Finding Out

"Mmm… I like that your hair is growing in again." AJ smiled, wrapped around Punk one morning, running her hands through his hair.

"Yeah, you like that?" Punk asked, "It's too cold outside to shave it." He said.

"Thank you cold weather." AJ smirked as Punk chuckled, "I miss having something to grab a hold of." She smiled.

"Oh, well… if that's the case…" Punk smiled, taking her hand as she felt him put it inside his boxer shorts.

"You're a dork." AJ chuckled with a smile, wrapping her hand around his length.

"Hey you said you wanted to hold something. I'm just helping you out." Punk nodded.

"Oh, you're helping me out?" AJ asked.

"Mhm." Punk smiled, inching closer to her face, kissing her softly as she kissed back, continuing to stroke him up and down under the sheets as he rolled over on top of her, pushing her t-shirt up over her breasts, taking them into his mouth as she smiled and rolled her head back.

She pushed his boxers down as well as pushing her own shorts and panties down, pulling Punk in between her legs by his hips, feeling him push inside her.

"Fuck." AJ moaned with satisfaction, biting her lip, "Feels so good." She said, pulling his face down to her, cupping his cheeks and kissing him passionately.

She felt like the older they got, the more little things like lie ins at the weekend with each other became more important. It was hard to believe that she really thought she could divorce him back when he came home from prison. She just couldn't live without him. He was such a massive part of herself, not just her life but her as a person. He truly was her other half, and all the crazy things they had been through just made them stronger.

"You feel so good, baby." Punk whispered in her ear, kissing her neck as AJ cupped the back of his head, feeling him thrusting into her, hitting the intense spots so hard.

"Oh, right there." AJ gasped, circling her legs around him tighter, desperate to feel him as close as she could.

Punk lifted his head from her neck, watching her in all her glory, moaning softly with so much content and pleasure. She was the most beautiful person in the world to him and these intimate moments never lost their spark one bit. It was just as real and passionate as their first time, and he knew that was extremely rare.

"This was me and Kirsty when we went to New York in the Summer." Jude said, lying in bed with Sean, sitting up against the headboard as she flicked through some pictures she was showing him.

"Why'd you go to New York?" Sean asked, taking the picture from him and chuckling, "Is she wearing a foam finger?"

"Yeah, she took it around everywhere I was gonna lose my mind." Jude nodded, "We're just art geeks, I guess. There was a ton of exhibitions there and I've always wanted to go to the met." She said, "We met a ton of cool people and we got to use some of the stuff we looked at as work for our final exams." She said, pausing for a second, "And now I'm just talking too much." She chuckled to herself as Sean turned to her.

"Hey no… I love when you talk about art. I think it's amazing you love something so much and you're doing it as a career." He said, "Not many people can do that."

"Well, I don't wanna be stuck doing something I hate." Jude said.

"Maybe you can take me to the mets one day." Sean smiled as Jude looked at him.

"It's the met." Jude smiled sweetly, "I'd really like that." She nodded as he smiled, "This is a picture from Thea's bachelorette." She smiled.

"Is that a stripper?" Sean looked closer.

"Yeah, two actually." Jude nodded, "We had the crazy one and then the one that we had my mom come too."

"I take it this one was the crazy one?" Sean chuckled.

"No." Jude chuckled, "That's the one my mom was at. I don't even have pictures from the crazy one."

"You had strippers there whilst your mom was there?" Sean asked.

"Have you met my mom?" Jude chuckled, "She suggested the idea."

"I'm sure your dad loved hearing about this-"

"He doesn't know anything about it so… don't tell him." Jude smiled as Sean chuckled, "Another picture from the bachelorette." She passed over to him as he looked at the picture of Thea and Jude, holding inappropriate sex toys.

"Nice." Sean chuckled.

"Another one. Kirsty pretending to suck my strap-on dick." Jude passed the picture over casually as Sean shook his head.

"You're insane." Sean shook his head as Jude chuckled and nodded.

"You'll get used to it." Jude nodded, "This is one from a vacation we went on. All of us." She said.

"Oh, you're really young here." Sean noticed.

"Yeah, my dad hadn't long been out of prison and… things were starting to calm down. He and my mom were back together again and Thea was talking to him more. We all went on vacation with my aunt and uncle and their kids." Jude smiled, looking at the pictures from that vacation, "It's a really good memory." She smiled fondly.

"It looks like it." Sean smiled, looking at the pictures, "Is that you?" He pointed, noticing the next picture she had which looked like Jude when she was just three or four years old.

