Disclaimer: I only own Evie.

A/N: A big thank you to everyone who read and reviewed, I love you all! This is a bit of a dramatic chapter. I could say why, but then you'll know. So read and you'll see what the deal is. Enough babbling, go and read. Enjoy & review!

"I'll be by to pick you up." Ted spoke into the phone. "What time does your flight come in?"

He listened to the time that she gave him and then after that he zoned out. Whatever she had to say he really didn't care about. She just a ploy in his plot to get Evie back. Just to make it look like he was listening he would throw in the occasional 'uh-huh' and 'sure.' His attention focused on the TV the whole time.

"Who was that?" Cody asked when he saw Ted hang up the phone.

"My girlfriend."

"Your pretend girlfriend, the one who doesn't know what you're really up to." The younger wrestler stated. "Are you going to tell me her name?"

"Nope." Ted smirked. "Everyone will get to know her when she gets here later on tomorrow."

"She's already coming out on the road with you. That's a pretty big step, even for you. Are you sure she won't take everything seriously? I mean, it is a fake relationship after all."

The Mississippi native smirked in Cody's direction. He kept telling himself that everything would be fine and it would be. Evie would be his again and her relationship with John would be a distant memory. All he had to do was make her jealous enough to break up her relationship with John. When that happened, he would leave his girlfriend and comfort Evie, thus causing her to run into his arms.

"As far as everyone else knows it's real." He pointed out. "We're the only ones who know what is really going on and that's how it's going to stay. Besides, in order to make it believable on both ends, I need to do this."

"Do you think it's right?"

"Yes, I think it is." Ted replied, resting his hands on his hips. "You gave me the idea, do you regret it Codeman?"

"Not at all. I just think you're going a little too fast is all." Cody admitted. "Having her come on the road with you right now is a big thing, even if it is with cruel intentions."

"Well, due to an unexpected engagement I needed to speed things up."

Cody stood back amazed. Engagement? He hadn't heard anything about anyone being engaged. If there were any superstar and divas seeing each other, they were married. And that couple was Drew and Taryn. The only other couple that he knew of in the WWE were John and Evie. But, they hadn't been together for too long, so Ted couldn't have been talking about them.

"Who's engaged?"

"John and Evie." Ted said as if it were the most obvious thing in the world.

"Since when?"

"For a few weeks."

"Is that even possible?"

"Apparently it is. Which is why I have to speed things up."

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"How did breaking the news to Ted go?" John asked. It had been on his mind for the last few days. He had finally grown the balls to ask.

Evie stuck out her lower lip and tilted her head to the side thinking about he conversation with Ted a few days ago. To say that the whole thing was strange would be an understatement, but he finally moved on and would stop putting her in complicated situations. Such as ones where she slept with him.

"A lot better than I thought it would." She finally said.

"What happened?"

"He has a girlfriend."

"Really? That's great." John smiled. "It's about time he did."

He was relieved to hear that the little weirdo got a girlfriend. It finally meant that he moved on and he wouldn't be putting the moves on Evie anymore. For the first time since he proposed, John felt like he could breathe. He no longer had to worry about Evie running off with Ted.

"You sound relieved." Evie snuggled into his side. "In fact, you seem happy for him."

"You act like that's so bad."

"It's not bad, it's just strange. You know, considering you don't like him." She shrugged.

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"I just mean that you're not crazy about him." Evie replied, not liking his tone of voice.

"What would make you think that? If he's a friend of yours then he's a friend of mine." John defended himself. He knew that she was right, but he didn't want her to think too much of it. "You know that, right?"

She sat up and locked eyes with her fiance. Her heart warmed at the sight before her. He was trying to be a tough guy, hiding his true feelings, despite the fact that he was contradicting himself. But, his eyes gave him away. They told her the truth of what he was trying to hide from her.

"You fail at trying to lie." She smiled. "Babe, you don't have to pretend to like Ted for my sake. You don't have to be friends with him and vice versa. All I want is for you guys to be civil with one another."

"There's no difference."

