Disclaimer: I only own Evie and her Aunt Trudy, who is only mentioned.
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"Are you okay Evie?" Ted questioned, making it look as though he found her accidentally.
However, she didn't hear him. Her mind was still on John. What the hell could be wrong with him? Everything was going perfectly fine until they started fighting. John had really confused her, everything he had said to her came out of left field.
Suddenly, she was snapped out of her thoughts when she felt a hand on her shoulder. Looking up from the ground, she finally realized that Ted was there. How long was he there, she wondered.
"Did you say something? She asked, after shaking the cobwebs out of her head.
"Are you okay?"
She wanted to smack herself for talking to him. She was ignoring him because of everything that happened two weeks ago. Sighing to herself, she figured it would be best to talk to him. It was finally time to let bygones be bygones. Besides, as much as she hated to admit it, a part of her missed having Ted in her life. Maybe, they could work something out.
"I'm fine," she said, looking in the direction that John had gone, "just thinking is all."
Ted sighed, he had to be patient. Its not like everything would work out as fast he wanted it to. He would just have to takes things one at a time.
"If you say so. How about we get out of here? You look freaked out."
Evie slightly smiled as she followed Ted out of the arena. Putting all thoughts of John aside, she figured that going out with Ted would help her forget, if only for a moment.
--
"Okay, stop Ted! Stop!" She laughed. "I give, I give! Now get off me."
Laughing, Ted picked himself off of her. Ever since they had left the arena they had been getting along fine. Evie forgot about John, and Ted forgot about his idiotic plan. He decided to just let things go on without putting any force into it.
"That's what you get for making fun of my name."
"Face it, Theodore Marvin isn't exactly the greatest name."
"Oh and Evelyn Grace is?"
"Yes, it is," Evie replied sitting up, "its a classy name."
"And my name isn't?"
"Its an old fart name."
"Gee thanks." Ted replied sarcastically.
"No problem."
Silence fell between the two. They had watched a movie, eaten dinner and then just joked around. What more could they possibly do? Evie was about to call it a night when a thought came to her. She wanted to talk to Ted about everything, but she wasn't to sure if she should.
"What is it?" Ted asked when he noticed that she had grown quiet.
"Why did you come to my room that night?"
He thought she was talking about the night he had kissed her. "Which night?"
"Two weeks ago, when John was there."
His grip had tightened on the blanket. They were doing fine. Why did she have to bring that up? Sighing, he propped himself up on his elbow, turning his gaze to hers. "I told you, I wanted to see if you wanted to go out on a walk with me."
"You're full of shit DiBiase. I know that you're lying. I saw the look that you gave John when you walked into my room. You looked like you wanted to kill him."
"I was surprised to see him, that was all."
Evie gave Ted a "yeah right" look. She knew he was lying. He seemed to have forgotten that she knew him very well.
"I think that's bullshit and you know it too." She said, sliding off the bed. "Why don't you try telling me the truth?"
"I am telling you the truth."
"If you say so Ted." Evie said as she slid her shoes on. "I'll see you later."
Ted inhaled deeply as he watched her leave. He hated only having to look at her, when he wanted so much more. He reminded himself that he would have to take things as they came. As of that moment, he had no control and neither did she.
--
"I don't know Matt," Evie said the morning of the Rumble, while they were working out, "he's just been acting weird since that night." She had filled in Matt on everything that had happened the night she left the club with John.
"Well, its a simple," Matt grunted as he bench pressed, "question, do you have feelings for Ted?"
"No."
"Not even after dating him, getting pregnant, and aborting the baby?"
"Even after all of that. I just don't get it, what does any of it matter to him? Its not like me and John are together."
"You are blind." Matt managed to get out. "How many is that?"
"20." Evie replied, confused. "How am I blind?"
Matt set the weight back on the bar. Sitting up, he threw his legs on either side of the bench so that he was straddling it. He patted the spot in front of him, gesturing for Evie to do the same.
Humoring him, she sat down in front of him so that they were face to face. "Is there something I'm missing?"
"There's a lot Evie," he whispered, "that you're missing. For one, John has it in for you, he likes you. Naturally, when you say one thing, especially after almost sleeping with him, he's going to get defensive. So his first reaction is obviously him thinking that you have feelings for Ted, almost like you regret leaving with him."
"Are we in high school? Is all this drama necessary? All I said was that I don't date within the company."
