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A/N: A big thank you to everyone who has read and reviewed, I love you all! A lot goes on in this chapter, some good, some bad. There's a lot of juicy stuff! Also, be sure to check out the newest banner for this story, I mentioned who made it in the last chapter, but for some reason FF erased it or something. So once again, thank you to graf . x ALLURE. So check that out and I'm working on the next chapter for Sorry. Enough babbling, go and read. Enjoy & review!
"I'm going now." Evie threw all of her things in her purse. "I'll be back later on in the day."
John only nodded his head as he watched her get ready. She was going to see Ted and that bothered him greatly. Ever since she had told him about their past together, he had been iffy around the young superstar. The lustful looks he gave Evie didn't go unnoticed by John. He would say something, but he knew she would wave it off and pass it off as paranoia, so he just sat back and rolled with the punches.
"Have fun." He said sullenly.
With a small smile, she dropped her purse on the dresser and walked towards her boyfriend. She crawled onto the bed and straddled him, her arms wrapping around his neck, and her forehead touching his. They stayed like for a moment, each waiting for the other to say something.
"I know that you view him differently now that you know what happened between us." She whispered, ignoring the guilt that hit her heart. "But, you have nothing to worry about. Ted and I, we're in the past. I don't love him anymore, I love you."
"Just promise me something."
"Anything." She said, moving her hands down so that they were resting comfortably on his chest.
"If he tries anything or if anything happens between you two, promise that you'll tell me." He looked into her eyes. "No bullshit, you'll tell me. If you want to be with him, then you'll tell me."
"That won't happen." Evie reassured him.
"Please, just promise me." He ignored what she said. While, he knew that nothing more would happen, he just needed that reassurance. In not so many words, he was insecure, but just didn't want to come right out and say it.
"I promise." Evie replied, pressing her lips to his.
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On her way to Ted's room she kept thinking about her conversation with John. She knew she loved him, but she felt like she had broken her word way before all of this. Had she been stronger, then she wouldn't have had that one night with Ted a few weeks back. If she had more self control, then she wouldn't feel the guilt eating away at her. Sighing, she decided to make a promise to herself. She wouldn't give in to Ted.
"Hey, Eves." Ted smiled when he stepped aside to let her in the room.
"Butthead." She greeted, dropping her things on the bed in the room. "What have you been up to lately?"
Ted smiled as his thoughts ran back to his plan. She had basically just set herself up. Mentally, he checked off that step one was done. This was his time to get into a whole spiel about Kristen.
"I've been thinking a lot lately." He pushed aside her things and sat on the bed. "I went home to visit my parents and I was just thrown back in time, even more so than before. It's like everywhere I turned, I had another reminder. I swear, it's like I was seventeen all over again."
She chewed on her lower lip as she mulled over everything he had said. Usually, whenever they would get together, the last thing they would talk about was the past. They would attempt to avoid that topic of conversation at all costs.
"Ted-"
"Let me finish." Ted said, holding her hand up. "All that time at home made me think about you, the baby, even Kristen."
She looked over at him curiously, why was he thinking about her? Every time she had mentioned Kristen, he would get defensive and say he didn't want to talk about it. Kristen was a tough topic for him, so she was wondering why he was so anxious to talk about it now.
"What about Kristen?"
"I never told you about our relationship."
The tears were beginning to prick her eyes as she shook her head no. She didn't want to hear any of what he had to say. The fact that he broke up with her and then went to her cousin broke her heart, even at that moment. He had left her high and dry for her cousin. While, she somewhat forgave him, she'd never forget.
"I don't want to hear about it." She said, looking away from him. Her eyes darted around the room looking for something to look at. Anything so he wouldn't see the tears that were burning her eyes. "It's in the past, I don't care to know."
He fought hard to prevent a smirk from gracing his handsome features and was successful. Her body had tensed up and she was avoiding his gaze. She knew that Kristen was a touchy subject with him and he was learning that it was a touchy subject with her too.
"I want you to know."
"No, I don't want to know." She tried to control her voice. "I don't need to know. Besides, Kristen already told me about your relationship and you told me a little bit too. It's not a big issue."
"It is with me." He said forcefully. "I at least want you to know why I ended things."
She let out a shaky breath and brought her gaze back to Ted. He was unintentionally annoying her, she thought. Then again, had she not shown so much interest in it before, he wouldn't be sharing his side of the story with her.
"It's okay, Teddy." She got up and grabbed her things. "It doesn't matter anymore."
