Chapter 5, coooooming up :)

CORDIALLY INVITED

"We don't have much food in the house," Eve commented, rifling through the refrigerator. "And unless you fancy coming down to the store and picking something out, I say we stick with ordering-" The brunette stopped mid-sentence and held up a pizza box, a triumphant smile on her face.

"Jackpot." Kelly hitched herself up onto the kitchen counter, and swung her legs out of the way so Eve could slip the pizza into the oven beneath. "I'm starving."

"Me too." Eve agreed. "Maryse decided to hold an emergency cheerleading practise because of the big game next weekend, despite the fact we've got practises pretty much every day next week."

"Yeah, that's Maryse for you." Kelly smirked, knowingly. "Can I have a drink?"

"Yeah, we've got some stuff in the fridge." Eve held the door open for Kelly. "I don't know why you're not on the cheerleading team. You do gymnastics, right? And I mean, you're not exactly bad to look at. You'd be a perfect fit."

"Actually, I used to be on the team." Kelly admitted, pouring Coca-Cola into a glass. "I had to pull out though."

Eve was intrigued. "Why?"

"Personal reasons, I don't really like to talk about it." Kelly traced the rim of the glass with her finger, before snapping her head up to look at Eve. "There are a lot of rumours about me at Bev High. Some of them are true, and some of them aren't."

"I haven't heard any." Eve shrugged, innocently.

"If you do, just be careful of which ones you believe." Kelly told Eve, before sitting herself back on the kitchen counter. "So have you seen any guys around school that you like?"

The first week at Bev High was over, and Eve was spending her night with a new friend. Since meeting Kelly a couple of days prior, the two had quickly become close. Eve felt very relaxed around Kelly; she wasn't sure of exactly why – maybe it was because she wasn't on the cheerleading team – but there was something about the blonde that was comfortable and made her very easy to talk to. It turned out that they both had a lot in common; they both loved dancing, the beach, not to mention boys...

"Well, Jack Swagger was talking to me at the vending machine the other day." Eve admitted.

"Swagger's been dating Maryse since freshman year." Kelly told Eve gently, concerned that she might hurt the brunette's feelings. "But he's a douche anyway."

"Well there was this other guy I met after-school the other day." Eve settled down opposite Kelly into a kitchen chair. "I don't know if I 'like' him, but he was totally hot."

"What's his name?" Kelly clutched her glass with interest.

"Ted DiBiase." Eve said his name with a smile on her face. Just thinking about him made her insides tingle, from his piercing eyes, to his reluctant smile, not to mention his toned biceps.

"Oh, now he is hot. My God, what I wouldn't give for a little DiBiase-"

"Kelly!"

"What? He's got that whole mysterious, James Dean, bad-boy outsider thing going on." Kelly hopped off the counter, waggling a sarcastic disapproving finger. "Definitely not the type of guy a cheerleader should go for."

"Oh really?"

"Maryse would probably rather you went out with a nice, clean-cut jock." Kelly paused to smirk. "Like Zack Ryder."

"Woo, woo, woo..."

"...you know it!" The two girls collapsed in laughter, as they recalled the eccentric basketball player's cringe worthy catchphrase. He seemed to think it was cool, but not many other people agreed. How his girlfriend Rosa put up with it, was beyond Eve.

The girls were eventually pulled from their laughter, by the sound of the front door opening, and footsteps in the hallway.

"Hello?" Eve called, wiping the tears of laughter from her eyes.

"It's only me." Kofi replied, coming into the kitchen and placing his bag of basketball kit down on the table. "What's for-" He paused when he noticed the beautiful blonde leant back coolly against one of the worktops. "Hey Kelly."

"We're making pizza, did you want some?" She asked politely, brandishing the box.

"Kelly brought round her dad's Rocky box set. Are you gonna join us?"

"I've-I've got a history project I've got to get started on." Kofi garbled, picking up his bag of the floor.

"Dude, its Friday night." Eve laughed. "You love Rocky: you can finish your project another night." Kofi shrugged weakly, before leaving the room. Eve furrowed her brow, and looked over at her friend. "What the hell was that about?"

Kelly kept her eyes focused on her coke, as she swished it around her glass. He hadn't believed the rumours, had he?

"Even if you do it outside, smoking's bad for you, y'know." Ted commented, as he watched Cody smoke a cigar – naturally, stolen from his father - out of his bedroom window.