"But you did at one time Evie, you went out with Ted, remember?"
"Yes, I remember, that was a big part of my life, I couldn't forget even if I wanted to." Evie replied. "But Ted and I dated before we started working here, way before we started working here."
"It doesn't matter," he pointed out, "the fact that you dated him is enough. There's history between you guys, and it followed you here."
"That's not dating within the company. None of this has to do with John." She whined.
"It has everything to do with John. You see, John feels threatened because Ted is around. He got defensive when you got mad. And it all has to do with the fact that he has feelings for you."
"He doesn't know about me and Ted, in fact, no one does, except you." She pointed out, not understanding what Matt was talking about. She had completely missed out an important part of his little speech.
"Are you always this oblivious to things that are staring you directly in the face?"
"I can't be oblivious to things when there is nothing staring me directly in the face."
"Never mind, it is possible for you to oblivious." He said more to himself than to her. Sighing, he looked around to make sure that no one they knew was around. When he noticed that the cost was clear, he turned his attention back to her, his voice barely above a whisper. "Things between him and Liz are on the rocks. According to Randy, they're on the verge of breaking up."
Evie started to laugh hysterically, he had sounded like her Aunt Trudy. It was impossible to keep from laughing, he made it too easy for her.
"Why are you laughing? I don't think its funny."
"That's not why I'm laughing." She said between fits of laughter. "I'm laughing at how you said it. You sounded so much like my aunt."
"Evie, this is serious." Matt said with a smirk, trying to hide his laughter. He had to admit, it was kind of funny and rare to see her laughing.
"Okay, all jokes aside, what does this have to do with me?"
"HELLO! Did you not hear me, JOHN HAS FEELINGS FOR YOU!" Matt said, shouting the last part of his sentence.
His shouting had garnered the attention of the other gym patrons. Everyone glanced curiously at the two of them. Embarrassed, and finally understanding what he was saying, Evie walked out of the gym with Matt hot on her heals.
"Do you get it now?"
"Yes." Evie said as she headed towards the elevators. "Good luck in the rumble tonight Matt, I'll talk to you soon."
"Go talk to him." He called after her, hoping that she would.
--
When Evie got to her floor, she noticed that John was waiting for her in the hallway. She looked at him as she walked towards him. He still looked angry, almost withdrawn, maybe a little hurt, which was not like him at all.
"Evie," John said when she approached him, "listen, I really need to talk to you. Do you think we can get together after the rumble tonight?"
"Yeah, we can."
"Great, meet me in front of my locker room after I get eliminated."
Evie nodded as she unlocked the door and entered her room, closing the door behind her.
Watching her as she closed the door, John sighed, he hoped that he could get through to her.
--
"Okay Eves, when you get somebody in a Boston Crab, you apply as much pressure as to the legs as possible. If your opponent doesn't tap out, then at least you weakened them in the legs, giving you an advantage over them."
"I got it Ted." Evie snapped. "Can we just do the move one more time and then go? Myself, Gail, Alicia, and Maryse having a meeting before the pay per view tonight."
"We'll pick this up tomorrow Evie. Go ahead." Ted said. Obviously something was on her mind, she had barely paid any attention to him. Besides, he knew the longer he kept her there, the more annoyed she would get.
"Sorry Ted, I don't mean to be so snippy. I just have a lot on my mind."
"Anything you want to talk about?"
"Not right now." She said getting up. "I'll see you later."
"Hey Eves," Ted said calling after her, "do you want to grab some lunch with me after the signing tomorrow?"
She was going to say no, but then Kristen's plan came to mind. The best way to keep her mind off of things was to put her plan into action. Maybe she could figure out why he left her. Even she had to admit it, she was a bit curious too. However, Evie never really realized how serious the consequences would be when she made the decision to go through with everything.
"Sure Teddy."
--
As planned, she and John had left the arena together. Silently, they headed to the hotel picked up their things and checked out of the hotel. From there, they went to a diner close to the airport, their flight to the next city left at 2:30 in the morning.
The diner was relatively empty. The only customers were them. Neither could complain though, the quiet wasn't so bad for them every now and then.
"I'm sorry about the way I snapped at you this past Monday." John said after the waitress walked away. "Its just that a lot has been going on with me lately."
"Anything you want to talk about?" Evie asked, taking a bite of her burger.
"I ended things with Liz."