Disclaimer: I only own Evie.
A/N: Thanks to everyone who read and reviewed. You guys truly rock. And since you rock and I'm in a good mood (its my birthday :D), I decided to update for you guys. On another note, this chapter skips ahead to two days before her birthday, so its March 1, and also, it's a bit of a filler. Enough with the babbling go read and enjoy. Review!
One month later and things were going well for Evie. She had been getting in the ring a little more than before. Her role as backstage interviewer had quickly diminished. For the time being, she was doing filler matches against the likes of Jillian Hall and Alicia Fox. It was a good way for to use what she learned from everyone else in the ring.
On another note, her training with Ted was almost finished. According to Vince, she had only had a month and half left.
Normally, that would have sounded bad to her, but now it wasn't. Herself and Ted came to a mutual understanding, very much like that day in her living room, and were working on things. So far, everything was perfect. Evie had even gotten Kristen off of her back for the time being.
Despite all the good things that have been going on, Evie still didn't know what to do about John. They had spoken a month ago, but she was still adamant about not dating him. Everyday, he asked her out and everyday she had said no. While, she really wanted to say yes, she couldn't. She was still scared. To top it off, she also had Ted to contend with. Her plan was working well. Although, she still hadn't quite realized that things would back fire on her.
"These came for you." Ted said as he walked into her house with a bouquet of red roses. "Someone left them on your front porch."
Ted and Evie were pretty close now. Almost, like how her and John were close. Except, she wasn't fully aware that her feelings for Ted were slowly awakening. As for Ted, his feelings were in a rage anytime he was near her.
"How do you know they're for me?" She questioned as she came out of the kitchen. "Maybe someone got the wrong address."
Ted cleared his throat as he brought the card from behind his back. With a smug smile, he waved it in her face. "I already opened the card. They are for you."
She plucked the roses out of Ted's hands and tried to reach for the card, but he held the card above his head. A taunting smile was glued to his face as he kept it in place.
"Ted, give me the fucking card."
"You kiss your mother with that mouth." He taunted.
"Seriously, give me the card." Evie said, dropping the roses down to the ground. Silently, she walked over to Ted and reached up for the card. But, the more she tried, the higher up he held it. "You know what, I give up."
"What are you doing?"
"I'm going to finish making lunch. I'm too mature for all this garbage."
She turned on her heel and made her way towards the kitchen. When she was sure that he had let his guard down, she turned around and ran towards him.
Before, he could do anything else, Ted felt his back hit the ground. She was practically lying on top of him, their foreheads touching. Her breathing was even, while he was trying to control his. He couldn't let her in on his true feelings. He had to act as her friend and hope that she redeveloped feelings for him. Until then, there wasn't much else for him to do.
"Give me the card."
"And if I don't Eves."
"Your fat ass is going home without food." Evie smiled.
"You're right, I'll starve because I don't have food at my house."
"No, you'll starve because you can't cook to save your life."
Ted smirked up at her. Her smile reached all the way up to her eyes, which was a good thing because he knew something was bothering her when he announced that there were flowers on her front porch. She almost seemed annoyed.
"Now give me the damn card. Please?"
"Give me a kiss."
"I'm not that desperate for the card." She tried to get off of him, but his arms were now pinning her down to him. "Ted, let me go. Otherwise, we'll both starve."
"I don't want the card anymore, just let me go."
"Give me a kiss and I'll let you go." Ted smiled.
'Oh he thinks he's so smart. Well, we'll see about that,' Evie thought to herself. Smirking, she leaned down and pressed her lips to his cheek.
"You got your kiss." Evie wrestled out of his grip. "I'll get the food, you start the movie."
Ted continued to lay on the ground as he watched her walk away. If only there could have been something more just then. It was really racking his brains that they weren't together. He wanted so badly to rush into things with her, but he knew she wasn't up for it. After all, John was up her ass as of late. There wasn't much for him to do but wait. Sighing, he got up and set the movie up.
"What movie did you put in?" She questioned as they set everything up on the living room table.
"You'll see."
The two sat silently, eating the food laid out on the table.
"Donnie Brasco?" Evie asked as the movie started up.
"I'm not watching a chick flick and I know you won't sit through a Steven Segal movie. So I found common ground. You like, no scratch that, love Johnny Depp and I like mobster movies."
She ignored everything else that he had said. His pick of the movie didn't matter anymore. What mattered was that he remembered that Johnny Depp was her favorite actor. Evie was touched. "You remembered that I liked Johnny Depp?"
"Yes, I remember that you were obsessed with Johnny Depp. You made me sit through Edward Scissorhands like one million times while we were going out. Shut up and watch the movie." He said with a smile.
"Go get the vacuum out of the closet, you're cleaning up all the popcorn."
The movie has since finished and the two were joking around.
"You're the one that started throwing the popcorn at me."
"Because you kept staring at me."
"So I have to clean it up?"
"Exactly."
"Why?"
"Because you're a gentlemen." Evie said.
"Nope, I'm the Million Dollar Man."
"No, dear Ted, you're dad is the Million Dollar Man. You are Randy Orton's bitch." She joked.
"Aww that hurts, Eves." He said as he went to go get the vacuum. "That all ends in a couple of weeks. Myself and Cody have a match against him at Wrestlemania 26."
"If you say so." Evie got up and started clearing the table.
A half hour later, they were lounging on the couch talking.
"Why were you upset when I brought the flowers in?"
"I wasn't upset, just annoyed. John, well, he's very persistent. Ever since we talked last month, he's been trying to get me to go out with him."
He thought he was seeing red. He thought it was bad that her and John were so close, but now it was worse because John was trying to get together with her. But, what scared Ted even more was the look on her face. He's seen that look before, it was all too familiar.
"Go out with him then." Ted wanted to kick himself in the ass after he said that. He was practically pushing her into his arms now.
"It's much more complicated than that." She said, looking up at the ceiling. "Dating hasn't been easy for me since us. There was and is so much baggage between us that I'm afraid of it happening again. I didn't do so well after we broke up. I don't think I'd be able to handle the hurt again."
Ted nodded as he thought about what she had been through. When they had talked about everything a few months ago, Evie hadn't told him everything. She left without doing so. Until two weeks ago, he had only heard about what she had went on. When he heard her tell him everything first hand, he felt even more sorrier than before. His shoulders slumped at the thought.
"I don't know what to tell you." He replied honestly.
"You don't have to tell me anything," Evie said, taking her eyes off the ceiling, "I'm just ranting."
He wrapped his arms around her shoulder and pulled her to him. As much as he hated to, he had to keep what he was really thinking to himself and let the let the bullshit spew forth. "Do what you think is right. If you want, go be with him. If not, then you'll find someone better."
Evie turned her eyes up towards Ted and smiled. "You're absolutely no help, but thanks for trying."
"Thanks Evie, I feel very appreciated." He said sarcastically. "It's kind of hard having this kind of talk with my ex girlfriend."
"Well, it's hard being this close to my ex boyfriend." She came back with.
For now, they were having a good time. But, soon that would all change. Actions would definitely speak louder than words. And all this would take place in two days, for almost half the world to see.