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AJ woke up with a bit of a migraine. She settled on the conclusion of dehydration, and wanted to get up and have a glass of water. When suddenly it dawned on here, where was she?

Her heart began to race as she frantically looked around the room trying to see something she might recognise. When she looked down and saw a cream duvet on her, and looked under her head, finding a folded up hoodie. She brought it up to her nose and smelt it. Immediately she recognised the scent of Punk's aftershave as she held it tight in her arms.

She got up, and pulled her phone out of her pocket. No new messages, not that she expected any. Although, in a strange sort of way, she wanted to see a notification from Daniel Bryan pop up on her screen. Just thinking about him made her shudder, and she tried to get his image out of her head immediately.

Kofi was already up, and making protein shakes for the population of the bus, including AJ although he wasn't sure she drank them. The noise of the blender echoed throughout the bus, waking up Punk, and causing AJ to venture from the back lounge.

She walked through the corridor of the bunk room, making sure not to step on anything dangerous, when she got pulled down sideways, and landed with a thump on a bed.

Punk suddenly panicked,

"Oh shit, did you hit your head?"

AJ stayed still, lying next to him.

"AJ…." Punk began to get worried. Holy shit, what if she'd got concussion.

AJ waited for the opportune moment, before rolling over rapidly and making a zombie like noise, whilst pulling a very strange face at Punk.

He wasn't scared, of course not, but it did take him by surprise.

The two lay there and laughed for a while before Punk pushed her off of the bed, and stepped over her to access the main lounge.

Taking a protein shake from the side he slapped Kofi on the back as a gesture of thanks, and sat down in his favourite comfy armchair.

AJ timidly entered the room, worried of her reception.

"Morning AJ! I made you a protein shake, not sure if you drink them, but there's one going spare if you want it!" Kofi beamed.

"Aw, thanks Kofi!" She said, claiming one from the side. She sad down on the arm of the sofa and drank the entire thing in under a minute, leaving a trace of milkshake across her top lip. As she pulled the glass away from her face she saw Punk almost choke on his as he laughed at her. Kofi tried to hide his laughter, but failed miserably.

"What?" AJ said, looking up and down herself, wondering if she had something on her somewhere.

"AJ, I never knew you could grow such foamy pink facial hair!" Kofi joked.

AJ went a shade of pink herself, lifting up the bottom of her shirt and wiping her mouth.

"Aw haha, how adorable." Miz said sarcastically, now joining the group from the doorway.

AJ gave Miz a false smile, before resuming her glance to the floor.

"I'm going out for a run, anyone coming?"

"Does it look like anyone wants to come Miz? Just go." Punk answered.

Miz rolled his eyes and left the bus, letting the wind close the door behind him.

Kofi eventually made eye contact with Punk, giving him a 'make the first move' look, before leaving the room, winking at him on the way out.

AJ moved over to put her glass on the bar at the side. She looked on the racks above and saw little alcohol, mostly cans of pepsi. That was another thing both her and Punk had in common; neither of them drank alcohol.

"Uh, I wish I had some of my stuff here, I feel really icky." AJ moaned.

"Well, we don't exactly have 'girl supplies' but I s'pose I could lend you a t-shirt or something if that's what you want?"

AJ's eyes glimmered. She nodded at Punk, and followed him into just through the doorway, where there was a standing locker. Punk entered the combination and took one of the three t-shirts off of a hanger. AJ realised that most of the clothes that were supposed to be in there were enjoying their new home on the floor, unwashed.

Punk tossed a 'Nexus' t-shirt at AJ. "You can go change in the bathroom, I'm sure I've got a bag you can borrow to take your own top home in or something.

AJ didn't think that'd be necessary but she agreed anyway. She made her way to the bathroom and closed the door behind her, turning the lock.

She took of her old creased shirt, and took a moment to look at herself in the mirror. She patted her stomach as she noticed how thin she looked. Well, she hadn't had a proper meal in days. Oh shit, she was supposed to go for dinner with Daniel last night!

She sat down on the stall by the sink, and cupped her head in her hands. He would be so mad at her. She sighed heavily and pulled the Nexus t-shirt over her head. Using her hands as a brush, she ran her fingers through her hair, trying to de-tangle some strands.

