Tiny Dancer


A few more weeks later AJ was feeling perfect. Her stitches were out, her cuts and bruises had faded and she was back at work. But today wasn't about her or Phil, today was all about Lily and her first dance recital.

"One more picture." AJ insisted as she snapped photos of Lily in her tutu. "You are the prettiest ballerina I've ever seen in my life."

"Thanks mommy." She grinned milking it for the camera and doing what she thought was serious poses in front of the dance studio.

"Where's Lily." Punk asked walking over to AJ.

"I'm right here daddy!" Lily shouted.

"You can't be my daughter." Punk said eyeing her. Her hair was in a perfect bun, blush pink ballerina outfit, ballerina shoes. "My daughter doesn't wear makeup." he said to her and AJ slapped his arm playfully. She had a little makeup on like the rest of the girls.

"Daddy it really is me." Lily insisted.

"You look beautiful." He smirked kneeling down and handing her flowers.

"You got me flowers?" Lily asked in awe.

"Yes. Normally you get them after the show but you're too pretty to not have them now." Punk said and she hugged him.

"Thank you daddy!" she nearly cried.

"I'll hold them until it's over." AJ offered.

"No! I have to show all of my friends!" Lily said running into the studio.

"She's getting so big." Punk sighed running a hand over his face.

"Am I late?" Robert, AJ's father asked rushing up with a camera strapped around his neck.

"No and our seats have names we're in the middle." she told Robert who headed inside.

"Didn't she look like so perfect? She's not even nervous." AJ told him.

"She's a brave kid." Punk said to her. "I emphasize the word kid because my kid had on eye shadow and lipstick."

"It was just a little to match the other girls." AJ said brushing it off and he just nodded annoyed. "What are you afraid of?" she laughed.

"Mr & Mrs. Brooks." Louis Cortes greeted formally dressed in a suit and followed inside by his driver. He was also holding a huge bouquet of roses.

"She invited him." AJ told Punk who shook his head angrily.

"Am I going to go to jail for beating up a little kid chasing after my daughter?" Punk asked AJ fearfully who snorted a laugh.

"Stop." She said still giggling. "It's cute."

"He's just like his dad." Punk remarked coldly. "Showing up with big fancy flowers where he doesn't belong."

"He does belong here because your princess wants him here." AJ reminded him.

"My princess." he repeated sternly. "Not his."

"Stop." She laughed.

"Looks like a dweeb anyway." Punk scoffed.

"Be nice." AJ warned.

"Who dresses like that?" Punk whispered. "A stuck up Cortes that's who. Doesn't matter, my flowers were better."

"Yes they were." She said to him. "Are you going back to the gym after?"

"Yea." he said to her. "Paul is really pushing me."

"That's a good thing." AJ told him. "I'll be waiting up for you."

"Why?" he asked and she narrowed her eyes at him. "Oh!" he said as it hit him. "Are you ok for that?"

"Yes I can have sex." She announced loudly and he hushed her as parents walked in. "And I'm ovulating again. Hopefully I don't almost die this time."

"I hope so." He remarked bitterly.

"You've been so good taking care of me." She said to him. "Nursing me back to health, helping me clean, change and bathe."

"I'll help you change and bathe for the rest of your life." He said seriously.

"We're here!" Dean announced and AJ watched in shock as almost the entire gym walked into the studio, close to twenty people at least, each holding flowers in their hands.

"Stand in the back we don't want to scare the other parents." Punk told them as they filed in.

"Oh my god." AJ laughed. "Big bad UFC fighters showing up with flowers for a little girls dance recital."

"Everyone loves Lily." Punk shrugged. "Let's get in there before someone tries to take our seats."

"Wait! Coming through!" Paul yelled running in before them with a camera and flowers as well.


After the recital Lily hugged every guy from the gym who came to see her and accepted her flowers. Punk was so proud of Lily, he thought going to this would be difficult but as it turned out he could enjoy anything as long as his family was involved in it.

"I have so many flowers." Lily almost cried. "I can't carry them all!"

"I'll put them in my car and bring them home later." Punk promised her.

"Lily." Louis greeted shyly and Punk rolled his eyes. "You did very well tonight." He said passing her the flowers.

"Who is this little punk?" Dean asked Punk.

"Be nice." AJ warned Dean now.

"Cheap suit, bad cologne, awful haircut- he's a Cortes obviously." Punk whispered to Dean.

"Want me to give him a wedgie?" Dean offered genuinely.

"Yes" "No" Punk and AJ replied at the same time.

"Lily come over to mommy and daddy." Punk said waving her over but AJ elbowed him in the side.

"Another little girl will drive you up a wall." She teased.

