Amusement. There is no other word that I can find to describe the situation before me. Eddie tangled in lights that are halfway hanging up around the ceiling with a look on his face somewhere between shock and disappointment.
"Eddie, what on earth are you doing?" I asked as he is now hopping on one leg trying to unwrap himself. "How do these things get so fucking tangled?" I heard him mutter as he was now spinning in a circle trying to get out of the string of knots. I started to head over him and help escape from the lights when I saw the small round table that was normally black covered in a white cloth and with the table halfway set with black placemats, white square plates, red napkins, and shiny silverware.
"Dang it." I laughed at his realization that whatever he was trying to plan had epically failed. This whole situation with Eddie is something that I would remember forever. I finally reached him and removed the strands of lights from his body which caused me to walk around him three times, go under his left arm, and then have him lift up his right foot before he could walk away.
"What are you doing here? I thought that you were with your mom." Eddie finally asked once he took a seat on the long black leather sofa that was opposite the mess he had just created. "I was, but she called me saying that she was helping your dad go through his stuff before he moved in." I stated and Eddie rolled his eyes. I took a seat next to him.
Eddie grabbed my right hand and brought is over to his lap. He was looking down as he was sliding his fingers of my palm. "I told my dad to keep you and Nora away from here for a while so I do this surprise for you." He said as he looked up and gestured to the semi decorated room around us. "I guess he only heard the part about keeping your mom busy."
"Ha-ha yeah I guess." I added lamely looking down at our hands. "So what exactly are you trying to do?"
"Trying to make you a romantic dinner." He admitted honesty "From scratch." He added. I looked at him and smiled. "Why are you doing all of this, I mean you already surprised me once today at school."
"I'm doing this, Ms. Loren Tate, because you deserve it." Eddie said as he was scooting closer to me and put his left arm around me, pulling us even closer together. He leaned forward and kissed me. The touch of his lips was sweet and gentle; the kiss was slow and lingering. It was nice and simple. We parted and I looked into his deep brown eyes. "You deserve the world, and I'm going to give it to you."
"What was that?" I asked as I heard the fire alarm go off.
"Crap! The lasagna!" Eddie yelled as he jumped off the couch and sprinted towards the direction of the kitchen. "It's okay! Just the edges burned a bit!" he shouted. I walked in the kitchen and saw a complete and total mess. There was red sauce everywhere, the pans on the stove were covered with the contents that were cooked in them, and there was shredded cheese spread all over the gray granite counter tops.
"Have you ever cooked a meal by yourself?" I asked taking a look around the tornado of a room.
"No, but I used to help my mom." He stated as the placed a few of the pans in the stainless steel dishwasher. "So what made you decide to cook tonight?" I asked.
"Well I haven't actually used this kitchen, like ever. Plus when I was gone I realized how many things I took for granted, like having options to cook dinner for my amazing girlfriend." I walked to the other side of the counter top and wrapped my hands around Eddie's waist resting my head on his back. "You are the best boyfriend a girl could wish for, you know that?"
After this Eddie and I went back to the living room and we finished hanging up the lights and setting the table. He decided that even though dinner wasn't going to be a surprise that we still deserved an amazing meal.
"Hey babe, I think the food is getting cold." I said as we finished hanging the last of the lights.
"Okay, I'll grab it." He headed around the corner but then stopped and poked his head around the corner again. "Wait, what am I getting?"
I looked at him blankly. "The lasa- wait, I'm not gonna say it!" I said crossing my arms over my chest. "Come on babe, please." He pleaded. "I've only heard you say it once." He added. "And that was one time too many." I retorted.
Eddie put on his best puppy dog face and after staring at me for a minute he turned around and went into the kitchen. He came out carrying the dish and placed it on the table before pulling the chair out for me and pushing it in once I sat down. I smiled at him as he took his own seat across from me. "You're not gonna get any food until you ask for it." Eddie said as he was filling up our glasses with water.
