Love that everyone loved the fluff, there's some more this chapter as Punk and Gabby continue to take things slow, but there's more about Max this chapter, could be interesting!

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Gabby woke to the sun shining through the curtains. She blinked a few times trying to remember where she was, but the tattooed arm draped across her stomach was a quick reminder. She smiled remembering their late night/early morning conversation and how much more they knew each other, personally anyway and a little bit physically. Glancing at the clock she saw it was just after 9, which was an hour later then she intended to be up. Gabby had worked hard planning their day together and she hoped Punk liked it seeing most of the places they were going he'd most likely already been to.

Slipping out of his grip was easier then she thought, but her concern for tiptoeing out of the room led her to smack her big toe off the foot of the bed. This probably wouldn't have happened if she would have been paying attention to where she was going rather then staring dreamily at her sleeping boyfriend.

"God damnit!"

"Gabby Copeland those words should not come out of that beautiful mouth!" Gabby bit her lip trying to hold back a smile and then sat on the edge of the bed checking out her poor big toe.

"I'm sorry I woke you, but it's kind of your fault."

"How is you being clumsy and not paying attention thus injuring your toe my fault?" Punk asked sitting up in bed. He noticed Gabby's cheeks turn pink and smiled.

"Well I didn't think it was possible, but you look cuter when you're asleep then you do when you're awake."

"Huh…I wouldn't know, so I'll take your word for it. Let me assess the damage seeing I was the cause."

"I'll be fine, nothing a band aid can't fix." Punk looked at her with raised eyebrows looking at her injured big toe. Rolling her eyes, she shifted on the bed and placed her foot in his hand. "See, I'm fine…" He smiled and kissed his hand placing it against her injured toe making her blush even more, which she didn't think was possible.

"So shouldn't you be working?"

"Don't worry your little head about that. I called in a favor and got an extended weekend, but anyway we have plenty to do and we slept an hour later then planned, so get yourself dressed and I'll meet you downstairs in twenty minutes."

"Can you at least tell me what we're doing?"

"That would defeat the purpose of my planning…just wear whatever, make sure you wear sneakers though lots of walking." With a smile she walked out the door and Punk did as he was told.

Twenty minutes later they embarked on Gabby's planned day of fun. After grabbing breakfast, they went to the Brookfield Zoo. Granted Punk had been there dozens of times, but going with Gabby made it feel like a completely different experience. She claimed every animal was her favorite and it was nice to see her so relaxed and playful, a side he hadn't seen as much since they embarked into their more then friends relationship. He could see things were moving in the right direction with them, which was both good and bad. Good because he liked her, a lot, and now there wouldn't be any awkwardness between them because things were working out, but bad because sooner rather then later they'd have to tell Adam. Punk knew from personal experience that Adam was a great person and would do pretty much anything for anyone, but he'd heard stories where his sister got involved and it never ended well. He wasn't scared in the least bit; in fact even in the short time he'd been with Gabby he already knew he'd do anything for her, including fight to keep her. The last thing he wanted was to screw up Gabby's relationship with Adam, but Punk was pretty invested and wasn't willing to back off regardless of threats that might come his way.

Punk walked with his arm around Gabby's shoulder, her arm wrapped around his waist, both of them feeling content. They had just walked into the polar bear expo when Gabby's phone rang. She glanced at it quickly before excusing herself; Punk smiled, but hoped it wasn't Adam fucking up yet another date.

"Max, is everything okay? I told you yesterday this weekend was my extended weekend, you approved it last week…" Punk's interest was peaked when he found out it was Max on the phone and casually moved closer to her trying to eavesdrop without being noticed. Getting out his own phone, he pretended to text while listening closely.

"Oh that is on my desk; I apologize, yesterday was a long day and I spaced and forgot to get it to you before I left. Is that all you needed?" Punk raised his eyebrow wondering why Gabby was taking care of Max's shit work, surely she wasn't working with him…Punk get grip, they're just friends…she told you all about their relationship last night and clearly she's not into him anymore…you can trust her…but what about him?

"Yeah he's home for a few days…no I don't believe we have plans…oh dinner at 7? Yeah that sounds great, he's actually wanted to meet you…okay just text me later and we'll see you at 7…bye Max." Punk moved a few steps away and was staring at his phone when Gabby returned from her call.

"Hey, is everything okay?"

"Yeah, it's fine, just some loose ends I had to clear up at work. Speaking of work we've both been so busy I haven't had the chance to tell you that I was promoted."

"Really? Are you a reporter now because you'd be good at that, you're good at asking hard hitting questions and getting an answer; case and point last night." Punk laughed, but noticed her smile falter a bit.

"No, I wish, but that'll happen in time. Actually Max needed an assistant, so thus my new job." Punk shook his head. He wanted to be happy for her, but she was a bright girl and he couldn't help but thinking she was selling herself short being someone's coffee bitch.

"Is this what you saw yourself doing when you moved here?"

"Well no, but…"

"Gabby I think you can do so much better then being someone's beckon call girl. You went to college, you have a master's degree for Christ sake; you shouldn't be fetching coffee and typing memos." Gabby's smile disappeared completely because he was right, but it got her away from the caddy women in the copy writing department and she didn't have to deal with Dylan; plus Max had promised he'd put in a good word for her and she'd be promoted again in no time.

"You can have your opinions, but it's not so bad. Besides that Max is a good friend and he's vowed to put in a good word for me, so this is just temporary." Punk could see she wasn't happy in the position she was in and didn't want to dwell on it further and ruin their day because so far it had been a great day.

"Come here," Punk wrapped his arms around Gabby pulling her close to him, "I don't want to get in your business about work, I have no right to, but I'm just saying what's on my mind. I'm sorry if that hurt your feelings, I don't always think before I speak. You're learning about my lack of filter, most of the time things just come out." He pulled back and smiled getting a smile from her in return before giving her a light kiss. "Now can we please go see the polar bears because they're my favorite."

"Well one thing first…I hope it's okay, but Max wants us to meet him for dinner at 7 tonight. I know you're only in town for a few days, so if you don't want to I can cancel…"

"Actually I think that's a good idea; I've wanted to meet Max and now that he's your new boss I should probably try to be friendly with him. I'll be on my best behavior just for you."

"Yes that would be nice especially seeing he was nice enough to let me have today and tomorrow off work on such short notice. He's not a bad guy; in fact I think you two will get along great."

Dinner with Max next chapter and Punk has promised to play nice...will he feel the need to break that promise or is Max an okay guy? Chapter 20: coming soon!