Two men and a baby
Punk entered the art exhibit that was still empty. It was only three and the show didn't start until five but Punk didn't want an audience. He spoke to AJ and his father-in-law and Billy was given a verbal warning from the police but Punk wanted to speak to him personally.
"Punk." Billy greeted in a friendly tone. "I wish I could say I'm surprised to see you."
"You know why I'm here." Punk said to him.
"I spoke to AJ's father already." Billy told him. "I didn't even mean to be in the same place as her and Anthony."
"Are you still on your medication?" Punk asked the man who nodded.
"Can't you tell?" Billy chuckled but Punk wasn't amused. "I am and I plan on always being on it. I'm cleaning my act up."
"A little late, no?" Punk asked coldly.
"I know you're here about Anthony." Billy said to him. "You want to know if I plan on seeking custody-"
"Anthony isn't your son." Punk cut him off.
"Is there testing?" Billy asked seriously. "Because without DNA proof Anthony could be my son."
"He's not your son." Punk repeated. "His mine and AJ's."
"I may have been out of it but I remember everything. I know you guys left because you thought I was going to fight you for custody of him." Billy said to him. "I don't want full custody I think you and AJ are doing a wonderful job."
"Oh how nice of you to notice." Punk mocked.
"I do want time with him though and now that I have my health in order there is no reason I can't get to know my son." Billy said to him.
"He's not your son." Punk repeated firmly.
"You can say that all you want and believe me I don't want to take him away from you I'm sure he's grown very attached to you." Billy told him sympathetically. "But it's not right for you to replace your son who died with mine."
"Fuck you." Punk hissed. "I'm not replacing PJ with Anthony and if you even thing of trying to get some form of custody your life will be over." he threatened.
"Is that a threat?" Billy asked with a laugh.
"No it's a promise. You do know my last name don't you? You know my family has a ton of friends who work in the courthouse, judges, lawyers." Punk informed him. "Don't waste your time or money."
"I never wanted to be a father." Billy began and Punk rolled his eyes. "But seeing my son-"
"Do I have to spell it out for you?" Punk snapped. "Go near my wife again and I'll have you arrested for violating the restraining order, go near my son again and the police won't find your body."
"I have legal rights and I plan on pursuing this." Billy told him strongly. "I don't want this to turn ugly I think the three of us could have worked this out without the need of lawyers. I understand you both need time to come to the realization that I'm fine-"
"We're not sharing out son with you." Punk said almost disgusted. "This isn't a debate it won't even be a discussion. Accept the fact that he isn't yours."
"You should accept fact that until I have proof he is mine." Billy said staying strong as well. "I have rights and I don't want this to get ugly so maybe you should go home and talk to April and think of a way to handle this in a way where Anthony can get to know all of his parents before he ends up caught in the middle of a nasty fight."
"I don't need to discuss anything and I'll never let Anthony get caught in the middle of anything." Punk told him.
"Billy we need you!" someone shouted from across the room.
"I have to work. I hope next time we speak we get further." Billy said then walked off leaving Punk infuriated.
Punk walked back into the house and wandered upstairs and found AJ giving Anthony a bath.
"He hates the water." AJ frowned as her son sniffled and ready to start crying again.
"He'll grow out of it." Punk sighed sitting on the edge of the tub.
"Of course when daddy comes home you stop crying." AJ said smiling at her son. "Is everything ok?" she asked looking up at Punk briefly.
"Yea I'm fine." Punk said plastering on a smile.
"Where were you?" AJ asked cleaning off the baby.
"The office." he shrugged keeping his eyes on Anthony.
"Lie." AJ scoffed. "I called the club and you weren't there so where were you really?"
"He wants to petition for custody." Punk said and AJ jerked her head to look at Punk. "I have great lawyers-"
"Let's just have the test done." AJ said simply.
"No chance in hell." Punk snorted.
"Phil-" AJ started as she took Anthony out of the bath and wrapped him in a towel.
"No AJ we've discussed this." Punk reminded her and took the baby from her. "I'll clean him up." and then walked out of the bathroom.
"Why are you so against this DNA test? As soon as we have it done he'll have to leave Anthony alone." AJ reasoned following him into Anthony's nursery.
"Or we're opening a huge can of worms and handing him the evidence he needs." Punk said simply as he dressed Anthony.
"He's not-" AJ began.
"You don't know it for sure." Punk snapped at her. "I'm not risking Anthony for anything."
"So what do we do?" AJ asked him. "Ignore him and hopes he goes away? Let's just do the test."
"And what if it comes back that he's his father?" Punk asked her.
