Disclaimer: I only own Evie and her family, however, I do not own Kristen, seeing as how she is a real person. How I portray her in this story, is not how I view her, because in reality, I don't know her. This is all purely entertainment, not to be taken seriously.

A/N: A big thank you to everyone who has read and reviewed, you guys rock! Like I said in the last chapter, this one only focuses on Evie only. Everyone will be back in the next chapter. On a completely different note, you guys can find me on tumblr now, just click on the Rockstar link in my profile. Feel free to follow me, just send me a message telling me who you are. Enough babbling, go and read. Enjoy & review!

Evie inwardly groaned when she pulled into her great aunt's driveway. This was the last place that she wanted to be. While, she did love her family, somehow, spending time where Kristen was going to be didn't sound all too appealing. She just knew the girl would be up her ass all day asking about Ted's whereabouts.

"Evelyn, dear!" Aunt Trudy exclaimed when she saw her great niece walk into the backyard. "It's wonderful to see you. I was just telling your great Uncle Milton that we haven't seen you in so long. But now you're here and beautiful as ever. However, you look like you put on a little weight."

Aunt Trudy was a bit off her rocker. However, Evie still loved her. Her great aunt really reminded her of Grandma Yetta from The Nanny. Yes, the woman was completely senile, yet a riot to be around sometimes. The only thing she didn't like was that she had, in not so many words, called her fat.

"Aunt Trudy, Uncle Milton has been dead for fifteen years." Evie kindly said. "No, I did not put on any weight. I've been the same since you last saw me."

"Well, if Milton has been dead for fifteen years, then who was here yesterday?" She questioned herself. Then it had hit her and she smiled like a fool. "Never mind, I know who it was."

Evie laughed to herself as she watched her aunt walk off to chat with her other friends. 'Some people never change,' she thought to herself.

"I've heard a certain guy with the initials T.D. has been visiting you quite often." She heard someone say from behind her. Instantly, she recognized the voice. It belonged to none other than her cousin Paul. Excitedly, she turned around and hugged her cousin. "Am I right, has he been coming around?"

"Paul, it's so great to see you!" Evie exclaimed as she broke the hug. When the hug was broken she started pushing him towards the house. "I haven't seen you in a long time."

When they entered the house, the two cousins quickly headed down to the basement. While, Paul headed down the steps, Evie shut and locked the door behind them. There was a lot she had talk to him about and she couldn't risk have Kristen walk in on the conversation.

"Should Aunt Trudy be allowed to live alone?" Paul questioned, as he examined the lit cigarette on ashtray that was on the table. Quickly, he put it out.

"I don't know. But I do know that my mom and your mom refuse to put her in a home." Evie replied and then quickly waved the subject off. "That's not what I want to talk to you about."

"I figured, otherwise we would still be outside with the rest of the family. What's going on with you and Teddy?"

She sighed as she plopped down in the recliner that was placed across from the couch. Where could she begin? So much had happened, she didn't know what to tell him.

"First off, why didn't you tell me that you and him were still friends?" Evie questioned. "He surprised the hell out of me when he showed up to my house out of the blue a few months ago and said you gave him the address."

"Please, and have Kristen up my ass or his ass all the time. Ever since he broke up with her, she's been trying to find a way back to him. I'm surprised she hasn't come to you for help." He said. "Besides, he said it was urgent, so I just gave him your address, no big deal."

Inwardly, she groaned. Kristen did come to her for help, and like a fool she had agreed to everything. Now, the girl had been a pain in her ass. Everything revolved around her, it was starting to get annoying.

"Yeah, I noticed that about her. To be honest, she never brought up anything. I figured she had gotten over him by now." She lied.

"Kristen get over something, yeah right. She's still mad that I torched her Barbie doll, and that was like what, sixteen years ago." Paul pointed out. "This is her world, we're just living in it."

Evie nodded her head in agreement. He couldn't have been more right. "It's that bad?"

