On To You
The next morning April and Punk were back at the house by eight. She was anxious to see Max and knew he'd be up by now.
"There he is" April smiled taking Max from Colt's arms
"Oh hi I'm good thank you for asking" Colt smirked
"See he's ok" Punk said to her "Where's my mom and sisters?" he asked Colt
"They just left" Colt said to him "And Max ate and was already changed for you" he smiled
"Thanks Colt" she smiled
"Here let me check him over" Punk said taking Max from April "Was Uncle Colt good to you?"
"I'm his favorite Uncle" Colt scoffed "We had a great time. I also finished Max's laundry and put together that running stroller you had still in the box"
"Oh thanks" April smiled slowly taking a seat "But I don't think I'll be running today"
"Oh my god" Colt said disgusted
"I feel so good and sore right now I don't even care" April grinned towards Colt who gagged. "Do you want to take a bath with mommy?" she asked looking towards Max who was trying to grab Punk's nose
"Yea I don't have to leave for another hour" Colt responded seriously
"Never funny" Punk said to his friend. April just laughed as she held onto the table to help her up and Colt rolled his eyes.
"Come to mommy" She smiled taking Max and kissing his cheek "We'll be in the bath- thanks for everything Colt"
"Yea anytime" Colt smirked "Your poor wife can barely walk"
"Yea" Punk smiled proudly taking a seat "It was a great night"
"Ew" Colt said seriously
"So everything went ok last night?" Punk asked him
"Yea except do fans still come down your side here?" he asked Punk
"Not really" Punk said to him "Why someone was outside?"
"Someone knocked over your trashcans" Colt told him
"Maybe it was a possum" he shrugged
"Yea sure if possums know how to curse and drive cars then yes it could have totally been a possum" Colt mocked
"Huh" Punk said slowly "You didn't get a look at the person?"
"No it was dark and they were already in their car by the time I made it outside" Colt told him "It was at around midnight that's what bothered me"
"I'll look into it thanks" Punk said to him "Could have been a fan" he reasoned
"Well I was thinking about it and you remember April said she saw someone following her?"
"You think it's the same person?" Punk asked
"It's just weird timing" Colt shrugged
"She hasn't seen anyone in a few days" Punk said to him "I've asked her everyday she's gone running"
"I know normally fans coming up to your house you find annoying but you're not alone here anymore" Colt reminded him "You've got a kid in here"
"I know, I know" Punk said to him "Maybe I'll put those sensor lights out there on the side"
"That'll work" Colt agreed
"Maybe even a camera" Punk said thinking about it
"Or you can just lock your gate" Colt teased
"I do" Punk said to him "But it's short anyone can hop over"
"Get a taller one" Colt suggested
"That's doable too" Punk agreed "I'll go to Home Depot and look around later"
"I'll go with you" Colt offered
"Yea ok" Punk agreed
"Are you going to tell April?" Colt asked
"Yea I mean she's used to fans lurking around here" Punk shrugged "I don't know if she'll be thrilled with me changing the gate and stuff but she'll get over it"
"So you two had a good night?" Colt asked
"Yea" Punk said with a wide smile "We really needed it and thank you again for watching Max"
"No problem" Colt said innocently
"What?" Punk asked
"I saw a picture of you two on Instagram" Colt smirked passing him his phone "April in that dress….damn"
"Oh this is from the restaurant" Punk said to her
"Not that I blame you for shoving your tongue down her throat but was that necessary in the middle of a restaurant while other people are eating?" Colt asked him
"First of all some guy sent her a note from the bar and thought I was her father" Punk said annoyed and Colt laughed loudly "It's not that funny"
"It's hysterical" Colt said still laughing
"I don't look that old" Punk defended
"I also read a tweet saying that you and April were having sex in the hotel stairwell" Colt informed him and Punk rolled his eyes
"We weren't having sex there" Punk said to him
"I didn't think so" Colt chuckled
"We tried but people walked in" Punk said to him and Colt shook his head
"Animals" Colt said disgusted
April was drying Max while wrapped in a towel herself when Punk walked in.
"You two have a good bath?" Punk asked walking inside
"Yes we did" She said smiling down at Max "I think he missed us"
"Yea" Punk smirked looking at his son who was laughing as April tickled his belly "I'm going to go to the store you want me to take him with me so you can get some sleep?"
