"Now that we're finally alone, are you gonna tell me what happened whilst I was here depending on my frightened son for comfort and not you." She said as Punk laughed a little.
The kids had gone to the cafeteria for some food. It was 1am, but they were starving, as they so over exaggeratedly put it. Liesel and Harper had filled Jay and AJ in about what happened very briefly, they were still a little shook up, and AJ figured that now she had some time alone with her husband, he could let her in on what had happened.
"Was he good?" Punk smiled, referring to their son not being able to help laugh. Poor Jay. He always got stick in situations he never wanted to be in, but no matter, he always pulled through them just like he had done with this. He sat on the armchair beside AJ's bed, looking over into the bassinet where Faye lay fast asleep. He couldn't take his eyes off her.
"Just as good as you would have been." AJ smiled, "He did look close to barfing a few times, but he didn't leave my side." She said, "I'm just glad I had someone. Now stop avoiding the question. Tell me what happened." She said, insisting on knowing everything.
"Well I take it Curt got his hands on the girls when they were coming back from the movies. He took them to some building, not long away from Invictus, had them tied up, called me to tell me where he was and that he had them." Punk said as AJ sighed. She hated to know her daughter's were frightened and in danger. It was a mother's worst nightmare, "I wasn't stupid, I called Dean and Sami, and a few other guys that I knew from a few years back, and we headed over to where Curt told me he was." He explained.
"Were they hurt? Did he hurt them?" AJ asked.
"Not from what I could see. I actually haven't got a chance to properly speak to them yet. Everything has been happening so fast." Punk said as AJ nodded in agreement. She woke up this morning and the last thing she expected was to have had her baby girl later on in the night, "But anyway, I was talking with Curt, and then I looked up and the girls were gone. I thought he'd taken them some place else, or he'd done something to them, but… it was my Uncle Dennis." Punk said as AJ shook her head.
"Dennis?" She asked, "I thought he-"
"Yeah, so did I. But apparently not." Punk said, "He helped me take out Curt and that no good little runt that set Liesel up." Punk said, "Saved my life actually. Hadn't he helped me, I'd probably have died." He said, feeling overwhelmed and thankful. He had to thank his Uncle very soon.
"Liesel really liked him." AJ sighed, "Do you think she's ok?" She asked.
"She'll get over the scum." Punk grunted.
"I'm just glad you're all ok." She said, "Come give me a kiss." She waved him over as he stood up, sitting next to her on the bed, leaning down and giving her a soft kiss that she enjoyed very much.
"I'm sorry for what I said earlier." He said.
"No, I'm sorry." AJ shook her head, "I've been so unfair on you recently." She said, "I've just been so exhausted, and then Liesel left, and I blamed you, and I just… I shouldn't have treated you like I did." She said, "You know I'm always gonna love you." She told him as he smiled.
"I know." Punk nodded, "But I shouldn't have got in your face or lost my temper with you… or Jay." He said, "I just felt like you all hated me." He said.
"We all love you." AJ told him, "Including Faye. She loves her daddy already." AJ smiled, it feeling weird to use that term again, not having used it in such a long time. It felt nice. She was so excited to have a newborn. It'd been so long.
"She does love her daddy." Punk smiled, looking over into the bassinet, "Don't you, baby girl?" Punk smiled, "God, she's perfect." He gasped, noticing AJ yawning whilst leaning back in bed. She had to be exhausted. She only had around an hours sleep after giving birth. He wanted her to rest, "I'm gonna go check on the kids. You get some sleep, ok?" He stood up, stroking her cheek as she nodded.
"You're gonna have to get emergency car seat, crib, outfit to bring her home in, diapers, pacifiers-" She listed as he laughed.
"I'll sort it. Don't you worry." He smiled. Since Faye had come earlier than expected, they still hadn't got a lot of things they needed. But he could wiz to the store and get everything quickly. He had his three other children to help out too.
"Mhm… thank you." AJ smiled with a sigh of relaxation, finding a comfortable position in bed which was hard to do after just a few hours of giving birth, "Make sure the kids are you ok, yeah?" She said as he nodded.
"You get some rest." He told her, leaning forward and kissing her head, turning round to his other girl and looking down at her sleeping away, "And you be good for mommy, baby girl. No tears." He said, leaning down and pressing a kiss on her soft head, turning back to see AJ already fast asleep. He smiled. He'd seen this sight many times before and it never failed to make him smile.
"I give you thirty dollars and you spend it on cakes and milkshakes?" Punk approached his children in the cafeteria who were being extremely noisy. But they seemed to be the only ones in the place anyway.
"Kitchen was closed." Harper said, "Didn't have a choice." She shrugged as Punk just nodded, sliding into the booth beside Jay, facing Harper and Liesel who he thanked God didn't have a mark on them.
"You girls ok?" He asked them.
"Yeah." Harper nodded.
"We're fine, dad." Liesel smiled, "Really."
"You'd tell me if any of you were hurt, wouldn't you?" He asked as they both nodded.
"We're ok. It was a little scary, but we're fine." Harper nodded as Punk just smiled. They were brave girls. And that wasn't a quality they took from him. They'd taken that straight from their strong mother.
