I love that you keep reading this story and reviewing. This chapter is a little bit in overlap with the last chapter, but in Eddie's POV. The whole chapter is written in Eddie's POV by the way. Enjoy it!
When I announce that Loren's the winner I'm so happy, until I see her running of stage with tears in het eyes. What pains me is to know that the tears are because of me. I see some girl with brown hair run after her. After a couple minutes of silence I realize that everyone in the club is watching at me. They expect me to say something off course. "I'm sorry, guys. I bet she's all right. Let's just all applaud for Loren. Thank you for coming!"
I see my dad looking at me. I walk of stage towards him. "She won pops", I say with a sad face. "I don't think she's happy with that though."
"Well, can you blame her?" My dad says with a disapproving tone in his voice. "You have to find her Eddie and tell her you're sorry. That's if you wanna work with her." I know my dad's right. I think I saw her going outside, so I walk to the entrance. I see Loren and the girl, I think her friend, standing outside, talking.
"I didn't tell you, because… I couldn't bring myself to talk about what happened. We just talked, that was nice, but after that… he kissed me", Loren sighs after telling this. I really hurt her, I'm such an ass. I did like kissing her, but it was wrong. Loren continues talking to her friend. "I kissed him back, but… then he pulled back, told me he was sorry for kissing me and left." I see the look on het friend's face change from excited to angry. This is probably not the best time to talk to Loren, because the look on het friend's face tells me she'll kill me if she sees me. I turn around and walk back in the club to search for Jake.
Jake is talking to my dad. I walk over to them. "Hey Eduardo!" is what Jake says to me when he sees me coming. "Where were you? I was looking all over for you and your dad here didn't want to tell me where you were."
I look at my dad and I give him a nod to let him know I'm grateful for him not telling Jake anything. He leaves. "Just searching for Loren", I try to explain.
Jake looks at me with a questioning look. "Yeah, what's up with her? Is she all right?" I know he doesn't understand anything about the situation. I'm about to tell him, when I see Loren coming our way. She has a smile on her face, one I know is fake, but I hope it means she's willing to work with me. Then maybe I can show her how sorry I am. And maybe, just maybe she'll forgive me.
Jake sees Loren coming too. He puts out his hand for her to shake it. "I'm Jake, Eddie's manager." He says while Loren takes his hand and shakes it.
"Hi, I'm Loren" Loren says with her warm voice. "And this is my best friend Melissa." She points her finger in the direction of the girl she was talking to outside. I didn't notice her until now. So Melissa is her name. It fits her perfectly. She looks just like my best friend Ian, like she says everything out loud that comes to mind. "Thank you for making me the winner. That means a lot to me. What will happen now?" Loren continues.
"You will be working with Eddie on his song so he can record it for his new album." Jake tells Loren. While Jake is explaining everything, I look at her. She is avoiding my gaze and is focusing on Jake. She keeps smiling and nods at everything Jake says. I can feel Melissa's gaze on me the whole time. I'm avoiding her on purpose. I know she's angry with me for what I did to Loren. Off course she is, I'm angry with me too. I put my focus back on what Jake is saying. "You will also be in Eddie's music video of Something in the air. You will have to be here tomorrow at eleven sharp."
Loren looks shocked and a bit scared, off course she wasn't expecting that. She picks herself back together and puts her smile back on her face. "Okay, can I take Melissa with me though? She's like my personal filmmaker. She films everything I do." She asks and explains nicely.
Jake is silent for a bit. "She can come, but you have to talk with the director tomorrow for an approval to film on set." Jake says with a hesitation. That will be a hard one, cause tomorrow's director is real tough. Within this whole conversation I haven't said a word. I kept my mouth shut. I really don't know what to say.
"Can I talk to you for a sec Loren?" I ask Loren while looking at her. She's silent. I can see that she's in doubt.
Before she can say something, Melissa speaks up. "Loren, we should really get going now. Or else my mom will kill me." She takes Loren's arm. She wants to protect Loren from me. Loren is looking from Melissa to me. She lets out a sigh and nods at Melissa.
"You're probably right Mel." She says while looking at Melissa. Then she turns to me. "Eddie, I'll see you tomorrow." She smiles sweetly. She's beautiful, even with this fake smile. "Bye, I'll be here tomorrow at eleven."
Melissa and Loren turn around and walk to the door. Before she disappears she looks at me shortly. Then she walks away. I turn to Jake and see him looking at me. He's waiting for me to explain what just happened. "Jake… I'll explain tomorrow okay? You go home to your wife and I'll see you tomorrow. I'm gonna find my dad now and than I'll head home." Jake and I give each other a manly handshake and I go upstairs to my dad's apartment.
I knock on his door and he opens it. He lets me in and I go sit down on his leather couch. Mu dad pours himself and me a drink. He goes and sits down on the chair. He looks at me. "Loren is a good singer. She deserved to win. So did you had a chance to talk to her?" he asks me. I know she was really good. I couldn't believe it myself. I really hope we can collaborate well together. I think we will. First I need to talk to her.
"No, but I will tomorrow. She's indeed a really good singer." I still can't believe she's that good and I really liked her song, even though it's about how I hurt her. She has really good writing skills. She's able to put her feelings into words. Maybe she can help me with my writing. Okay, lets not get ahead of myself. She agreed to go on with what she won, but I'm not forgiven yet. My dad and I just sit there in silence, until I get up to leave. "It's time for me to get home. Tomorrow will be a big day with shooting. See you tomorrow pops." I say while giving my dad a hug. "Love you." He says he loves me too and tells me to be safe. I get out of the club, no one is downstairs in the club, get in my car and drive home to dream about Loren like every night since we've met.
This is the beginning of it all. Is Loren going to forgive Eddie for what he did? They will be working together closely for the next couple of months now. This will be hard work and a lot of fun. Keep reading, favouriting, following and reviewing. Love you all guys!