Getting Ready

You guys are really going to hate me after this one. Not a lot of dram, but better DRAMA is coming in the next chapter. I swear!

Where we left off…

Loren: "Let's just stay in. I just want to be lazy for a while."

Eddie: I just laughed at Loren and then called room service. I order some pastrami sandwiches, to bring back a good memory and then some chocolate chip cookies. Loren laughed when she heard me order. It was hard for me to order. Usually I order a lot and give the leftovers to the shelter down the street, but today there wasn't a shelter around the hotel. We sat down on the couch and cuddle watching Ridiculousness, we wanted to watch something funny to keep us in a good mood. We talked and laughed for a good 20 minutes before there was a knock at the door.

Boy problems…

Mel: I just finished up my packing for NYC and I two texts, basically at the same time. The first one I read says, "I'm sorry we need to talk about this. Don't leave me. I was drunk I really do love you. I'm sorry I haven't been myself. Can you please forgive me? Meet me at the café I really wanna explain myself." And the second one says, "Hey love, I'm at LAX, ready whenever you are. Just call or text when you get here and we can meet up. P.S. I'm starved. Let's go eat before we leave." Adam and Ian both texted me, who do I choose? Adam broke my heart; nothing he can say will change my mind. I don't think. And then there's Ian, he's so sweet and kind, but is he good for me?

Aid: "Hey Mel, do you wanna…you okay?" I was gonna see if she wanted to watch a movie with Phil and I, but she was packed up like she was leaving. And was staring at her phone and looked pissed, but yet sad and happy all at once. "Mel?"

Mel: "Huhh, uhhh, yeah what? I'm fine, just getting ready to go to New York for Loren."

Aid: "Oh okay. Well, have fun. And Mel, if you need to talk I'm here. I know we've had our problems, but we are going to be family. And families should always stick together, okay?"

Mel: "Thanks Aid, it's just boy problems…"

Phil: I walked into to Mel's room to check on the girls and to see if they were coming, but Mel was packed up. "What boy? You're not moving in with that Adam kid are you?"

Mel: "No," I said throwing a pillow at Phil. "Now get out Aid and I were talking! She will tell you later."

Phil: "Alright Sis. Have fun where ever you're going. Love ya." She just smiled as I left the room.

Aid: "So boy problems, uh? I can try my best to help. What's going on?"

Mel: "Well, I found video of Adam taking shots off of girls and making out with them. And-and it broke my heart. And now he wants to talk, but I don't wanna talk. I'm supposed to be meeting Ian, Eddie's hot foreign friend and leave for New York. And I like Ian a lot even though I barley know him. And I don't know what to do, Ian or Adam? Help me, Loren usually helps, but she's busy. And I'm losing my best friend and boyfriend all at once. And…"

Aid: "Alright Mel, hold up. Calm down, first off! Second, I seen the video of Adam and he was pretty hammered, but still he shouldn't of done. I don't care how drunk you are you don't cheat. You shouldn't let yourself get that drunk when you are dating someone unless you are with them. If your brother were to do that to me, prego or not, I would dump his ass! Third, I wanna meet this Ian guy! Bring him by if you get a chance. But I think you need to leave Adam hanging right now, let him get a taste of his own medicine. Post some pictures of you and this Ian guy. Then maybe this will all sink in for Adam, and it will give you a chance to see what you wanna do. If you wanna be with this Ian guy or if you wanna give Adam a chance, okay?"

Mel: "Thanks so much Aid! That really helped and as for Ian, I don't wanna bring him by you might dump my brother and try to get with him. But I'll be sure to post pictures."

Aid: "Fine, but I will meet him!"

Mel: "Yeah, after we are dating!" We both laughed and I gave her a hug bye, then my brother and called Lisa and my Dad to tell them. Lisa almost didn't let me go but my dad talked to her for me. Even though I knew the truth about my family n stuff, Lisa still treated me the same. I still just don't understand her. I then grabbed my bags and headed to the airport.

Lunch time…

Nora: After Max and I settled down in the hotel we decide to go get some food. Max was taking me out for a quick lunch. He knew millions of places to go; it was hard for me to choose. When I finally chose, he smiled and told me to dress casual. I did as told and was ready in 30 minutes. I also texted Loren to ask if they wanted to go with us, she said no, and I told her I loved her and to not get in trouble and that we would be back soon. Max drove us to The Ainsworth, it was beautiful and elegant. I felt a little underdressed when I seen the outside, but when we walked in plenty of girls were wearing cute little sundresses like me.

Max: Nora looked beautiful and as we sat down I seen a few eyes look are way. Some may have recognized me, but I think most were because of Nora. The waiter came by for us to order and that's when I realized, lots of people recognized me. But I still think the guys eyes were for Nora.

