A/N: Thank you to everyone who has read this and a big thank you to my reviewers! I think I've dragged this story out for long enough. Final chapter and hopefully closure. I've loved writing a happy story, I didn't think I was capable of it! It's also been a joy to write Lily in and thank you to all of you who enjoyed reading about her crazy adventures and antics. I'm thrilled you let me finish the story from Faith which I felt needed a good send off and this was it. Again, thank you!


Final Bow/Epilogue


"How do I look?" Lily asked twirling in front of her mother after getting her hair done for Punk's final fight.

"You look so pretty." AJ smiled noting the red dress and red shoes she had on as well.

"We match." Lily smiled tugging at AJ's red dress.

"I know. I wanted to match with you." She smiled.

"When do we see daddy?" Lily asked eagerly.

"There's a car outside that is taking us to the arena, he's already there." AJ said checking her phone. "She ate and was changed already." she told Celeste who was on Jade duty.

"I've got this." Celeste assured her. "Go have a good time."

"Do I look like mommy?" Lily asked Celeste as she posed.

"Just like her." Celeste laughed. "Excited to see your first fight?" she asked Lily who nodded anxiously. "You remember yours?" she asked AJ.

"Oh, I remember it." AJ smiled. "I left before the card even started, Phil whisked me away and drove me home."

"Did you kiss him?" Lily asked teasingly.

"No." AJ laughed looking at her curious daughter. "We weren't even dating."

"Your mom was out with another guy." Celeste told her and Lily's face dropped in shock.

"Mommy!" Lily gasped. "Does Daddy know?" she whispered.

"Your dad is the one who rescued me from my date." AJ grinned as she remembered.

"Then did you kiss daddy?" Lily asked.

"No." AJ said amused.

"Bye Jadey. You're too young to watch the fight, when you're older we'll show you." Lily promised her sister and kissed her head.

"We don't want to be late." AJ said picking Jade up and kissing her. "Be good for Aunt Celeste."

"She's an angel." Celeste said taking Jade from her.

"She's a Brooks." AJ corrected taking Lily's hand into hers. "You've been warned." she said to Celeste.

"Mrs. Brooks, Ms. Brooks." A security guard asked outside the door.

"That's me." Lily informed him stiffly. "Take me to see my daddy." she ordered.

"Lily." AJ scolded.

"She's been doing this all week." The guard smirked. "It's fine."

"Please." Lily added cutely with a smile.

"Right away." He laughed.

"He's our security guard, no out servant." AJ told Lily as they followed him.

"I don't know the difference." Lily shrugged.

"Mr. Brooks didn't want her to know I was security, was afraid she'd get scared." He whispered to AJ who just nodded.

"Remember the rules." AJ said to Lily.

"I do. I really remember." She promised. "No letting go of your hand. No talking to strangers."

"Good." AJ said relieved as they stepped onto the elevator.

"Hold the elevator!" A voice yelled as he placed his arm in the door. "Oh, wow." Eric Bishchoff smiled.

"I think you should wait for the next elevator." The security guard warned him.

"It's ok, we're all going to the same place." Eric shrugged pushing the button for the lobby. "You look cute as a button." Eric said to Lily who looked straight ahead.

"Excuse me." Lily said looking up at her security guard.

"Ms. Brooks?" he asked leaning over.

"Could you please tell big fat mean jerk that I am not allowed to talk to big fat mean jerks?" Lily asked him.

"You need me to repeat that?" The Security guard asked Eric coldly.

"No I think I got it." Eric said then glanced over to look at AJ. "You look lovely as well."

"Excuse me." Lily said to her security guard again tugging on his shirt. "Could you tell big fat mean jerk that mommy isn't allowed to talk to big fat mean jerk's either?" AJ smiled looking down at Lily and the guard moved to stand directly in front of AJ and Lily. "Thank you." Lily said to the guard politely.

"Good girl." AJ said running her hand through her daughters hair.