"It won't." She said positively.
"How can you be so sure?" He asked her seriously but she didn't respond. "That's what I thought."
"We'll figure it out." AJ reasoned.
"I don't trust that guy and I don't want him around Anthony." Punk said to her.
"He won't." AJ promised. "Don't you want this peace of mind?"
"No I want to raise our son together and alone." Punk argued. "What if he is Billy's? Do you expect me to be ok with him being called dad?" he asked her. "He's going to depend on Billy for all the things he should be depending on me for."
"That won't ever happen." AJ promised him. "Anthony loves you no one could replace you."
"He won't even remember me." Punk said sadly.
"What are you talking about?" AJ asked as Punk held Anthony close.
"Billy will get shared custody and I'm going to be Anthony's step-father." Punk said to her with a shrug. "First thing is I'll lose my son then you."
"I'm not going anywhere and neither is Anthony." AJ said to him. "Why would you think I would go? Don't you believe our marriage is a little deeper than that?"
"I don't know I thought it was but what about our wedding?" Punk asked her. "We were planning this big wedding and now we haven't even discussed it."
"I'm actually glad you brought that up because I ordered my dress today." She smiled.
"You did?" He asked.
"I did." She said giving him a kiss. "I'm very happy here with you and no matter what happens with Billy you'll have me and Anthony at the end of the day."
"I just feel like it's all been too good." Punk admitted. "A healthy son, a woman I love more than life itself finally back with me, I don't want to wake up tomorrow and it all to be gone I love you both."
"You have to see the little suit I'm ordering him for the wedding." AJ grinned. "I think it's sweet he gets to be part of the wedding."
"Yea." Punk said with a happy sigh. "You want to be your old man's best man?" he asked Anthony.
"I think Colt will be offended." AJ smirked.
"Well Colt can hold him." Punk said to her.
"So are you actually going into work tonight?" AJ asked him.
"No I went twice this week." Punk said to her.
"You need to get some more sleep." AJ said picking up the baby's toys that were scattered around the floor. "I want those bags under your eyes gone before the wedding."
"Do you want more kids?" He asked out of know where.
"We just had this one." She laughed cleaning up. "Are you really that eager for another one?"
"These dreams I keep having we have a little girl." Punk admitted. "One of each."
"What if we have another one and it's a boy?" she teased.
"Then we keep going until we get a girl." Punk shrugged and AJ's face fell.
"How many kids do you think I'm going to carry?" she laughed.
"I don't know." Punk shrugged. "Didn't you tell me you wanted a bunch?"
"And you told me no more after PJ." She reminded him a smirk.
"I was younger and terrified." Punk reminded her sitting in the rocking chair with Anthony. "This one is piece of cake."
"For you." AJ snorted. "He loves being in your arms. I thought he'd be a mama's boy." She scoffed.
"So when's the wedding?" he asked her.
"We'll set a date for the wedding when you agree to do the paternity test." AJ said simply.
"AJ-" He started.
"I don't want our wedding to have this dark cloud hanging over your head. We have to know for sure." AJ said to him.
"Let's be realistic Ape." Punk began. "If the test says I'm not the father-"
"Billy won't be part of the test." AJ reminded him. "It'll be just you and Anthony. He won't even know we're having it done and as long as we still have this restraining order he's not ordering to me do any tests involving him." she told him. "I wouldn't suggest this if I was worried."
"You're really not, huh?" he asked feeling a little more at ease.
"Every time I look at Anthony's eyes I see you." She smiled.
Later that night after giving Anthony his late bottle Punk was downstairs watching some old home videos. With all of this fear of losing Anthony he kept thinking more and more about PJ.
"What's that?" AJ asked coming down the stairs.
"It's some of the videos." Punk smirked not taking his eyes off of the TV.
"He was only a two months old here." AJ said sitting next to him on the couch looking at the video.
They placed Anthony in his little swing that was set up in their bedroom.
"You think he was happy?" AJ asked Punk resting her head on his shoulder.
"Yea I really do." Punk said with a hint of sadness.
"Did we let him down?" AJ asked now.
"No." Punk replied in a horsed voice.
"There's your dad!" AJ laughed pointing at the TV.
They watched as Anthony scooped PJ away like he would every time he was around.
"My dad pops up in a lot of these videos and takes PJ." Punk grinned.
"He was so good with him." AJ remembered fondly. "Why are you watching these?"
"I guess I was missing PJ a little more than usual today." Punk admitted.
"I haven't watched any of these." AJ said to him.
"I'll turn it off-" Punk started as he reached for the remote.
