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A/N: Thanks to everyone who has read, reviewed, added this story to their favorites or alerts, you guys are the best. In this chapter, you get a little more of an interaction between Ted and Evie. As always enjoy & review.

"Cody?" Evie questioned curiously. "What can I do for you?"

Cody froze for a second. Evie was pretty. Sure he had seen her before, he just never really paid attention her looks. For once, Ted was right about something. "I was just wondering if you've seen Ted? The last time I saw him was before Vince pulled the two of you aside."

Evie leaned against the door frame. She was slightly annoyed. It seemed as if everything in her life revolved around Ted. "Sorry Cody, I haven't seen him since I left the arena."

"Alright thanks. I'll see you around." Cody said as he started to walk away from her.

"See you." She replied as she pushed herself off the doorframe. Something was off about everything that just happened. Why did he show up to her room to see if she knew where Ted was? Shrugging off the thought, Evie shut the door behind her.

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"What did she say?"

"Hold your horses. Let me get inside first, maybe even sit down."

Ted kept his mouth shut as he let Cody do what he needed to do. He was hoping that Cody was able to figure something out. Maybe, even possibly get her to open up. That was a dumb thought, it wouldn't have worked that well, that fast.

"She was on her way out when I got to her room. I was just about to knock on the door when she opened it."

"Then what?"

"I asked her if she had seen you. She told to she hadn't since you left the arena. And that was it."

"That's it? How did she react when you asked her?"

"She looked annoyed."

"You're no help."

"I'm no help? Bullshit! I did what I could just now, but it was awkward. I wasn't about to prolong the awkwardness. You want to know what's going on with her so damn much, then you talk to her."

"I can't."

"Then you're going to have to hear stuff about her backstage." Cody suggested. "Even though that would be pretty stupid, considering you're working with her offscreen."

"Whatever."

Silence fell between the two men. Ted was trying to figure out how to make things with Evie work out. Cody was trying to figure out what the whole story between Ted and Evie was. Something significant was missing. It showed in the way Ted was too interested in her. It also showed in Evie's frustrations towards Ted. The two couldn't have made things even more obvious to Cody.

"Why do you like her so much? Its obvious that she doesn't return your feelings." Cody said, thus breaking the silence in the room.

Ted smile slightly. Maybe he shouldn't have told Cody anything. He really didn't think that he wold catch onto anything. It was obvious that he did.

"That'll be for another day." Ted said rather vaguely. Getting up, he made his way out of the room, leaving a confused Cody behind.

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Walking aimlessly around hotel ground wasn't helping Evie much. Her thoughts were still running wild. Its like no matter what she did, Ted wouldn't leave her mind, he was stuck there. The fact that they were working together wasn't making things any easier for her.

"Oh sorry." Evie heard when someone lightly bumped into her.

Tearing her eyes off of the ground, Evie finally looked up. She slightly frowned when she saw who it was. There he was....again.

"No problem." She muttered as she continued on her way. Suddenly stopping, she turned to face him. "Cody was looking for you earlier."

Ted was about to say something, but then he stopped himself. "Thanks."

The two just stood there in an awkward silence. Both wanted to turn and walk away from each other. But their feet wouldn't allow it. Instead, the two stood there, staring at each other, both their thoughts the same.

"Can we please talk?" Ted questioned as he took one step towards Evie. He figured that Cody was right, the best way to find out about her, was for him to talk to her himself.

"No." Evie answered, whilst taking a step away from him. "We've said enough."

"I don't think we did." Ted replied. He wanted to say it louder, but it came out as a hushed whisper instead.

"I can't do this. We've been down this road time and time again. It always turns out to be a dead end. Its not worth it Ted."

"Come on Eves." Ted said, using the nickname he had given her years ago. Sighing, he took two steps towards her. "We can't run forever."

"I'm not running."

"Actually, you are. Please, lets talk."

"I don't want to do this."

"We have to."

"There is no 'we' here Ted. There never was a 'we'."

"I beg to differ."

"Ted, please don't." Evie pleaded with him. This was the last thing that she needed. Her day had been long enough, she really didn't want to add onto it.

"You still have forgiven us?"

"I've forgiven her, I still haven't forgive you." She whispered. To her, it seemed like her heart was breaking all over again.

"Why her and not me?"

"She didn't know."

"It doesn't make a difference."

"I gotta go now. Gail is probably wondering where I am." Evie said quickly. She wanted to get out of there, and fast. "Bye Ted."

"Evie! Evie!" Ted shouted after her. It was no use. She just continued to walk away from him. "Fuck." He muttered to himself.

Because there was no point in standing there anymore, he began to head back inside. His target destination: the bar. It was best for him to drink his sorrows away, maybe even come up with a few more smart comments for tomorrow.

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Maybe it was a mistake accepting WWE's job offer. She was starting to regret it. Things just weren't working out as well as she thought they would. Call her crazy, but she actually thought she'd get to wrestle. Wasn't that the point of a wrestling contract? However, that wasn't her only problem. Ted, himself, was the problem.

"Cheer up honey." Gail said. "Its not that bad. Things could be worse."

Evie smiled weakly at her friends. They had completely misunderstood what her problem was. She wasn't going to correct them. It wasn't their place to know. Maybe one day they would, but not at that moment. The thing is, no one knows that Ted and Evie knew each other before WWE.

"I mean, look at Maria. She started out doing backstage interviews, and look at where she is now." Eve Torres said trying to cheer her friend up. "I did too. All be it, I'm just now getting into the ring. But you still get what I mean."

She just smiled at her friends. She appreciated their effort, its just that they were all thinking about two different things. "Thanks guys, but I came to terms with backstage interviewing about a week after I started. I know that I'll be done with that soon. Its just, I don't know..."Evie said trailing off.

"What's wrong Evie? We're here to help."

"Its nothing really guys." She said when she snuck a glance at her two friends. "I'll see you guys later, I have to get up early tomorrow."

"Okay, night Evie." Both girls said as Evie walked to the door.

"Bye guys." She said as she closed the door behind her.

A half hour later, she was ready for bed. She was just walking past the door to get to the bed, when she heard someone knocking on the door. Confused and curious, she walked over to the door and checked to see who it was through the peephole. She was and wasn't surprised when she saw that it was Ted. Her first and only instinct was to walk away and not open the door, pretend to be asleep. Tip toeing away from the door, Evie made he way into the bed.

"Evie! Evie! I know you're in there. Open the door!" Ted shouted as he pounded on the door. "Open up, I want to talk to you. I want to-"

At that instant, she shot off of the bed and ran to the door. She quickly opened the door and pulled him inside the room before he got a chance to finish that sentence. Shutting the door behind them, she walked further into the room. She didn't even bother to hide her annoyance with him.

"Are you fucking insane?" She demanded. "Its two in the morning, are you trying to wake up the entire floor?"

"No. Time flies by when you're drinking. And no I'm not trying to wake up the entire floor."

'This night is never going to end.' She thought to herself. "Obviously you came here for something."

"I came here for you."

Walking as best as he could, Ted pulled Evie to him and captured her lips with his.