All My Bags Are Packed

AJ and Punk landed in New Jersey by one in the afternoon and waved down a cab.

"So you're parents are cool with you packing up?" Punk asked her.

"They don't know I'm coming." AJ admitted and Punk laughed. "What?"

"It's just ballsy that's all." He said to her. "I'm proud of you."

"Thank you." She smiled and peered out the window as they drove. The sights were very familiar to AJ but she wasn't getting excited she was getting anxious. She didn't want to be here at all.

"Are you ok?" Punk asked her.

"I just have this knot in my stomach." AJ said to him. "I thought coming home might make me feel sentimental but I really just want to say fuck it and go back to Chicago and live in my summer clothes."

"You should get your stuff." Punk reasoned. "A new wardrobe is expensive."

"I make good money." She said to him. "Thursday night I made $800 in tips."

"What?" he asked in disbelief. "How the hell are you pulling in all of those tips? I mean seriously? Thursday wasn't even a game night."

"But it's half priced drinks." She grinned. "Relax I'm not dancing for anyone or anything."

"You better not be." He muttered. "I wish I could slap on short shorts and a painted on top and get $800 a night."

"I'd give you $800 if you did that." She said waggling her eyebrows.

"You get it for free." Punk snorted. "Maybe I should start charging you actually."

"It would be worth it." she teased. "It's illegal though."

"I won't tell if you don't." He smirked.

"I'm going to apologize in advance if my mom or Hugh are rude to you." She offered.

"You don't owe me an apology." He told her. "Besides I knew what I was signing up for when I offered to come with you."

"That's my high school." she pointed out passing the gated all girl catholic school.

"Seems like a prison." He noted looking out of her window.

"It felt like one." She said. "Oh god we're almost home." she groaned.

"If you don't want to do this we'll go back to Chicago right now." Punk told her. "It's fine."

"It's not I need my stuff." She said to him. "If they even still have it."

"I have a feeling they've been waiting for you to come home." Punk told her.

Another ten minutes and they were driving through a community where each house had a gate. AJ really did live a luxurious life out here. He couldn't believe how she went from this to a hole in the apartment on a couch. The cab pulled into a driveway that had a locked gate and AJ gave the driver the pass code and the gates opened wide. The driver pulled around the large circular driveway until reaching the front door.

"Holy crap." Punk muttered looking at the mansion.

"Yea it's something else." AJ muttered and stepped out of the car.

"Miss. April!" A woman shouted happily running out of the house with her arms open.

"Hi Berta." AJ greeted hugging the woman in a maids outfit.

"Welcome home!" She cheered taking hers and Punk's shared small duffle bag from her.

"I'm not staying long." AJ warned her and they followed her inside. "Berta this is my boyfriend Phil."

"The handsome man keeping you in Chicago." Berta smiled shaking his hand. "I've heard a lot about you."

"I'm sure none of it was good." Punk teased.

"I said handsome didn't I?" Berta smirked.

"Are they home?" AJ asked.

"They're out of town for the Miller's wedding." Berta told her and AJ was instantly relieved.

"This worked out perfectly." AJ said looking back at Punk.

"I'll take this up to your room." Berta said holding the bag. "What do you want for dinner tonight? Your favorite? You know what? I'll let cook surprise you because he'll be thrilled you're home too."

"Why are you all here if they're out of town?" AJ asked her.

"You know how they are." Berta smirked.

"Yea I do." She said. "Thank you."

"Wow." Punk said looking around the grand entrance way. It was absolutely spotless. The floor was marble, the walls were perfectly white, the furniture was white and the paintings hanging up must have been a fortune.

"You want a tour?" She asked.

"Yea." He said and she took his hand and walked him into the great room.

"The great room." She said. It had white couches, white piano, fire place and a small bar to entertain guests.

"You mean the living room?" He asked.

"No." She laughed. "That's upstairs."

"Oh silly me." Punk teased as they walked hand in hand through the great room and into another room. "A movie theater? Fancy."

