Disclaimer: I only own Evie.

A/N: A HUGE thank you to everyone who read and reviewed, I love you all! I've been wanting to get this written for the longest time and I finally got the words for it. A little bit of everything going on, but important for the next chapter (which will skip ahead a few months). Enjoy! Read and review!

With the ring in his hand, John went inside. So many emotions were running through him. He was hurt, angry, and upset. Then he was confused and depressed. He was unable to produce clear thoughts. Where did he go wrong? There could have been some way to prevent everything from happening.

"We called the hall and cancelled everything." John Sr., said walking into the room. When he got no response, he looked to see that his son was distracted by something. "What's going on, son?"

His eyes were still glued to the ring. Such a tiny thing held so much history. It represented the happy moments, their fights, and her infidelities. The most important of them all; the demise of their relationship. It held so much love and so much hate, which he didn't know what to do with it; throw it away or keep it.

"Evie was just here." John finally replied, looking over at his dad. "She gave the ring back."

John Sr., just looked at his son with hurt. For weeks he talked about Evie and how he wanted to be with her. Then he talked about her when they got together. From the start, the elder man knew that his son was in love with her. His suspicions were confirmed when they announced their engagement. While, he thought it was too soon, he was happy for his second son. Evie made him smile which told him she was great for his son.

"Did she say anything?"

"She said a lot, dad."

The older man let out a sigh. John had told him about what happened in front of the church. The words his son spoke broke his heart. He was a mess and John Sr., hated seeing John in the mood he was in. Whatever it was. Just thinking about Evie and the innocent vibes she gave people made him wonder what happened. He didn't think she had it in her to be hurtful. Despite that, he knew that John was still in love with her.

"Do you want to talk about it?"

Closing his eyes, he nodded his head. There was so much he had to say and wanted to get off his chest. If he didn't, he would surely lose his mind. It didn't help matters that everyone was tip toeing around him. The quiet that was coming from his family was driving him up the wall and if he didn't hear a peep from them he thought for sure he would have screamed at the top of his lungs.

"She said Liz showed up."

"That woman has been gone for months with no word and she shows up today of all days. The nerve of her." His father was taken by surprise. "Did Evie mention what she said?"

"Liz fed her this load of garbage that I was the only one who cheated and that my paranoia was so large that I had Dan, Sean, or someone else following her around." John muttered. "Evie took it all in stride. According to her, it brought back her doubts. The fact that she had them to begin with makes me wonder if she ever loved me at all."

"I don't doubt for one second that Evie loves you. From the moment I saw you with her I knew she loved you. One lapse in judgment shouldn't make you doubt her feelings for you, son."

"It would have been one thing had Liz put the doubts in her head." John replied, running a hand over his face. "But, it's a whole different thing when she was having doubts before the wedding. It's a whole different thing when she slept with her ex-boyfriend twice. Once, before I started up with Evie. Again, two or three weeks ago. There was no lapse in judgment. Evie was looking for a way out and Ted and Liz happily opened the door for her. I was made to look like an ass not only in front of her family, but ours too."

"None of that changes the fact that you still love her."

"Of course, I do. I'll always love her." He nearly cried. "Words can't even describe how I feel."

"Then I think its time you tell Evie everything too. She was somewhat up front with you and its only fair to be the same with her." He advised, leaving his son alone.

John watched as his father disappeared from living room. With a defeated sigh, he got up and started toward the front door. He needed to be alone and contemplate what he was going to do next. The step he was about to take was either going to take him higher or crack right underneath his feet.

X

When Evie got back to the hotel, she found that Maryse had stepped out. At first, she didn't want to be alone, but then quickly changed her mind. Now, more than ever, she was welcoming the solitude. It would be good to be alone, especially, after the conversation she just had with John.

When she was completely changed, she snuggled into the hotel bed. Finally, just a chance to relax and close her eyes. Maybe, she could even figure out where to go from that point forward.

Ted finally found the courage to go to Evie's hotel. He wanted to see her and finally talk to her alone. What he pulled earlier no doubt angered her, but he was only following her heart. Being completely confident, he knew that Evie would eventually follow hers.

With a nervous sigh, he knocked on the door and patiently waited for her to answer the door. After a few seconds, he was beginning to lose his patience. The thought of her possibly not being there never crossing his mind. He was going to knock again, but stopped himself when he heard some shuffling around inside.

"I don't want to see you right now."

"I just wanted to see you, to talk." Ted said, leaning against the doorframe. "That's all I want."

Just seeing him made her lose control of all of her emotions. Everything was building up inside of her and she was ready to burst.

"It's because of you that my wedding was ruined and it's because of you that John knows we slept together." Evie fumed. "I should have known letting you back into my life was going to be a big mistake!"

"Hey! I told you to go and get married to John if you loved him that much. You were the one who didn't go inside." Ted was getting angry now. "Nobody said for you to advance further with me that day. You decided on your own that you wanted to be with me. Just face it Evie, you love me more than you want to admit and that scares the hell out of you!"

"I love John!"

"Then why aren't you married to him? Why didn't you just ignore me and go on with the ceremony? Again, Evie, you made the decision to walk out. Nobody put a gun to your head and told you to leave. Face it, you used John to hide from your feelings for me."

Evie had no response for him. She didn't know what to say to him. Not because he was right, but rather for the fact that she was too weak to say anything. Everything had been spiraling out of control for the last few hours that she lost her grip on her own love life.

"Leave me alone, Theodore." Evie whispered, using his full first name. "I don't want to talk about anything right now."

"That's it? All you're going to do is pretend nothing happened. The only thing you're going to do is shut yourself away from the world, from me." Ted all but shouted. "We're going to stop here? It's the end of us, is that what you want?"

"Yes!"

"Okay, if that's what you want, then fine, you got it." He agreed, hurt by everything. Even down to the fact that she called him Theodore. She never did that before. "Just remember, I was your first love. I have your virginity and we almost had a family together. It doesn't matter what you do, you won't ever forget me. You'll always love me, Eves. I'll always love you. Nothing or no one person is ever going to change that. We'll be lost souls who won't cross paths ever again. Because I'm done waiting around for you. When you need me, I won't be there. When I walk away from you, I won't bother you ever again."

Ted pushed himself off the doorframe and started away from her. He loved her like no other, but he couldn't stay around her. Not when she wanted him gone and definitely not when she was being so hardheaded.

Putting one foot in front of the other, Evie was going to run after him. But, she was quick to stop herself. This was what she wanted. She had asked for this. Ted needed someone better than her. It was all for the best, she tried reassuring herself.

Stepping back into her room, she softly closed the door behind her. She pressed her back against the door, sliding down to the floor. With tears in her eyes, she brought her knees up to her chest, wrapping her arms around them and resting her head on her knees. She had brought this on herself years ago and she couldn't do anything to stop it. This all started with an innocent love and turned into something much more than that.

And now, that was all over.

A/N: John is hiding something. Evie is breaking down. Ted is gone...or is he? :(