Chapter 10: Jasmine's Deep Dark Secret

A few days later, RAW was in Jacksonville, Florida and Evan & Jasmine were at the gym working out together.

Jasmine was on the bench press lifting some light weights and Evan spotting her and Jasmine finished up her last set.

"Wow, that felt really good," Jasmine said as she sat up.

"You seem to be getting better and better," Evan said.

"That's because of you, my darling fiancé."

Then Evan leaned down and kissed Jasmine.

"What do you say we pack up and get out of here," Evan said.

"Sure," Jasmine said. "How about I get you a drink?"

"Sure."

Then Jasmine got up from the bench and grabbed her bag and walked out of the fitness room and when she bumped into somebody.

"I'm sorry, I didn't see where I was going," Jasmine said as she grabbed her bag.

"Me either," a man said.

Then Jasmine looked up and had fear in her eyes as she recognized who she had bumped into: her ex-boyfriend Tracy and there was a lot more to the story.

"Jasmine," Tracy said, "long time no see. How are you?"

"I'm good," Jasmine said as she started to panic. "Very good."

"Jasmine, I'm not gonna hurt you, alright? I've changed."

"How would I know?"

"I would've struck you but I didn't. I know our relationship hasn't been great, but I was having problems in my life; I couldn't deal with them and I thought what I did would bring closure but it didn't. It cost me everything and I'm trying to do better this time."

"Really?"

"Yeah, but you, you look great. I see you got tattoos, your hair's nice, you look great. Well, I guess I better get going; it was good seeing you, Jasmine."

"Right."

Then Tracy walked away as Jasmine let out a sigh of relief and Evan walked up to her.

"Jasmine," Evan said as he started Jasmine.

"What?" Jasmine said.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to frighten you. Are you okay?"

"Yeah, I'm all right."

"Who was that?"

"That was my ex-boyfriend, Tracy."

"You look a little shaken. Is something wrong?"

Then Jasmine looked down and knew that she couldn't lie to Evan.

"Evan," Jasmine said, "there's something I need to tell you; something I should've told you from the beginning."

"Okay," Evan said. "Let's get out of here."

Several minutes later, Evan and Jasmine returned to their hotel room and Jasmine was fidgeting a little as she and Evan sat on the bed.

"Okay, where do I start?" Jasmine said. "I was sixteen in my junior year of high school and that's when I started dating Tracy. We've been together four months and everything was good until……he started becoming clingy and……obsessive and……he started verbally abusive towards me." Then Jasmine started to cry. "And then……that's when he started to physically abuse me. I tried so hard to leave him but he threatened me every time and then my friends found out……and he threatened them too. Then my family got involved and they helped me end my relationship with Tracy. I swore that I would never get into another relationship again……and then you came along."

"Come here," Evan said as he wrapped his arm around Jasmine as she cried. "Don't cry. Why didn't you tell me this before?"

"I have spent seven years of my life trying to forget that guy and trying to forget my past. I was afraid to tell you because I thought you would think of me differently and never speak to me again."

"Jasmine, look at me." Then Evan cupped Jasmine's face. "You don't ever have to worry about me. I love you and you know deep down I would never hurt you."

"I'm so sorry I didn't tell you this before."

"It's okay, it's all right. You don't have to worry anymore, I'm not that guy. I love you."

"I love you too."

Then Jasmine cuddled towards Evan as she closed her eyes and Evan kissed her on the forehead.

Several minutes later at the arena, Evan and Kofi were walking down the hallway and Evan was telling Kofi about what had happened earlier.

"Man, I can't believe it," Kofi said. "How was Jasmine able to hold it all in all this time? She's usually bubbly and everything."

"She said she was afraid to say anything because she thought I would think of her differently and never speak to her again."

"I don't think of Jasmine any way differently; she's my girlfriend's best friend and Shayna will feel the exact same way. At least she got out of that situation with the help of her family and friends."

"Yeah, now that's been all said and done, I think I wanna do something nice for her; I mean, really nice. What do you think I should do?"