"Where are you going?" she asked playing with Max's feet now
"Home Depot" he told her "I want to get some lights for the side of the house and stuff"
"Why?" she asked "We already have a light"
"I want sensor lights" Punk told her "Colt heard someone outside last night"
"Probably just some fan" she shrugged picking Max up "I don't think you need to get the lights"
"I don't want creepy fans lurking around here while Max or you for that matter or inside" he told her
"Ok" she said to him "Do you want to go out with daddy?" she asked Max
"Here I'll get him ready" Punk said taking him from her "You just try to nap or something"
"Well I didn't get much rest last night" She smirked "But it was worth it"
"How are you muscles feeling?" Punk asked her
"Sore and amazing all at the same time" she said to him "I'll get some sleep while you shop and try to figure out how to put in sensor lights"
"I can do it" Punk defended
"Oh honey you couldn't even change the tire on my car" April frowned sympathetically
"I didn't have my little helper then" he pointed out referring to Max "I'll show you"
"Whatever you say sweetheart" she said kissing his cheek then kissing Max's head "Have fun"
April was just now drifting off to sleep. She had no idea that someone was picking her lock downstairs and entering her home. Jason was positive April was here alone with Max since Punk's car was gone again and he spotted April passing through the kitchen earlier. He slowly crept into the kitchen and looked around- he didn't hear or see anything so he ventured up the steps as quietly as possible. He wasn't sure which room was Max's but he assumed April and Punk's room was the one with the double doors that were closed. He held on tightly to a led pipe that he had tucked away in his jacket just in case April surprised him. Hurting wasn't on the agenda but if she caught him he knew she'd put up a fight. He passed by one door and carefully opened but it was a guest room he then figured Max's room would be on the other side of April's and slowly opened the door and stepped in. He smiled realizing he had found the nursery and tiptoed inside. He placed the pipe on a chair nearby and walked towards the crib.
"This is too easy" he whispered to himself with a grin and peeked over into the large crib and his face fell. "No, no, no" he hissed
April was woken up by sounds but they were coming from the baby monitor. She had just always kept it on and next to her bed. She shot up and tried to listen but only heard breathing. She knew Punk wasn't back yet and the breathing sound wasn't coming from her son it was definitely someone else. She went to reach for her phone but realized she left it in the kitchen charging. She was now panicking thinking maybe Punk was home and put Max down for his nap and went outside to put the lights in. Some strange person could be near her son. She got up out of the bed and reached under her bed for the wooden weapon Colt had given her after she had been hit in her knee and slowly opened the door and walked towards the nursery. The door was closed and April placed her hand over the knob and counted to three before she swung the door open and swing the wooden mallet around wildly. She soon realized no one is in the room and saw Max wasn't in his crib- he was still out with Punk or at least so she thought. She ran down the stairs and saw Punk's car was just pulling into the garage. She opened the garage door and watched as he took Max out of his car seat.
"Hey what's wrong?" Punk asked
"It was the strangest thing" she admitted "I must have dreamt someone was in the house"
"Really?" Punk asked
"Yea I thought I heard someone breathing over Max's monitor and ran into the room but no one was there. At first I thought he was already home but I guess it was just a dream" April said to him "Oh he's sleeping" she smiled
"Yea the store wiped him out" Punk teased "I'll put him down." He headed up the stairs and placed Max into his crib. He made sure Max had his favorite stuffed Batman lying next to him and smiled down at his son. As he walked towards the door something caught his eye. He saw a led pipe on the chair and picked up to examine it. He knew it didn't belong to him and he was pretty sure it wasn't April's.
"Hey babe" he said walking into the bedroom "Did you bring this into Max's room when you thought someone was in there?" he asked holding up the small pipe
"No" she said "I bought this" she said holding up the weapon Colt had given her "That was in his room?"
"Yea" Punk said looking at it
"So I was right someone was in his room" April said then her eyes widened "What if he's still in the house?" she asked alarmed rushing out of the room and into Max's. He was still there sleeping thankfully.
"Stay in here" Punk said closing the door.
After searching the house from top to bottom twice he knew no one was there and met up with April in the baby's room.
