Bad Boy
Punk was in AJ's office locked away for two days now. He was working on his final paper to get his high school diploma. He didn't learn much more than he already knew from the six month program but he was happy he'd be able to his children he at least finished high school. He looked up from AJ's desk when he saw a note slide under the door. He stood up and walked over to the door and smirked when he saw a note from Lily that was painted and just said 'Hi'.
"Daddy?" he heard her barely whisper and he opened the door and she smiled when he did.
"Hi Princess." He smirked.
"Mommy said not to bother you." Lily whispered. "But I miss you."
"You are no bother and I am actually finished." He said opening the door fully and she ran inside and jumped in the chair behind the desk. "That's my seat."
"It's mine now." Lily grinned. "Did you graduate yet?"
"Hopefully soon." He said to her.
"When you do can we have a party?" Lily asked.
"Nope." Punk said cleaning up his work from AJ's desk.
"Why?" Lily frowned.
"How's first grade treating you?" Punk asked curiously and wanting off the subject.
"I love it." She said almost smugly and he had to laugh. "I'm going to be in a play."
"Yea?" Punk asked and she nodded. "What's it called?"
"Stone Soup." She told him and he looked confused.
"I've never heard of that." Punk said to her.
"You'll love it daddy." Lily assured him. "I even get to dance in the play." She said again smugly.
"I'll be there. Front row." He promised.
"Are you going to be loud like you are at my dance recitals?" She asked warily and he nodded.
"Afraid so." He said to her and she groaned. "I'm a proud father. You have to get used to that."
"Ok." She sighed. "Can Pop come to the play?" she asked.
"Pop?" He questioned.
"Richard." She clarified and he rolled his eyes.
"Oh yea that's right." He said a little annoyed. "You can ask him."
"Uncle Mike?" She asked.
"You call him Uncle now too?" Punk asked sadly and she nodded with a smile. "I don't know Lils, you can ask him too I guess. But I'm sitting front row alone, they have to sit in the back."
"What about mommy?" Lily asked.
"When is the play?" Punk asked.
"November." She told him.
"Mom is having Jade that month she might not be able to make it." Punk warned her and Lily's face dropped in shock. "But I promise to film it if she can't make it. She'll get to watch it and show Jade."
"Ok." Lily said accepting that. "Daddy."she began and he had to laugh.
"Yes dear?" he asked amused.
"Do you think Louis would be mad if I had a boyfriend?" Lily asked curiously.
"Um, I don't give a crap what Louis thinks and neither should you." Punk said to her. "I will tell you who would be very mad if you had a boyfriend."
"You?" Lily asked and he nodded slowly with a smile. "I have a boyfriend now."
"Oh god." he groaned.
"His name is Joseph." Lily told him smiling.
"Yea?" Punk asked letting out a sigh. "What's he do for a living?"
"What?" Lily asked.
"What does he do? Does he have a job? Has he ever been married? What are his intentions?" Punk teased but said in a serious voice and she giggled.
"He's seven." Lily laughed.
"He's what?" Punk asked. "You're six."
"I'll be seven." Lily pointed out proudly. "Can you tell me if Louis will be mad or not?"
"Louis lives in Italy." Punk pointed out seriously now. "You're allowed to be friends with other boys."
"But will he be mad?" Lily asked again.
"No he won't because you don't even have to tell him." Punk said to her. "You're a strong independent woman." he told his daughter who eyed him with confusion. "You don't think he doesn't have any new friends in Italy?"
"He doesn't know what they're saying." Lily told him. "I don't want to hurt his feelings but I really like Joseph." She said dramatically. "It's really not easy to have two boyfriends."
"So have none." He suggested.
"I told you that your dad was working." AJ said peeking into the room.
"He's finished." Lily told AJ.
"Are you?" AJ asked Punk who nodded.
"Would you be mad if mommy had a new boyfriend?" Lily asked and AJ eyed her daughter.
"I would probably be more sad." Punk said to Lily then thought about it. "But I would be angry at the boyfriend."
"Why would you ask that?" AJ asked Lily placing her hands on her hips.
