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A/N: A HUGE thank you to everyone who read and reviewed, I love you all! Enjoy & review!
Two days later, John walked into the arena like nothing ever happened. He held his head high, kept his gaze straight ahead and ignored the whispers trailing behind him. The abrupt ending to his and Evie's relationship wasn't going to keep him down.
"You're alive!" Randy exclaimed.
John mumbled something under his breath before throwing his bag on the bench. For the last couple of days he ignored his family, every phone call, and text message. All of his attention was directed on Evie and just how things turned out the way they did. When he couldn't find an answer to his questions, he decided to let it go. She wasn't honest with him, so why should it matter anyway?
"How are you doing?" He wondered, when John still hadn't said a word.
"I'm ready to move on. I'm not going to let this past weekend get me down." He replied, getting his gear out. "I don't care to hear about Evie."
"Speaking of, she isn't going to be here tonight."
"Probably out with Ted."
"On the contrary, she asked for a transfer to Smackdown."
"And?"
"Vince gave it to her. From what I heard, she and Ted taped a promo a little bit ago. Technically, this is her last night on Raw."
Randy watched as John struggled with his emotions. On the one hand, he wanted to hate Evie for what she did. At the same time, he knew he still loved her. It was only a matter of time before his emotions got the best of him and he went bat shit crazy.
"Good, good for her. Even better for me. I won't have to see her and that jackass all over each other."
X
"I can't believe you broke up the wedding."
Two days had gone by, but it felt like years to Ted. He not only ruined Evie and John's relationship, but he had ruined their relationship too. Now, all he could do was beat himself up about it. Everything had gone awry.
"Let's not talk about this, Cody."
"I didn't think you had it in you." Cody went on. "Especially, after you said you weren't going to the wedding."
By no means was Ted proud of his actions. Everything he had done was in vain. He started out working on getting Evie by his side again and then ended up with nothing. Karma had kicked him in the ass and there wasn't a thing to do about it.
"Not now."
"Come on, this is everything you wanted. It's everything you've worked so hard for. First, you dated her cousin to piss her off. Then you used your breakup with Kristen to get Evie into bed with you. Just before the wedding, you bring her all that stuff. Your master plan hit its climax when you stopped the wedding!" Cody exclaimed, every word dripping with sarcasm. He overheard Evie talking to Maryse and ended up hearing that she wanted nothing to do with Ted anymore. "She's all yours now."
Ted was getting ready to say something when a third party joined the conversation. His mouth quickly snapped shut and an arrogant smirk graced his face. A good friend of his had just walked in. Lady luck was on his side that night!
"You did what?"
"I did nothing, Cena." Ted shrugged. "Evie walking out on you was on her own terms."
Cody remained silent as the two glared each other. He knew John didn't care for Ted before, but now there was doubt in his mind that he was loathed by the jilted groom.
"Don't bother lying, you no good son of a bitch!" John seethed. "I heard him! You fucking did all of this on purpose!"
"I did nothing! I love her and she loves me. Nobody did anything to Evie. She decided on her own to walk away. That doubt was all her own doing."
"It was all done by you!" He pointed fingers at the younger man. "You were always hanging around her, looking at her like she was a piece of meat. Then bringing her cousin back into the fold? All along you knew what kind of nut job she was and you hurt Evie with it. Evie, did, no she does love me. You manipulated her, you no good lying sack of shit."
Ted was fuming. Those were never his intentions. When he finally ended things with Kristen, he was giving up. He was throwing in the towel, so to speak. After that, everything had taken its own course.
"I did no such thing! That was all by accident!"
"Why sleep with her? Other than to play games with her emotions."
"The whole reason I went to see Evie that day was because I wanted to say goodbye. It was she who initiated the whole thing."
"Why didn't you stop her? A slight nudge or response would have tipped her off."
"Because I fucking love her more than anyone ever will. More than you ever could. We were each others' first everything. First kiss, first loves, and first time. We almost had a family together, twice!" Ted shouted, holding up two fingers. "I will always know Evie better than anyone. Whenever her parents fought, I was there for her. Anytime she cried I was her shoulder to lean on. If she was afraid at night I would be the one to hold her and tell her everything would be fine."
"You were there for her? Like, you were there for her at all times? I seem to recall her telling me that you left her when she was pregnant with your child." John replied. Just like that a light bulb went off in his head. "You almost had a family with her twice?"