"And you..." Punk turned to Jay, "I'm sorry for putting my hands on you and losing my temper." He said as Jay just shook his head.
"Didn't fuss me." Jay said, "You aren't actually that intimidating." He said as Punk nodded.
"Good to know. Thanks." He nodded as Liesel and Harper laughed a little, "And thank you for being brave for your mother. She really needed someone, and you were there. Isn't easy watching her in all that pain, is it?" He asked Jay who shook his head.
"And then all the blood." Jay rolled his eyes, "Babies are really ugly when they're born." He announced as Punk laughed.
"You had to be the ugliest when you were born." Punk said as Jay rolled his eyes, "Midwife said you got bumped on your way out. Had a black eye, screwed up little eyes, crooked little mouth. I remember Liesel asked if you'd fell." Punk said as Jay laughed.
"Where is this new baby?" A voice echoed behind them as all four of them turned to look as Dennis stood taking his gloves off.
"Uncle Dennis." Punk smiled, standing up and giving his uncle a friendly, warm hug, "Thanks for helping me back there." He said quietly, "Thanks for getting the girls out safe."
"What kind of uncle would I be if I didn't?" Dennis smiled, "I've missed you, my boy." Dennis said, patting Punk on the back as the kids watched closely, "Heaven all mighty..." Dennis gasped as Punk backed away, Dennis eyeing up Jay who sat looking at him, "You look just like your grandfather."
"Really?"
"Really?"
Both Punk and Jay said in sync. Of course Punk's own father was still a mystery to him. He'd only seen just a few pictures, but he thought about him all the time, and visited the grave a lot.
"Yeah." Dennis nodded, "Well, when he was that age of course." Dennis said, "I'm your Uncle Dennis." Dennis introduced himself, putting his hand out as Jay shook it, the handshake really shaking him as Dennis shook it rapidly, "And you girls, I've met you, but it wasn't really a good time." He said, "It's a pleasure to finally meet you." He said, shaking Harper and Liesel's hands who smiled.
"So how are you even alive?" Punk asked, taking a seat beside Jay again whilst Dennis pulled a seat over.
"Well, long story short, Jack asked me to leave. He thought you and I were getting too close and of course me and my big mouth was always convincing you to do the right thing, and Jack didn't like that." He said, "He gave me money to leave and not come back." Dennis said, "But I'd kept a close eye on you. I was closer than you thought. After Jack died, I figured you had no one. I knew you had Elise and your family and your friends, but you had no more blood left." Dennis said, "I still kept an eye on you. Kept an eye on the kids." He nodded to the three kids.
"Why didn't you come back sooner?" Punk shook his head.
"Well you seemed to be getting by just fine. Until just a few months ago when this boy showed up." He turned to Liesel, "Could have told you he was trouble from the minute I laid eyes on him, sweetheart. You gotta learn how to tell them apart." He said as Liesel just looked down. She was still upset over what happened with Scott, and still in shock a little.
Punk just signalled for Dennis to tone it down a bit, spotting Liesel turn away and get lost in a daze. He didn't want her to be embarrassed or feel bad about herself.
"Anyway, I figured now that I'm here, and you know I'm here, I stick around for a bit." He said, "I want to get to know the kids." He said as Punk nodded with a smile.
"But what about your will… and the money you left me?" Punk shook his head with sudden confusion.
"It was all just set up, so you'd believe I was really dead." Dennis said, "Jack was a smart man." Dennis nodded.
"Yeah, he was." Punk said, probably knowing better than anyone.
"So… am I seeing this baby or what?" Dennis asked.
"Actually, her and April have just fell asleep." Punk said.
"I was wondering why you were all down here." Dennis said, "Very well, I'll come back in the morning. It'll give me a chance to get a gift for the little thing." He smiled.
"Actually… I was planning on taking a quick trip to the store to get some emergency stuff for the baby. She came early, so we still have stuff to get. We also have to arrange where she's gonna be sleeping… I mean, I know she'll be in her crib in my room, but… there's no room for her." Punk sighed as Dennis laughed.
"Me, your mother, your father and Jack all shared a room at one point in a foster home." Dennis said, "We can make room."
"Do we have to go? I haven't slept in nearly twenty four hours." Jay groaned.
"Stop winging, boy." Dennis stood up as Jay rolled his eyes, not sure if he liked this man very much, he was too much of a dictator, but he could see his dad appreciated him, and he was funny, a little.
"C'mon, we need all the help we can get." Punk said, "Girls, you're on clothes, diaper and pacifiers duty." Punk said as Liesel and Harper nodded, sliding out the booth.
"Jay, you go with Dennis and get a car seat and a crib." Punk said, watching Jay cringe at the thought of spending time with his mad uncle who he didn't even know, "I'll go home and figure out where we can start decorating room." He said.
Don't get him wrong, he and AJ had bought some things, but not everything. They had to pull together as a team to make sure everything was perfect for AJ and Faye coming home.
A/N: Mad uncle Dennis is sticking around then I suppose. Wonder if they'll manage to make room for the baby and get everything they need. Hope you enjoyed the chapter! Leave a review.