"Fine." I stated "Eddie can I have a piece of lasaguna?" He smiled and set a piece on my plate. "See now that was too painful." He said as he served himself. I raised my eyebrows at him and kicked him underneath the table. This caused Eddie to lightly kick me back, and when I tried to fight him he trapped both of my feet and a victorious smile formed on his face. I returned it and couldn't help but think that Melissa was right, Eddie is a foot guy.
Dinner was lovely. The lasagna tasted delicious other than the burnt parts of course. And when I asked what his secret was he said that he didn't have one, it was his mom's. After we finished eating we returned to the couch and started watching one of my favorite movies that he bought just for tonight. The evening ended with my mother calling and asking once again where I was. I had completely forgotten that I needed to talk to her. I told Eddie this and he completely understood and as I apologized of the third time for having to leave early he said that he needed to work on some songs.
"Can I hear them?" I asked as he was helping me put on my jacket.
"Soon." He said as he placed my bag on my shoulder and slid hid hands down to my waist, pulling me closer to him. Eddie leaned down and kissed me on the cheek and pulled away. I looked up at him and kissed his lips. I could feel his tongue licking my lips for the permission to enter, and I opened my mouth a bit and before I knew it his tongue was searching every part of my mouth. Air was needed so I pulled away and Eddie took this opportunity to move his way down to my neck. I moaned at the pleasant feeling. "Eddie, I need to get going." I said reluctantly and Eddie lifted his head and looked at me but not before leaving traces of a hickey.
"Bye Beautiful, talk to you tomorrow."
"Bye." Eddie dropped his hands from my waist and let me go. I headed to the door but before I could reach it, he grabbed my hand and spun me around so I was facing him once more. "Don't forget, tomorrow morning we have to go into Jake's office."
"Of course." I said. "I will head there right after school."
"Hey Lo, I know that everything is really stressful this week, but trust me it will be better soon."
"Right, thanks." I turned to leave once again but not before I kissed Eddie on his cheek.
When I arrived at home I realized that what my mom really wanted was to spend time with me and make sure that I was okay with Max moving in. I said that I already consider Max as part of our family and that I was looking forward towards spending more time with him. My mother was thrilled with my answer. After that I turned in for the night knowing that I would have to wake up at six for school.
The next school day was pretty much the same as the day before, the only difference now being that everyone was still talking about Eddie and me but now it was about us going to the prom. The theme, The Greatest Garden, had most of the girls very intrigued about what the decorations would look like, I on the other hand was just happy with the fact that I was going with Eddie.
"Loren Tate!" My head whipped around as the sound of my name grabbed my attention, or at least at that volume. I saw Melissa lighting pushing the people ahead of her in the hallway. Once she caught up she placed both of her hands on my shoulders and looked me directly in the face before speaking.
"Lo, this is a 911 situation." She stated.
"What?" I asked utterly confusing and chucked a bit at the very serious look Mel was giving me. I started to wonder what the big emergency was this time.
"You and I both don't have our prom dressed and the dance is like in." She looked down and her right hand and counted. "Four days!" she exclaimed as she placed her hand back on my shoulder gripping it a bit more tightly.
"I know, I know, how about we go shopping later tonight or tomorrow. I don't know when my meeting with Jake and Eddie will be over so if it's not too late tonight, let's do it them."
"Perfect!" Melissa realized me from her vice grip and brought me into one of her tight bear hugs. Once we pulled away we began walking to our last class of the day, which we happened to have together. "Do you want to ask your mom if she wants to join us?" She asked as we were approaching the wood door that led into our classroom. "Of course. I would never hear the end of it if I didn't."
"This is going to be so much fun!"
Chemistry was boring as ever. I found myself glancing over at the black and white circular clock about once every four minutes, slowly waiting for the end of the day as I was tapping the end of my pencil on my note-book. Once the bell rang I got up out of my seat and then rushed to the door where I had to wait for Mel considering she was my ride. Melissa dropped me off at Jake's office. I when through the familiar doors and rooms until I went made my way to Jake's office. I saw Eddie and Jake already in a deep conversation about rebuilding Eddie's career.