Meanwhile, Cody who was still there didn't know what to do; let them duke it out or play peacemaker. He was ready to move forward, then stopped himself. This was their business. Besides, with his luck, he would be the one they took their anger out on. No, it was better he didn't move a muscle.
"The baby she miscarried earlier this year was probably mine."
"You're lying!"
"Why would I lie? If I didn't know about any of it, then I wouldn't have mentioned it." Ted pointed out. "She's always loved me. Whether or not Evie knew it herself or if she always denied it, she loved me. You were only a cover for her true feelings. You were all a part of her denial."
"I don't believe any of that for one second. This is all something you made up in your sick, twisted head. She loved me from the start."
"If she loved you, then why was she with me at least three different times? How was she possibly pregnant with my baby months ago? Face it Cena, she fucked you over big time."
Anger was beginning to consume the Massachusetts native. He was clenching his fists at his sides and breathing hard. He was trying to hold himself back and keep from getting suspended over the douche bag standing before him. Every word that dripped out of Ted's mouth was making him hate the young man even more.
"You took her old feelings and emotions and played them against her." John was trying to hold himself back. "Evie is confused and doesn't know how she feels because of you. She thinks she loves you."
"How would you know that?"
Cody stood by on his toes in case he had to breakup a fight. He could see them getting angrier by the second and could feel it coming. Everyone was already talking about them. A fight ensuing would only add fuel to the fire.
"Every time she slept with you, she always came back to me. Evie said yes when I proposed to her. I know she loves me. I can't prove it anymore than you can, but something inside of me tells me that she does."
Ted grew silent and looked away from John. They were both stuck on her and neither would walk away. Both men were stubborn and would gladly fight to the death for Evie.
"Why don't you guys ask Evie how she feels?" Cody finally piped up. He was getting tired of their argument. They were going around in circles. "You two arguing won't settle anything."
Both men glared at Cody. Who was he to give his opinion? Better yet, why was he still there? None of this included him.
"This is all done. From now on I'm moving forward with my life." John muttered, realizing Cody was right. "No matter what, I'll always love her, but fighting won't solve anything. Keep your distance from me and I'll do the same."
Ted waited until John was almost out of the locker room to get the last word. Just by looking at him, he knew what would make him tick. It was just the thing he needed since he was just as angry as John was.
"I'm seeing Evie later."
That's all it took for John to lose it. He turned around and ran at Ted as if he were the opposite player on a football team. Like a flash of lightening he had Ted on the ground and was throwing stiff lefts and rights to his face.
Cody was quick to break up the fight, but John was too quick and ended up pushing Cody away from him.
Using the distraction, Ted got up and ran at John. One punch and John went flying back a bit. He used the opportunity to tackle John and start throwing punches, hoping to cause some damage.
John blocked one of Ted's punches, giving him a head but in the process. With Ted swaying back a bit, he pushed him off and rose to his feet. By instinct, he checked for blood and saw that he was bleeding. He just wasn't sure if his nose or lip was busted.
Noticing that he was distracted, Ted tried to gain the upper hand again. The only problem was that John was one step ahead. Seeing the young man running at him from the corner of his eye, he quickly put him in a headlock. Applying as much pressure as he could, he tried to inflict as much pain as possible on him.
Ted bit John's hand causing him to let go. Before, he could gain anymore leverage Ted pushed them out into the hallway, their fight spilling to the floor. Curses and shouts of anger flew from their mouths. The two men were so into their brawl that they never realized that Cody had left and someone else had joined them. Not to mention, they had their very own audience, staring on in shock.
"Stop it!"
With his fist in midair, John stopped and looked up to see Evie standing before him. Despite not seeing or talking to her since the day of the wedding, his heart started to pound. He thought she had left long ago. At least, that's what he thought after what Randy told him.
"Evie?" Ted questioned, tilting his head upwards to look up at her.
Cody had been on his way to find some of the road agents to break up the fight, but was having a hard time finding them. He found Evie along the way and gave her a quick run down of what was going on.