Waiter: "Hello welcome to The Ainsworth. What can I get for you? Wait, aren't you Max Duran, Eddie Duran's father? And-and you must be Nora Tate, Loren Tate's mom?"

Nora: I looked around and seen people staring and then looked at Max. We both just laughed. I guess we both thought people were looking because of him, not because of who are kids are. "Uhhh, yes we are."

Random Person: "Where are they? Are they on their way? I love them so much, they are like…"

Max: "The next MK? Trust us, we know. And no they are not on their way; it's just us two today."

Random Person: "MK? And oh, well you should call them I would love an autograph from them!"

Nora: "Yes, MK, as in Max and Katy. You know from the 80s. They are Eddie's parents. You know this guy right here!"

Random Person: "Oh yeah them. Uhhh, could we get your autograph? I mean it has to be worth something."

Max: And with that we had several people lined up getting an autograph from me, the guy they knew just as Eddie's father. Until a little old man and lady walked up and asked for an autograph.

Old Man: "It's nice to meet you! We know who you are and were big MK fans. We both wish you would make some music, even though Katy died. I'm sure you can find a new partner. Maybe this young girl can sing?"

Nora: "Oh, no sir I can't sing, but I agree I was a huge MK fan myself. Max you hear the people; they want new music from you." He sent me a glare telling me to drop it, but I just laughed.

Max: "Well, thank you and maybe one day I'll put out a few new songs. Who knows?" They were the last ones around us and now just the waiter was left.

Waiter: "Sorry about that sir. I didn't know everyone was listening. But what can I get y'all?"

Nora: "It's okay. I'll have the Truffled Goat Cheese Omelet Sandwich with mushrooms and tomatoes. No fries."

Waiter: "Okay, and for you sir?"

Max: "I'll have the same, but with fries and we'll take a bottle of Cabernet Sauvignon."

Waiter: "Alright, ill have that right out to you. And again sorry for all the commotion I caused."

Nora: "It's okay," I said as she walked away. "Max, how did you know that was my favorite red wine?"

Max: "I didn't, I just guessed, it's my favorite. Katy never liked it, but because of what you drank at the club I figured you would like this."

Nora: "Oh I love it, but I thought I told you last time I can't have wine. You know how I get after just one glass, I start telling embarrassing stories."

Max: "I know that's why I got it. Nora, I want to know more about you. Even your most embarrassing stories." I just laughed as she shot me this look. It was cute though. First the waiter came and poured us a glass of wine; right after the first drink Nora began telling stories. Alcohol really gets to her. She started with stories from when she was a kid all the way to stories from now. I laughed at some of them, especially if they involved her being a little fan girl. About 20 minutes later our food arrived and it was quiet. We both just ate and I had one more class of wine, but I think she may have had 2 or 3. She wasn't drunk though, maybe just a little tipsy. She started making me tell stories, but those were kind of hard to tell since most involved Katy. It was hard to move on from her, I always found myself comparing other people to her. But Nora was different. Everything she did I loved, just like Katy. It was as if God gave me a second Katy and then gave a third to my son! Things couldn't be better. We stayed and talked for what felt like ours and then Nora's phone rang as we were headed to the car.

Hey love…

Mel: I called Ian when I pulled up to LAX and he suggested we go get some food. I didn't wanna go to the café and he didn't wanna go to Rumor so we just picked something up and ate in the car on the way back to the airport. Ian and I talked about everything. He gave me great advice about what to do. I could tell his opinion was kind of bias. It seemed like he liked me, but what do I know I just got played by a guy I thought loved me. The car got really silent as I began to sink more into my thoughts.

Ian: Mel was silent and I couldn't take it much longer. I had to speak up and say something. I couldn't let her get herself down again. I really like her and want her to be happy. "Hey love, you okay? You seem really intent on your thoughts."

Mel: "Huhh, yeah I'm fine. S-sorry I was just thinking n stuff."

Ian: "Okay love, well don't think too much. I don't want you to start regretting things, like this…" I pushed her hair out of her face and leaned in. She just looked at me for a minute and then began to lean in too. We kissed for a good five minutes before I pulled away. "Is this okay?"

Mel: Wow God, his kisses were amazing! But why did he pull away I was having fun!? I know that I was still trying to get over Adam, but Ian made all that go away. "If it wasn't I would've stopped you a long time ago love." I said love in a sort of mocking way and it made Ian laugh, I loved how he called me Love.

Ian: "Good love." I leaned back in and we kissed for another 5 minutes and things started to get a little heated. And that's when she pulled away.

Mel: "Alright, alright let's get to the airport. We can kiss more on the plane. I wanna go see my girl and I bet you wanna see the Rock Star?"