"Just a theater room." She shrugged. The chairs were all red and leather and reclined, the screen was the size of one in an actual theater.

They walked to the left and down the hall and it lead to the kitchen. It was also huge and covered in marble. He noticed there was no kitchen table in the room though.

"Where do you eat?" He asked her.

"The dining room." She laughed.

"Oh of course." He mocked and followed her into the dining area and it was another over the top room but it was painted darker than the other rooms. The chairs were so far apart from each other and for just the three of them he wasn't sure how the family could even communicate.

"And this back here is the pool area." AJ said opening french doors that lead outside to a huge pool, patio set, another bar and a hot tub. "It's pretty cold for swimming but the hot tub is spacious. Maybe tonight we can test it out."

"I didn't bring a bathing suit." Punk teased.

"Good." She said with a wide smile.

After touring most of the house Punk was exhausted. It seemed so stuffy. It was a beautiful house but it wasn't a home. They finally reached her bedroom which was basically isolated and located in a completely different wing from where her mom and step-father's room.

"My room." AJ announced standing in front of the closed door.

"What's this?" he asked touching a lock from the outside. "Did they lock you in your room?"

"I used to sleep walk." AJ shrugged pushing the door open and Punk followed her inside.

"They must have packed your stuff away." Punk said looking around at the bare room.

"No." She said shaking her head. "This is exactly how I left it."

The room was all white, nothing on the walls not even a mirror or a poster. Her dresser was white, her bed and bed sheets were white and her curtains. There was a desk in the corner that was also all white with a small light attached to it and that had some books on it.

"Wow." Punk forced out rubbing the back of his neck.

"You don't like it?" She asked him.

"Actually it feels like a hospital room." He said to her. "Not even a stuffed animal?"

"Of course I had stuffed animals and toys they're just put away." She said almost stiffly.

"Bizarre." Punk said looking around.

"What are you thinking?" She asked him.

"Nothing." He shrugged. He used to think AJ was so lucky and spoiled but now it was like she was prisoner in her own home.

"My closet was huge though." She grinned opened two doors at the same time. "My stuff!" She cheered turning on the light for the walk-in closet. "Can you reach up and grab a bag for me?" She asked and he nodded and reached over hear head to pull down a suitcase but while doing so knocked over a box and the stuff spilled out. "My comics!"

"You hid your comics?" Punk asked as she knelt down to clean them up.

"Yea my parents weren't big on them. They weren't appropriate." She chuckled to herself and nervously picked them up quickly.

"What's the rush?" He asked kneeling down to help her.

"Habit." She said stuffing them back in the box.

"I think we should pick up boxes so we could fit more of your stuff." Punk said to her.

"I didn't think of that I thought my mom would be here and I'd have to move quickly." She smirked standing up. "I don't have boxes."

"I'll go get them." He offered. "We'll load up as much as we can and maybe rent a truck and drive back to Chicago." he suggested. "Your parents are gone the weekend so we have a few days."

"I guess. A road trip sounds like fun." She had to admit.

"This way you don't have to come back." He said to her and that appealed to her greatly.

"Ok." She said to him. "You can take one of the cars and I'll start organizing my stuff."

"One of the cars?" He asked.

Punk was impressed by the line of classic cars that Hugh collected. AJ had no problem giving him a key to any of them to go pick up boxes which he did. Thankfully AJ's stuff was pretty organized as it was so packing up her stuff wasn't too bad. Especially since it was mostly just clothes and shoes.

"I think I have too many boxes." She said counting the large boxes. "They'll never fit in David's place."

"You can store some at mine and Jason's and even down in the shop. We have a huge basement." Punk suggested.

"That works." AJ said to him.

"You don't have anything else you want to bring? Like DVD's or books?" Punk asked.

"No." She said tapping up a box. "Did you call the Uhaul place? Can we get a truck?"

