Closing In

"Just because you're his brother doesn't mean you could give my husband a bachelor party with strippers." AJ folded her arms, standing outside Seth's work as Seth laughed to himself.

"In all fairness, Phil didn't really pay much attention to the strippers. Me and Dean, however-"

"Oh, disgusting." AJ slapped his arm, "I was a good fiancé. I sat in the hotel with my girls and painted my nails. Ate pizza." AJ said, "And you were out paying for lap dances for Phil."

"Hey, there was no lap dances. Just strictly stripping." Seth shrugged, "Hey, well that's the price you pay when you wanna marry my brother." Seth nodded as AJ shook her head, "Trust me, he really wasn't interested in it."

"Yeah well, as he should be." AJ nodded.

"So how was the getaway?" Seth asked her, drying his hands on a cloth.

"It was really nice." AJ smiled, "I felt like I got to recharge. We stayed in a really nice hotel. Maybe got a stripper of my own." She nodded as Seth shook his head.

"I really don't need to know what you get up to with my brother in a hotel room." Seth assured her as she just shrugged, "But I'm glad you had a nice time." He smiled.

"Yeah, and then the next day we went baby shopping." AJ smiled.

"I thought you had everything?" Seth shook his head.

"Well, Phil thinks we did but boy was he wrong." AJ said, "I think the nursery needs some more stuffed animals, what do you think?"

"Really?" Seth shook his head, "You've got the whole zoo in there." He laughed, "Kid's gonna end up hating animals."

"Probably." AJ laughed.

"You been back at work again?" Seth asked her.

"Yeah. So has Phil." AJ nodded, "Honestly I'm kinda looking forward to us having this baby so we can get some time off." She laughed a little.

"Time off with a baby, though." Seth reminded her, "There will be no nights at the hotel." He nodded.

"I know, but I know it'll be nice to be at home together and not have to worry about work. Especially for Phil. I feel like sometimes he takes his work home with him. Not in a bad way, just that… he can't escape it. Someone's always calling him or he's doing work at the kitchen table."

"Life of a cop." Seth nodded.

"He has to separate work and home life, though." AJ nodded, "It's not good for him." She shook her head as Seth nodded.

"Oh, I agree but… there's no telling him. And you know that." Seth said.

"Yeah, I know." AJ sighed, "I really hope the baby isn't as stubborn as him."

"You're pretty stubborn too." Seth nodded.

"Hey." AJ raised her eyebrows as Seth smiled, "I wish you could come for lunch with me. I'd ask Phil but whenever I drop into the station he gets all freaked out. April, what if there's people being brought in like murderers and… and drug dealers." She mimicked his voice as Seth laughed a little.

"You do know that we can't make fun of my brother anymore, right?" Seth smiled, "You're married. Reminder."

"Oh, I make fun of him to his face, it's fine." AJ waved her hand, "But seriously, I was the girl who survived the serial killer. I can handle a few thugs walking by me." She scoffed.

"I'd love to come for lunch but I've already taken my break and I'm sort of busy." Seth explained.

"Oh, I know. It's ok." AJ nodded, "Maybe I'll try Phil." She shrugged as Seth nodded.

"Well I'll see you later." He nodded, hugging her tightly and kissing her head as AJ smiled, strolling back to her car and getting in. Her car really helped her measure how big her bump was growing. She knew soon, she wouldn't be able to drive it anymore as she was just heading onto eight months pregnant.

AJ drove to the station, parking the car and getting out, taking several minutes to do so before heading into the precinct, walking up to the front desk where she spotted Tony.

"You look fantastic, April." Tony nodded.

"Thank you." AJ smiled, "Is Phil here?"

"Oh, yeah. At his desk." Tony smiled as AJ nodded, walking on through the back and into the precinct, watching from afar as Dean was repeatedly hitting an elastic band ball against Punk's head whilst Punk wasn't even paying attention, to busy looking at his computer.

"Oh, hey fatty." Dean smiled, leaning back on his chair which was over at Punk's desk.

"Hey, man who bought strippers for my husband's secret bachelor party." AJ smiled as Dean gulped.

"Hey, that was all Seth." Dean nodded as Punk rolled his eyes.

"What's up?" Punk asked her.

"Uh nothing… just wondering if you want to grab lunch?" AJ asked.

"I'm really busy, honey." Punk nodded, "What are you doing here, anyway? You know how I feel about you hanging around here."

"She's not twelve." Dean added.

"I'm sorry, are you in this conversation?" Punk turned to Dean, "Been annoying my ass all day, go away." He shook his head.

"Fine." Dean huffed, wheeling his way back over to his own desk as Punk shook his head.

"He's got a point. I'm not a little girl." AJ shook her head, "I've been in a police station before. I've been in an interrogation room before too. Oh and remember that time I spent a month in a safe house, ran by cops?" AJ smiled as he nodded and smiled.

"Funny." Punk nodded, "But that's exactly why I don't like when you come here. I don't want it to remind you of all of that." He shrugged.

"It doesn't." AJ shook her head, "Well it does a little but, I came here to see you, that makes me happy." She nodded as he smiled, "But I get if you're busy." She shrugged.

"We got a new lead on the missing girl." Punk nodded.

"Oh, yeah?" AJ raised her eyebrows.

"Yeah, we managed to get an identification on the guy who left with her from the club." Punk nodded, "Plot twist, his family hasn't seen him since that day."