"Lily is juggling two boyfriends." Punk told her and AJ laughed.
"You are a little heart breaker already." she said kissing the top of Lily's head.
"We're not encouraging this." Punk told AJ sternly.
"What's Joseph like?" AJ asked Lily.
"He has spiky hair!" Lily told her giggling.
"Ew." Punk said but both AJ and Lily ignored him.
"And he holds my hand during playtime." Lily told her.
"He better not be." Punk warned seriously.
"And he gets me free stuff from the vending machine." Lily told AJ who smiled.
"So he's a criminal?" Punk asked Lily.
"He's not a criminal." AJ laughed.
"Sounds like he's stealing." Punk said to AJ.
"He likes you." Lily told Punk who frowned. "He watches you fight. His parents don't think he's too young."
"Oh so he sought you out because of me? Dump him." Punk told her and Lily scowled at him.
"He's so cool!" Lily argued.
"He sounds like a turd." Punk argued back.
"Phil." AJ warned.
"Mommy, can we have a high school party for daddy?" Lily asked.
"I said no." Punk said to her.
"Ok." AJ said to Lily.
"I said no." He repeated.
"We're learning etiquette in school!" Lily told AJ excitedly. "It can be a fancy party!"
"You can plan it." AJ told her and she smiled.
"Really?" Lily asked and AJ nodded.
"Pick the food and paint up some invitations and I'll make sure it's all ready." AJ told her.
"This is going to be so much fun!" Lily squealed jumping out of the chair and running out of the room.
"Babe." Punk groaned.
"Let her have this party. We don't have much time with just the three of us left, I want her to do what she wants." AJ told him.
"She's going to invite Richard and Mike." Punk warned her. "Which by the way, why is she calling Richard Pop and Mike Uncle?"
"She wanted to." AJ said to him. "And they've been great with her. I don't know how she would have handled my dad's death without them."
"Whatever." He grunted. "They're much better with her than they ever were with me."
"I'm sure they say the same thing about you." AJ said to him and he rolled his eyes.
"Why does she have two boyfriends?" Punk asked sadly.
"She doesn't know the difference between a real boyfriend and a friend who happens to be a boy." She teased.
"I think she does." Punk said seriously. "She's super smart."
"Enough about this." She said to him. "You finished your paper."
"I did." he said to her with a grin. "It took me two days but I think it's perfect."
"Want me to look at it?" She asked and he shook his head. "Why not? I proof read all of your stuff."
"I had to write a paper about why I came back to do this. Who or what changed in my life that lead me back to this." He told her. "That was you."
"It was Lily." She said.
"She's mentioned." He smirked. "But you're the reason for Lily. You're the reason for everything good in my life. My fighting success, my children, this house- it all happened because I met you."
"Now I really want to read it." She said reaching for his laptop.
"Nope." He said keeping his hand over it. "I'll send this paper in and get it back in a few days then I'll think about reading it."
"Fine." She said to him. "But you're getting this party so your daughter and I could gush about how proud we are of you." She said kissing his cheek.
"I don't know if I'm going to pass on this paper." He warned her.
"I know you will." She assured him.
The next day Punk walked into the gym with a visibly pissed of Dean waiting.
"What's up?" Punk asked almost nervously. Dean was a laid back, chill guy- never angry.
"You fucking tell me." He spat at Punk.
"Woah, what did I do?" Punk asked surprised.
"It's not you, I'm sorry." he said in the same angry tone. "But it's your fucking blood."
"Mike?" Punk asked and Dean nodded. "What did he do?" he asked annoyed but also fearful. Lily had gotten so attached to Mike, if he did something awful he wouldn't know how to explain it to Lily.
"He's sniffing around Celeste." Dean told him and Punk felt relief.
"Seriously? No fucking way." Punk said amused as he walked into the locker room and Dean followed.
"He is!" Dean yelled. "She's working late nights with him, she's always helping him with whatever shit he's trying to get together-"
"They're friends." Punk shrugged.
