Salute everyone! Red Foxy again, with chapter ten! LOL. I like to make silly rhymes. :) I hope you are enjoying the ride. White Firebird and I having a blast! I loved his previous chapter too, and a big ole HAPPY BIRTHDAY to HIM! Also, I hear this song that really, to me, described these two and how they are to each other, so I included it here. It's called Guardian, by Alanis Morrisette.

You, you who has smiled when you're in pain
You who has soldiered through the profane
They were distracted and shut down

Did he hear her right? His grey green eyes were confused.

"What did you say?"

He cocked his head to the side in a manner that gave AJ a giggle, no different from the way he did it as a seventeen year old kid. She tightened her grip on his hand just a little bit more. "I said... you're going to belong to me. You were my first friend, my first crush, my first love... you're destined to be my first everything." Pulling him close again, she added, "for good."

He dragged his two front teeth over his lip ring, mulling over such an all encompassing statement. She had his hand wrapped in hers, snugly cradled in the warmth of her lap. She definitely wasn't a little girl anymore, he couldn't deny it as much as his brain was telling him to. He had to at least try for her, to stop looking at her like she was a kid, and more the woman she was telling him she was. Hell, any red blooded male with eyes could see she was a grown adult, and not a child.

Everything about her screamed out that she was an unbelievably sensual creature. From the way her long, ebony hair shone in the starlight, to how her almond shaped amaretto eyes danced every time he spoke to her. When she looked at him, those animated orbs would snag him like prey in the cross hairs of a gun. It was starting again... that tight, hot burn in his chest, and the feeling of weightlessness she created in him out of nothing at all. There he was, his hand cupping the side of her face, his lips on hers, tongue exploring... Closing his eyes he willed away his apprehension, actually enjoying the feel of her gentle softness against him. Only this time, it was April who broke away.

Placing her small hand on his chest over his now rapidly beating heart, she looked right into his soul.

"I'm going to be your keeper for life, Phil."

So why, why would you talk to me at all
Such words were dishonorable and in vain
Their promise as solid as a fog

And where was your watchman then ?

"Okay! I'm here..." Eve took a seat across from Phil and laced her fingers together in front of them on the table. "Sorry I took so long to get back to you, it's been a hell of a hectic week! So," she looked right into his eyes and cut to the chase, "what's on your mind, Phil?"

"Well, a few things, actually, and I need some advice from a woman I can trust." He fidgeted with the napkin on the table, trying to avoid direct eye contact with her.

Eve knew exactly what, or who, was on his mind. Everyone did. It had been no secret that he went after Wade and Serena over AJ. Not to mention the fact that AJ was not one to keep her feelings about him away from her friends. She was a woman on a mission, and that mission was to conquer Mount Punk.

"So, you're having some trouble sorting out how you feel, huh big guy?"

He looked over to her, his expression one of mild annoyance, as usual. "I just want to know what it all means, that's all. Don't get me wrong, I'm not an idiot, okay?"

"Nobody said you were, so just tell me what's going on and I'll try to help you with it."

He picked up his coffee and took a few sips, before releasing a loud, uncomfortable sigh. "I kissed her again. I wasn't going to, but I did. I couldn't help myself."

The crazy ass smile on Eve's face wasn't helping.

"Eve, come on... stop looking at me like that. It's creeping me out for fuck sakes."

"Okay, I'm sorry." She relented, and gave him a friendly pat on the hand. "Look, first of all, you know how that girl feels about you. She's mad over you. From what I understand, she's loved your grouchy ass since she was nine years old. Do you know how rare that is, Phillip?"

He nodded. "I know she has these crazy ideas about how we're supposed to be meant for each other, and all that sappy, mushy, girly stuff."

Eve gave a stern look and pointed her finger at him. "Don't you even try to tell me you don't believe in all that sappy, mushy, girly stuff, mister. You happen to be well known around here as the King of Romance. It's tattooed across your fingers, for goodness sake!"

"So it is..." he chuckled, inspecting his fingers. "All right, you got me there. But... I'm an old, cranky bastard. She's young, vivacious and a drop dead gorgeous Goddess to boot."

"So you have noticed her assets, I see." She teased him now. It was so easy... "Did you forget you have your own, considerable assets as well? Old my ass, Phillip."

"I am a male and I do have eyes, Eve."

"What's so bad about feeling the same way? It's nothing to be ashamed of. Who gives a shit if you're a few years older? Look at Dolph and Vickie... she's old enough to be his mommy."

"Do I have to look at Dolph and Vickie?" He whined. "I don't want my eyes falling out of my head from the fright."

"Okay mister funny man, seriously, what is your problem? You obviously like her a lot, if not love her already." Eve sized up his demeanor as best as she could. She could tell without a doubt he had some very deep rooted feelings for that girl. "What's got you so spooked you can't go ahead and enjoy this?"

His head dipped down, and he rested his face in his palms. Peering at her through his fingers, he took a deep breath before answering her. It was like he was trying to hide in an impossible place.

