The Plan

"Something smells good in here." Bonnie said, walking into the kitchen later that night where Kace was sat at the table finishing his homework and Punk was over by the stove.

"It's spaghetti for dinner." Kace told her, "Mommy forgot garlic bread." He said, "And we can't have it without it." He shook his head as Bonnie smiled and nodded.

"I agree." Bonnie smiled, "Spaghetti and garlic bread is a combination from heaven." She nodded, "I can make my own stuff I don't expect you to be hosting for me every night." She said as Punk turned around.

"There's plenty here." Punk nodded, "I can never judge spaghetti right anyway." He shrugged.

"You really are a little house wife aren't you." Bonnie smiled, "Kace, does Phil make nice food?" She asked as Kace looked up from his homework.

"Uh… sometimes." Kace nodded unsure as Punk laughed.

"Sometimes?" Punk shook his head and laughed.

"You burn pizza an awful lot." Kace said, "And mommy doesn't say anything cause she feels bad." He shrugged as Bonnie sniggered and Punk laughed.

"I struggle with timers alright?" Punk said as Kace shrugged, "I make decent spaghetti though, right?" He asked.

"Yeah." Kace nodded.

"Well then I'm excited to try it." Bonnie smiled, "I don't think you've ever cooked a meal for me before." She said, "Impress me." She nodded.

"I will. It really does take me a lot of effort to pour a jar of sauce into the spaghetti. I am a man of many talents." He nodded as Bonnie laughed.

"Don't burn the garlic bread, though." Kace shook his head seriously.

"Yeah, ok ok." Punk waved his hand as Kace grinned, "That is if your mom hasn't got lost on her way to the store." He teased, turning back around to the dinner whilst Bonnie sat down beside Kace and helped him with his homework.

After forgetting garlic bread on her first attempt at the store, AJ had headed back out to collect some. If it wasn't for Kace implying that he needed garlic bread, she would have left it, but she did promise she'd pick some up.

She was in the aisle of the store closest to them, scanning her way through the pizzas and different breads when she finally picked herself up the usual one they got, about to leave to the checkout when she heard someone behind her.

"I thought I recognised your face." Alice said as AJ turned around and looked across at her, "April, is it?" She asked as AJ nodded.

"I don't have time to stop and chat." AJ said bluntly.

"Don't have time or don't want to?" Alice asked with a smile as AJ shook her head.

"Both." AJ replied.

"Oh, you don't really believe Phil, do you? He just loves the attention. He has deep seeded mommy issues. Always has done." She shrugged not phased, "I'd never lay a hand on him."

"Well I believe him." AJ said, "Now, if you excuse me." She tried to walk by her as Alice stepped in front, blocking her way.

"Could you tell Bonnie that I would like to see her. I heard about what happened… that awful man getting out of prison and hurting her again… me and her father want to speak with her, to make sure she is ok." She said.

"You heard? How did you hear?" AJ shook her head.

"Well I… I popped into the café, they told me why she wasn't at work." Alice said quickly to cover her tracks, "I just want to give her my love." She nodded, "You'll tell her, won't you?"

"Mhm." AJ nodded, "Although, she doesn't want sympathy trust me. She just wants it all over. They're out looking for him to put him back in prison."

"So they should be." Alice said, "You know, maybe… maybe we got off on the wrong foot. I would really love to see more of you." She nodded.

"You would?" AJ smirked smugly, "Sorry, I don't… I don't associate with women who abuse their children." She whispered, "I'll pass the message on to Bonnie. Nothing else. Don't come near me again." AJ spat, pushing by her as her shoulder brushed against hers, walking down the aisle as Alice watched her, dropping her basket and folding her arms as she arched her brows. It only fuelled more hatred.

"Did you go to Italy to get that?" Punk asked once AJ finally got home, walking into the kitchen where Punk was whilst Kace and Bonnie were in the living room.

"No… I… I bumped into Alice. Well, she bumped into me." AJ shook her head as Punk just grumbled under his breath.

"What was she saying?" Bonnie appeared into the kitchen, having heard AJ whilst on her way in.

"She was asking for you actually." AJ said, keeping things on the down low as she knew Bonnie didn't know about the secret war going on with Punk and his foster parents, "She said she heard from one of the girls in the café what had happened, she wanted to see you and make sure you were ok." AJ shrugged as Punk just concentrated on the dinner.

"Did you tell her I was staying with you guys?" Bonnie asked.

