Disclaimer: I only own Evie.

A/N: I'm on roll with the updates for this story, wish I could say the same about my other ones, lol. Before I go any further, thanks to all those who have read and reviewed. You guys are the best. This next chapter, is a combination of chapters 5,6, and 7. I read chapter 5 and thought it was too boring, so after reading chapter 6 and deciding it was still boring, I decided to add chapter 7 in here too. So its a little better than before. CraftyTink529, John Cena appears in the middle of the chapter :). As always enjoy & review!

Her reflexes kicked in fairly quickly. Just as fast as the kiss had started, it ended just as quickly. She automatically pushed him away from her.

"What the hell are you doing?" An angry Evie demanded.

"Fixing things."

"That's not fixing things."

"Its a start." Ted replied, slurring as he sat on her bed. "Such a big bed for only one person. We could share." He suggested with a smirk.

It took all her strength for her to keep her tongue in her cheek. She couldn't scream at him. Otherwise, if she didn't, everyone on the floor would be awoken by her shouting.

"What do you want?"

"You. I want to talk to you."

She violently shook her head. They weren't going to talk when he was sober. They sure as hell weren't going to talk when he was drunk.

"Not happening."

"We can't leave things like this."

"Leave."

The two stood in silence. While Evie was looking at the floor, Ted was looking directly at her. Even in his drunken state, he still wondered what it would take for her to forgive him. Shaking his head, Ted stumbled out of her room, leaving her to her thoughts.

--

The next few weeks flew by uneventfully. Ted and Evie continued to snipe at each other. Superstars and divas alike continued to make bets. The amount went up. Evie was in the lead with the number of fights won.

Evie's in ring training was proving to be a success. She was improving in her weak areas. Her trainers had ranged from Randy Orton to Triple H. However, Ted was always at those sessions. That was the only thing that bothered her.

The night Ted showed up to her room drunk was never mentioned again. Evie remembered it clearly. She was sure that Ted didn't remember. So to her, there was no need to mention it. What Evie didn't know was that Ted did remember. He usually didn't remember anything when he was drunk. But that he did. All he wanted to do was forget it ever happened, he was rejected. It was only right for him to want to forget.

However, there was one person who wasn't all too fond of Evie at the moment. Her plan was being shot to hell. It was all because of Evie. Had she been able to focus, then Kristen would have gotten back together with Ted by now.

"Hey Kris, what's up?" Evie questioned as she started putting her gym shoes on. Her plan for the day was to go and work out with Matt Hardy.

"Have you talked to Ted yet? Maybe even struck up a friendship with him?"

Evie smirked. Of course, Ted's was always why Kristen called. She was obsessed with Ted. Evie was starting to wonder if Ted maybe broke up with her cousin because she was crazy. As the days flew by, she was really starting to believe it. But she didn't dare say anything to Kristen. After all, she owed her cousin this. No matter how much she hated it.

"Listen Kris, I've got other shit to do. I'll get to Ted later on." With that being said, Evie hung up on her cousin.

Grabbing her things, Evie headed down to the gym. When she made it inside the gym, she spotted Matt. She was happy to see him. It was rare to see him since she was on Raw and he was on Smackdown. However, it was a tri-branded house show, the company usually held those a week before a pay-per-view event.

"Its about time you got here. You took so long getting here, that I've found one gray hair." He joked.

"Only one?" Evie replied. "I thought you'd have more than one."

After throwing around a few more clever insults, the two got down to business. While Matt had a match to warm up for, Evie was just there to work out and keep herself from getting rusty.

"How long have you been wrestling?"

"Six years. My first year, I trained at a little training facility about twenty five minutes outside of Clinton. Then by the end of my first year, I moved over to a facility in Florida. I was there for about two years and then headed to the indies. I moved around from territory to territory." Evie said as continued a light jog on the treadmill, her smile never leaving her face. "Before I knew it, Jim Ross had discovered me. He had so much faith in me, that in a weeks time I was sent to FCW. From there, the rest is history."