"It does have a lot to do with how I've perceived her over the past thirteen years. When she left she was a little kid. She never grew up to me. When she bounced back into my life, it was almost like looking at a stranger, only I knew everything about her. But that... that's not all of it. She laid something on me I'm not quite sure I can comprehend, or I even want to."

Eve tugged his hands away from his face and offered him an understanding smile. "Look, Phil, tell me what she said. Maybe I can translate the woman-speak for you."

He nodded, biting at his lips ring again for the hundredth time and placed his hands on his lap. "Okay, here it goes. Just before I kissed her again, uh, we were sitting outside on the hood of my truck, you know, stargazing and stuff."

"Oh, that sounds so romantic!"

"Eve..."

"Oops, sorry, please go on."

"Okay, she was getting all serious about her feelings and told me she really did understand why I need time to get past that she's not child anymore, and that was cool. I felt really good about it until..."

"Until what?"

He scratched at the back of his neck nervously before pinching the bridge of his nose. He felt so high school..."She told me that I was her first friend, first crush, first love, and that she wanted me to be her first everything. Her first? What the fuck does that mean?"

Eve's mouth formed a little oh shape, and her eyes widened, pretty sure she understood what April had been implying, but did Phil? "It looks to me like you know damned well what she meant, and you're asking me to confirm it."

"Well, will you? Or am I on crack?" He levelled his eyes to hers, begging for her to make it clear.

"Dear boy, you're as sober as they come. Straight Edge, even. You already have the answer you require. I can see it all over your puppy dog face, honey. Now all you have to do is decide how you want to handle the rest. Do you want to be the guy she gives her first time to, and do you trust yourself with it to do right by her?"

"But Eve, I don't know what to do!" He grabbed at her wrist feeling a little desperate. She could see the panic in his eyes. "I've never been with someone who's never been..."

Eve felt a little sorry for him suddenly, and she settles back in her seat. "Okay, here it is... if you do ever decide to go down that road with AJ, and I'm not saying you should, or you shouldn't. I'm just saying that if you do, you need to make sure you have all the information you can get to make that time for her one she'll want to remember, instead of forget. Do you understand me?" She shook her finger at him. "Don't blow this if you go ahead with it. My first time was a fucking horrible gong show."

He kept looking at her like there was more. "Don't leave me hanging here Eve! Please?"

"Oh, all right. If I can save even one girl from that kind of misery, I'm willing to share it with you."

I'll be your keeper for life as your guardian
I'll be your warrior of care your first warden
I'll be your angel on call, I'll be on demand
The greatest honor of all, as your guardian

AJ was hopping just inside the gorilla while one by one, the girls were called up with their Pros to play an new game. Serena was already in the ring with her pro, Beth. Matt Striker shuffled his papers around in his hands, and adjusted his microphone.

"Tonight, the Divas will be answering five questions each about how well they know their Pro. The Diva that gets the most answers correct, wins this game!"

The crowd was hot tonight, and April could hardly hear herself think. Serena would be up first, then Kaitlyn and Vickie, followed by two more, then herself and Punk. The questions ran the gamut. Anything from serious career oriented ones, to personal, quirky ones.

"Okay, here is your first question. What Slammy Award did Beth Phoenix win on the December 8, 2008 episode of "Raw"?"

Serena was only too happy to answer that one. "Diva of the Year!"

"Correct!"

Beth hugged Serena and they both turned back to Matt for the next question.

"Okay ladies, here's number two... On the June 5, 2006 episode of "Raw", Beth Phoenix suffered an injury in a Tag Team Match. What injury did she sustain in the match to keep her out of action for approximately one year?"

"Come on Serena, that's an easy one." Beth gave her a pat on the back.

Serena almost looked worried, and soon, even the Glamazon, realized her rookie did not know the answer.

"Come on Serena! You have to know this!"

"Was it a broken ankle?" She guessed, cringing in Beth's shadow.

"NO!" Beth screamed at her.

"Sorry Serena, no. It was a fractured mandible."

"How could you get that wrong?" Beth yelled, stomping around her in a circle.

"Next question!" Matt called out, drawing their attention back to him. "Okay, what is Beth's favorite flower?"

Both women glared at Matt. "What kind of stupid question is that?" Beth demanded to know.

Striker just held up his hands and smiled. "It's what I was given, ladies. Now please, the answer?"

"Daffodil?"

"Correct!"

Beth beamed, hoping Serena could pull it out.

"All right ladies, fifth and final question. On the July 14, 2008 episode of "Raw", Beth Phoenix accepted the open challenge of a male superstar. Which male "Raw" superstar did Beth Phoenix defeat in the open challenge?"

Beth stood there, menacingly crossing her very well muscled arms across her chest. She was in no mood to lose out because of one of Punk's Straight Edge flunkies. "Get this right Serena, or I'm done with you."

"Was it... uh, was it The Miz?"