"What the hell are you two doing?" She shouted, forgetting about the wrestlers and divas standing in the hall. "I'm getting ready to leave and I have Cody tell me you are fighting. Are you trying to get suspended? I'm not worth fighting about! I fucked everything up and you're fighting about me like a bunch of three year olds!" Evie went on, tears streaking her face. "We know how things ended between us John and you're still fighting for me. You shouldn't love me anymore. Ted, I thought I told you to stay away."
"I was minding my own business when John walked in here yelling about everything."
"That's not entirely true!" John exclaimed. "He was-"
"I don't want to hear it! This is all over. We're done with each other. Walk away and forget any of this ever happened." Evie remarked, then started to walk away.
"Not so fast." John grabbed her arm. "When were you going to tell me that you may have miscarried his baby?"
Everyone around them started buzzing.
When he realized who was around them, John sighed and pulled her inside the room. He didn't mean to say that in front of everyone. It's just that he was so wrapped up in what was going on that he didn't notice there were other people around.
She felt like she was going to throw up her heart. How did he know? Then it dawned on her, Ted had told him. It was reasons like this that she wanted him away. So much trouble had come knocking on her door when she let Ted back into her life. It didn't matter that she loved him, she still wasn't ready to forgive him for his recent actions.
"It's all over." She repeated in a low whisper. "It doesn't matter anymore."
"It does matter. When were you going to tell me?"
"Back off, Cena." Ted pushed Evie behind him. "You said yourself that you were going to let it go. Better you start now."
John stared at the bloodied man before him and shook his head. Why was he always in the picture? What else could he possibly contribute to the situation? He had already caused enough trouble. There possibly couldn't be anything else for Ted to do.
"Don't you think you've done enough?" John wondered. "This is between me and her now. Get lost, DiBiase."
"I'm not leaving."
Before another fight could break out, she got in between them. "Ted go get your cuts checked out. I want to talk to John alone."
"Can we talk alone?" He wondered, ignoring the annoyed look John had on his face.
She shook her head no. He promised to leave her alone the last time they talked and there he was in her face. It didn't make matters better that he wanted to talk.
"I want you out of my life, Theodore." She replied coldly, though it was killing her inside. "Everything just spun out of control and I just need some time away from you."
He rested his hands on his hips, slowly nodding his head. "How could I forget? You're running away from me again. Okay, fine. For real this time, Evelyn, I'm gone."
She watched as he walked away with his shoulders slumped and his head down. Her heart was breaking, but it was for the best. With a low sigh, she turned her attention back to John. Her heart ached to hug him and place a gentle kiss on his busted lip.
"I know I messed things up for us. I know keeping everything from you wasn't the best idea." Evie admitted, wiping away some blood in the corner of his lip. "I don't blame you for hating me. If I were in your shoes, I'd hate me too. I know keeping everything about the miscarriage and my relationship was bad. And I know it was bad that I let Liz get under my skin and make me doubt everything even more. I lost faith in you for a second and I regret that."
"All bullshit aside, Evie, I want the truth. With all the shit you put me through, you owe me this." John laced his hand with hers. "No holds barred. You be a thousand percent up front with me. I want the truth."
The old feeling of him holding her hand again made her smile. It would have been like old times had she not screwed him over. There was nothing left to tell. He knew everything. All that was left for them to do was walk away from each other.
"There's nothing left to tell. You know everything now." Evie sighed, letting go of his hand. "Life goes on. I'll be on Smackdown and you'll be on Raw. No more problems and no awkwardness."
"Evie-"
"This was why I never wanted to date within the company in the first place." She mentioned, thinking of one of their past conversations. "I should have known this would happen."
"You don't mean that."
"I do." She whispered. "I ignored my head and listened to my heart. All it did was bring me to hell. We should have stayed friends."
"Come on, it doesn't have to be like this. You talk and I'll listen. No judgment will be passed." He promised, hoping to get somewhere with her. "No matter how fucked up things are, I still love you. I want to hate you, but something in me won't allow that."
"If I talk, will you talk?"
He stepped back in surprise. What did she know?
The look of surprise didn't go unnoticed by her. When she saw that he was hesitating to answer her question, she decided it was time to go. No reason to hang around there anymore. Just like she thought two days ago, it was all over. For real this time.
"Looks like I got my answer." She replied when she got no answer.
Sighing, she left without ever looking back.
A/N: There are a few things that I left unanswered. Such as her miscarriage, Kristen, and Liz. I promise, everything will come in full circle in the next chapter.