"You can also tell him my daddy is going to beat him up tonight." Lily told the guard who smirked.

"I'm not a fighter, I think you mean my client." Eric said, unable to even see Lily behind the large security guard.

"I meant what I said." Lily shrugged and AJ covered her hand over her mouth to stifle her laugh.

Once the doors opened the security guard literally shoved Eric off and AJ and Lily stepped off last.

"I really do think we need to have a discussion." Eric said trying to talk to AJ. "I think I owe you an apology, you owe me one-" he stopped when Lily kicked his knee as hard as she could.

"Don't talk to my mommy!" Lily scolded shaking her finger at him.

"Lily." AJ gasped.

"Fuck!" Eric yelled holding his knee as he hopped around on one foot.

"You were warned." The security guard said grabbing Eric by his shirt. "I'll be right back." He told AJ and Lily then 'escorted' Eric out.

"You can't kick people." AJ told Lily.

"I told him not to talk to you." Lily said simply. "Daddy said not to talk to him too. Daddy did say I could kick him."

"No he didn't." AJ said to her.

"Uh-huh." Lily insisted.

"That was a nice kick." AJ had to admit.

"I learned it in ballet." Lily told her proudly.

"The car is out front." The security guard smiled waving AJ and Lily over.

"You are going to be trouble when you're older." AJ said to Lily.

"Thank you." Lily replied happily and AJ let out a loud laugh.


Punk was in a private dressing room with a team of guys including Dean and Paul when AJ and Lily walked in.

"I'm here!" Lily announced running right to Punk.

"Wow." Punk grinned picking her up.

"Do you like my dress and hair?" She asked Punk. She was literally a mini-AJ. Same dress and Lily's hair was down and straightened in the same AJ did.

"You look just like a baby version of your mom." Punk noted proudly.

"I'm not a baby." Lily corrected sternly.

"You ok?" AJ asked walking over as well as Punk put Lily down.

"Yea." Punk nodded.

"I kicked big fat mean jerk daddy." Lily told him proudly.

"What?" Punk asked as his face dropped.

"He got on the elevator with us. Security wouldn't even let him talk to us." AJ assured him. "But when he tried to, Lily kicked him."

"Hard?" Punk asked.

"Very, very hard!" Lily told him giving him a thumbs up.

"That's my girl." Punk grinned and kissed the top of her head.

"You look ready." AJ said to him as Lily ran off to show her Uncle's Paul and Dean her dress.

"I feel it. I really do." He assured her. "I've got this."

"I am so proud of you." She smiled. "Thank you for taking me on this incredible journey with you."

"I wouldn't want anyone else in my corner." He said kissing her hand. "Ten years ago it was just you and me. Now my daughter is going to watch me fight for the first and last time."

"We're both proud of you, actually so is Jade. She is wearing your onsie." AJ informed him and he smiled.

"I'm most looking forward to this being over." He admitted. "I just want to go back to the room, kiss Jade goodnight and tuck Lily in then lay on the couch with you until I fall asleep."

"What awfully PG plans you have for the two of us." AJ teased.

"There's a child in the room." Punk reminded her. "You know I'm going to want to celebrate. First with all three of you then a private and less PG celebration with just you."

"I think I can make that happen." AJ said giving him a kiss.

"No, none of that." Paul said pulling them apart. "No funny business. We have to tape up his hands."

"Yea mommy, no funny business." Lily scolded.

"Now, are you really sure you want to go out there? You can stay back here Lils." Punk told her. "I'll make sure they keep the TV on for you so you can still watch."

"I want to watch with mommy." Lily told him.

"Ok." Punk said handing something to AJ. "Those are headphones, you have to wear them because it's really loud out there."

"Ok." Lily shrugged taking them from AJ.

"I don't want her to hear if someone yells out at you either." Punk whispered to AJ who nodded.

"Ms. Brooks, your guest has arrived." The security guard told her and AJ's face fell.

