Came Around

"Kerry." AJ walked into the kitchen the next morning where Kerry was making breakfast.

"Yeah?" Kerry turned around. After sleeping on things she felt differently of course. She said what she said because as a mother, she always wanted to protect her children, and she wanted to protect April too. It was just instinct.

"I'm… really sorry if… if me and Phil isn't what you want, if it hurts you or… upsets you." AJ sighed. She tossed and turned all night. She couldn't handle the fact that the woman who had taken her in when no one else would, probably hated her guts now.

"No, sit down." Kerry sighed as AJ took a seat at the table whilst Kerry sat down across, "It doesn't hurt me and… it's not my right to say it's not what I want. I'm not that type of person." Kerry said, "I… always want what's best for my sons, and I do for you too. My immediate thought was… what happens when this goes wrong, how hard is it gonna be for you both when… you have to see each other every day. I broke up with my husband and I felt sick just seeing him once every few months." She said.

"With all do respect… me and Phil aren't married." AJ said as Kerry smiled and nodded.

"Yes, I know that." Kerry said, "But that's where my mind went. Plus I was a little hurt that you hadn't told me sooner." She said, "But I slept on it and… my son's happiness means a lot to me and… he is happy, I can see it. Especially getting through everything with his dad. You must have been really there for him and… what kind of mother would I be if I wasn't happy for him for dining someone who he really likes?" Kerry said.

"I just really appreciate everything you've done for me and… I couldn't think of anything worse than you being mad at me." AJ said.

"April I'm not mad at you." Kerry smiled, "I'm happy that you're both happy together. And I'm sorry for reacting the way I did. So negatively. It's not like me. It's just been a hard couple of months." She said as AJ nodded.

"So you're… you're really ok with it?" AJ smiled.

"Yes, I'm fine with it. God it sounds so ridiculous that I should even have a say. You're both… almost adults. You can handle your own decisions and if it's making you both happy then… all the better, I say." She said as AJ smiled.

"Thank you." AJ smiled and nodded, turning around when she heard the sound of running paws down the hall, "Oh, hi puppy." She got off her chair and crouched down to see Patch who had clearly woken up, "Hey, how'd you sleep?" She asked in a funny voice as Kerry smiled.

"Dean really likes him, huh?" Kerry nodded.

"Yeah, he's in love." AJ smiled, "I think we all are." She nodded.

"He's a very cute puppy. Dean is desperate for him to get his shots so he can take him out." Kerry smiled as AJ nodded.

"Yeah, me and Phil wanna take him to the park." AJ said as Kerry smiled. It was gonna take a while to get used to her son and AJ as an item, when she always thought of them as siblings once she'd taken AJ in, but that didn't mean she couldn't be happy and cancel out any worries she had. She could see they were both happy and that was enough.

"Ok, how does this work?" AJ asked, sitting on the edge of her bed the following week whilst Punk lay behind her doing his homework.

"Yeah, how does this work?" Punk questioned as he looked at the Spanish essay he was trying to translate, "Correr?" Punk asked AJ in the most non-Spanish accent ever.

"To run." AJ replied like it was second nature.

"Thank you." Punk hummed, "If you were a really nice girlfriend, you would just offer to translate the full thing." He smiled.

"I will later, I wanna know how this works." She said, holding a box from the pharmacy as Punk sat up and looked over.

"What is it?" Punk asked.

"Birth control." AJ said as Punk raised his eyebrows, sitting down next to her.

"I didn't know you were getting that." Punk said as she nodded.

"Yeah, it was either that or the morning after but… this seems so much easier." She shook her head, reading the prescription, "So I'll start them on the first day of my period."

"When's that?" Punk asked eagerly.

"In a week." She nodded, "Think you can wait that long?" She smiled to him, putting the pills in her drawer by her bed.

"I'll be fine." Punk waved his hand as she smiled.

"Well you'll need to be." AJ smiled, kissing his cheek around to his lips before pulling back, "You need to finish your homework first." She told him.

"What are you my mom?" Punk asked, rolling back over onto his stomach to finish his homework, "Which by the way, didn't I tell you she would come around? She's just a pessimistic thinker sometimes." He said.

"Yeah, I was just really worried." AJ shook her head, "I don't know what I'd do if she was against it." She said.