Ian: "Alright fine, but I'm holding you to the kissing on the plane. And yeah I do wanna go see Eddie, I mean I thought he was dead!" I said and then she began driving to the airport. We got there and boarded the plane rather quickly. We kissed and cuddled and slept on the plane ride and then it was over . We got off the plane and drove the hotel. We knew everyone else was staying there and that we would have to be careful that Loren didn't see us. When we got there I seen a delivery guy and I could tell it was Eddie's food. There were about 4 bags of food. This boy had a serious problem. If we were at his house he would've ordered like 8 bags of food! I stopped the delivery guy and told Mel to go get ready. I took the food and headed to Eddie's room.

What are you doing here?...

Eddie: Someone was at the door, but I didn't wanna get it. Lo and I were having way too much fun. I didn't care if we were hungry or not it was still no reason to get up from cuddling and having fun. "Lo, pause this I don't wanna miss it." She just laughed at me and I got up to get the door. They knocked again, "I'm coming, hold on." I said since we were all the way in the back of the hotel suite were the bed room was. They knocked again and I finally opened the door, but this is not what I was expecting. Yes, it was our sandwiches but the person who delivered it wasn't supposed to be here. "What are you doing here?"

Person: "I just thought you would want your food." Man, my mate was a little nervous about us already being here.

Eddie: "Dude, get out! Loren can't know that you are already here. She knows you're with Mel, this is supposed to be a surprise! Give me the food and get out!" Ian wasn't supposed to be here!

Loren: "Babe, come on. Pay the man and bring me some food I'm starving!" Why was Eddie taking so long! I'm hungry!

Eddie: I laughed and said, "I'm coming babe. Sorry, I just know this guy from a when I was younger, be right there!"

Ian: "You heard the lady, pay the man." He just laughed at me and then forced me out the door. "See you later Mate!"

Eddie: I was surprised that Ian and Mel were already here. That was a really quick flight, I think. I grabbed my phone and it was already 4! Lo needs to hurry and eat, I know how long it takes for her to get ready. I walked upstairs and Lo un-paused the TV and we continued to talk while we ate. When we were done it was about 4:45 and Lo seen the time and flipped.

Loren: "Eddie, how could you let me lose track of time! Hurry up! I have to take a shower and get ready and-and then perform and OMG Eddie!"

Eddie: "Calm down babe! Everything will be okay. Calm your mom and get her over and the go take a shower, okay?"

Loren: "Okay," I said grabbing my phone to call my mom.

Are you drunk?...

Nora: "Hel-hello?" "Yes-yeah sweetie we are leaving the-the food place now." I was a little tipsy so I needed Max to get me some more food to clear this over; I had to go help my little girl get ready for her big night.

Loren: "Mom, are you okay? Are you drunk?" She was slurring her words and sounded different.

Nora: "Yeah honey, I'm fine just had a few glasses of wine. We-we will be right there. L-love you!" I said hanging up the phone. "Max, I need some more food I can't be drunk on my little girls big night!" He just laughed and said that I could grab a bagel at the hotel and told me to go to sleep so my tipsy-ness would go away.

I might be ready…

Loren: "Well, that was weird." I said grabbing my clothes to get into the shower.

Eddie: "What did your Mom not answer?"

Loren: "No she answered, but I think she's drunk." I said laughing and then Eddie began laughing too.

Eddie: "Wow, Pop must have gotten some wine. They will be okay though. Now let's go take that shower!"

Loren: "What do you mean 'let's go take that shower'?"

Eddie: "Well, I need a shower too and I figured there was no use in wasting water."

Loren: "Very funny Mr. Duran. I might be ready, but not right before the concert!"

Eddie: Did Loren just tell me she was ready? Did I hear her right? I'm guessing so by the look on her face before she walked into the bathroom and cracked the door. She didn't even close it all the way! So I snuck in and listened to her sing to herself. She was so cute! But seriously I can't believe she just told me she was ready! Now I need to plan the perfect after party and then after-after party for just us two. I texted Jake and told him what to do. I heard the water turn off so I had to hurry and send the message. I hit send and ran to the bedroom. Earlier I took all the long towels out of the bathroom and left one long enough to cover most of Loren's body. She walked into the room, "Wow, that towel looks great on you Miss Tate."

Loren: "Oh, so you are the reason I couldn't dry my hair and get ready!?"

Eddie: "Yes ma'am I am." I said smiling. She threw a pillow at me and then through on this weird dress thing. It was like a swimsuit cover, but longer. I guess it was so she could wait to change into her dress. She crawled onto the bed and up my body. She began kissing my chest because I was just sitting there with no shirt on waiting to take a shower. Then, she started kissing my neck and nibbling on my ear. I let out a little moan and she just looked up at me, laughed, and then continued. I began kissing her head, then her neck, then down her neckline, and finally to her lips. I moved my hands down her body, but stopped right before her butt because I didn't want to cross any lines. She reached back and pushed my hands lower, I was highly surprised. She placed her hands back on my chest and then pulled away. It had been a good 10 minutes, but the knocks on the door were interrupting.

