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Ted and Evie were still in their embrace when someone started knocking on the door like a lunatic. Pulling away from him, Evie carefully walked to her front door. Her breath caught in her throat when she saw that it was Kristen. Walking towards Ted, she pulled him down the hall towards one of the rooms.

"Silence your phone and stay in here until I come back and get you." Evie said, breaking the silence. "Kristen is at the front door."

"Enough said." Ted replied as he silenced his phone.

"I'll try to get rid of her as fast as I can."

He nodded his thanks as he sat on down on the chair in the room. Sighing, he leaned his head back and looked up at the ceiling. This was the last thing that he had expected when he dropped by today. "Just hurry."

Nodding, Evie shut the door behind her. She rolled her eyes when she heard her yelling at the door.

"Evelyn Grace James answer the door, I know that you're home! Answer the door! Paul told me you were home!" She shouted as she continued to knock on the door.

Shaking her head, she looked at herself in the mirror. Quickly, she tussled her hair and rubbed her eyes. She faked a yawn as she opened the door. "Hey Kris." She said, making her voice sound as if she had just woken up. "I wasn't expecting you."

"I wasn't expecting to come over either. But when I talked to Paul earlier he said that you were home."

"Yeah, I wasn't expecting to be home today either, but as it turns out I was able to get the next few days off. My plan was to relax today and then visit with everyone tomorrow."

"I wasn't aware of that. How come you told Paul you were coming, but not me?"

"Myself and Paul haven't talked in a couple of days. He probably saw me or something. That or he probably heard that I was home from my neighbor's daughter. She has the hots for Paul." She said with a slight laugh.

"Uh-huh, if you say so." Kristen said shrugging her shoulders. "I wanted to talk to you about-"

"Hey, I'm starving, are you?" She asked cutting her off when she realized what she was going to say. Grabbing her by the arm, Evie led her to the kitchen. "Lets make some food. Its a nice day out, we can even eat out on the porch."

"What is wrong with you?" Kristen questioned as she watched her cousin move around the kitchen. "You're acting strange."

She slightly laughed at that comment. If only she knew why she was acting strange. Turning away from Kristen, she started to prepare a salad for them. "Hey Kris, while I'm making the salad, can you put the chicken to grill."

"No problem. How's work going?"

"Work is going great. I love it there so far."

"That's good."

A half hour later, the two were sitting out on her porch, enjoying their lunch.

"What are you really here for Kris?"

"What makes you think that I'm here for anything?" She asked with false innocence.

"Because anytime you call me, you always talk about Ted. Its always about Ted with you." Evie replied, as she took a bite of her chicken. "Let me save you the trouble. I haven't talked to him yet. We are not friends. I have no information for you."

Kristen sat back in her chair speechless. Was she really that transparent? "That about sums up what I wanted to talk to you about. But Evie, you have to understand, I really have to know why he left me. Its important that I know. When you first signed with the WWE, I came to you with that plan. You said you would do it, and you haven't done so."

"I'll get to it. You have nothing to worry about." She replied, running a hand through her hair. "Before you know, you'll have your information."

"But there's more. It came to me on my way over here. I need you to help me get Ted back."

Evie closed her eyes, she knew that it would eventually come to this. However, that wasn't what was bothering her. After everything that went on between them she didn't know if she could bring them back together. Ted wasn't exactly Kristen's biggest fan.

"You owe me." Kristen said when she saw that her cousin was hesitating. There had to be some way for her to guilt her into it. "Its only fair. After all, who covered for you those three times that you got alcohol poisoning."

Never in her life had she wanted to smack Kristen so bad as she wanted to at that moment. She had to grip onto the arm rests of the chair so that she wouldn't do it. "Fine, I'll do it." She said through gritted teeth.

Kristen smiled happily as she scooted out from her chair. Grabbing her things, she headed into the house, with Evie following closely behind. "Thanks so much Evie, I-," Kristen stopped talking when something caught her eye, "who's shoes are those?"

Looking down at the ground, Evie noticed Ted's shoes by the doorway. He must have taken them off when he walked in. She hadn't realized it until then. "Those are Mark's shoes."

"Mark is here?"

"No, he forgot them here the last time he was over."

Not even bothering to think twice about her answer, she shrugged and pulled Evie in for a hug. "Thank you Evie. I really appreciate this."

"Bye Kris."

"I'll be in touch!" She called as she walked away from the front door.

"I'm sure you will." Evie muttered as she shut the door. For some reason, she didn't like where all of this would be going.

Taking a deep breath, she walked down the hall that would take her to the room that he was in. She had almost forgotten that he was there, if it weren't for Kristen noticing the shoes at the front door.

Opening the door, she quietly walked in. She was about to shout something when she saw he was asleep. So much for getting rid of Kristen fast. After pulling the blanket over him, she quietly walked out, leaving Ted to his dreams.

--

"Way to leave for three days and not say anything." John said when he found her in catering. "Where did you disappear off to?"

"Home."