"You invited a guest?" AJ asked her daughter stunned. "That wasn't up to you Lily."

"I didn't invite anyone." Lily assured her mother.

"I did." Punk said nodding at the security guard and Lily's face lit up upon seeing Louis who was as usual, dressed in a suit and holding flowers.

"Louis!" Lily screamed running to him.

"You invited Louis?" AJ asked Punk stunned.

"Paul still accepted sponsorship from Luis for this fight for some reason." Punk said then glared at Paul.

"It was smart money." Paul groaned.

"Luis called and informed me he'd be in for the fight, I told him no unless he bought his son so Lily could have a buddy." Punk told her.

"You are the best father in the world." AJ stated unable to hide her smile and kissed him again. "You realize that right? Win or lose in that cage you won with your kids and wife."

"Daddy!" Lily cried running to him. "Thank you!" she said hugging his leg and crying into it.

"It's just for the night." Punk warned her.

"It's the best present ever!" Lily told him.

"Mr. Brooks." Louis greeted.

"Kid." Punk greeted back as nicely as possible.

"Phil." AJ laughed. "You can't stand him but invited him here to make your princess smile." she said grinning.

"He's better than Joseph." Punk shrugged innocently.

"We really have to start getting ready." Paul told AJ who nodded and she gave him one more kiss.

"I love you." She told him looking deep into his eyes.

"Bye daddy, I love you." Lily said to him and he gave her a hug. "Oh! Mommy my sign!"

"Oh right." AJ said reaching into her purse and handed her a folded piece of paper.

"Go Daddy!" Lily read off the sign she painted. "I'm going to hold it up when you come out."

"I'll look for it." He smirked.

"I'll be the one cheering the loudest." She told him proudly.

"You're my secret weapon in this fight." Punk whispered to her. "You're going help me win."

"You need me to kick him?" Lily asked quietly but seriously.

"No." He laughed. "Just be loud enough so I can hear you and see you out there."

"I can do that." Lily assured him.


True to her word, Lily was the loudest in the crowd. You would have thought a crazy demon took over her. She was standing on her chair screaming and waving and her picture around. Punk saw her for sure and shot her and AJ a wink after entering the cage. Lily was his secret weapon, he knew seeing here there would motivate him to win fast. He didn't want her to see him fight for long and risk getting hurt. He didn't want his daughter to see him lose or bleed and she wouldn't. The fight was over in under a minute. Punk wasn't sure if it was just luck but he knocked Colton out to the floor as soon as the bell rang and was on top of him until the ref called it. He knew when he locked eyes with Colton before the fight that the nerves had gotten to him. He had never been in front of a crowd like this.

When his arm was raised and Dean, Paul and the rest of team entered the cage, so did AJ and Lily.

"I knew you'd win!" Lily cheered as Punk picked her up.

"Because of you." Punk told her.

"I don't know what I did but I'm glad I helped." Lily smiled then hugged him again

"Go wait with your Uncle Paul." He told Lily putting her down after a few seconds.

"I knew it." AJ smiled wrapping her arms around him.

"I love you." He whispered into her ear.

"I love you too." She told him. "The four of us love you so much."

"Four?" he smirked then his smile slowly faded.

"I think you're getting your boy sooner than you thought." She smiled.

"You're...pregnant?" he asked slowly and she nodded excitedly.

"Seven weeks." She told him and he wrapped his arms around her and lifted her off of her feet.


Back at the hotel room, much later Punk was finally back after his interviews and doing some media. AJ went back to the room with Lily and Jade.

"They wanted to wait up for you." AJ whispered nodding into the living room where both Lily and Jade were out cold.

"You're really pregnant?" He asked her and she laughed.

"You thought I made that up?" She asked amused.

"I'm just really excited. This is really up there with being one of the best nights of my life." He said holding back tears.

"Here." She said grabbing his hand and walking him into their bedroom. She reached in the side bed drawer and showed him the sonogram. "I got it in Florida. When you thought I was having a spa day, I went to confirm my suspicions."

