Disclaimer: I only own Evie.
A/N: Thanks to everyone who has reviewed, you guys honestly are the best. Here it is, the chapter where you find out what happened between Ted and Evie. I understand that the age I picked is a little young, but it fit well into the story. As always enjoy & review!
The next morning, Evie was awoken by thunderous knocking on her door. Groaning, she turned so that she was facing the other bed in the room. She didn't want to get up. Gail would answer the door. However, the continuous knocks on the door told her otherwise. When she opened her eyes, she realized that Gail wasn't even in the room anymore. Grabbing her phone, she checked the time. The clock read 8:45 in the morning. Grunting, she threw the cover off of herself and got out of bed. The knocking still hadn't persisted.
"I'm coming! I'm coming!" Evie shouted. In her fit of irritation she quickly whipped the door open. "What?"
"Someone's not a morning person." John simply stated as he walked into the room.
Evie smirked as John sauntered into the room. Annoyed at the fact that he woke her up, she slammed the door shut. A smile came across her face when she saw John grimace in pain. His head obviously hurt from drinking the previous night.
"Ding, ding, ding! We've got a winner." She replied sarcastically. "I'm surprised to see you up so early."
"I would still be sleeping, but Randy was purposely dropping things and talking loudly when he was on the phone. I had no choice but to wake up and get the hell out of the room."
"Yeah, he mentioned something about giving you hell." Evie said with a smile. "I can see he never lets anyone down."
"Which brings me to why I'm here. I wanted to apologize for the way I was acting last night. When I drink, I never get too drunk. I'm sorry for putting you through all the hell of getting me upstairs and into bed. Thanks for everything. Again, I'm sorry."
"Its really nothing John." She said as she leaned against the dresser.
"No, it is something." He said strongly. Maybe a little too strongly. "So to make up for everything, I'm taking you to breakfast."
"Sorry Cena, breakfast is a no. I'm having breakfast with Maryse and then we're going to do a little training. However, are you free for lunch?"
"Lunch it is."
When John had left, she started to get ready for her day. By the time she was done getting ready, she heard a little knocking at the door. Judging by the differences in the knocks, she knew it wasn't John. Smirking to herself, she pulled the door open to reveal Maryse on the other side of the door.
"Great, you're up. Are you ready?"
"Of course."
An hour later, after breakfast, the two girls were warming up in the gym. The warm up was not without conversation. The topic: John Cena.
"I heard that you and Hardy brought Cena up to his room last night." Maryse stated as she stretched her arms.
"I keep forgetting that nothing is hidden from anyone here." Evie said as she did her leg stretches. "Yeah, we did. It was better to get him out the bar and upstairs then to let him get into trouble."
Maryse nodded as she stared at the new diva. Something told her that there may have been more to Evie helping John out the previous night. Shrugging her shoulders, she decided against prying for information. Something would come of everything eventually.
"Are you ready to get into the ring?"
"Get ready to get your ass beat."
An hour and a half later, the two divas were done. They quietly chatted about random things as they headed upstairs. Before they knew it, they were going their separate ways.
Once Evie got into her room, she checked the time. When she realized what the time was, she quickly hopped in the shower. When she got out, she ran around the room like a chicken with her head chopped off, finding anything to wear just so she could get ready.
Just as she pulled her shirt over her head, she heard a knock at the door. Smiling to herself, she walked towards the door and pulled it open. Her smile grew even bigger when she saw that it was John and not someone else.
"Only two knocks this time." John joked. "Impressive."
"You're a nerd." She said as she pulled the door closed behind her. "Where are we going?"
"The diner down the street."
"Lead the way."
Ten minutes later they were at the diner. After ordering, the two fell into conversation.
"Who are you driving into the next city with?"
"Probably Maryse and Gail." She said with a shrug. "I haven't really given it much thought to be honest."
"I plan on leaving after we have lunch. Do you want to ride with me?"
At first Evie was going to say no. Then Matt's words rang through her head, yet again. She groaned inwardly for letting his words getting imprinted on her mind. Damn him for being so wise.
"Actually, I would."
"Great."
