A/N: Hey guys! Just want to say thanks for all the reviews and support from those reading the story. It means a lot. I'm gonna speed up the wedding process here as I have no drama planned until after the wedding and possibly at the wedding. So this is the wedding chapter. I hope everyone enjoys it!

Wedding

"Should I put it over my face or keep it back?" AJ asked, standing in her hotel room suite with Carmella, preparing herself for her big day. They were having the reception in a small function room in the hotel, and then taking the afterparty to one of the halls in the hotel. AJ and Punk had both agreed to have a small ceremony, but allow whoever to the afterparty, which included all Punk's past encounters that Joey wanted to invite.

"Put it over your face." Carmella said, "Then he can lift it back." She smiled, placing the veil over AJ's face as she stood in her dress that she just loved to death.

"I wish I could wear this every day." AJ sighed, looking in the mirror.

"I think one day with all this stress is enough." Carmella said, "It's nearly time. Are you ready? I don't think I'm ready." She admitted as Carmella laughed.

"I'm ready." AJ nodded smoothly, "I just want to marry him now." She said in desperation.

"Ok. Enzo is gonna come round for you. I'm gonna go get Joni and make sure she's doing what she's doing." She said, rushing over to her friend and kissing her cheek, "Good luck. You've made an honest man out of a criminal. You've took your job to new heights." She said as AJ just laughed.

"Shut up, goof." She scoffed as Carmella smiled, "I love you."

"I love you too." Carmella said, hugging her friend and rushing out of the room as AJ stood for a minute herself, taking a deep breath and looking on at the mirror. She knew this was going to be one of the biggest days of her lives, and it had to go perfect.

She walked away into the bathroom, holding her trail over her arm so not to trip, shutting the door over and reaching the sink, picking up the pregnancy test that she had taken earlier and staring at the two blue lines.

"Hey, AJ-"

"I'm in here. I'll be out in a second." AJ called out to Enzo who was walking her down the aisle. She wasn't sure who to pick. Since she of course didn't have a father, nor any other male relatives, she did consider walking down herself, but she thought it was too sad and asked Enzo at the spur of the moment last night.

"Ok. I'm ready." AJ announced, leaving the bathroom and shutting the door over as Enzo's mouth dropped, "What?" AJ asked with worry, "What? What's wrong?" She asked in a panic.

"Nothing it's just… you… that dress… you look..." He continued to mutter without actually getting to the compliment. He was blown away by how beautiful she looked. Punk was a lucky, lucky guy.

"Thank you." AJ nodded.

"Are you ready to go?" He smiled as she nodded.

"Yeah." AJ said, "Yeah, let's do it." She announced positively.

Meanwhile at the ceremony Punk and Dean were standing up the front waiting patiently. Punk had to fix Dean's tie multiple times whilst standing since he kept messing it up. He was worse than a child, but he was glad he picked him to be his best man. He was nervous, which he didn't expect to be. A part of him was more nervous than what he was when Joni was being born.

Speaking of Joni, she had just began walking down the aisle, throwing the little petals from her basket out onto the aisle and occasionally onto some people. She looked every so cute and he couldn't help smile.

She took a seat when she reached the end, up beside Seth and looked up at her father with a proud smile. He winked to her playfully and gave her a thumbs up for the awesome job she'd done.

"Here we go." Dean nudged Punk who looked down the aisle with anticipation, watching Enzo and AJ begin to walk down. He was always preparing himself for her to look gorgeous, but his breath was completely lost. It was just then that he realised how extremely lucky he was to have stumbled upon her.

Of course Enzo was whispering in her ear jokes the entire walk down the aisle, which did make him smile, but finally she reached the end, giving Enzo a kiss on the cheek and moving forward to turn into face him.

She looked up at him with a smile, waiting on him pulling her veil back, but he seemed to have been stuck in a daydream with her face.

It wasn't until Carmella started snapping her fingers for Punk attention where he realised he had to take the veil back from her face. This did happen to be his first time getting married.

Nevertheless he pulled back the veil so he could see her face properly, smiling as she looked up at him innocently. He'd said it the entire time they had waited for this day to come… today was about them, and how much they loved each other, and committing to one another for the rest of their lives. Punk always thought marriage would scare him, but not now, not now he was marrying the woman he loved.

The ceremony was short but sweet. Their vows had a little bit of everything in it, sweetness, admiration, some humour, love and honesty and of course a ton of promises they were making to each other. Her heart skipped a few beats when he promised her to care for any children that may come their way one day.

They finished up, got photographs which consisted of his friends ruining them all, but they did get a few nice ones, and then they headed into the hall for dinner and then the after-party.

All the traditional wedding doings happened such as the first dance, cutting the cake and finally the speeches which Punk was not looking forward to. Carmella had said her bit. Punk had said his, and last but not least it was Dean's turn.

"How is everyone doing out there?" He said, clutching his beer, no flash cards or anything in his hand. He'd told Punk he was just doing it off the cuff.