"You've got a lot of experience under you belt. There should really be no reason for you to be training or doing backstage commentary."

"I know that. But hey, I've gotta start somewhere. You know that Hardy. You were the new guy at one point in your career."

"While that is true, things were different back then."

"That maybe Matt, but to tell you the truth, I don't mind doing a little more training. Yeah, at first I was pissed, but as time went on, I got used to it and realized that this is a good opportunity. I mean come on, I'm learning from some of the best in the business." She said with a shrug. "That's not my problem. Rather, my problem is my regular trainer."

"DiBiase?"

"That would be him. Obviously we don't get along. You've heard the stories."

"I have, but I didn't think that they were true."

"Eh, depending on what you heard, they may or may not be true." Evie replied carelessly.

The conversation continued to flow as they continued to work out. However, as time went on, Ted showed up. At that exact moment, Matt noticed her tense up.

"Are you okay?"

Evie nodded, while glaring in Ted's general direction. "I'm fine. I'm just going to ignore him."

As the minutes ticked on, Matt noticed that she was having a tough time ignoring Ted. Every now and then he'd catch her staring at him. If she wasn't looking at him, then Ted was looking at her. At that point, Matt was severely confused. Something was missing, and that he knew for sure.

"I'll see you later Hardy." Evie said breaking into his thoughts.

"Are you going out with all of us tonight?"

She shook her head no as she took a swig of her water. "Not tonight. I promise I'll go out with all you guys another night."

"May I ask why?"

"Early flight tomorrow morning."

He nodded knowing what that meant. Early flight times had always bothered him. "I'm holding you to that promise. Later James."

Smiling, Evie made her way to the elevators. During her short trip to the elevators, she felt like she was being followed. When she finally got into the elevator, she realized why. He was behind her...again. His presence always showed up when she didn't want it to.

"Why is that every time I turn around, you are right behind me?"

"Because God himself knows that we have to talk." Ted responded back with.

"We've talked enough. Big Man upstairs is wrong." Evie shot back with as she pointed up towards the ceiling.

"You keep telling yourself that Eves." Ted said to her as he looked down at her. "Eventually, we're going to end up in a situation where we have to talk."

Her heart skipped beats. The intensity of his stare caused her breath to shorten a little. When he used his nickname for her, she felt her knees go weak. Remembering that she had to stay strong, she shook her head and ignored Ted and his words. Silently, Evie stepped out of the elevator. It was getting to the point to where she couldn't handle things anymore.

"You know I'm right." She heard Ted call after her.

She continued walking down the hall. The tears streaking her face, knowing full well that he was right.

--

This was hard, stressful, and annoying. At least she thought it was. When she signed with the WWE, she never thought that Ted would be involved in her life. The first thing that came to her mind was that she would be going to Smackdown, or ECW even. However, that wasn't the case. It was off to Raw, whether she liked it or not.

It was when Kristen found out that Evie was going to Raw that Kristen's ridiculous plan came to mind. Evie's simple reaction at first was no. She knew what would happen if she was around Ted again. However, Kristen wasn't so sure why Evie was so hesitant. To Kristen, it was only because she hated Ted. But to Evie, it was so much more than that. More than anyone knew.

Kristen wouldn't take no for an answer. She was so persistent. In her mind, Evie owed it to her. It was the least she could do for Kristen. Especially after all the times that she picked up Evie when she was drunk. Actually, that was eventually why Evie caved.

"What am I going to do?" Evie whispered to herself as she packed her things. She continued to stare at her clothes as if they had the answers.

Her thoughts were broken when she heard a knock on the door. Throwing her t-shirt on the bed, she walked towards the door. She smiled to herself when she saw who it was.

"Matt, what can I help you with?"

"Well, I decided against going out tonight after I had my match earlier. I figured since you weren't going out, then the two of us could be lost souls together."

"Hardy, you are something else." Evie replied as she moved aside. "Come in."

"You do know that I'm still holding you to your promise?" Matt questioned as he walked into the room.

