A/N: Sorry for the delay, have been under the weather. Thank you for your continued support & reviews!

Picture Perfect

"This was a bad idea." AJ said turning around towards the door she and Punk just walked through but he grabbed her shoulders.

"We already came all the way down here." Punk told her. "Just check in and see how he is I know you want to."

"I'm not welcome here." AJ noted as they walked further through the ER and saw a sea of blue as cops were waiting on word about her father.

"You're his daughter of you course you are." Punk insisted.

"April?" A woman asked who was sitting and slowly stood up.

"Mother." AJ forced out and her mother ran and hugged her.

"The police notified you?" she asked ignoring Punk completely.

"They did." She forced out uncomfortably. "How is he?"

"In surgery." she cried. "Come sit with me..."

"I'm with Phil." AJ pointed out to her mother. "You can acknowledge him you know."

"This isn't the time or place to take a stand with your boyfriend." Her mother scolded.

"Husband." AJ corrected.

"April please with this nonsense." her mother groaned.

"I'll go." Punk offered. "Just call me whenever you need to get picked up."

"I'll take care of my daughter." Mrs. Mendez said coldly placing an arm around AJ.

"No." AJ said pulling away from her. "You are not leaving." She said to Punk. "And you can sit by yourself for all I care because I won't do this without Phil."

"Your father needs positive thoughts and vibes he doesn't need him here." She said nodding towards Punk.

"He won't even know he's here but I need him here." AJ insisted. "If he goes, I go."

"You would abandon your family in their time of need?" Her mother asked stunned.

"Where were you when my son died?" AJ asked her bluntly. "You didn't even call me. You just showed up at the service and barely spoke to me. You didn't even shed a tear."

"Stop with this." Her mother cried.

"No you stop!" AJ hissed. "If you want us to leave just say it otherwise sit back down and keep to yourself if you can't be polite to my husband."

Her mother eyed her then shot Punk a glare before turning and going back to her seat.

"I think she hates me more than your dad does." Punk whispered.

"She does." AJ agreed simply and the two sat as far away as possible from her mother and the other officers. "Maybe I shouldn't even be here." she said to him.

"He's your dad." Punk pointed out. "No matter what's happened he's still your dad."

"He hasn't been my dad in years." AJ said to him. "Anthony was more of a father to me."

"He raised you." Punk reminded her. "And I know you want to know how he's doing."

"I wish they would have given me more to go on." She sighed. "Why wasn't he with his partner?"

"I don't know." Punk said to her. "You'll have to talk to the other officers."

"I don't want to talk to anyone." she sighed resting her head against his shoulder and fitting into the chair to get comfortable.

"Tired?" He asked her.

"Very." She yawned. "And a little queasy."

"Was it my mom's food? Did she poison you?" Punk asked half seriously.

"No it's just the baby." She groaned. "My morning sickness is at night."

"It was like that with PJ too." he remembered.

"It was." She smirked. "You know they don't hate you for who you are." she said to him and he looked at her. "It's not that you're a bad guy they know that. You've taken very good care of me over the years and they recognize it. At first it was the knocking me up at 18 thing but what it comes down is your religion."

"I assumed that." He sighed.

"They raised me very catholic, church every Saturday night and then Sunday school, prayers every night before bed, before any meal..." she trailed off.

"Do you believe in it? Do you miss that stuff?" he asked her. "I don't want you to think I'd keep you from something you believe in."

"I don't believe in anything." she said to him."God didn't hear my prayers about PJ, he didn't hear my prayers begging for my parents to speak to me again- it's just not real to me and it never was."

"I don't really care what they think of me." He said to her and she smiled.

"You did at one point. Remember when you showed up at my house all dressed up to ask my dad for his blessing to take me to the prom?" AJ laughed.

"Oh yea he went to pull his gun on me." Punk laughed. "He was just protecting you."

"I thought it was so sweet. I didn't speak to him for three weeks after that." She remembered.

"Do you feel bad you've missed out on your prom?" He asked her.