The crowd booed and laughed. Beth stormed out of the ring and up the ramp, leaving an embarrassed Serena there to pick up the pieces. They were now out of the competition.

Two more Divas were eliminated by the time they got to AJ and Punk. So far, it was only Kaitlyn that had her Pro down pat. Missing only one question, she beamed as she came from behind the curtain to where Punk and AJ waited.

"Congrats girlie!" AJ gave her friend a bear hug.

"Thanks, I hope you do just as well out there." Kaitlyn glanced over to Punk and winked. "Something tells me you two are gonna steal the show."

You, you in the chaos feigning sane
You who has pushed beyond what's humane
Them as the ghostly tumbleweed

His lip curled into one of his trademark smirks as he rubbed at the whiskers along his chin. "It's go time, Shorty."

He followed her out as they played her music. AJ skipped all the way to the ring, and he sat on the ropes, helping her in like a gentleman. It would seem from the roaring cheers of the audience, that they really enjoyed seeing the two of them together on screen. AJ skipped about for a little bit waving to the fans, then settled in beside her hero.

"Okay, we now have AJ Lee and her Pro, CM Punk with us. They are our final entrants. If AJ can get every single question correct, they win!" Matt held his arms up over his head, getting the crowd to scream. Already the AJ/Punk chants were roving their way around the arena. AJ glanced up at Phil, trying to gauge his reaction to how the fans welcomed the two of them together. Catching her staring, he gave her a playful wink, then to her surprise, he slung his tattooed arm over her shoulder.

"We're going to win everything, make no mistake about it, Matt." Punk announced with a quirky, all knowing grin.

"Okay then, shall we begin?"

The WWE Universe applauded and cheered their approval, taking a moment for Matt to be able to be heard over them. "Let's go! Number one AJ... Who did CM Punk defeat at his first ECW TV Taping?"

She grabbed the mic from Striker's hand. "Justin Credible!"

"Great job AJ, that's right!" Matt waved the mic around getting the crowd worked up yet again.

Punk leaned in and whispered. "You're one of those people with a whole lot of mindless trivia stored inside your brain, aren't you?"

AH nodded, getting more hyper as the game went on.

"All right, let's have another, shall we? What moment in WWE History did CM Punk say inspired him to join the wrestling business?"

"I would have to say when Roddy Piper hit Snuka with a coconut on Piper's Pit!" AJ knew she was right by the huge grin on Punk's face.

"Correct again! Okay AJ, here's number three. While in Ohio Valley Wrestling OVW, who ruptured CM Punk's eardrum and broke his nose?"

April looked like she had to think about this one, looking from Matt to Punk, and back again. Just before Matt could call her out, she held up her hand. "Danny Inferno!"

"Excellent AJ! You're doing great! Okay, this one is a little odd, and I have no idea why they want me to ask it, but... what colour Starbursts are Punk's favorite?"

Puzzled, both Punk and AJ looked at one another.

"What the hell kind of question is that?" Punk asked.

"It's okay, Punk!" AJ had him by the arm. "I remember that one. RED!"

The fans were cheering more now than they did when the couple first entered the ring.

"Okay, last and final question. If you get this right AJ, you win the game! Here it goes... What is CM Punk most afraid of?"

The crows was once again chanting Punk and AJ's names in a circle around the arena.

AJ's eyes softened as she looked to her hero, and a sympathetic smile stretched out across her lips. Placing her hand on his taped up wrist, she shook her head, looking like she felt very bad for what she was about to say. Punk's curious eyes questioned where she could possibly be going with this.

"Well, " she turned to Matt, never releasing Punk's wrist, "when I was nine he used to ask me to kill spiders for him. He was really scared of them and he hated to squish them because he said, oh, how did you say that again now? Oh yeah... he said it felt like a brain popping out of a skull. Something like that, but yeah, his biggest fear that I know of, is spiders."

She couldn't know that she was more wrong than anything. It had him wonder, where the fuck did the writers get this personal shit from? Sure, he hated spiders, and yes, her did get her to kill them when they happened along. But now... now it was all her. She was what scared him the most.

"AJ, you have a perfect score!" Matt announced. "Here are your winners!"

Phil scooped her up into his arms, twirling her around the ring a few times before settling her back down on the mat. The crowd was once again chanting their names and before he knew what was happening, AJ jumped back nto his arms, her lips locked greedily to his!

Now no more smiling mid crestfall
No more managing unmanageables
No more holding still in the hailstorm

Now enter your watchwoman

I'll be your keeper for life as your guardian
I'll be your warrior of care your first warden
I'll be your angel on call, I'll be on demand
The greatest honor of all, as your guardian

Hope you all enjoyed that. Now I hand this baby off to my buddy, White FireBird. I love the kissing, and I cannot be stopped! :P Okay, maybe sometimes, but dammit, I want them to kiss more. Thank you for all your follows and comments. We both appreciate every word of it.

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