He quickly rose from the bed and followed her to the door. Just before she could open the door and step out, he gently grabbed her arm and turned her so that she was facing him. "You deserve to know this, Evie. After everything that I did to you in the past, it's your right to know."
"I don't know if you were listening-"
"I was listening." Ted put his hand up. "Please, Evie, just hear me out."
Evie nodded her head, dropped her things once more and fell down to the bed.
"Thank you." He said, when he noticed that she was going to listen. So far, so good. If she was acting like this now, then she would be like this later on too. His plan was working before he had even started it.
"Like I told you before," he began, suddenly realizing that they have talked about his relationship with Kristen before, "it was a bad relationship from the start. We were complete opposites and that's what caused us to be on again and off again until I had finally ended things completely. There's a reason why I stopped seeing her, but I've never told anyone until now."
"Why are you telling me this?"
"Because I want you to know this." He left out the part about her wanting to know. "I don't know if you remember this, come to think of it, I don't think you even saw me that night."
"What night?" She was confused. There had to be a point to all of this, there just had to be a reason for him to finally be talking about this. "Teddy, you're not making any sense."
"Please listen, I need you to hear this." He whispered. "I don't think you even realized I was there. Do you remember going to Jenna Schmidt's house for a party a couple of years ago?"
"Yes." She remembered that night quite clearly, but she didn't recall Ted being there. Then again, she hadn't stayed around that long and Jenna was certainly well known for having outrageous parties. "I wasn't there that long though."
"I know you weren't, I saw you leave way before everyone else. You were rushing to go for reasons unknown to me. Like I said, that night I saw you and realized that I was still in love with you. The second I saw you that night, I decided to stay out of your way because you couldn't stand the sight of me at the time. But, I heard you talking to Eric Glassman and I turned to see what was going on. When I did, your smile lit up your whole face and it was like falling in love with you all over again. For the rest of the night, I kept watching you from afar because I was too afraid to come to you. When, I had finally got up the nerve, I overheard someone say you left."
"I was there that night, how come I don't remember seeing you?" Evie questioned, confused. "Besides, you were with Kristen right around that time. I remember, she made a big deal about you ignoring her earlier that day."
"You're right, I was with Kristen at that time and things weren't the greatest between us, as you already know. That night, after seeing you for only a little bit made me realized that I was still in love with you. For days after that you were on my mind and you showed no signs of leaving. Kristen and I were at each others throats. Finally, a couple of months after that night, I got my call up from WWE and ended things with her."
"So, you're saying that you ended things with her because you were called up to the main roster?" She hoped that's where he was going with this. Why was he waiting until now to tell her about all of this? She had finally moved on from him and found that she was in love with John, and he was telling her all of this at the wrong time. The feelings that she was getting weren't sitting well with her, she had to hurry up and leave. "Right?"
"That was just some bullshit excuse I told Kristen to get her off my back. I ended things with her because I was still in love with you."
Evie closed her eyes, trying to process everything. This newfound piece of information had thrown her off course. She hadn't expected for them to talk about this. When she woke up that morning, she thought it'd be like any other time they would hang out. Releasing a shaky breath, she opened her eyes and looked back at Ted.
"That went away right?" That was by far the hardest question to ask. Her eyes locked with his as she waited for a response. The way he was nervously fidgeting with his hands and ignoring her made her rethink even asking the question. "You're not in love with me anymore, right?"
He ran his hand through his short hair and moved up the bed so that he was hovering over Evie. His eyes giving away his feelings before his words could. He lowered his head down to hers, his lips inches away from hers.
"It's like I told you that night at your parent's house a few weeks ago, I love you, Evie. Correction, I still love you."
Without much warning, his lips pressed to hers. He gently bit her lower lip and his tongue entered her mouth when she gasped in surprise. Before he even knew it, she was exploring his mouth, pushing herself further into his embrace. He removed his lips from hers and left soft kisses down her neck.
"Ted." She whimpered, knowing that this was wrong, but also right at the same time.
He continued what he was doing, liking that she was enjoying this. The last thing on her mind was John and he liked that thought. At this point in time, she was right where he wanted her.
"Evie." He whispered, starting to take her shirt off.
However, before he could get the article of clothing off, her phone started to ring. When he saw that she was going to reach for the phone, he quickly crushed his lips to hers. There wasn't time for any distractions.
When she heard her phone ring, she knew who it was because of the ringtone. It was John. That quickly snapped her out of her daze and she pushed Ted away when his lips touched hers yet again. She had made a promise to John and herself, and she was going to do everything she could to stick to them. Even though, she had broken them almost right away.
