After posting for the last three days I decided to hold off, but I've had kind of a shitty day and updating helps...A little bit of filler, a lot of fluffy stuff and of course Joey and Abby return :) This is just the start of Joey and Abby, they'll be appearing over the next two chapters...

Thanks for the adds and reviews over the last few days...I know there has been a lot of filler, which I hate too, but you need it to get from one point to another...the next few chapters there's less filler and more significant events...Enjoy!

A week later Gabby and Punk arrived home and Gabby didn't hesitate to go straight for the bathtub. Life on the road had proved to be interesting, although hectic at times she liked traveling around the country and getting to spend time with Punk. Work had been going well; her cat mayor story had been published, albeit in the back of the life section, but published nonetheless. Putting work and traveling aside, Gabby wanted nothing more then to soak in the tub; she missed her bubble baths that gave her a chance to unwind, which she needed to do before taking on the task of being Joey and Abby's babysitter.

Punk had called Shaleine to let her know about the hectic media day and that Gabby had volunteered to look after his niece and nephew until he finished. She wasn't very happy with the idea, more pissed off at him then anything, but agreed not wanting the kids to have their hearts broken. Gabby still wasn't quite herself, so he hoped she wouldn't be overwhelmed spending the day with Joey and Abby.

The next day Punk got up earlier then he wanted with hopes of squeezing in a decent workout before his day of media hell began. He threw on sweats and a hoodie before heading downstairs to stretch and head out on his daily run; he had a lot on his mind with Gabby being the focus. She hadn't been herself ever since the Max incident; he'd noticed her trying to act happy, but her smile wasn't the one that he fell in love with. It never seemed to reach her eyes regardless how big she smiled and he hadn't heard her laugh in weeks. To say he was worried didn't even crack the service; he'd tried to talk to her about it, but she always found a way to change the subject. Punk didn't blame her, he knew it wasn't easy to talk about, but she needed to talk about it before it completely killed the person that she was. Letting out a deep breath, Punk tied his sneakers and headed out the door.

Gabby awoke feeling half decent; she'd only managed to have one nightmare through the night and once she curled up closer to Punk, she was able to fall back asleep. Getting into the shower she couldn't help but think about what her life had become over the last month. Everything was going so great until Max showed up and it had been a downward spiral since then. She knew she was pushing Punk away by not telling him how she felt, but it was hard to think about the incident nonetheless to talk about it. Despite everything that had happened, he still made it a point to remind her everyday that he loved her and was never going to leave; those two things kept her going and made her want to get back to being herself.

Getting dressed she couldn't help but to feel excited for the day. She was looking forward to spending the day with Abby and Joey and getting to know them better; it was probably going to be rough at first seeing they were expecting Uncle Punk and she wasn't as cool as him, but she was determined to have fun regardless. Punk walked into the bedroom looking sweaty and tired. Gabby smiled as he kissed her on the cheek heading for the bathroom.

"You're up early, did you sleep okay?"

"Yeah pretty well actually; I planned on sleeping in late, but I'm too excited for today." Punk smiled as he noticed the sweet smile playing on her lips.

"Excited? We'll see if you still feel that way come show time! Anyway I'm going to grab a shower, but there's something for you downstairs." Gabby tilted her head to the side wondering what could be downstairs.

"What did you do?"

"No comment, but you can thank me later." Punk winked as he walked into the bathroom closing the door behind him. A few minutes later Gabby heard the water from the shower and heard Punk singing, which made her laugh. Shaking her head, she threw on a pair of jeans and a cami wanting to see what was waiting for her downstairs.

Gabby grabbed a bowl of cereal and headed for the dining room table where she found the something that she suspected Punk was talking about wrapped in confetti wrapping paper. She set down her bowl of cereal and wandered over to the end of the table seeing a card resting on top with her name on it. Raising an eyebrow, she opened it and read the sweetest words anyone had ever written for her bringing her to smile one of the biggest smiles she had smiled in weeks. Setting the card aside, she unwrapped and gift and couldn't help but laugh looking at the commemorative plaque featuring the article she had written about Mayor Stubbs, the cat mayor from Alaska. Looking at it she still couldn't believe that it had been published, nonetheless there had been a few hits and comments posted on the online version; she suspected the comments came from Punk and Kofi, but she didn't care.