"No. I never mentioned it." AJ said, "I just told her I'd pass on the message. That was it really." She said as Bonnie just nodded.

"Maybe she's been at my house and wondered where I was." Bonnie said.

"If she was that worried she would have figured it out." Punk added in as Bonnie rolled her eyes.

"Can't you just give it a rest and stop… stop painting her like the monster that she isn't." Bonnie said as Punk just shook his head whilst AJ stiffened. It hurt her that Punk felt like he couldn't tell Bonnie, and it hurt her even more that Bonnie had no idea what their foster parents were really like, and what they had done, especially Alice.

"She is a monster." Punk mumbled to himself as Bonnie shook her head, "Ape, go put your feet up, dinner won't be long." He said as AJ smiled, leaning up and kissing his cheek. It was really nice having that extra set of hands around. Whenever she had been working and he wasn't, he'd always make sure she got her rest, and it gave her more time to relax with Kace. She really did appreciate him.

AJ wandered out of the kitchen to go see Kace in the living room whilst Bonnie stood still in the kitchen.

"I'm gonna be telling mom and dad about the baby." Bonnie said, "They deserve to know."

"Do what you want." Punk said as Bonnie screwed her eyes up.

"You still act like a child, Phil. They are not the evil creatures you make them out to be." Bonnie said, "This is their first grandkid." She said as Punk turned to her, "Well… no, I didn't mean it like-"

"It's fine." Punk said, "If and when I have kids, they'll be going nowhere near Alice and Gerry. If I had it my way, I wouldn't let my niece or nephew near them either."

"Well that's not your decision." Bonnie said, "They're our parents, Phil. Yes, they are very corporate and official and the complete opposite of you and I but… they still raised us."

"No. They raised you." Punk said, "I raised myself."

"You're not a wolf." Bonnie said as Punk just ignored her, "It's not their fault that mom killed herself." She said as Punk turned around.

"Excuse me?" Punk shook his head.

"That's why you hate on them so much." Bonnie nodded, "You just wanna blame someone for mom's death and well it's not like you can blame her." She said.

"Don't." Punk shook his head, "Don't think you know what is going on inside my head." Punk said, "Mom killed herself because she was ill. She wasn't happy. And she had no family." He said, "I get that. I don't need anyone to blame." He said, having felt a nerve strike within him, "Don't go there with me, Bonnie." He shook his head as Bonnie looked across at him. She knew he was pissed off and decided not to say anything anymore.

"I think I'll skip dinner tonight." She said quietly, walking out of the kitchen and into the spare bedroom as Punk turned back around and shook his head.

"The only issue I have with involving April with the police is that… well, me and the cops… not an ideal combination." Myles said whilst sitting in the lounge with Alice and Gerry, and also Danny who was filling up his whiskey glass.

"Well then we figure a way around it to make sure you're protected." Gerry said, "We have ways. We know people." He nodded.

"I buried the guy that she murdered." Myles said, "There's pretty much no way around this."

"We'll find a way." Alice spat, "We're not treading lightly here. That bitch has to go." Alice spat, still seething from her encounter at the store.

"So, you felt her wrath?" Myles smirked, "I bet she went easy on you." He said.

"She needs put in her place." Alice spat, standing up and wandering around disorientated, "I think we need to split up our focus." She said, "I want Bonnie to… to turn against her brother. And then I want that whore in prison. And then I want you to take your son. And then I want to have him all alone. With no one." Alice smiled to herself.

"You're one mixed up cracker, you know that?" Myles laughed a little, sitting back on the couch whilst Danny just shook his head.

"You want to turn Bonnie against him? Never gonna happen." Danny laughed, "She'd do anything for her brother."

"Well then we need to think of something, don't we?" Alice hissed at him.

"I don't see the point in rushing this." Myles said truthfully, "Take it from me, the expert on how to ruin lives, drag it out, the outcome is always that little bit sweeter." He said, "And, gives us the proper time to really think of something smart. The beauty of it is, there is no time on this." He said, "In the end, we're all gonna get what we want, right?" He said, "I'm gonna get my son back and April is gonna get what she deserved. You're gonna have Bonnie because she's gonna be the none the wiser." He nodded to Danny, "And you two are gonna have two broken, fucked up kids." He nodded to Alice and Gerry, "Just give it a little bit of time."

A/N: Let me know what you think! Christmas chaos is upon us so updates might be a little slower than I'd like but I'll try my best to keep them regular! Thanks for the reviews.