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Two weeks had passed since Ted had burst in on Evie and John. It had been two weeks since she had spoken to Ted. Thankfully, her trainers had switched up within the last couple of weeks. It made avoiding him all the more easier for her.
Part of her was thankful that he had interrupted them. If they had gone any further, who knows how she would have felt afterwards. She would have broken her promise to herself. The promise to not date within the company. She had broken enough promises to herself, she didn't need to add that one onto the list too. Not to mention, he was still with Liz. That factor alone would have made things even messier.
However, the part of her that was sexually frustrated, was pissed. She was so close to getting some. So close. It had been a while since her last encounter, she was going crazy. It was a wonder to her how she still managed to keep it in her pants for so long, so to speak.
But that night did have its consequences. They were nothing major, but they were still there. Because John had stayed the night with her, people were speculating. Did they sleep together or did they sleep together? Everyone was wondering what was really going on. Nobody was really going to her or John for the answers to their questions.
Some divas sneered, while some didn't care. However, her closest diva friends wanted to know all the juicy details. The problem, no one knew the real story, so there were no juicy details. Evie decided long ago, that nobody had to know the real story, it would have made things worse.
"Nothing happened? You had a drunk John Cena in your room and nothing happened?" Maryse questioned disappointedly. She was really pulling for something to happen between them, it was obvious that something was there.
"Nothing at all." Evie replied, obviously still annoyed by previous events.
Maryse picked up on her friend's tone of voice, her annoyance evident in her body language. From the day that she had started in the company, she had been reserved. It was obvious that Evie had forgotten how to let loose, Maryse knew she could, after all, she was at the club that night, she saw Evie. But something told her that Evie held herself back for a reason. However, none of the reasons were obvious to her or any other superstar or diva. Laying her hand on Evie's arm, she began to talk. "You can trust me Evie."
"I know, but its really not worth mentioning." She replied, getting up from her seat. "I'll see you later."
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"She still hasn't talked to you yet?"
"Not a word."
"You brought this on yourself."
"I brought this on myself? You're the one that texted me, telling me that she had left the club with Cena!" Ted exclaimed.
"I texted you to let you know! Nowhere in that text did I say go to her room and sabotage her night."
"I was reading between the lines."
"No, you weren't Ted, you were being a dumb ass." Cody pointed out.
Ted glared at his young friend and fellow superstar. Why was he talking to him about his girl problems? Its not like Cody knew anything. He was really starting to question if Cody understood any of the things that came out of his mouth.
"I'll talk to her."
"Good luck with that." Cody snorted. "I heard that her and Cena have been attached at the hip since that night."
"Since they met." Ted said correcting him. "Its not a problem Codeman, I'll get her back."
"Back? You never had her to begin with."
It was on the tip of his tongue to correct him, but he bit his words back. His and Evie's business wasn't for anybody to know. It was only to stay between them. The less people that knew, the better that it was for both of them. Somehow he figured that if more people knew, then it would get back to Kristen, and then she would be all up on him, he didn't want that. He shuddered at the thought.
"That's what I meant."
"I know," Cody began, "just give the whole getting Evie thing a break. She'll come around eventually. You just have to give it time. If you don't then you're just pushing her further away from you."
"Okay Cody." Ted said, completely humoring him. His thoughts were on a completely different plane at the moment. He was wondering why his plan wasn't working. Wordlessly, he left Cody alone, trying to reorganize his thoughts.
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"Guess who?"
Evie smiled when someone's hands cover her eyes. She had knew who it was, but decided to mess with him a little bit. At least things between them weren't awkward since that night at the club and hotel.
"Johnny Depp?"
"Eh wrong, guess again." The voice said, laughter evident in his voice.
"Hmmm, if its not Johnny Depp, then it has got to be George Clooney."
"I'm deeply offended." John said as he removed his hands from her eyes and moving his hands to her shoulders to turn her around. "I'm better than the both of them."
"Yes, because The Marine outshines Edward Scissorhands and Ocean's 11." She replied sarcastically.
"Of course it does." He joked, knowing full well that she was right. "You just have some sick obsession with them. Why, I don't know, but you do."
"Because Johnny Depp is a pirate and George Clooney is a stud. Need I say more?"
"Well, I'm John Cena," he said, taking two steps towards her, "the Doctor of Thuganomics."
"Doctor, huh?" She whispered as she stepped away from him. "That gimmick died a long time ago."
"Did it?"
"Yes." She replied as her back hit the wall.
He put his hands on either side of her, blocking whatever exit she had. "You sound so sure about that?"
"I am." She said, pushing one of his arms down. "Now can we stop with the useless flirting. I have some stuff to do."
"You can do me." John joked, well somewhat.
Evie wondered how much of that he meant. "Not on your life Cena, you lost your chance after the Doctor of Thuganomics line."
"You know you liked it."
"Nope, not really." She replied with a shrug.
"Deny it all you want, but you know you want me." John said, putting his arm back on the wall. "Don't you remember what happened a couple of weeks ago?"
"I was drunk John. Notice the only time that I've had any type of physical contact with you I was drunk." She said with a smirk. "Besides, I don't date within the company."
John's eyebrow shot up. That was an interesting comment to make. She had unintentionally backed herself into a corner. "Then why did you beg me to stay with you that night?"
"Well, I was drunk, and you were drunk. And nobody likes to be alone when they're drunk, so I asked you to stay. Its no big deal John."
"I think there was more to it."
"No, there wasn't." Evie replied, not bothering to hide her annoyance with him. Who was he to question her like this.
"So you're glad that Ted came when he did? He stopped us, and you're happy. You teased me."
Evie sighed lightly, wondering how and when the conversation turned so serious. "Its not that, its just that I-"
"Its just what? Do you feel something for DiBiase?" He asked, getting mad.
"No, its not that at all John. Its just that I've been through a lot, that I'm afraid. I don't want to get hurt. Besides, what does it matter to you, we're not dating! We're only friends!" She shouted in his face.
His anger was visible by now. How could he get through to her without being obvious? There was so much he wanted to tell her, but didn't. "God dammit Evie!" He shouted, as he slapped his palms against the wall so hard that an echo reverberated through the empty hall.
She cowered at the impact. In the short time that she had known him, she had never seen him get like that. For the first time since she met him, she was afraid of him. If he was getting mad about something so little, then what would happen if it was something much worse than that. Would she have something to be afraid of? Maybe it was a good that she decided not to date the superstars.
Seeing the fear in her eyes, John walked away, leaving a terrified Evie behind. He needed to get his thoughts together, and he couldn't do that with her standing right in front of him. He knew he would blurt everything out and that would get him nowhere, that he knew for sure.
It wasn't his intention to freak her out, but he couldn't help it. He was speechless. Getting pissed was his only reaction.
Meanwhile, Evie stood in place, trying to figure out what went wrong. Well, more importantly, what was bothering him, he wasn't like this last week or the week before. Maybe it has something to do with Liz, she thought to herself. However, she couldn't have been more wrong. The reality of it was that it everything to do with her.
Unbeknownst to her, Ted had seen and heard everything. A smile on his face, his plan was swinging into full mode. Now all he had to do was make his next move.