Chapter 55: The Black Widow


When Punk and AJ arrived at Raw she found out she was getting a chance to wrestle tonight. It was the first time she'd be in the ring since before the kidnapping so she was nervous and excited. It was very left field but Celeste was supposed to be wrestling Trinity who ended up getting hurt. She quickly changed and began to warm up, she didn't want to embarrass Celeste or hurt herself for that matter.

"What are you doing?" Seth asked approaching her in the back area

"Stretching" She muttered. Her leg was extended onto a crate and she was rubbing her thigh

"Looks like you hurt yourself" Seth smirked

"I did not!" AJ hissed "And don't say that too loud"

"What happened April?" Seth asked with sigh putting down his drink and phone

"I pulled something while stretching it will be fine" AJ said to him

"You need to take it easy" Seth reminded her "This is the first time you're wrestling in a long time"

"I know this Colby" She spat

"Oh wow full naming me" he smirked "Where does it hurt?"

"Right here" she said grabbing at her upper thigh. Seth didn't say a word he just walked over and replaced her hands with his own

"I can feel it" Seth said to her as he massaged her upper thigh for her

"Ow!" She shouted "It really hurts"

"It's fine it's just a knot" Seth said rubbing down harder

"Oh god stop" she moaned in pain

"AJ-" Seth started but felt someone yank him away. AJ could literally die upon seeing Phil standing there.

"I pulled something" AJ said quickly to Phil who turned to look at Seth

"It was totally innocent man" Seth said with a laugh "I was just helping her out" Punk was trying his best to bite his tongue and looked up at the ceiling.

"Go to the trainer" Punk instructed his wife

"I don't think that's necessary" AJ said to him but Punk didn't respond and just eyed her "Ok off I go" she said with a nervous laugh "Coming with me?" she asked hobbling slightly

"I'll meet you there" Punk said to her.

"Please don't do anything" she whispered as she limped past Punk and then gave Seth a sympathetic smile as she passed him

"I know what that looked like" Seth laughed once AJ was gone "But I have a girlfriend and AJ is just a friend"

"Oh I know she's just a friend" Punk shot at him "But she was more than that at one point"

"She was into you" Seth said to him "Trust me"

"So you took advantage of her a year ago because she was missing me?" Punk asked and now he was twisting Seth's words

"No we just took care of each other" Seth defended "AJ and I have known each other a lot longer than you have known either of us. She's a good friend and that's all. I'm sorry if I made you uncomfortable right now but I wasn't going to leave her in pain. Besides it's not her who has the bad cheating history I think your insecurities are being directed in the wrong place"

"Damn look at you" Punk smirked sarcastically "You know your stuff"

"I don't want to see my friend get hurt that's all" Seth said to him

"The only one who will be getting hurt is you- if I ever catch your hands on my wife like that again" Punk threatened "And because she considers you a friend I'm going to let this go for now"

"She pulled a muscle!" Seth laughed "What did you want me to do? Step over her and leave her alone?"

"Take her to a trainer" Punk responded

"She's crazy about you" Seth said to him bluntly "She's loved you for a long time and when she was in FCW you're all she could think and talk about it."

"Is there a point?" Punk asked annoyed

"Yea this little scene you're causing isn't just for show." Seth said to him honestly "She deserves a guy who's as crazy about her as she is about him"

"Trust me this is not a show" Punk warned "I catch your hands on her ever again I am going to beat you down" he then stormed past Seth and headed to find AJ


Punk entered the trainers office and AJ was icing her thigh

"You ok?" Punk asked

"Yea I'll be fine by the time of my match" AJ told him "Please tell me you didn't overreact"

"I never overreact" Punk told her seriously and even the doctor in the office snickered slightly "Seriously it's fine your boyfriend is in one piece"

"He's not my boyfriend" AJ reminded him

"He sure acts like it" Punk said to her causing her to roll her eyes

"Do I have to tell you the story again?" AJ asked him in a whisper

"No please don't" Punk said quickly making a disgusted face "I've spent the last three days trying to get the image of Seth Rollins banging my wife out of my head"