"I've known Punk forever it seems like. I remember looking across the playroom in care, and seeing this dirty, scowling little kid, little did I know he was the softest dude in the world." He said as Punk just shook his head, AJ pressing her hand on his lap with a smile, "But it was instant connection with us. We became friends pretty quickly, and growing up in care… friends were all you had." He admitted, "When we all moved to the streets, he was the one that kept us safe. Like the dad of the group. He'd do anything and everything to make sure we all ate before he did. He was the last to fall asleep every night because he wanted to make sure we were all comfortable under whatever bridge or in whatever park we were at." He said, "And this isn't crying or therapy hour. We had some great times in the street too. Like Punk, you remember that time you flashed your junk to a check out girl in target to distract her from catching us taking shit?" He said as Punk just rolled his eyes as everyone laughed.

"Yeah, I remember." He nodded with a small smile, turning to AJ who was laughing.

"Like I said… we had good times." Dean nodded, "And when little Joni came along, I guess we all realised our father figure actually had to head off and be a proper father, and we all had to start looking after ourselves. Which was a complete nightmare. Having no one there to cook for you or clean for you… I tell you what AJ, you definitely picked the right guy. He's the greatest housewife ever." He smiled as Punk just laughed to himself.

"The hardest four years of my life was when you want to prison. I felt lost. I didn't have my conscience around anymore. And then you got out, and things started going right again, only this time, you dump is all for some girl." He joked as AJ smiled, "Who by the way looks incredible today." Dean raised his beer to AJ who smiled at him, "You both deserve each other and I really wish you guys a lifetime of happiness." He said, "I'm gonna get drunk now for the both of us." He tapped Punk on the shoulder, "And I hope everyone has a nice night." He raised his beer, taking his seat as Punk patted him on the back with a smile.

The party started filling up pretty quickly with the extra guests Joey had convinced Punk to invite. They did look like the type of people to cause trouble, but Punk convinced AJ they were all humble guys and girls, some who now had kids too. She had nothing to worry about.

The night was wonderful. Joni danced with her uncles and her father. Seth made his moves on Carmella by asking her to dance to a slower song. Dean did indeed get drunk for both himself and Punk, and somehow Joey couldn't be seen.

"I need to talk with you." AJ said over the loud music, grabbing Punk's hand and pulling him away from his dance with Carmella, "I have to tell you something." She said, holding her trail up so not to fall, leaving the hall and heading round the corridor where the toilets were.

"What is it?" Punk smiled. He looked like he had been drinking but he promised he hadn't. He was just drunk on love for his new wife, "You wanna start our night early?" He grinned as she shook her head.

"No. No I need to talk with you. Seriously." She took his hands in his. His suit jacket had been dispatched along with his tie, and his first two buttons were undone on his shirt.

"What? What's wrong?" He asked with fear.

"I'm pregnant." She said, "I only found out today and I don't think I'm that far along which means something could happen like last time."

"You're pregnant?" Punk said, "You're pregnant?" He repeated as she nodded.

"This wasn't even planned." She said to him. It wasn't planned at all. She was well and truly assuming that after their first tragic loss, it'd be another few years until they had the courage to try again, but maybe with it springing back onto them unexpected it would be better.

"You're really pregnant?" He asked in disbelief. And this time he wasn't running. This time he knew the significance of this. This time he was actually ecstatic.

"Yes." AJ nodded as he smiled to her surprise.

"A baby?" He said, placing his hand over her stomach with a smile as she leaned against the wall, looking up at him and nodding.

"Yeah." AJ whispered, "But I'm terrified." She admitted, "What if I lose it?"

"No. That won't happen." He said soothingly, "We're going to have a baby?" He smiled as she nodded.

"Yeah." She nodded with a smile as he cupped her cheeks and pressed a soft kiss on her lips. It was the greatest present she could have ever gave him. The first time round he was shocked, and the loss of their baby made him realise how much he wanted it. Now he knew he wasn't fucking it up. He was over the moon.

"Don't tell anyone yet." She said pulling back from the kiss, "I don't want anyone knowing until I'm past twelve weeks." She said as he just nodded.

"Ok." He said with a smile, "Ok, I'm gonna go back in." He said, kissing her head.

"I'm just gonna go to the toilet. It might take me a few days but I'll try to be quick." She said, referring to her dress which really was a pain to go to the toilet with.

"Ok." He smiled, crouching down and kissing her stomach.

"Stop, someone might see you." She said as he just laughed, "Go." She shoo'd him away with her hands but smiling all the while. His happiness made her happy, and it made her feel a lot more positive and sturdy about it all.

She headed for the toilet, suddenly creeping back from around the corner when she noticed Joey standing with a few other men. He'd been gone for ages and she was wondering what the hell it was he was doing. She could hear everything they were saying and gasped when she overhead what they were talking about.

"How was I know they were only gonna give him four years?" Joey said, looking on at familiar faces from the past, "It was you and Bill that decided to go in all guns blazing. The cops were coming. He would have gotten years for possession of drugs, but since you both went in and attacked him he got off with self defence." He said, "His daughter wasn't meant to be in the house either. It just… It fucking blew up in our faces and it was not my fault."

"You were the one in charge of it all." A man argued, "Bill died because of you."

"I didn't know Punk was gonna kill him."

"It's Punk. He's an animal." One of them said, "You screwed up and now you're the one who is gonna pay. Literally."

"I don't have money." Joey defended, "C'mon guys." He tried to negotiate.

"250 a week." One of them said, "And that's us being nice. You can't get it, we'll take you and every single one of those so called friends you have and blow their heads off, including that little girl."

A/N: Well god damn. REVIEW and let me know what you think.