A/N: I got a bunch of wonderful reviews so I decided to just upload chapter two today, Enjoy -Elle
Fix You
A.J entered her hotel room, and noticed Daniel's stuff in the corner of the room, he wasn't here yet. She was confused, after she was taken to the doctor Daniel left in a fit of rage over her causing him to lose the match. She sighed softly and sat on the edge of the bed, she wasn't in the mood for dinner or in this case a midnight snack, she just wanted to bury her head in her pillow and scream out all her frustrations. Her birthday had ended two minutes ago, since it was now officially Tuesday.
Knock knock
She got startled as she looked towards the door, she wanted to believe it was Daniel but he was mad, and he had the key to the room, he would of either knocked until his knuckles bled or he would have just kicked the stupid door down. This knock was calm and perhaps timid, she got up slowly and walked towards the door. She looked through the peep hole and saw a flash of blonde hair; Kelly.
She opened the door and smiled at the blonde, "Kelly?"
"A.J," she smiled, "I'm sure Daniel wouldn't mind the girls taking you out to dinner, right?"
A.J didn't know what to respond, Daniel wouldn't be too happy if he got here and she was no where to be found, but she had missed hanging out with the girls and laughing about nonsense so she nodded and told Kelly to wait for a sec. She dashed to the small bedside table and took out a pen and a sticky note pad, she wrote down a message for Daniel, grabbed her phone and key and left with Kelly.
Kelly wasn't dressed up as she normally was she seemed more relaxed at the moment, wearing jeans and a fitted t-shirt, almost like A.J but A.J wasn't wearing heels, she preferred her converse. They walked towards the elevators and got in, in the elevator however was Eve Torres -much to Kelly's dismay- A.J felt the tension in the small 'room' and thought it'd be best to not talk.
"Well, at least you had the decency to come out with clothes today," Eve remarked
Kelly didn't respond, she didn't sneer she didn't even look Eve's way, and that's what pissed the Latina off more than ever, "I'm talking to you."
Kelly however didn't move a muscle, she didn't even look at Eve once, once the elevator dinged they stepped off and left a fuming Eve Torres behind. A.J didn't know if she should start a conversation or perhaps let the obvious 'ticking time bomb' well cool down.
They walked and were soon met by Kaitlyn, Alicia Fox, Layla El, and Natalya. A.J smiled at them and was truly happy to see her former best friend among the bunch. They walked out of the hotel laughing and talking about how one of the superstars had hit on Layla even when she had a boyfriend.
A.J was quiet as they took a cab and arrived at the restaurant they were heading to, it wasn't the fanciest thing ever, but it was still nice. They all went in and got seated, with menus lifted up, A.J began wondering why they had even invited her when she'd done nothing but push them away for the past month or so.
"So A.J," Layla smirked, "someone tells us you have new 'man candy'."
A.J almost chocked on her drink as she looked at them all with wide eyes, "excuse me?"
"Don't worry," Kelly smiled, "you don't have to pretend with us."
"We can read you like a book," Alicia smirked
A.J was wondering if they had seen her and Punk leave the arena together and also arrive at the hotel together. She decided to just play it off like it didn't happen, she didn't need people assuming she was cheating on Daniel, cause she wouldn't: right?
"I don't know what you guys are talking about," A.J replied trying to sound convincing, even though she wasn't even convincing herself .
"We saw you and Punk together," Natalya finally blurted out
The girls all chuckled, "hunk isn't he?"
"I just needed a ride back to the hotel, that's it," A.J replied softly
"If you want to leave Daniel for him, we support you," Layla smiled brightly
The girls all nodded in unison, to them Daniel Bryan was a stuck up prick who quite frankly didn't deserve the love A.J showered him with day in and day out. She deserved someone like Punk, as he was sweet, and he wouldn't dare to treat A.J as Daniel had been doing for quite some time.
"With Wrestlemania coming up we figured you'd want to start fresh," Kelly shrugged
"I'm fine with Daniel," she muttered
"But is he fine with you?" Layla asked taking a sip out of her drink
A.J hadn't given that thought, did he even love her? She always told him she loved him to which he always replied 'me too' or 'thanks'. She never got an 'I love you too', she was hoping he would say it soon, but with the girls' comments and thoughts she figured that it probably wouldn't come so easily.
