Chapter 12


It was Sunday night and Smackdown, a lot like Raw went off with out an incident from Paul Heyman our any of his 'friends'. AJ was waiting backstage for Punk's match to be over. As much as he didn't admit she knew he hated the fact that he had to drop his belt tonight.

"It's almost over" Kofi said to a nervous AJ

"I just feel bad" AJ admitted "That championship means so much to him"

"And he'll get it back" Kofi told her firmly "He's the top guy in the industry"

"He's not going to get a chance until after Wrestlemania since he has this ridiculous storyline with Paul and Brock" AJ told her friend

"It will keep him preoccupied" Kofi told her "I know Phil and now that this title is out of his hands he's going to need something or better yet someone to direct his anger towards and I think Paul Heyman is just the guy"

"Speaking of the devil, have you heard anything about what he has planned tomorrow night?" AJ questioned

"Not a peep" Kofi said to her "He's probably just trying to spook you"

"Doubt it" AJ muttered folding arms "He follows threw on his threats"

"Don't sweat it" Kofi encouraged "Look I can ask around some more but that guy doesn't have a friend back here"

"No don't worry about it" AJ said giving Kofi a faint smile "I guess I'll just find out tomorrow like the rest of the world"

"Don't worry about tomorrow, worry about tonight and cheering up your man because the idea of sitting on a bus with him for a few hours while he's angry just doesn't sound all that appealing to me" Kofi said seriously

"I'll do my best" AJ smiled and that's when they heard the Rock's music go off and the announcement of him being the new WWE Champion

"Here we go" Kofi warned and about ten minutes later Punk limped into his locker room

"Hey baby" AJ said placing her hands on his face and pulling him into a kiss "That was a great match"

"Thanks" He said trying to mask the pain of his knee

"Really though best match of the night hands down" Kofi told his friend

"I've had better" Punk muttered "Could you grab me some ice?" he asked Kofi who just nodded and headed out of the locker room

"I'm sorry" AJ said helping Punk onto the bench and taking a seat next to him

"For what?" He asked confused, the pain still evident in his eyes

"I know dropping the belt must have been really hard" AJ said putting her arms around his shoulder

"I had a good run" Punk admitted "And I'm not out yet I know I will get it back"

"I know you will" AJ smiled then frowned when he hissed in pain "I'll get a trainer-"

"-no" Punk said to her "It's fine I can walk on it but I have to ice it"

"Are you sure?" AJ questioned looking at his swollen knee

"Yea, yea I've had worse" Punk assured his nervous wife that's when Kofi walked back in with an ice pack "Thanks man" Punk said placing the pack on his knee

"You going to get that looked at?" Kofi asked his long time friend

"No I've got bigger things to worry about" Punk told him "I've got to get this iced and ready for tomorrow night"

"I thought you weren't booked to fight, just cutting a promo" Kofi said to Punk who smirked threw the pain

"I'm cutting a promo with Paul so there will be fighting" Punk said to Kofi who just nodded

"I'd hate to be Paul Heyman tomorrow night" Kofi smirked trying to lighten the mood

"I'd hate to be Paul Heyman any day" Punk chimed in making himself laugh and that's when someone knocked on the locker room door and Kofi answered

"Floral delivery" the guy said to Kofi "For Phil B?"

"I got it" Kofi said signing for the flowers and tipping the guy

"Someone sending you flowers?" AJ questioned Punk then smiled "Should I be jealous?"

"I hope you're jealous because there is nothing hotter then when you're jealous" Punk said giving her a grin and that's when Kofi coughed to remind the newlyweds he was still in the room

"Want me to read the card?" Kofi questioned

"Yes please do" Punk said looking at his knee

"Punk I just wanted to send you these flowers to congratulate you on your marriage. I guess the timing of the marriage and your title loss were just coincidence. I'll see you tomorrow night and I'll bring a proper gift. All the best, Paul" Kofi said then nervously looked at Punk who stood up and grabbed the vase of the flowers and threw them into the wall

"It's ok" AJ said to him "He's an idiot you knew he'd have something to say" she said wrapping her arms around his waste putting her face flush against his back shoulder

"You know I never thought I'd ever feel this way about Paul" Punk admitted "I just always thought he'd be my go-to guy"

"People change" AJ said then Punk turned around

"Did he really change that much?" Punk questioned "Or was I just so stupid I let him manipulate me the same way he's doing to Brock?"