"Really? You the most jealous spouse on the planet thinks I'm over reacting?" Dean asked sarcastically.
"Alright." Punk said to him. "I'm sure it's all innocent."
"Tell him to fuck off." Dean told him.
"Don't involve me in this shit." Punk pleaded. "I barely talk to him as it is. Ask Lily to tell him that, he likes her."
"I'm serious Punk." Dean said coldly.
"I'm sure it's all innocent." Punk insisted. "He wouldn't do that."
"Do you know him?" Dean asked with a laugh. "It's like when Luis started working with AJ."
"Luis was and still is a billionaire and he was very clear with his intentions." Punk said to him. "You know how I fucked it up? By not talking to AJ about it."
"I do talk to Celeste about it but she tells me I'm crazy." Dean said to him. "But you're right."
"I am?" Punk asked proudly.
"I should talk to AJ about it." Dean said to him.
"She's going to tell you the same thing." Punk said to him.
"It's either talk to someone who can actually talk me down or I'm going across the street and beating the shit out of your brother." Dean threatened.
"Do what you have to do." Punk shrugged and Dean glared at him. "I'll talk to him." He finally gave in. "Thank you." Dean said walking out of the locker room.
Punk headed across the street next because Dean refused to help Punk train until he spoke to Mike.
"What the fuck are you doing?" Punk demanded as Mike fed the dogs in the kennel in the back.
"Feeding the animals, it's kind of my job." Mike mocked.
"With Celeste." He clarified.
"Oh fuck out of here with that." Mike laughed. "Celeste told me he's all wound up and it's over nothing."
"So you're not making a play for her?" Punk asked.
"No." Mike laughed. "But I wouldn't turn her away either." he added and Punk rolled his eyes and shook his head.
"You can't fuck around with her." Punk told him.
"Why? She's not married." Mike shrugged.
"That's the same shit Cortes used to say about AJ." Punk said annoyed. "Dean is my family."
"I am too." Mike reminded him.
"Barely." Punk laughed. "You're pissing him off and he won't train with me until you stop your shit."
"I'm not doing anything." Mike laughed. "I can't help that he's so insecure he said walking out of the shop and Punk followed.
"You're doing something because you're acting fucking smug." Punk said to him as he watched Mike light up a cigarette.
"I really am not." Mike said to him. "Celeste is helping me with my bank stuff and getting shit back in order."
"You worked in a fucking bank." Punk said not buying it.
"I forgot you knew that." Mike said to him. "She's a friend and she's being friendly. Just friendly." he added.
"I got you in here. Don't fuck up Dean's life." Punk warned him.
"What do you want me to do? We work together." Mike defended. "I can't lose this job, I have to talk to her- she's my boss."
"AJ is your boss." Punk corrected.
"AJ isn't here everyday, AJ is barely here actually and once she has the baby she won't be here for months." Mike pointed out.
"Go hook up with someone else." Punk suggested.
"I do." Mike laughed. "Your friend is crazy."
"He is fucking crazy." Punk said seriously. "He once shot a nail gun through the delivery guys hand at the gym and that was because he was looking at AJ, imagine what he would do for his actual girlfriend."
"Relax. She's not even my type." Mike shrugged it off.
"What is your type?" Punk asked.
"Blondes." Mike said simply. "If Celeste shows up with blonde hair then all bets are off." he teased and Punk glared harder at him. "Kidding. I'm not going to disrespect AJ after she gave me this job."
"You better fucking not." Punk warned him.
"He's really just crazy." Mike said to him.
"I'm not denying that but that should fucking scare you." Punk warned.
"Hi daddy." Lily's voice greeted from behind him and Mike.
"Hey Princess-" he stopped when he saw her holding hands with some spiky haired punk.
"Phil this is Joesph." AJ introduced. "We thought you'd be at the gym." She said nervously.
"Well I'm not." Punk said sarcastically to her then knelt down in front of them.
"Daddy." Lily nodded towards Joseph.
"Sup?" Joseph asked and Punk frowned.
"Sup?" Punk mocked. "And isn't it a little hot out for a leather jacket?" he asked mockingly standing up.
