Me, You and My Medication

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Chapter Twenty-One: Tension

Just about two hours later Cody and I took a fifteen minute break. I sat down in one of the corners of the ring with my knees arched and my back to the metal post. I wipe a bit of sweat from my forehead before I uncap my bottle and gulp down some cold water. Cody sat diagonally across from me, perched up on the top turnbuckles. I watch as he peels his white wife beater off and throws it onto the floor outside the ring. He opens his water bottle and instead of drinking, he pours a little at the borderline between his hairline and forehead. "Ah, that feels good." I roll my eyes to him while I take another sip.

"Are you okay, man?" he asks me. "You look a tad bit disheveled, dude."

"I'm fine," I respond. "Why, do I not look okay?" I didn't feel too off, I'm pretty pumped, actually. Especially after going thru a few different move sets, I think we are pretty much set for the match but it still wouldn't hurt to train a bit more.

"You slipped a little on the last few moves. Are you feeling good, you're not getting sick are you – we can't afford to change this match, you know," Cody replies.

"Codes, I feel fine," I pause for a moment, realizing what he had said before that. "And what do you mean I slipped on the last couple of moves?" I question. I would have noticed myself, if I did. I arch an eyebrow at him as I place my water bottle down next to me, get back onto my feet and lean myself in the corner, waiting patiently for his answer.

"You almost botched that last body slam you did," Cody points out. "They way you slammed me down on the mat could have injured my shoulders." he elaborates.

My brows scrunch, thinking back to when I performed the move on him. "Did I?" I hadn't noticed at the time but I'll take his word for it. I cannot chance constantly botching moves, I could either injure myself, Rhodes or Orton and, as much as I'd love to injure Randy I just don't want to take my chances.

Cody nods as he bounces himself on the top rope. "You're thinking about her again, aren't you?" he asks, giving me with look as if he knew what was going on in my head.

"Who am I thinking of?" I reply. I wasn't trying to be a punk but I loved messing with Rhodes so much.

"Don't play stupid with me," Cody smirks.

I chuckle. "Okay, okay, I'm sorry." I continue to laugh. "You caught me!"

"Ted, you really need to get your head in this, man, I don't need you screwing up things and one of us gets injured."

Wow, Cody was really getting into this. I've never seen him get so upset over a training match before, maybe Orton is starting to rub off on him. "Alright, alright, I get it."

He jumps off of the ropes and when he lands on his feet, he grabs his water bottle from the mat. After taking a sip, Cody looks at me; there was this smug look in his eyes. "I'm not trying to piss you off, Di but maybe Orton was right when he said that it was better when we didn't have distractions,"

My eyes meet his. "What're you trying to say, Rhodes?" I ask. I couldn't believe he was really taking a page out of Orton's book, when did he suddenly become so cocky and arrogant?

"I just think you've been focusing more attention on Clarissa than you have on your career," he explains. "I understand you like her and all but you guys aren't even together," he elaborates, "She's an awesome girl but she's pulling your heart strings. We have a match to focus on, stop putting all your attention on her and starting realizing what's more important at the moment."

I could feel my fists clench as he said what he needed to and I wanted badly just to grit my teeth and get on with our training but I just couldn't do that. I threw my water bottle down, letting the water explode all over and exited the ring.

"Di, come on, man, you know I didn't mean it in a harsh way!"

Oh but you did, Codes, you did.

x – X – x

I went off to lift some weights after that, so I could blow off some steam instead of doing anything physical that could get me suspended. My iPod was on and I had Eminiem rapping in my ears as took a deep breath with every bench press I did. I can't believe Cody would get so worked up over a tiny slip in a move set, he doesn't make any sense – I didn't injury either of us, thank God, so what the hell does he have to get pissed over?

I could feel my phone vibrating in my pocket, signaling that I was receiving a text. As I set the weights back onto its perch, I sat up and reach down to grab it.

New Text Message
Sender: Clarissa Train

Teddy, I just bought my dress today! I wanted you to know that I'm wearing yellow at the induction in case you want to match. Say hello to Cody-doodles for me :D Xoxo

Yellow? I was thinking she was going to match her hair for once. Guess not. She makes me laugh though; I should have seen this coming, really. I wonder what else she has in store me for me in the next few days.

I figure the question should be; do I really want to know?

Hope this was good enough for you guys! I'm going to post all of the induction stuff for Clarissa on my profile the day I post the chapter. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this, I skipped writing about the handicap match with Sheamus because I didn't want to write about too many matches. Figured this would be a good cover up to why Ted and Cody showed tension between them that night, anyway. Subscribe, review, alert, favorite - you know the deal! Thanks so much for reading, next chapter is going to be exciting!