Know Better

"Hey, I'm home." AJ announced, walking into the apartment later that night after a long day of classes.

"Hey!" Punk called from the kitchen.

"Smells good in here." AJ smiled to herself, sitting her back down and taking her jacket off.

"Get ready for your world to be rocked." Punk said as AJ chuckled, walking into the kitchen where she saw dinner already on the table, the most amazing looking tacos sitting on a plate.

"Ok, they do look really good." AJ nodded, impressed, walking over and kissing him hello.

"How was college?" He asked her, grabbing them both a drink before sitting down at the table. He enjoyed taking care of her, spoiling her, doing little things to make her smile. He'd missed out on so much of that with his marriage, that he was starting to notice just how broken his and Janine's relationship really was. These things he was doing with AJ which made his heart beam was stuff that just didn't exist with Janine. The love and the affection just wasn't there.

"Uh… you know… fine." AJ shrugged, sitting down at the table.

"Just fine?" Punk asked, joining her as he sat drinks down for them.

"Yeah, it was just a lot of listening. It kinda exhausts you just sitting around all day." She said, "How was work?" She asked, trying to change the subject.

"Yeah it was fine. Got called out to an active shooting in the afternoon." He nodded.

"Seriously?" AJ raised her eyebrows.

"Yeah. Luckily no one was hurt, we got the guy in custody." Punk shook his head, "Dumb fucking people and their guns. I wish we'd just ban them and be done with it." He said.

"That's so scary." AJ worried, "Do you ever get scared when you have to go to those sort of incidents?" She asked with concern.

"Not really. I don't think we ever have the time to think about in detail. You're too busy moving quickly and getting there. I guess you just go into cop mode." Punk nodded.

"Have you ever been hurt? Shot or stabbed?" AJ wondered as Punk nodded, "You have?" She raised her eyebrows.

"Yeah. You've never noticed my shoulder?" He asked her with a small smile.

"No, let me see." AJ shook her head as he pulled his shirt down a little at his shoulder to show her the white scarring, "What happened?" She looked at it closely.

"I got shot a few years ago." Punk nodded, "Well, it was more of a graze, still hurt like a motherfucker." He said as AJ frowned.

"Oh, wow… these are amazing." AJ nodded, digging into the tacos as Punk nodded.

"It's pretty much the only thing I can make." Punk chuckled.

"Well it's a good job they're really nice." AJ smiled, "You'll have to teach me." She said. It was nice to come home and feel that calm and safety from him, but she wasn't hiding her expressions as well as she thought.

"Are you ok?" Punk wondered. He knew her well enough to know when there was something on her mind.

"Yeah." AJ forced a smile as he looked across at her.

"What's wrong?" He asked suspiciously. He knew something was on her mind.

"Nothing." AJ laughed a little as he looked at her, waiting for her to talk. In the grand scheme of things, she was glad he was able to recognise when something was playing on her mind. It meant she'd never have to bottle up things alone anymore, "Ok… my dad came to see me whilst I was walking into college this morning." She said.

"Why?" Punk questioned.

"Well… at first I thought maybe he was actually checking in on me, to see where I was, to see if I was actually ok." AJ shook her head, "But no he was actually warning me to never tell my mom about his affairs." She said as Punk shook his head with confusion.

"I thought she knew." Punk said, puzzled.

"No, are you kidding?" AJ scoffed, "No, she knows nothing. I caught my dad when I was twelve. He told me that if I ever told my mom it would just make things worse and that I should never tell her. So I didn't." She said, "And I knew there were other women after that too." She shook her head, "Part of me just wanted to avoid the drama."

"And he has the audacity to kick you out of your house because of you and me?" Punk questioned as AJ nodded, "Who the hell does he think he is?" He asked angrily, "He threatened you?"

"He told me that if I was to ever tell her then he'd make sure I'd never see you again." AJ shook her head, "I don't even know what that means." She sighed worriedly as Punk shook his head angrily, "I think he thinks that I have this new chip on my shoulder and that I'm gonna be out to get them but… I don't want anything to do with them, Phil. I mean seeing him today made that so clear to me that I… I don't want them around me." She shook her head.

"I can go talk to him." Punk said, "I mean who the hell does he think he is? Fucking hypocrite. What he's done is a thousand times worse." He said.

"That's what I said but… he'll never see it like that." AJ shook her head, "They live on a whole other planet. But I don't want you to get involved. I want nothing to do with them and it's gonna stay that way." She said.

"Your parents make mine look good." Punk shook his head as AJ laughed a little.

"Well it wouldn't be very hard to be honest." AJ shook her head, "When was the last you saw your mom and dad?"

"Saw my dad a couple months ago. And I saw my mom about… almost a year ago." Punk nodded.

"I wonder what it's like to have good parents." AJ nodded to herself.

"Yeah, I used to think the same thing when I was growing up." Punk said.

