Trying

"The girls are both napping." AJ smiled, pulling Punk over by the loop of his jeans, sitting up on the kitchen counter as he laughed a little.

"Yeah, only just." Punk said, not complaining as he kissed her, taking her cardigan off as she kept her legs wrapped around him.

"I read somewhere…" AJ said between kisses, "If you do it standing up, you're more likely to have a boy." AJ nodded, jumping down from the kitchen surface and turning around as Punk just laughed a little.

"What if I want a girl?" Punk shook his head, pushing down her jeans and panties as she just smiled.

"I'm trying to keep your heart healthy, trust me." AJ nodded, "Plus, you need a friend." She gasped, "I'm bored of… of listening to you talk about hockey." She said honestly as Punk just nodded.

"Well at least you're honest." Punk said, undoing his jeans as AJ leaned over the kitchen surface, playing with herself and waiting.

They had officially began trying for a baby, for real, once they had gotten back from their vacation. At times they had fun with it. It wasn't a challenge for them to have sex all the time, they done it anyway, but when they were both conscious of trying to get pregnant, sometimes it was a little off-putting.

They'd had a few date nights where they tried to make a natural thing, but other times they were catching each other in the shower, or the kitchen, just to really make sure they were doing all they could.

"Fuck… there it is." AJ moaned, grabbing the edge of the counter as Punk held her hips and began thrusting inside of her, "Fuck, just like that." AJ smiled.

It wasn't like it was hard work trying to get pregnant. She'd been in worst challenges. Having a lot of sex all of the time wasn't something they felt intimidated by.

Punk lifted one of her legs, thrusting into her a little harder as she smirked and moaned loudly.

"Fuck, baby." AJ moaned happily, "God, you're so deep." AJ cried out, putting her hand down below her and stroking herself.

She finally reached an orgasm not long after, followed by Punk who came hard. AJ rested her head on the kitchen surface, smirking as she heard him moaning, feeling him spill himself inside of her.

"Fuck." Punk said breathlessly, letting her leg down and pulling his boxers and jeans back up as AJ still stood, dazed and satisfied.

"Should I go sit upside down somewhere?" AJ said as he laughed a little.

"I don't think that makes a difference." Punk said.

"I'm pretty sure it does." AJ nodded, pulling her panties and jeans back up, still a little out of breath as Punk then watched her begin to hop out of the kitchen.

"What the hell are you doing?" Punk said.

"I'm saving everything you gave me." AJ said, getting to the couch and sitting upside down as Punk followed and stood at the doorway, putting his hands on his hips.

"That's not how it works." Punk shook his head, "They swim. They… they do the work for you." Punk said as AJ rolled her eyes.

"Well then I'm giving them a helping hand." AJ said, sitting upside down on the couch as Punk shook his head.

"You're crazy." Punk said.

"And you love it." AJ replied calmly.

"Hey, it's just me!" Coleen called as she walked in the door, walking through with some paper work and into the living room where she saw her sister sitting upside down on the couch with her head dangling off the edge, "Uh…" Coleen looked at them both, "Are you ok?" She questioned.

"Oh, fine." AJ smiled and nodded, "What's up?"

"Uh…" Coleen looked at her, not even daring to ask what she was doing, "I just wanted to show you some stats and figures for the past week." She said, "And I wanted to know if… if you'd heard anything from Frankie?"

"Just sit the stats over there, I'll take a look later on." AJ nodded. As soon as they got back from the vacation, both her and Punk were back working as they felt it was best to get back into a routine after all the chaos, "Frankie called in the other day." AJ said, "There's a huge investigation going on with it. It's even bigger than us. So… we're leaving them to it." She said.

"Main thing is the girls are all ok." Punk added, "They're doing good at some of the women's shelters. They're gonna be given the right treatment and the right care." He said as Coleen nodded.

"Good." Coleen smiled, "God, I'm glad." She said as AJ nodded.