"Promise?" Evie asked with a raise eyebrow. "What promise?"

"You're going out with us next time we all go out to party."

"Hold onto it all you want Hardy, but it might be a while until all three brands are together again."

"I doubt that."

"Oh yeah?" Evie questioned as she went back to packing her things. "You sound awfully sure about that."

"You see, next week, its a super show, which means all three brands will be present."

"And that means I have no choice but to go out with you guys next week."

A stupid grin came across his face as he nodded. "Bingo."

Evie just smirked as she zipped up her suitcase. A comfortable silence falling between the two friends. Shoving her suitcase to the floor, Evie plopped down on the bed and stared up at the ceiling, temporarily getting lost in her thoughts.

"Where are you going?" Matt questioned breaking the silence among them.

"Home. I've haven't been there in like a week and a half. I think its time to see my family, don't you think?"

"That's why you were attacked tonight?" Matt questioned, running his hands through his hair. "I was wondering why because they usually don't schedule attacks during house shows."

"Good boy Matt." She said enthusiastically. "You deserve a scooby snack."

"Just a simple observation." Matt replied as he smacked her hand away.

The rest of the night went on like that. They just talked and joked around. But the fun mood would suddenly be ruined.

"Its fucking midnight. Who would be here right now?" Evie asked as she glanced towards Matt.

He just shrugged. Matt watched as she got up and headed towards the door. She was perfectly fine until someone knocked on the door. Judging by her reaction, Matt knew she had an idea who it was. It was no one she wanted to see.

"What are you doing here Ted?" She questioned harshly in a low voice.

"I want to talk to you." He replied as he showed himself into her room. A look of surprise graced his face. He wasn't expecting to see Matt. "Hardy."

"DiBiase."

"Ted please leave." Evie angrily demanded once she regained her composure.

"Not until we talk."

"There is nothing left to say. Don't you understand that?" Evie cried in desperation. "You lost your chance."

Bells were going off in Matt's head. There was more to Ted and Evie than he thought. Earlier that day, while in the gym, he had his suspicions. But now, his suspicions were confirmed. Ted and Evie had some type of history.

"I'm going to leave now." Matt said interrupting the two.

"You don't have too." Evie said as she glared at Ted. "DiBiase was just leaving."

Matt just stared at the two. Evie just continued to stare at Ted. And Ted just stared at Evie. His gaze not once leaving hers. He refused to leave. Hardy was the one who had to leave. Ted couldn't get through to Evie with Matt there. It was no one's business to know what was going on.

Lucky for Ted, Matt noticed. "Its really not a problem Evie. If you need anything just call me. I'll see you tomorrow."

Seconds later, he was gone. Evie just sighed deeply. There was absolutely no way out of this. If there was anything she remembered about Ted, it was that he was stubborn. Something he forgot about her was that she was equally as stubborn.

"Eves, please just hear me out." He whispered as he pulled her towards him. "I'm-"

"Don't. Don't finish that sentence." She said as she pulled himself out of his grip. "You've had a lot of chances to talk to me. A lot. Not once did you talk to me or even try to talk to me. Ted you lost. You've lost your chance."

"I was scared to talk to you then. But Evie, you can't throw everything away that easily."

"You threw everything away Ted. Not me. Its done." Evie said as she looked at Ted. Although neither elaborated on what was going on, it still broke her heart.

"It can't be over."

All she did was glance down at the floor. This was too intense. She knew that having Ted back in her life would hurt, but she didn't know that it would that much. Although many years went by, her heart never truly recovered.

"It is."

"Please." He begged. "I need you."

"I can't." Was her reply. Turning her back towards him, she made her way to the door and opened it.

Ted automatically got the hint. None of this was over, not by a long shot. He knew that, he was almost sure of it. Ted was completely sure that Evie herself even knew that they head to talk. He knew everything hurt her, everything hurt him too, but he was willing to work things out.

"Can we at least be friends?" He questioned as he stood in doorway.

