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A/N: Thank you to everyone who has read and reviewed, you guys are the absolute best. The only reason I continue to update is because of your wonderful reviews. This chapter is a bit of a filler, but necessary for the next chapter. Enough babbling, go and read. Enjoy & review!
Friday couldn't have come any sooner for Evie. With a new bounce in her step, she walked down the hall that would take to her bosses. Today was the day for probably one of the most important meetings of her career. However, despite being nervous for the meeting, she was all smiles.
"Good afternoon Evelyn." Vince greeted. "We'll get started soon, we're just waiting on Stephanie to get here. She went in search of the superstar she thought would be perfect for a later angle with you."
"That's fine Vince." She said, now confused and intrigued. "How are you doing?"
"I'm doing good, a little stressed out with Wrestlemania right around the corner, but good nevertheless. And yourself? I heard you had a birthday two days ago."
"I'm doing good, and yes I did."
Just as she said that Stephanie walked through the door.
"We're here."
"Then we can get started."
Evie looked up from the ground when she felt someone sit next to her. At first, she thought it was Stephanie, but to her surprise, it was Ted. Her heart began to pound out of her chest. How was she going to face him now?
"The first order of business is your training. As I said to you before Evelyn, you still have a little bit left to go. To say the very least, I'm impressed with your improvement. My estimation is that you'll be done in the first week of April." Vince began. "You haven't been doing much except for a few matches, but you're doing great. The fans have taken a bit of a liking to you."
"Now, I've been reviewing your interview segments, and you're great on the microphone." Stephanie jumped in. "You're going to be cutting a promo with Barbie, telling her how the diva's division is horrible because of girls like her. You'll go into a rant on how divas like you and Maryse are the only ones who can save it."
"I'm going to be a heel?"
"Exactly. I've been getting a feeling from you lately, and I know you can be the heel diva that I have in mind."
"From that point forward, you'll be speaking before your matches. This brings me to my next point, you'll be fighting more matches at both house shows and Raw. Eve Torres is set to win the Divas Title sometime in April, that is when your first feud is going to start. When the time comes, you and Eve will be getting more information on this. While, I'm still on the subject of matches, after your promo with Barbie on Monday, you and Maryse will be fighting against the team of Barbie and Gail Kim."
Evie was excited about everything she had heard. It seemed like a lot, but she couldn't wait for everything to start. She was getting a good start that not many upstart women received. Her hard work had finally paid off.
"That's in terms of your matches. However, in terms of character." Stephanie said as she looked at the papers in front of her. "With TNA going on Mondays, we're looking to slowly break out of the PG rating. Everyone will slowly be eased into this, as will you. What I have in mind is for you to be sultry sex kitten with a bad attitude. You'll stop at nothing to get what you want. Manipulation is your game, this will and will not work to your advantage."
'How original, this sounds like every other diva before me,' Evie thought, 'just keep your mouth shut and smile, this is your big chance.'
"Me, a sex kitten?"
"Yeah, you have this look that makes you look so innocent. That look will drive all the men insane and have the women despise you. Please Evie, have no worries, you'll be eased into all of this slowly."
"You and Steph will work out the kinks of character alterations and new wrestling gear on another day." Vince interrupted, and turned his attention towards Ted. "I bet you're wondering why you're here. While, Evie is being eased into her new character, we'll also be starting you out in a storyline with Evie. It'll start with harmless flirting in two weeks that will eventually build up to something more. If things work out accordingly, you guys will be a full blown on screen couple by May."
When Ted heard about his upcoming angle with her, he became overjoyed. It made him happy to know that they would still be working together after her training was done. They were already close because of that, but he was hoping that they would become close because of this new angle. If things worked out the way he thought they would, then they would be a real couple once again.
Meanwhile, Evie wasn't sure about how she should feel. Part of her was worried about what John would think. They had only gotten together the night before. She was sure her storyline with Ted would be a very early bump in the road for them. However, another part of her was excited. She would get even closer to Ted and get him back together with Kristen. This would now be her new goal.
