Truthful

Seth woke up the next morning to an empty space beside him in AJ's bed. Last night was wild. He'd never known a girl quite like AJ, especially in bed. He sat up and grabbed his boxers that were on the floor, sliding them on and walking across the room to go into the bathroom, pausing when he seen her standing her underwear closing a box of what seemed to him as tablets, placing them into the cabinet.

"Hey." AJ smiled to him, "Did I wake you?" She asked awkwardly.

"No." Seth shook his head, "Sore head?" He assumed. He wouldn't be surprised with how crazy she was last night.

"Yeah, a little." AJ nodded simply, "You want breakfast?" She asked, walking out of the bathroom as his eyes followed her. He never thought he'd look at her in this way. Study her body and instantly smirk. He always thought she'd just be the cute little lonely girl from the orphanage but boy was he wrong.

"Yeah, if you're making it." Seth nodded, "You mind if I shower?" He asked.

"Not at all." She shook her head, grabbing a silk bath robe from the back of the door, wrapping it around her and heading out of the room.

Seth knew that maybe it wasn't the smartest idea to sleep with her, especially giving the circumstances that she was clearly still hung up on Punk, but it wasn't like there was any cheating involved.

Seth showered and got his clothes back on, heading downstairs where AJ had made breakfast and coffee, "I don't normally make breakfast so I'm sorry if it sucks." She apologised in advance.

"Looks good to me." He smiled, sitting at the table as she sat across from him.

It was a little strange for her considering she never imagined doing that last night. Didn't mean she didn't enjoy it though. As soon as he kissed her she just couldn't stop herself. She really had no self control about her. Maybe that was side effects or just her normal self.

"I had fun last night." Seth said, breaking the silence in the room.

"Me too." AJ nodded, "But listen… Seth… I'm not… I don't want you to think-"

"It's alright." Seth nodded, "I'm not looking for a relationship out of it." He assured her truthfully. He wasn't. As much as he enjoyed himself and the sex was probably the greatest he'd ever had, he didn't imagine himself wanting to date her or take anything further.

"Then why did you kiss me?" She wondered curiously.

"I guess I just wanted to take your mind off things. You looked sad." He shrugged.

"Well… mission accomplished." She nodded, "You definitely took my mind some place else." She said truthfully as he smirked, "I just don't want it to be awkward between us." She said.

"It won't be." Seth said, "Just look at it as a friend helping out another friend." He said as AJ nodded.

"Thank you… for understanding." She said, "My head is still up in the clouds and… I don't want you to think I used you or-"

"Hey, I don't think that. Trust me." Seth nodded, "But… if you're still thinking about Punk… maybe you should talk to him, and your friend. Don't torture yourself."

"I don't think he wants to speak to me." AJ shrugged.

"You'd be surprised."

Seth left AJ's after breakfast and headed over to Dean's where he found Punk was also. He knew he'd have to come clean and he wasn't sure how Punk would take it. He seemed to be well and truly past AJ. To him there wasn't even anything to get past. It was one date. To him anyway.

"And where did you get off to last night?" Dean asked as Seth trailed into the kitchen.

"Someone get lucky?" Punk smirked to his friend as Seth just nodded.

"Yeah you could say that." Seth said, "I… I got with AJ last night." He said as Dean and Punk both looked up at him. Dean with shock and Punk with fury.

"AJ?" Dean shook his head as Seth nodded.

"Are you kidding me?" Punk stood up, "You slept with her?"

"Not that it concerns you. At all. But yeah, I did." Seth nodded as Punk looked across at him, suddenly understanding he most definitely wasn't over AJ. This urge to punch Seth in the face had never happened before. Knowing he'd gotten his hands on her and she'd had her hands on him, it made him just want to… just want to…

"Punk!" Dean yelled as he watched Seth fall back on the floor after receiving a punch from Punk, "What the fuck are you doing?"

"You slept with her?!" Punk shrieked, "Why… why the fuck would you do that?"

"Incase you haven't noticed, you've been dating someone else." Seth spat, sitting up as Dean helped him, holding his bloody nose as Punk looked down with no remorse.

"That doesn't matter. You know I've still been thinking of her." Punk spat.