"You both changed" AJ told him running her hand threw his short hair "You for the better and Paul for the worse"

"You two about ready to hit the road?" Kofi asked realizing they had again forgotten he was in the room

"Give me a few minutes I want to shower first" Punk said to him then turned to AJ "You know with my knee hurt and all I might need some help washing those hard to reach places" he suggested subtly as AJ grinned and Kofi rolled his eyes

"I'll get the shower started" AJ said walking towards the shower as Punk watched her from behind

"You are one lucky s.o.b you realize that right?" Kofi asked his friend

"Yea I guess I am" Punk smirked as Kofi walked out of the locker room


Monday night arrived and AJ could tell that Punk's knee still wasn't a hundred percent and AJ was defiantly concerned

"Punk" Daniel said walking over to the newlyweds and shook his hand "Great match last night"

"Thanks" Punk said giving a weak smile

"I'm going to go check out the card" AJ said excusing herself seeing that Daniel really wanted to speak with Punk in private

"See you later AJ" Daniel said with a wave

"What's up?" Punk questioned as he and Daniel headed towards the locker room

"So Paul Heyman is here" Daniel offered

"Yea I was kind of expecting him" Punk smirked "That it?"

"No he's been here for hours locked in a room with Lesnar, The Shield and someone else" Daniel told him

"Who?" Punk questioned

"No idea, never seen him before in my life" Daniel told him "It looks like it's going to be five on one"

"Been there before" Punk said opening his locker room door and Daniel followed in

"We'll be out there" Daniel told Punk "If they try to jump you Glenn and I have already talked about it"

"I appreciate it but getting ripped by Vince for going off script isn't going to help you" Punk noted

"We're the most popular tag-team this company has right now I'm not too concerned" Daniel admitted

"Just look after AJ for me" Punk said to him "When I'm out there she's vulnerable back here"

"Of course" Daniel assured him "But while I'm watching her back, whose watching yours?"

"I'm watching my back" Punk said to Daniel "I don't call myself 'The Best In The World' for no reason"

"Alright" Daniel nodded "See you later"

"Thanks" Punk said as he watched Daniel leave the locker room a few minutes later AJ walked in

"I'm fighting tonight" AJ beamed

"Good" Punk said with a nod "Who?"

"Brie" AJ said as Punk caught her uncertainty

"What's wrong?" he asked his wife

"Paul Heyman's segment is scheduled for right after match" AJ told him "I'm assuming I'm not going to get to finish my match"

"Don't worry about it" Punk said with a wave "I'll go out there and do commentary or something during your match"

"Thanks" AJ smiled. She wanted to prove she was strong enough to defend herself but having Punk around just made her feel safe.


Punk spoke to Stephanie she agreed to let him go out and do the commentary and he walked down to the ring with AJ and watched her match against Brie.

"So what is the deal with you and Paul Heyman?" Michael Cole asked the former champion

"Have you not been watching the show the last month Cole?" Punk asked him annoyed with the stupid question

"Don't you think you owe Paul Heyman more then the treatment you've given him?" Michael Cole questioned

"Oh come on Cole Paul Heyman has been a lose cannon for years now!" The King said to his commentated partner

"It's true Paul opened a lot of doors for me but I'm the one that kicked them down" Punk told Cole "If anything Paul Heyman owes me because I'm the one that bought him back into the fold"

"And look at your wife" The King said with a smile "She has come a long way in the ring" he noted and Punk nodded as they watched AJ control the match

"She's a lot like me in that aspect when we have free time we're at the gym, we're training" Punk offered

"You're a very lucky man" King said with a grin

"So I've been told" Punk smirked

"I don't know she's a tad on the crazy side no?" Cole questioned

"Like I've always said I dig crazy chicks" Punk shrugged and that's when a voice came on over the loud speakers

"That's enough!" Paul Heyman shouted walking out to the stage

"Give me a break" The King sighed

"Sorry ladies the match is over" Paul said still walking towards the ring

"That's my queue" Punk said removing his head set and standing up and watched as Brie left the ring in a hurry, not wanting to be caught in the middle of this brawl

