A/N: Hey guys! Welcome to a new story. Gonna try my best to do something original which is quite hard at this point considering I've wrote a lot of stories. I'm dwelling more into changing the characters of Punk and AJ a little. I feel like I always give them the same interests and personalities and professions, of course I'll stick to a baseline but I'm gonna try bring different sides out of them. As for the story plot, you'll all just have to wait and see. Hope you guys enjoy and review the chapters to let me know what you think! Enjoy.

Cheated

"I am exhausted." A small, brunette woman moaned as she sat in a dress robe on a studio chair, looking in the mirror at her tired frame, reaching for a wipe to make a start on taking her make-up off.

"So am I." Another woman piped up beside her, already making a start on taking her make-up off.

"I can't wait to get in my bed." The smaller woman said. Her name was April Jeanette Mendez, but she was known to most as AJ. She lived in the city of Chicago and was a woman who loved her job. She lived with her friend, Kady, who accompanied beside her taking her make-up off. They lived in a two bedroom apartment in the rougher parts of the neighbourhood, but they were very intelligent girls who could handle themselves, and that wasn't just a saying they liked to both say.

Her parents along with her brother, resided in New Jersey where she was originally from, but when her job took off she moved and they weren't very happy about it, but she went ahead and done it anyway. She still called them every so often and kept as close as she could to them. She seen them at the holidays and for birthdays, but apart from that, they were pretty distant. She was glad there was no bad blood though.

"Can we stop by and get food from somewhere. I am starving." Kady groaned as AJ laughed and nodded.

"I was thinking the same thing." She agreed.

They got their make-up off and got into some sweats to head home in, taking their bags and leaving the dressing rooms. It was a normal occurrence for them to come out of a show completely starving. They placed an order into a pizza place and stood outside whilst Kady lit up a cigarette.

"Is your neck sore?" Kady asked, "My neck is sore."

"I'm ok." AJ shrugged, "I just think the sleepless nights are catching up on me." She sighed.

"No need to rub it in that I don't have a boyfriend." Kady rolled her eyes as AJ smirked.

"I'm not." AJ gasped with a loud laugh, "That wasn't what I was referring to. Tom snores loudly." She said.

"Yeah, I fucking know. I sleep next door." Kady said, "Why don't you ever go to his place? I could use the apartment to myself." She said as AJ laughed.

"You'd miss me too much." AJ said, "I don't know actually, we always just end up at ours." She shrugged as Kady finished off her cigarette, "You remember my brother is coming over for the weekend? I was hoping that maybe you could sleep in with me and I could give him your room. Or vice versa." Kady shrugged, "Unless you're staying at Tom's. Which will be highly unlikely." Kady rolled her eyes.

"I forgot he was coming." AJ groaned a little.

"Hey, I told you about this weeks ago. You know I haven't seen him in a while." Kady sighed.

"I know." AJ nodded, "Of course I can give him my room. Just as long as he doesn't mind Pipey in the room." She smirked as Kady laughed.

"He won't mind." Kady said, "C'mon." She said, "Let's get this food I'm starving." She wrapped her arm around her friend as they walked back into the pizza place to collect their order.

The weekend eventually came around and Kady's brother was headed to his sister's place to spend the weekend, but… he'd brought a friend with him. He was sure Kady wouldn't mind. He hoped.

"Why is it you never see her as much?" Kady's brother's friend asked, sitting in the passenger's seat as they drove along the road. Kady's brother lived on the opposite side of Chicago with his friend, Phil or Punk to most people. His name was Connor and he had befriended Punk from high school, so he already knew Kady, she just didn't know he was coming.

"She's always working." Connor shrugged, "You know how much she loves her job." He eyed him up.

"I know how much I love her job." Punk admitted, looking out the window, getting a smack from Connor, "Sorry." He smirked.

"She said her friend, the one who she lives with, has gave up her bed, so you can take that and I'll go on the couch." Connor said.

"Nah, you take the bed. I don't sleep much anyway." He told him, "So have you got stuff organised with her? You going out or-"

"I don't know. We'll probably just chill out. Maybe go to a bar to catch up. It's not like we have loads to talk about. Not much as happened since I last seen her." He admitted.

Punk had a rocky relationship with his parents and never really spoke to them. He spent his entire high school life round at Connor and Kady's house. Connor and Kady were both raised by their mom, their dad wasn't in the picture, but she was always nicer to him than his own mother was. Kady was just a little girl when he used to come round however.

He and Connor now lived in an apartment of their own. Whilst Punk worked as an engineer, Connor worked in sales. It got them by. They weren't thrill when their alarm woke them at 6 every morning, work wasn't fun for them, but they got through with it.

"I seen you talking to your dad the other day." Connor announced.

"Yeah. And?" Punk said.

"Well… it didn't seem like a bad conversation. You didn't have that permanent scowl that you normally have."

"He was inviting me over for my mom's birthday. My cousins are gonna be there. My annoying brother is gonna be there." He said, "I didn't have the heart to say no."

"Well I can't wait to see you come home with a black eye. Your brother is going?" Connor cringed, "Big brother?"

"He might be my big brother but I'm the bigger one." Punk said, "It isn't high school days anymore where I was built like a twig and a pushover." He said.

"You were anything but a pushover. You just never knew when to shut up." Connor laughed as Punk smiled.

"If I couldn't beat the guy with my fists I'd beat him with my mouth." He said.

"Well if your dad was sincere you should make the effort and try be civil."

