Song - What I've Become BTW, I'VE PUT A POLL ON MY PROFILE. I'VE BEEN PLANNING SOME STORIES OUTSIDE OF 'SO FAMILIAR II' SO I HAVE SOMETHING TO WORK ON STRAIGHT AWAY ONCE I'VE FINISHED THIS FIC. PLEASE VOTE FOR THE STORY YOU'D LIKE TO SEE!
Artist - Ashlee Simpson
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9
'What I've Become'
For a moment, Barbie kept her eyes closed. With Cody's arm slung over her waist, she felt safer than ever.
The truth was, Barbie kept her eyes closed, not wanting to come to terms with the fact she'd slept with Ted the previous night, and she was in bed next to him.
What had she done? Had she slept with Ted for revenge?
She wasn't thinking. She'd seen Mickie and Cody together, and instantly thought the worse. For all she knew, they didn't even do anything.
"Barbara Jean Blank, you're an idiot." She muttered to herself, banging her head against the headboard.
"What are you doing?" Ted slowly opened his eyes and looked up at Barbie, who was repeatedly banging her head against the headboard.
"Trying to take back last night."
"By banging your head against the headboard? All you're doing is losing brain cells, and you're pretty ditzy as it is, so I wouldn't lose anymore if I were you."
"Shut up." Barbie sank back into the bed.
"So what? You regret last night?" Ted questioned.
"Yes... No... I don't know." Barbie sighed. "I wanted it, and I don't regret that side of it, but it's just going to end in heartbreak again. I'm with Cody, and you're with Rachel."
"You wanna know how I see it?"
"Enlighten me."
"What happens in the United Kingdom stays in the United Kingdom." Ted said proudly.
"Oh what a great solution!" Barbie said sarcastically. "How intelligent of you! What about when we get back home? We just go back to ignoring each other? Cause that's going to work perfectly! Good thinking, DiBiase!"
"God, you're pessimistic." Ted shrugged. "All I'm saying is we're going home in two weeks, meaning we've got two weeks together where we can just... forget about everything that's happened. What happened last night was great, and I know I don't want it to end."
"Fine." Barbie agreed. "We'll do it your way."
"Good." Ted gave Barbie a kiss. "Now, I have just one question for you... are you ready for round two?"
"I think the question is, are you ready for round two?"
Just as Barbie leapt on top of Ted, there was a knock at the door.
"Shit." Barbie muttered, climbing off Ted's lap.
"Who is it?" Ted called.
"It's Mickie." The familiar voice called back.
"Double shit!" Barbie cried. "What should I do?"
"Hide in the bathroom." Ted leapt out of bed and pushed Barbie into the bathroom, grabbing a pair of pants in the process.
"Are you gonna answer Ted or am I going to have to let myself in?" Mickie continued tapping.
"Unless you want to see me naked, Mickie, you're just going to have to wait a couple of seconds."
- - -
As Ted pulled the door open, he noticed Mickie looked stressed.
Either that, or just really tired.
"What's going on?" Ted asked, as Mickie walked into the room and sat down on the edge of the bed.
"Have you seen Barbie?" Mickie asked.
"Nope." Ted lied. "Not today, why?"
"I need to talk to her about something. I did something stupid."
"Oh, really?"
"Yeah."
"Care to elaborate?"
"Not really." Mickie sighed. "Were you with her last night?"
"Yeah, we bumped into each other at a pub, and came back to the hotel together."
"What? And she just went back to her room?"
"I guess so." Ted was getting good at this lying business. "Have you tried knocking on her door?"
"No-one answered."
"Not even Cody?"
"No." Mickie looked strangely shifty about this.
"She's probably still asleep. Or maybe she went out for breakfast."
"On her own?"
"We met some cool people last night." Ted shrugged. "Perhaps she just met up with them."
"Maybe."
"You know I'm right." Ted practically picked Mickie up and pushed her over to the door. "See you at the autograph signing this afternoon."
And before Mickie could answer, the door was shut.
- - -
"That was way too close." Barbie muttered.
25 seconds after Mickie left – she counted – Barbie came out of the bathroom.
"You're a good liar, DiBiase." Barbie smiled sexily.
"Thank you." Ted said. "So you could hear me?"
"Oh yeah."
"What do you think Mickie needs to tell you?"
"That Mickie slept with Cody." Barbie said bluntly.
"Do you know that?" Ted asked.
"Not for sure, but I'm pretty certain."
"Do you want to talk about it?"
"No. I just want to go back to bed."
"Alright." Ted lifted Barbie over his shoulder and carried her over to the bed.
He dropped her on her back, and crawled on top of her. His lips just brushed hers when...
"Again?" Barbie threw back her head in anguish as there was a knock at the door.
"Who is it?" Ted called.
"It's Cody."
"Back to the bathroom."