"Come on in Punk" Paul said as he entered the ring with AJ

"Don't mind if I do" Punk said entering the ring with his microphone already handy

"Sorry to interrupt your match Mrs. Punk but this show does have a time limit and I have a lot to squeeze in" Paul said to AJ with a smirk as she just shook her head at him "I had to pick the most unwatched match of the night sorry" AJ went to lunge as Paul but Punk held her back "She's got such a temper almost makes you look tame" Paul teased to Punk

"Paul I'm really getting sick of this" Punk started "If you have something to say then please say it so I can knock you out again and we can go on with the show or maybe I don't want to hear what you have to say-" Punk said stepping towards Paul

"Wait now!" Paul warned then pointed towards the crowd and there was The Shield already in wait in their usual positions "I came here to publicly congratulate the two of you" he told them smiling but Punk and AJ did not look amused "I also wanted to show you my wedding gift" he said motioning towards the titantron. Paul was smiling as a picture of CM Punk and AJ Lee appeared on the screen with music playing. Punk just rolled his eyes as the pictures continued to change

"Woops" Paul Heyman smirked as a picture of CM Punk with Beth Phoenix appeared on the screen "How did that one get mixed up?" he asked no one in particular then the next picture was of Punk with Amy walking down the street smiling "Oh my I said to only put the ones with AJ!" Paul yelled towards the stage as AJ rolled her eyes but Punk was getting mad. The next picture appeared and it was AJ kissing Daniel Bryan before his Wrestlemania match against Sheamus "Clearly this has gotten all mixed up" Paul said to the couple

"I'm going to hurt you" AJ warned stepping towards Paul then he pointed at the titantron and there was picture of a younger AJ at an independent wrestling show with a guy Punk had never seen before. AJ looked on stunned

"Can we get this fixed!" Paul yelled again as the picture changed it was AJ with the same man. Punk watched the screen but he couldn't help but look over at AJ as the color drained from her face then more and more pictures of AJ with the same man appeared. He was clearly a Wrestler had a build a little smaller then Cena but still looked pretty fit.

"Who ever is doing this please come out here and explain yourself!" Paul yelled towards the entrance and that's when Brock Lesnar's music hit effectively ending the video but Brock Lesnar didn't walk out, it was the same man from the pictures. He was a tad taller then Punk and had slicked back blonde hair

"What is this?" Punk asked visibly annoyed

"No, no" AJ said shaking her head backing towards the furthest part of the ring

"AJ" Punk said to her but she just ignored him, he wanted to check on her but he didn't want to let his guard down as the strange man entered the ring

"I'm so glad this is happening" Paul Heyman smiled "Punk I would like you to meet my newest prospect" he said nodding towards the man "This is Scott"

"Scott?" Punk questioned "Does Scott have a last name or is he like Cher?" with that comment Scott stepped closer to Punk but Paul jumped in-between them

"Not now" Paul warned Scott who slowly backed off and Punk let out a laugh

"You trained him like a dog I see" Punk noted earning a glare from Scott but Punk was clearly unimpressed

"AJ would you like to come over and say hi?" Paul asked AJ who stood towards the corner of the ring and she shook her head 'no' "According to those pictures you know the newest talent signed to the WWE, that was you in the pictures right?" Paul asked Scott who just nodded

"You have another one that doesn't speak for himself?" Punk questioned trying to get their attention off of AJ. Punk didn't know what the history was but AJ was clearly uncomfortable and that was all he needed to see

"Oh Scott speaks I just don't think you'd like what he has to say" Paul shot back at Punk "And this is supposed to be a celebration"

"We're done here" Punk said dropping his mic and heading towards AJ but Paul grabbed his arm

"We are not finished yet!" Paul yelled causing Punk to snatch his arm away and they began to argue with both microphones down so the crowd couldn't hear them. AJ just kept her eyes on Scott as he did with her. All of the sudden she looked around the crowd then over at Punk who was still arguing with Paul and lunged towards Paul Heyman causing him to fall to the mate and she just stayed on him and kept hitting him with hard punched as Punk smirked at the scene before him. Punk noticed how Scott didn't help Paul but kept his eyes on AJ and that's when Punk had had enough and tried to get AJ off of Paul but sure enough Brock Lesnar was making his way down to the ring with his music blasting and Punk turned his attention towards to him and flew over the top rope diving right into Brock's body. Obviously Brock was still angry about two weeks ago but so was Punk and he had the upper hand right away against Brock he was expecting him.

