Chapter 37: Tell All
AJ woke up next the morning and realized she was still on the couch lying on top of her completely naked husband. There was a heavy throw blanket keeping the two warm and when she looked over at the time and saw it was already nine in the morning. She looked down at Punk and kissed his lips sweetly to wake him up.
"Good morning" Punk smiled before opening his eyes
"Morning" she yawned crawling off of him and taking the blanket with her.
"Hey I'm cold here" Punk frowned
"So am I" she said wrapping the blanket around herself. "I'm going to go take a shower and after that can we go to the DMV and change the name on my license?"
"Yea" Punk said sitting up running his hands over his face in an attempt to wake himself up. He heard AJ's soft feet race up the stairs and he stood up and looked around for his clothes. He found his boxers and slipped them on. Punk froze when he saw his front door open and groaned in annoyance when Colt walked in.
"Hey" Colt said casually "Aren't you cold?" he asked referring to the fact that Punk was only wearing boxers
"You know you could knock first" Punk said to him
"But I have a key why would I knock?" Colt asked him
"Because if you came in five minutes earlier you would have had a full frontal view of my wife" Punk said slipping on his shorts and reach for his t-shirts
"So I'll ask again why would I knock?" Colt asked seriously. Punk just shot him a glare and Colt smirked. "I'll knock ok, I forget you're not living here alone anymore sometimes"
"What are you doing here so early anyway?" Punk asked him
"I came to see how you were doing" Colt admitted
"Oh so you heard?" Punk asked and Colt nodded "AJ is taking it a lot better then I am. It's like it doesn't even faze her"
"Really?" Colt asked surprised "I'd be so upset if I was her"
"She was upset but now she finally has a face to her attacker so I think she's at peace. And she kneed him in the balls which was fantastic" Punk chuckled
"Wait I think we're talking about two different things" Colt said unsurely "I'm talking about the interview Amy gave"
"What interview?" Punk asked narrowing his eyes
"What were you talking about?" Colt asked
"AJ's landlord confessed to attacking her that night" Punk said to him "He came by here yesterday thinking I was out of town"
"Where did you bury his body?" Colt asked seriously
"I hit him but didn't kill him" Punk said to him "I wanted to but AJ was here and I didn't want to upset her anymore. Now what interview are you talking about?"
"Amy gave an interview to some website last night and it wasn't very flattering" Colt said to him "I mean she makes you look bad but she makes AJ look horrible"
"What did she say exactly?" Punk questioned in a low and boarder line scary voice
"I'd rather not repeat it but you should read it yourself" Colt said to him
"James is supposed to be confessing to the police how Amy and Frank played a part in AJ's assault" Punk said to him "She knows her time is running out"
"Well she made sure to punish you one more time" Colt said to him "A lot of is about you being a liar and cheater but she paints AJ as this Lita wannabe. The fans are going to rip AJ apart they already are."
"Shit" Punk mumbled
"I'm here to offer you my podcast" Colt informed him
"What?" Punk asked
"I know you're super private and don't like to discuss anything but I think for AJ's sake you're going to have to open up a little bit" Colt said to him seriously "You usually ignore it or make some sort of weird Twitter comment but you really need to stand up for your woman here"
"I'm going to read the interview first" Punk said to him
"She calls her a whore" Colt said to him "And I don't mean indirectly that's an exact quote. She talks about how AJ has been sleeping her way through the company"
"No one is going to believe a bitter ex" Punk scoffed
"Are you shitting me?" Colt asked with a laugh "People have thought that since you two went public. I mean it is odd-"
"Don't you dare" Punk warned pointing at him
"You know I don't think that" Colt said with a sigh "I love AJ I think she's great for you and I know how much she loves you. But I know all of this because I'm your friends and I've known about you two"
"I'm not going to give people a glimpse into my personal life because Amy is running her crazy mouth off" Punk huffed
"For AJ you should" Colt said to him
"I don't want to draw my attention to this story" Punk argued
"There's already attention on it" Colt argued back "But handle it the way you want" he said defeated "If you change your mind and want to speak like I said my podcast is a safe place for you"
"Thanks" Punk said to him "AJ's going to be devastated"
"Yep her childhood hero is trying to destroy her" Colt said to him "It's got to sting and you know Amy has quit the fan following they're going to turn on AJ and she's supposed to be a babyface-"
"She's also supposed to be getting a huge push" Punk noted
"Yea I could only imagine the heat WWE would get by putting the title on AJ right now" Colt said to him
"This is what we were always afraid of" Punk admitted to Colt "I don't care about my reputation but AJ is too new and honestly she's strong and puts on a strong front but she's sensitive"
"And the fans are going to be anything but sensitive with her" Colt said to him
"I'll fix it" Punk said to him
"Well read the interview and decide" Colt said to him "If you need my help just call me"
"Yea thanks" Punk mumbled "I hate to have to tell her this- how about you wait for her to get out of the shower and you tell her so I'm not the one to crush her" he suggested hopefully
"I don't want to hurt her!" Colt shouted "What if she like started to cry?"
"Then I'd swoop in and save the day" Punk said to him seriously "It's a great idea"
"How about you tell her and make her cry and I'll swoop in" Colt suggested
"Why would you swoop in? You're not married to her" Punk pointed out
"Maybe someday I will be if I swoop in now and cheer her up" Colt informed him smugly
"Just stop being a chicken and tell her" Punk said to him annoyed
"You're her husband" Colt said to him
"All the more reason I shouldn't! We haven't even been married to a week and I don't want to upset her" Punk said to him
"She'd probably take the news better from you" Colt argued
"Stop your bickering" AJ said walking down the steps "I've already read the article"
"Idiot" Punk muttered to Colt
"Well you're a jerk" Colt whispered back
"Children" AJ warned she then looked towards Punk "Have you read the article yet?"
