A/N: I am so sorry that I haven't updated for so long. I was finished up my last semester of University and dealing with a lot of personal issues. I still have a national licensing exam to study for and pass but I should have a little more free time here and there to update regularly. After reading your reviews, I'm starting to see that there are some of you who don't appreciate my underuse of periods. I will try to work on that as I move forward. I hope the wait for this chapter is somewhat worth it to you all. This chapter is light on dialogue but it's an important chapter because this chapter sets the stage for the rest of the story.

I do not own the characters, all characters from Hollywood Heights are property of teen nick and nickelodeon. I do however own the plot!

For Eddie Duran, there were few moments in life that could compare to spending time in his parent's Dad's beach house. The beach house was the last place that the family visited while on vacation before the unfortunate and untimely death of his mother. So when Eddie discovered that Chloe was cheating on him, he left to his parent's beach house. He returned back to the beach house hoping that maybe the opportunity to bask in the memories of the last time he truly felt whole would help bring him comfort amidst the situation with Chloe. As he stepped over the threshold of his Dad's beach house, Eddie found that not even the warm memories of his mom's beautiful smile, his dad playing guitar on the beach, and the family making a meal together were enough to wash away the feelings that Eddie found himself desperately running away from.

Eddie was a mild tempered person by nature, he rarely got upset and when he did – his anger never lasted long. Eddie could not remember ever feeling so angry. But his anger with Chloe was blazing and showed no signs of slowing down. It was like the anger replaced all of the blood in his veins and was slowly making his way towards his heart – where he felt the anger taking residence and settling in to make its home in his heart. Pain was another emotion that Eddie felt. Unfortunately for Eddie, pain was an emotion that he knew all too well. After Eddie lost his mother, he buried himself under work and tried to help his dad cope hoping being busy would help fill the hollow place that seemed to be in the place of his heart. He tried to date but found that he was scared to connect with the women for fear of losing him. When Chloe came around she was like a breath of fresh air, all disarming smiles and understanding eyes. She didn't try to fix Eddie, she just let him be. She gave him space but was always quick to let him know she was there. The best thing about Chloe in the beginning was that he didn't have to pretend to be happy when he was with her – she genuinely made him feel happy. But slowly as her famed increased that beautiful, bright, understanding girl slowly began to fade. Now as Eddie stood out on the deck of the beach house underneath the night sky, he wondered how/why it took him so long to see that Chloe was no longer the woman he fell in love with. At this point, Eddie was unsure if Chloe was ever that girl in the first place. One thing was true Chloe was a better actress than Eddie ever gave her credit for. It's too bad that her award worth performance wasn't for a role in a movie and had to come at the price of Eddie's heart.

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Back at the fashion show, the silence that followed Tyler's confession had dissipated. Now the runway of the fashion show was in chaos. Reporters had swarmed the stage and now surrounded Chloe who was still hysterical. Reports were shoving and pushing each other each hoping to be the one to get the exclusive. Chloe either couldn't hear them or she had just shut down – either way she wasn't saying anything. She curled into a ball, covered her ears, and prayed for the noise to go away as she slowly lost consciousness. One of the security guards took pity on Chloe's current predicament and rescued her. Once the security guard got her backstage, he discovered that Chloe passed out and quickly dialed 9-1-1. An ambulance came soon afterwards and whisked Chloe away to the hospital.

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Loren was exhausted once she reached home. It had been a rough couple of days. Loren had arranged with her teachers to take her finals early so that she could concentrate on building a music career. Her teachers allowed Loren to do so as Loren was one of the best students and she had already finished her homework for the remainder of the semester. Unfortunately this meant that Loren had to cut herself from all social media and her phone in order to concentrate. Loren had told everyone about what she was doing and most everyone was really supportive. It took a little while to convince Kelly but she acquiesced once she realized how much more free time she would have. It also took some time to convince Nora but she warmed to the idea once she learned that Loren would still walk the stage and get her school diploma. Spending the last few days living school made Loren excited to rejoin the land of the living. Bouncing from the door step to her room, Loren removed her phone from its hiding place. Imagine Loren's surprise when she was bombarded with alerts about Eddie and Chloe's disastrous time at the fashion show and Eddie's disappearance from the fashion show. Before Loren could click on one of the links to try to make sense of what happened, her phone rang. Loren's eyed widened as she scanned her caller id.

Loren answered her phone and addressed her caller in a soft, gentle voice. "Eddie. Are you ok?"

A/N: I know that this chapter jumped around a lot but I needed to address these characters and let you know what's going on with them.