Inside the ring AJ was still taking out her rage on Paul Heyman

"Get off of me you lunatic!" Paul yelled but AJ just ignored him and that's when she felt strong rooms gently pull her off of Paul she immediately jerked away from the person and saw it was Scott the last person she had ever wanted to see again

"What are you doing here?" She asked full of sadness but he didn't respond he just watched her as the tears fell down her face "You're going to regret this I promise you" AJ said pointing at him then she stalked back over to Paul Heyman who was trying to grab the ropes to help him up "And I am going to see to that you suffer for what you've done!" she said but then she felt her body being jerked back again. She raised her hand to slap him but he blocked it and pulled her face into his and gave her a forceful kiss that she tried to get out of but he was way to strong. That's when it was Scott's turn to be jerked away and before he knew it Punk had him in there for the GTS that he delivered with a tad bit more force then he normally would have. That's when the refs and other personnel came running out to clear the ring, clearly this segment had gone too far. But that didn't stop Punk from trying to go after the strange man again but with enough convincing from the personnel and AJ's pleading to stop he grabbed AJ by her hand and headed down the ramp passing a drowsy Brock Lesnar who also was the victim of the GTS just moments before Scott was.


Punk held onto AJ's hand as they headed backstage and both ignored people's questions and comments and just headed straight to their locker room

"What the hell was that?" He asked locking the door behind him "Better yet who the hell was that?" his voice getting louder with each word

"His name is Scott Page" AJ told him "I don't even know how Paul found him!"

"Why would Paul find him AJ?" Punk questioned still filled with anger "Who is he to you!" he shouted causing AJ to flinch and Punk immediately felt bad

"I'm sorry" he said trying to soften his tone "I just want to know who he was and why he had his tongue down your throat. Excuse me for being a tad railed up at the moment"

"He's a guy I dated before FCW" AJ said to him "We were together for probably a year and it ended terribly"

"He's a wrestler clearly" Punk said with his hands on hips

"He wanted to be but he really wasn't any good" AJ told him "When I got called up to FCW that's when we split because he couldn't stand the fact that I was going places and he wasn't. Last I heard about him was two years ago and he was trying to get a deal with TNA"

"I saw your face AJ" Punk reminded her "You went pale as a ghost when he came out there"

"I told you we ended badly" AJ shrugged "I was young and stupid and he was much older then me. He just tried to control me all the time and I wouldn't let him and it drove him crazy, it drove me crazy until finally I had enough and took off"

"You were living with him?" Punk asked surprised that AJ had failed to mention this past relationship to him

"Yea for about four months" AJ told him truthfully

"Why didn't you tell me about him?" Punk asked her and the hurt in his voice was evident

"I didn't think it was important I hadn't seen or heard from him once I came here" AJ said to him "I thought it was the past and that's where I'd like to leave it. He isn't a good guy. He makes that storyline I had with Daniel Bryan look like a romantic comedy"

"Did he ever hit you?" Punk asked cutting to the chase because it was a question he really wanted to know the answer to and he wasn't one to beat around the bushes

"Phil-" AJ started trying to wave of the question

"AJ this is really important!" Punk shouted

"No it was all verbal and emotional" AJ said to him "It's so embarrassing I can't believe Paul is making me relive this again" she said placing her head in her hands

"It's not embarrassing for you" Punk said to her seriously "If anything they should be embarrassed"

"How did he even find this guy?" AJ questioned

"Paul knows promoters everywhere" Punk said to her "He needed to find a guy who would fill the void of Brock not being here every week"

"I don't think I can work here with him" AJ admitted as tears fell down her face "I've worked so hard to not be that girl that I used to be and seeing him just brings me right back there"

"This is your job" Punk told AJ sternly "You're not going anywhere and you aren't that same young kid you were when you were with this guy and most importantly you're not alone"

"You don't know him Phil" AJ said nervously to him "He has this way of getting into people's heads and he's always angry. And I know all that anger is going to be directed at me again and I don't think I can handle it-"