"She wouldn't have been." Punk said, "There's just a lot been going on. She was probably just shocked." He shrugged, "I knew she'd come around." He said, glad that his mom had spoken to them individually and together, and had apologised for how she reacted. He knew she would be fine eventually, "Ok, can you help me with this?" She asked as AJ rolled onto her stomach beside him and took the homework from him.

"Phil… this is like all wrong." AJ screwed her eyes up as Punk rested his head down on the bed and groaned, "Why did you take Spanish?"

"I needed another filler." Punk said.

"Just give me another piece of paper and I'll restart it." She shook her head as he smiled, ripping her off paper, leaning over and kissing her cheek.

"I'll thank you later." He smiled as she just hmm'd at him, "Your mom teach you Spanish?" He asked her.

"My mom spoke Spanish." AJ smiled, "Very little English actually." She nodded.

"Oh, really?" Punk asked as AJ nodded, "What was the deal with her family?" He asked.

"She didn't have any." AJ shrugged, "No siblings and her parents weren't in the picture. She came to the states for a better life." She nodded as Punk looked at her.

"How did you find her?" Punk asked quietly as AJ turned to him. They knew everything about one another because there was a trust there. They trusted one another so much and could confide in the other over terrible times they'd shared.

"She was in bed." AJ said, "It wasn't anything… drastic. She didn't hang herself from the ceiling or anything. I'm pretty sure that was a rumour going around school." She nodded as Punk sighed, "She got a hold of her pills and she just… took all of them, along with other stuff. She was dead when I found her. It wasn't like I caught her in time and she… died later. She was just dead." AJ nodded.

"No one should have to see their parent like that." Punk shook his head.

"We have." AJ said, "It's real life, right?" She said as Punk nodded, "How you been with… everything going on with your dad?" She asked him.

"Better." Punk nodded, "I think now that I see Dean is getting a little better it's making me feel better." He said, "And obviously time is going by. Makes it easier." He nodded.

"Yeah." AJ said, "Must be hard knowing his killer is still out there. Especially if they think he works for the same company your dad ran." AJ said, "It's pretty despicable. I mean it could be someone your dad thought kindly of, you know?" She said.

"Yeah well it probably was." Punk shook his head, "They were questioning the entire office it seemed like so… I don't know, maybe they'll find something." He said as AJ nodded.

"Yeah, hopefully." AJ nodded just as her bedroom door opened, both of them turning around to see Dean standing holding Patch.

"He ate my homework." Dean said as AJ and Punk both smiled.

"I'm sure that excuse will come in handy." Punk nodded.

"No, I'm serious. I went downstairs for a drink and he ripped everything to shreds." Dean said, sitting Patch down on AJ's bed as he bounded over to Punk.

"Hey, little guy." Punk laughed, lying down on his back as Patch crawled onto his chest, "When is he getting his shots?" Punk asked, scratching behind the puppy's ears.

"Few days." Dean said, "I can't wait to take him out." Dean smiled, "I heard you both told mom about dating." He said as Punk nodded, "What'd she say?"

"First she was a bit off with it." Punk said, "She was just saying what happens if it doesn't work out, we still gotta live with one another. Bla bla bla." Punk said, "But she's came round. You know she's not the best at thinking positive."

"Well I wouldn't after a disaster marriage, being cheated on and having to raise two kids on my own." Dean said, "But at least she came around." Dean said as Punk nodded, "April are you doing Phil's homework?" Dean tutted.

"Yes, only because he's super bad at Spanish." AJ said, "And he'll thank me later for it." She smiled as Dean fake gagged.

"Time for me and the kid to leave." Dean said, "Give me back my boy." He reached out, taking Patch from Punk before leaving the room as Punk just rolled back onto his stomach and shook his head.

"He does seem a lot better." AJ nodded. There was a time when they were worried about Dean. After losing all his friends to the Johnny incident, and then losing their father, he almost shut himself out from everyone and Punk was extremely worried about him, but he looked like he was getting back to his normal self with the help of Patch and also some new friends he'd made in other classes.

"Yeah, he definitely is." Punk said, "The power of the Pitbull." He nodded, "Maybe when we move out we can get a dog." He said as AJ turned to him and smiled.

"You think about that?" She smiled. She knew she thought about it all the time. Having a future with him. A life together. But she didn't think he would for some reason.