"Oh my god." Punk shuttered at the thought.

"You're pregnant?" Dean asked.

"No!" AJ answered quickly.

"Not yet." Punk added smugly. "After tonight she will be."

"It doesn't work like that." She laughed.

"I know." Punk said to her. "I have a good feeling."

"Mommy can I sleep at Louis's?" Lily asked anxiously.

"No." Punk answered then looked over to Louis. "No!"

"Phil." She laughed. "They're kids!"

"MY kid." he emphasized again. "No sleepover with boys." he said to Lily who frowned. "No amount of cute faces will change my mind. Say bye to your friend it's getting late."

"Fine." She huffed and hugged Louis.

"They start young." Dean warned Punk.

"Don't put that in his head." AJ said to Dean.

"I'm ready." Lily said taking AJ's hand.

"We'll see you later." AJ said giving Punk a kiss.

"Bye princess." Punk said kneeling down and she hugged him.

"The flowers you gave me are my favorite ones." Lily told him with a smile.

"That makes me happier than you know." He said to her. "And you were really good tonight."

"Do you think so?" Lily asked and he nodded.

"You're a beautiful dancer." He confirmed and her face lit up. "I told you practice pays off."

"Don't be too late." AJ again reminded him as she walked out the door with Lily.

"Don't you worry." He assured her.


Punk was anxious to get home and even skipped out early. He quietly crept into the house and tiptoes up the stairs. He stopped at Lily's room first, like he usually did and saw she was tucked into bed and fast asleep. He knew now AJ was all his for the night. He pushed open his bedroom door but the room was empty. He dropped his gym bag and looked around the room.

"AJ." He whispered, not wanting to wake Lily. "AJ!" he hissed a little louder.

"I'm right here." She laughed walking out of the closet.

"Yes you are." He muttered eyeing her in a corset. A red corset. His favorite color on his favorite girl.

"How do I look?" She asked twirling.

"Beautiful." He said pulling her towards the bed. "Now I get to take you out of it." He said gently pushing her onto the bed so she was laying on her back.

"No, leave it on." She whispered as he began to kiss her and he frowned.

"Why?" He asked playing with the strap of her corset.

"Because I want it on." She said simply.

"I'd rather appreciate your entire body." He said simply standing up.

"What are you doing?" She asked propping herself up on her elbows to watch him.

He didn't answer, he instead removed his shirt first then pulled down his sweats and he was completely naked.

"If I had your body I'd be naked all the time too." She smirked.

"Don't tell me my confident wife is ashamed of a little scar." He warned crawling over her body.

"It's not just the scar." She admitted. "I haven't been able to work out since I got hurt and-"

"And you think you're anything less than perfect?" He asked amused. "Not possible. Take off the corset or I will."

"Only if you turn off the lights." She tried to flirt and he narrowed his eyes at her.

"I love every inch of your body." He said sliding one strap off her shoulder. "Let me show you how much." he said kissing her freed shoulder.

"I really don't think that's a good idea." She said pushing him off of her gently and sitting up on the bed.

"AJ." He sighed.

"I know, it's a turnoff but it's how I feel." She said to him.

"Fine." he said to her. "Turn the lights off."

"Now I've made too big of a deal of it and feel funny." She said getting off the bed. "Let's just do it another night."

"Aren't we on a schedule here?" He asked her.

"I'll be ovulating tomorrow." She said walking into the closer and closing the door behind her.

"AJ, please." He pleaded knocking on the closet door.

"I don't want to talk about it!" She yelled. "I'm going to take a bath!"

"Ugh." He groaned collapsing on the bed.

A moment later she walked out of the closet in her short silk robe and couldn't believe he was still naked.

"Phil." She sighed sadly.

"Why are you crying?" he asked with a laugh sitting up and held his hand out and she accepted it. He could see her cheeks were wet and eyes were red. "You're far too pretty to cry." He said kissing her cheek that was still moist.

"It's just one of those days I guess." She said to him.

"You know you're beautiful." He said to her. "You don't need me to say it. You can tell by how everyone looks at you."

"That's not true." She said to him.

"It's true." He said to her. "And you got even more hotter after having Lily." He said honestly.

"No." She blushed.

"Yes." He insisted. "You got this glow after her, this 'I'm the happiest woman in the world' glow and everyone still drools all over you."

"I'm back to being a dog." She remarked using the words that Tommy once used years ago.

"You're insane." He laughed slowly untying robe.

"Don't." She whispered.

"Look at you." He remarked in awe revealing her perfect body that did have a scar from her accident but it wasn't big. "Feel me."

"What?" She asked.

"Feel how hard you're making me and you're not even touching me yet." He said and she reached between his thighs and sure enough he was hardening. "I love all of this, all of you."