"Bad is an understatement. It's horrible. Everyday, she calls me, babbling about him, like I know something. I swear she is way too suspicious for her own good. Enough about my sister, I want to hear about you and Ted. What's the deal between you guys?"

"There is no deal, we're friends now."

"Whoa, the girl who always hated him, is now only friends with him. I take it that whatever problems you guys had you worked out."

"Yeah." She mumbled. 'If only he knew what the deal between us was,' she thought to herself. Evie didn't dare say anything, she knew that Paul would flip a shit if he knew anything. It didn't matter that it happened years ago, he would still be upset about everything. "Is it so hard to believe that we're only friends?"

"Umm yeah," he nodded his head, "you guys practically mauled each other's faces off in your promo on Monday night. Forgive me for thinking that something more was going on."

"Forgiven." She smiled. "We're only friends. At first, we didn't get along too well. But as time went on, things started to cool down between us and we put things aside. Long story short, we're friends now."

"Friends who are working in a storyline that will bring you guys together. I see the way you guys look at each other. There's something between you guys. Actually, it always amazed me that you never went out with him. He would be perfect for you."

She shifted in her seat so that her legs were dangling over the right arm rest. A perplexed look on her face. Nobody besides her, Ted, and Matt knew what happened. Her mind wandered back to her pervious thoughts, she wouldn't tell him what happened. These were things he didn't need to know. Besides, she wanted to keep it to a minimum, she didn't want the whole world to know her history with Ted.

"No, he wouldn't. Believe me, he's not my type. Ted and I wouldn't work as a couple." She spoke from experience. "It would only work as an onscreen thing."

Paul shrugged his shoulders as he thought about what she said. Maybe, she was right. The girl knew her heart better than he did. Then, he looked at Evie's face a little closer. There was something different about her, but he couldn't quite figure out what.

"Besides," Evie shrugged, "I'm seeing someone else right now."

His ears perked up after she spoke. "Ms. I-Don't-Date is seeing somebody? Please, who are you dating? I've got to know."

Nervously, she wrung with her hands. He was the first person, in the family, that she was going to tell. Evie knew that she could trust him. "If you tell anyone, so help me God, I'll kill you." She threatened.

"Okay, I won't tell anyone." Paul held his hands up defensively. "Your secret will be safe with me."

"I'm seeing John Cena." She smiled.

There was something off about her smile. To Paul, it seemed like she was forcing herself to be happy with him. Then it hit him, she was in love with Ted, she just didn't realize it. Inwardly, he smiled, he couldn't wait until she realized it. 'This thing with Cena won't last long,' Paul thought to himself. While, he had no problem with the guy. Well, he can't, he's never met him. But still, he felt like he wasn't good enough for his cousin. He felt like the only person that could ever truly love, care for, and understand Evie was Ted.

"For how long? I never heard anything about that."

"Nobody knows, except for Ted. Although, people at work have been speculating."

"Ted knows. You told him about you and John?"

"Yeah, what's wrong with that?"

"Nothing. I'm just surprised that you told him." Paul shrugged. "It makes no sense that you did, but hey, it's your life."

"He's one of my closest friends there, he deserved to know." Evie hoped that he had bought that. Lying to him was the only way to go around the actual reasons for telling him.

"That's cool. Ted's a good guy, you can trust him."

Paul was slightly disappointed. He was hoping that since they worked at the same company that something would happen between them. For their whole lives, Ted and Evie always had a strange chemistry. It seemed like they were created for each other. There shouldn't have been anyone else in the way of them. However, something told Paul, that everything was going to get messy. It was obvious to him that Ted loved Evie and that Evie loved him. John was just a stand in, and he didn't know. Paul knew without a doubt that John would get hurt, and he didn't even know it. Hell, he even knew that Evie's heart was going to get broken too.

"You don't sound too happy for me."

"I am happy Evie." He said quickly. "You just took me by surprise is all."

