Obsessed


After Renee and Kerry had left from visiting Dean in his room, AJ and Punk switched over to go see him. Kerry was trying to stay strong and take charge. She had taken Alba home with her for AJ and Renee who was extremely upset.

"I hate hospitals." Punk sighed, walking down the corridor with AJ as she turned to him. She could see he was anxious, upset and uncomfortable and that hurt her. She was too but she was trying to keep herself together, so he didn't have to do so for her.

"Hey." AJ took his hand in hers, "It's gonna be ok." She nodded.

"You don't know that." Punk shook his head, "What if it's really bad?" Punk said.

"You can't think like that." AJ shook her head, "You have to be positive. See the light at the end of the tunnel." She nodded, "He'll wake up and he'll recover. He's got the best people around him." She said as Punk sighed, pausing outside of Dean's rooms, "I'm right here." She nodded as he sighed.

She was right there, the way he should have been for her when she needed him. He felt even guiltier when he saw her so comforting beside him, that he couldn't be that for her when she needed comforting.

"Thank you." Punk nodded as AJ just smiled softly, pushing the door open as they walked into the room that Dean was in.

He was in bed of course, and still had every known wire attached to him. He was attached to a drip and had oxygen tubes down his throat. He looked so weak and hurt and it immediately broke Punk. This was the guy he was supposed to take care of. His little brother. He felt like he'd really failed him even though it wasn't anything he could have done to prevent it.

"God…" AJ sighed, finding it difficult to see Dean in such a way. He'd been her best friend for the longest time. When she went through her own time in hospital, he was there every day, making her laugh even when she didn't want to, being there to talk to. It broke her heart to see him this way.

Punk could barely walk into the room much further. He felt like his legs had frozen completely on the spot. It wasn't until AJ tugged his hand a little did he start walking again, like a new baby deer trying to find his balance.

AJ dropped Punk's hand and immediately sat down beside Dean, taking his hand in hers and sighing whilst Punk just stood looking at him. It was a hard sight to digest. He was upset, yet completely angry that someone had done this on purpose. It was an evil act and Punk was beside himself trying to figure out who would want to do this.

AJ sighed, brushing the tear from her cheek as she held Dean's hand tightly. She just wanted to hear his voice more than ever. Hear him tease her about something or crack an inappropriate joke. She wanted nothing more than for him to be ok.

Punk and AJ stayed in the room for a little while before leaving due to the visiting hour restrictions. It was almost too hard to stay for any longer anyway, just staring at his brother in such a critical way.

As they were walking out of the hospital entrance, they bumped into Drake.

"Hey." Punk shook his head.

"Hey." Drake said with concern as Punk looked at him, "There's something we need you to see."


"What is this?" Punk questioned, standing in the police station in one of the rooms with AJ whilst Drake showed them pictures of what appeared to be a gun.

"It was found in the back seat of the abandoned car." Drake said.

"And what about it?" AJ folded her arms.

"I got curious." Drake said, "The gun matches the gun which was used to kill your father." He said, putting down pictures which he'd dug up from Shawn's files.

AJ immediately looked up at Punk as he folded his arms and looked at the pictures.

"You think this is who killed him?" Punk asked him.

"I'm not sure. I thought if he was ever to show his face again, it'd be you he went after. I mean… you've got the company now. You've got all the money. Why Dean?" Drake questioned as Punk looked at the pictures.

Meanwhile AJ looked at Punk, wondering if and when he was going to tell Drake about the fact he was looking into his father's case all this time.

"Maybe it's coincidence." Punk said whilst AJ looked at him, "People can have the same guns."

"Yeah, they can." Drake said, "But we also found this." He put another picture down as Punk looked at it, "Who is Mack's company?" He questioned as Punk picked the picture up.

"It's… it's another trading company. This is a flyer for the party he's having next weekend." Punk shook his head, "This was in the car?"

"Yeah." Drake nodded, "I think we're digging at some old wounds here." He said as Punk rubbed the back of his neck whilst AJ looked up at him.


"Why didn't you say you've been looking into your father's murder?" AJ asked, standing outside the police station with Punk after they'd spoke to Drake.

"Because." Punk said.

"Because what?" AJ said, "Because you know something you don't want to tell them?"

"No. I don't know anything. I've been working on it and if they know I'm… if they think I'm looking into it they'll be weird about it. The whole point of me doing this on my own was so I could catch someone out, I could be undercover-"

"And how is that working out for you?" AJ asked him.

"I'm not telling them shit." Punk said, "I don't even have anything to tell them."

"They found a flyer connected to your work in the back seat of that car. This is connected. And you wanna know why they went for Dean? Because they're trying to get at you." AJ said, "Because someone knows that you're digging into this." She said.

"So you're saying Dean being in hospital is my fault?" Punk asked her.

"I didn't say that." AJ said, "I'm saying this is clearly got something to do with your dad. It has to." AJ nodded, "Who have you spoken to recently? Does anyone else know you're looking into this?" She asked him.

"Just Ted." Punk said, "And he's in New York. I recently spoke to Laura, my dad's secretary slash bit on the side but… she couldn't have done this." Punk shook his head.

