The next morning, after Punk getting little amount of sleep from thinking hard all night, little Nick went off to school and Harli went to kindergarten, leaving Punk to go see AJ in the hospital. He decided he would leave the decision up to her, to stay and only hope that Amy would calm down, or to not take that chance and leave.
Once he got into the hospital, he made his way up to AJ's room, walking in and seeing her still lying on the bed, her eyes open, laying still.
"Hey…" Punk smiled, walking in, handing her a teddy bear that sat on their bed in their apartment. He knew AJ didn't hold anything close to her, but according to her this bear was her childhood friend and she sat him every morning when she made their bed, right in the centre.
AJ smiled, taking the teddy from him and sitting it beside her, "Thanks…" She smiled.
"How you feeling?" Punk asked, pulling a chair round, sitting at the edge of her bed.
"A bit better." AJ said, the pain was beginning to ease and she was thankful for it, it seemed more sore than child labour itself, and that was sore.
"You still sore?" Punk asked.
"Yeah, just a little though." AJ said, "Are Nick and Harli ok?" AJ asked.
"Yeah, don't worry about them. Listen… I talked to Randy when I went over to Missouri." Punk said.
"You did? What did he say?" AJ asked.
"He said he won't bring you down with him, as far as he's concerned, you're still his friend, he understands." Punk said, noticing AJ smile with relief.
"Thank god…" AJ said, so thankful that she was getting left alone.
"But… he told me that, Amy won't stop until you're in prison. She still thinks it was you and she isn't going to stop until she gets you…" Punk said, watching AJ's smile fade to a frown.
"Randy told me, told us to get away from here." Punk said.
"What do you mean get away from here?" AJ said.
"Move away, get away from Chicago." Punk said.
"How can I? I'm in here, they want to keep me tracked from here…" AJ said.
"Once you get out, we can get you transferred to a different hospital, but I could chance it and go talk to Amy." Punk said.
"What do you want to do?" AJ asked, looking at him. Weren't men meant to know best?
"Whatever you feel more comfortable doing, all I want is for you to be safe, both of you…" Punk said, rubbing her belly gently.
"What happens if you go see Amy and she still doesn't give in, then we'll be stuck. Maybe we should just go…" AJ sighed, she really didn't want to leave Chicago, her children were happy here, her friends were here, she'd built a life here.
"I want you to make the decision. Whatever you want to do. I'll do." Punk said.
"Where the hell are we meant to move to?" AJ said.
Punk could notice AJ clearly stressing over this full thing and that's exactly what he didn't want.
"Baby… you need to not get worried ok, it's not good for you or the baby, either way, we're going to be fine, I'm not letting you go anywhere." Punk said, "I spoke to the nurse when I came in, she thinks you'll be good to come home tomorrow, so you have plenty time to think." Punk said.
"I just want to be left alone Phil, why can't Amy just leave us alone." AJ sighed.
"Her husbands just been put in prison, probably for lifetime, you'd do the same." Punk said.
"No… I wouldn't. I wouldn't interfere in someone else's life, make them scared at night, make them have to leave their home, rip their kids away from their home. I wouldn't do that, no matter how much I would want to. I wouldn't." AJ said.
"I promise to you…" Punk said, "I promise that where ever we go, we're going to have so much fun, just me and you, our kids, no one else. We won't need to worry ok, I know we'll miss our friends and everything about this place but I promise, as long as we have each other, we'll get through it." Punk said, kissing her hand.
AJ just leaned over the best she could, kissing him sweetly on the lips.
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