loren Tate." Melissa said hugging her best friend good-bye.

Loren drove to the café quickly. She just wanted to go home, lay down, and get this whole day over with. But first she had to the one person she knew who could giver the best advice.

"Mom?" She said after Nora picked up.

"Is everything okay?"

"No."

"What's wrong sweetheart."

Loren told her mom about Eddie's picture and about Cam. She wasn't crying, Loren barely cried. She told her mom every detail and took a deep breath, "I'm just so confused mom."

"Well what do you think is going on with Cam?"

"I think he and Adriana did something."

"Oh honey, I'm sure she's lying."

"You didn't see his face mom. It was…I just know something's not right."

"Are you going to be okay at work honey? I think you should take off"

"No, I'll be fine. Mel is getting to the bottom of this." Loren laughed.

She said goodbye and 5 minutes later, she pulled into the café's parking lot. She signed in for work and tried to make is through her 5-hour shift.

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At the end of her shift, Loren got ready to go home and sleep; it had been a long day. However, as soon as she took off her apron Melissa and Adam came walking through the door.

"Oh good Lo, you're still here!"

"Hey Mel, can this wait I'm really tired."

"It's 7:00!"

"So, I want to sleep. I've had a hard day."

"Sit down, Loren. You need to hear this." Adam said sitting with Melissa in a booth.

Loren sat down hesitantly, "what's this about?"

"It's about Cam," Mel said.

"Oh no, what did you find out?" Loren said.

"Okay, just know that I love you and that there is no easy way to say this and I hope you don't get mad at me telling you this because you're my best friend Lo and I-"

"MEL! You're rambling what's up?"

"Cam's been hooking up with Adriana since Phil went to jail."

"What!" She couldn't believe it. Cam was the one boy she thought would last a long time.

Phil used to date Adriana but 6 weeks ago, Adriana told the police that she lied about his alibi and he was convicted of theft and sent to jail for 14 months. Adriana has always been Loren's nemesis. In 6th grade, they were friends but for some reason in 7th grade, Adriana started being mean and hateful and Loren didn't know why. It only makes sense that now Adriana's single and Loren's not that Adriana would go after Loren's boyfriend. That's not what surprised her. What surprised Loren is that Cam agreed to it. Truth be told she only started dating Cam to make Eddie jealous, but it didn't seem to work. He was to busy to care, really. Then after a month, she really started to like Cam, and she thought she loved him.

"Loren, you okay?" Adam asked.

"I just can't believe he would do this. And especially with Adriana!" Mel had a guilty look on her face "what now?

"By 'hooking up' I mean they've been having sex"

"Oh my God!" Loren put her hands over her mouth.

"Ever since Adriana lost her virginity she's been a slut," Adam said, trying to help.

"Well, she can't be called a slut. She only had sex with Phil once and apparently Cam." Loren said.

"Well she's still a dirty skank." Mel said.

Loren sat back in her chair and let the news sink in. 'To think I started to fall in love with him!' she thought. Adam and Mel sat there waiting for Loren to say something.

"Lo?" Mel said after 5 minutes.

"Thanks for telling me guys, but I think I'm just going to go home." Without saying goodbye, Loren walked out of the café, got in her car and went straight home. When she got there, her mom left her a note saying that she was out, again, with 'Doctor Don.' Loren crumpled the note and threw it in the trash. She walked into her room and sat down on her bed. There was a picture of her and Cam sitting on the dresser. She calmly took it out and put it in her dresser drawer. She laid back on her bed picked up her phone and dialed the number of someone she knew would listen.

"Hello?" The voice said.

"Hey Eddie."

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