Esme woke up to find Ted sat on the edge of the bed pulling his sneakers on. She got up and sighed. Ted heard her and turned around.
"What's up Es? Where'd you get to last night? I would have waited up for you but I fell asleep. I guessed you were okay though otherwise you would have called", Ted smiled at his girlfriend and scooted up next to her.
"I just went for a walk. Im sorry I took so long. Look Ted we need to talk". Esme got out of bed and stood in front of Ted. He looked at her. It was never good when somebody says 'we need to talk'. He stood up also and looked at Esme.
"What's wrong Es?", he asked slightly worried. Usually when someone said that it meant they wanted to break up or something along those lines. Ted hoped that wasn't the case. He really did like Esme and didn't see anything wrong with there relationship in fact to him it was perfect. They knew basically everything about each other so what was there to talk about? He tried to push those thoughts out of his mind. Maybe it was something simple..
"There's no easy way to say this Ted but im not sure this whole thing is working out with us. I mean don't get me wrong. I like you I really really do.. It just doesn't seem to feel right to me. The last thing I want to do is hurt your feelings Teddy but I cant be in something I don't feel right about", she was on the verge of tears. Ted was her best friend and she never wanted to hurt him. Ted stood shocked. Even though he expected something like this it still took his by surprise.
"Is it the age thing Es?" Ted sighed and sat down on the bed. Esme shook her head at him.
"No Teddy I told you I don't have a problem with the age thing. Its just ive known you so long now that it feels weird kissing you and all that kind of stuff. Your gorgeous, caring, sweet and possibly the most talented guy I know bar Randy of course. I just think you could do better than me", Esme sat on the bed next to Ted and looked at him sadly. She felt extremely guilty now for kissing Cody last night. She knew she should tell him but it would break his heart even more.
"Esme look.. Of course its going to be weird going from friends to been a couple but you need to give it time to adjust. Hell I even felt weird about kissing you the first few times and calling you my girlfriend but I will do anything in my power to make this work. Let me prove it to you that we can make this work" Ted took her hand and locked his eyes onto hers.
"I dunno Ted…"
"Please.. Just one week and if its still not feeling right for you then we end it and go back to the way we were.."
Esme nodded her head at him. Ted was going to do all he could to prove to Esme that their relationship would work.
Randy was sat reading a newspaper in the hotel dining room. He'd had his breakfast and was now waiting on his little sister. He needed to discuss something with her. He heard a chair scrape and saw Esme looking a bit upset. Randy folded his paper up and placed it down in front of him.
"Esme, what's wrong?"
"I just had to discuss something with Ted. Its okay don't worry about it. We're fine. Well at least hopefully we will be. What did you need to talk to me about?" Esme folded her arms across her chest and gave her brother a smile. She hadn't spent too much time with Randy lately so it was good to have a chat even if she didn't know what the hell he wanted to talk to her about.
"Its to do with what you were doing and who you were with last night sis.." Randy gave her a knowing look and Esme's eyes widened. "Care to explain what you were doing in the park with Cody dearest sister?"
"Not here Randy. Can we go up to your room or something?"
They headed up to Randy's hotel room. He sat on the bed and waved his hand as to tell Esme to explain. She paced up and down in front of him.
"Randy. Ive done something really stupid. Like the stupidest person on the planet wouldn't have even done it. Remember that day I got stuck in the elevator with Cody?" Randy nodded his head at her. "Well things occurred between me and Cody. Dude this is weird why am I even telling you?" She leant against the wardrobe. Randy gave her a quizzical look. What the hell was she talking about?
"What are you trying to say Es? This doesn't explain why you were sat in the park laughing and talking with Cody. I thought you guys didn't even get on. Im just totally confused."
"What were you even doing near the park? Were you spying on me or something? Im old enough to take care of myself and I was with Cody anyway hes like 24.."
Randy shook his head. "I was taking a walk myself. I was bored. Anyway shut up and carry on the story if this all leads up to you, Cody and the park.."
"Fine! Ugh your so fucking nosy. Your not going to be happy. I was trapped with Cody in the elevator and well he was been the complete ass he is and then I started having this major go at him and he kissed me then I didn't pull away and then… I had sex with Cody in the elevator Randy. It was a stupid mistake. We decided to call it a truce after that. Then yesterday I was sat in the locker room and Cody came in and we decided we wanted to try and get to know each other maybe become friends or something which leads me to the park. We were asking each other questions and I found out I have a lot of stuff in common with him then we had this moment and… and he kissed me." Esme sighed and sat down on the bed next to her brother. She felt relieved she'd finally told someone. Randy looked furious at her.
"You had sex with Cody? Your fucking 19 your not allowed to have sex with anyone under my watch! Next time I see Cody I will rip his head off. Laying his hands on my baby sister. How fucking dare he?! Did he force you? Is that it?" Randy glared at her. There he was going into protective older brother mode.
"Randy please shut up. No he didn't force himself on me. And ill have you know im 19 I can have sex with whoever I want thank you very much"
"Fine whatever. Does Ted know?" Randy looked at her and let out a laugh when he saw her shake his head at him. "Typical. Wait you kissed Cody last night when you have a boyfriend in Ted? Esme what the hell are you getting yourself into here?!"
"Nothing Randy! Theres nothing with me and Cody okay? I don't know what it was but it didn't mean anything to me. Please don't tell Ted!" Randy stood up and hugged his little sister. He wasn't happy with what she was doing but he couldn't let her get upset on his watch. He had a priority to look after her and make sure she was okay.
"I wont Esme but promise me you wont get yourself into any deeper trouble with Cody. Ted cares for you a lot. I just want you to be happy sis. If your happy with Ted then im happy"
"Why havent you gone mad on Ted? Any other boyfriend ive had you always go mental?" Esme asked him the question that had been bothering her since she first got with Ted. Randy smiled at her.
"I believe that Ted's good for you. That's not to say I wont hurt him he hurts you. I believe your both good for each other. You need someone like Ted to keep you grounded"
Ted was with Maryse in his room. He needed to ask her help on something. He wanted to prove to Esme he was right for her and an idea had struck him which would wow Esme for sure.
"What exactly do you need me for Ted? Is it highly important?" Maryse crossed her arms and tapped her foot on the floor. She'd been out with Mike when she had an urgent text off Ted telling her he needed to see her asap.
"Its to do with your baby sister so yes Maryse its quite important I need you to help me!" Ted smiled at her sweetly. He'd known Maryse for a while seeing as though she was one of his managers back in his days at OVW.
"What do you need me to do?"
"I need to you to learn me some French…" Ted laughed to himself. He was going to fail miserably but it was worth a shot. Anything to impress his girlfriend.
"Wow. What do you want to say?" Maryse patted the sofa on which she was now sat. Ted took a piece of paper and a pen from the table and sat next to her.
"Well I want to say something that like projects my feelings to Esme. Something along the lines of your beautiful, you mean a lot to me, life would be nothing without you. Pretty mushy stuff. I know she likes all that", shrugged his shoulders at her. This was going to be so hard….