"I'm gonna go… clean the kitchen." Punk said as AJ turned to him and sniggered a little as he just rolled his eyes and left the room.

"What are you two up to?" Coleen laughed a little.

"Oh, nothing." AJ said.

"Now that he's gone actually…" Coleen looked over at the door, "I was actually wondering if I could talk to you." She said.

"Of course you can." AJ said, sitting up, "What's wrong?" She asked.

"Nothing is wrong." Coleen made clear, "You know this guy I've been seeing-"

"You're late night dick call? Yeah." AJ nodded, folding her legs in a basket as Coleen sat down beside her.

"Ok, well… we've went on a few dates." Coleen said as AJ smiled, "And it's… it's getting pretty serious but he's asked about my family and my upbringing so many times and I've… I've diverted the question every single time. I think he's starting to feel like I don't wanna talk to him… he's been pretty distant and… I actually like him." She shook her head, "Like I… I really like him." She nodded. She'd made a deal with herself to put her own self first. After her time in rehab, when she got out, she wanted a clean start and her promise was no boys, no booze and no drugs. But she couldn't help her feelings.

"You're worried about tell him… what you went through?" AJ asked him as Coleen nodded.

"Yeah." Coleen said, "He might just… I don't know, get turned off." She shrugged, embarrassed.

"Not if he's understanding and a decent human being." AJ said.

"Well how did you tell Phil?" Coleen asked. As time went by over the years, she'd really sought a lot of advice from her sister, especially when it came to dealing with their past. She was older, wiser and made a lot more sense of things than she ever could.

"Oh, he… he went poking into my business and found out himself." AJ waved his hand, "You just gotta be honest." She nodded, "You gotta lay it all down for him and if he's a good person, if he likes you, it's not gonna matter to him. He might be shocked but… that's normal." AJ nodded.

"And what if he's not a good person and he just runs away? I really like him." Coleen sighed.

"If he does then he's a piece of shit and you don't need him in your life." AJ shrugged bluntly, "But you gotta make sure you understand that he might be a little hesitant." She said, "He might have questions. He might not understand it. And you gotta be ready for that." She said as Coleen nodded, "And don't be scared."

"Easy for you to say. You're married with a family. You don't have to worry about dating ever again." She rolled her eyes as AJ smiled.

"You sweet girl." AJ exaggerated, "You think being married and having children is easier than dating once a week?" AJ asked her as Coleen looked at her.

"Well, maybe not." Coleen said as AJ nodded, "I just hate that it always has to come back to my past. Do you feel like that?" She asked her, leaning back against the couch.

"Sometimes." AJ nodded, "I went to this… mommy and me thing when I was pregnant with Viv, Phil made me go and socialise which… never again." She laughed to herself, "Anyway, I was talking to these women, they were pretty funny, and they were talking about losing their virginity." She said as Coleen nodded, "And I had to make up this bullshit story about it because I… I couldn't tell them the truth." She shrugged.

"What'd you make up?" Coleen smiled a little.

"Oh, I came up with this story that the condom got stuck inside me and I had to go to the ER." AJ nodded as Coleen laughed to herself, "It's always gonna be there somehow." AJ nodded to her as Coleen looked at her, "It's just… you gotta accept it, that's how you get through it."

"I feel like I have but I just… letting someone get close and telling them is just… a whole other deal." Coleen said, "You and Phil make it look easy." She shook her head.

"Well we've been married seven years." AJ said, "It's a hurdle. Once you get by it, no matter what he says, you'll feel better. Even if he runs, you just be thankful that a scumbag like him isn't in your life anymore." AJ nodded.

"You're super blunt but I appreciate it." Coleen smiled.

"Well, it's better to be honest." AJ shrugged, "Are you seeing him tonight?"

"Yeah." Coleen said, "He's coming over for dinner." She said as Punk began to walk into the room, "I don't want it to be weird when it comes to sex with him though, after I tell him."

