It's the day of the music video shoot at MK. Eddie will see Loren again, will he get a chance to explain everything to her? This chapter is written entirely in Eddie's POV.
I wake up by sunrays. It is a nice feeling. I dreamed about Loren. Her and me were at my place, working on her song and we kissed. When we were kissing, I felt so much love for her. I don't understand how I can feel this for a girl I don't even know that well. I look at the clock and see that I have two hours to get to MK. Just thinking about meeting Loren makes me smile. I hope I get a chance to talk to her today. I get up from my bed, take a shower, eat some cereal and get ready to leave. My phone rings. I walk to my phone and see on my screen it's my best friend, Ian. I pick it up. "Hey Ian. How are you?" I say, greeting him.
"I'm fine mate. You?" I love hearing his British accent. I don't know why he is calling, but I am happy hearing his voice. He is a professional photographer, always in other countries, shooting. So I don't see him that often.
"Good, good. Why are you calling? No busy job to do?" I say, jokingly. I wish he were here.
"As a matter of fact, I don't. I'm in LA right now, hoping we could catch up. I read about Chloe. Seems to me you need your best mate to cheer you up." I totally forgot that I hadn't spoken with him after I broke up with Chloe. Well, I don't need cheering up. Chloe is in the past. I can use his brotherly advice though, on this situation with Loren.
"No cheering up needed, but I would love to talk to you and see you. I am shooting my music video at MK, my dad's club, today. You could come by?" I ask, hoping he will say yes. Just talking with him on the phone, makes me realize how much I have missed him.
"Sure can do. See you later mate!" We say our goodbyes and hang up. I grab my keys and go. I get to my car and drive to MK. I am a little bit too early. The only one at MK is my dad. We hug and talk about the shoot today when Jake and Kelly come in. We say our hello's. That is when Loren and Melissa come in. Loren looks beautiful as always. She is avoiding my gaze again. The director isn't even here yet, so this is my opportunity to speak with Loren. I walk over to her, but before I can say anything Kelly gets to Loren, says something to her and they both walk away.
That leaves me alone with Melissa. We look at each other in silence. I can see anger and admiration in her eyes at once. Both two totally different feelings. She decides to break the silence. "What you did to Loren wasn't cool at all, and I hate you for it." She says with a calm almost friendly voice. "But something bugs me. There is something I don't understand. When I see you looking at her, I see passion, care and love in your eyes. It doesn't match. So maybe you can explain it to me." When she says this, I feel shocked. Because she describes every feeling I have for Loren, and I don't understand it either.
"You ask me to explain, but I can't." I say with tears in my eyes. "On the hill, I wanted to kiss her, so I did. But it wasn't right. I was still with Chloe. I didn't understand the way I felt and I couldn't trust it either. I was leading her on when I shouldn't. So I stopped the kiss and I was too much of a coward to explain. I hurt her and that hurt me. The last two months I couldn't stop thinking about her and how I hurt her. And I don't know, I think I have feelings for her. Feelings I can't explain. She is extraordinary and beautiful. She has an amazing voice and she doesn't even know it." While speaking I am looking at the ground. When I am finished, I look up and see not only Melissa staring at me, but also Loren. She heard everything that I said. I can see it in her eyes. I feel so embarrassed. I can feel a blush creeping onto my cheeks. I break our eye contact by looking at my hands.
That is when I hear the one voice I didn't want to hear at all: Chloe. "So that is why you left me?" Chloe jells while pointing her finger at Loren. Everyone turns around to see Chloe. Chloe turns to me. "So you dumped me for a high school girl?" When she says that I get angry. First of all, I don't like the way she is talking about Loren. Second, she knows damn well why I dumped her and it had nothing to do with Loren. "A kid? A kid Eddie?"
That is when I have had enough. I walk towards Chloe, clenching my jaw. "GET OUT CHLOE!" I jell. I have never heard myself jell this hard. I can see Chloe tense up. As I get closer, she backs up. I feel my dad grabbing my arm, holding me back. I turn around and storm off to my dressing room. I can't stand looking at Chloe right now. I throw my door shut behind me and I sit down on a chair, trying to calm down by taking deep breaths. I hear a knock on the door. That is probably Jake or pops. "Go away!" I want to be alone.
"Eddie, it's me." I hear a small voice. "Loren." I can't believe I just jelled at Loren. "I understand if you want to be alone, so I will leave." I quickly come up from my chair. I open the door and I see Loren walking away.
"Wait!" She turns around with a worried expression on her face. I can't believe how beautiful she is. "Can you just stay with me right now?" I ask with an uncertain voice I don't recognize. Chloe did it again. She broke me again. Loren walks towards me and puts her arm around me. I put my head on her shoulder. It feels so good to be here with Loren in this embrace.
I get out of the embrace and lock eyes with Loren. There are no words that need to be said. I am doing it again: getting into a fight with Chloe and finding my peace with Loren, but this time I am not going to screw it up. "So you heard everything that I said to Melissa?" I ask a little bit embarrassed.
A smile appears on her face, making her more beautiful, if that is even possible. "I did." We are silent for a couple of minutes. "You really hurt me, but I don't have to tell you that. Even though you were a jerk at that moment, you are sweet and you are an amazing guy. I don't know what Chloe did to you, but whatever it is I know you don't deserve it. And she doesn't deserve you. You will find a girl who is as amazing as you." She says with an honest smile on het face. If only she knew I already found her and she is right in front of me. But I am not going to ruin everything by saying that. I am glad to have her in my life, even though just as my friend.
"You are a great girl you know that?" She blushes when I say that. I like it when that happens. It is nice on her and I know that what I say to her is important to her. "Let's go back. They are all probably wondering where we are." She nods. I take her hand and we walk out of my dressing room.
Enough drama in this chapter. So everything between Loren and Eddie is good now. Eddie wants it to be more, will this happen or will a certain boyfriend make sure this will be a lot harder that Eddie thought? Keep following/favouriting/reviewing! Love you guys.