"Phillip." AJ whispered.
"Joseph and I are going to play with the animals." Lily told him.
"You have any animals?" Punk asked Joseph.
"I have a snake. It eats mice. Do you have mice here Mrs. B?" Joseph asked looking up at AJ.
"Not that are to be fed to snakes." AJ smiled nervously.
"Mrs. B? Is Brooks too long?" Punk asked and AJ pinched his arm.
"Daddy be nice." Lily smiled. "He's my best friend."
"You go to my daughters school?" Punk asked him and he nodded.
"I do." he said to Punk.
"Joseph likes to draw." Lily told Punk smugly. "He painted a dragon on the wall at school."
"Isn't that against the rules?" Punk asked Joseph who just shrugged. "I don't trust you."
"Phil." AJ said opening the shop door. "Come on kids."
"Yea go play with the animals." Punk said as he pried their hands apart. "No reason to hold hands inside."
"Daddy." Lily warned.
"Don't daddy me." he shot back at her and watched as Joseph took her hand again and his mouth opened in shock and anger.
"Mike can you take a few of the animals out for them? I can't lift." AJ asked Mike sweetly.
"Sure." Mike smiled and watched them walk inside.
"That fucking little prick." Punk said pressing his face against the glass. "She's friends with a criminal."
"She's friends with a little you. You used to wear a leather jacket and hold all of the girls hands." Mike reminded him flicking his cigarette.
"I don't give a flying fuck." Punk said to him. "AJ isn't going to let me back in there but you're her uncle-"
"Relax, I won't let him hold her hand." Mike assured him opening the door. "Or end up with a moody prick like yourself."
"Good. Do something useful and stay away from Celeste." Punk warned.
"I told you that's all in your crazy friends head." Mike said to him then walked inside.
Punk waited a few minutes and watched as Mike picked up Lily so Joseph couldn't hold her hand anymore and Punk nodded in approval. He decided Lily was in good enough hands with Mike keeping an protective eye out on her.
When Punk got home he locked the door behind himself and kicked off his shoes. He was ready to eat and watch the Cubs game he recorded. The house was quiet- so he thought- so this was the perfect time.
"Daddy!" Lily yelled from the top of the stairs.
"How did she even know I was home?" Punk asked himself and walked over and appeared at the bottom of the stairs.
"I think mommy is sick!" Lily yelled and Punk's face dropped as he ran up the stairs. "She's in my room!" she said running to her room and saw AJ sitting on Lily's bed.
"Babe?" Punk asked rushing to her.
"I'm fine." She said obviously feeling uncomfortable. "It's gas."
"How do you know that?" Punk asked her. "Are you a doctor?"
"No but I know my body." She said rubbing her stomach.
"Is Jade sick?" Lily asked near tears.
"No honey." AJ said putting on a smile. "Mommy shouldn't have had that pizza for lunch."
"And dinner." Lily added and Punk glared at AJ.
"I can't just eat meat all of the time." She defended looking at Punk.
"Yes you can." Punk said to her. "You have anemia."
"Please Phil, no lecture right now." she sighed groaning in pain.
"We should take mommy to the doctor." Lily said terrified.
"It's not serious." AJ assured Lily cupping under her chin. "It's ok baby."
"I'm scared" Lily frowned.
"It's ok." Punk said to her. "I'm going to take mommy to the doctor."
"No you are not." AJ said to him.
"Yes I am." Punk said to her.
"I'm not dragging Lily to the hospital at this time of night." AJ said to him. "It's gas, we did this when I was having Lily too."
"Please go to the doctor and get better mommy." Lily pleaded praying her hands together.
"You want to upset her anymore?" Punk asked AJ. "I'll call Paul to watch her."
"He's out of town." AJ reminded him.
"Dean and Celeste." Punk said to her.
"They went away for the weekend to avoid your brother." AJ smirked through her pain.
"Crap." Punk said to himself.
"Your father." AJ said to him and he shook his head.
"No fucking way." Punk laughed.