"I'm glad you like the idea!" Stephanie exclaimed. "I've been playing with this idea for a little while now. When Evie finally started here, I knew I had my girl for the storyline. My only problem was finding my guy. After, weeks of thinking and watching your sessions with Ted, I knew he would be the one to do it. Then, I knew for sure after I looked through each of your records. I never noticed it before, but the both of you are from Clinton and everything. Why didn't you guys mention that you knew each other before the WWE?"
Somehow they thought that none of that information would be known, so they never bothered mentioning it because they thought it wasn't important. Also, they never knew that someone would be so into a storyline that they would go through personal records for a match.
"I really didn't think it mattered."
"It doesn't matter." Vince replied. "Stephanie just got a little too excited with this angle."
Ted didn't care about what they found out. All he cared about was that they didn't find out any important details. He had been in this company for a couple of years, but he knew how well it worked. If Vince had heard about any interesting real life situation with his employees and he liked it, it would be turned into a storyline faster than anyone could blink.
"How long will this storyline be in affect?" Ted questioned. He wondered how much time he would get to spend with her, in addition to whatever time they already spent together.
With that, the meeting swung into full effect. Vince and Stephanie told them their ideas, while Ted and Evie gave their two cents. Ideas were thrown out the window, new ones were brought in, loud voices were used. But all in all, things were set and just waiting to start.
"The four of us will meet again in three weeks time." Stephanie said, then turned full attention to Evie. "You and I will meet next Wednesday for your new wrestling gear."
"Okay, you just call me when you have a time set up." She said, shaking each of her bosses hands. "Thank you for everything, I'll see you guys soon."
After the meeting, Evie went in search of John. When she found him, she excitedly jumped into his arms and kissed him. "Hi baby."
"Hey baby." John greeted, tightening his grip on her. "How was your meeting? Judging by your greeting, I guess it went very well."
"It was great, I'm set to have a match and a promo on Monday. I'm going to start a feud with Eve Torres in April and a romance angle after that. Oh, and I have a new character." She excitedly said as she tilted John's hat up.
"Really? A romance angle, who with?"
"I'm going to be a manipulative sex kitten." Evie tried to divert him.
"You're going to be a heel?" John's hopes of being in an angle with her were dashed. The fact that she was trying to lure his attention away from her romance angle waved a red flag in his face. Something was up, he knew that much for sure.
"Uh-huh." She whispered, pressing her forehead to his. "I think its going to be fun and sexy, especially with all the things that I get to do."
"Who's the romance angle with?"
"Ted."
On the inside, he was annoyed. While, he didn't mind Ted, he didn't want him anywhere near Evie. There was something weird about their relationship. He knew they were close friends, but there was something there that made him a bit suspicious.
"That's it baby, don't worry about that. Its only an angle."
"I know its an angle. I just thought that you would be mad."
John laughed. "I'm not mad. Evie, its only work. All feelings displayed in front of the camera are fake. It means nothing to me. All that matters to me is that you and I are together at the end of the day."
While he was afraid of the storyline, he knew he could trust her. She was his girlfriend and he was happy about that. He wasn't about to let a storyline affect their relationship. He wouldn't allow Ted or anybody to be the cause of them fighting. He would just grit his teeth and bare it.
"Good, because I want us to work."
"And baby we will."
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Evie and John had been together for two weeks. Neither could have been happier. They had been together almost every single day and night. It seemed that they couldn't get enough of each other. They were in the famed honeymoon stage. Needless to say, people were suspicious and they were starting to talk.
"What's this I hear about you and John Cena?" Maryse asked as they shopped around Bebe.
"I haven't heard anything."
"Somehow I find that hard to believe. You and John have been the topic of conversation for the last two weeks. The rumors are flying around and from the looks of it, its not going to stop anytime soon."
"Completely false."
Evie and John had talked about telling people right away, but they decided against it. They wanted some more time to themselves before word broke. All the one on one time they were having, they enjoyed, and they wanted it to last as long as humanly possible.
"While you may say so, that's not what I've heard. According to Randy, John will leave the room randomly, or he'll show up late. That sounds very much like a certain brunette diva I know. Do you maybe know who I'm talking about?"
She nervously played with the necklace John had given her. Her eyes guiltily skipped around the store. She was trying her hardest to avoid her friend's scrutinizing gaze.