Punk came down the stairs dressed in his camo shorts and a white T-shirt, his hair slicked back so that he was officially in CM Punk mode, and heard Gabby laughing. He smirked figuring she had found her gift and walked into the dining room wrapping his arms around her waist and kissing the top of her head.

"So you found your present…"

"I did; thank you for the permanent reminder that my first story was absolutely ridiculous."

"I thought it was good stuff! I bet when you're writing about world peace that Mayor Stubbs helped create you'll appreciate it more." Gabby laughed again making Punk smile. Even just a sign of the fun, carefree laugh made him feel better; it reminded him that the old Gabby still existed and maybe she'd return in time.

"Don't you have some big media appearances to do?"

"You just had to remind me? I was having a nice moment here; I haven't heard you laugh like that in a while, I didn't realize how much I missed it." Gabby turned to face him and he could see sadness and regret on her face, which made him regret even saying anything.

"I'm sorry about how I've been acting, but I'm really trying…"

"Gabby there's no reason for you to apologize and I know you're trying, just like I'm trying to remain patient with you. Like I always say to you I love you and I'll never leave."

"You really mean that don't you?"

"Every word…" Gabby smiled as she rested her head on his chest and took in his scent. She felt safe with him, she felt home with him. Punk kissed the top of her head again getting a glance at the clock and groaning to himself knowing that he had to go. "I hate to do this, but those media appearances are calling. I told Shay she could drop the kids off around noon and you guys can just take the bus over. Hopefully I'll be done no later then four and then we can all grab dinner together and I'll take them to meet John Cena before the show starts."

"Sounds good to me, just text me if anything changes. I love you, be careful and behave yourself!"

"Me, behave? Are you insinuating something?"

"I know how you can be when you've been doing media for four hours straight, try to be nice to people! They're all just practicing their reporting skills." Punk smiled getting a smile from Gabby in return. Letting out a sigh, he kissed her goodbye and headed out the door.

Shaleine dropped Joey and Abby off right at noon as promised and when the kids found out they were going on Uncle Punk's bus, Gabby was greeted with high shrieks that she didn't know kids were capable of making. Once she got them settled down, all three of them got on the bus and headed to the arena. Despite Gabby's early concern that they wouldn't be excited because she wasn't Uncle Punk, the kids seemed more excited to see her again. After eating peanut butter and jelly sandwiches on the bus, all three of them got off the bus with their special passes in hand. Wandering through the hallways, Gabby was surprised how easy it was to find Punk's locker room, but as soon as they entered both kids were clearly disappointed.

"Gabby I want to meet John Cena! Uncle Punk promised!" Joey whined crossing his arms and sticking out his lip. Gabby wondered if her pouty face was that good and if not she needed lessons!

"Joey, Uncle Punk is going to take you to meet John Cena as soon as he comes back, which will be in a little while. Why don't we color a picture or something?"

"Coloring is stupid, it's for babies!"

"Okay…well then what do you want to do?"

"I want to go explore!" Gabby bit her lip hesitating to respond. Quite honestly she wanted to do the same thing. The past few weeks she'd been traveling with Punk she'd had very little time to explore spending most of her time either on the bus or in his locker room busy at work. Punk had requested they just hang out in the locker room, but neither she nor the kids wanted to do that, so she decided to break the rules.

"Okay here's the deal, we can go explore backstage and hang out, but you have to stay with me. There's a lot of people and this is a big place; the last thing we need is to get in trouble with Uncle Punk for getting in the way or worst me losing one of you. Do we have a deal?" Gabby put her hand on the table and motioned for Joey to put his hand on top of hers.

"Deal!" Joey slapped his hand on top of hers giving her a big smile. They both looked at Abby who also slapped her hand on theirs even though Gabby was pretty sure she had no idea what she was signing up for.

"Deal, but can I get a shirt like Joey's?" Gabby smiled at Abby shaking her head.

"You can have whatever you want, that goes for both of you. Now let's go have some fun and find some superstars!"