"Alarm bells." AJ nodded.

"Mhm." Punk said, "I figure if we find him, we find the body." He nodded, "So we're just trying to get more details on him."

"Maybe she's not dead." AJ shrugged.

"Most often than not, anyone abducted, after forty eight hours it's most likely a body we're looking for." He nodded, "He's probably stayed in the shadows once the girl's parents filed a missing person report. He probably knew that someone saw them leaving the club together." Punk nodded.

"So you're leading this case?" AJ asked.

"Pretty much." Punk nodded, "Stuff like this normally just finds me." He shook his head.

"I'm a month out from giving birth, Phil." AJ shook her head.

"I know." Punk nodded.

"Well… what if you're out, seeing to this case and trying to find this body and I go into labour?" She asked.

"You… call me?" Punk shook his head.

"May I chime in here?" Dean asked, of course listening to their entire conversation as Punk and AJ turned to him.

"What?" AJ asked.

"Well when my cousin was having her baby she had this thing called a baby beeper for her boyfriend." Dean said.

"Oh, yes. I've heard of them." AJ nodded.

"I've not." Punk shook his head.

"Think of it like a walkie talkie but only it vibrates. So if April goes into labour she just presses the button and you get a little buzz in your ass." Dean smiled as Punk nodded slowly.

"Yeah, what about just calling me?" Punk nodded to AJ.

"No, because at least then when I beep you, you know that it's the baby and you can get out of there right away." AJ shrugged.

"Out of where? Where am I going?" Punk wondered.

"You could be here or you could be out on the beat late at night or you could be further away investigating this case." AJ said, "We're getting the baby beeper."

"Yes." Dean cheered.

"Why are you so happy about that?" Punk asked him.

"I'm just excited to meet the little guy." Dean shrugged, "Or girl." He said quickly once noticing AJ was staring at him, "Little guy or girl." He nodded.

"Where do I get one of these beepers from then?" Punk asked.

"I don't know, try Walmart or something." AJ shrugged, "So you really can't stop for lunch?" AJ asked with a frown.

"No, well I could but that means I would get home later." Punk said as AJ frowned.

"Ok." AJ nodded, "Well I'll see you when you get home." She smiled, leaning down and kissing him softly as he kissed her back, "Woah." AJ jumped back, feeling the baby kicking.

"At it again." Punk smiled, placing his hand over her bump and smiling as he felt the powerful kicks, "I can't believe it's just one month to go." He shook his head.

"I know." AJ smiled, "Oh, I'm not gonna fit behind the wheel for much longer." AJ nodded, "So you're gonna need to take me to work in the mornings. I can get a ride from someone else on the way home I guess."

"Why are you still working?" Dean shook his head, "Aren't you tired?"

"No." AJ shrugged, "Well yeah I am but I'm not incapable." She laughed a little, "I'm going right up until I pop."

"Just don't overdo it, though. Yeah?" Punk nodded.

"When do I overdo anything?" AJ questioned as Punk looked at her.

"Our child's nursery has twenty seven different stuffed animals in it." Punk said as Dean tilted his head.

"Twenty seven?" Dean questioned, "W-Why? It's like a baby. It won't even know what they are."

"Well it will one day and it's super cute, ok? How about you both leave me alone?" She nodded as Punk smiled to himself.

"I love the nursery." Punk nodded.

"Yeah, I know you do." AJ said, "Well I guess I'll go get a sandwich and just take it home with me." She nodded.

"I shouldn't be home too late." Punk promised as AJ just hmm'd.

"I'll believe it when I see it." She nodded as Tony walked down the precinct.

"Brooks." Tony nodded, "We got the parents of the guy coming in, in half an hour." He said.

"Seriously?" Punk asked as AJ stepped back out of the way over to Dean's desk.

"Yeah. They said he called them a week ago. Said they didn't want to say anything to us because they were scared of what would happen to him." Tony shrugged, "The usual."

"We could track the phone." Punk nodded.

"Yeah." Tony said, "It's promising. I'll put them in interview room 2. Be there with me in half an hour." He nodded.

"Right on." Punk nodded as Tony walked off to his office whilst AJ looked over to him, "This is good." Punk nodded.

"You think they'll be able to track the call?" AJ asked.

"Hopefully." Punk stood up, "If we get his location it's pretty much game over."

"Unless he called from like a gas station or something. Pretty useless." Dean said.

"Let's just be optimistic, right?" Punk said as Dean nodded, "I gotta go, baby. I'll see you later." He said, kissing AJ sweetly.

"Ok, see you later." AJ nodded, watching him walk off down the station towards the interviewing rooms as AJ sighed to herself whilst Dean watched.

"Hey, I'll come for lunch with you." Dean stood up as AJ turned around.

"Huh?" AJ looked at him.

"Yeah, I'm pretty hungry and I've not taken my break yet." Dean nodded.

"You feel sorry for me, don't you?" AJ nodded.

"No, of course not. I'm just hungry and it wouldn't kill us to spend some time with each other." Dean shrugged. He'd grown close to AJ but he just wanted her to know that he really was there for her and Punk.

"Ok then." AJ smiled, "Thank you." She nodded.

"No problem. And hey, we can find the baby beeper when we're out." He nodded.

"Oh, yeah." AJ smiled excitedly, walking out of the station with him.