"I didn't. I loved the prom you threw for me at the hotel." She smiled.

"Colt helped me decorate." Punk told her.

"Yea I could tell. The empty beer cans hanging as decoration was a giveaway." She laughed. "It was perfect. The third best night of my life."

"Third?" he asked her.

"PJ being born is first, our wedding is second then prom." She told him.

"I have the same list." He smiled. "Soon the #1 spot is going to be shared."

"In November." She agreed. "I can't get over how excited your mom is."

"Me either." He admitted. "It's like the spirit of my dad possessed her or something."

"My mom would curse our baby." AJ said shooting her mother a glare.

"I doubt that." Punk said to her.

"She told me when I was packing that our baby was cursed." She admitted. "That he was a bastard. Your mother may have been a little self absorbed when it came to PJ but my mother was downright cruel. Her mother was like that too."

"Yea? Must run in the blood." He said to her.

"You think I have it in me?" she asked him.

"Nah you didn't get that blood in you." he said to her.

An hour later AJ was had fallen asleep on Punk's shoulder. She woke up when Punk gently moved his shoulder and she looked up to see her mother.

"April." Her mother said standing over her. "Your father is out of surgery they'll be letting people in to see him shortly."

"Is he going to be ok?" AJ asked rubbing her eyes.

"The doctors think so." her mother said and AJ stood up.

"We can go now." AJ said to Punk who just stood up.

"You waited all of this time and now you can see him and you don't want to?" Her mother asked astonished.

"I have nothing to say to him." AJ said simply. "I'm glad he'll be ok but that's it."

"How can you be so hateful?" her mother asked her.

"I'm tired." AJ said simply. "You guys don't want me here anywhere."

"You're tired?" her mother mocked. "And I'm not?"

"Trust me he doesn't want to see me anyway." AJ said grabbing her bag.

"April-" her mother began.

"I am tired, ready to barf and grumpy." AJ informed her. "My morning sickness comes at night and I shouldn't be here anyway."

"Morning sickness?" her mother asked. "You're pregnant again?"

"I am." AJ confirmed. "Do you have something you'd like to say about that?"

"Maybe you should go, I don't want your father upset." her mother said stiffly then turned and walked away.

"And you complain about your mother." She mumbled to Punk and walked to the elevator.

The next day AJ decided to go shopping. She was going to need maternity clothes eventually and she thought it would help clear her head. She picked up a few tops and bottoms and then passed by a baby clothes store. She looked in the window for a few moments and smiled realizing soon she'd get to shop in there again. The more days that passed the more attached and excited she seemed to get.

"Cute stuff in there." A voice said from behind her and she turned to see Billy. He seemed disheveled and erratic.

"Billy." AJ frowned eyeing the man.

"Hi April." He smiled tucking his hands into his pockets. "I've been trying to call you."

"I changed my number." AJ said to him nervously.

"I got that." he laughed. "You missed my art show, you were featured."

"Stop doing that." AJ said to him.

"Stop doing what?" Billy questioned.

"Showing pictures of me." She argued shaking her head. "It's creepy."

"It's art." Billy countered.

"No it's creepy and why are you here now? Did you follow me?" AJ questioned.

"I lost you in the food court." Billy smiled. "Your dark cloud still looms but there is something different about you." he noted narrowing his eyes trying to figure it out.

"There's nothing different and I'm not your concern." AJ said passing him. "Don't come near me again."

"I was sorry to hear about your dad." Billy said to her causing her to stop.

"How do you know about that? The news didn't release my dad's name." AJ noted.

"I heard he's going to make a full recovery." Billy said to her. "That's a miracle. Do you believe in miracles April?"

"I believe in you leaving me alone." AJ said to him. "I'm back with my husband-"

"It's not about love." Billy argued following behind AJ closely. "We don't connect emotionally but we do connect physically and our art-"

"It's not art!" AJ yelled turning around to look at him. "It's photos and you're really sick and I think you need some help."