"No one is here" Punk said to her
"Maybe it was a fan" she shrugged
"I don't give a shit who it was. Someone broke in here with a weapon and was in my son's room" Punk said to her "That's pushing it too far. He probably heard you and got spooked that's why he left the pipe"
"I don't think so" April said to him "I didn't hear or see anyone. I heard him breathing and sat in here for about five minutes before I even moved as soon as I did I was right next-door. Maybe whoever it was left because they didn't find what they were looking for" she said to him "Like Max"
"Who would take a child?" Punk asked horrified
"I don't know" April said just as scared "A lunatic? We should call the cops"
"Ok" Punk agreed and that scared her because that meant he was scared. He wasn't a huge of police and he was slightly pale. "You call I'm going to just look around outside and call Colt and ask him if he saw or heard anything else last night"
"Alright" she said quietly "I'll stay in here"
An hour later Punk was talking to the police when Colt arrived at the house.
"You guys ok?" Colt asked walking over to April
"We're fine" she said to him
"You sounded hysterical on the phone what happened again?" Colt asked
"Someone broke in here and was in Max's room" April told him
"Are you sure?" Colt asked
"Unless you left a pipe in Max's room then yes" April said to him
"A pipe?" Colt questioned "And Max was in there?" he asked alarmed
"No he was out with Phil I was the only one here" April said to him "The police want to ask you about last night"
"Alright" Colt said giving her a smile "It's ok nothing happened"
"The fact that some strange person with a weapon was lurking around my son terrifies me" April admitted "If Phil didn't find that pipe I never would have even known"
"He did and now the police are involved" Colt reminded her "It's ok now"
"I'm scared" she said as tears welted up
"Don't be" he said giving her a hug
"Hey Colt" Punk said walking over "The cop wants to talk to you"
"Alright- uh" he said looking down at April who was latched onto him
"I got her" Punk said pulling her away "The police want to know if you could think of anyone who would want-"
"-to steal our son?" April finished for him "No"
"Whoever it was picked the locks in the back" Punk told her "They cops saw shoe prints in the dirt"
"Are they going to find him?" she asked Punk
"Yes they are" he promised "And until then we'll take all the right precautions"
"You're going back to Milwaukee Monday" April reminded him "And I was supposed to sign my contract next week- I can't go back to work and leave just Max here with your mother"
"I'll stay" Punk said to her "You do what you have to do"
"No way you need to train" April said to him "I wasn't anxious to get back to work anyway"
"Yes you were" he sighed "Besides the cop noted that both times he came by here I wasn't here. You can see right into our garage and probably saw my car gone. Whoever it is probably is afraid of me but should really be afraid of you" he teased
"I would have taken whoever it was is head's off" she said seriously
"I know" He smirked "It's ok. I'll hold off on going back to Milwaukee for a little bit"
"I can't ask you to do that" she sighed
"You're not asking I'm telling you" he said to her
"I can keep him safe" April argued
"Oh trust me I know that" he smiled "But it's for my own sanity. I'd never be able to concentrate on training with you guys all the way here. We'll figure something out and hey it's possible that whoever this was just looking to rob the place wandered into Max's room and figured out you were home and ran" he said to her
"Yea I guess" she said giving it thought "It could really be nothing"
"Very possible" he agreed
"You got those sensor lights?" she asked
"Yup" he said to her
"Well maybe Colt could put them in before he leaves" April suggested
"I can put them in" He said insulted
"Oh honey I know" she said with that same sympathetic smile "But maybe Colt could speed up the process?" she suggested
"Nice" Punk remarked "I've got it under control" he assured her.
"I'm going to go upstairs and check on Max" she said to him "You're not going to go out or anything though right?"
"No" he said to her "I'll be here"
It took April a while to get Max to go down to sleep it was close to about two in the morning. It was very unlike him but she assumed he sensed all of the tension in the house. She headed down the stairs to find Phil hoping he was done putting in those lights.
"…of course I take the UFC seriously" he said into the phone as he paced. "I just need a few more weeks I'm having an issue at home….no it has nothing to do with Carter I told you my personal issues with him wouldn't be a problem someone broke into my home today and was in my sons room….of course I called the police but I don't feel right leaving my family behind….yea I've considered it….well if you're asking me to pick between my career or my family you're not going to like my answer" he informed whoever he was talking to. "…fine we'll talk more tomorrow" he then hung up.
