To Be Torn Between Two

Chapter 24: Hoeskis Before Broskis

Sitting in the café, Eve looked out of the window at the buzzing street. She hadn't even noticed that Kelly was making herself comfortable in the seat opposite her.

"Well Eve? Why the hell did you bring me here?" Kelly asked suddenly and Eve jumped in fright.

"Holy shit! You could have at least told me you were there!" Eve shook her head disapprovingly at her ex-best friend whilst Kelly rolled her eyes annoyingly at her. "By the way, I ordered you a coffee because I didn't know whether or not you had breakfast this morning." The truth was, this was a pretty dodgy looking place, and the last thing she wanted was to give Kelly food poisoning.

"Um...thanks..." Kelly picked up the polystyrene cup and took a sip out of it. "Go on. You wanted to talk, so, go. Talk."

"Ok I don't exactly know where to start but I think you should know that if it wasn't for Phil, I wouldn't be here talking to you right now. I wanted to explain to you my actions." She was expecting Kelly to say something, however, the blonde stayed silent. "Look Kelly, I never wanted things to get this bad between us."

"You shouldn't do that" Kelly stated, placing her polystyrene cup down in front of her.

"Do what?" Eve answered with a frown. What was she on about?

"You shouldn't lie Eve. If you truly never wanted things to get this bad between us, you should have accepted my apology and this would have been over long ago. But no, you're above me, at least that is what you think. But you want to know what I think? I think you're jealous just like Randy said you were."

"I am not lying. Do you truly think I meant all those stupid things I said to you in the midst of my anger? It was childish and irrational and I wish I could take it back. Do you really think I wanted to bust your face open over a guy?Over a guy? You don't even know how guilty I feel over that."

"So you had to beat me up because Randy dumped you? That was his choice not mine. You are so lucky I didn't get my lawyers onto that case, by the way. You never were my friend. You admitted the fact that you used me. Last time I checked friends don't use each other but I am starting to think that Randy was right. You don't like me because I am competition."

"You don't need to egg me on Kelly because, guess what?"

"What?"

"You're right. I don't like you because you're competition-"

"So Randy was right, you are jealous."

"I am jealous of you Kelly, but not for the reasons Randy stated. I've worked so hard to become one of the prominent Divas in this so-called 'Divas Division'...and all my hard work apparently means nothing because I am constantly overlooked. I have to work hard and earn every push whilst you get your push handed to you on a silver platter. That's why I am jealous of you, not because I want to be you. I don't want your life Kelly, I am happy with my own despite how fucked up it has been lately. I love the life I lead."

"Wow, I didn't think honesty was a characteristic of yours considering you've been lying to me for the past seven years. And don't you dare think, even for a moment that I get my pushes handed to me on a silver platter. You, Eve, are thoroughly misguided. I thought you above all people would understand how hard I have worked for this."

"And don't you think I have worked just as hard as you have? I deserve the same kind of treatment you get but the fact of the matter is I will constantly get overlooked, despite how hard I work because you are the supposed mold for a Diva. So how do you think I feel, when I see my best friend, who admittedly worked hard but not as hard as I did, hogging the spotlight? That was my spot. I ran circles around you in the ring, I still do but I was always your shadow and you, my supposed best friend, didn't even care?"