"Yeah." Punk laughed, "Why wouldn't I?" He asked her.

"I… I don't know, I just didn't think you would." She shrugged, "What do you wanna do after school? It's creeping up on you." She said as he nodded.

"I know, don't remind me." He sighed, "I don't know. I'll probably just get a job locally. Would you wanna be seen dating a… sales guy or something?" He laughed a little.

"Hey, I don't care where you work or what you do." AJ smiled, "As long as you're you, and you're with me." She said, leaning over and pecking his lips as he smiled.

"Well that's sweet." Punk smiled, "What about you? College?"

"Yeah, I think so." AJ said, "I wanna be a writer so… I know I can't just wing that and expect a job somewhere." She said, "Plus I like the idea of going to college. It seems smart." She said as he smiled.

"Exactly why I won't be going." He said.

"Hey, Phil you're really smart." AJ shook her head, "You don't give yourself enough credit. You could be just as successful as your dad." She said.

"I don't wanna be like my dad." Punk said firmly.

"I'm not saying it like that… I'm just saying, he built a company up from nothing-"

"You think I could do that?" Punk laughed a little.

"Well you have the brains for it. You certainly have the charm." She smiled.

"I'll be fine working at Blockbuster." He shrugged as she smiled.

"Free movies for life." AJ nodded, "Sounds good."

"Yeah." Punk agreed, "Are you nearly finished? I wanna thank you." He smiled, leaning over and kissing her neck as she smiled.

"I'm halfway." AJ told him, "When are we going on another date? I like when you show me around places I never knew existed in my own city." She smiled.

"We can go out tomorrow if you like. I mean we always had to wait to make sure my mom was out but… now we can just got out any time." He said as she smiled and nodded.

"Where we going then?" AJ asked him.

"Leave it with me." Punk smiled.

They'd been on a lot of dates already, all which AJ was introduced to new and exciting places that she'd never been before. Places that she should have been but just never got the chance whilst taking care of her mom. She loved spending time with Punk outside. Holding his hand, leaning into him to get a heat. It was special and he was so sweet.

"Ok." AJ smiled, "I trust you." She nodded as he smiled.

"Ok, you can just multi-task." Punk shook his head, leaning over and kissing her neck as AJ smiled. What was nice to know on her part, was that he really wasn't just in it to get laid. They'd just spent weeks getting to know each other's bodies, having fun, experiencing new things, and it was way better than rushing everything at the one time, although she was starting to get the itch to go all the way with him.

"Turn on your back." Punk said, his hand going up and down her spine to her ass as she just shook her head and smiled.

"Phil, I'm not finished this." She laughed a little as he took the homework and threw it on the floor, turning her around onto her back as she smiled. She then watched him push her t-shirt up above her breasts, not pulling it fully over her head.

He cupped her breasts before using his mouth to and from each one whilst she moaned softly, feeling him kiss his way down her body. She looked down as he pulled her sleeping shorts down along with her panties, parting her legs before burying his head between her and using his tongue on her.

"Mmm fuck, baby." AJ moaned, cupping her breasts and looking down as he used his mouth on her, teasing her clit. She then felt him slip a finger inside of her, rubbing against her g-spot as she moaned at the feeling. It made her think about what it would feel like to have him completely inside her, "More." AJ looked down at him and nodded as he nodded, sliding a second finger inside of her as she moaned out.

"You're so tight." Punk said before using his mouth back on her clit, feeling her tight around his fingers, only imagining what it would feel like to be inside of her.

"Fuck, I'm gonna cum." AJ whispered, feeling him push on her g-spot over and over again whilst using his mouth on her clit, the combination sending her completely over the edge as Punk smiled and watched her from between her legs.

He moved back up her body once she started coming down from her orgasm, collapsing on his side beside her as she smiled up at him, taking his hand and placing her mouth around the two fingers which had just been inside her as he watched her, feeling himself get hard just at the mere sight of her.

She then rolled them over so she was straddling his hips.

"I thought this was me thanking you." Punk shook his head as she shrugged.

"Then I'll thank you for thanking me." She said, taking her t-shirt completely off as he looked up at her naked body, watching her move down his body like it truly belonged to hers. He knew they were fooling around and having fun, but on a serious level, he knew this was as serious as he would find it. He was totally falling for her.