"Yes," A.J finally decided ignoring her negative thoughts
"We just want what's best for you," Kaitlyn said softly
"He isn't what's best," Alicia told her
The waiter brought their food, and they all smiled, A.J hoped they'd eat and stop talking about Daniel. She knew that the more thoughts infested her head like that, the more she'd want to get rid of Daniel and just run to a man who might not even love her like that at all.
"He is," A.J replied finally deciding she'd convince them all
"How so?" Natalya asked
"Behind that cold and rough exterior is a man who cares about me a man who likes being with me," A.J replied
Kelly shook her head, "where is he now?"
"I don't know," A.J replied
Layla bit her lip softly and looked at Kaitlyn who also decided to stay quiet, they knew something she didn't. A.J looked at all them and she felt her heart beat ten times faster.
"Do you know where he is?" A.J asked softly
Natalya looked at Kelly who was trying her best to not even look at A.J, "Tell her."
"I can't," Kelly whispered, "it's so unfair to her."
"What?" A.J asked looking between them
"She has every right to know," Alicia replied
Layla had finally looked up and she looked at A.J with pity, A.J just needed them to tell her what they knew that she couldn't figure out. She felt the urge to run out and go find him, but where would she look to begin with? She hadn't seem him since Raw and she didn't think she would.
"We'll tell you," Kelly told her, "but not here."
A.J nodded and the girls continued to eat, they didn't dare say another word, they didn't even smile as they had been when the got here. Soon A.J's phone buzzed, she took it off the table and slid her finger on the screen to unlock it.
Where are you? I get here and you didn't even bother to show up? It's pathetic honestly, leaving me a note. You better be here within 30 minutes A.J, I mean it. x Daniel
She sighed softly and looked up at the concerned faces of the girls, "tell me some other time, Daniel is waiting."
A.J left her napkin on the table and dashed off without another word, the girls looked among each other and they felt guilt at the pit of their stomachs. They should have told her, they all knew they should have.
"She had every right to know," Natalya told them
"But how in the world do I tell her the man she's so desperately in love with is cheating on her?"
The girls remained there eating dinner without another word, they all regretted one thing; not telling A.J something that could have possibly saved her from the grief she was about to endure.
Daniel Bryan smirked at the woman who lay next to him, she was a former WWE diva, she was quite stunning and all the more stunning in bed. She was sprawled across his chest, sleeping so calmly. She was truly an upgrade from A.J. -well not in bed, A.J was still a winner in that department. But he knew he would leave that little pip squeak soon, she just had to help him with one task and that was defeat his Wrestlemania opponent, who ever that was and she would be gone from his life after that.
He sighed softly, he felt truly peaceful with this woman here. He checked his phone and his eyes widened at the time, 1:00 a.m he got up and got dressed quickly. He planted a kiss on the small woman's lips before departing, she woke up shortly, knowing this was what she had to endure if she wished to be with this man.
Daniel rushed to his room and slipped the key in and once he entered the lights were off, she was sleeping. He turned them on and found his stuff where he had left them and her stuff was next to the bed. It wasn't unmade, it was just as he left it when he got here. Where was she?
He saw the sticky notes on the table, he knew they were hers cause they had little pink polka dots all over them, he took them in his hand and the first contained a message:
Went out to dinner with Kelly + the girls, don't wait up.
-A.J
Don't wait up? He sneered at the note and threw the stack back on the table, he placed his jacket down and took his phone out. He sent her a message and waited patiently in the small kitchen area, afterwards she came in wearing a guilty look on her face.
"Well," he hissed, "look who showed up."
"I just went out to e-"
"I DON'T CARE," he snapped
She flinched at his sudden anger, and decided not to say another word. She watched as he walked over to the bed and tuned the t.v on, he looked at her and sighed, "come here."
She walked over to him softly and stood by him on the bed, he pulled her onto him and she straddled him. She hoped he wasn't in the mood tonight because tonight was just not good for her. He looked at her with kind eyes, like when they were only friends and she had starting crushing on him.