Evie weakly smirked at his question. He just wouldn't give up. "Maybe."

With just one word, Ted felt a tiny bit of excitement run through his body. Its a start. He nodded at her response as he walked out of the room. "Night Eves."

"Night Teddy."

After shutting the door, she leaned against the doorway. She had no idea what she agreed to. Things weren't making sense to her anymore. All she could do was wipe away her tears and think about what once was.

--

She had gotten no sleep the night before. Her night consisted of tossing and turning. The images she saw whenever she closed her eyes caused her to snap them open again. Her mind had been plagued with thoughts of Ted, a man she had despised for the longest time.

After he left her room last night, Evie sat down and thought about everything real hard. At first she was really considering letting everything go and be friends with him. Then she thought long and hard about everything. She still couldn't forgive him. At the rate she was going, she may never forgive him.

However, then a thought came to her. Now was a great time for her to put Kristen's plan into action. Evie really didn't have to do much in setting things up. Ted did all that by himself. All she had to do was be her usual charming self with him. Even if it sickened her, she knew she had to do it. She was doing this for her cousin.

Since she didn't sleep at all, she was ready to go. All she had to do now was wait until she had to leave for the airport. So there she was watching The View-a show she never cared for-when a knock sounded at the door.

"Hey Matt. Cena?" She said perplexed. Since she had started working at the company a little over a month ago, she hadn't spoken to John, unless the cameras were rolling. Naturally, she was confused why he was there, standing in front of her.

"Great, you didn't leave yet. Get you stuff, we're kidnapping you."

"Why?"

"Because I won't get to see you until next week." Matt replied as if it were the most obvious thing in the world. "So we're taking you to breakfast and then to the airport."

"Okay thanks." Evie replied. She was still confused why John was there. Shrugging she figured that all would be revealed in due time. "Let me just grab my things."

Turning of the tv, she looked around the room to make sure she didn't forget anything. Once she was sure that she didn't, she grabbed her things and left the room. Closing the door behind her, she started walking down the hall with the two men.

"By the way, you guys suck at kidnapping people."

After checking out, and then driving to a nearby diner, the trio were finally seated for breakfast. After ordering, the trio fell into casual conversation.

"Not that I mind, by why are you here John?"

"Well, we've had a new diva at the company that I never got the chance to formally introduce myself to." He said with a smirk. "And I'd also like to get to know my tag team partner for next week."

"Tag team partner?"

"Kofi and I are getting revenge on Ted and Cody for intervening in our match tonight. You, Evie are getting your revenge on Alicia Fox for her attack on you last night. Our wonderful creative team," John said sarcastically, "decided they'd save time if they made it all one match."

Evie glanced at Matt who had a smile on his face. Then she glanced at John, who nodded, confirming that what she was hearing was true. Next week marked her in ring debut. Her first ever match in the WWE.

"I'm not going home today, am I?"

"Nope, you're going to Raleigh with us after this." Matt said answering her question.

"Why didn't creative tell me this last night?"

"They thought of it two hours ago. I, of course, wanted to be the one to deliver the news." John replied, answering her question.

"What about my ticket home?"

"Switched to go to Raleigh with us."

"I can't believe this. They're actually letting me get inside the ring."

"From what I've heard from Randy, you've been training nonstop since you started here. Your in ring skills have improved greatly."

The rest of breakfast passed by uneventfully. The conversation turned from work to just things going on in general.

An hour later, they made it to the airport on time. John was sitting with Randy on one side of the plane, while Matt and Evie were sitting on the other side. Settling into her seat, Evie continued to look around, not quite sure of what to make of her match next week.

"Now that Cena is gone," Matt said as he put on his belt, "whats the deal with you and DiBiase?"

"There is no deal. We just don't like each other."

"Then why did he come up to your room last night? Judging by what was being said, there's more to you two than anyone knows."

Evie shifted in her seat. She didn't like how Matt had caught on so quickly. He was obviously suspicious. Come to think of it, she didn't really think that they were being that obvious. However, it was now being brought to her attention, she wasn't as closed off as she thought she was. Well, to some people anyway.

