Chapter 67 I won't let it bother me

Punk;

I could hardly believe it that it had been almost two months since I got together with Jamie, we still hadn't done anything much but I didn't care, just being with her made it worth it. It was public knowledge that I had a girlfriend, Shawn knew and he hated it but he wasn't putting any obsticles in my way, thank God. Or maybe I should be thanking Batman. Of course people had bad things to say about Jamie and me, I didn't let it bother me, there was always going to some bastard out there that didn't like it. It didn't bother me really, ok it did a little but not enough to get to me.

Jamie was having lunch with the girls today so I was all on my lonesome, I was meant to be training but for some reason that just wasn't going to plan. I went to get something to eat and relax in the locker room, sometimes they played cards in order to come down from sweating their asses off. I stopped when I heard voices,

"I still don't think its wrong"

"It is wrong! She's a child!"

"She isn't a child, last I heard she's above twenty-one"

"I agree with you, she's too young for him, its like he's a filthy old man"

Laughter rung in my ears, so they were talking about me and Jamie again, unless Vince was suddenly dating a twenty year old, that would be weird. I wasn't going to let it bother me, things were going to be said so I had to get used it.

"You're just jealous that Punk got to her first" One of them laughed,

"Whatever!"

"You are! Hot little Jamie only has eyes for Punk and you're all pissed off about it!"

"Ok maybe a little" Another laugh "But even if she liked me, I wouldn't go after her, it's like he's a pedophile"

That got me. I wasn't a pedophile, was I? I didn't want it to bother me, but that one word was starting to niggle its way into my veins. I'm not a pedophile but maybe what I was doing was wrong, I mean Jamie was above age by law but mentally she wasn't, her body was twenty-one but her mind was that of a child, maybe I was a pedo? No, I wasn't, what I was doing wasn't wrong and they could go to hell. I banged the door open and they all shut their mouths, they exchanged glances at each other. I sat down at the table and pulled my food in front of me. "So what were you guys talkin about?"

They exchanged glances again, not one of them had enough guts to say it to my face. They all started talking at once, leaving me alone to my thoughts.

"Hey Punk, how you be?" Randy asked coming in, Randy was in a more sociable mood these days, apparently he was doing well with Batman, it wasn't so weird calling her that now, she was Batman.

"Good and yourself?"

The dicks in the locker room who were nameless no-bodies quickly left when Randy came in, sure he was nicer to me but that was only for Raven/Jamie related purposes, to anyone else, well he was worse.

"Can't complain" Randy shrugged,

"Can I ask you something?"

"Sure"

"Do you feel weird about going out with Raven?" Randy and his girlfriend were a good fourteen years apart, me and Jamie were only eleven years apart but you still get the point.

"Nope. I like her and she likes me, thats the important thing"

I didn't say anything, sure it sounded easy enough, but the truth was I was still stuck on that one word, all their other crap I could take but that one word, well it wasn't something anyone wanted to be branded. Ever.

"Someone say something?"

"Nothin I can't handle," I got up when I heard Jamie's loud voice yelling for me. "I'll see you later Randy"

"Bye"

I know I said I wasn't going to let it bother me and I would really try to stick with that but the truth was, that one word had gotten under my skin in the worst of ways.

A/N Should Punk let that one word bother him?