Punk began to kiss her cleavage. AJ grew braver and shimmed out of the robe completely. She cupped Punk's head as he kissed between her breasts and he gently lifted her and laid her in the middle of their bed. Her hand moved between his thighs again and began to stroke and squeeze him as he lavished her chest. She spread her legs slight as he nestled in-between her.

"It's been a while." She noted and he lifted his head.

"You're worth the wait." He said simply and kissed her lips.

AJ released her grip on him and cupped his cheeks as he kissed her intensely. He moved his mouth away from hers and licked & nipped down her entire body until he reached the promise land. He spread her knees further apart and AJ gasped as his mouth made contact with her. He was always starving when he was feasting off of her. She bit on her lips so suppress the urge to scream out as her hands clawed at the bed sheets. He never came up for air. He just kept going and going and going until she was right on the edge.

"Phil." She cried out as quietly as possible then dug her nails into his scalp as he finally made her climax. "Fuck." She gasped.

"Not yet." He corrected moving back up her body.

She sat up and grabbed him by the back of his head and kissed him as deeply as she possibly could, arousing him further. She tasted herself on his tongue as they wrestled back down on the bed. He flipped AJ onto her stomach and raised her onto her knees and swiftly entered from the back.

"Don't scream." He begged quietly as she took every inch of him as he pounded into her.

His hands moved from her hips and ran over her thighs then up her body to cup her breasts roughly. He eased her up so her back was pressed to his chest and turned her face as far as she could so they could kiss again. His hand moved over clit and began to play with her and she was shaking like crazy. He didn't want this to end that quickly.

He slid out of her and let her fall to the bed and roll back onto her back. She held her arms open, inviting him onto her which gladly accepted. He was again deeply inside of her with her legs wrapped around his hips and now he was kissing her. It was rough but sweet. AJ was moaning into his kisses when he pulled away and buried his face in the crook of her neck as he used all of his strength to find his release.

"That's so good." She groaned.

"Yes it is." He agreed huskily.

It only took a few more minutes for her lose herself with him and he joined her a few minutes after that. He waited a few moments before pulling out and kissed her while he did so.

"Please be a boy." He said to her belly and kissing it before getting off of the bed.

"You don't know if you got me pregnant." She argued.

"I know. I felt it." He said to her. "I just know these things."

AJ crawled under the blankets as she watched her husband walk around the bedroom freely naked. He was still the most attractive man in the world to her. She could honestly watch him like this forever.

"You're making me feel objectified." He teased grabbing clean clothes.

"Good." She smirked.

"I'm going to shower." He said to her.

"I'm going to lay here." She said to him. "Like this."

"Maybe I'll skip the shower." he said stopping his movements to the bathroom.

"Go shower." She laughed.


The next day Punk strolled into the gym whistling and practically skipping.

"Someone got laid." Dean noted as he sat by the counter reading the paper and sipping coffee.

"I did." He grinned.

"Make a baby?" He asked looking up from the paper.

"I don't want to brag but I think I've still got it." Punk joked.

"Hey Punk." Tommy grinned a little too happily causing Punk to narrow his eyes at him.

"What's his problem?" Punk asked and Dean just shrugged.

"Punk!" a few of the guys cheered as they also walked in.

"Ok, what the fuck is going on?" Punk asked.

"Tommy!" Dean whistled and waved him over. "What the fuck?"

"You didn't go online?" Tommy asked pulling out his phone.

"No I haven't. I have a family to attend to before work." Punk mocked.

"Oh, trust me we all know." Tommy smirked. "I've seen it before but I've got to be honest it's been a long time and no offense-" he began as Punk snatched his phone out of his hand.

"What the fuck is this?" Punk asked looking at his screen.

"That's AJ!" Tommy laughed and Punk shot him a nasty look.

"I know who the fuck it is." Punk spat.

"Those are those pictures she took with Paul when you two first started dating, remember?" Tommy asked gleefully. "They're behind the scenes shots, Paul never posted them."

"Then how the fuck do you have it on your phone?" Punk demanded holding his phone up.

"Eric posted those man." Tommy defended. "He must have gotten them from Paul."

"Delete them." Punk demanded grabbing him by his shirt.

"That's on Eric's page! I can't delete his shit." Tommy argued.

"Relax." Dean said pulling Punk off of him.

Punk pulled out his own phone and he was of course tagged in all the photos. AJ wasn't a famous face, she was known for being seen at his fights but that was it. These photos weren't even the ones Paul had published years ago these were of her a little more risque and in-between shots. AJ probably didn't even realize the pictures were taken. She wasn't properly covered in the photos so there is no way she approved of the release or even knew they existed.

