Chapter 34 :)

DEAL BREAKER

Of course, she knew she couldn't, Eve wanted to break down and cry. Right there and then, outside Jack Swagger's bedroom. She wanted her knees to buckle underneath her so she could curl up into a small ball, stick her fingers in her ears and block out what they said.

But she couldn't.

Her sadness and emotion had been overtaken by rage and in a blind fury, she pushed open the door and Jack's room and went for her boyfriend, clawing and screeching like a caged animal. Jovita would probably call the police at any minute as 'the pretty girl goes crazy'. It was the kind of thing that had to be seen to believed; how could such a calm person flip out and become so scary?

"How could you?" She screamed, one perfectly manicured nail scratching a line down Jack's face so a tiny trickle of blood ran down his face. "You're supposed to be my boyfriend! How could you do this to me?"

Jack was reeling back on the bed in shock, unsure of how to react. He put up his arms so his face was no longer at risk, but Eve was relentless, now scratching his forearms. Maryse was no help, stood in the corner of Jack's room, fearful that Eve might turn on her so it was up to Miz to grab Eve by the waist and attempt to drag her off his best friend. It was a flawed plan, however, as an elbow to Miz's cheek sent him falling backwards.

Suddenly, as quickly as she'd flipped out, Eve managed to compose herself. You're better than these people, she told herself, don't lower yourself to their level.

But she was devastated. Her boyfriend, the man she was supposed to trust, had been lying to her. He'd been using her, making bets at her expense, laughing behind her back. Was it even possible for her to have a civil reaction to that?

Pushing her hair off of her face, Eve took a couple of deep breaths before looking over at Jack. "How could you?" This time, her voice was little more than a whisper. "Why would you do this to me?" She instantly hated herself for beginning to cry. "I was stood outside that whole time, listening to you degrade me! Maybe sex isn't a big deal to you guys, but it is to me. Does that mean you think you can make money off of me?"

Jack got to his feet from his bed, walking towards his girlfriend, "Eve-"

"Nothing you say will make this better." She told him. "Even if they hooked you up to a lie detector and told me you were lying, I probably still wouldn't believe you." Was it possible to fall out of love this quickly?

"The bet was my idea, Eve." In some ways, Eve respected Miz for trying to take some of the blame off Jack. Maybe there was a decent bone somewhere in his body. "It's not all his fault."

"But he agreed to it and that's just as bad. Someone gave him the option and he chose to do it." Eve turned to Maryse who'd been unusually quiet throughout. "And you knew about this the whole time?"

Maryse nodded.

"I get it. Maybe going out with Jack wasn't the most sensitive thing of me-"

"You can say that again,"

"You told me you were okay with it!" Eve exclaimed. "Besides, what you did to me was so much worse than me dating Jack.

"I never claimed to be an angel, Eve. When I found out what these guys were doing, I thought it was hilarious. I wanted you to get hurt. I wanted Jack to hurt you the way he hurt me when we broke up."

Furious, the two cheerleaders lunged at each other, scratching and pulling at each other's hair. Normally, Jack and Miz would've relished watching a chick fight but they knew they had to step in, with Miz holding back Eve and Jack doing the same to Maryse.

Eve screamed, attempting to free herself from Miz, but his grasp was stronger this time. "You're a bitch!"

"I know! But so are you!" The blonde yelled back. "Unlike you, I don't claim to be nice! You're just like me, Eve. We're more alike than you think."

"I'm nothing like you."

"Oh? So you don't lead DiBiase on?" Maryse was going to make this as personal as possible because Eve had nothing against her. "The boy longs for you and you're just giving him false hope."

"Why're you bringing Ted into this?"

"Because, sweetie," Jack loosened his grip on Maryse so the head cheerleader could wriggle free. She looked at Jack, then at Miz and back at Eve with an easy smile. "I'm a bitch."

Finding everything spinning around her, Eve prayed she wouldn't faint. Voices were clogging up her head; Maryse, Jack, Ted. How had she got herself into this situation? How could she go from feeling on top of the world to at her lowest ebb?

