Stressed

The next day Punk and AJ decided they were going to tell Nova about the baby. They didn't know how she would react to it. For five years she'd been used to it just being her, but she'd also been used to it being just her and her mother, and she adapted to Punk pretty well, there were a few challenged along the way of course.

Punk had come home early from work, not being able to stand the dead ends they kept coming up against with the case. It was like things had just finished. No more bodies and no more evidence. All they had was a little old woman who claimed to have saw the first victim willingly get into a pick-up truck with a female driver. That wasn't much to go on. There were lots of female drivers around.

AJ was so glad to be home in her own bed again. The psych unit, of course, wasn't a fun place to be and she knew she would get better quicker in her own home comforts. She was serious about getting back to good health. She was putting her health before everything. Even her job.

"Baby, are you finished your homework?" AJ asked from the couch whilst Nova sat at the kitchen table, closing over her books and putting her pencils back in her pencil case.

"Yeah, I'm finished." Nova nodded, tidying everything away very neatly as Punk watched her with a smile. This was either going to go wonderful, or terribly wrong.

"Ok, quickly then." Punk said, "We have something to tell you." He said as Nova rushed over to them, standing in front of them with her hands clasped behind her back nervously.

"What is it?" Nova grinned. She immediately thought it was a surprise for her. Maybe a present of some sort.

"Well you know how mommy and daddy love each other so much that we decided to have you five years ago." AJ said as Nova nodded, "And you were a little baby in my tummy?" She asked as Nova nodded, "Well, we're having another baby. He or she is in my tummy right now." AJ smiled as Nova's smile faded and she looked at them both as if they were sixteen.

"Why?" Nova questioned, "You don't need another baby, I'm here." Nova told them.

"We can have more than one." Punk smiled, "You're gonna be a big sister. That's really cool." Punk nodded.

"No, thank you." Nova walked away from them over to the other couch where she sat up with Ace, refusing to look at her parents.

"Nova." AJ hummed, "C'mon, baby. This is a nice thing. You'll have a little brother or sister."

"I don't want a brother or sister, mommy." Nova said, "Why can't you just send it back? I thought I was the baby." She shook her head, lying down against Ace sadly, "Me and Ace will leave." She threatened as AJ and Punk tried their hardest to take her seriously and not laugh.

"You'll always be our first baby." Punk nodded, "You get to be the older one. That's a good thing." He said as Nova looked over at him lying down on Ace's thigh.

"Who gave you the baby?" Nova turned to her mother angrily, sitting up with teary eyes, "Because they should take it back." She said.

"No, we can't take it back." AJ said, "It's in my tummy now and it's gonna grow and I'm gonna have a big belly." She said, "And then the baby will be here." She smiled, "Don't look so sad, sweetheart. You're gonna love being a big sister. I know it." She said as Nova got up and wandered back over to them.

"Is it really in your tummy?" Nova asked, sitting up between them and looking at AJ's tummy closely.

"Yeah it is. And it'll start kicking soon and you'll be able to feel it." AJ said as Nova looked at AJ's tummy and then down to hers.

"When will there be a baby in my tummy?" She wondered as AJ laughed out loud and Punk almost fell off the chair.

"Uh… never." Punk shook his head, "You know, just…. You don't have to have a baby." Punk nodded to her as Nova looked up at him.

"When someone loves you so so much." AJ said, "And you're much… much older." AJ nodded.

"Much older." Punk emphasised, "Like thirty years older." Punk nodded, "Maybe even forty." He shrugged as AJ rolled her eyes.

"That's a long time." Nova nodded, rather happy that she wasn't having any babies any time soon.

"For the time being, you can help me with your brother or sister." AJ smiled, "And help me and daddy take care of him or her."

"Can I have a sister please?" Nova asked, jumping down from the couch and standing in front of them again.

"We don't really decide what it is, baby." Punk said.

"Well I really hope it's a sister." Nova nodded, "And I should name her."