"I do need help." Billy agreed. "Your help to be exact."

"The only thing you're going to get from me is a restraining order." AJ spat then stormed off.

When AJ arrived home she saw a woman leaving her house and getting into her car, it was Denise Rollins. She got out of the car and walked into the house to see Punk in the living room.

"What was Denise doing here?" AJ questioned.

"She just discovered her husbands affair and came over to tell me about it." Punk said to her. "She was less than pleased when I told her I already knew."

"Seth told her?" AJ asked him.

"Billy did." Punk said to her. "He's still showing your pictures by the way."

"I know." She sighed. "I saw him at the mall."

"Why didn't you call me?" He asked her first.

"Because it wasn't a long conversation." she said sitting next to him. "He's crazy Phil."

"I'm well aware. We need to get that restraining order." Punk said to her.

"He caught me about to walk into a baby store." She said to him. "I have to live in fear now of shopping for our baby?"

"No of course not. If anyone asks we'll say you're further along." He shrugged. "No big deal."

"When I have the baby early people will realize." She noted.

"No they won't. Plenty of women have their babies early." Punk said to her.

"I feel like I can't get excited for the baby because I'm too busy worrying when the other shoe is going to drop." AJ admitted.

"I know you're scared but you don't have to be." He assured her.

"What are we going to do about Billy?" She asked him seriously. "He's still coming around whether he knows I'm pregnant or not I don't want him around him. He looks awful and seems out of it."

"Denise mentioned how bad he has gotten." Punk said to her. "We have to go to the police again and report this stuff and hope a judge will give you a restraining order."

"What if they don't?" She asked him "Or what if they do? What do I do? Throw the piece of paper at him as he's following me?"

"I don't know what else to do." Punk admitted. "Do you want to move?"

"And leave Chicago?" she scoffed.

"Yea, why not?" he questioned. "Doesn't have to be forever just until the baby is born. What's really keeping us here?"

"Our jobs, your family, our friends." She trailed off. "Even though I probably don't have many of those left after Denise talks to them."

"We'll keep in touch with Izzy." Punk said to her.

"I don't know Phil." She sighed thinking about it.

"Think about it." He said to her.

"When I ran away to the motel you told me running was bad." she reminded him.

"Without me it is." He teased. "We runaway together, never from each other."

"He keeps showing my photos at art shows." She said to him and he nodded.

"I'm going to take care of all of it." Punk said kissing the top of her head.

"I think I'm going to go up and take a nap." She said standing up. "Want to join me?"

"I have a few meetings before work." he said to her. "But you should get some rest."

Punk used his hip to break open Billy's door as quietly as possible and Colt groaned.

"You said we were going to eat." Colt whispered and looked up and down the halls to make sure no one was looking.

"You can wait in the car. As a matter of fact I told you to wait in the car." Punk whispered back.

"I know this is Billy's place and I don't want to see you go to jail for murder." Colt said to him. "Just think before you act here." he insisted.

"He's threatening my wife and the police didn't help her so I have to take this into my own hands." Punk said to him. "But you shouldn't be involved."

"Why are you doing this?" Colt sighed. "You're going to get in trouble or worse piss off a mentally unstable man."

"AJ is pregnant." Punk said to him and Colt's face softened. "I can't have this guy-"

"Is Billy the father?" Colt asked as quietly as possible.

"I'm the father." Punk said sternly and Colt could just tell that he meant no matter what he was the father.

"I get you want to protect her and the baby but the press is still eating you alive for the Maria charges-" Colt began but Punk went inside. Colt rolled his eyes and followed Punk inside against his better judgment.

"What are we looking for?" Colt asked closing the door behind him.

"Well since he's not here I'm going to be looking for all the photos of AJ he has." Punk said opening drawers and cabinets.

"I'll check the bedroom." Colt said walking into the next room.

Punk opened a closet and pulled out a box that were filled with photographs but none where of AJ. He shoved the box back in the closet and walked into the bedroom.