"Why didn't you tell me?" He asked her looking at the picture.

"Because once I knew for sure I thought telling you tonight would make it that much more special." She smiled looking at the picture with him. "This caught me by complete surprise."

"Yea this wasn't planned." He noted. "You miss a pill?"

"I did." She confirmed. "Or a few. It got hectic for a while with Jade getting sick and then Lily switching schools-"

"Hey, I don't need an explanation." He grinned. "I wanted this. It was you who wanted to wait."

"I'm so glad you're retired since I'm going to have two babies at home." She said to him. "Jade won't even be two by the time he's born."

"I'm going to be there every step of the way." He said as he choked up looking at the picture. "Third time we're doing this and it feels different. It always feels different. It always feels like the best feeling, like there's no way it could get better but it always does. Does Lily know?"

"Like she'd be able to keep that a secret." AJ laughed. "I thought we could tell her together."

"I just- how do I deserve this?" he asked her.

"You deserve all the happiness in the world." She told him.

"I can't stop looking at it." Punk smiled looking at the sonogram. "It's really difficult to surprise me-"

"Yet I pulled it off." She noted proudly.

"You did. You manage to surprise me everyday, today was no different." He said putting the photo down and looking back at her. "Thank you for everything."

"Phil..." She began smiling then noticed his fist was cut up. "What's this?"

"Someone bumped into my fist a few times as I was leaving." Punk defended lightly.

"Was that someone Eric?" AJ asked glaring at him.

"I couldn't let Lily have all the fun in beating him up." Punk admitted innocently. "It was just the cherry on the top of a perfect night."

"Should I expect the police to come barging in?" She asked annoyed.

"Nah, it wasn't that bad. He took it like half of man that he is." Punk said sitting on the bed but still looking at the sonogram. "My boy."

"Maybe." She added sitting next to him.

"No. I have three of you, I'm getting my boy." Punk told her surely.

"Good thing we moved." AJ said leaning against his shoulder.

"Yea. Perfect timing. Now we can get ready for our son." Punk said to her.

"You're going to jinx it." She warned

"Nah, I don't believe in that crap." He told her. "Tired?"

"Not as tired as you must be." She said to him.

"I'm fucking pumped." He admitted fully awake. "I just had the best fight of my life, I don't have to worry about getting home to train, I get to get ready for my third kid- I don't think I could sleep if I wanted to."

"Well, maybe I can help tire you out." AJ said plucking the photo from his hands.

"You did promise me a rated-NC17 celebration." He pointed out licking his lips.

"I don't think I said that." She laughed.

"I'm up!" Lily announced walking into their room and Punk collapsed onto the bed and let out a frustrated groan. "You aren't happy to see me, daddy?"

"Always." Punk smirked sitting right back up and ran to him. "You have fun tonight?"

"Yes! I knew you'd win!" She said kissing his cheek.

"It's all thanks to you." He said to her again.

"I know." Lily said happily.

"Did you have fun with Louis?" Punk asked her and she blushed and turned her head. "Princess?" he frowned.

"Lily got a kiss." AJ told Punk cutely and his face dropped.

"Excuse me?" He asked coldly.

"Right here." She said pointing at her cheek.

"Just a quick peck on the cheek. It was so cute." AJ smiled.

"Doesn't sound cute." Punk said to AJ then looked at his daughter. "I never would have flown him out here if I knew he'd put the moves on you."

"He didn't put the moves on her." AJ laughed.

"He's going to move back." Lily told Punk. "And he said it's for me."

"Oh Jesus Christ." He muttered.

"Raina and Luis told me he needs to move back for work, whatever he was doing in Italy is done." AJ told him.

"You didn't tell them what school she is in, did you?" Punk asked AJ.

"I did." Lily said proudly. "He's-"

"-going to go to your school." Punk finished for her. "Fucking great." He remarked sarcastically.