"Well we're not making any promises any time soon." Punk said, "So are you excited?" Punk asked her.

"Maybe a little." Nova admitted, "Will I still get presents at Christmas from Santa?" She wondered.

"Of course, you will." AJ laughed, "Why would he miss you out?"

"Maybe because there will be two of us now and he'll only have enough toys for one of us." Nova sighed dramatically.

"No, that's not how it works." AJ said, "He'll have plenty for the both of you I'm sure." AJ smiled.

"So is it in your tummy right now?" Nova questioned with fascination as she wandered over to AJ, poking her stomach lightly as Punk chuckled, "Hello baby!" Nova yelled at AJ's tummy.

"Ok, don't deafen it." Punk laughed.

"It might not hear me." Nova told him.

"It's still really small, but it'll grow." AJ nodded.

"And you'll get fat." Nova giggled.

"Yeah, that's the way it goes." AJ said as Punk smiled to her, watching as Nova continued to ask AJ questions like 'is it really in your tummy right now?' and 'how long will it take to come out?' which made him smile. He knew she would come around to it, and the best part was noticing how happy AJ looked. It had been a tough few weeks for sure, but it was so good to see her feeling fresh and healthy again, and happy.

"I still don't think she believes it's literally in my stomach." AJ laughed later that night in bed with Punk, curled into him whilst his arm was around her holding her close.

"I know, she's definitely on to us." Punk chuckled to himself, "She'll be bummed out if it's a boy." He said.

"Oh, she'll come around. She just needs to get used to it." AJ nodded, looking up at him as he seemed caught in a trance, "Hey. You ok?" She asked him as he snapped out of it and turned down to her.

"Yeah, I'm fine." Punk nodded, "I just… I feel like this case is gonna go cold. I can feel it." Punk nodded, "How do you even live with that? Not solving three murders." He shook his head.

"Phil, you're working with very little to none evidence. So far you know it's a woman. And even at that, you don't know for sure. You're doing your best and that's all anyone can ask for." She nodded, "If it… if it goes to a cold case then that's just something you gotta accept." She said as he looked down at her. It wasn't in her nature to say something like that. She never gave up on any case, no matter how little evidence she had, "I think we have to… stop being so driven to solve everything. Sometimes we're gonna just have to accept we can't. There's other crime going on that needs attention." She said.

"That's not like you to say that." Punk said.

"Yeah, well when I was in the hospital I considered leaving my job, which isn't like me either so." She shrugged.

"Wait, what?" Punk shook his head, "You would never leave." He said.

"I've thought about it." AJ nodded, "It makes me unwell. Really unwell. It becomes too personal for me and I get caught up." She said, "It was ok before when we had no family, and we were just friends, and I didn't have anyone to look after." She said.

"April, the job isn't what makes you unwell, it's the whole part where you don't take your meds." He said.

"I know but… it's not much help either. I get too attached and obsessed. You know I do." She said, "I've not made any decisions yet, I mean… I'm probably just thinking out loud here, but… I have been thinking about it." She nodded, wanting him to know. In her mind, she knew she'd never leave, but she wanted him to know that she was aware of how hard her job was when it came to her health.

"I support you in all your decisions, you know that. But… you are amazing at your job, April. You always have been." Punk said, "Don't let this blip get you down." He said, "You can do anything you want to do."

"I know." AJ smiled up at him, "I really don't like how stressed you're getting about this case either. I don't want you to end up in hospital." She admitted with a small smile.

"It's stressful. I agree with you." Punk nodded, "There's just nothing to go on. And I refuse to just close the case because we've not got much evidence. Three girls died. Innocent girls who were on their way home from work." He said, "That can't just be forgotten about." He shook his head.

"I know." AJ nodded, "But you also can't make evidence appear in thin air." She said, looking up at him, "I don't like seeing you stressed." She sighed.

"I'm not stressed. I'm ok." Punk nodded with a sigh as AJ frowned.