"You know I hate to bring up the fact that you kissed another woman while we were married and you're acting worse then I did" AJ said to him

"I'm not as understanding as you" Punk said simply "I don't like other men touching you sorry"

"What is going on?" Paul Heyman asked entering the trainers office "Are you ok?" he asked AJ

"Yea I pulled something but I'm fine and I'll be good to go tonight" AJ assured him and Paul smiled

"I'm going out there with you tonight kid" Paul told her happily

"Oh good. Maybe I won't be too nervous now" AJ said to him

"Nothing to be nervous about" Paul said with a smile then looked towards Punk "Who pissed you off?" he asked his friend

"Seth Rollins" AJ told him and Paul just nodded

"It was a long time ago" Paul defended as Punk looked towards him

"You knew about them?" Punk asked him

"Of course" Paul said to him "AJ was living in my house"

"And you neglected to tell me why?" Punk demanded as AJ just rolled her eyes

"Because it wasn't your business" Paul told him honestly "You were having your own fun you two weren't together. Get over it" he said simply "Clearly you're the winner of the story since she's wearing your wedding band"

"He's right" AJ said to him "Let it go and apologize to Seth for whatever you said to him"

"I'll let it go but I'm certainly not apologizing" Punk scoffed "The only man who should be touching you there is me or a trained professional"

"He is still so possessive" Paul chuckled

"And jealous" AJ added

"Not jealous" Punk said to her "Possessive yes" he agreed with Paul

"Well could my ridiculously possessive and not at all jealous husband help me back to the locker room?" AJ asked looking up at him

"Yea" Punk said extending his hand to hers and helped her hop off of the bed

"Maybe you could help her stretch out" Paul suggested with a cheeky grin "I promise to knock before I enter" he teased


It was half an hour before AJ was set to go on. She met with Celeste the had her hair and makeup done before meeting Punk back at the locker room.

"How do I look?" she asked sporting her short jean shorts, a black skull tank top and the newest edition- pigtails

"Pigtails?" Punk asked arching a brow "How very Harley Quinn of you"

"That's what I was going for" she said happily "See I'm even rocking the red lip gloss"

"I see, I like" he said eyeing her fondly

"Do you?" she asked twirling one of her pigtails in her finger innocently and he just nodded

"How's your thigh?" Punk asked looking at her bronzed thigh that was showing perfectly

"It's good, want to check yourself?" AJ asked innocently as she placed her leg on the table bending it slightly. Punk simply walked over there and placed his hand where Seth's was "It was right there" she said to him

"Feels tense" Punk said rubbing the spot

"A little" She said to him "See it wasn't a big deal" she said to him but he just ignored her and moved his hand up and massaged further until he couldn't move any further "Ok you hit the spot"

"Yea? Are you sure that's the only tense spot?" Punk asked seriously as he crept his hand in her most intimate spot

"No Phil" She said rolling her eyes as he massaged he through her jean shorts

"I'm just warming you up" Punks said innocently

"This is not fair" she pouted "I don't have time"

"You have time" Punk grinned as he increases the pressure and used his other hand to unbutton her shorts

"No you're going to mess up my hair and makeup" She warned. But her body moved against his hand

"I'll be good I promise" he said in a cool voice

"Hey AJ!" Celeste said stepping into the locker room "Oh crap!" She shouted covering her eyes and Punk quickly pulled his hand away while AJ buttoned her shorts "Sorry"

"It's ok" AJ said to her

"I just wanted to let you know they bumped us up" She with her eyes still covered "We're going out now"

"Ok I'll be right here" AJ said to her

"Right…hey Phil!" she said quickly then ran out of the room

"You are so bad" AJ hissed at Phil as she collected herself "And now my concentration is all messed up!"