Loren: "I bet that's my mom and Kelly. I need to go get that."

Eddie: She then gave me one last hot and fiery lingering kiss and then pushed herself up and headed to get the door. "Well, Miss Tate, while you do that I need to go take a shower even more than I needed to earlier…if you know what I mean." I winked at her and then headed to the bathroom.

Are you ready?...

Loren: I opened the door and income Kelly, a team of assistances, my dresses, and finally my Mom. This room just went from empty to crowded and aggravating. People were pulling me in this direction and in that and then I heard a yell.

Eddie: "Uhhh, Loren I need a towel!" I completely forgot about taking all the towels out of the bathroom.

Loren: I died laughing and then noticed my mom just staring at me. "That's what you get! I'll bring one to you in a minute!" My mom was still just looking at me all confused. "Mom, calm down nothing happened we were just being stupid and Eddie spilled a drink so I grabbed all the towels to clean it up." I was proud of myself for thinking of that lie. I couldn't tell my Mom the truth, well at least not in front of all these people. I got up from the chair and headed to the room to grab Eddie a towel. "Here you go. Maybe next time you will learn to not take all the towels!"

Eddie: I wrapped the towel around my body very quickly and then opened up the door again and pulled Loren in. "Sorry, I just had to get one last kiss before you get all dolled up and Kelly tries to stop me from kissing you." Loren laughed and then I headed to the bedroom to get ready. I was just going to put on jeans and a t-shirt but then I remembered seeing Ian and that's what he was wearing so I had to look better. I threw on some sweats and a t-shirt real quick because I needed to see something. I walked out into the living room and a few people just looked, but I guessed they figured out I wasn't actually wearing that. I walked up to Nora and asked, "What color is Loren's dress that she is wearing to and from the concert?"

Nora: Awhhh Eddie wanted to match my baby girl. "Orange, well it's like a darker orange. Do you need my help too?"

Eddie: "Yes actually. I want to match Lo so we look good on whatever color carpet it is tonight." Nora followed me up to the bedroom. I laid out all my shirts and she couldn't find the right color.

Nora: "Hang on Eddie; I'll call your dad. He has the perfect color shirt!"

Eddie: "Alright, thanks so much Nora!" I gave her a hug before she walked out to go get her phone. I walked back downstairs and watched Lo get ready. She looked beautiful every step of the way.

Shirt Switch…

Nora: "Hey Max, I need you to bring up your sexy orange shirt."

Max: "Why? That's my shirt, I can't give it away!"

Nora: "Your son needs it, he wants to match Loren! He just doesn't have the right shirt."

Max: "Oh, fine just because you asked and it's for your daughter. If it was to match any other girl I wouldn't do it!" She laughed and told me to hurry up. So I decided to go ahead and get ready. I wanted to match Nora, but disappointingly I forgot what color the dress was that she was going to be changing into so I texted Eddie. "Hey son, I'm stealing your idea. I need you to tell me what color Nora's dress is, please!" Eddie texted back saying, "It's this light purple color! Hurry with my shirt I've got to get ready!" I looked around and pulled out all my purple shirts, "Send me a picture or Nora's dress, but be careful!" I received the picture, but couldn't find the perfect shirt! "Son, I can't find a shirt to match, help!" Eddie replied, "Come on over, I guess we will just to a shirt switch because I have the perfect shirt to match Nora!" I read the text and was relieved that my son and I could wear the same shirt. I threw on a pair of dark jeans and grabbed my black suit jacket and headed out the door.

Max: I arrived at Eddie's hotel room and it was so chaotic that I just snuck upstairs to the bedroom. Eddie was standing there, shirtless, with a pair of light jeans on and had his light grey suit jacket sitting out. I handed him the shirt and he handed me mine, well his but whatever.

Eddie: "Thanks Pop, you saved me." He shook his head in agreement and we both got ready. We almost looked like opposites. He had dark jeans, I had light. He had a dark jacket, I had a light one. He had a light shirt, I had a dark one. And I swear we were wearing the same shoes!

Lookin' good…

Nora: I seen the boys walked down stairs and shook Loren's shoulder. We just looked at each other and laughed. Our men looked like complete opposites, it was sexy! "Lookin' good boys! lookin' good!" They just laughed and then Max walked over to me and Eddie walked over to Loren.

Eddie: I walked over to Lo and kissed her on the forehead. "Lookin' good babe!"

Loren: "You too babe! Hey did you know you are wearing the same color as my dress?"

Eddie: She was so oblivious, but it was cute. "Nope." I shook my head and laughed a little. She just rolled her eyes and continued to get her make-up done. 20 minutes later she headed upstairs to put on her dress. When she got up there, there was a knock on the door. I went to get the door; I hoped it was Mel and Ian because I wanted to surprise Lo now. Not right before her concert.

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M.L. #14 Jordan G.