"Where is Paul? Is he here?" Punk asked.

"Not yet." Dean said nervously as he watched Punk's face turn beat red.

"Hey-" Another young fighter was about to greet Punk.

"Fuck off!" Punk yelled as the doors opened and Paul walked in.

"Hold on." Paul said already knowing Punk was ready to lose it.

"Give me one good reason to not fire and kill you." Punk said storming up to him.

"I did not release those photos." Paul defended.

"Why the fuck did you have them!" he yelled.

"I haven't done that stuff in years! Someone hacked into the computer and got them." Paul said to him. "I would never, ever do that to AJ or you."

"Eric isn't smart enough to hack!" Punk yelled. "Have him pull them down!"

"I can't just-" Paul began.

"Do something!" Punk yelled.

"Ok, ok." Paul said to him. "I'll fix this."

"You better fucking fix it." Punk threatened. "I have to talk to AJ."

"Go, I'll spread the around here to not spread the photos." Dean said to him.

"If one of them say shit, if that idiot prints one-" He warned pointing at Tommy.

"Come on." Tommy mocked. "I like AJ, its you who sucks."


Punk walked into the pet store and headed to the back office where he knew AJ was.

"Get out." Punk said to the worker AJ was talking to.

"Phil." AJ scolded.

"Its ok." The man smiled and excused himself and Punk closed the door after he left.

"You can not talk to the people here like that." AJ warned him.

"AJ those pictures-" He began.

"I saw them." AJ said to him. "I heard all about it."

"They're everywhere." Punk warned her.

"I bought it on myself." AJ said to him. "Don't-"

"Do not tell me not to take it personally." He warned her. "It just went to another level."

"When Eric and Colton came here I was extremely insulting. I had a feeling they'd take an immature route." She said to him. "I also have to take responsible for those pictures. Even though at the time I took them I felt good about them I didn't consider what it would be like a few years down the road when I had a child who will be able to see them."

"I pray Lily gets your understanding nature." Punk said in disbelief.

"It's my fault." She reminded him. "You told me not to do those photos and I did them anyway. I'm not naked in them or anything." She shrugged. "I mean, I wish I never did it but what can we do?"

"We can sue him." Punk said to her and she rolled her eyes.

"It will go away faster if we just ignore it." She said to him. "I'm sorry you and Lily are going to be embarrassed by it though."

"I'm not embarrassed. There's nothing embarrassing about those pictures you look good. That's the problem with them." He argued. "The guys are fucking glowing as they pass me. That's what pisses me off."

"You're pissed off because I look good?" She asked confused.

"I'm pissed off by what they're thinking." He said to her and she laughed. "It's really not funny AJ, you don't know the kind of shit that gets said in a locker room."

"I hope you don't partake in it since you are raising a little girl yourself." She warned.

"Of course not." he said brushing it off. "I just know what they're thinking and I know they're looking at your pictures."

"You really have to let it go." She said to him. "If you truly don't think I look bad then be proud."

"I am proud. Privately." He said placing his hands on his hips. "Why does Eric have those photos of you? How long has had them and does he have any more?"

"I hope not." AJ mumbled disgusted. "Like I said, I should have bit my tongue a few weeks ago when it came to him and I did not. It's my fault."

"It's not your fault because he shouldn't have been here to begin with." Punk argued. "I hate that you always get dragged into this shit. He didn't have to do this."

"You're upset because you think I'm upset and I'm not that upset. Like I said it's something I'm going to have to explain at some point and I accept that." She shrugged. "I thought they were tasteful photos, you never did."

"I was just-" he began.

"Didn't like other people looking at me." She noted. "It's ok."

"It really isn't." He forced out with a sarcastic/frustrated smile rubbing the back of his neck.

"Do you remember when you saw those pictures for the first time?" She asked.

"I'll never forget it." Punk said biting on his lip in anger.

"You had a fight right after." She reminded him.

"I killed that guy." Punk said to her and she nodded. "I didn't need this as motivation."

"I'm sorry." She said standing up and giving him a kiss.

"Don't be it's not your fault. It's Eric's, Paul's-" he began to rambled off names.

"Don't be mad at Paul he would never give those photos to him he had to have stolen them." She said to Punk.

"I know." Punk said trying to let it go.

"Go work out, go hit people." She suggested.

"And I know exactly who I'm hitting first." He grinned and grabbed her face and kissed her roughly. "I love you."

"I know you do." She smiled. "Apologize to Bobby on your way out."

"Who the fuck is Bobby?" Punk mocked.

"The animal tech you just rudely threw out of my office." AJ said to him and he rolled his eyes. "Lily gets the eye roll from you!" she laughed as he walked out of her office.