Song - Torture
Artist - Elise Estrada
Love this song, so I had to include it in the story somewhere.
Once again, read, review and enjoy!
14

"It's so cold here. I hate Illinois." Barbie arrived in Mattie's hotel room after Raw, wrapped up in UGGs, her jeans and a parka.

"So what did you want to do tonight?" Mattie asked.

"I just want to sleep, I'm tired." Barbie flopped down onto his bed. "All this Ted stuff is stressing me out."

"Ted stuff?" Mattie raised his eyebrow.

"Yeah, they're starting this whole 'romantic-angle' with me and Ted. I can't stand him, why are they trying to push us together?" Barbie pulled a bottle of water out of the mini bar, shuddering as the
cold air hit her. "It's crazy."

"I'll bet Ted's happy about all this." Mattie said quietly.

"What does that mean?" Mattie stayed silent. "Babe, is there something you're not telling me?"

- - -

"What do you need to talk to me about?" Mattie sat down on the bench next to Ted. He'd never really spoken to Ted before, and was slightly worried as to what he wanted.

"So you and Barbie... is it serious?" Ted asked.

"We've been dating for about a month now. She's awesome." Mattie smiled. "How a guy like me got a girl like that, I have no idea."

Me neither, Ted thought to himself.

"But she's amazing." Mattie continued.

"Yeah, that's great..." Ted winced. "Just one thing, don't expect it to last for very long."

"What do you mean?"

"Because I'm back now, and I have every intention of getting Barbie back."

"Getting her back? I never knew you guys were together."

"We will be soon."

"But I'm with her now..."

"Come on, Mattie. It's like you said, how did a guy like you get a girl like her? You could never handle her."

"Well..."

"All I'm saying is enjoy your time with her while it lasts... because it won't. I will stop at nothing to get her back." Ted paused. "Capiche?"

Mattie stayed silent still knocked for six.

"Great." Ted answered. "Well, you'd better get back to work. See you round, Mattie."

Mattie stood up and walked out of the room, closing the door gently behind him. What the hell just happened?

- - -

"Are you serious? I can't believe he did that!" Barbie exclaimed after Mattie recalled the incident to her. "We were never together, he has no right to do something so... mean!"

"Just leave it, he's an idiot." Mattie sighed, sitting down on the bed next to Barbie.

"No! I won't leave it! I'm furious!" Barbie retorted, standing up and grabbing her handbag from the desk.

"What are you doing?"

"I'm going to find him, and tell him exactly what I think of him!" Barbie went out the door and made her way down the hall.

"B! Come back!" Mattie yelled down the hall, to no avail. Perhaps Ted was right; a guy like him obviously couldn't handle a girl like her.

- - -

"Ted! Ted! Get your lazy ass out of bed and open the door!" Barbie was still fuming when she slammed her fists against Ted's door.

"B, what the hell are you doing? It's midnight." She was met instead by Cody, looking bleary eyed in a pair of sweatpants. "Some of us have early flights tomorrow."

"I don't care, I need to talk to Ted." Barbie dug around in her bag. "Here, go sleep in my room tonight. This may take a while."

"You guys are weird." Cody put on a t-shirt and sneakers and made his way out of the room. Barbie looked over at Ted who was still asleep in his bed.

"Ted! Wake up, you bastard!" She yelled, sitting down on the bed and shaking him until he woke up. He looked completely lost as he looked up to see Barbie sat over him.

"What are you doing? And why are you wearing a parka?"

"Have you not been outside? It's freezing. Anyway, that's beside the point." She shook her head. "Mattie told me what you said to him last week. What the hell do you think you're doing? We're not together, we never were together. You can't ruin my relationships by going around, scaring my boyfriend. It's not fair on anyone."

"B, listen..."

"No, Ted!" She interrupted. "I can't stand you anymore. I don't want to talk to you, I don't want to hear you, see you, or be around you. You're ruining my life. God, I hate you."

"You don't hate me." Ted argued.

"At this point in time, I do!" Barbie yelled. "So leave my boyfriend alone, and leave me alone." Barbie got up and began walking to the door. Ted leapt out of the bed and ran over to Barbie before she could reach the door. He bolted the door behind him. He rested his hands underneath and pulled her in close to him.

"You don't hate me." He repeated, whispering so his lips tickled her ear.

"I do." She sighed, however she didn't release herself from his hug.

"You don't hate me." Ted lifted her head up so she was looking in his eyes and his lips were crashing onto hers.

"Ted... no..." She pulled away.

"You don't hate me." He simply said, kissing her again. "Now let's get you out of that sexy parka."

Barbie couldn't help but laugh.