"For someone who went home, you sure don't look relaxed." He said as he sat down next to her, stealing a grape from her in the process. "I thought that was the whole point of going home."

"I've had a lot on my mind lately."

She was hiding something, that much he knew. He could tell by her demeanor that she had built walls around herself. He didn't like that she felt like she had to hide everything. He wanted her to confide in him. All he wanted to do was to help her and make her happy. And that he would do. He would just have to remind himself to take it one day at a time. It was obvious by now that he had liked her way more than he thought he did.

"Are you going out with us tonight?"

"Of course she is." Matt said as he and Maryse approached their table.

"Does that answer your question?"

"Its about damn time that you go out with us."

"You guys are way too excited about this. I'm only going clubbing with you guys." Evie said as she pushed her food around her plate. She wasn't all that hungry anymore. "I'm not going to kill your excitement though, you guys be excited, and I'll worry about surviving my first match with the company."

"You'll do fine." Maryse said waving off Evie's concerns. "All will go well and before you know it, we'll all be celebrating your first match and win with the company."

That's what worried her. She was still a little uptight. She knew that, everyone knew that. However, there was a good reason for that. After her abortion she went a little wild with the alcohol. Then, it was her way of having fun and forgetting at the same time.

"She's right." John said, agreeing with the blond Canadian. "You'll do fine. Just have fun and don't put too much pressure on yourself."

She continued to listen on as she felt panic seize her. Would everything in her match go according to plan? Better yet, would she be able to go out later on without getting too drunk? She bit her lower lip as she looked over at John, his face said it all: she would be fine. Suddenly, she felt a little boost of reassurance, everything would be fine.

--

As planned, everyone went out after the show, and practically everybody was there. Its as if the WWE superstars took over the club. As it turned out, Evie wasn't having all that bad of a time. In fact, she was having a blast.

Superstars and divas alike were all drunk and stumbling on over to the bar or stumbling all over the dance floor. Evie was dancing with the girls and just having a good time. For the first time in a while, she felt relaxed and carefree. She felt like she had no worries, no Kristen, and not having to worry about Kristen's newest idea.

While she was on the dance floor, John and the guys were all watching her. They were amazed by how free she was. In the short time they had known her, she was never like that. John smiled at she was letting loose. To him, she never looked more cute.

"You were right Hardy," John began as he turned towards Matt, "all she needed was a good time and she'd be fine."

"I told you so." Matt replied. Although he knew that she would need to come out with them like this more often. Little by little she would loosen up. After what she told him, he knew that it would take some time.

"Who knew she had it in her." Randy said, jumping into the conversation, while still staring at Evie and the girls on the dance floor.

"Randy, its really not that hard to party."

"I know that genius. Just look at her." He said pointing towards the floor. "She's grinding on Maryse."

All three men stopped talking momentarily as they looked at the dance floor. John's jaw dropped while Matt and Randy were drooling. All three men were speechless. None of them had known that she had it in her. Then again, none of them knew of her past. Except Matt, he knew a little bit about her past.

"Looks like she was a wild child." Matt said when he was able to form words. He was shocked by what he was seeing. She had told him what happened between her and Ted, but now he was sure that she had left out a few things.

"You think?" Randy replied as he continued to stare on. If he wasn't married he would have gone over there. But he was married, and loved his wife and daughter, so he stayed put. "What do you think John?"

Tearing his gaze away from the dance floor, he looked over at his friend to see him salivating over the scene before him. Smirking, he nudged Matt in the arm, signaling him to look at John.

Matt smirked when he looked over at John. He shook his head, John was making it painfully obvious. "Yeah, he likes her." Matt said to Randy.

He only nodded his head as he turned his gaze back to the dance floor. A smile came across his face when he saw that Evie had left the girls, and from the looks of it, she was heading there way.

"Hey guys!" Evie chirped happily. "What are you guys up to?"

"Nothing really, just drinking." Randy replied.

"And talking." Matt threw in.

Evie turned her eyes onto John. He was unusually quiet. This, even in her drunken state, alarmed her. Something was up with him, but she wasn't quite sure what was wrong. She just figured that he had another fight with his fiance. Grabbing his hand, Evie pulled him away from the table, she was going to find a way to cheer him up.

Matt and Randy threw each other a look.

"I give it two hours."

"I give it twenty minutes." Matt slurred. "Those two look at each other like they want to ravage each other."

Meanwhile, on the dance floor, John was hold Evie close to him, his hands her hips. The two hadn't said a word to each other. However, in this case, words weren't needed, their body language said it all.

The intensity of his stare made her knees feel weak. The butterflies were swirling in her stomach. Her heart was pounding fast. These were all things that she hadn't felt since she went out with Ted all those years ago. At the thought of him, she pushed herself closer to John.

John happily tightened his grip on her. To him, it felt like they were the only people on the floor as they continued to dance. His heart was pounding and his breathing was labored. He liked the feelings that he was getting when he was with her. Liz had entered his thoughts, but then he quickly pushed those thoughts aside. She wasn't going to ruin in his night. Not when he had his arms around Evie. Now this, actually feels right, he thought to himself.