"We're done," She said eventually to Jack. "You and me. We're done. I loved you but..." Her voice just disappeared as she looked over at Maryse. "And don't expect to see me at cheerleading practise. I'll save you a job and pull myself from the team."

Two tubs of Ben & Jerry's, a box of tissues and a stack of tear-jerker DVDs; Kelly had her heartbreak kit on hand as she walked from her own house to Eve's. She'd spent the day dwelling over her own feelings so it'd be a nice change to dwell over someone else's.

"Oh, hi Kelly," Eve's mom Carol answered the door, almost surprised. "Did Eve invite you over? We all went out for dinner but she wasn't herself. Then we get home and she tells me she and Jack have broken up! I'm sure she'll be glad to see you." So that's what the problem was, Kelly thought as she walked up the stairs to Eve's bedroom. All she'd received was an SOS message, telling her she needed to come over ASAP.

"Eve?" Kelly tapped on the door of her friend's bedroom. She didn't wait for an answer, instead opening the door to a sad sight. Eve was sat on her bed, cross-legged, in her sweats, tearfully flicking through a pile of photos of her and Jack.

The Latina looked up at her friend with watering eyes. "Kells, it's over!"

"Sweetie, it's gonna be okay," Kelly sat on the bed next to her friend and wrapped an arm around her shoulders. "Do you wanna tell me about it?"

Whilst Kelly pulled out the first tub of ice-cream and grabbed a couple of spoons, Eve recounted recent events; San Diego, agreeing to sleep with Jack and then sleeping with Ted, finding out about the bet and leaving Jack and the squad. Kelly felt heartbroken just listening to it. Eve was such a wonderful, sweet girl; what did she do to deserve that?

"What're you gonna do about it?" Kelly asked, sticking a spoonful of Brownie Batter into her mouth.

"I dunno," Eve shrugged. "I haven't planned anything because I'm too busy feeling sorry for myself."

"Hey, what Jack did to you was shitty. You have every right to be upset." She paused, putting down the spoon. "But can I ask you something? Where does Ted fit into all of this?"

"What do you mean?" Eve frowned.

"Well, you did sleep with him, Eve. And maybe Maryse is right in saying he has feelings for you-"

"I can't even think of that right now," Eve quickly wiped her tears away using the back of her hand. "Ted will have to wait because I've got my own problems to sort out."

Kelly nodded sympathetically. "I can't offer you much right now. Will a drink suffice?"

Eve chuckled throatily through her tears. "There's a litre bottle of Dr Pepper in the fridge and a couple of glasses in the cupboard next to it."

"Awesome." The blonde got up and went downstairs into the kitchen. She walked over to the refrigerator and pulled out the bottle, before pouring two glasses. She didn't want to leave Eve for too long, otherwise the brunette would probably start crying again and look at some more photos of Jack, which was not good for-

"Oh, hey." Her head snapped over to the doorway where Kofi was stood. "I didn't realise you were here."

Having a crush on your best friend's brother meant bumping him into situations when you definitely didn't want to. "Yeah, well, Eve asked me to come over."

"How is she?" After hearing of his sister and Jack's break up, Kofi decided he'd keep a safe distance. Two break-ups in one house wasn't exactly creating a positive atmosphere.

"Not good," Kelly said truthfully. "But she'll get over it. We all do."

Kofi nodded.

"And how're you?"

"Like you said, I'll get over it." His hands were jammed into his pockets and an awkward smile sat on his face. "I should probably let you get back to Eve."

"Right," Kelly picked up the two glasses of Dr Pepper before disappearing out of the room. Halfway up the stairs, she stopped and sat down on one of the steps; who was she to offer Eve relationship advice when she couldn't make sense of her own feelings?

When the sound of Kelly's footsteps on the stairs died away, Kofi sat down on one of the chairs in the kitchen. His feelings were all over the place but there was one thing he'd known for a long time. Something he'd been trying to deny, but couldn't.

He'd fallen for Kelly.

Drama, as usual :)
There's going to be 38 chapters in total, meaning there's 4 left for me to write.
And then of course, the sequel which I'm excited to write !
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