"Yea we'll pick it up tomorrow night." Punk told her. "It's fucking stuffy in here though." he said walking over to her huge windows. "Do you mind?" he asked trying to pull it up then checked for a lock.

"They're glued." She laughed shaking her head as if he was crazy.

"Glued?" He asked slowly. "Lock outside your bedroom door and your windows are glued shut? Can you say fire violation?"

"When I was little I used to open the window and since there's no screens and they didn't want to put bars up they glued them." She shrugged as if it was nothing.

"AJ." He said to her quietly.

"What?" she asked.

"This is like a very upscale prison cell." Punk pointed out.

"No it's not." She said to him. "I was free to come and go as I please."

"You couldn't even paint your walls." He pointed out.

"My mom was picky with home design. All the rooms are pretty similar." She reasoned. "It's just the way that we are."

"You're not like that." Punk pointed out.

"They just wanted me to focus on my studies." She said to him. "After the incident with my Candice's brother they were worried."

"It's just I used to be so envious of the way you were brought up." Punk admitted almost shamefully.

"Now you know money isn't everything." She said in a knowing voice. "And maybe now you'll realize why I'd rather stay in Chicago with you broke then come back here."

"I get it." He said to her and walked over to her desk.

"I have my laptop in there could you grab it for me?" She asked and he opened the desk drawer and pulled out her laptop.

"What's this?" He asked pulling out a small diary.

"My diary." She said to him. "Don't get too excited there's nothing scandalous in there. I wasn't a very exciting child and my mom read my diary so my thoughts and feelings weren't really my own."

"Did you ever have a private to yourself?" He asked seriously.

"When I was in the bathroom." She smirked.

"How did you not crazy?" He asked her seriously.

"Well when I started college I realized that was the most freedom I had ever had so I just started staying out later and skipping classes so I could do things alone. It was mostly just reading or going to the shelter to visit the dogs, stuff like that." she said to him.

"Crazy." He muttered shaking his head. "David would literally throw me and Jason and told us to be kids and play in the street with the other kids."

"That sounds like fun." She admitted. "But I played hockey like I said."

"Yea until you got hurt." He remembered. "Did you ever play anything after that?"

"No." She said thinking about it.

"Shocking." He muttered.

"I wasn't hit Phil or abused verbally." She pointed out. "I'm very thankful for the life Hugh provided for me but I lived under their roof so I had to live by their rules which there were a lot of."

"It just doesn't sound like fun." Punk said to her sadly.

"It wasn't." She agreed. "But I never said it was."

Punk and AJ slept well in her old room and the next day finished packing and loading up the truck. They didn't get finished until later than they thought and it was too late to hit the road so they agreed to stay and leave early in the morning before her parents were due to arrive back.

"This is my favorite part of the house." Punk said relaxing in the hot tub. "I do feel weird about wearing Hugh's swim trunks."

"He's never worn them they still had a tag on them." She said stepping into the hot tub covered in a one piece suit. "Not that sexy huh?" she teased.

"Very actually." He smiled as she swam over to him and sat next to him.

"Thank you for coming with me this weekend." She said wrapping her arms around his neck and kissing him.

"My pleasure." He said happily. "I'm glad I could help."

AJ moved to sit on his lap and with her arms still wrapped him began to kiss him deeply. The kiss got hot and before AJ even knew it her suit was pushed to the side and he was inside of her. AJ cupped his face and starred into his eyes as she rolled her hips into him. She was gasping and he was grunting as both wanted to hit their released but froze when the lights came on outside.

"Oh shit." AJ hissed climbing off of Punk.

"April." Hugh greeted and Punk didn't even look behind himself to know who it was. "Phillip."

"You're home early." AJ smiled reaching under the water to adjust her suit.

"And you're home. We're both full of surprises." Hugh remarked sarcastically. "I noticed a truck in my driveway."

"Yea I was-" she began.

"We'll discuss this further inside." Hugh said cutting her off. "Dry off." he ordered walking inside.