She nodded her head. Her cousin Paul had meant a lot to her, as did her brother. So whatever he said, she took into consideration.

"I'm glad."

"So when do we get to meet him."

"Soon I hope."

He was about to say something when there was a knock at the door. The two cousins looked over at each other, they knew exactly who it was. Each of them took a deep breath before Evie got up to open the door at the top of the stairs.

On the other side, stood a frustrated Kristen. She had been looking for Evie for the last hour. Nobody knew where she was, so after a while, she decided to look for her inside the house. Chances were, she was with Paul. Whenever they were younger, Paul and Evie usually headed down to the basement to get away from everyone. She was glad to know that nothing ever changed.

"Evie!" She exclaimed, hugging her cousin. "I'm so glad to see you. It's a shame that Mandy and Mark couldn't make it."

She smirked at her cousin. Kristen didn't give two shits about Mandy and Mark. However, Evie was upset that they couldn't make it. Mark's wife Hayley, was due any day now and they couldn't make the travel from Phoenix to Florida. While, Mandy and Joey couldn't make it because all three kids had the chicken pox. Evie was the only one out of James siblings to make it.

"I completely agree with you." Evie broke the hug and made her way down the steps. "But thankfully, I'll get to see them soon. We're making stops in both Phoenix and Clinton soon."

"Yeah, that's great. So what were you two doing down here, when clearly everyone else is outside enjoying the food and drinks."

"We needed to talk." Paul responded. "What took you so long to get here?"

"I got held up at work."

Paul looked at his young sister. There was something off about her statement. "Work? Since when do you work?"

"That's nothing for you to worry about." She snapped. "Now, go upstairs and talk to Aunt Trudy. She's been looking for you."

"I'm sure she has." He said sarcastically. "The woman can barely remember our names, yet she's been looking for me. It's whatever though, I'll go see what our parents are up to. Oh and Evie," he said turning towards her, "me and you will hang out next time you're in town."

"For sure." She said, knowing full well what he meant.

Kristen looked on, clearly uninterested. She waited until she heard the basement door shut to talk to Evie. Ever since their last phone conversation, she had been dying to know what was going on.

"What's the deal with you and Ted? You guys were practically all over each other on TV this past Monday."

"Don't get your panties in a twist, it's only a storyline. There is nothing going on between Ted and I. We're only friends."

"Yeah, that's good. Like I said, I give you credit for that." Kristen said as she put her purse on the floor next to the couch. "But you're no closer to finding out anything or even getting us back together. You've been failing miserably in that area of my plan."

"I've told you once, and I'll tell you again, I've got to take my time. Anytime I mention you, he gets irritated and changes the subject. I need to kill a little more time before I can do any of what you want. Relax Kristen, you'll get what you want."

"I better because I deserve all of this, especially after all that I've done for you. Don't even get me started on him." She said, folding her legs underneath her.

Meanwhile, Evie was wondering why she had agreed to any of this. She really didn't care about the plan anymore, nor was she putting any time into it. Her and Ted had gotten so close, that she liked having around. It was great having him in her life as a friend.

But then she took one look at Kristen and saw the disappointment on her face. Evie chewed on her lower lip as she tried to get rid of the pang of guilt that was overriding her. She had slept with Ted and never told anyone. Now she felt like she really owed her cousin. Mentally, she cursed herself when she realized what she was about to do.

"I'll try harder."

"That's great!" She exclaimed excitedly. "In no time, I'll be with Ted again."

Evie only smiled at her cousin. She was beginning to wonder when she had gone crazy. Paul had always said she was, but Evie never believed him. However, now she was beginning to see that he was right.

"Let's go upstairs before Aunt Trudy thinks somebody kidnapped us."

"We should really put her in a home." Kristen suggested as they headed outside. "Evie, did you gain a little weight?"

She ignored her as they made their way upstairs. Evie made a mental note to talk to Matt. He was the only one who knew just about everything. He'd be able to help.