Disclaimer: I only own Evie.
A/N: Thanks to everyone who read and reviewed. While, this chapter is not as entertaining as the last, it still gets its point across. Things will start to fall even more into place as the story goes on. And oh man, we've got a long way to go. Enough babbling, go and read. Enjoy & review!
Her eyes widened in shock when she saw who was in bed next to her. Without even thinking, she hopped out of bed. Quickly, she grabbed the sheet and wrapped it tightly around herself.
She felt her heart beating fast, beyond its normal rate. It felt as if her heart was going to jump out of her chest. With a shaky hand, she ran a hadn through her disheveled hair.
"Ted, why are you in my room?"
"Correction Evie, you're in my room."
"What happened?"
"Well, I'm naked. You're naked. My guess is that we played Monopoly." Ted sarcastically replied.
Evie glared at him. Her grip on the sheet was so tight that her knuckles were white. "Can you spare me the sarcasm? This is serious for the both of us."
"Relax Evie. You act like we haven't had sex together before."
"We were fifteen the last time we slept together. Its been a while."
"Doesn't matter Evie. We still had sex."
Ignoring Ted, she started to scan the room for her clothes. As she was looking for them, Cody entered the room. A smirk was glued to his face. He was enjoying this far too much for his own good. "Well, well, well, if it isn't Mr. and Mrs. Ted DiBiase. How are you guys doing this afternoon?"
"Cody, if you don't a high heel lodged up your ass, I suggest you shut up." Evie said annoyed. It was bad enough that she had woken up with Ted, but it worse now that Cody was there giving them shit.
He chuckled as he leaned against the wall, his arms folded across his chest. This was all too good to be true. He had always wondered when they would get together. It was obvious that they felt something for each other. While he knew that Ted was obvious to his feelings for her, he knew that Evie wasn't aware of the she had feelings for Ted. Sometimes it amazed him that people could be so stand offish. However, despite all that, he was confused. Where did all of this leave John?
"Don't you guys want to know what happened last night?"
"I think its obvious Codes." Evie said as she walked into the bathroom, leaving the two men alone.
When he was sure that she couldn't hear them, he turned his attention towards Ted. "What were you thinking, she's practically with Cena."
"Not officially." Ted pointed out. "Besides, it meant nothing to either of us. This was only something that happened between friends. We'll get past this. And when we do, it'll be like we never slept together."
"I know that's what she believes and wants. She only sees you as a friend." Cody said, knowing that there had to be some bull shit to that sentence. "But, what do you believe?"
"I believe what I just told you."
"No, you don't Ted." Cody said, walking across the other side of the room.
"How would you know?"
"Because you love her."
Ted was about to say something, but quickly stopped himself when he heard Evie coming out of the bathroom.
"I'll talk to you later Ted."
"Later Evie."
Evie nodded as she picked up her purse. "Bye Cody."
"Bye Evie." Cody said back. When she was gone, he turned back to his friend. "You're in love with her."
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She was on the walk of shame. The walk of shame had always been humiliating for her, she hated it. However, on this day, she despised it. There was more shame to this walk than any other walk she had taken. This by far had to have been the most humiliating walk of shame ever.
She slept with Ted on the same day that she slept with John. Can anyone say slut? Her plan had hit a speed bump. Not to mention, Ted was her ex, and she slept with him. Things were messy and she didn't know how to fix it. Then there was also the fact that everything was going to be awkward..or so she thought.
"Happy birthday." She mumbled to herself as she entered her room.
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For the rest of the day, she avoided John. Evie knew that she didn't want to see him, she wouldn't be able to handle seeing him. She felt as if she had hurt him. He had been through enough, the last thing he needed was for her to add onto it. In the back of her mind, where things made sense, she knew that John was somewhat uptight about Ted.
"Hey Eves, how are you feeling?" Ted sat down in front of her. They had decided on a late lunch together since there was nothing else for them to do that day.
"I'm fine." She mumbled, looking up at him. "Just like any other day, nothing out of the ordinary."
"How about you try telling me the truth?"
She chewed on her lower lip as she contemplated telling him. Part of her didn't want to because she thought that it would be awkward. However, another part of her wanted to tell him because for some weird reason, she felt even closer to him.
"I hurt him."
"You hurt who?"
"John. I hurt John, Ted. I don't know what's wrong with me, but I really like him."
"Cena? What does he have to do with us?" Ted asked, completely ignoring the last part of her sentence.
"I was with him yesterday."
"Everybody was with him yesterday." He said, not getting what she had really meant.
No, I mean, I was with him yesterday."
At first, he didn't get it. But, with a little more thought, he got it. His eyes widened when he realized what she meant. He couldn't believe it. He hated it. John was making everything even more difficult for him. It was only supposed to be him and Evie. John wasn't even in the picture until she met him.
Without even realizing it, she had broken his heart. He was hoping to tell her how he really felt about her. It was his hope that he could get her back. They were working things out, and they were actually getting somewhere. He only wished that she would stop mentioning Kristen. There was a reason why he ended things with her.
"Are you guys together?"
"No." Evie shook her head.
"Then you haven't hurt him. As long as you two aren't in a relationship, then its nothing. He wasn't hurt and you weren't hurt. It only counts as something big if you were actually his girlfriend or something."
Evie nervously played wit her hands as she thought about what he said. She didn't want to believe that he was right, she wanted to believe it was all a load of crock. But, she couldn't. Evie knew he was right. She hadn't hurt anybody. It was strange to her that she was agreeing with him. What was wrong with her?
"What now?" She asked the age old question. The one question a lot of people want to avoid, but can't.
Ted's heart was practically in his throat. This was his chance to tell her. But, he didn't. He couldn't. Even if he did love her, he could see what John meant to her. Judging by the fact that she was beating herself up about everything, he knew John meant a lot to her.
"We stay as friends. This stays between you and I." Ted said and then added, "And Cody too."
She felt a stab in her heart.
"We could do that." Evie whispered unsure of herself.
"Then its settled. We forget about this and move on." Ted believed that this is what she wanted. However, he had missed the flash of pain and confusion in her eyes.
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Evie was on her way back from her lunch with Ted when she ran into John. She was hoping to avoid him, but it was obvious that that was an impossibility.
"What are you doing later on tonight?" John asked as they walked towards the elevators.
"As far as I know, nothing. Why, what's up?"
"I wanted to know if you wanted to get together later on?"
First, she was going to say no. Then, she thought about what Ted had told her, he was right. She had never hurt anyone. John wasn't her boyfriend, so there wasn't any need for her to panic. Besides, she decided long ago to not tell either John or Kristen. She would just keep that in her put away secrets with everything else.
"Sure. I'll come by your room around 10?"
"Perfect." John smiled. "I'll see you later."
"Later John."
She watched him as he walked off. From the way he was acting, it seemed that he didn't know anything about the night before. Without very much thought, she headed back to her room to get ready for later on that night. Not once did she realize how serious things were going to get.