"I don't see anything." Colt shrugged.

"Did you look under the bed?" Punk asked checking himself but there was literally nothing then opened his closet in the room and it was just clothes.

"He's a photographer, does he have a studio?" Colt asked and Punk realized Colt was right.

"Yea I've been here before he knows I'd be back." Punk said to him. "I don't know where his studio is."

"Well let's get the hell out of here." Colt said to him but it was too late.

As Punk and Colt walked out of the bedroom there were two uniformed officers with their guns out.

"Hands up." The officer instructed.

"This is a misunderstanding." Punk assured him as the cops searched both Colt and Punk.

"You tripped a silent alarm when you broke in." The officer told him as he cuffed him.

"Billy Fisher is a friend of mine." Punk remarked.

"Really?" the officer questioned.

"Really." Punk confirmed.

"Well, we'll have to ask him after we bring you down to the station." The officer said to him.

"That's unnecessary." Punk said laughing it off. "And my friend here-"

"Is joining us." The officer finished for him.

Punk was sitting in a small with Colt who seemed less than please.

"I really am sorry." Punk said to him. "I told you to wait in the car."

"I blame myself." Colt sighed.

"He's scary." Punk said to Colt. "Do you know what he'll do if he finds out AJ is pregnant? He followed her to the mall today, he's still using her pictures, he's becoming more unhinged."

"I'm not debating the severity of the situation." Colt said to him. "I did have a date tonight." he grumbled. "Can't you drop your father-in-laws name?"

"He's in the hospital." Punk said to him.

"He was the cop shot?" Colt asked and Punk nodded. "How is he?"

"He's going to live last we heard but AJ got into with her mother at the hospital." Punk said to him.

"About the baby?" Colt asked. "Congrats by the way, if I didn't say it before."

"Thanks." he said with a slight smile. "I'm pretty excited actually."

"You were just saying how you never wanted a kid and now you're going to raise one that isn't yours?" Colt asked quietly.

"There's a chance it's mine." Punk shrugged. "Doesn't matter, regardless I love AJ and I'm going to have this baby with her."

"Good for you." Colt said to him.

"I can't let this guy get a whiff of AJ being pregnant. He might fight for rights before we can have the baby tested or stress her out too much which I can't have either." Punk whispered. "I need him gone."

"Well now we're locked in a cell and he's out there." Colt pointed out.

"Fuck." Punk muttered standing up and beginning to pace.

"I'm sure she's fine." Colt said to him. "Did you call her?"

"No I called Cliff." Punk said to him.

"So you didn't call your wife who not only has the actual money to bail us out but also the clout since her dad's a cop?" Colt asked mockingly.

"What did I say about stress?" Punk asked annoyed. "She had a bad night as it was with her mom and right before her dad was shot she had an argument with him. When my mom is the most supportive grandparent you know there's a problem."

"Catherine is happy?" Colt laughed. "Holy crap did hell freeze over?"

"She won't be happy when she hears I've been arrested again." Punk smirked.

"I'm sure you wife won't be either." Colt teased.

"Nah she'll be pissed at the cops that arrested me, I could be caught with a dead body in my trunk and she'd still back me up." Punk smirked.

"She's a good woman." Colt said to him.

"Are you just saying that or are you judging her over this baby thing?" Punk asked him.

"I would never judge AJ." Colt assured him. "I know her life hasn't been easy and I know the loss of PJ took something away from her- both of you- I just hope this new baby fills a little of that void for you both."

"We're not looking to replace him." Punk said to him.

"I know but I still think it's nice." Colt said to him. "I think you two were meant to be parents, I've told you that before I just hope that when this baby is born you can handle the fact that it might not be yours biologically."

"Biology means nothing to me." Punk shrugged.

"Are you really sure about that?" Colt asked.

"Cabana, Brooks." An officer announced. "Bail has been posted."

"I knew Cliff would come through." Punk grinned.

"It was actually your wife." The officer said to him.

"Oh fuck." He muttered.