"You looked pretty much over her to me." Dean defended Seth, "You've been with some other girl, man. That punch was uncalled for." He said.

"Doesn't matter how I looked." Punk spat, "I can't believe you done that." He said as Seth got to his feet.

"Well I did and it was fucking amazing." Seth said, angry that his friend had punched him, "She was wild. All fucking over me. All night." Seth spat as Punk raised his fist again.

"Alright alright." Dean grabbed Punk, "You need to go cool off." He told Punk.

"You're a prick." Punk pointed to Seth who just shook his head.

"Go… go for a walk. Go cool off." Dean told Punk who just backed away and headed out of the house, "You really slept with her?" Dean turned back to Seth who nodded.

"It wasn't my intention. He's got a girl. Why should it be a problem anyway?" Seth shook his head.

"C'mon, I know I said different just there but do you really think he's not been thinking about her?" Dean sighed, "I only stuck up for you there because he punched you."

"Well then he shouldn't be playing some other girl along then." Seth said, "She still likes him too."

"She does?" Dean said, "Shouldn't they just talk?"

"Well that's what I told AJ." Seth said.

"So… you and her… what? You just agreed to forget about sleeping together?"

"Well yeah, she isn't interested and quite frankly neither am I." Seth said, "It just happened. Like you haven't had a one night stand before, Dean." Seth said.

"You know Punk wouldn't be so mad if he didn't still care about her."

"He's always cared about her." Seth shook his head, "Of course I feel bad for sleeping with her, but… but I'm not gonna apologise just because they both didn't work out and he never got the chance to get between her legs." Seth said.

"They should both talk." Dean said, "And then you and him should talk."

"Whatever, man. Give me some ice." He sighed, sitting down at the table as Dean headed off to get some ice for his friends nose.

Punk headed straight to the gym which was always closed on a Sunday. Since he had the keys as one of the workers, he headed straight in, shutting the door behind him and getting changed into some spare shorts and t-shirt that he'd left the other day.

He was angry, but even more so that he realised just why he was angry. He cared about her. There was always a part of him that knew he did but seeing her again confirmed it. When he was on his date with Paige, not that there was anything bad about it, all he could do was compare it to his date with AJ's and it hurt to know he'd rather be sitting facing her than Paige.

He loathed the thought of Seth being with her last night. Not that it was any of his business. He was out with another girl so why should it matter? But it did matter. It mattered too much and that's how he knew he cared about her more than he even considered.

"Angry?" Will crept out from his darkened office as Punk turned around, having been standing punching a punching bag for ten minutes non-stop.

"I… I didn't know anyone was here." He gasped for breath a little.

"I was catching up on some work." Will said, "Everything ok?" He asked Punk.

"I don't know." Punk sighed, "I have no idea." He ripped off his clothes, throwing them down and sitting on the edge of the ring, running his hands through his hair as Will walked over to him.

"You know I still see you as that eighteen year old kid with a head full of dreams." Will smiled, standing across from him as Punk sat tiredly.

"I'm not eighteen anymore, Will." Punk said, "I have to be realistic."

"What's been bothering you? You've not been yourself." Will said.

"Would you laugh if I said a girl?" He looked up as Will shook his head.

"Girls can be real curveballs when it comes to guys. Makes you rethink everything." Will said, "I understand. I have been married."

"How'd that work out for you?" Punk asked.

"Divorced. The kids live with her." Will said as Punk nodded, "But that isn't relevant. Who-Who is the girl?" He asked, sitting down next to Punk on the edge of the ring.

"I knew her from the orphanage." Punk said, "Bumped into her a few weeks ago, went on a date and… it didn't really work out but… I'm still thinking about her… I've been seeing a different girl, trying to move past it, you know… but it's not working." He shook his head, "And then Seth goes and sleeps with her last night which has-"

"Made you really angry?" Will guessed as Punk nodded, "Well then at least you know how you feel. If you're angry it means you care… in fact, showing any sort of emotion means you care." He nodded.

"I have no idea what to do." Punk admitted, "You must think I'm pathetic." He laughed a little.

