Chapter 29: Two Morons
AJ woke up the next morning and she was physically spent. She glanced around the room and it was a mess. Clothes everywhere, dirty dishes from the dinner they ate up their last night and she was physically and mentally spent but completely satisfied. She rolled over to face Punk who was sleeping soundly and kissed his nose lightly. He smiled before opening his eyes.
"Good morning" he whispered
"Morning" she said happily "Ready to start the day?"
"Not even close" Punk admitted "I want to lay here with you all day and ravish you"
"That is very tempting" AJ smirked
"Yes I knew you would find it appealing since you've admitted you can't resist me" Punk smiled lightly
"I remember it was you begging for me last night. You won the battle but I won the war" AJ told him smugly
"You were so…." Punk trailed off trying to find the words
"Come on boost my ego for a change" AJ encouraged
"…hot, sexy, beautiful, delicious…" he trailed off
"I've been called a lot of names in my life, delicious has never been one" she smirked
"Then people haven't fully tasted you properly" he said seriously causing her to roll her eyes and roll out of the bed. "Where are you going?" he asked disappointed
"I need a bath because my muscles are aching" she said to him "That's your fault by the way"
"I'd apologize but that would mean I regret it" Punk said to her "So I'm not going to"
"You can help make it up to me" She said walking to his side of the bed and grabbing him by the hand in an attempt to tug him out of the bed "Take a bath with me"
"Take a bath with you?" Punk snorted "I don't take baths" she just scrunched her face at him and pouted and he knew he was powerless "Fine" he muttered "No girly bubbles"
"They're the best part" AJ said leading him into the bathroom.
AJ was lying in the tub and opposite of her near her feet was Punk who was seemingly enjoying the bath.
"I knew you'd like it" AJ teased as she watched Punk massage one of her feet, just as he promised "You're so good at that" she said to him
"Yea I'm a real expert" Punk smirked kissing her foot lightly before continuing to rub them "They are freakishly tiny"
"They are not" AJ said splashing him with water
"I could put your entire foot into my mouth if I wanted to" Punk said to her seriously "Tiny" he said holding up her foot so she would see
"Stop playing with my feet and just make them feel better" AJ warned with a grin
"Yea, yea" He muttered "So you never told me how your night went at the club"
"It was a lot of fun" She shrugged "Your sisters are awesome"
"That they are" he agreed as he moved on to her other foot now. "Did you dance?"
"In those heels?" AJ laughed "Just a little"
"Stupid heels hurting your poor baby feet" Punk scolded lightly "So anymore girls nights in your future?"
"I'm actually going to be going shopping with them next week" AJ informed him
"Cute. You see my sisters more than I do and soon they'll start seeing you more than I do" Punk said to her "And what could you possibly be shopping for now?"
"They actually want me to look at wedding dresses" she said surprising him but it didn't seem to bother him at all "I know we haven't picked a date out or anything but they're really excited"
"We should pick a date" Punk said to her "Just so we know we can get the time off"
"Maybe we can look through the calendar today?" she suggested quietly
"Sure" he smiled
"And as for seeing your sisters you're going to be having dinner with us next week after we shop" she told him
"Oh now nice I get included on your girls day" he mocked
"It's not just a girls dinner. Chaleen wants you to meet her new boyfriend" She told Punk who scrunched up his face
"What new boyfriend?" Punk asked "How long has she been with him? How-"
"She was right you are totally crazy" AJ laughed
"I'm not crazy I'm protective" Punk corrected
"He's very nice and a complete gentleman" AJ said to him
"Oh really? You've met him?" Punk asked her and she nodded
"He came to the club with us" AJ informed him
"Why did he get to go and I couldn't?" Punk questioned
"Because apparently you don't behave when you're in that kind of environment with your sisters" AJ smirked
"Are they really still talking about that?" Punk asked annoyed "One time! I got into one fight! Sorry I'm not going to just sit around and let some guy put his disgusting hands all over my little sister" she just laughed at how angry he got.
"I heard the entire story and your sister was dancing with him, you're supposed to touch when you dance" AJ reminded him
"Not like that" Punk shot at her "It was a club not a rappers music video"
"I'm so glad you didn't come the other night" AJ laughed lightly
"Why? Was someone hitting on one of my sisters?" Punk asked "Was someone hitting on you?"
"No Phil. I know it's hard to believe but not everyone falls all over themselves for me" AJ said to him
"Please" He muttered "If they don't than they're blind"
"There was one guy there" AJ started off "He was strange and I swear he was watching me the entire night"
"Did he talk to you?" Punk asked
"No he didn't even try to approach me but when I walked off to the bathroom apparently he followed in my direction but Kirk got in his face and told him to leave" AJ said to him
"Who the hell is Kirk?" Punk asked
"The new boyfriend!" she laughed
"What kind of fucking name is that?" Punk mocked "And what did he say to the guy?"
"He said he knew he was watching us from across the club and told him to leave before there was a problem" AJ said to him
"So he's a tough guy" Punk mocked
"He's protective of your sister" AJ shot at him "Something you should understand and respect"
"Whatever" he muttered dropping her foot back into the water
"Hey" she pouted
"I'm hurt too" Punk pointed out holding up his wrist showing the faint marks left from the handcuffs last night
"Oh no" she said with a frown "Sorry" but when she apologized she smiled wide
"Yea you look real sorry" Punk said to her
"It's not that bad" AJ said waving it off "You're a big boy"
"And I'm the mean one" Punk snickered
"I think you loved it last night" AJ said to him
"I did" Punk said to her seriously "No one has ever had me at the tip of their fingers like you did"
"I find that hard to believe" AJ said to him
"Oh it's true. Do you really think I would have trusted any of those crazy women I dated before to handcuff me?" Punk asked her seriously
"Fair point" AJ agreed
"And I'm going to get you back for it" Punk said to her "It might not be today or tomorrow or even next week- but it will happen"
"I look forward to it" AJ grinned leaning further against the tub
Later that day Punk was heading down into the gym.
"You want to work out with me?" Punk asked her while she sat on the couch
"I'd love to but 'love it or list it' is on" AJ said to him in a serious voice as she concentrated on the TV
"So let me get this straight this entire bet started because you wanted to work out in the gym and not have sex but now you're turning down gym time to watch a TV show?" Punk asked her in awe
"It's not just a show!" AJ scolded "Come watch with me"
"Maybe later" he said "Oh Colt and Cliff are going to be stopping by so just tell them I'm down there"
"Yea, yea sure" she said waving him off as she watched the TV. Punk just shook his head and headed downstairs. A half hour later the doorbell rang and AJ knew it was Colt and Cliff, she vaguely remembered Punk telling her they were stopping by.
"Come in!" she shouted knowing they had a key but the bell just rang again.
"Crap" she said pausing the TV and walking over to the door. When she swung the door open it wasn't either Colt or Cliff it was a young woman.
"Hi do you own a dog?" the woman questioned franticly
"No why?" AJ asked concerned
"There's a dog in the street right in front of your home and it looks like he was hit by a car" she said pointing the street, AJ glanced but didn't see anything "he's more to the left side-" AJ quickly followed the woman down her front steps and towards the street. "What kind of dog was it?" she asked. AJ was truly an animal lover and had to help the dog if she could.
"He was right there" the woman said pointing the empty street
"Where? If he was hurt he couldn't have gotten far" AJ said looking around but everything went black as someone slipped some sort of case over her head. AJ's instincts quickly kicked in and she started thrashing around and screaming
"Open the trunk!" She heard a man yell and she felt herself being lifted and placed into what she assumed was a trunk. She gave a hard kick and was sure she hit whoever it was and ripped the sack off of her head and jumped out of the trunk. She didn't even look back at the man as she began to run back to the safety of her home.
"No you don't" the man said grabbing her by the back of her hair and wrapping his arm around her torso and began to drag her back to the car
"Help!" she screamed
"Shut her up!" the woman yelled
"I only have two hands!" he yelled back
"Hey!" a voice yelled and the man froze and quickly dropped AJ to the ground causing her to scrap her hands onto the hard concrete beneath her. She glanced over and saw the man and woman jump into their car and speed off.
"AJ!" Colt yelled jogging over to her with Cliff right behind him "Are you ok?"
"Yea" she said breathlessly
"Cliff call the police" Colt instructed as Cliff pulled out his phone "What happened? Are you hurt?"
"No I don't think so" she said clearly shaken as Colt helped her to her feet
"You're bleeding" he noted helping her towards the front of her house
"It's just my hands" She said looking down at them as they climbed the steps together
"They're on their way" Cliff said as he opened the front door. "Where's Punk?"
"Downstairs" AJ said but before she even finished the word Cliff was heading to the gym
"Here let me see" Colt said taking her hands into his own and examining them
"It's fine" she assured him and thirty seconds later Punk appeared
"What happened?" he asked alarmed racing over to AJ
"I don't even know" She said still in shock "Some woman came to the door and said a dog was hit in the street so I went outside to look and next thing I knew someone placed something over my head and put me in the trunk of their car"
"Police are on their way" Cliff informed them
"Are you hurt?" Punk asked taking a seat on the coffee table directly across from AJ
"No I'm fine" she said to him "I just scrapped my hands and he tugged my hair pretty hard" she said rubbing the back of her head gently
"He?" Punk asked "I thought you said it was a woman"
"There was defiantly a guy there" AJ said to him "I think it was just the two"
"I only saw two" Colt said to them
"Thank you by the way" AJ said looking at him and glancing over to Cliff "If you didn't show up I would have been in the back of that trunk"
"I wish we could have done more" Colt said to her
"Yea they ran off fast but I got a pretty good look at the car" Cliff told them
"Did you recognize either of them?" Punk asked her
"No I didn't even get a good look at the guy and the woman I had never seen before" AJ told him
"Do you think they could have worked for Christian?" Punk asked her
"I doubt it" AJ said to him "Christian's people aren't that sloppy."
"Creepy" Cliff muttered
An hour later AJ, Colt and Cliff were still giving statements to the police. There were about six officers inside the large living room and a moment later a more familiar Detective entered the living room.
"Punk" Drew Keith said walking over to him "I got your message" he said shaking his hand "How is she?" he asked him
"She's fine just shaken up" Punk told him "I wanted you here because you're still working Christian's case, right?"
"Yea I am" Drew told him
"It was him right?" Punk asked
"I got a rundown before I came but I'm not too sure" Drew told him
"Who else would try to kidnap AJ?" Punk asked annoyed
"I'm not saying you're not right but Christian's staff would have gotten her. This sounded very sloppy and not fully thought out. I mean its broad daylight, there are people and witnesses on the street and she overpowered the male assailant" Drew told him
"I just can't think of anyone else who would do this" Punk said to him "She doesn't have any enemies"
"Well now you have to take into account that she's a celebrity now" Drew pointed out "She's on TV, she's making good money- this happens sometimes. Victoria Beckham was almost abducted numerous times"
"That doesn't happen with wrestlers" Punk said brushing it off
"It can" Drew informed him seriously
"A man and a woman though? It was a total setup!" Punk pointed out
"That's why I'm going to want to talk to you about issues you may have with people" Drew said surprising him
"Why me?" Punk asked confused
"If I wanted to hit you where it would hurt I'd go after your fiancée" Drew informed him "So how many enemies do you have Brooks?"
"A lot of people don't like me but none of those people would result to kidnapping" Punk mocked
"You'd be surprised" Drew said with a frown
"You're wasting your breath here" Punk said to him "This has Christian Scott all over it"
"Like I said I'm going to look into that but I can't ignore the evidence or the fact that Christian Scott isn't even in the country" Drew told him
"Are you sure about that?" Punk asked him
"A hundred percent sure" Drew assured him "I don't know how they thought they would get her out of the country" he said to him "So do me a favor and write down a list of people that hate you" he said ripping out a piece of paper from his notepad
"I'm going to need more paper" Punk told him seriously as Drew just smirked and handed over the entire notepad "I have a big mouth ok?" he defended lightly before walking away
As the officers slowly left the home the only ones left were Colt, Cliff and Drew Keith.
"How many names are on there?" AJ asked looking over to Punk's long list
"I don't have many friends" he teased
"I think this is a waste of time" AJ groaned
"So you think it was Christian now?" Punk asked hopefully
"No" AJ said to him "It could have just been random"
"Random is snatching you off the street" Drew Keith said walking over to them "Not luring you out of your home. They also mentioned a dog maybe the person knows what a big dog advocate you are"
"That's a bit of a stretch" AJ said to him "Anyone would have done the same thing as me"
"We have to look at this from all ends AJ" Drew told her "Have you any issues the last few weeks?"