Mostly, she thought about how she could tell Punk she needed to leave, and what excuse she could give to Daniel. As far as their relationship went now, she didn't even want to be with him anymore, and the kiss they shared on Raw seemed to be one of the biggest mistakes she'd ever made.

Unlocking the door and walking back to the main lounge, she bit her lip nervously. As she walked into the living room, she was greeted by something rather strange.

From the counter there was now a small table for two folded out into the middle of the room, with two chairs either side.

A small candle had been lit, and was placed in the middle. There were plates on each side, with chocolate pastries on top. She looked up and saw Punk standing behind the far chair, smiling. He'd really tried so hard to set a romantic mood, but when you live on a tour bus, there are slight limitations. He'd done his best, even got a bottle of water out and put it on the counter beside them.

"Uhh, I thought you might be hungry?" He said, rubbing the back of his neck.

AJ couldn't help but smile, even if she was really worried deep down. She walked over to the table, and Punk pulled out a chair for her. She sat down and stared down at the pastry on the china plate.

Punk took a seat opposite her and watched her for a while.

"Are you not hungry?" He asked.

She looked up at him, watching him fiddle with his lip ring with his tongue.

"Not really."

"Oh, damn."

She felt so bad knowing he had gone to so much trouble, but she couldn't stop thinking about how she'd let Daniel down, she had to get out, it had began to feel as thought the walls were closing in on her.

"I'm so sorry Punk, I really am." She got up from the table and headed for the door. As she got down the steps she waved back at him, and opened the door.

"No AJ! Wait!" He called after her.

"I…ah!" She'd gone. It was too late.


Kaitlyn and Layla were wandering around the hotel, admiring the views from all the balconies when they saw Daniel Bryan storming around. It was just unfortunate for them that he had also noticed them.

"Either of you know where your idiotic friend has got to?"

"If you're referring to AJ, no, but clearly you didn't think she was idiotic a few days ago when you were sucking her face off on live television."

Daniel stroked his beard fiercely. God he'd make a mistake trying to get back with her.

"Well, if you see her, tell her to call me, straight away." He huffed, then walked off down the stairs.

"I don't know what our girl is thinking, but I hope she's got a pretty good plan." Layla said to Kaitlyn.

"Mmm."

"Have you text her at all Kay?"

"Nope, I wanted her to apologize first." Kaitlyn said sternly.

"Oh you guys! Can you hurry and make up please, I miss my two best friends!" Layla pleaded.

Kaitlyn linked arms with Layla as they continued walking down corridors looking out of all the windows, getting some fresh air.


AJ stopped running, she thought she must have put enough distance between her and the bus by now. She took her phone out of her pocket and decided to ring Daniel.

"Hey this is D. Bryan, leave a message"

Ah great, straight to voicemail.

"Hey Daniel, it's AJ…. call me when you get this ok?"

Now AJ had to deal with the suspense of waiting, she was so afraid of her mind playing tricks on her, that she found the nearest bench and decided to sit and wait for his call. It was only several minutes before he appeared on the other end of the line.

As the vibrations radiated from AJ's pocket, she almost dropped her phone in fear when she pulled it out and saw the caller ID.

"Hello…"

"AJ where the fuck are you? Where the fuck have you been? And why didn't you call me yesterday?"

Daniel sounded angry, extremely angry in fact.

"Daniel, please don't shout…"

"Don't shout? Shut up AJ, I don't know why I waste my time with a worthless piece of shit like you, what was I thinking. I give you so much, and you give nothing back!"

Tears filled up in AJ's eyes. Surely she should have been used to Daniel talking to her like this by now, but still every time, a new wound was created.

"I'm sorry Daniel, please give me another chance?"

She covered her own mouth in shock after she'd said that sentence, what was she doing? She didn't want to be hated by Daniel. That could be risky, and unsafe for her. Her mind was telling her Punk would protect her, but when did she ever listen to herself.

"I'll see you at Raw on Monday, we'll talk this out then."

The phone cut off.

AJ sat there for a while. Punk would be at Raw on Monday, she couldn't be seen with Daniel by Punk, what would he think, that she had lied to him the entire time?

Somehow, she was about to make a huge mistake, one that couldn't be avoided either way.