Here is the first chapter of the sequel to Let's Pretend.
I really hope it's ok.
I own Phoebe and Bailey.
More information will be in the next chapter, I think.
Enjoy...
Ted walked the hallways on the way back to his locker room. He had just defeated Primo in a match, so he was looking forward to winding down a little before he watched Cody's singles match against Evan Bourne. As he entered the room he was eyed suspiciously be two people. One of them was Cody and the other one was Phoebe, his pregnant girlfriend who was also WWE ring announcer. Oh, and she was Ted's best friend with whom she had a stillborn baby and up until Cody came along Ted had been deeply in love with.
"What are you two looking at?" Ted asked them.
"Nothing." Shrugged Cody, until Phoebe nudged him sharply.
"Something wrong?" Ted frowned as the younger man yelped at the brunette's elbow contacting his ribs.
"We're a little worried about you Teddy." Phoebe explained as Cody rubbed his side.
"Oh, look PJ, I'm fine." The son of the Million Dollar Man assured her.
The brunette ring announcer seemed to eye him suspiciously, as if she suspected something different to what he was telling her. She patted her five-month baby bump and pursed her lips thoughtfully as she tried to get into Ted's mind.
"You seem distant." Cody shrugged.
"It's been months and you seem so lonely." The brunette frowned with concern.
"I'll date when I'm ready." Ted folded his arms defensively.
"Might be sooner than thinkā¦" Cody mumbled under his breath.
"Excuse me?" Ted looked at Cody.
"We have a date lined up for you." Phoebe admitted.
"A date? When?" the older Legacy member asked.
"Tomorrow night." The brunette replied.
"Jeez, you didn't leave me much time to think about it." Ted shook his head.
"Please, just this one date. For me?" Phoebe pouted playfully.
"Come on Ted. You don't want to upset her when she's carrying our baby." Cody smiled.
"Oh, ok then. Who is she? It is a she right?" Ted looked at the pair.
"Yes, she is lovely. But you won't meet her until tomorrow night." Phoebe told him.
"So it's a blind date?" Ted asked.
"Yeah." Cody nodded.
The young DiBiase shook his head with slight disbelief. His friends had set him up on a blind date. Was she going to be a diva? It had better not be Jillian or Layla. They were too annoying for Ted to handle having dinner with. Now he was assuming that they were having dinner, but a date at night could mean something else. They could go to the movies maybe?
He sighed and watched as Cody placed a hand on Phoebe's baby bump. It was a little bittersweet for Ted, seeing her go through this with someone else. He would be lying if he said that he hadn't wondered what life would be like if baby Ted had been born alive. Would he and Phoebe have fallen in love properly? They were just best friends who slept together at a New Year's party.
It would be nice, thought Ted, to have someone to call his own. For so long he had assumed his future was with Phoebe, but now he had no idea what lay ahead. He didn't want to be alone once his friends were busy with their new baby. Ted DiBiase was going on a blind date tomorrow night. He sighed and shook his head.
Cody had gone to the curtain to prepare for his match. Phoebe wasn't announcing now that she was noticeably pregnant. She was going to go and watch the match on the monitors with Ted. They arrived in catering and sat down to watch the monitor as Cody walked out onto the stage and made his way down the ramp.
The Legacy member's opponent Evan Bourne was already in the ring. They locked up as soon as the bell rang to signal the start of the match. Ted was impressed by how confident Cody looked tonight. He knew from experience that the high flyer was a tough opponent, despite his size. Cody missed a bulldog and Evan used the ropes to spring back and kick the Legacy member's jaw. Ted sighed as Phoebe bit her lip nervously.
Evan's momentum built as he took down Cody with a head scissor and prepared to ascend the turnbuckle for his shooting star press move. The high flyer didn't connect the move as Cody rolled his legs up, causing Evan to land on the canvas. He was dazed, so Cody took advantage and used Cross Rhodes to plant him and get the three count.
Phoebe grinned and clapped her hands as the referee raised her boyfriend's hand in victory. Ted smiled and motioned to her.
"Go and meet him." He told her.
"Are you ok here?" she asked.
"Yeah." Ted nodded and watched her walk out of catering.
The young DiBiase figured that he might as well get a coffee while he was in catering. He walked over and got some, before walking back to where he had been sitting. He looked down at the table and it occurred to him that he forgotten to bring a spoon with him. He shook his head and sighed a little as he stood up and turned around, bumping into someone as he did so.
"Oh jeez, I'm so sorry." He said, offering his hand to the person, who happened to be a young woman.
"No harm done." The young woman replied.
Ted recognised her as one of the divas, but he couldn't recall her name. She had been with the company for a while, but had only recently been getting matches. Right now she was dressed in her normal clothes, which were faded jeans and cowboy boots with an old t-shirt. Her hair was dyed red and she had blue grey coloured eyes. Ted thought she looked a little bit out of place, allowing himself to smile.
"Something funny?" she asked him.
"No." he shook his head, but continued to smile.
"You think you run you place or something?" the diva frowned.
"I don't think so. I earned the right to be here though." Ted told her.
"Why, because your daddy worked here?" she asked him.
"Not just that." The young DiBiase shrugged.
"Well, some people have to work to get here." She nodded and walked off.
"I'm sorry." Ted called after her. She turned and looked at him.
"I accept your apology." She sighed.
"So, do I get a name?" he asked her.
"There's no reason for you to know that." She replied and walked away.
Phoebe returned with Cody after Ted had finished his coffee. He recalled his encounter with the diva. Both of his friends kept a straight face, considering they both knew that the very same diva would be joining Ted on a blind date tomorrow night. All Phoebe let on to Ted was that the diva's name was Bailey.
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