"It's not my dad that's the problem. You know my dad wasn't that bad. He was just a little aggressive when he drank, which wasn't all the time. It was my mom." Punk said, "I swear she hates me."

"Doubt it." Connor said.

"You were there at thanksgiving last year. You seen the way she treats him compared to me." Punk rolled his eyes, "I swear she legitimately hates me and I don't know why." He said.

"She doesn't hate you." Connor shook his head, "You two just don't get on. I highly doubt you're the only person in the world that doesn't get on with their mother." He said.

"You get on with your mom." Punk said.

"Yeah, but I also don't have a dad." Connor said, "Not everyone has a perfect family life." He said as Punk just nodded.

"I know." Punk said, "Would be nice though."

"Hell yeah it would." Connor agreed, pulling up to his sister's apartment, "But not very realistic." He said, stopping the car and getting out with Punk.

"She in just now?" Punk asked as Connor lead the way into the close.

"She said she'd be in." He nodded, walking up the stairs in the apartment block, reaching the top floor and knocking the door where a woman to a similar height to his sister answered the door, he obviously assumed it was the girl his sister lived with.

"She's just getting out the show." AJ smiled, letting them in, "I'm AJ." She grinned, extending her hand to them both as they smirked and politely shook her hand. She was a good looking girl, in both their eyes, "Kady never mentioned you bringing a friend." AJ said.

"Oh, yeah. This is Phil." Connor said, "I thought I'd have him join me for the weekend." He said.

"Well it's nice to meet you both." She smiled politely to them, "I guess I'll set up the couch for one of you, I don't suppose you'll be wanting to cuddle into one another the next few nights." She smiled as they both just chuckled, watching her walk away over to the couch to set it up whilst Kady got out the bathroom with a towel around her head and her pyjamas on.

"Connor!" She piped with excitement, hugging her brother tightly.

"Hey, I missed you." He hugged her.

"And you brought Punk? You never said." She ditched her brother and hugged Punk.

"It's good to see you." Punk smiled. He'd grew up with both Kady and Connor and hadn't seen Kady in a long time. She hadn't changed really.

"Have you met AJ?" Kady asked, turning to AJ.

"Yeah, they've met me." AJ laughed as she threw some blankets at the end of the couch, "I'll get out your hair, I'm going to Tom's." AJ announced as Kady nodded whilst her brother and Punk made their way into the apartment to get comfy.

"So you're finally going to his for once." Kady said, "Well have fun." She smirked.

"Yeah, I thought I'd surprise him." AJ smiled excitedly.

"Go on, girl." Kady tapped AJ's ass as AJ smiled and left the apartment.

Kady then turned her attention to the only men that had been in her life. Despite her beauty she had never bothered with boyfriends, and these two men were pretty much the reason why.

"So, you guys hungry?" She asked, walking over to them.

"How long have you lived with your friend?" Punk asked as Kady laughed.

"5 or 6 years. Why?" Kady laughed, "She's hot, right?" She nodded as they both agreed

"Does she work with you?" Connor asked.

"Yeah." Kady said, "She has a boyfriend though." She said, "And you both aren't here to hit on my friend, you're here to see me." She smiled, collapsing in between them happily. She'd missed them very much and was actually glad Connor had brought Punk along. She'd missed them both very much.

Meanwhile AJ was standing outside her boyfriend's house. She'd been in a relationship with him for around two, almost three months. Things were going good. Well that was what she thought.

After standing for five minutes with no answer, she walked into the house and shut the door over quietly, creeping upstairs, assuming he was probably sleeping, creeping into his bedroom slowly as she realised he was not alone and was reminded why she hadn't dated anyone for a while.

"What the fuck!" AJ exclaimed.

"AJ..." Her boyfriend, Tom scattered to his feet whilst the girl in bed with him covered herself, "AJ it's not-"

"Oh, fuck off." AJ spat, "Don't even give me that shit." She raced out of the room, completely embarrassed that she had been played like a fool. No wonder she was never at his house and he was always "working" late some nights. She felt like such a fool and was now reminded why she hadn't dated men since him in a long time.

She raced out of the house, not allowing him to say much more, and dashed across the road to the park to gather herself and dry her eyes. She felt like a complete idiot.

Later that night, after ordering in pizza and having a peaceful and talkative night with Punk and Connor, Kady went to bed, and the boys followed. Punk was completely fine with staying on the sofa, it meant he could stay up and watch more TV. He also wasn't fond of sleeping in a room with a snake only centimetres from him.

His head shot up from the pillow when the apartment door closed, he looked over the couch and seen it was Kady's friend, watching her rush into the kitchen wiping her cheeks and eyes. He knew a crying girl when he seen one, and even if he wasn't raised to be a gentleman, he was going to be one anyway.

He got up from the couch in his basketball shorts and old t-shirt, creeping into the kitchen where she stood taking a bottle of water from the fridge.

"Hey, you ok?" AJ asked him, trying to pretend everything was all fine and dandy.

"Shouldn't I be the one asking you that?" He questioned, "Why you upset?" He asked.

"No reason." She shook her head defensively, "I'm going to bed. Help yourself to anything in the fridge or cupboards." She told him, walking by him with a forced smile and going into Kady's room to sleep for the night.

He didn't expect her to have an hour long conversation with him, but he was only trying to see if she was ok, he hoped she didn't think he was being nosey. He supposed it wasn't his business. He was here to see Kady, not befriend her room-mate.

A/N: Thoughts?