"No don't." AJ said stopping him and curling into him. "We can show Anthony these videos when he's older."
"Do you think we live too much in the past?" he asked her.
"We can't forget our son." AJ reasoned. "I think we've come a long way. There's nothing wrong with missing him."
An hour later the video was seemingly over when static hit but then Punk's face appeared as he adjusted the camera.
"Phil." AJ warned him.
"I had no idea this was on here." He defended quickly.
The camera was angled to the bed where AJ was sitting and biting on her nail nervously.
"I don't remember agreeing to this." AJ scoffed.
"You clearly knew about it, you're looking right at the camera blushing." Punk laughed.
"Oh my." AJ said slightly uncomfortably as they ripped each others clothes off and even Punk cringed slightly.
"You look great." He said to her keeping his eyes on the movie.
"So do you." She said and began to pant watching it.
"Getting a little hot?" He teased.
"Maybe I just need a cold shower." She said standing up but Punk grabbed her wrist and pulled her onto him.
"Not necessary." Punk said turning the TV off. "You want to make a new video?" he teased.
"No and I want that one erased." She laughed as he pinned her onto the couch.
"We should keep it so this way when we're old we could remember how hot and young we used to look." He teased pushing her shirt up and then over her head.
Fifteen minutes later AJ was face down on the couch laying across it as Punk pounded into her from behind. AJ used a pillow to muffle her cries of pleasure as Punk kept up his fast and rough pace. Punk's finger nails were dug into her shoulders as he used all of his weight to plunge as deeply as he could into her body. Punk could hear her even though she tried to quiet herself with the pillow and it only encouraged him.
Once they were both done Punk sat back on the couch as AJ sat up and looked over to him.
"Are you trying to get me pregnant again?" She laughed grabbing his shirt and putting it on. It reached her knees and he watched as she cleaned up the rest of their discarded clothing.
"Did I forget to pull out?" Punk asked innocently.
"It's fine I'm on the pill." She smirked and he shrugged.
"You ok? Was I too rough?" he asked her.
"Never." She smiled leaning down to kiss him sweetly.
Punk smiled as he watched her head up the stairs with laundry and finally felt a little more at ease.
"I look damn good." Punk said fondly as he looked at himself in the mirror.
It had been four weeks and he was finally getting a suit for the wedding.
"I knew you'd like it." AJ smirked standing behind him and dusting off the shoulders.
"Do we really have to get married at my moms?" Punk asked annoyed and she rolled his eyes.
"It's free, she insisted and it's a big venue that would take us at anytime." AJ reminded him.
"When are those test results coming in by the way?" Punk asked sitting.
"No sitting." She said grabbing his hand and making him stand. "Don't wrinkle the suit."
"The tests Ape?" he asked again.
"Any day now." She said to him. "Would you relax."
"I'll relax once I know for sure that Anthony isn't going anywhere." Punk said looking over to Anthony who was perched in his bouncy chair playing with his favorite teething toy.
"I can't wait until we can stop discussing this." She sighed.
"When do I get to see your dress?" He asked her.
"The day of the wedding." She laughed.
"How come you can see what I'm wearing but I can't see what you're wearing?" Punk asked narrowing his eyes at her.
"It's tradition." She reminded him. "Tell daddy to be patient." she said to Anthony who just smiled.
"I wanted to talk to you about the honeymoon." Punk said to her.
"I told you no honeymoon." She reminded him. "I know your mother has offered to watch Anthony but I'm not leaving him overnight."
"I agree." Punk said to her. "Doesn't mean I don't want to go away."
"So what's your plan?" AJ asked.
"We go away together- the three of us." He said to her.
"You think that's a good idea?" AJ asked unsurely.
"He's eight months." Punk laughed. "He's ready to go away for a few nights."
"Where would we even go?" she asked him.
"Disney." He said to her. "He'll have a great time, you'll have a great time- where's the problem?"
"Is that something you want to do?" AJ asked him.
"Yea and I think it would be fun." Punk said to her. "What kid doesn't love Disney?"
"Ok." She smiled. "A family vacation."
"Our first of many." He assured her. "I want to do all the corny family stuff."
"Well it doesn't get cornier than that." She laughed. "I think it's a great idea." she said kissing his cheek. "Do you want to go to Disney World?" She asked Anthony excitedly who just screeched with excitement due to AJ's tone, not really having any idea what was going on.
"I think that's a yes." Punk laughed and his phone began to ring. "Ape it's the doctor." he said looking at the caller ID.
"Answer it." she encouraged.
"You do it I'm too nervous." He said passing her the phone.
A/N: dun, dun, duuuunnn!
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