"I don't know, maybe……you should do something like a candlelit bath with rose petals, probably to set the mood to help Jasmine relax."

"You think that would work?"

"Trust me, if I know anything, I try to keep the spark with me and Shay the way she wants it."

"Okay, I think I'll do that but you and Shayna have to keep Jasmine busy so I'll set it up."

"Hey, no problem."

"Thanks."

Then Evan and Kofi slapped hands.

Meanwhile, Jasmine was having a similar conversation with Christina and Shayna.

"Jasmine, I'm glad that you told us," Christina said. "I guess running into your ex-boyfriend freaked you out into telling Evan."

"Yeah, I thought I would forget all about my past and move on," Jasmine said, "but the past caught up to me and gave me closure. That's what I needed."

"Hey, we're still your best friends," Shayna said. "Nothing's gonna ever change that and we'll always be here for you no matter what."

"Shayna's right," Christina said. "Does your ex-boyfriend know you're a WWE Diva?"

"Yeah, like he's gonna believe that," Jasmine said.

"Maybe he will so he'll see all the pain and suffering you're taking out on the other Divas."

"Yeah, now the thing is how am I gonna explain this to my family especially when I'm engaged to be married?"

"Don't pull your family into this," Shayna said. "It's all out, there's no need to tell them. You should be happy now. Just let it go."

"Okay."

"Besides, we have our debut album to finish this week so we'll be ready early next year."

"Yeah, I can hardly wait. I don't think my ex-boyfriend knows about that either."

RAW was a blockbuster night with Bragging Rights six days away. Snoop Dogg was the host and the RAW team was already at odds with each other before co-captains Triple H and Shawn Michaels of Degeneration X decided to test their team's mettle by arranging them to face MVP, Evan, Primo, Chavo Guerrero & Chris Masters. If anyone from Team RAW were to lose, that member would be replaced by the opponent that pinned him before facing Team Smackdown at Bragging Rights.

Jack Swagger managed to overcome the internal strife of the other members and score a pin for his team and the respite proved brief as Team RAW began to exchange blows amongst themselves.

Then JazzShay were challenged by the Ambernathy Girls once again in a Hell in a Cell rematch after "being let off the hook" for two weeks and once again, JazzShay beat the triplets only for the Ambernathys to beat them down once again. Then Christina made the save and in a big move, Christina landed a big European uppercut on Paris with very much dismay from her sisters, Gabrielle and Katrina.

After RAW was over, Jasmine went into her and Evan's hotel room after hanging out with Kofi and Shayna.

"Evan?" Jasmine said as he was nowhere to be found. "Evan?"

Then Jasmine went into the bathroom as she stepped to see a romantic atmosphere of candles and rose petals all over the bathroom and Evan was sitting at the edge of the bathtub.

Then he stood up and walked towards Jasmine.

"Hey," Evan said. "I was hoping that after what happened today, I would make you feel better and we can move on from that."

"You are always making me feel better," Jasmine said as she smiled.

Evan and Jasmine took off their clothes and climbed into the tub with Evan sitting behind Jasmine. Jasmine relaxed in the water and bubbles as Evan massaged her back wiping away the bubbles with a sponge and Jasmine closed her eyes as she felt Evan kissing her shoulder.

Then he kissed up to Jasmine's neck and Jasmine tilted her head to kiss Evan's lips as she wrapped her arm around his neck. Evan brought up his hands to cup Jasmine's breasts as she moaned and Jasmine turned around and continued kissing Evan as he entered her.

Evan placed his hands on her hips as Jasmine went up & down and Jasmine held onto the edge of the tub as she buried her head in Evan's neck and Jasmine reached her climax as Evan reached his. Then Jasmine looked at Evan with a smile as she kissed him and Evan wrapped his arms around her waist as Jasmine let her fingers slide down his chest.

"I love you," Jasmine said.

"I love you too," Evan said.

Then the two kissed each other once again as Jasmine turned around and leaned against Evan as they relaxed in the bath.

Jasmine knew she was very lucky and happy to have Evan in her life and nothing was going to change that.