Disclaimer: I don't anything but my character Riley Sadly all WWE stuff is not mine.
Riley woke around eleven and looked around for a split second she was in a panic wondering where she was. Then she remembered the night before and became more relaxed. The panic washed away as she rolled out of the comfortable bed and went to the front of the bus.
Punk was walking onto the bus as she was coming from the bedroom. He smiled seeing her, "Two coffees and two bagels good?"
Riley smiled and spoke, "Sounds good to me. Sorry for passing out last night. That has to be the first night I've slept through the night in a while." Punk smiled at her.
Punk asked, "What time is work?"
"One." She pulled out her phone and said, "I got enough time to get to my car and change at work."
Punk said, "Come on then I got a rental car waiting. I will take you back to your car."
Riley spoke, "You don't have to. I can ride the light rail."
Punk smiled, "I want to" Riley returned the smile.
The ride to Riley's car was quiet except when Riley was giving him directions. They had gotten to her car sooner than he had expected it. "Thanks for the ride, last night, and well everything." Riley spoke and smiled sincerely at him.
Punk replied, "You are most welcome I only wish I could do more"
Riley spoke, "You have done more than most would."
Punk pulled out a card and handed it to Riley. "Listen it has my phone number on it if you need anything…" Punk's voice trailed off.
"Thanks." Riley was hesitant she didn't want to get out of the car as much as Punk didn't want her to get out of the car. "Bye." Riley finally opened the door and went to her car. She turned and looked once more at Punk. She tried to smile, but he could see it was mixed with sadness and fear. She took a deep breath and got into her car and started it to leave.
Punk started the car back towards where his bus was at the arena. He came to a stoplight and couldn't get pass that last expression she gave him out of his head. When the light turned green he made a split decision and did a U-turn heading in the direction that Riley was headed to.
He pushed on his gps and entered in Christian Bookstore in Mesa. The gps pulled up directions he needed. He pressed on the gas in hopes that he would beat Riley there. He picked up his cellphone and called in the airlines. "Yes this is Phillip Brooks and I need to turn in my first class ticket for two tickets. You do? That is great I will take that." He hung up and called another person. "What time does your flight leave? Oh that is perfect. Do you think you, Bryan, and the girls would mind helping me pack up some stuff to place in a storage unit?"
On the other side of the phone John questioned, "This for Riley?"
Punk said, "Yeah."
John spoke, "You got it just let me know when and where."
"Thanks man. If you want I will send you the address at where I am heading to." Punk suggested.
"Yeah that will work see you soon."
Punk pressed his foot down on the pedal determining to beat her there. He got there quicker than he had expected for not really knowing where he was going. He pulled in and didn't spot Riley's car, so he thought that was a good sign. He parked and walked inside the store. Inside there were two people behind the counter a man and a younger woman. The younger woman let out a squeal that sounded like a "Oh my gosh"
The man asked, "Can we help you?"
He was pretty sure he didn't look like the type to walk into a store like this. Punk questioned, "You Craig?" The man nodded "Can we go talk somewhere more private?"
Craig said, "Sure follow me." He led them to the backroom where a more mature looking woman was. "Hey Sharon, Can you give me a few minutes." Sharon nodded and then left to go up to the front. "What can I do for you?"
As the two of them were talking Riley walked into the front of the store to see Chelsea and Sharon behind the counter. "Hey guys, what's going on?"
Chelsea exclaimed, "You are never going to guess who is in the store."
Riley smiled and shrugged looking at Sharon who responded, "Don't look at me I was just kicked out of the backroom I have no idea who it is."
Chelsea stated, "CM Punk!"
Riley didn't wait to hear anymore she walked to the back and opened the door seeing her boss with Punk. She smiled at him and questioned, "What are you doing here?"
Craig laughed along with Punk and Craig answered, "He was just arranging you a two week PTO vacation."
Riley puzzled, "Wait what?"
Punk said, "For our trip to Chicago and then with me for a few shows here and there."
Craig spoke, "It's all taken care of Chels will cover you shift today. Won't ya Chelsea?"
Chelsea popped in and smirked, "You know it."
"I guess I will you all in a couple weeks." Riley laughed.
We all headed back to the front of the store and Chelsea squealed very loudly. Punk laughed like he already knew why. Riley stopped in her tracks after seeing who it was. She looked over her shoulder at Punk. There stood John and Nikki who both pulled Riley into a hug.
John said, "Alright your labors are here."