"Get off of me." She said. "I can't do this, Teddy, move."
He rolled onto the opposite side of her and watched her as she got up and get her things together. Ted should have been mad that they were interrupted and that she was leaving, but he wasn't. In fact, he was far from mad, he was happy. He had gotten her right where he wanted her. He watched as she left without so much as saying goodbye to him. When he heard the door shut, he allowed a smile to stretch across his face, he could set everything into motion now.
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A few days later, Evie was at home for a couple of nights. Matt had invited her to go down to Cameron with him, but she had politely declined saying that she had a few things to take care of at home. That being, cleaning her house and ridding whatever trace of Ted from her house that she could. While, she loved him as a friend, she couldn't risk her relationship with John. It was best for her to distance herself from him, only for a little bit. Maybe until she got her head cleared.
It was while she was taking a break from her cleaning, that she had gone into her home office to check her email and a few other things. She had a few things from friends, family, and some very important messages from WWE. She anxiously read the messages and saw that she would be training for two more weeks due to the fact that her injury had interfered with original plans. Her trainer of course was still Ted. Apart from that, she saw that her storyline was still the same, which worried her. She also made note that she had a few scheduled appearances and a photo shoot.
When she was done, she shut her email off and sat back in her swivel chair with her eyes closed. She hadn't expected any of that. With everything going on, the last thing she needed was more time with Ted. When she felt like anxiety was going to get the best of her, she started looking through various papers in an attempt to find the list of psychologists she was given the night she miscarried. She had found everything but that paper.
Her mind went through what she could have done with that piece of paper. It was an endless list until she had remembered her talk with Ted from a while back. He said that Kristen had told him, but he didn't know how she found out. It was then that she put two and two together. Without much thought, she grabbed her car keys and headed down to her loving cousin's house.
Twenty minutes later, she was angrily knocking on the door. She knew she was home, her car was in the driveway and her rollerblades were relaxing on the porch, telling Evie that she had already been out with a friend of hers.
"Hey Evie!" Kristen exclaimed, pasting a fake smile on her face.
Evie glared at her cousin as she pushed past her cousin and went directly to her office. With no hesitation she started opening drawers and looking through papers. When she found something and saw that it wasn't what she needed, she would throw it on the floor. Within minutes, the room was turned upside down.
"What the hell are you doing?" Kristen screamed when she saw what Evie was doing. "You can't just come into my house and start going through my things for no reason."
Evie stopped what she was doing and looked over at her cousin. She had found exactly what she was looking for. She smiled when she saw Kristen shrink back from the look she had just given her. The papers were in her hands and facing her cousin, so she could see exactly what it was she needed.
"No, you had no right to go through my things, you conniving little bitch!" Evie seethed. "You had no right to run to Ted and tell him my business. I don't know what's going on in that crazy little head of yours, but whatever it is that you're doing, knock it off! It's not going to work. Your little game to get him back is only going to backfire on you."
"I don't know what you're talking about." Kristen had regained her composure and took a two steps towards the young wrestler. "Those are my papers. I had a little trouble and my doctor had given me that list."
"Really?" Evie asked sarcastically. "Your name is Evelyn Grace James? You were born March 3, 1983 and were brought to Phoenix Baptist Hospital on May 17 after complications during a wrestling match?" She asked, reading the papers. "It says that you suffered a miscarriage. I know you told him and for a while I was trying to figure out how you found out and then today, it hit me. So I'm going to tell you this right now, stay the fuck out of my life!"
Kristen gulped as she read off all the information that was listed on the papers. How could she have been so stupid? She knew that Ted would run to her and tell her everything, but she didn't count on him selling her out. If she were smart, then she would have seen this coming and should have made an effort to hide the papers a little better.
"I'm only going to say this once you psychopath." Evie seethed, taking two steps towards her cousin. "Don't ask me for anything, don't talk to me. I don't want to see your despicable face you fucking rat. Stay away from Ted and more importantly stay out of my life!" Evie screamed, pushing past her once more and leaving the house in a rage.
"This isn't over dear cousin." Kristen whispered, standing in the middle her office. "Not by a long shot. I'll get you back for everything."
When Evie got home, she looked through the papers and put them in a safe place. For now, she wouldn't need them like she thought she would. Screaming and ransacking through Kristen's house had helped her a lot more than she thought it would. For the time being, she felt good, not knowing it wouldn't last a minute.
A/N: Fun stuff right?