"Yeah, that's me." Jude chuckled.

"You're adorable." Sean said.

"This was my fourth birthday party. My mom and dad had a face painter come to the house." She smiled, flicking onto the next picture, "And I made everyone get their face painted." She showed him a picture of her parents with their faces painted.

"Looks like my kind of party." Sean teased as Jude smiled, "Where's this from?" He asked about the next picture, "Damn, your sister doesn't look good here." He noticed Thea sitting on a rock with Jude, her hood up, her face pale and ghostly looking, forcing a smile.

"Mom took us on vacation when Thea got out of rehab." Jude said as Sean nodded, "She thought it might help Thea to get away for a little bit."

"Did it?" Sean asked.

"Yes and no, I guess." Jude said, "She was still really sick. We stayed in the hotel for the most part."

"Yeah, she doesn't look good at all." Sean said, "Cassie looks like she's having the best time, though." He chuckled, looking on at five year old Cassie in the picture with her hands up and a gigantic smile on her face.

"Yeah, she was just a big ball of energy all the time. She still is." Jude nodded.

"Hey so your sister came to the station a few days ago. She told me not to tell you and at first I was like… whatever, but the more I've thought about, the more it's sort of bugging me-"

"What do you mean she came to the station? For what?" Jude asked, sitting the pictures down.

"Well she wanted an address for someone… she said it was an old friend who she needed to send a thank you card to." Sean said, "God, I can't even remember his name." He groaned, "I mean legally I can't give out that sort of information but… she kinda scares me so-"

"I can't believe she expected you to do that." Jude said, pissed off, "You should have said no, Sean."

"I know but… it seemed innocent but now I'm questioning it a little." Sean admitted.

"Yeah, because Thea doesn't have old friends." Jude scoffed.

"She didn't strike me for the type to have old friends." Sean nodded, "I just didn't like keeping it from you so-"

"I'm gonna talk to her about it. She can't just expect you to do that. That's not fair on you-"

"Oh, you don't need to make a big deal about it. I just wanted to tell you for my own peace of mind." Sean nodded.

"Who the hell would she be needing an address for?" Jude shook her head with confusion.

"I'm sure it's nothing." Sean said.

"She's a pain in my ass. And look, she's already becoming a pain in your ass too." She shook her head as Sean chuckled.

"Hey!" Thea called, walking into her parents' house with James in his carrier, walking through to the kitchen where her parents were having breakfast.

"Hi, sweetie." AJ smiled.

"Hey." Punk nodded.

"Did I come just in time for breakfast?" Thea smiled, putting the carrier down on one of the chairs as Punk looked over at his grandson.

"Yeah, heat yourself something up." AJ nodded as Thea took her jacket off slowly and painfully, "You need help?"

"No, I got it." Thea nodded.

"Hey buddy, what's new with you?" Punk smiled, watching as James grabbed onto his hand.

"Oh, let me see my favourite guy." AJ stood up, walking over and taking James out of the carrier as Thea looked over with a smile. She knew her son was loved so much by the people around him. All she had to do was walk into the room with James and her parents were showering him with love and affection.

"Dominic is working early this morning so I thought I'd come spend the day here." Thea said, "If you guys aren't doing anything."

"No, we're lazy on Sunday's in this house." Punk nodded, reading the paper whilst AJ sat down again with James in her arms.

"Oh, good." Thea nodded.

"How you feeling?" Punk asked her.

"A little sore but I think it's the physio. It's always a little more painful a few days after I have that, but it's definitely helping." Thea nodded.

"Well good, as long as it's helping and not causing you too much pain." AJ nodded, "Huh, my baby." She turned to James, kissing his cheeks as Punk smiled.

"Where is Cassie?" Thea asked.

"She's at soccer practise." Punk said, "Which I think she's gonna be quitting soon."

"What?" Thea raised her eyebrows, "Really?"

"Yeah, she's been hinting at it for a while now, hasn't she?" AJ nodded to Punk.

"Yeah, I think she just wants to focus on school and get more time with her friends." Punk said.

"Well, that's a good thing. Focusing on school." Thea said, "She can always pick it back up."

"Yeah, that's what we said." AJ nodded.

"Thea!" Jude yelled, bursting into the house, slamming the door shut behind her, "Thea!" She stormed down the hall and into the kitchen.

"Ok, I hear you, God." Thea massaged her ear.

"What's wrong?" Punk shook his head.

"Why the hell are you interfering with my boyfriend at his job?" Jude questioned angrily as Punk and AJ turned to Thea who was stirring her coffee.