Aj skipped through the black curtain and into the backstage area. As she was quickly making her way to the Diva's locker room to find Kaitlyn, she was being whistled at and congratulated by many of her co-workers as she passed them. She froze and suddenly realized that there had been more than a couple people watching her segment with Punk and Bryan. She turned beat red, covered her face, and started to make a run for the locker room when two strong arms wrapped around her waist and whisked her off of her feet.

"If you keep trying to run away from me I'm going to have to put you in one of those children harnesses!" Punk said affectionately as he threw Aj over his shoulder.

"Phil put me down!" Aj shrieked trying her best not to laugh.

"Nope, not until I'm sure all the blood has drained from your legs and you can't run away." Punk said as he made his way to the Diva's locker room.

"Did you suddenly develop a change of heart?" Aj asked sarcastically, wondering why Punk would bring her here if he had no intensions of letting her go. A part of her would be sad but another part relieved. She didn't want to have to deal with the awkwardness of talking about...that amazing kiss.

"Trust me you're not coming down anytime soon." Punk said interrupting her day dream. Nikki Bella was the one who answered the door.

"Oh..umm..hi you guys," Nikki answered thrown off guard, not expecting to see Aj thrown over Punks shoulder, "Ummm do you need something?"

"A restraining order..." Aj said flatly. Then Kaitlyn came to the door and busted a gut when she saw the scene before her.

"This is perfect!" She barely got out.

"She keeps trying to run away so I'm trying a new method. Can you get all her stuff for me?" Punk asked the two girls. Nikki nodded trying to hold back her smile while Kaitlyn was still bent over in the doorway.

"Well I'm glad someone is amused." An upside-down Aj muttered to Punk

"She will be even more amused when she sees you in the harness." Punk replied

"You would have to catch me first!" Aj reorted

"You mean like I already have?" Punk said with laughter bubbling from his chest.

"I hate you." Aj laughed not being able to hold it back anymore. Kaitlyn had finally calmed herself down.

"Sorry about that," Kaitlyn apologized, "I just knew he was going to have to do this at some point."

"Don't encourage him." Aj said seriously.

"You look really scary upside down with all the blood rushing to your face." Kaitlyn replied

"She's about as scary as a kitten." Punk gave his input. Nikki returned with Aj's bag. Punk gave her and Kaitlyn a nod and headed for the parking lot.

"You haven't seen me in the mornings if you think I can't look scary." Aj said

"You must not remember the first day we met, or more like the second day." He responded. He thought back to the day.

**Punk woke up to the sound of his alarm. The sound made his stomach twist into a knot knowing he had to get up. He groaned and as he went to smash his hand against the screeching machine he missed and wound up punching the marble side table.

"Damn it!" He shouted.

"Ahh!" He heard a faint cry from the front of his bus. Punk then remembered Aj was sleeping there. His immediate thought was the she was hurt. His heart pounded as he scrambled out of bed, climbed over the mound of clothes, out the door, and threw himself into the kitchen area. Aj gazed up with him with wide, scared eyes. His groggy mind couldn't piece together what just happened.

"I'm sorry!" Aj said as she began her long, and rather fast spoken, spiel, "I woke up and I saw you had tea bags set out so I was making myself a cup and then you screamed as I was taking the hot water out of the microwave and I jumped and spilled it on myself-"

"Woah woah Aj slow down," Punk interrupted then noticed the hot water spilt all down the front of her, "Did you burn yourself?" He asked.

"No no I'm fine it wasn't that hot. I'm sorry I just kinda made myself at home-" She was again interrupted as Punk pulled her into a hug.

"I thought some thing bad happened to you." Punk said. Aj started to giggle

"Ummm...you might want to put a shirt on there..."

"Oh..I..uhh.." Punk pulled back embarrassed by his actions. He began to rub his neck. "I'm sorry I don't know what-" It was Aj's turn to interrupt him

"Don't even worry about it!" She beamed at him. His heart skipped a beat looking at how beautiful she was even in the morning. He hoped he would see more of her raw beauty in the future.**

"Oh yeah that's right," Aj pulled him back to the present, "You were very forward with the hug."

"I couldn't help it." Punk blushed. He used his free hand to open the door to his bus and once inside, flopped Aj over onto the mattress.

"Head rush!" Aj squealed holding her head.

"Well you deserved it," Punk laughed, "So can we please just lay everything out on the table." He asked.

Aj sat there for a moment trying to process the battle between telling him and not telling him. She thought about their fight. She never really told him she had feelings for him, it was more about her fear of him using her. But it made it obvious she liked him. Punk could see her brain was hard at work. He knew Aj was one to over think things so he put a little pressure on her.

"You have three seconds to tell me. Three-two-"

"I LOVE YOU OKAY!" Aj yelled, frustrated.

"Finally!" Punk exclaimed as he collapsed onto the couch, covering his face with his hands.

"I hate it when you do that." Aj pouted with her arms crossed.

"I know, but it has to be done." Punk said seriously.

"So," Aj began, "Am I the only one with feelings here?"

"You know how I feel about you..." Punk had never said I love you to a girl before, other than his family. It was hard for him to admit how he felt.

"Well I don't," Aj said as she stood up, "so that was a nice talk. I hope you have a good day, Phil."

"Aj wait," Punk panicked and grabbed her hand, "I love you too. I have for the longest time."

Aj stood there for a moment, stunned. They looked into each other's eyes, like they had the first day they met. Slowly she walked back to him, still holding his hand, as he stood up. He leaned down so their faces were close.

"I will never treat you like I have treated those other girls. You know me, Aj, and you know that when I say something I mean it. I have never said this to any other girl. You are important to me and I don't want to lose you. You aren't like any other person I have met before." And with that he pulled her into a deep passionate kiss.

Author's Note:

So I never intended to just stop writing before but I had a major writer's block! As I saw that more people were following the story I felt bad that I kind of abandoned it. This was the tough part that I had to get past so hopefully it is all uphill from here! I'm so sorry to all of you and if any of you have stuck around I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart!