Chapter 29: Real Family


Punk and April were back in Chicago and getting ready for their engagement party.

"I can't believe how fast your family threw this party together" April said as she looked in the mirror and put on a pair of earnings.

"Yea I think they've been secretly planning it for weeks" Punk smirked walking out of the bathroom in a nice dress shirt and pants. "Wow" he said looking at his fiancée from behind. She did have to opt for a long sleeve dress but it was backless. "That dress does have a front right?" Punk asked carefully

"No I've decided to wear nothing to this party" April said seriously. She then turned around and showed off her royal blue dress that was completely covered in the front. "Better?"

"Love it" Punk smiled giving her a kiss

"I had the perfect dress picked out but again I don't want to take a bunch of pictures with a large purple bruise" April said to him

"I like the dress" Punk told her honestly "It's hot."

"Thanks" she said blushing slightly "You don't look so bad yourself" she said buttoning his top button that he had missed

"We're definitely best looking couple in the world" Punk agreed "You know we've got some time before we have to be there" he said wrapping his arms around her and kissing her cheek.

"The party starts at 7" April reminded him as he kissed down her neck "And it's already 6:30"

"They can't start without us" Punk reminded her as he hit her sweet spot over her pulse

"We can't be rude" April forced out as she tried to concentrate

"I'm always rude" Punk reminded her as his hands traveled down her bare back but she slowly pushed him away and smiled

"I want to go out and celebrate" April frowned "I want to show off my ring to your family and eat and dance"

"But I want to take that dress off of you" Punk argued "Right now"

"Later" April promised.

"You're no fun" Punk groaned grabbing his wallet

"Don't be such a baby" April teased "So who is going to be at this shindig besides your family?"

"Colt, Cliff, some of the other guys" Punk shrugged "Look before they mention it to you because I know they will my mom tried to call your mom"

"Really?" April asked him "She didn't answer?"

"Oh she answered" Punk said nervously "I don't know what exactly what was said but I'm pretty sure there was a lot of profanity. I just didn't want you to think they didn't try to invite your family"

"That was nice of them to do" April said to him "So they know I'm getting married?"

"Yea" Punk said to her

"They didn't even send a text" April snorted "Their first child is getting married and I don't even get a card"

"I didn't tell you so you would feel bad" Punk said to her "It's just I'm pretty sure someone will mention it to you"

"I am so embarrassed" April admitted "I hope my mom wasn't too rude to yours I'll have to apologize"

"No you don't" Punk laughed "My mom gets it"

"You're lucky to have her" April said quietly "So are you ready?" she asked reaching for the door but he tugged on her wrist

"You have her too" Punk said to her "You're not alone. You're not just marrying me but you're gaining an entire family. They're not my blood either but that doesn't matter" April just smiled and nodded and headed out the door.


Punk was at a table sitting next to Colt but he couldn't take his eyes off of April. She just wasn't enjoying herself and he knew it was because her family didn't show.

"I don't get why she is so upset" Colt said to him "She really wasn't expecting them right?" he said as he glanced over to April who was at another table chatting with Punk's mom

"It's the fact that it's her wedding and her engagement and her family knows about it but still has made zero effort to try to communicate with her" Punk said to him

"What's their problem anyway?" Colt asked "And I'm not just saying this because you're marrying her but how could anyone hate her like that?"

"You're asking the wrong guy…obviously" Punk smirked "She's great"

"Speaking of I caught Raw the other night that was a pretty rough bump she took from Jericho" Colt said to him and immediately Punk tensed up

"I have no comment on that mess" Punk remarked

"I think you do" Colt laughed

"He did it on purpose!" Punk shouted out "He's trying to piss me off before our match"

"Mission accomplished" Colt chuckled

"It's not funny" Punk said to her "Her shoulder was all messed up"

"Did he talk to her?" Colt asked

"You mean did he apologize? No" Punk said to him "And I don't think he plans to"

"He's a dick anyway" Colt shrugged as Punk looked back over to April.

"She's supposed to be happy" Punk muttered

"She'll get over it" Colt assured him

"It's not something you just get over" Punk said to him "She's this upset during our engagement party I can't even imagine how she'll feel on our wedding day. She needs closure"

"Well I think all the ignored messages and calls is all the closure she's going to get" Colt said to her "Just distract her or something" he suggested


April looked across the room briefly and caught Phil's eyes. He looked as miserable as she felt and she knew that was because she was upset. She had to try to turn this around.

"He loves you very much" Punk's mother told her and April just smiled at the comment

"I know" April said to her "I love him too"

"I know" she laughed lightly "I have something for you" she said pulling a long velvet box out of her purse "I was going to save it for your wedding day but I want you to have it now" April opened the box to find a beautiful bracelet inside

"Oh wow" she smiled looking at it

"My mother gave this to me on my wedding day, her mother gave it to her on her wedding day and so forth" she told April "Everyone woman who has worn it has had a long and happy marriage and technically Phil is the first one to get married so it's yours now"

"Oh now I couldn't accept this" April said in shock "It should go to one of your daughters"

"You are one of my daughters now" she said simply "And one day you'll pass it down to your own daughter or future daughter in-law" April immediately started to cry, she just couldn't hold it in anymore "Oh don't cry" she laughed pulling April into a hug

"You have no idea how much this means to me" April said pulling away and his mom passed her a tissue.

"I love you very much April you have bought Phil a lot of happiness and that's all we've all ever wanted for him" she said to her "Now come here let's put this on" she said taking the bracelet out of the box and latching it around April's long sleeved blue dress

"Thank you so much Mrs-" she started

"You can start calling me mom" She said to her and April smiled

"Are you sure? You don't have to offer that" April said to her trying to hide her smile

"Yes!" she laughed "Welcome to the family sweetheart"

April made her way back over to Phil and she was in much better spirits.

"Everything ok?" Punk asked as she took her seat next to him

"Yes look at this bracelet your mom gave me" April said holding it out

"That was hers" Punk noted

"She wants to keep it in the family" April smiled. "You were very lucky to have her growing up"

"I know" Punk smiled

"It's so pretty" April said playing with the bracelet

"How's your shoulder feeling?" Colt asked causing Punk to glare at him

"It's fine" April said to him "We're not going to discuss work here, right?" she said glaring towards Punk

"Not a word" Punk said forcing a bitter smile

"So April since I'm officially the best man who is the maid of honor going to be?" Colt asked curiously "You know it's kind of tradition for the best man and maid of honor to hook up" Punk just let out a laugh "What?" he asked "It's true!"

"I don't think you're the maid of honors type" April teased lightly as she sipped on her water

"Is she married?" Colt asked seriously

"She is a he" April said to him "Langston is going to stand up for me"

"Give it a shot though" Punk encouraged with a laugh

"Are you kidding me?" Colt asked "Who am I going to sleep with at the wedding now?"

"That's what your concerned about?" Punk asked annoyed "I need a new best man, where is Cliff?" he asked looking around

"Don't go there" Colt warned "I already have my speech prepared"

"Really?" Punk asked

"I've had it written for like a year. I just substituted the bride's name" Colt teased

"Seriously where is Cliff?" April asked

"Relax you two" Colt chuckled "I'm not going to blow your big day and now if you will excuse me I'm going to go over my speech I have prepared for tonight with Cliff" he said standing up and leaving April and Punk at the table.

"Are you having a good time?" Punk asked her

"I am" April smiled "If this is how it's going to be all of the time I don't think I could wait to get married"

"Let's elope" Punk suggested "We'll jump on a plane to Vegas"

"I just got accepted into your family and now you want me to rob them of our wedding day? No chance" April said to him.

"Fine" Punks sighed "I hate parties" he muttered

"This party is all about us though" April said to him

"I would have rather celebrated in a different way" Punk smirked running his hand past her knee and up to her thigh

"Phil" She warned blushing and looking around to make sure no one was looking at them

"April" he mocked kissing her cheek

"No- Phil" April said seriously this time nodding behind him. He turned and saw his brother Mike standing over him.

"What are you doing here?" Punk asked annoyed "I know you weren't on the invite list"

"We still have a lot of mutual friends" Mike shrugged "I wanted to stop by and congratulate that's all"

"Thanks see you later" Punk said turning his attention back to April

"I'm Mike" he said extending his hand to April who accepted it politely "Welcome to the family"

"She's not joining your family" Punk said to him

"Phil" April whispered

"I want you out of here" Punk said to him "This is a party that my family threw for me and you're not part of it"

"I'm not staying" Mike assured him "I just wanted to drop off a gift" he said placing a box on the table "I didn't mean to upset you" he said then walked out of the hall

"Where are you going?" April asked as she watched Punk stand up and follow his brother out but he didn't respond he just left.

Mike was almost at his car when Punk jerked his arm so he'd turn around to face him.

"What is it you want?" Punk asked him

"I wanted to see you" Mike said to him

"You want money?" Punk asked

"No!" Mike shouted "I don't need your money I've got a great job now, a wife and kids I just want to move past all this petty bullshit you're my brother I wanted to meet your fiancée"

"What do you even care?" Punk asked

"I don't even talk to mom or dad anymore" Mike sighed "You're the only family I've got left. I just wanted to let you know that I'm happy for you"

"You're a constant reminder of betrayal and I don't want you around me" Punk said to him

"Fine" Mike said simply "If you change your mind you know how to get in touch with him. Like I said I've got two kids who would love to meet their Uncle Phil"

"Don't use kids as a way to get to me" Punk warned him

"I'm not trying to" Mike said to him "Good luck to you and your beautiful fiancée I hope you both are happy together" he said then got into his car.

"Phil?" April asked stepping outside. She quickly hugged herself as a cold breeze hit her.

"I'm fine I'll be inside in a minute" Punk said to her as he watched his brother drive off.

"Come on" April said walking over to him "It's freezing out here" she said walking in front of him. "But I'll stay out here and freeze with you if you'd like" she offered kindly and he quickly wrapped his arms around her to shield her from the cold "It was nice of him to stop by" it came out muffled because she was bundled against him

"Yea" Punk forced out "See it's not just your family that sucks" he teased

"We'll be better parents and our children will all love each other" April said against him and he froze, they had never discussed children and he never thought about having one before but her saying it out loud it all hit him. "Right Phil?" she asked looking up carefully as a cold wind hit them

"Yea" Punk smiled "We both have a lot of examples of exactly what not to do" he teased

"It's really cold out here are you done being angry now?" she asked him

"Yea" he said pulling away one arm but kept one wrapped around her to keep her warm as they headed back inside.


Punk and April were back home by close to midnight and they barely made it in the door, they were all over each other in the car and April was sure he was just going to pull over and toss her into the backseat. As soon as the door closed he was tugging at her dress.

"You're going to rip it" April scolded as he kissed around her jaw line.

"I don't really care" Punk said honestly as he kicked off his own shoes and removed his own jacket without separating his lips from her face

"It was super expensive" April mustered out as Punk's hands roamed her back.

"Then take it off before I do" he threatened. She pulled away from him and tugged down her dress all the while eyeing Punk.

"No underwear?" Punk asked as he un-tucked his shirt and removed his belt

"Didn't go with the dress" April shrugged innocently as she took one large step towards him and began unbuttoning his dress shirt and moved to the button his on pants "Look at that you're already hard" she pointed out brushing her hand against his member

"Standing butt naked in front of him tends to make that happen" Punk said seriously as she tugged down his pants and he stepped out of them.

"Bedroom?" April asked before Punk could kiss her again

"Too far" He said seriously and walked over to the couch and threw a few pillows onto the floor. Punk sat on the couch and pulled April to him and began to kiss her. His hands roamed all over until they reached her firm ass and gave it a hard squeeze causing her to fall right into his lap.

Punk laid her on the couch and began kissing her everywhere. He took one of her nipples into his mouth as she ran her hands through his hair and moaned against him.

"I love that" April moaned as he moved over to give her other one attention.

"I love it more" Punk informed her before occupying his mouth. April pulled his face up and pulled him into a blinding kiss. He was so engaged into the kiss and didn't even realize her little hands all the way down to his hard member and began to stroke him. "Sneak" he muttered against her lips

"I need you" April whispered as she continued to play with him

"I need you more" he said honestly and he wasn't just referring to sex. He pulled her hands away from his now throbbing member and took himself into his hands and teased her slit.

"Baby" April practically cried running her hands over his chest. He looked down at his beautiful fiancée and quickly entered her. "Oh!" she cried out throwing her head as far back into the couch as it would go. Punk reached his arms under her shoulders while she dropped one leg onto the floor to give him better access and continued to move roughly in and out of her.

"You're so fucking beautiful" He said into her ear. She heard it and wanted to respond but she was consumed by him that she couldn't form a sentence even if she wanted to. After that the only thing that could be heard was there bodies crashing into each other and their breaths.

"Lift your leg babe" Punk instructed referring to the one leg on the couch. She used what ever she had left in her to lift her leg to the top of the couch and Punk was now able to delve deeper into her.

"Oh god Phil!" she cried, almost literally she could feel the tears forming around her eyes. He now increased his pace as he removed his arms from her and propped himself up so he could go even faster into her. Her pleasure-ridden face was enough to send Punk to his peak.

"Babe" Punk warned and he watched as her hand moved to her nub and began to play with it "Holy fuck that is so hot" he admitted. Whenever she touched herself during sex it did all sorts of things to Punk's own body

"I'm almost there" she promised but he didn't have that kind of time he tugged her hips down more and practically elevated her lower half and moved in as hard as he could. He would only last for two more thrusts but thankfully the change in position caused her to climax immediately and he joined her a second later.

He never left her body just collapsed on top of her. The only thing he felt was the blanket from the back of the couch being pulled over him. Her little arms had reached out and did a fairly good job keeping him warm with the blanket.

"When we're married is it still always good to be this good?" April asked and she felt Punk's laugh against her throat

"Yes" he assured her and left her a sweet kiss there

"I don't want to get up" April admitted

"You don't have to" Punk said to her as he carefully pulled out her and moved behind her on the couch.

"I had the best time tonight" April said as she felt him wrap his arms around her after making sure she was covered by the blanket herself. "I realized I don't need my parents or my siblings and you don't either" she said firmly and he responded by kissing the nape of her neck.

"What you said earlier about our kids" Punk started out

"We never talked about that huh?" April asked

"No" Punk said to her

"You don't want children?" April asked

"I didn't until I met you" Punk said honestly "Never thought about it before honestly"

"Obviously it's a long, long way off I'm just getting started and we're both still working" April said to him "I don't want to be a part time parent"

"I agree" Punk said to her "Kids are definitely in our future"

"Good" April said to him "And we're never going to abandon them"

"Absolutely not" Punk agreed as he curled against her "And we're not going to favorite one over the other"
"Nope" April agreed. "And we're going to love them"

"Your family loves you April" Punk sighed "It's impossible to not love you"

"Obviously there was something wrong with me" April said and she felt Punk move away and tug her so she rolled over to face him

"There is nothing wrong with you" Punk said fiercely "Something is wrong with them"

"What if there really is and a few years down the road you're like 'oh I see why her family cut her out'" April said seriously

"There is nothing wrong with you" he repeated again "You don't really think that do you?

"Where is everyone Phil?" April asked seriously "We had an engagement party tonight and not one family member of mine showed, not even a friend. After awhile you have to start thinking maybe it's me"

"They're all idiots" Punk said seriously "And don't think like that because believe me when I say I'm not going anywhere"

"Promise?" April asked

"The ring on your finger is my promise" Punk said to her "And don't bring this up again I don't want you thinking like that" he said to her

"Ok" April said to him and curled against his bare chest


The next morning April woke up alone on the couch. She was still naked under the blanket and looked over and saw there was note left for her on the table.

'Went for a run and couldn't bear to wake you. I'll be home with breakfast, love you'

She smiled at the note and a minute later the doorbell rang. Punk never took his keys out for a run and figured he just left them behind. She sat up and wrapped the blanket herself and pulled the door wide open.

"You left me cold-" April stopped mid-sentence upon noticing it wasn't Phil at the door. She tightened the small throw blanket around her body.

"Dear lord April" an older woman said with disgust "You look like trash"

"Mother" April forced out and watched as she walked right into the home…