"You mean besides Christian?" she smirked "No everything has been fine"
"AJ I need you to really think about this" Drew said seriously "Nothing is too insignificant"
"I got into an argument with one of my bosses at work last week" AJ said to him not giving is much thought "But that happens"
"What's his name?" Drew asked taking out his notepad
"Hayes- H-a-y-e-s" Punk said spelling it out causing her to roll her eyes "First name Michael and he's not her boss he's an asshole"
"Noted" Drew smirked "Anything else AJ?"
"Nope" she said with a shrug
"What about the club?" Punk asked her
"You had an issue at a club?" Drew asked
"No, no but I went to a club a few nights ago and there was guy there I thought he was watching me" She told him "But he didn't try anything"
"You said you thought he was following you into the bathroom" Punk reminded her of the story she had just told him a few hours ago
"I didn't think that" AJ said to him then looked over to Drew "I was with Phil's sisters and one of their boyfriends and they thought he was trying to follow me but they shooed him off and he left"
"What did he say?" Drew asked very intrigued
"I have no idea like I said I was in the bathroom" She said to him
"Can you get me in touch with your sisters?" he asked Punk who just nodded
"Thanks" Drew said to him "I have a few things I want to look into and for now please be diligent AJ" he said to her "I know it's annoying but until we can figure out of this was random or planned I'm going to ask you to not go anywhere alone"
"Great" AJ muttered
"Just give me a few days AJ and I promise I'll have some answers by than" Drew assured her "You too Punk. Watch your back and for the night I'm going to have uniformed officers patrolling the block tonight"
"Thanks" Punk said standing up and shaking his hand
"Call me if you need anything or remember anything" Drew told them
"I will" AJ said forcing a smile then he left
"We're going to head out too" Colt said walking over with Cliff
"Thank you so much" AJ said hugging Colt
"Anytime." Colt smiled as she pulled away
"You both are my heroes" she smiled kissing Cliff on the cheek and his face grew a wide smile
"Babe don't-" Punk started but it was too late, AJ was already pulling him into a hug
"Oh man this is great" Cliff said happily squeezing AJ back
"Ok enough" Punk warned pulling AJ away
"Take care of yourselves" Colt said to them
"Bye AJ!" Cliff waved as he walked out the door with Colt
"Well at least we lasted like two weeks without something crazy happening" AJ said with a shrug
"Yea" Punk said to her "Are you sure you're alright?"
"It was nothing" she said with a smile "I was freaked out at first but I'm ok now. Nothing bad happened"
"Don't go outside without me" Punk said to her causing her to roll her eyes "I mean it AJ don't take out the trash or check the mail- at least until we get a little more information"
"If it makes you feel better? Sure" she told him simply
"I spoke to Hunter as well" Punk told her
"You told them?" AJ asked with a frown
"I had to let them know in case the media picks up on it" Punk said to her "But they're going to up security a bit as well."
"They're not going to pull me off of TV though, right?" she asked nervously
"No but they probably should" Punk said to her
"No I'm not going to stop my job, I'm just getting started" she defended
"Yes I know, I know" he mocked lightly then eyed her from head to toe
"What?" she asked him
"I was just thinking how I would love to just keep you locked away in a giant room" Punk said to her
"Real nice" she laughed
"Just to keep you safe" he defended quickly "I'll take you out every time I come home" he promised
"What about when you're overseas?" AJ asked
"I'll have my sisters come over to walk you or something" He answered quickly
"I'm not a dog Phil" she said placing her hands on her hips
"It could be great" Punk defended "I'll put a TV and an xbox in there, throw in a few comics, wrap the walls with bubble wrap too because I know you're clumsy. And this way I'll know you're safe at all times and when my contract is up I'll move into the room with you"
"You've given this little fantasy a lot of thought" AJ teased and he just nodded in agreement. She walked over to him and kissed his lips lightly "I'm fine and it's going go take a lot more than two morons to keep me away from you" she assured him with a smile then walked away.