"Can we not talk about this?"

"So you admit there is something going on between you and Ted?"

"No, I just don't want to talk about him. I'm having a good day and I don't want it ruined because of him." She replied defensively.

Matt picked up on her defensiveness. That just made him even more suspicious. "I'm onto you. If you ever want to talk about it, then I'm here for you."

Evie just shook her head. If there was anything that she learned about Matt in the short time that she knew him, it was that he was persistent. That annoyed her at times. Judging by the look on his face, she knew that he had her best interest at heart.

"Thanks Matt." She said with a smile. "So why are you heading to Raleigh?"

"I'm going home for tonight. Then I'm leaving for Topeka tomorrow."

"Oh."

Matt just smiled at her. He liked her. Sure, he had known her for a short period of time, but she was a good friend. She was a sweetheart. The only thing is that she refuses to open up, she keeps her heart on lockdown. After what happened with Ted last night and how defensive she was moments ago, he knew there was more. All he wanted to do was help.

"You know..." Matt's voice trailed off when he caught her staring at John. Smirking to himself, he nudged her with his elbow. "Its rude to stare." He said when she turned around to look at him.

"What?"

"Its rude to stare." Matt repeated.

"I was staring off into space."

"No, you weren't. You were staring at Cena." Matt teased.

Evie looked away when she started to blush. Yeah, she was staring at John, but she didn't think that she was being obvious. She stood corrected.

"You like Cena." Matt whispered.

"I do not." She whispered harshly. "After a bad string of relationships, I promised myself that I'd never date again. I'm done with relationships Matt."

"What happened?"

"You know-" She stopped talking when she realized what she was just about to say. "Nice try Hardy."

Inwardly, she was scolding herself. She had to be more careful about what she said. Whatever had happened in her past relationships nearly came out of her mouth. Not only that, she gave herself away. She did like John. But for her it was the look but can't touch case.

"Go for it."

"Excuse me?"

"Don't let anything hold you back. If you like him, then go for it." Matt advised.

"Don't give out advice if you don't know what the problem is." Evie said softly. "You don't know anything."

"I know more than you think Evie." He said as he ran a hand through his hair. "Five years ago my girlfriend was cheating on me with a good friend of mine. When I found out, I broke up with her and stopped talking to my friend. To make matters worse, it was turned into a storyline for all the world to see."

"I remember that. Until now, I thought that was all a storyline. I didn't know it was real."

"It was all over dirt sheet websites."

"I don't read that stuff. Besides what goes on in your personal life is your business."

Matt nodded his head. "That's the first time I've heard that come from anyone's mouth."

She shrugged. "Anyway, your point is?"

"I was getting there. When all that was going on, I was bitter. I thought the world owed me. The longer I had that mentality, the worse things got for me. Once everything boiled over, I took some time to think. In that time, I made amends with Amy. We never got back together, but we're friends now. All I'm saying is that in order for you to move on, you have to let go."

"Our situations are different."

"Maybe, maybe not. Whatever is bothering you is holding you back. Trust me, if you let go, you'll feel better."

Evie nodded. Maybe he was right. It was time for her to let go. But for the life of her, she couldn't. After all these years, she was still hurt, which is why she couldn't talk to Ted. He had hurt her, and she still wasn't over it. Matt definitely knew what he was talking about, for that she gave him credit.

"Thanks Matt."

The rest of the flight passed by uneventfully. A half hour later, the plane touched down in Raleigh. After saying goodbye to Matt, Evie literally bumped into John. "Sorry Evie." John said as he helped her up. "I was in a rush to find you that I didn't realize you were right in front of me."

"No problem John." Evie giggled. "What's up?"

"We're needed at the arena."

"Right now?"

"Yes, right now." John said flashing her a smile.

"If you say so."

Grabbing her things, the two made their way on over to the arena. Neither knowing what the future had in store for them.