"Don't worry Evie, I won't tell anybody." Maryse said, a knowing smile glued to her lips. Finally, they had come to their senses. "Just don't tell Matt, he'll gladly tell the entire free world for you."
"I won't have to tell anyone anything because there isn't anything to tell."
Maryse just shrugged as they continued shopping.
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"So have you found out anything?" Kristen eagerly asked.
"He seems very hesitant to talk about you. Whenever I mention you, he changes the subject."
"Well, try harder." She asserted. "You're only there to be my spy, not to go shopping around with friends."
Evie rolled her eyes. Lately, Kristen had been getting on her last nerve. She was so obsessed about getting Ted back that she didn't even realize that she was talking down to people, like she was someone special. If Evie could, she'd smack her.
"Actually, I'm here to work and do something with my life. Unlike you, I don't plan on mooching off of people for the rest of my natural born life."
"How dare you talk to me like that? Evie, don't forget what I've done for you. If it weren't for me, you'd be dead. You should be thankful. No, you should be groveling at my feet. You owe me this!" She exclaimed.
"Apparently, I owe you a lot. However, Kristen, if I were you, I'd be careful about what you say to me. I hold your future with Ted in my hands. And guess what, I can kill that little dream of yours any time I see fit."
She heard something clatter on the other end of the phone. It was like Kristen to throw a hissy fit. As a kid, she was always like that. Whenever she didn't get her way, she'd throw a tantrum until she did. Basically, the girl could be a bitch.
"People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones." Kristen retorted when she calmed down. "Keep up your friendship with Ted. You've done good getting close to him, I'll give you that much. But you better step up your game and get him back together with me."
"I'll see you at Aunt Trudy's on Sunday." Evie said, purposely ignoring her. "Bye dear cousin."
She quickly hung up the phone before her cousin could get another word in edgewise. A smile formed as she thought about how she was throwing a tantrum right at that moment.
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"Teddy!" Evie screamed when she opened her hotel room door and saw him there.
"Eves, you're alive!"
"Yeah, I've just been busy lately."
Ted nodded knowingly. He wasn't stupid, he had an idea as to what was going on. He had heard the rumors and hoped that they were only rumors. However, a tiny part of him knew they were true. When she started going off for long periods of time, it wasn't for nothing. It was in the way she smiled nowadays. John was making her smile like that, and he hated that.
"Haven't we all?" Ted muttered. "Here's what I'm thinking, you tear yourself away from whatever it is you're doing and we hang out."
"We definitely should. I miss you." Evie smiled, not noticing the double meaning behind her words.
"I miss you too." All he wanted to do at that moment was push her against the wall and kiss her. But he couldn't do that, they were only friends.
"How about we do this, after training tomorrow, we hang out. We'll make a day out of it."
"Sounds great."
"Good. Saturday is our official day then. Only me and you hanging out." Evie said. "Besides, we have our storyline to work with, everything starts to heat up soon. We'll need this day to figure things out."
"Great, I'll be stuck with you." He lightheartedly joked.
Evie lightly smacked his chest. "Shut up, you know you like having me around Butthead."
He licked his lips as he started to advance towards her. "What did you call me?"
"Butthead." She nervously replied.
"You're going to regret that."
He started to chase her around the room. It didn't take long for him to catch her. When he caught her, he picked her up and pushed her agains the wall. A mischievous glint shined in his eyes. Slowly, he started to lean his head down towards hers, while her head moved up towards his.
"Hey Evie, do you want to go to lunch with me?" Maryse questioned, bursting into the room. A quick glimpse of what she saw confused her. She hadn't seen much because Ted put her down and walked towards the bed, while Evie pretended to look through her suitcase. Her eyebrow shot up quizzically because of how fast they had pulled away from each other. Although, she hadn't seen much, she was curious.
"I'll see you later Evie." Ted said as he walked towards the door.
"Later Butthead." Evie called after him.
"What was that?" Maryse questioned once he was gone.
"Nothing." She replied distantly. She had made the decision to tell Ted about her and John. Not because of what almost happened. But because of the feeling that he had aroused.