Punk replied, "So we will follow you to your house."
Riley stated, "I am so confused."
Nikki spoke, "Brie and I will ride with you Riley."
They walked out to Riley's car and she asked, "So do you know what is going on?"
Nikki answered, "All I know is Punk called John asking if we could help pack up some stuff to move into storage." Riley didn't say anything, but she was sure that her expression had confusion written all over it. "Look Ri we have known Phil a long time and I have seen him take to people and not take to people. I have never seen him to take to anyone like he has taken to you."
Brie spoke, "I heard about what happened and it should not have ever happened. No one should ever go through that and you should not take that. We all are here because we want to help."
Riley felt tears falling down from her eyes and down onto her cheeks as she pulled into her house. Nikki turned in her sear and touched Riley's arm. "You have friends that care and we take care of our friends."
The girls had yet to get out of the car Punk walked up to the driver's side and opened the door up for her. Riley got out and he noticed that she was crying. He narrowed his eyes at her and asked, "Are you okay?"
Riley nodded looked at Nikki and Brie giving them a soft smile and spoke, "Yeah just trying to come to terms that I have got friends that care." Nikki came around and gave Riley's hand a small squeeze.
John popped the trunk to the rental and pulled out boxes. "Okay so let's get busy."
Riley opened the door and took them upstairs where her room was. Everyone instantly got to work right away. About an hour later they packed up just about everything. Riley's phone started to ring she pulled it out and looked at the Caller ID she turned a ghostly white. She walked back down the stairs and answered, "Hello…"
Punk looked on with worry and Nikki came over to him and said, "Go ahead we got this."
Punk followed in the direction that Riley had headed to. He didn't want to intrude on her space, but he wanted her to know that he was here if she needed him. Riley looked up seeing Punk. She gave him a frown and mouthed, 'Walter.'
Punk stepped forward holding out his hand for the phone. She hesitated but then handed it over. Punk put the phone to his ear just in time to hear, "You listening to me you little bitch"
Punk felt his anger rising as his jaw clenched. He stated, "You listen here you little bitch. You are going to stop calling Riley."
He didn't get a chance to finish saying what he wanted due to Walter laughing in his ear. "You have no idea who you are dealing with."
"Are you sure I don't I think I am dealing with a little boy who is insecure in his boyhood he has to get his so called manhood from taking advantage of women." Riley and Punk locked eyes with one another. He was flexing his fist by opening it and closing his hand. He was so ready for a fight. The line then went dead. "He hung up."
Riley spoke, "That is not a good sign."
Punk crossed the room to where she was and took her into his arms. He spoke, "He is not going to get to you. I promise you, and if you need to remember anything about me is that I don't go back on my promises. My word is who I am."
The front door to the house opened and Riley went stiff as Punk pushed her behind him. The face that came in was one Riley was not expecting. He looked confused by what he was walking in on. Riley stepped out from behind Punk. "Surprised to see you here."
The man spoke, "I came to check in on you see if you wanted one of my spare bedrooms."
Riley questioned, "Seriously?"
"Seriously, you are my sister." Punk realized that this man was her brother.
Riley said, "Nate this is Punk. Punk this is my brother, Nate."
Nate arched an eyebrow and questioned, "Punk?"
Punk said, "It's my stage name, call me Phil." He turned and looked at Riley. "You too." He gave her a playful wink.
Nate asked, "So what are you doing?"
Riley spoke, "Packing up all my stuff then I am going out of state for a couple weeks."
Nate nodded, "Well let's take your packed stuff to my place."
Riley said, "We'll we are almost done"
Nate questioned, "We?"
Riley softly smiled, "Some friends."
Once everything was loaded into all the cars they all went over to Riley's brother's house and placed the boxes into the bedroom he was giving her. Riley had packed two suitcases for her trip at the house. A couple hours later Punk and Riley needed to catch their flight.
Cena said, "We will see you guys in Canada." Punk nodded and all the girls said their goodbyes.
Sitting on the airplane Punk looked over at Riley and asked, "How are you feeling?"
Riley spoke, "I am honestly not sure to be honest. It all feels so surreal right now." She paused for a moment and then laid her head on the seat and spoke softly, "Thank you."
Punk asked, "Huh?"
Riley turned and looked at him and he looked at her. "Thanks for all of this." She slightly smiled then turned her head to look out the window. Punk smiled he didn't need to say anything back. He didn't feel anything needed to be said. He was just happy she was here beside him and not back in Arizona.
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