"Why not? Because she's a woman and woman don't do evil things like this?" AJ raised an eyebrow as Punk just made a face at her, "What do you mean your dad's bit on the side?" She shook her head.

"She was having an affair with my dad whilst he was with Kim. He broke it off with her and him and Kim patched things up-"

"And you don't think the jealous girl your dad dumped wouldn't want revenge?" AJ said.

"Trust me, she didn't do this. She doesn't work for the company anymore-"

"Well maybe she knows who did." AJ said.

"No, you're not doing this." Punk shook his head.

"Doing what?" AJ asked.

"Getting involved. I wanted everyone as far away as possible from this. It's why I left in the first place-"

"Well now Dean is in hospital so you don't have a choice. You're not doing this on your own. You'll go out of your mind." AJ said, "Just tell the cops what you know, what you've found."

"No." Punk said, "They'll just keep me further away from it all. Trust me." He said.

"I do trust you. I trust you to do the right thing. You're not a cop. You're not supposed to be putting yourself at the centre of this." AJ said.

"Well I am. It's my dad, my brother." Punk said, "And I wanna know who the fuck is doing this and why they're doing it." He said, "If you can't accept that then maybe you should just go home." He shook his head as AJ looked up at him.

"You get a pass for lashing out at me because of what's going on." AJ nodded, "I only want what's best for you but most importantly what's best for Dean right now." She said, "Why would you wanna put yourself in danger? Whoever this is, obviously knows you're looking into your dad's death… this was your warning. Dean was your warning." She said, "Don't you get that?" She shook her head, "Who's to say that if you keep looking, it's my car getting hit down a ditch." She said as Punk ran his hand over his face, knowing she was speaking sense of course. She always did.

"You think this was my warning?" Punk asked her.

"We both know it was." AJ said, "Which is why you tell Drake everything. You tell him about Laura. About everything you've found so far." She nodded, "This is too dangerous now. It's not a game anymore."

"I never treated it like a game." Punk spat, "This is my family. I want to know who is doing this. Do you have any idea how frustrating it is?" He asked.

"Dean is my family too." AJ said.

"I'm not telling the cops anything. No way." Punk said, "I've come this far and maybe… maybe the fact they've exposed themselves means I can look closer." Punk nodded.

"Listen to yourself." AJ shrieked, "You're putting yourself and everyone around you in danger."

"Then don't be around me." Punk looked down on her as AJ stepped into him and glared up.

"I'm not giving you that choice. Your dumb ass is gonna get killed and then what?" AJ said as Punk looked at her. He wasn't used to having anyone in his life, caring for him like this. He'd spent eight years alone, having only himself to make decisions with. Having a second opinion again was almost strange. Especially when she was right of course.

"I'll be fine." Punk said, "I'm not telling the cops."

"Ok, well then if you don't tell the cops then just do nothing." AJ said, "Let them do their job-"

"Like they did last time with my dad? No." Punk said, "Maybe you're right. Maybe this is Laura. Maybe she was jealous that my dad dumped her and she… she tried to take his money and kill him. She was the only one with a key to my dad's office." Punk said, "But she just looked so innocent."

"Then tell the cops about it." AJ shook her head as Punk sighed.

"You're not listening to me." Punk said with frustration, "I won't be allowed anywhere near any of this. They'll end up dropping the case again after they don't do shit and then what?"

"Someone knows you're looking into this and they've possibly brain damaged your little brother to make you stop." AJ spat, "That's when you need to stop, Phil." She said, "Because if you don't… who is next? Me? Your mom?" AJ questioned.

"Quit saying that." Punk screwed his eyes up.

"What if I'm out with Alba and someone just shoots me in the head? Like they did your dad?" AJ said as Punk turned away, trying his best not to imagine such a thing, "Whoever this is clearly won't hesitate if it means making you stop."

"No one is gonna hurt you." Punk said, "I'll make changes. I'll look at stuff from home. I'll not talk to anyone about it-"

"How would anyone know you were looking into it anyway?" AJ questioned, "Unless you've spoke to them about it and you said you've only spoke to Ted and this girl Laura." AJ nodded, "What if it is her and she has someone else working with her?" AJ questioned, "You're never gonna know any of this."

"Well I can try to find out." Punk said, "For Dean. For my dad. The way I set out to do so. If you can't get on board with that then leave." He said as AJ looked up at him.

"You know I thought to myself you were the same boy I fell in love with all those years ago. That deep down you really hadn't changed a bit but… you have." AJ shook her head, "You're gonna get us all killed. You might have nothing to lose. I might be nothing to you. But I have a baby. I mean something to someone." She spat.

"Hey, you mean everything to me-"

"Save it." AJ shook her head, "You're obsessed and you're putting everyone in danger." She said. She could understand and sympathise how upset he was about all of this, about Dean being in hospital, about it linking to his father's murder, but she wouldn't be looked down on, "I need to go home to Alba." AJ shook her head, walking off as Punk took her hand to stop her but she just pushed it away and walked around to the taxi cab rank to get the hell away.