"Yes, there is. If you were guys to be friends then you guys would be hanging out and being all buddy buddy, like you and Randy. Being civil is you two just saying hi or something."

"That's all you want?"

She nodded her head. "When we first started dating, I told you both separately that I wouldn't be picking between either one of you. Thankfully, that hasn't happened. I can have my fiance and my friend in my life."

"Don't you think it's strange?"

"Not at all."

"You don't think that it's strange for you to be best friends with you ex-boyfriend while you're engaged to another guy?" John questioned, trying to see her true feelings about the entire situation. "I mean other people would find that weird."

"Not at all. Lots of people are usually friends with their exes. As for other people, I don't care what they think."

"I'm not friends with Liz." John pointed out, trying to get her to see where he was going with everything.

"Well, Ted and Liz are different people. You can't consider them to be the same." She shrugged, leaning into the couch.

"If you ask me Ted is no better than her." He stated his honest opinion. "He left you for your cousin while you were pregnant with his baby. How can you forgive a person for that?"

Evie sprang up from where she was sitting and glared at him. He knew how touchy the subject was for her and he still brought it up. Blinking back her tears, she sat back down next to him, trying to find her voice. He had sort of thrown her off guard with that comment.

"It's not like I forgave him right away. I didn't forgive him until recently. Besides, what does this have to do with anything? We've lost sight of the entire conversation." Evie said, trying to shift everything back to the original topic.

"This has everything to do anything." John shot back with. "We're getting married, baby. We need to get this all cleared before we do anything else."

"Are you saying you don't trust me?"

"That's not what I'm saying."

"Then what are you saying?"

"I'm saying that we should talk about everything before we set a date."

"Basically, you don't trust me and won't marry me until we know everything about each other."

John sighed. He had really stepped in it this time. He tried to think of something to say, but he was drawing blanks. He was trying really hard to think of something so she wouldn't think she was right, but he couldn't. What she just said was wrong, he knew it was, he just didn't know how to put his feelings into words.

She couldn't believe her luck. Even with Ted having a girlfriend and being in a completely different room, he had still managed to get them to fight. She always knew that neither man liked the other, but that still didn't give reason for things to be so difficult. Her eyes stayed on his bulky form, waiting for a response. When she got none, she suddenly realized what the problem was. John was insecure, even more than she had thought. In order for this relationship to work, she thought, they needed to work past this. She loved Ted as friend, but she didn't want him to be reason her marriage didn't work. She refused to have the type of relationship her parents have. Sighing, she slid the ring off her finger and set it next to him.

From the corner of his eye he saw her set the ring down and get up. His eyes remained glued to the ground as he listened for her light footsteps. When he didn't hear them anymore, he realized that she was standing in front of him, her bags in her hands.

"Evie-"

"When you get past whatever fear it is that you have call me." She cried. "Until then, we can't get married."

"You're breaking up with me?"

"No." She said, her tears streaking her face. "We're just taking a short break. When it ends is up to you. I love you John and I want to be with you forever, but I don't want us to have the type of relationship my parents have."

When she said her piece she turned around, ready to leave him behind. With no hesitation, he got up and followed her to the door. Just before she got it open, he lightly grabbed her arm and turned her around, crashing his lips to hers.

She pushed him away. "Don't do this, John."

"Please, don't leave. We can work this out." He whispered, wrapping his arms around her waist. "Please. I don't want to break up or be on a break. We shouldn't be doing this, we should be telling my parents our news. A date should have been set. Don't do this."

Evie pulled away from John, her hand cupping his face. Her eyes looking into his. She allowed her lips to graze his. "Don't do this, John. You're making this harder."

"I'll follow you." He was determined to make her stay. Evie was the one for him and he wasn't about to lose her. "Wherever you go, I'm going. I won't lose you."

"Don't follow me." She said, then quickly slipped out the door.

He wanted to follow her, but his feet were glued to the floor. His heart was screaming at him to move, while his head was telling him to stay put. However, he ignored both feelings and instead connected his palm with his face, repeating how stupid he was. He had all but lost her.

A/N: Yikes, their first fight.