"Oh! Mommy!" Lily announced. "Jadey is awake too!"

"There goes our night." AJ said to Punk who stood up.

"We have plenty more to look forward to." He assured her. "I haven't seen my girl yet." he said walking over to the playpen and saw Jade standing up in it, holding onto it. "Babe! She's standing!" he yelled and AJ ran out with Lily.

"I need to get a picture." AJ said to him but Jade fell on her butt and let out a cry.

"Too late." Punk said to her then reached in and picked Jade up.

"Is she hurt?" Lily asked concerned.

"No. She's just learning." Punk said running Jade's back. "Right pretty girl?" He asked Jade then kissed her cheek. "See? She already stopped crying."

"Good." Lily said relieved. "I'm ready to party now."

"Party?" Punk asked with a laugh. "Do you know what time it is?"

"We really should order up some food." AJ said to him. "Lily was too excited to finish dinner."

"I had to fit into my dress." Lily informed Punk and his eyes widened.

"I hope I didn't just hear that. You eat whatever you want until you're nice and full. Don't worry about dresses or how you look in them." He told her seriously.

"I don't even know what it means." Lily shrugged. "Mommy said it when she didn't eat dinner."

"Nice example." Punk said to AJ who rolled her eyes at him as she picked up Jade's toys. "And you better order up food for yourself. It's not just you." he reminded her.

"I want pancakes." Lily announced.

"You always want pancakes in the middle of the night." Punk teased.

"I want them too." AJ agreed. "And you want them as well, I know you."

"I do." Punk said to her. "What about you?" He asked Jade.

"She had them the other morning, she spit a lot of it out but she seemed to like it." AJ said walking over. "You want pancakes too?" She asked Jade.

"Pancakes for all." Punk said passing Jade to AJ.

"Movie too?" Lily asked pressing her hands together in a praying positing and shut her eyes really tight.

"What do you think this?" Punk laughed.

"It's a party!" Lily cheered.

"It is a party, pick a movie but it better not be Frozen." He warned.

"Oh man." She groaned grabbing the remote. "Jadey loves that movie too."

"Well daddy does not." Punk told her. "I'll order."

Punk was in his room ordering up the room service of pancakes. He peered out of the bedroom and saw his wife and two daughters sitting on the couch and giggling over something. He never thought this would be how he'd spend his last night fighting but this was truly one of the best nights of his life. The birth's of Lily and Jade shared the number one spot, birth of their son would join them soon. Second was marrying AJ, third was their first night together because after their first time together he knew they were going to be together forever. Once he had her he knew he'd never be able to let her go again. And tonight was the fourth best night. He was closing the book on his career but starting a whole new one with his family.

"Daddy hurry!" Lily ordered as he finished placing the order.

"I'm coming!" Punk yelled back and looked at the TV. "Is this not too scary for you?"

"Nightmare before Christmas?" Lily asked eyeing him. "I'm not a baby, daddy." she scolded.

"Oh, I know that." He said sitting in-between Lily and AJ who was holding Jade on her lap.

"Are you sure you didn't want to go out and celebrate with the team and Paul?" AJ asked him quietly.

"Are you kidding?" Punk scoffed. "This is the best celebration ever." He said giving her a kiss.

"Stop kissing! It's starting!" Lily told them.

"You stop kissing Louis." Punk shot back at her and she giggled. "It's not funny."

"She didn't kiss him." AJ laughed.

"I have a lot of free time. You tell Louis I'm going to be keeping a close eye on him." He warned.

"I will." Lily smiled looking up at him and she still had the same smile she had since she was a baby. "Are you ok?" she asked.

"Yea." He said to her and kissed the top of her head and Lily leaned against Punk's arm to get comfortable and AJ did the same with his other arm.

"Uncomfortable?" AJ asked.

"Not at all." Punk said honestly and smiled as he looked at the TV, the smile had nothing to do with the movie though. It was all about his family, it was always all about them.