"Lets get out of here." John said in her ear.

Nodding, she grabbed his hand as the two made their way out.

This, however didn't go unnoticed. Almost everybody there that knew them weren't surprised. Since they had met, the two were practically joined at the hip. They had gotten close too fast. However, while they weren't surprised that they had left together, everyone did wonder where this left Ted. It was obvious he felt something for her.

"I told you so." Matt said, turning his attention towards Randy.

Randy rolled his eyes. Thankfully they didn't bet on it. "I guess he wasn't kidding when he said things were bad between him and Liz."

"What do you mean?"

On the other side of the club, Cody was shocked. He knew that John liked her, but he didn't think she had returned those feelings. Especially after the fact that she and Ted started working things out. Even that information was withheld from him.

"Back to square one for them." Cody whispered to himself. Taking his phone out of his pocket, he sent a quick message to Ted.

--

Ted was just about to fall asleep when he heard his phone go off. Sighing, he picked up his phone. He suddenly felt himself wake up when he read Cody's message.

His grip tightened on the phone. This wasn't apart of his plan. It was supposed to be the two of them, not the three of them. He knew that her and John had gotten close. He could see it with his own eyes. But now, to know that she had left with him made him mad. They were working things out.

Tossing his phone on the nightstand, he grabbed a T-shirt and slid it on. There had to be something for him to do, but what?

--

Her bedroom door was slammed shut, her back pressed up against the wall. Her lips pressed to his. One hand roaming her body, while the other tried to work her jeans off.

"John," she slurred, breaking the kiss, "what about Liz?"

"Forget about her."

Pushing his lips to hers again, he walked them over to the bed. Gently he laid her down on the bed, climbing on top of her, he slid her shirt off, while she worked his clothes off.

She moaned when his kisses started to travel further down her body. Her hands steadied themselves on his biceps. Her breathing was getting labored. She felt her legs shaken, and they hadn't gone any further yet!

"John," she whimpered, "hurry up. Please."

John smirked down at her. He wanted so much to ravage into her, but he couldn't. As cheesy as it sounds, he wanted to go slow. This was their first time together, he wanted to remember it.

"Be patient babe."

Slowly, he started to peel her panties off. When he got them down her slim legs, he tossed them aside. As a way to torture her, he started to kiss up her leg. Ever so slowly he moved up. Before he knew it, he was placing kisses in her inner thighs.

Evie did all she could to fight back her moans, but she couldn't. Her whimpers were low, her body was shivering at his touch. The way his lips felt against her skin set her on fire.

However, things wouldn't work in their favor. Before things could progress any further, a knock sounded on the door.

"Ignore it." Evie said when she saw that he had stopped. "They'll go away."

The knocking didn't stop. Both John and Evie sighed in frustration, they were both so close, yet so far.

"I'm going to kill whoever is at the door." Evie said annoyed as she searched her room for her clothes.

She wasn't successful in finding her clothes. So she did the next best thing, she yanked the sheet off of the bed and wrapped it around herself. Without saying anything else, she padded on over to the door. Checking the peephole, she rolled her eyes. What could he possibly need now?

He lightly pushed passed her and walked into the room. His eyes caught John just as he was sliding his shirt back on. Ted was seeing red. He was too late. They had already done it. John had touched her. He wasn't allowed to do that. Biting his lip and clenching his fists, he mentally reminded himself to keep calm. If he didn't keep calm then they would be back at square one.

"What do you want DiBiase?" She questioned harshly, tightly gripping the sheet to her body.

"I was going to go out for a walk, I stopped by to see if you wanted to join me."

Evie looked at him rather annoyed. If she were sober, then she would have been a little more calm, but she wasn't sober, so she was irritated. Ted had ruined what would have been a great night for her.

"Just leave now," Evie said as she pushed Ted towards the door, "please. We'll talk tomorrow."

"Eves, you're drunk." Ted said trying to reason with her. "You're vulnerable right now."

"Leave now Ted!" Evie slurred. "Just go."

Shaking his head, Ted left the room. He forgot how stubborn she could be when she wasn't in the right state of mind. Angrily, he stalked down to the elevators to leave the hotel for a little bit. Things were going to be much harder for him than he thought.

Stumbling over to the bed, she sat down, holding her head in her hands. She was beyond irritated. In her drunken state, she realized how bad she wanted John. Had she been sober, then all would have been fine and this wouldn't be happening.

"I better get going." John said as he put his shoes on. "I'll see you in the morning?"

"Stay the night," she said grabbing his hand, "please?"

"I can't, everyone will talk."

"I don't care," was her reply, "I want you here with me."

John nodded as he stripped down to his boxers once again. He saw the vulnerability in her eyes, something he didn't usually see in her. He didn't have it in him to leave her. Wordlessly, he slipped into bed next to her and pulled her close to him. While the mood had been killed earlier, cuddling worked out well for the both of them.