Hey, everyone! Surprised to see this update? Well, I'm a bit surprised myself but I had a message to give you all and thought I'd write a bit too. With all the drama in my life and the drama surrounding both Punk and AJ, I've been a bit down. I'm gong to be honest and tell you that I wasn't sure about this chapter. I hadn't really thought about what exactly would transpire in this particular chapter though I have the whole story planned out. Anyway, this is not my best and I'll try to make it up to you all.
Now, I wanna say that I feel like I'm disappointing a lot of you. I don't know why but I feel like I'm not doing this amazing pair or you amazing readers justice.
And Hazal, my amazing loyal reader, I think I've somehow disappointed you the most since I haven't heard from you in a while. I don't know if you're reading this but if you are, I'm really sorry for disappointing you.
Enough ranting. On with, not my best chapter and be sure to read the message at the end.
She eased the door open, a silent invitation for the redheaded woman to step in. She moved aside to let her in. She heard the clicking from the heels that Maria was sporting. Closing the door she slowly and unsurely turned around.
Once she stepped inside, Maria took a good look of the house. She hadn't been to this house before. She took the address from one of their mutual friends and now here she was. The sound of April's voice stopped her from looking around anymore and she turned around to face the smaller woman.
"I wasn't expecting you.". the brunette said.
Smiling she replied, "I'm in town for a few weeks and thought I'd visit."
April nodded before her manners kicked it.
"Why don't you take a seat?"
Maria offered her a small smile before following her to the kitchen area and sitting on one of the chairs.
"Can I get you anything?", April asked, trying to be a good host.
"No, I'm good.", is all Maria replied.
After a moment of silence Maria spoke up, "Where's Phil?"
Running her hand through her gorgeous brunette locks, the smaller woman replied, "Office."
She shuffled her feet a bit and drummed her long red painted nails along the counter before sitting completely straight and looking at the wife of the man she wanted.
She brushed the bottom of her black dress before settling her hands on the counter and sighed, "I know this is a bit of a surprise."
She watched as April nodded and then continued, "I just wanted to see how everyone has been doing. I'm not gonna be here for too long."
When April didn't say anything she decided to asked "Is it too awkward for you?"
At that AJ left her zoned out state and shook her head, slightly. "No of course not." She smiled, "I'm just tired. Have been working a lot lately."
Truthfully, she was quite shocked at Maria's sudden appearance. She had no idea that one of Punk's exes would pop up like this out of nowhere. And she wasn't just any ex. She was the one who made AJ feel extremely uncomfortable throughout the time she was with Punk. Maria was well aware of the fact that AJ was always fond of Phil and when she was dating him she constantly threw it on her face. Holding hands with him in front of her, giving him a big kiss and what not! She would even try to belittle AJ by making fun of the way she used to dress and also making fun of how she was 'not gorgeous enough for anyone, let alone Phil', that was the exact statement Maria used to say.
"So, how are you? What have you been up to?"
"I'm alright. I've been helping a friend with her house and now her wedding."
"Wow!", she brushed her red locks before speaking, "Never thought you'd go in that direction."
April only smiled in response.
"You were so geeky!", she said with a fake smile.
Instead of taking offense in that AJ tucked a strand of hair behind her ear, "I'm still that geek. Just got older."
Maria laughed slightly while nodding, "Oh, I could tell, just by the way you look." She finished with a smirk.
AJ knew what she was doing. Maria always tried to make AJ feel little about herself but she wasn't in the mood to let anyone win this way. Especially Maria.
"Yeah, I know. Who would've thought Punk was gonna find that appealing, right? Surely, everyone thought he would go for the leggy, gorgeous ones.".
And at that Maria's face fell and it was AJ's turn to smirk. While Punk didn't really go for her, she is the one he ended up marrying. Maria didn't need to know the details all the details. She just needed to get her handed to her.
With a fake smile, Maria nodded her head. "I do wonder how you manage to keep him interested.", she said while twirling a strand of her hair on a finger.
Ok, so she was going full on bitch now.
AJ knew exactly where this was headed and she was not going to let some stupid bitch push her. She stood straight and cleared her throat, "Look, this isn't new for me. How many times have you already done this to me before? How many times have you tried to make me feel insecure and bad about myself? How many times have you thrown your relationship with Phil on my face? Too many times! And none of it matters now. I'm the one he comes home to, not you. And don't tell me you weren't gonna do all of this again, now. I just don't want to deal with this. So, if there's nothing else you want, please, leave.", she finished and exhaled. She felt really good about what she just did and no way was she going to take that back.
Maria was completely taken aback by this. She didn't expect AJ to speak up the way she did but this only egged her on. She stood up from the chair and fixed her dress before flipping her hair behind her shoulders. She smirked before speaking up, "You know, you 're right. I never liked you. I still don't and I never will. I'll never understand why he married you, honestly and yeah I'll leave but here's something you should know, Punk won't last with you. YOU! You're a joke. And trust me when I tell you, I'll make my time here useful. I'm here for a few weeks and I will get what I want and by now you've guessed that what I want is your husband."
Before AJ could say anything she continued, "You are nothing! This marriage is a freaking joke! You're a joke and that's that."
April only smiled which really pissed Maria off but that was the whole purpose, "Get out." She walked towards the door and opened it for her guest. Swinging her hips, the red headed bombshell walked towards it. She turned around one last time, "Tell Phil, I'll see him soon." and winked. She gave one last wicked smile before walking out the door.
AJ slammed the door and took a few deep breaths. She knew that Maria wasn't kidding. She'll definitely go after Punk but why now? What for? But, Punk wouldn't budge. He wouldn't. While they don't have the text book definition of a marriage, he wouldn't betray her. Right?
Punk had noticed how silent AJ had been. She didn't say anything to him since he came home. She seemed really upset. He had decided to ignore it but at one point her silence became scary and so he decided he'd ask her what was wrong.
"You ok?", he walked towards the sink with his plate in hand. She took it from him while nodding. Not looking at him.
"You sure?"
She nodded, again.
He turned and was about to leave when she spoke up.
"Maria was here today."
At that he froze. What was her problem?! She was at his house now?
He turned around to face his wife who finally faced him. It was clear that she was upset.
"Really?", he tried to sound casual.
She nodded again.
"What did she say?", he ran a hand through his short hair.
April shrugged, "What do you think? She made fun of me."
He knew Maria was never a big fan of AJ's. Even when he was with Maria, she would belittle AJ all the time.
"I'm sorry.", he tried to sympathize.
She shook her head, "Don't worry about it."
"She..um…", She hesitated a bit. Playing with her hand, she didn't look up.
He walked slowly towards her."She what?", he asked, softly.
She still said nothing and kept looking down.
Phil was getting worried now. What did Maria do this time? Did she really have to go after April? April didn't deserve that.
AJ finally looked up and he could see the tears in her doe eyes.
"She said..she..", she took a breath to regain control. Before she could even speak her tears had rolled down her cheeks and Punk was about to speak but she pushed past him and ran upstairs.
All Punk could do was stand there and think what Maria could possibly have said to AJ. Did she tell her about the passes she had made at him? Did she say too much and lied about him flirting back? All he knew was that Maria was up to no good and he had to put a stop to this.
Thank you for reading. Now for the message,
this is most likely my last update til the end of April. I won't be able to write in between so I think I'll only be able to update the story near the end of April. Hopefully, I won't disappoint any of you. And I have one request, Please, keep me in your prayers. I need it. Thank you, again!