"Fine. We won't go at all because I'm not taking Lily to the ER at this time of night." AJ said to him.
"I'll call but he probably won't even answer." Punk said reaching for his phone. The phone rang once before Richard picked up. "Richard- yea everyone is ok- well AJ isn't feeling well and I want to take her to the hospital but Lily- you sure? Ok."
"My dad is coming to watch her." Punk said putting his phone away.
"It's gas" AJ said to him seriously.
"Let's just make sure." Punk said to her.
"I hope Jade is ok." Lily nearly cried hugging AJ's huge belly.
"She's fine honey." Punk said to Lily.
"I want to go with you." Lily said to them. "Jade needs me. So does mommy."
"No honey, we won't even be long." AJ promised her. "We've been through this before." She said looking at Punk now and he nodded.
"What if you have the baby and I'm not there?" Lily frowned.
"No it's too early." AJ assured her and she noticed Punk getting worried, he always got worried if she felt an ache or a pain during pregnancy. "I'm not in labor." She said looking back at Punk now.
"Your water is still tact?" He asked nervously.
"Yes, it's over there." Lily said pointing to where AJ left her glass of water and it caused her to laugh.
"Not that kind of water honey." AJ smiled kissing her head. "Stop worrying."
"She almost fell daddy." Lily told Punk.
"You did a good job looking for me." Punk said to Lily proudly.
"You're going to get to hang out with your Pop for a little bit." AJ told Lily with a smile. "You wanted to see him this week."
"Yea." Lily shrugged.
"It's fine kid." Punk promised Lily now.
"Jade must not like pizza." Lily said thinking about it.
"Then she's not my kid." AJ teased but neither laughed. "Come on, it's fine."
"We're worried mommy." Lily scolded. "No more pizza."
"Fine." AJ said to her. "Help me up." She said to Punk who grabbed her hands and helped her up.
The doorbell rang and Punk couldn't believe his father was already here. He must have went through every red light. Lily ran out of the room first and Punk chased after her.
"Pop!" Lily cheered running to the door and Punk just made it the door a second before she opened it.
"Rules." He reminded Lily who stepped aside and let Punk answer the door. "Thanks for coming." he said letting his father in who was clearly in his pajamas.
"I jumped right in the car." Richard said to him.
"Hi Pop!" Lily smiled hugging him.
"Hey princess." Richard smiled hugging her back.
"Jade doesn't feel well." Lily told him concerned.
"That's why your dad is going to take your mom to the doctor." Richard said to her.
"We're going to Chicago general." Punk told him as he put on his shoes. "It's the ER so I don't know how long the wait is going to be."
"It's fine, I'll stay as long you need." Richard assured him.
"Call my cell if anything happens, make sure she doesn't run out the side door." Punk added and Richard looked at Lily who shot him an innocent smile.
"She's an angel." Richard said simply.
"Yea ok." Punk laughed. "Don't drive Richard crazy and go to bed at ten."
"Ok." Lily said to him and watched him walk out the door. "Uh-oh." she frowned and looked up the stairs to see her mother at the top of them. "He forgot mommy." she said looking back at Richard.
"Fuck." Punk said walking back in the door and running to the table. "Forget my keys." he said then walked out the door again.
"Let me help you." Richard said helping AJ down the stairs. "He left-"
"He'll be back." AJ smirked. "He did this when I had gas with Lily. He's nervous."
"Mommy he's driving away!" Lily yelled looking at the front door.
"He'll be back." AJ assured her calmly as she put on her jacket.
"He's crazy!" Lily said seriously looking back at AJ but wanted to be near the door for Punk when he came back.
"He's a dad." AJ told her teasingly. "If I burp he wants to take me to the hospital."
"He's back!" Lily smiled and watched as Punk pulled back up in front of the house and ran back up the stairs and opened the door.
"Babe-" He began to apologize.
"You came back quicker this time." AJ smiled as he took her hand and helped her out the door.
"Bye mommy! Bye daddy!" Lily yelled from the door.
"You should move away from the door." Richard said eyeing her skeptically. "You run off often?" he asked and Lily shrugged.