"Are you sure?" She asked him sensually, rolling on top of him, straddling his hips as she lifted off her t-shirt which she was completely naked under, "I can ease your stress a little." She smiled as he smirked, pulling her down as he pressed his lips against hers roughly, her breasts pressing down against his chest whilst she grinded her hips against his mid centre, enjoying the passionate kiss that she needed just as much as he did.

"Fuck, get these off." Punk groaned, pulling her shorts and panties as AJ sat aside, shuffling them down and throwing them away, giggling as she suddenly felt him grab her by the hips, to her own surprise, placing her over his mouth facing out the way as she felt his tongue make way between her folds.

"Oh my God." AJ moaned blissfully, "Oh, fuck baby. That's it." She groaned, teasing her breasts whilst sitting on his face, "Fuck yes, make me wet." She gasped, moaning constantly as she looked down at his hard member through his boxers. She smirked to herself, bending over and shuffling his boxers down, "I was wondering why you faced me this way." She smirked as he chuckled, the vibrations hitting across her clit as she jerked slightly.

She began stroking him up and down with her hand before using her mouth on him. She had to pause a few times, resting her cheek on his thigh every time his tongue bumped up against her clit causing her to moan loudly.

AJ went back to using her mouth on him, staying in a 69 position when AJ began to feel her release coming. Every time Punk groaned with how deep she was taking him into her mouth, the vibrations sent AJ crazy until she finally came, stroking his length slowly in her hand whilst her legs shook around his head, feeling him lap at her juices as her whole body tingled.

"Fuck, I want you inside me." AJ moaned breathlessly as she shuffled down his body, turning around to face him, straddling his hips again where she took his length and guided it up inside her, moving her hips up and down on him immediately as she greedily took him all the way in. Everything felt so much better when she was pregnant, and a part of her just wanted to play with him all night.

"Fuck, baby." Punk moaned, thrusting up into her whenever she moved her hips down, setting a steady, fast rhythm as she leaned down and pressed her lips against his messily and breathlessly, "Fuck you're so tight, baby." Punk moaned as AJ leaned her head against his shoulder, whispering Spanish words to herself as Punk began to thrust up into her harder.

"Oh my God, baby." AJ moaned as her eyes widened, feeling him hit her g-spot over and over again, "I'm gonna cum… I'm gonna cum." She cried out at the feeling, puling herself back up as he thrust up into her hard and fast, "Right there. Don't stop." She whispered in a beg, moaning loudly as she came, some of her juices squirting out a little onto his lower stomach as he smiled, "Oh my God." AJ gasped for air.

"You know I love it when you do that." Punk said, pulling her back down by the back of the neck to kiss her passionately whilst slowly moving in and out of her.

He then sat up with her, placing her down on her back whilst hovering over her where her head was at the end of the bed, watching as she smirked, her hand tangled between them as she rubbed her clit whilst he moved in and out of her slowly, keeping his eyes on hers.

"Make me do it again." AJ moaned as he smirked, pressing his lips against hers roughly as he began thrusting into her harder and faster, easing the stress that either of them had, clearly.

Later that night, AJ and Punk had passed out from exhaustion. AJ lay naked curled into him, her leg draped over his whilst he lay on his back snoring. He woke up however when he began to hear light mumbles from AJ, feeling her body twitch and move against his.

He looked down and saw she was clearly having a bad dream, so attempted to soothe her by stroking her cheek, but she only got worse until her own fears woke her up shaking in his arms.

"Hey, you're ok." Punk whispered softly as AJ looked around the room and then up at him, "It's ok, you were just dreaming." He nodded to her.

"There was a pick-up truck." AJ nodded, sitting up holding the sheets to her chest, "I saw it somewhere. I've saw it somewhere." She shook her head as Punk pulled her back down into him.

"You were just dreaming." He said softly and tiredly as AJ calmed down, settling back into his arms, "Close your eyes back over." He whispered softly as AJ sighed, closing her eyes back over as they fell asleep again.

A/N: Let me know what you think!