Hollywood Heights - Season 2

Nora is taken back

Chapter 10: Nora is taken back

Nora's Point Of View.

Max and I have just finished dinner. It was delicious. I think it's the way the onion butter melted on to the beef that made my day complete.

"Dinner was lovely Nora, thank you." Max kisses me for a few seconds before waking away. "Now if you'll excuse me, I'm gonna change clothes so we can go for that walk. I'll be back in a minute to help clean the dishes."

"Okay." I laugh and take the plates off the table just as the front door opens, revealing Eddie. Plates will have to wait. "Hello Eddie." I pull him into a short hug.

"Hi Nora."

"What are you doing here? If I had known you were coming I would've saved you dinner. We just finished eating." I put the dirty plates in the wash. And where's my daughter? They're always together.

"No that's okay," Eddie chuckles, "I just ate actually. So is pop here?"

Speaking of the devil, I think as our bedroom door opens and Max walks in to the living room. "Hi dad." Eddie smiles.

"Hi Eddie." They hug. "What brings you here? And where's Loren?"

"She's at my apartment. When I left she was on the phone with Kelly so I didn't wanna interrupt."

"Aw that's sweet." I smile. He's such a nice guy. I'm so happy Loren's with him. I really am.

"I actually wanted to talk to you Nora."

My body stiffens. He wants to talk to me? Please do t tell me he knocked her up. "Me?" I points at my chest. With furrowed eyebrows, I add on. "What could you possibly wanna talk to me about? Did you get her pregnant?"

"What? No. No." Eddie shakes his head. Relief washes over me. Thank Goodness. He looks terrified at the idea himself. I am too to be honest. Well, maybe not terrified, because that would be exaggerating. Not prepared is more like it. Not that I don't want all happiness for them but Loren is technically still in high school and I don't want her ruining her career, not yet anyway. It has just started.

"Then what?" Max's voice rings.

"I want to ask you, Nora, for permission to marry your daughter." Eddie nervously asks.

He wants to what? My mind is in total confusion, his words ringing through my head over and over again. I can't be hearing correct. They've only been dating for a few months. Why the rush?

"Eddie.." I trail off.

"Nora I know what you're thinking. God I know what both of you are thinking." Eddie explains and gazes between Max and I. Poor Max, he is totally shaken up about this. "You're thinking it's too fast and we barely know each other."

"Of course we're thinking that Eddie." Max says.

"But pop.. she understands me. She listens when I talk and.. when I found out she thought I was dead, the first thing that came to my mind was to get to a phone so that I could call her and let her know I was okay. And when I saw her doing that interview from my apartment about the memorial for me, my heart shattered. I hadn't felt so incomplete since mom died and it's because it was the same feeling I went through when mom died. I just wanted to see mom one last time and I never got that. But I got to see Loren again and I don't want to take that for granted. She means everything for me and I just-"