"Sorry" he said with a smirk as he followed her out the door and towards the gorilla

"You all set kid?" Paul asked joining them

"You'll be great" Punk assured her

"Yea I'm ready" She said feeling jittery but Punk pulled her into a deep kiss and she could feel herself start to calm down.

"You look hot and you'll do great" he said when he pulled away

"You do look hot" Paul agreed eyeing her from head to toe "Harley Quinn?"

"Actually yes" AJ said with a smile

"I'll be watching" he said to her giving her one last quick kiss before her music hit

Punk watched from a monitor in the back and he was impressed by how AJ showed zero ring rust. She was all over the place and Celeste was really putting over AJ. But what really surprised him was when AJ locked in a submission move- one he had never seen her use. Her finishing move was the shinning wizard up until now. She locked on the octopus stretch and Celeste quickly tapped. Punk wasn't expecting AJ to win and the fact that she got a win over the Diva's champion put her right in the championship running. He smiled when she had her arm raised in victory, he could tell she was holding back tears. This is all she ever wanted.

"She looked good out there" Hunter said coming up behind Punk who nodded

"I didn't know she was going to win" Punk said to him

"Really? She was so excited when we told her" Hunter said to her "I guess she wanted to surprise you"

"Now tell me you're doing this because she's good and not because you're looking to capitalize on her past" Punk said to Hunter

"She's good" Hunter said seriously "Celeste isn't cracking it as Champion. Don't get me wrong I like Celeste but AJ has something. She can work the crowd, talk on the mic and wrestle like a ten year vet. She's going to be our girl"

"She deserves it" Punk said seriously that's when AJ came skipping to the back with Paul in toe

"Did you see?" she asked excitedly

"I did" Punk confirmed "You were amazing"

"She really was" Paul confirmed with a gleeful smile

"You didn't tell me you were going to win" Punk said and she just shrugged

"Were you surprised?" she asked him

"Yes I was" Punk smirked "And that move was great. When did you learn that?"

"Seth taught me" AJ told him causally and watched his face drop "I'm kidding!" she giggled

"Not funny" Punk said seriously

"I used to use it all of the time in FCW" AJ said to him

"And now I'm really supposed to believe that Seth didn't teach you that?" Punk asked seriously

"No he didn't but if you play your cards right maybe I'll lock it on you later" She teased with a wink then walked away

"You can practice on me AJ!" Paul shouted as she walked away and Punk turned to glare at him "She's hot sorry" he mumbled then walked away from Punk


Punk and AJ were on the bus as it traveled to the next city. She was playing games while he was going through his phone.

"Here look at this one" Punk said getting her attention and she paused her game

"It's beautiful" she said looking at a picture of a house

"And it's in a gated community" He said to her "They have a ton of security"

"I thought we were moving because we wanted a family" AJ said to him "Not because we're running scared of Christian"

"We're not running scared but sue me if I want extra security" Punk said to her simply "And when we have children I definitely want them safe"

"I don't think Christian is going to be a problem that far down the line" she said to him

"I'm not taking any chances" Punk told her seriously

"You know what would be great for protection?" AJ asked "A dog"

"I told you I'd get you a dog" Punk groaned

"I want one now" she pouted

"We don't have the room for one" Punk argued

"Yes we do!" She argued back "We have plenty of room"

"I'll look into it" He muttered looking back down at his phone trying to avoid her gaze because he knew he'd crack "No tiny little dogs with dresses either" he warned "I want a real dog"

"I'm partial to any kind of dog" AJ assured him happily "You're the best" she said walking over to him and kissing his cheek

"I didn't say yes AJ" he reminded her "I said I'd look into it"

"I know you pretty well and there is no way you'd disappoint me if you could help it" she said sweetly and he just rolled his eyes. He did not want to have to worry about a dog right now but AJ wasn't giving him a choice.