"I don't want to go in there." She whispered to Punk as she climbed out of the tub and grabbed a towel and he followed her.

"I'll be with you." Punk smirked.

"What if they don't let me take my stuff?" AJ asked him.

"It's already packed up and ready to go we just have to get in the truck and go." Punk pointed out. "You're not a prisoner. But if you leave now I don't think you could ever come back."

"I'm ok with that." She said handing him a towel. "I can't believe I got caught having sex." She hissed wrapping the towel around her and they walked towards the house.

"I can't believe we didn't finish." He muttered and she slapped his stomach playfully.

They were both still pretty wet when they made it into the kitchen and were sitting next to each other as Hugh looked at them.

"Where's mom?" AJ asked him.

"She decided to stay a few more days but I had a patient who needed me." Hugh said to her and AJ nodded. "What is going on here?"

"I needed my clothes." AJ told him. "Phil offered to help me pack up please don't give me a hard time."

"Is this really what you want to do?" Hugh asked her seriously. "You want to throw it all away for him?"

"Him has a name." AJ informed him. "And it's not just about Phil I love being in Chicago and working and having some privacy."

"If your mother was here she'd throw a fit." Hugh pointed out. "If she would have walked in on what I walked in on..."

"I'm an adult." AJ reminded him.

"You are." Hugh had to admit. "I'm secretly proud of you." he had to admit. "I admire you going out and doing what you want. I wish you were in school."

"I'm looking into that it's hard without the money." She said to him. "But I'm going to figure it out. It's not just about being with Phil and living my life finally but it's about my father. I need to spend this time with him."

"I admire that as well." Hugh said surprising her with a genuine smile. "Your mother is worried you're going to repeat her mistakes."

"She keeps saying that and I can't help but feel like she thinks I'm a mistake." AJ said to him.

"You were not a mistake." Hugh said shaking his head.

"Phil isn't a mistake either." AJ said to him. "He's been wonderful to me. He takes me to baseball games and ice skating and he makes me laugh so hard that my stomach hurts. He also loves Larry."

"Who is Larry?" Hugh questioned.

"My dog that David got for me." AJ smiled broadly and he Hugh chuckled.

"You always wanted a dog." Hugh smirked.

"I don't really love him." Punk reasoned to Hugh. "He just follows me around."

"Don't be ashamed." AJ smirked. "Phil also taught me how to fish." she told Hugh.

"You? Fishing?" He asked impressed. "You used to tell me it was animal cruelty when I used to take you."

"Phil throws them back for me." she said to him.

"We starve but AJ enjoys it." Punk added.

"You're a patient man." Hugh had to admit. "Look, I'm going to pretend that I didn't see either of you here and not just because I don't want to ever think about what I walked in on but because Pricella would kill me for not stopping this."

"Thank you." AJ said relieved standing up as did Phil.

"I'm trusting you with her." Hugh warned Punk. "Keep her safe in Chicago."

"She doesn't need me or anyone to protect her." Punk admitted. "But I'll always look out for her."

"It's not just Phil you know. My brother is there too." AJ reminded him and Hugh nodded.

"I didn't see you and you didn't see me." Hugh repeated to them. "April." He nodded for her to walk over to him and he reached into his pocket and pulled out some cash.

"I don't need it." AJ said to him.

"I want to help you at least get started back up in school." Hugh insisted.

"And I really want to do it myself." She said not accepting the money. "I can do this." She assured him.

"Alright." He said giving her a hug. "I love you, you know that right?"

"I love you too." She said pulling away. "We're leaving tonight-"

"Leave in the morning." Hugh said to her. "It's late and Phillip has a long drive ahead of him."

"We can take turns." AJ told him and both Punk and Hugh seemed nervous at that thought. "I'm not a bad driver."

"It's a big truck it's best if I drive." Punk said to her and she rolled her eyes.

"You'll stop to sleep and eat right?" Hugh asked Punk.

"Yea of course." He said to him.

"She also gets car sick after a few hours." Hugh warned him.