"Who was that?" April asked
"Nobody important" Punk said to her "Max sleeping?"
"Yes finally" she said walking towards him "I don't want you to get in trouble with UFC. We can figure something else out" she said to him
"I don't plan on staying home forever just for a little bit to make sure everything is ok. I'm hoping that we just overreacted here" Punk said to her "But I'm not risking anything so they're just going to have to accept the fact that I need a little more time"
"What if they don't?" she asked
"Then they don't" Punk shrugged
"What if this really was nothing and you blow your chances with the UFC" April said to him
"Well I hope it is nothing but if for some reason UFC doesn't want to support me on this then too bad" Punk said simply "I'll just figure something else out. There is nothing important than Max and you" he said to her "That's where my priorities are and always will be"
"I really love you" she smiled wrapping her arms around him and resting her head against his chest "You make me feel safe"
"You have nothing to worry about" Punk promised
"How about if Max and I go to Milwaukee with you?" she suggested pulling away "Maybe we can rent a place?"
"Yea that's an idea" Punk nodded "But I don't want to uproot Max or you for that matter. I want you to also have a chance to get back in the ring and do what you want to do. It's not just about me. I am not making the same mistake I made before where you left WWE and just sat at home waiting for me"
"I was pregnant" she smirked "I didn't have many options"
"I want you to do everything you want" Punk said to her "I've done plenty and if Dana can't understand that I have a family that's far more important than the paychecks or the fights I'm ok with that because I still did it at least once"
"You're so sweet" she smiled reaching up and capturing his lips. After a moment Punk pulled away.
"You couldn't possibly want to go again?" Punk asked with a smirk
"What if I did?" she asked innocently
"I'll be gentle" he promised leading her over to the couch.
"Don't be gentle" she grinned as he laid across her
"Do you have any more of those things?" he asked curiously
"Which ones?" she laughed
"Those beads" he smirked nipping at her lips
"Anything but the beads" she said to him "I won't be able to walk for a month if we do that again"
"But we'll be able to use them at some point again right?" he asked
"Oh yea I'm looking forward to it" she smiled running her hand down his stomach as he leaned down to kiss her….
Former WWE champion and current UFC star calls police after an intruder breaks into newborn son's nursery.
The Chicago PD were called to Wicker Park today after Phil 'CM Punk' Brooks discovered an intruder was in his two million dollar home. Punk and his son were not at home during the incident but his wife April Brooks who is a former WWE Diva's Champion was. She was uninjured during the break in but allegedly heard a man in her son's empty nursery. The Brooks and the Chicago PD both declined to comment. We'll have more on the story as details emerge.
"Fuck" Jason groaned reading one of the many articles online. "How am I supposed to get back in there now?" he paced around his small loft trying to think of ideas "They're going to fucking kill me if I don't get this kid and make some money."
"How about you use the fact that you know her to your advantage?" a friend of Jason's asked
"Yea we didn't end our friendship on good terms" Jason smirked
"So go in tell her you want to make peace" his friend shrugged
"Believe it or not I've done that before" Jason chuckled "Besides her husband will kill me on sight"
"You just need to distract her long enough for me to get the kid" his friend reminded him "You can't even do that? Talk to her at the front door I'll sneak in the back and grab the kid" he suggested
"Seriously she hates me" Jason said to him "And if I randomly show up there it just won't work" he said then an idea hit him. "April is friends with Jewel"
"I don't think Jewel would help you kidnap a kid" his friend pointed out
"Not intentionally" Jason agreed then chuckled to himself
"Are you sure there isn't an easier way to go about this?" his friend groaned "If we get caught we'll go to jail forever"
"We won't get caught. And believe me this will be our biggest payday ever" Jason said to him "Punk and April will empty their bank accounts for this kid not only will I get to pay back my loan but you and I are going to walk away with just as much"
"It better be worth it because now they're on to you too" his friend pointed
"To somebody not me" Jason said to him "I haven' been relevant in their lives for almost a year now. They would never suspect me"
"I think this is stupid" his friend sighed
"Just get that stupid crib put together so I have somewhere to put him" Jason said to him "You'll be thanking me in a few days"