"Cigars are healthier than cigarettes." The younger of the two retorted. "And besides, you can't judge; you used to smoke."

"Yeah, but I quit last year." Ted responded, as he lay comfortably on his bed. "You can smoke at your own house, but not at mine. My mom's got the nose of a bloodhound."

Cody stubbed out the cigar out of the windowsill, before throwing it into one of Ted's neighbour's gardens with great accuracy. "Evidence gone." He placed himself down on Ted's desk chair, and looked around the room, agitatedly. "I'm bored, Ted."

DiBiase let out a low chuckle. "Well entertain yourself then." He then remembered what Cody's idea of 'entertaining' himself was, and winced. "Actually, scratch that. What you do in your bedroom is your own business."

"It's Friday night, and we're stuck in your house with nothing to do. And playing on your brother's Xbox is not my idea of fun."

Ted chose to remain silent, as he kept his eyes focused on the ceiling above him.

"You're thinking about that girl, aren't you?" Ted and Cody had been best friends since childhood; they were more like brothers than friends. They knew everything about each other, and that included having a pretty accurate idea of what the other was thinking about.

"About who?" Ted lied.

"Eve." Cody said with a knowing smile. "I don't blame you, man; she's pretty hot."

"She is hot." The smile was infectious, as it spread onto Ted's face.

Everytime he saw Eve around school, he smiled. Eve was definitely the most beautiful girl in the junior class, without a doubt. The other cheerleaders may have been sexy, but they all turned out to be stuck-up bitches in the end. Eve, on the other hand, was something else. She was sweet, and smart, and she had a good sense of humour to boot. In the short time he'd known her, and in the two conversations they'd had, Ted couldn't find a fault in her.

"Earth to Ted," Cody waved a hand in front of his friend's face.

"Sorry." Ted blinked a couple of times. "But at the end of the day, she's a cheerleader, and chances are, she'll end up dating some douche bag like Zack Ryder." Ted caught Cody's eye, and they both exchanged a shudder.

"You never know, douche bag might not be her thing." Cody shrugged. He walked over to the other side of the room, where Ted kept his sporting equipment. Cody picked up a football and threw it at Ted. "Now get up, because if I'm not allowed to have a smoke, then I'm gonna have to get my kicks some other way."

"Strip club?" Ted laughed, sitting upright. "Because that's not legal."

"Close. The girl's Catholic school downtown is having a pep rally to celebrate the return to school. I'm thinking short cheer leading routines and even shorter skirts."

Ted grabbed his leather jacket off the back of her chair, a slight smirk on his face. Why he was still friends with Cody, he had no idea.

"I like that dress." Kelly prodded the magazine she and Eve flicked through, as they sat on Eve's bed. "Oh, and that one too. And that one."

"Are there any dresses you don't like?"

"Its seven months until spring formal; I'm keeping my options open. Now show me to the shoes, because I'm definitely in a heels mood." Kelly smiled. "What're you up to for the rest of the weekend? We could go shopping tomorrow if you want. Beverly Hills shopping is the best-"

"I don't know yet-"

"Eve! Maryse is on the phone!" Carol Torres' voice flooded from downstairs. Eve looked over at Kelly, who rolled her eyes at the mention of Maryse's name. Eve definitely got the vibe that the two blondes had a rocky past.

"Go ahead," Kelly laughed, holding up the copy of Glamour. "I've got your magazine to keep my company."

Eve got off of the bed, and slipped her furry slippers onto her feet, before padding out onto the landing where the phone sat. "Hello?" She answered.

"Bonjour, sweetie. It's Maryse."

"What's up, Maryse?" Eve grinned; how could Eve not have guessed from the accent?

"You're coming to the party tomorrow night, aren't you?" Maryse confirmed.

"What party?" Eve said, as she settled down into the chair next to the phone. She hadn't heard of any party.

"There's a party at Zack Ryder's house tomorrow night, I thought I told you about it."

"Maybe," Eve paused as she noticed Kofi walk past on his way to the bathroom. "Hey Kofi, have you heard about some party at Zack Ryder's tomorrow night?"

"Yeah, I'm going along." He shrugged. "Are you coming?"

"You're coming, aren't you?" Maryse repeated.

Eve smiled; she now had plans for Saturday night. "I guess I can't say no."

I'm feeling some definite Eve/Ted-ness going on.
And what's with the Kelly/Kofi tension? Perhaps Jack's words have stuck with Kofi... But are they true?
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