"You just need to learn, darling," he told her
She nodded, "sorry."
"You are forgiven," he told her
A.J rolled off him and laid down next to him, but as she did she couldn't help but smell something in the air, perfume and it didn't smell like Lavender and Vanilla something that really got to the pit of A.J's stomach as she began to question her boyfriend's loyalty to her. Maybe he wasn't that prince charming she'd been trying to see him as.
She drifted to sleep soon not noticing when he got up and left the hotel room all due to a text message and it was from her.
CM Punk was a man who believed in working out more than sleeping so it was no surprise that he was in the gym that morning super early. He needed to keep his fit figure and not slack off like some people, he ran on the treadmill with his headphones plugged in when he was approached by none other than Daniel Bryan.
He stopped the machine and starred down at the 'man', "need something?"
"Yeah, I heard you gave my girlfriend a ride last night," he hissed, "listen, she's my girlfriend so back off, don't talk to her, don't help her -that's my job."
"If it's your job then you should be doing it," Punk replied calmly
"I do," Daniel replied
"Um, no," Punk chuckled, "you give her crap all the time, you basically treat her like your slave."
"She just loves helping me, is that my prob-"
"Cut the crap, honestly, you act like A.J's a cheater like you," he sneered
Daniel looked at him with wide eyes, "what did you say?"
"I know, everyone knows, your little lover just can't keep her mouth shut," Punk replied
"I'm not cheating on my girlfriend, okay?" Daniel hissed
"Sure," Punk rolled his eyes
"You're lucky I haven't told her, but don't worry I'm sure someone else will do that," he chuckled
"What are you talking about?" he chuckled, "she won't believe a word you say."
"Perhaps, since you have your claws so deep in her, but I'm sure Kelly's pictures would help us out," he winked
Daniel looked around the gym trying to catch sight of Kelly, but nothing. He was truly scared that A.J would leave him for this, she couldn't he needed her for Wrestlemania, and she was his not to mention. She would always be his even after he left her and went on to his new girl.
"Now you should freak out, cause Kelly could be with A.J right now," he smirked
"A.J's sleeping," he said as a matter of fact
"Um, again no, she's at the pool with Kaitlyn," he replied running on the treadmill once more
"How do you know that?" Daniel asked
"She told me this morning when we bumped into each other, you wouldn't know because you didn't wake up in her room now did you?"
Daniel wanted to just wipe the smirk off of Punk's face, how dare he make a mockery out of him. He was Daniel Bryan for crying out loud, the World Heavyweight Champion not some second class superstar. Daniel went over to his stuffed and he packed everything as he slipped his shit back on and left without another word, but Punk however had a few more words.
"Good luck at Wrestlemania man, you're going to need it," Punk chuckled
Daniel left and didn't look back, he hoped off the treadmill and check his phone, and had a new message from what he called his 'princess'.
Wanna get lunch later today? xA.J
He couldn't help but grin and reply: Anything for you, princess.
Come to the pool, a bunch of the superstars are here! xA.J
Okay be there soon
okay :P
He went into the locker room and took a quick shower, afterwards he headed back to the hotel and put his stuff up. He changed into some swim trunks and headed for the pool. On his way he was met with a frantic Daniel Bryan.
"Calm yourself, you act like if you committed a crime " Punk smirked
Daniel only sneered and headed for the elevators, he lied about Kelly she was out shopping here in New York as it was what she did best. He saw A.J and she waved to him, he walked up to her and settled himself on the beach chair next to her. He had to admit she looked pretty hot in her swimsuit it wasn't too revealing but it was just right for her.
"Let's swim," she chuckled
For once he noticed she wasn't so nervous about hanging out with him, maybe it was because Daniel was too busy with other things to worry about what she was doing. And busy he should be, for that gave him more time to 'romance' his little princess. Hey who knows, he could be her next prince charming, well right after they got rid of the awful frog that was Daniel Bryan.
Sorry about mistakes and spelling on the last chapter, I forgot to look over it, as it was done in sort of a hurry. Hope this was better: love ya guys thanks for the helpful reviews! Hope you enjoyed . -Sammy
Lots of love -Elle