"I'll come back." Punk nodded as he left the living room straight after as AJ smiled.

"Why would it be different?" AJ asked.

"Like if he starts being all… all gentle and stuff." Coleen shook her head.

"That shows he cares, though, and just tell him it's ok." AJ shrugged, "Communication is the key." AJ said as Coleen just nodded, "You can do this." AJ nodded confidently.

"At least one of us thinks so." Coleen sighed to herself.

"Fuck." AJ moaned into the mattress, lying on her stomach whilst Punk thrust into her from behind, having been at it for most of the night, "I'm gonna cum again." AJ moaned, her body going rigid as she grabbed the sheets in a fist, "Fuck." She moaned out, feeling herself hit another high, squeezing his length as she moaned out.

"Fuck, baby." Punk moaned, feeling himself reach his release, eventually spilling himself inside of her, moving slowly in and out of her before collapsing down on the bed.

She rolled over, wiping the sweat from her forehead as she looked at him and smiled.

"Poor baby, you look exhausted." AJ smiled a little.

"We had sex three times today. You better be pregnant." Punk shook his head as she smiled.

"I didn't think it was a chore for you." AJ shook her head, shuffling away from him a little as he looked at her.

"It's not." Punk laughed, "It's just… 2am, and you woke me up at 5 yesterday." Punk said, trying to speak in a soft voice to cancel out his exhaustion.

"I only ovulate for five days." AJ said, "And the if I don't get pregnant we need to wait again-"

"I know how it works." Punk wiped the sweat from his forehead, "But the fact we're trying so hard is probably going to result in you not getting pregnant. Look at Viv, she was a surprise, we weren't trying for her." He said, "Why can't we just have casual sex and enjoy it?"

"Because we're trying to have a baby." AJ shook her head, "I didn't think this part would be the frustrating part for you."

"I'm not frustrated. I just… I got work to do, and kids to look after and-"

"So do I." AJ laughed to herself, "You don't want to have sex with me… is that it?" AJ questioned.

"Trust me, that's the last problem." Punk assured her, "You just seem so uptight about it all. Is there something bothering you?" He asked her.

"I'm not uptight." AJ denied.

"You are, actually. And you're not sleeping either." Punk called her out as AJ rolled her eyes, "What's up?"

"Nothing is up." AJ shrugged, "I'm just… I just really want to have a baby, is that a bad thing?" She batted at him.

"No, but you're just acting strange." Punk said, "Is it…. Is it to do with the miscarriage? Are you still worried-"

"Oh, I knew you would constantly bring this up." AJ shook her head angrily.

"You know what… we're tired and cranky. I'm gonna go sleep downstairs." He said.

"Good." AJ said childishly as Punk rolled his eyes, getting up from the bed, putting his boxers on, about to take his pillow as AJ held it down, "You need to leave me with your smell." AJ said childishly as Punk shook his head.

"Well I hope it's a good one." Punk grumbled, leaving the bedroom as AJ sighed to herself and frowned. She hated fighting with him, but they'd both learned over the years that when they did feel a fight coming on, it was best to separate and take a little time to cool off.

Punk got downstairs and was fixing the cushions on the couch so he could lay down and sleep, when he heard a knock at the door, "Great." Punk shook his head.

He got up from the couch and walked out of the living room, unlocking the door and opening it up as he saw Coleen standing with running mascara marks down her cheeks.

"What's wrong?" Punk asked with concern as he let her in.

AJ had heard the door going and made her way downstairs, seeing her little sister upset and sighing as she immediately knew that her date hadn't gone very well.

"Hey." AJ sighed, opening her arms and giving her a sister a hug, "Hey, come on. Come talk to me." AJ nodded to her as Punk folded his arms and looked at AJ.

"What's going on?" Punk asked her.

"Go get your beauty sleep." AJ made a kissing face at him, walking off into the kitchen with Coleen as Punk just made a face behind her back and walked back into the living room.