"Hey, hey" Punk said placing his hands on her upper arms and rubbing them "You don't have to handle anything. Last week when we took our vows I promised to protect you and that's exactly what I'm going to do. I've dealt with guys like him before, ones who are too angry because they felt they've been cheated out of a shot of the big times but the truth is they're so angry because they know they're not good enough"

"He has this way of getting to me" AJ admitted to Punk who forced her to look him in the eye

"He's not going to get the chance to get to you I promise you that" Punk assured her and pulled her into his arms

"Where is he!" Kofi asked storming into the locker room but Punk didn't let go of AJ

"Where is who?" Punk questioned

"The fool out there who was kissing your wife" Kofi clarified full of anger

"He's obviously not back here hanging out with us" Punk mocked

"Just give me five minutes with him and I will-" Kofi started

"It's alright Kofi" Punk assured his friend with arms still wrapped around his wife "I'll be taking care of Cher myself"

"You sure? Because I'm ready for a fight" Kofi offered

"I can see that" Punk smirked noticing how fired up Kofi was "How about you sit here with AJ for a few minutes while I go talk to Paul"

"Heyman?" Kofi asked stunned

"No the important Paul" Punk said pulling away with AJ "You know the one who can book matches"

"Oh right" Kofi said "No problem I'll be here"

"Thanks Kofi" AJ said giving him the best smile she could muster


Punk headed right into Triple H and Stephanie's shared office without knocking

"There's this thing that most people do" Triple H started "The ball their fists and hit it into the door and wait for a response-"

"-not now" Punk said closing the door behind him "You obviously know why I'm here right?"

"Yea I have a good idea" Triple H smirked "You got it"

"Just like that I can take on that no-named loser?" Punk asked knowing there was a catch

"Yea well sort of" Triple H said to him "Smackdown you and AJ will be teaming up to fight Beth and Steve"

"I think his name is Scott" Punk corrected

"Whatever the hell his name is" Triple H said not caring

"Can't happen" Punk informed him causing Triple H to raise his eyebrows

"And why is that?" Triple H questioned

"AJ can't be around this guy they have a history" Punk told him

"Yea I watched the segment" Triple H mocked "By the way tell her I loved the right hands she threw at Paul"

"I'm not kidding around here" Punk said to him "We're outnumbered as it is I can't have this guy getting inside her head"

"AJ's a big girl" Triple H said to him "But I do agree about being outnumbered I'll liven up the even a bit" he offered

"And how are you going to do that?" Punk questioned

"I'll give you a special referee" Triple H said causing Punk to roll his eyes

"Gee thanks boss that's exactly what AJ needs to hear 'don't worry honey this man who abused for over a year can't get near you because we have a special referee to protect you'"

"Ok" Triple H said to him "What would please you?"

"Not having the match with AJ" Punk said quickly "Let me fight this guy on my own-"

"Not happening" Triple H cut him off "We can build this for Elimination Chamber"

"Not a chance" Punk said with a laugh "You want me to waste a pay-per-view in the ring with some guy no one has ever heard of or cares about?"

"We have to see what he's made of" Triple H told him "And we'll find out tomorrow. You almost broke his nose by the way when you rammed your knee into his face. You didn't notice the blood?" he asked Punk who looked down at his knee and saw his jeans had some blood on it and smirked

"He's lucky that's all he got" Punk told his boss who raised an eyebrow at him

"If this is how you feel imagine all the damage you can inflict tomorrow night" Triple H smirked

"Give me another tag partner then" Punk said folding his arms

"Don't you think fans would find it strange that you weren't tagging with your own wife?" Triple H questioned

"I could give two s-" Punk started

"It's ok" AJ said walking into the office "I'll do it"

"You don't have to" Punk said to her

"AJ are you sure?" Triple H questioned

"I'm a professional and this is what the business is all about right? You have to work with people you don't like sometimes. You can't love everyone backstage I guess" AJ offered causing Triple H to smile proudly at the young diva

"You impress me more and more each day" Triple H told her fondly

"AJ we can work around it" Punk said to her "No one is forcing you to do anything you don't want to"

"It'll be a good match" AJ said to him giving him a smile "I want to do it"

"Alright" Triple H said as Punk stood up "I'll see you both tomorrow night in the next city"

"I've suddenly thought of a stipulation that would make me very happy" Punk said with a smirk looking towards Triple H