Jake was the first to notice that I entered the room as Eddie was signing many papers. "Hey Loren! How are you doing?" He asked and at this moment Eddie looked up and smiled. "Hey there, beautiful." I returned both Jake and Eddies' smile. "I'm doing well." I said.
"Well that's good!" Jake said as I sat in the second black leather chair next to Eddie. He took my right and kissed it. I smiled even bigger at Eddie, admiring the fact that at sometimes Eddie was still preformed the old and somewhat forgotten traditions of a relationship. I'm guessing he probably got it from his dad.
"We have a lot of thing to discuss." Jake started. "After the two of your guys' concert and MK a few weeks back." Eddie and I both nodded as the memory formed in our minds. "Well your record label wants you to record that song and another duet as well."
"That sounds great!"
"Yeah, I would love to go back the studio with my girl."
"Perfect!" Jake muttered at he grabbed his phone off his desk and entered something into his phone. "Alright! Can you two get your work done so you can record it next Wednesday?"
"Yeah that works for me." Eddie replied first. "What about you Lo?
"Yeah I'll be out of school so we will have more time to work and polish the song." I added.
"Oh and Loren, Kelly wanted me to tell you that she also wants you to record some of your new songs that you have worked on then too." Jake added. I looked at Eddie before at my lap. "Is that okay?"
"What?" I asked bring my head back up so I could see Jake's face and tucked a stray hair behind my left ear. "Oh yeah, I just need to polish them a bit."
As I was speaking Steven opened the door and poked his head into the room. "So sorry to interrupt, but Jake your next appointment is here." He said as he gestured the unseen people behind him.
"Ah, right. They can come in." Jake said. "We were just finishing up." At this moment Eddie and I both stood up and started to collect our things, picking up on Jake's statement, while Steven opened the door up wider and reveled a young girl with sandy blond hair, pulled up into a tight bun. She was wearing jeans, a plain blue tank top and blue and red plaid shirt over the top. The man next to her also had sandy blond hair a bit longer than eddies. He was in a casual t-shirt and jeans.
"Leah, Jeremy." Eddie said before Jake did.
"Oh, so you are the two who helped Eddie out." I said making the connection between the people who Eddie told me about on the plane to New York the weekend before. "Thank you so much for taking care of him and bring him back, we all were falling apart without him here with us." I added.
"It was our pleasure." Leah said as she looked at Eddie and smiled before setting her eyes on me.
"Oh, that reminds me Eddie, have you started to get any of your memories back from the night you were attacked?" Jake asked. I glanced at him before observing the two new people in front of me.
"Actually a bit." Eddie stated as he took a step closer to me and he snaked his hand around my waist. "I don't remember everything, but bits and part are coming back slowly."
"That's great Eddie!" I said as I leaned in to kiss his cheek. I looked back over to Leah and saw that her wide smile had faded into almost nothing.
"Yeah that is really great." She added speaking a little too loudly.
Eddie and I left soon after this as we both could tell that Jake needed to discuss business with Leah and Jeremy. As Eddie was driving the both of us back to his place I couldn't shake this strange feeling about the two of them, I realized that what I was feeling wasn't too different from how I felt about Don Masters. I couldn't put my finger in it; it was just something about them that didn't settle well with me.
Author's note:
Hello there. Sorry I was gone for a while like I said, but I warned all of you! Anyways, I hope that you all liked the chapter! Please let me know what you think in the comments and any ideas of anything that you want in this story, or just ways to make it better. After all I am writing it for you guys! Oh and I got a review asking to do Eddie's point of view of this story, and I will if that's what you all want, I just want to get further in Loren's point of view before I switch to Eddie's. I'm letting you know once more that the next update probably wont be until Sunday or Monday because I have dance tomorrow from 10 am to about 9 pm... yeah.. a long time! Ha-ha and Sunday I have to work on an essay, but trust me I would rather be writing this! Please review, favorite and follow because I motivates me to write sooner! Anyways until next time!
Dis clamor: I don't own Hollywood Heights or the Characters, just this plot line!
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