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"How's Evelyn doing?" Ted, Sr. asked when he picked up Ted from the airport. "We've missed her. Just the other day, Rich was telling us how much she loved it over at the WWE."
"She's doing good dad. Her in ring ability has improved greatly. She's been having a blast with everybody. Oddly enough, she's adapted pretty fast to life on the road and backstage." He said as he thought about the conversation they had the night before.
"That's good. People have a tough time adjusting to everyone and everything." His dad replied. "How does she feel about the storyline with you?"
"She's excited about it, I am too. It's been great having someone from home around."
"That's good to hear son. You know, it's always surprised me that you and Evie never went out together. You would be perfect for each other."
'If only you knew dad,' Ted thought, 'if only.'
"I don't think it would have worked out that well." Ted said when they stopped at a red light. His eyes scanned the familiar parks and houses. They were almost home. Well, his childhood home. "Besides, she wasn't, and still isn't, my type."
Ted, Sr. scoffed at that. He knew when his son was full of crap, but decided against calling him out on it. When he was good and ready, he would come to him for help. His middle son was always the only one to hold out on coming for help, but eventually he'd cave and go to his dad.
"But her cousin, that Kristen, was your type?"
"Ugh dad, can we not talk about her? There's a reason why she's not in my life anymore."
"Why not talk about her? You were on and off with her until last year."
"She wasn't who I thought she was." Ted was annoyed. Talking about Kristen was a touchy subject with him, before and after the break up. He refused to talk about her, unless it was absolutely necessary, but thankfully, that rarely ever happened.
Senior sighed as he turned into the driveway. Wordlessly, he cut off the engine. Father and son stepped out of the car and went inside. Kristen, completely forgotten about.
Later on that day, Ted was sitting in the backyard with his brothers after a game of soccer.
"Okay Teddy, what's going on with Evie James?" Mike questioned. "She's always been pretty, not to mention, you guys have always had a weird relationship. So there has to be something on going between the two of you."
"Believe it or not Mikey, we're only friends."
"You're only friends?" Brett questioned, rolling the soccer ball back and forth with his foot. "You're dumber than you look."
With a look of annoyance, Ted kicked the ball from underneath his brother's foot. Brett's foot hit the patio with a hard thud. Satisfied with the pain he inflicted on his younger brother, a smile graced his face as he threw his head back and closed his eyes.
"Why is that?"
"Because you have a girl prancing around in practically nothing and you haven't done a thing. If I were you, I would have gotten together with her and never let her go."
"You know what Mike, when you have a stable relationship, then come and talk to me." Ted shot back with. A sigh escaped from his lips when he brought his head back down and turned his attention towards his older brother. "I'm sorry, I did't mean to say that."
Mike and Brett gave each other a confused glance. He was okay earlier, not as annoyed as he was at that particular moment.
"Yeah, you did." Mike smirked. "I could care less though. Trust me, much worse has been said to me."
"You never bring up his horrible dating record unless something is bothering you." Brett pointed out, rubbing his foot that had hit the ground. Five minutes had passed by and it still hurt. "So, what's up your ass?"
"Have you ever loved a girl so much that you had to let her go, even though you hated the idea of it?"
"Oh God, you're getting back together with Kristen, aren't you?" Mike complained.
"Guys relax, this has nothing to do with her. I wish everybody would stop mentioning her already. She's out of my life for a reason."
Both brothers sighed in relief. Kristen wasn't exactly the easiest person to get along with. Everybody seemed to notice this and wondered why Ted was always on and off with her. They knew he should just be off with her. When the day came that he was finally done with her, the family was more than thrilled.
"If it's not her, then who is it?" The youngest DiBiase questioned, finally getting rid of the pain that was in his foot. Aside from Kristen and about three other minor relationships, they never knew of anyone else he was with.
Mike glanced at his young brother. There was something missing. All they had were bits and pieces of a puzzle that only Ted could help them finish. Then, a new thought hit the oldest brother, there was something else. A huge stupid grin appeared on his face. This had to do with Evie.
"You've finally realized that you're in love with Evie."
Ted held his head in his hands. There wasn't any way out of this, they knew. Huffing, he looked up at his two siblings who were grinning like fools. Now was the time to tell them. "I'm going to tell you guys something that nobody else knows. So help me God, if you tell anyone, I'll kill you."
After agreeing not to tell anybody, Ted had told them everything. Not a single detail was left out. By the time he was done, his brothers were stunned, shocked, and speechless. A first for either on the brothers, if Ted were to give in his two cents.
"I never knew about any of that." Brett huffed out, looking over at his oldest brother. Mike nodded in agreement with him.
"Damn, I always thought that you two would be good together. But damn, I didn't think that young." Mike was astonished, his brother had gotten a girl pregnant, and at 16 no less.
"Me too. How come nobody ever noticed this?"
"Because we never told anyone." Ted shrugged. "We thought it would be best if no one knew. It would have made everything even more difficult."
Silence fell between the DiBiase brothers. Mike and Brett were shocked, while Ted was emotionally exhausted. A lot had been going on for the past couple of weeks. His mind was going left and right. It didn't help that he was still trying to process the fact that John and Evie were together.
"Let me get this straight," Mike began, "you slept with her on her birthday. You guys decided to forget it, move on, and remain friends. Despite, the fact that you love her. Now, she's dating someone else, and you're going to let it slide?"
"You're shocked about that?" Brett looked at his brother like he was stupid. "Did you not hear that she was pregnant and then aborted?"
"I heard that very clearly, I'm not challenged. While, I am shocked about what she did, there's nothing that can be done. All anyone can do is move on, so I'm going to focus on what happened weeks ago."
Brett rolled his eyes, while Ted sat back. He was glad attention was focused off him for only a few seconds.
"You're dumb."
Mike was about to say something, but Ted cut him off. "Yeah Mike, that's about everything that happened recently. Is that so hard to believe?"
"Well, yeah, but it's even harder to believe that you can be such idiot, Ted. If you love her, you don't let her go."
"She's with someone else."
"We've heard. However, it doesn't matter if she's with someone else or not, you fight for her." Mike threw in.
"Especially, with everything that you guys have gone through. It only means that you're meant to be."
He rolled his eyes. "Yes, because that makes so much sense."
"Maybe not to you, but to me it does."
"What are you saying I do?"
"We're saying, fight for her. You were brought up to fight for what you want. So, stand up and fight. Grow some balls and tell her. You can't lose her again, because Ted, she's going to be the best thing to ever happen to you."
Ted ran a hand over his face. Without saying anything, he went back into the house. He decided to talk to his dad, maybe he could help.