"One time me and Louis ran away to Ohio." Lily told him thinking about it. "Then I got lost in Vegas. Oh! And I used to go out the side door to visit Uncle Mike. I left Uncle Dean at the gym once too, or was it twice?" She told him honestly.
"Ohio?" Richard asked nervously. "You really are a handful, aren't you?"
"That's what daddy says." Lily shrugged.
"Are there alarms on these doors?" He asked nervously but Lily just walked away. "Lily!" He yelled nervously then went in search of her. "Please don't scare your grandfather!" he pleaded.
Three hours later Punk was driving AJ back from the hospital.
"I told you it was gas." AJ said to him.
"How bad can gas be that you can barely move?" He asked her.
"My whole body is different, it feels like labor." She said to him. "You ok?"
"Yea." He said keeping his eyes on the road. "I just still get so fucking nervous whenever it comes to you."
"You get nervous over anything." She teased.
"We're right at the end." He said to her. "I just-"
"I know." She said knowing what he was thinking. "But the baby is fine, I'm fine so you can relax."
"I gave up the idea of relaxing when we had Lily." He said seriously. "I wonder if she drove Richard crazy."
"You called to check in, right?" She asked.
"Yes. He was guarding all exits." Punk smirked.
"So, when I go into labor are you going to drive off without me?" She asked trying to lighten the conversation and get him to relax.
"I hope not." He admitted. "I'm always so clear and cautious, except when it comes to you. I just kind of space out."
"Comforting." She laughed.
"Even with Lily. When she broke her arm in Vegas I was clear and left for the hospital WITH her. You still get in my head." He said to AJ.
"Is that bad?" She asked.
"No. It's exactly right." He laughed. "Remember when you took your dad to the hospital when we first started dating?"
"Yes. You attacked Paul and accused him of kidnapping me." AJ remembered.
"Not kidnapping, killing." he corrected. "Then I just sat in front of your door for hours waiting. Normal people would have figured it out or at least considered you were with your father, not me. I jumped to the absolute worst conclusion and attacked everyone in my sight. Same when you walked out."
"Walked out? I never walked out." AJ defended.
"Your birthday." He reminded her.
"You basically threw me out!" She argued.
"I would never throw you out!" He argued back.
"I wanted an engagement ring, you told me if I wanted one so badly to go out and find someone to give me one." AJ reminded him.
"I never said it like that." He scoffed. "And you ran right out."
"Put yourself in my shoes." She suggested. "I was upset because I wanted to commit my life with you and you told me you didn't want to and said to go be happy even with someone else."
"I wasn't thinking clearly." He said shaking his head. "That's my fucking point! I told you to be happy but if I would have found out you ran to Luis or any other man that night-"
"You what?" she asked intrigued.
"I would have killed them." He said simply and she rolled her eyes. "I'm not kidding AJ. It's you and I against the world, it's been that way since our first date. I
said that but I didn't fucking mean it. I would have beaten whoever tried anything with you with my bare hands."
"Don't get me all hot and bothered." She teased.
"Since when does violence get you hot and bothered?" he asked with a laugh briefly looking over to her.
"It's just the thought of you jealous turns me on." She shrugged.
"You hate when I'm jealous." He pointed out amused. "You're just horny."
"I can't help it. It's my hormones." She sighed dramatically.
"I promise to be more alert and clear minded for this next birth." Punk assured her. "And all the birth's after that."
"How many more?" She asked alarmed.
"Until we get a boy." He said to her seriously.
"For someone who didn't want kids..." She trailed off.
"Yea, yea I know. I want an awful lot of them." He mocked himself.
"I was going to say for someone who didn't want kids you're one of the best parents I've ever seen." She said sincerely. "We're very lucky to have you in our lives. Micromanaging our personal lives, gawking at what eat, making sure we're safe and happy at all times." She said fondly.
"I'm just following your lead." He shrugged. "But speaking of all of that, I don't want Lily hanging out with Joseph."
"I don't like him either." AJ had to admit. "He's a little too rambunctious."