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Like John had said, they left directly after lunch. Neither noticed that a certain superstar had seen them leaving together. He was angry that John was with her and not him. Despite not trying to be suspicious of what was going on between them, he couldn't help it. His suspicion was awoken, he was mad.
"John, you have horrible taste in music." Evie stated. "I'm never driving with you again."
"There's nothing wrong with Vanilla Ice."
"Everything's wrong with Vanilla Ice. He sucks. Besides, if you want to talk about good 90s music, then Pearl Jam is the way to go."
"Pearl Jam? This is the classic battle of rap versus rock." John mused.
"Rap? Vanilla Ice is considered rap? What's wrong with people?" Evie questioned confused. "There is no battle of rock versus rap here Cena. Its just a matter of Vanilla Ice sucks."
"You're not who I thought you were." John joked.
"You're such a meathead. We've only started hanging out yesterday."
"And yet, here you are, in a car with me."
"Had I known what type of music you listened to, then I would have ridden with Gail and Maryse."
"That hurts." John said as he put his right hand up to his heart. "Who knew that such a pretty and innocent girl could be so hurtful."
Evie's heart began to quicken at this words. Suddenly, his words from last night rang through her head. Maybe they had more meaning than she thought. It was on the tip of her tongue to ask him what he meant, but she quickly decided against it. He didn't remember it, so why mention it?
"I'm not that innocent." Evie replied with a shrug.
"All right calm down there Britney Spears." He joked. "Besides, I like that innocent look you have."
"I'm going to pretend you didn't say that." Evie said as she slid down in her seat, pushing her feet against the glove compartment. "That just sounds creepy."
John only shrugged as he stared at the road. The rest of the ride went by silently. At one point, he turned towards Evie to ask her something only to find that she had drifted off to sleep. Smiling to himself, he refocused his attention on the road.
'She's cute when she's asleep.' He thought to himself. 'I like her. She's different. Maybe I have a chance with her.'
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An hour later, Evie felt herself being shaken awake. She slowly opened her eyes. The first thing she saw was a pair of blue eyes. At first, she they were Ted's, but when she came around, she realized it was John. Rubbing the sleep from her eyes, she sent John a sleepy smile.
"We're here."
"Thanks." She muttered as she got out of the car.
When she was done checking in she headed straight for her room. Her thoughts were running rampant. She was confused why she thought it was Ted who had woken her up. When clearly she knew she was riding with John.
"This isn't good." She mumbled as she put her make up on. "Maybe its because I'm getting together with him later on tonight."
The rest of the night flew by fast. Maybe a little too fast for her liking. Ever since she had gotten to the arena, she had been dreading seeing Ted. It wasn't seeing Ted so much that bothered her, it was talking to him that bothered her. Maybe she was more afraid than anything. So much would be revealed later on that she didn't know where they would be after tonight.
Slowly, she walked to the booth that was all the way in the back. She and Ted had agreed to meet at a bar that no other WWE Superstar would go to that night. However, earlier in the night, when they had agreed to meet, something was off with him. She figured that it was his nerves.
"Hey Evie." Ted said as he slid into the booth. "Are you ready?"
"No, but we're going to have to talk about this sometime."
"I'm glad you see it my way."
"I'm not here to argue Ted, just get on with it."
"When were growing up, we never got along. As a kid I never pictured you and I together." Ted began. "Once we both turned fourteen, things between us started to change, I noticed things about you that I didn't notice when we were ten. When we were fourteen that was when my feelings for you changed. It was when my feelings began to change and I had to control what I felt."
"It was really awkward then." Evie replied. "I remember the looks we gave each other. Being that young neither one of us realized what any of that meant."
"Exactly. Two years after that, we acted out on those feelings. We were animalistic, for the lack of a better word."
"I blame the alcohol." Evie joked, trying to lighten the mood.
"Can we be serious here?"
"Sorry, you were saying."
"We were a bit wild."
"A bit?"
"Okay, we were out of control. You remember what happened at Eric Glassman's party?"