"If I agree to look at dogs you have to look at these photos of houses" Punk said passing her the phone

"Fine but you can't tell much by a photo" AJ said to him as looked through the picture messages from the realtor

"These are photos of places we're going to look at on Wednesday" Punk informed her

"Ok" she said to him simply flicking through the phone "I like this one" she said passing back the phone to him

"This is a picture of me…in our house" Punk said annoyed

"That's why I like it" She smirked "As long as you're in the house I'll be fine with anything"

"This is going to be our home for a very long time I'd like you to have some input" he said to her

"And you'll get it once I'm physical there" she said to him "I'm not picking out a home via text message photos"

"Fine" he said simply


The next night Punk and AJ arrived hand in hand for Smackdown. She didn't wrestle but accompanied Punk out for his match along with Paul. After the show AJ, Punk, Kofi and Paul all went out to eat a local diner.

"There is no way you beat GTA in one day" Kofi laughed at AJ

"I did" She said smugly "Tell him babe" she said to Punk

"It's true" Punk smirked.

"That is such…" Kofi began rambling off to Punk while AJ looked across the diner. She caught the eye of a man sitting at the counter and once they made eye contact he turned his back and sipped his coffee

"Zoned out on us?" Punk asked nudging his wife

"That guy" she whispered to him nodding towards the man. Punk looked over at the same time the man was turning his head

"What about him?" Punk asked as the man threw some money on the counter and rushed out of the diner

"He works for Christian" AJ said to him

"Are you sure?" Paul asked

"Yea I remember the tattoo on his hand" she said to him and Punk stood up but couldn't get far since AJ was sitting on the outside of booth

"AJ move" Punk said and she quickly stood up to let him get by.

"Can you go with him and make sure he doesn't do anything stupid?" AJ aksed Paul who also stood up

"Of course" Paul said walking out after Punk who was now jogging towards the man

"Hey!" Punk yelled picking up his pace towards the man but he kept his head down and reached for his car "I'm talking to you!" Punk shouted as he reached the man and grabbed him by the back of his shirt

"Back off!" the man yelled pulling out a switchblade. Punk held his arms up and looked at the knife

"I imagined all of Christian Scott's men carried guns" Punk said to him simply

"I prefer knives" he said with a shrug "Step back three feet" he warned Punk

"Punk" Paul said approaching

"Stay back Paul" Punk warned

"What the hell is going on?" Paul demanded

"Stop following my wife around" Punk told him

"I have my orders man sorry" the man said simply "I personally think it's a waste of time but at the end of the day you don't sign my paychecks"

"Either does Christian" Punk countered

"Well someone signs them" the man smirked

"What do you want from us?" Punk asked annoyed "Isn't it time to move past all of this it's over"

"It's not over" the man informed him "I'm just one of many. Do you have any idea how much power that man holds in prison alone? It's insane"

"How many people are watching my wife?" Punk asked him

"I don't have to answer your questions" the man scoffed "But she's never alone if that helps at all" he said to him

"Stop following my wife" Punk demanded taking a step forward

"Stop" Paul warned holding Punk back "He has a knife"

"He's right" the man said "I'll kill you before you get one hit then where would that leave your pretty wife?"

"Don't" Paul warned pushing Punk away from the man. Punk looked ready to take down the man. Christian's work got into his car and drove off.

"What happened?" AJ asked walking over with Kofi right behind her

"That lunatic had a knife!" Paul said clearly very bothered by the encounter

"Oh my god, are you ok?" she asked inspecting Punk

"I'm fine" Punk said pulling away from her "And we're moving sooner rather than later" he said seriously then headed towards the bus

"He's pissed" Kofi noted as Punk banged on the bus door so the driver would let him on

"Crap" AJ muttered "It's a six hour ride to Chicago- you guys want to join?"

"That's ok" Paul laughed "He'll be fine. He was caught a little cut off guard tonight that's all-"

"AJ are you coming or not!?" Punk shouted sticking his head off the bus from the door

"Good luck" Kofi smirked

"Thanks" she smirked heading towards the bus. It was going to be a very long bus ride….