"He's a punk and not a cool punk like me just a fucking punk who is going to end up in jail." He said to her.
"I wouldn't go that far but Lily really likes him." AJ said to him. "Mike didn't like him." She laughed.
"Us Brooks can smell assholes from a mile away." Punk shrugged. "But don't even mention Mike because this whole Dean/Mike thing-"
"It's nothing." AJ said to him resting in the car. "She's trying to motivate Dean to propose."
"What?" Punk asked looking over to her. "That's so fucked up."
"It's not. It's what women do." AJ said simply.
"You never did that." Punk said to her.
"I walked out of the house and let you think I went to stay with Luis. It wasn't to get you to propose it was to make sure you thought I was worth fighting for." She said to him.
"You're fucked up. All of you." He said to her. "Dean is nuts about her. And it's going to cause shit with Mike and I'll be in the middle."
"I wouldn't worry about it." AJ said to him. "Your brother doesn't mind playing along."
"Of course he doesn't." Punk said as they pulled up in front of the house. "Man oh man I hope Lily is still in there."
"She isn't a runaway." AJ laughed taking her seat belt off.
Punk and AJ walked in the house and saw Robert sitting on the couch with Lily on the other couch reading one of her books to him.
"Why are you still up?" Punk asked
"You're home!" Lily cheered jumping off the couch and Punk held his arms open but she literally pushed him out of the way and ran to AJ. "How is sister?"
"She is perfect." AJ assured her kissing the top of her head. "I just have to stay away from pizza."
"That stinks." Lily frowned.
"Couldn't get her to bed?" Punk asked Robert.
"Yea I did but after I put her down she left her room and it took me twenty minutes to find her." Robert told him and Punk looked at Lily who tried to hide her smile. "I found her in AJ's closet playing dress up."
"Lils." Punk warned.
"I didn't leave the house!" Lily defended. "I wasn't sleepy." she shrugged.
"I wanted her in my eyesight." Robert said putting on his jacket.
"Thank you for watching her." AJ smiled giving Robert a hug.
"Anytime." Robert said to her.
"I really do appreciate it." Punk said walking him to the door.
"Like I said, anytime, son." Robert said giving him a warm smile then walked down the stairs.
"What were you trying on?" AJ asked her.
"Your dresses." Lily admitted honestly. "They're very pretty."
"They don't fit you." AJ laughed.
"I don't know, she's almost your size." Punk said to AJ.
"That is not true." AJ shot at him.
"I'm going to invite Joseph to Daddy's party." Lily told AJ.
"Great." Punk forced out faking a smile. "How's Louis, have you spoken to him lately?"
"We mailed the postcard, right mommy?" Lily asked AJ who nodded. "He hasn't written me back yet." she shrugged. "I'm going to brush my teeth." She said then ran up the stairs.
"Because that little idiot still can't write." Punk muttered.
"You prefer Louis?" AJ asked surprised.
"Fuck yea I do." He said seriously. "This should scare you."
"Why?" AJ asked folding the blanket that was on the couch.
"Because it just goes to show that really smart guys will like Lily but she'll be tempted away by fucking criminals." He said to her.
"He's seven, not a criminal. Don't overreact." She said to him.
"I know." Punk said to her. "Wait until she's sixteen and brings home a twenty year old who looks like that." he said to AJ who just shook her head and laughed.
"You think it's funny now but when I get arrested for assault you won't be laughing. Because that shit will not fly with me when she's older. She better get this little bad boy stage out of her system now." he warned AJ.
"Overreacting." AJ hummed under her breath.
"I am not." He said to her. "Talk to her about this."
"I like bad boys." AJ grinned looking up at him.
"Well, I don't." he said simply as he walked up the stairs.
"Hey!" AJ yelled from the bottom of the stairs and he looked back down at her. "Don't fall asleep." she almost threatened and shot him a wink.
"Damn." He grinned. "Come on Lily! Time to get to bed right now!" he yelled walking down the hall knowing the sooner she fell asleep, the sooner him and AJ could have private time together.