"What about now?" AJ asked.

"I guess the idea of parents has sort of faded out now. I don't need them. They had their chance and they blew it." He said, "I learned a long time ago that… you don't have to respect your parents just because… they're your parents." He shook his head.

"Yeah, amen." AJ agreed.

"Are you sure you don't want me to talk to your dad? I don't want him harassing you." Punk said. He was incredibly angry by the way AJ was still being treated by her family members. It just rubbed him the wrong way to see a girl as wonderful as her being so neglected by the people who were supposed to love her the most.

"No, it'll just make it worse." AJ said, "He'll stay away. He was just getting his word in like always." She nodded, "I just wanna grow without them now. I've accepted that I'll never be the girl who… goes home at the weekends to see her parents, or goes for coffee dates with her mom, has her dad walk her down the aisle…" She said as Punk looked across at her, "I'm fine with that because it's not worth all the hurtful things they've said and done to me." She said, "And I'm fortunate now to be in a position where I don't need to put it up with anymore."

"Damn right you don't." Punk nodded supportively.

"I've got everything I'm ever gonna need." She said as he smiled, "By that I mean your tacos." She teased as he chuckled.

"My tacos aren't going anywhere, don't worry." He winked as she smiled.

"Fuck, baby." AJ moaned, leaning on her knees and elbows in front of Punk as he thrust into her from behind, holding her ass as he pounded himself in and out, "You're gonna make me cum." She whispered, feeling him rocking her entire body.

"You wanna cum?" Punk asked breathlessly, running his hands through his hair, looking down as he watched her backing into him, giving it to herself as he chuckled deviously at the wonderful sight.

"Yes please." AJ begged, backing her ass into him whilst she felt his length sliding in and out with every jerk of her hips she moved back in, "I'm so close. Please fuck me." She begged. Sometimes he did things to deliberately increase the anticipation and climax within herself. She wondered how he got it out of her. He always seemed to know the right time to tease and stop before sending her completely over the edge into another world.

Punk obliged, grabbing her by the ass again and thrusting back into her at high speed.

"Yes, just like that." AJ gasped, clutching at the sheets below her, "Fuck, I'm gonna cum." She moaned out, tipping over the edge as she sprawled her arms out in front of her, moaning into the sheets in ecstasy whilst Punk slowed his thrusts, watching her collapse down onto her stomach, releasing himself from her as he chuckled.

"Can't take anymore?" Punk smiled cockily, stroking himself up and down.

"You're gonna be giving me a new walk soon." AJ said breathlessly, listening to him chuckle as he smiled.

He then watched her roll onto her back and sit up, shuffling down towards him and wrapping her hand around his length, stroking him up and down whilst looking up at him, "Mmm use my mouth, baby." She said sensually, placing her hands the tops of his thighs, feeling him placing his hand at the back of her head, guiding his length inside of her mouth as she began bobbing her head back and forth.

"Fuck." Punk moaned, rolling his head back a little as he felt her soft mouth gliding up and down his length.

He thrust into her mouth a little, placing his hands on her head whilst she kept her eyes up on him. She released him from her mouth for a breath, using her hands on him, never leaving him unattended as she stroked him up and down, taking him back inside of her mouth, this time all the way as she deepthroated him for several seconds, managing to move her tongue around as she did so.

"Fucking hell." Punk moaned, knowing he was about to blow, "Fuck, you're gonna make me cum." He said as AJ released him with a gasp, stroking him with her hand again up and down rapidly, "Fuck." He moaned out as he released himself on her tongue.

Once getting every last drop from him she collapsed down on her back on the bed in a sweaty exhausted heap. He followed and collapsed down beside her.

Punk let out a satisfied sigh, running his hands through his hair as he turned to AJ, noticing she was lying staring off into a different planet, "Hey, you ok?" He asked her as she turned to him.

"Yeah." AJ nodded, "Yeah, I'm ok. I'm just thinking about earlier. With my dad." She said.

"You said it yourself. You don't have to put up with that shit anymore." He said, turning on his side and looking at her, "You're out of that environment now and you never have to go back. You can start putting yourself first." He said as she nodded.

"It's just weird going from one extreme to the other sometimes." AJ said.

"Well it'll take some time to get used to. I mean you've lived like a trapped princess for twenty years." He said as AJ looked at him.

"Is that what you think of me? Is that all you see when you look at me?" She questioned.

"No, of course not. I see anything but that." Punk assured her as she sighed, "I'm just saying that… it is a big change but I'm here for you… every step." He nodded, "When it's good, when it's hard." He nodded as she smiled.

"I know I could never love anyone as much as I love you." She said, brushing his hair out of his face as she shuffled closer to him.

"I don't plan on you ever having to." Punk smiled, "Consider this my good luck starting your new job tomorrow." He said, cupping her cheek softly as she smiled, watching him lean in and kiss her sweetly as she wrapped herself around him.