Wow... a chapter ACTUALLY on time! I'm amazed with me! This chapter will be more Aj-centered instead of Vickie-centered.

Aj was walking through the Raw arena for this night. She wandered aimlessly, she didn't know where she was going. She didn't care. She felt so empty inside.

"Aj!" Vickie calls.

Aj looks up. She can't see Vickie.

"Mom?" Aj asks.

"I can't see you!" Vickie calls.

Strong hands grab Aj's shoulders. She spins around and looks into brown eyes.

Eddie's eyes.

"My beautiful girl." Eddie smiles.

"Daddy..." Aj says, leaning into Eddie.

"You should go find your mother, now." Eddie says.

Vickie appears out of nowhere, her hair brown instead of black. Her features look soft. She walks up alongside Eddie. The three hug.

"I love you guys." Aj says.

Aj woke with a start. She realizes her head is on her mother's chest. Vickie stirs and looks into her daughter's brown eyes.

"Good morning." Vickie says.

"I've been here all night?" Aj asks.

"You cried yourself to sleep. Are you okay?" Vickie asks.

"I'm... better now." Aj smiles.

Vickie smiles and says, "I'm glad."

Aj listens to her mother's heartbeat for a few minutes.

"I had a dream about Eddie." Aj says.

"You did?" Vickie asks.

"You were there too, but you had brown hair." Aj admits.

"Maybe I should go back to brown. Like you." Vickie says.

"I hear it's your natural color." Aj says.

"It is." Vickie smiles.

After a while, Aj leaves to her own room and gets changed into jeans and a plaid spaghetti strap tank top. There's a knock at the door. She runs to answer it, hoping it's her mother. She has a look of hope on her face...

Then she sees CM Punk in her doorway.

"What do you want?" Aj asks.

"Just wanted to check up on you. We are..." Aj interrupts CM Punk.

"Phil. We are not dating anymore. We were... but you ended up getting a certain... blond pregnant." Aj was doing her best to keep her language under control.

"Hey, look, just because I got Kelly pregnant doesn't mean I don't care about you." Punk smiles.

"You showed you didn't care! Now Kelly's fired, and who's fault is that?!" Aj yells.

"No need to yell, April!" Punk claims.

Aj slaps Punk across the face really hard. There's a mark on his left cheek.

"You deserve to rot...in...hell..." Aj chokes towards the end. She slams the door in Punk's face. Her heart aches immensely. There's another knock at the door. Aj opens it again, Punk is still standing there.

"What the hell was that for?" Punk asks.

"You bastard! What do you think it was for?!" Aj yells.

Aj grabs her room-key and her ID and leaves her room, leaving Punk behind her. She isn't paying attention when she runs head-on into Zack Ryder, or Matt Cardona. He was called Zack around the locker room, it just came natural to call him that. He smiles at her. Aj bursts into tears.

"Aj! Aj what's wrong?" Zack asks.

"Ph-Phil..." Aj stutters.

"Slow down, little one." Zack puts his arms around her.

Aj takes a deep breath and says, "Long story short, he claimed he still loves me."

"He doesn't! Not after what he did to you!" Zack says.

"I know... It's just hard to know real from fake right now." Aj leans into Zack. In truth, Aj and Zack had been friends for the longest time. They often hung out before... and after... Aj's break up with CM Punk.

"I understand. How're you doing?" Zack asks.

"Better now." Aj leans into Zack. Zack smiles.

"Glad to help. Wanna go get some coffee?" Zack asks.

Aj looks up at him and nods.

Awww... I like the AjZack angle... better than AjPunk. But I don't know. I'm putting up a poll on my profile for a week, and a week only unless I'm late updating stories. So go ahead and vote.

AjZack

Or

AjPunk

You choose! Review first!