"There was no alcohol to blame there." Evie said as she thought back to that fateful night. "A game of seven minutes in heaven turned into something more for us after we left the party that night."
"A lot changed that night."
"I'll say."
"Eves, those were probably the best seven months of my life. I fell in love with you."
"Then why did you do it?"
"I was sixteen and scared." Ted said defending himself. "I didn't know what to do."
"And I did Ted? I was sixteen and pregnant!" She shouted in a hushed tone. "I lost my virginity to you, I loved you Ted. And what did you do?"
"I denied the baby when you told me." Ted whispered as he guiltily looked away from her.
"Yeah, you did. You denied the baby and then you broke up with me. To make matters worse, you started dating Kristen, my cousin, two days after you ended things with me!"
"I'm sorry for that. Look Eves, you have to see it from my point of view. I was still a kid. I was afraid. Leaving was my choice." Ted replied angrily. "I was immature, I see that now. As for Kristen, she noticed something was wrong. I lied, and then boom we were together."
"You wonder why I hate you?" She said. "You get me pregnant, deny the baby, and go to my cousin."
"And I deserved that all. You deserved to hate me for leaving you in the lurch and for the way I treated you after we broke up."
"You think?"
"No, I know." Ted muttered. "What happened with the baby?"
She was hoping that he would avoid that question. It was one that she knew she had to answer, but she didn't want to. To that day, it still hurt her. But to admit it to him was a whole new story. One she particularly wanted ignore.
"I had an abortion." She whispered as the tears silently fell down her cheeks.
His heart began to pound. He had heard her loud and clear. The tears filled his eyes, but he quickly blinked them back. She had killed his child. She had killed their child. Suddenly, Ted was the angry one.
"You killed our baby?"
"What choice did I have? You had left me. Absolutely no one knew about us. I couldn't tell my parents. If I did, then they would have told your parents. Then they would have murdered us." Evie explained. "I was scared, I was young. Neither one of us were ready to be parents. It was my only choice."
"If you didn't want the baby, then why not go for adoption?"
"Because I didn't want my child growing up knowing that his or her parents didn't want them."
Ted ran a hand through his hair and he looked at Evie. He knew that she felt guilty, it showed on her face. It broke his heart to see her like that. Now he felt even more guiltier than before. If he hadn't had left her then she wouldn't have felt compelled to abort the baby.
"Where did you get the money?"
"I was saving up for a car at the time. I didn't have too much, but it was still enough for an abortion, as ironic as that is."
He stayed silent. His mouth was try. It was impossible for him to form words.
"Everyday I wish that I hadn't resorted to it. I had no choice."
"You were underage, how did you get it done?"
"I stole my sister's drivers license."
Ted nodded his head as if that explained everything. "I'm sorry. If I hadn't been such an asshole, you wouldn't have gotten it done. This just makes me feel worse about everything. I'm really sorry Eves."
"I don't know if I can forgive you Ted." Evie said as the tears continued to streak her face. "I'm confused."
Ted stayed silent as he digested what she just told him. He couldn't believe her. The anger shined in his eyes. He tried to rationalize everything. Anger almost got the best of him. Sighing, he figured that some of this was his fault.
Evie sighed. She knew why he was silent. Quite frankly, she didn't really blame him. All this time, she blamed him for everything, it was only a matter of time until he found something to blame her for. She's completely understood where he was coming from.
"How come you forgave Kristen?"
"Because she didn't know, no one did."
"So you take everything out on me?"
"Yes, Ted, I did." Evie admitted. "I can't lie to you on that aspect. After what you did to me, I was fucked up. I still am. I wasn't happy. Instead, I stayed miserable. I built up walls."
"You should let them down."
"I can't because I don't want to get hurt."
"Break them down for John." Ted said bitterly. The fact that he had seen them together earlier in the day, it still bothered him to no end.
"John has nothing to do with his. So leave him out of it, okay Ted?"
Ted put his hands up defensively as he sat back.
"I never said anything."
"So now what?"
"I don't know, you won't forgive me."
Sighing, Evie got up. "I guess we'll just have to take things one day at a time." With that, a heart broken Evie left behind a confused Ted.