"Do you?" Punk asked AJ.

"I haven't gotten sick on a car since I was twelve." AJ said to Punk.

"It's going to be a long trip for you." Hugh said to Punk seriously. "Get some rest. I'll be at the hospital. I'll have Berta make you up some snacks as well."

"Thanks Hugh." she said to him.

Later that night AJ slipped into her old bed next to Punk and curled up next to him.

"Your step-father has really come around." Punk noted.

"He's just afraid of my mom." AJ said to him. "He's not the strict one it's always been her and that's out of fear I'll make a mistake like she did, which you know is me."

"You're not a mistake." Punk said to her.

"She's the way she is because she doesn't want me to get pregnant unwed by some poor guy from Chicago." AJ groaned.

"You are on the pill right?" He asked teasingly.

"Yes and I just had my period relax." She smirked.

"Don't let that stuff bother you. You're not a mistake. David and Jason adore you." Punk told her. "And so does your step-father and mother."

"Yea? Is that it?" She asked laying on her back as he rolled onto his side and propped his head up with his hand.

"I kind of like you." Punk said seriously and she giggled. "I really like your sleeping attire here." he said admiring what he cold see of her short silk pink nightgown. "Very sexy."

"They're super comfortable. I won't be wearing them around in Chicago though." she said to him and he frowned. "You want me running around the building like this?"

"Good point." He said using his thumb to rub her nipple.

"I do miss having a bed." She admitted.

"I think your mom would notice if we took it." He said with a laugh as his fingers continued to play with her nipples over the thin silk. "Why don't we get you a pull out couch or something?"

"There's not enough space in there." AJ said to him. "And I need to start spending all nights there with David getting worse."

"The offer always stands that I'll switch with you. I take the couch at your place and watch David and you can take my bed." he reminded her.

"You don't even fit on the couch." She said to him.

"I just want you to be comfortable and have a good nights sleep." He said to her.

"I love you." was her only response.

"Let me show you how much I love you." he whispered and captured her lips.

He sat up and flipped AJ onto her stomach and raised her hips. He pushed her nightgown up so it was bunched up over her hips.

"No panties?" he scolded.

"I had a feeling it would be a waste to put on." She smirked.

"There's a lot of staff in this house for some reason so we have to keep it down and but we I mean you." He warned her and she snorted a laugh. "I haven't even started yet and you're already laughing." he said shaking his head as he ran his hand up and down over her bare ass then lowered his mouth as he spread her.

"Oh!" She gasped at the sensation she never felt before.

"Do you like that baby?" he asked before continuing.

"Yes." She whispered.

"Huh?" he asked teasing her.

"You told me to keep it down." She hissed. "Don't stop please." She begged.

Punk's mouth lowered back to where she wanted and she was moaning and humming as quietly as possible. When she first had sex it was a horrible experience but every time with Punk he did something different that just gave her a bigger appreciation of sex. She was on cloud nine when he stopped what he was doing and lifted she placed her hands on the bed.

Punk charged into her from the back and she was crying out before he knew it. He used his hands to cup her breasts so she was also on her knees in front of him and continued to move into her. He placed his finger into her mouth to try to silence her while he kept his free hand on her breast to keep them balanced.

"Shh baby." he cooed into her ear. "A little lower." she bit down on his finger in response. "Ow fuck!" He hissed pulling his finger out.

"I can't it's so good." She moaned and cried and fell forward but caught herself on her headboard. That was perfect for Punk because now he could move quicker and harder into her.

Punk wanted to go for hours and he decided her didn't care who heard her because it's not like he'd ever see them again. Unfortunately for both of them they didn't last for hours like they wanted but it was long enough to exhaust them.

AJ was literally snoring next to him and he had to laugh. She looked breathtaking but her snoring was brutal. He looked at his finger she bit and hoped it would scar so he'd never forget this night. AJ was laying flat on her stomach and he leaned over and kissed her cheek before falling asleep himself.