"For showing a bit of emotion in your life?" Will said, "Absolutely not."

"What do you think I should do?" Punk turned to him.

"Well what is it you want? For a while I thought that all you wanted was boxing." He said.

"So did I." Punk admitted, "And I still do. Nothing lasts forever, right?" He said.

"Only if you don't want it to last forever." Will said, "A lot of times in here I tell you to do what?"

"Not bleed on the ropes." Punk said as Will rolled his eyes.

"Ok, yeah but… what else?" Will asked, tapping his head.

"Go with my head. Think with my head." Punk said.

"Well when it comes to women… don't try to be smart and think with your head. Don't make a decision based on what you think is right… go with your heart." He said, standing up from the ring, walking over and picking up the boxing gloves, "And none of this means you have to give up on everything else." He said, placing the gloves beside Punk and walking off into his office.

AJ had just got home from a long hard shift at work, getting in the door and heading straight to the kitchen to put on a microwavable meal. She did regret sleeping with Seth last night but she felt like she did need something to take her mind off of things. If Punk was out on dates here there and everywhere with Paige then that meant she could also do whatever she wanted with whoever she wanted. She just wished that her pills and situation she was in didn't get herself carried away in moments like those last night with Seth.

She walked out of the kitchen to go upstairs and get changed whilst her dinner was on, suddenly being stopped when she heard the front door go. She walked down and opened it up, looking on at Punk standing, raising her eyebrows with confusion.

"Can I help you?" She shook her head.

"So you slept with Seth." He said. Probably not the greatest line to open with.

"Uh… not that it's any of your business." AJ shook her head, "Shouldn't you be seeing Paige right now or something?" She asked.

I sorta… broke it of with her." Punk said.

"Oh." AJ nodded, "Why?"

"Just… wasn't working out for me." He said as AJ nodded.

"And that's what you came here to tell me?" AJ said.

"Well no… I just… I came here to say I miss you." He shrugged.

"You miss me?" AJ raised her eyebrows.

"Yeah, well-" He paused, "Could I come in?" He asked her, feeling a little under pressure standing at the door.

"Yeah." She nodded. She didn't really know where this was going but… she was letting him in anyway.

"I figured maybe we gave up a little too quickly." He said, sitting down on the couch as she sat down across from him, "I thought you weren't interested and I tried to pretend I wasn't interested but that… that date we went on was probably one of the best dates I've been on and I really did want to see you again… I didn't mean for it to come across like I didn't." He said.

"Why didn't you just tell me that the next day… instead of going out with one of my best friends?" She said.

"Well… because I thought you wouldn't want to see me." He said.

She appreciated him coming here, and although it was her friend, she really felt some relief knowing that he'd broke things off with Paige, she just didn't really know what to say or what he wanted her to say. Yeah she was still thinking about him but she didn't know what it was she wanted.

Luckily enough before she was about to force herself to say something stupid no doubt, she heard a ping from the microwave in the kitchen.

"I'll be back in a minute." She told him as he just nodded, watching her leave the living room as he sat quietly to himself, looking around, picking up the white box on the coffee table, turning it around and looking on at the prescription.

"Hey… what are you taking lithium carbonate for?" Punk raised his eyebrows as she came back into the living room.

"Give me them." AJ quickly snatched the box from him, her heart rate increasing as she looked over at him, "They're nothing."

"Nothing?" Punk shook his head, "Aren't they for like… depression or something?" He shook his head.

"It's none of your business." She said, "You should just go."

"What's going on with you?" Punk asked curiously, "Are you depressed?" He asked. Such a personal question but he couldn't help but ask.

"No… I'm not depressed." AJ shook her head, "Please just go." She whispered.

"April, you can talk to me." He stood up, "What-What is it? I know these aren't just for a sore head." He pointed to the tablets.

Telling him seemed so hard yet the opportunity was right in front of her. Here he was telling her they should have gave them another shot and if she told him what she was about to… he'd run off no doubt. But it seemed like she didn't have much of a choice.

"I..." She paused, looking down at the ground, staring at the tablets in her hand, one of three different types of medication she had to take daily, "I- I have..." She looked up at him, "I have bipolar." She said quietly.

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