A/N: Hey guys! Thanks so much for your support on the other two stories involving Evangeline and Bray! So here's a third installment, and I've got big stuff in mind for this one. Hope you enjoy!
Evangeline panted as she swung the axe, splitting the log in front of her in one fluid motion. She heard Kaitlyn call her name and she rested the axe head on her shoulder as she turned to look at her friend. "The film crew is here." "Goddamnit." Evangeline muttered under her breath. It had been two months since Stephanie had fired the entire family from wrestling, but she still sent the Total Divas crews to check in on them. She straightened out the dirty white undershirt she wore, not caring if it was dirty or if you could see the black sports bra beneath it. "I guess tell 'em I'm out here. I've still got wood to chop." Kaitlyn offered to cut too as the camera crew descended on them.
Evangeline shot them a murderous glance as Renee Young approached them. She readied another hunk of wood and settled the axe head on her shoulder, watching the bubbly blonde stride towards her. She could tell Renee felt a bit safer this time, as the boys were no where around. She really shouldn't. Before she could approach the duo, Evangeline swung the arc in a wide arc, bringing it down with a cracking blow. The separated halves hit the ground and Kaitlyn grabbed another piece, setting it up as she grabbed for the other axe. Evangeline turned her back towards Renee and the camera crew, kicking at the fallen tree Erik had dragged there for her. "Kaitlyn, Evangeline, can we have a few minutes of your time?" Renee asked. With a heavy handed swing Evangeline struck the tree, the axe head buried in the oak. Bracing the tree with her foot, she freed the axe again. Swinging again, it hit with a hard thunk. Then again and the tree snapped beneath the weight of the blow. She grabbed the hunk she'd just severed, and carried it back to her chopping block.
"Ask away." She grunted as she steadied the large chunk on the chopping block, then paused to lean on the handle of her axe. "It's been reported that Stephanie offered a job back, but for only one member of the family." Evangeline nodded, wiping the sweat from her brow. "Yea, what of it?" "Has anyone decided who is coming back?" Kaitlyn made a 'is she serious?' Sort of noise before swinging her axe, leaving a deep crevice in the wood. She wasn't quite as proficient at swinging an axe yet. After all, Evangeline had been chopping wood for over a decade now. It was an activity she enjoyed. "Stephanie can keep her job offer. The Wyatts will return. And on our own time." Renee's eyes widened with surprise, but she regained her professional face. "What have the Wyatts been up to since your departure from the WWE?" She asked.
Evangeline readied the axe again, chopping the large ring in a powerful blow. "Working, mostly. Life goes on, with or without the WWE." The cameras turned, focusing on the shapes of the men and women down by the swamp, their eyes trained on Bray as he paced about with his arms outstretched. Evangeline reached out with her axe, turning the camera back towards her with the blunt side of the blade. "It'd be best if you kept your attention this way." Renee gulped, asking her cameraman if he was okay. He nodded, and she cleared her throat nervously. "What is your opinion on the current event going on in the Divas division?" She asked Kaitlyn. With a grin Kaitlyn swung, severing the wood she'd been working on. "You mean the intermission matches? Their basically pee breaks." "Eva Marie as champion? What a joke." Evangeline added.
"Ah you didn't tell me we had guests!" Bray said cheerfully, causing Renee and the cameraman to wheel around in surprise. "Welcome into our home once again!" He cheered. "Kick your shoes off! Pull up a chair and stay for a while! But if you stay too long, you may not want to leave again!" He smiled as he wrapped his arms around Evangeline's middle, burying his face in the crook of her neck. "Um, thanks but we really must be leaving..." Renee sputtered as she motioned for her cameraman to leave. "Come again anytime!" Bray winked at her as they stepped back, bumping into Erik and Luke. The four of them chuckled as Renee and the guy scrambled back to their truck. "That was fun." Bray joked. "I think Renee almost died." Luke laughed as he rubbed his chest. "She backed straight into me." He walked over to Kaitlyn, taking a seat on the ground near her but just out of harm's way. "Back to work missy. I like watching you swing that axe." He teased, winking at her. Bray grabbed Evangeline's hand, eyeing the truck retreating up the driveway. "Come help me with something."
The couple walked hand in hand up past the house and into the edge of the cornfield. "Where are we going?" "Hiking." He grinned. He lead her through the cornfield and through the woods until they came up to a steep hill. "Alrighty, be careful babe." He cautioned her as he started up the hill, his boots crunching the autumn leaves. She stood still, admiring the view of his ass as he climbed ahead of her. "What's your holdup?" He asked over his shoulder. She grinned, knowing he couldn't see her face. "Oh, just waiting for you to get to the top. You may have to give me a hand up." She lied as she started climbing too. He grabbed at tree roots, hoisting himself up the hill and sitting with his back against the live oak tree. He reached down, grasping her hand and helping her out. "Oh, it's pretty up here." She said as she stood with her hands on her hips. "When did you find this place?" "I've known about it for a while." He muttered as he fussed with the fallen leaves about the tree's roots. "Don't tell anyone about this place though."
He found a whole in the roots and reached in, fishing around until he pulled a sealed mason jar of clear liquid out and handed it to Evangeline. She turned it in her hands and looked it over, the only marking on it being three Xs. He pulled another and passed it to her before pulling out another three and tucking them under his arm. "Is this moonshine?" She asked. He walked down the other side of the hill and pulled a flashlight from his pocket, shining it into a small cave under the brush. As she looked in the flashlight beam bounced off a copper still. "Had to make money somehow." With the jars protectively under his arm he took her hand and lead her around the hill and back through the woods and to the cornfield. "I've got people coming by to pick these up." Evangeline held the glass jars close, shivering as a breeze blew through her. The sun was dipping low beyond the horizon of corn. "Let's hurry...I still don't trust cornfields." He told her.