"No" Punk said to her
"Ok well you're going to read it" AJ informed him "Then you're going to respond to it on your friends podcast because there is no way in hell I'm going to let that tart tarnish my reputation" she warned
"I really-" Punk started
"It's not a debate" AJ said to him "You're my husband and people are going to think I'm some whore and I'm not ok with that"
"Ok" Punk said giving in immediately
"Thank you" AJ said to him "Now I'm really going to shower now" she then headed back up the steps
"You are so whipped" Colt laughed "You should have seen your face!" he said still laughing
"You didn't see her knee James in the balls yesterday" Punk said seriously "I'm not messing with her"
"Alright" he laughed "So when do you want to do this?"
"Later" Punk told him "I'm taking AJ to get her name changed as soon as she's ready"
"Ah she's officially becoming Mrs. Brooks" Colt grinned
"She's already Mrs. Brooks we're just putting it on her license" Punk shot back
"I'm surprised you're not making her tattoo it across her forehead" Colt smirked
"That would be hot" Punk agreed "I don't think she'd go for that though"
"Probably not" Colt agreed
"So on a scale of 1 to 10 how pissed off am I going to be after I read this interview?" Punk asked
"Oh are you going to read it now?" Colt asked and Punk nodded. Colt just turned around and walked out the front door. Punk reached down to grab his phone that already had a ton of missed calls and notifications from Twitter. "Here we go" he muttered
"Stop" AJ warned her husband as they shopped in the market
"I'm not doing anything" Punk defended
"You're in a bad mood and taking it on everyone" AJ said to him "Even me! And I'm the victim here"
"I'm sorry I don't mean to snap at you" Punk told her honestly
"I know you're upset about what she said" AJ said to him "And I know you're more upset about what she said about me then what she said about you-"
"I don't care what she says about me" Punk said to her "But attacking you the way she did? Out of line and uncalled for"
"I mean we weren't angels" AJ reminded him "But we weren't what she said we were. She makes it sound like-"
"I don't care what she said about us getting together either" Punk said to her
"You're upset about what she said about John" AJ noted
"How dare she say that you slept with Cena" Punk said bitterly
"She knew it would get me in hot water at work and knew how much it would piss you off" AJ said to him "I can't wait to be jumped by Nikki"
"I'm not going to let her touch you" Punk said to her "I mean the John thing-"
"I didn't sleep with him" she said to Punk
"I didn't ask if you did" Punk said to her
"I know you didn't but I know you always thought we did which is probably where Amy got the idea from" AJ said to him "We did have a bit of falling out during my story with John and he was going through his divorce at the time"
"We didn't really fall out" Punk said to her "We just-"
"You thought I was with John" AJ said to him "You were jealous"
"Jealous?" Punk laughed "Of John Cena?"
"You saw us having dinner one night at a hotel after a show and the next day you were so cold to me" AJ reminded him "You didn't even bother to ask what was going on between us you just assumed"
"I didn't think you were sleeping with him" Punk said honestly "I did feel like you were replacing me with him. I was always your go to guy and then the minute we stop working together he pulled you into his own story. He became the guy you went to"
"He was never my guy" AJ said to him "He was nice to me and he gave me some tips but you were always my go to guy. You were when I first started in the company and you still are now"
"I am going to set the record straight" Punk assured her
"I know" AJ smiled "I didn't mean to force you into doing it I know you don't like to talk about me"
"I would talk about you until I lost my voice" Punk said to her honestly "I'm not ashamed of you or us for that matter I just don't like broadcasting my feelings because then people will use it against me, use it to get under my skin. But seeing as how Amy is already doing that she hasn't left with me much of a choice."
"So what are you going to say about me?" AJ teased with a grin
"I'm going to tell the world how you use me for my hot body" Punk started "Then I'm going to tell them how you forced me into marrying you"
"So just the basic stuff huh?" AJ giggled
"Pretty much" Punk shrugged "Don't worry about it" he said wrapping his arm around her shoulders and kissing her cheek
"Should we maybe speak to Vince first-" AJ started
"No" Punk said quickly "I don't need Vince's input. This is my problem and I'll take care of it"
"Our problem" AJ corrected
"Right so I'll still take care of it" Punk said to her "That's my job"
"It's your job to fix everything?" she questioned
"For you?" Punk smirked "Yea that's my job now too."
"You've always taken care of me" AJ noted sweetly "Even when we were just friends"
"We were never just friends" Punk reminded her "Now let's finish shopping before someone says the wrong thing to me and I end up in jail next to James." He then gave it some thought "You know what I don't think I'd mind that"
"So you can beat him up some more?" AJ asked
"I barely hit him" Punk defended "I could do worse- I want to do worse"
"It wouldn't be a fair fight and you're better then that" AJ said to him
"You make me better" Punk said to her causing her to smile
Punk was in his living room watching Colt set up his computer for the podcast.
"Now are you really sure about this?" Colt asked him
"Jeebus Colt why did you even bother to offer?" Punk questioned
"I just want to make sure you don't regret this later" Colt said to him
"AJ's right I can't let people think that way about her. I mean they probably will anyway but I need everyone to know I'm on her side in all of this." Punk told him
"Alright" Colt said to him "And AJ doesn't want to talk herself?"
"No this is my fight with Amy" Punk said to him "And hopefully after this it ends due to her being in prison"
"Any word on that by the way?" Colt asked him as he set up the microphones
"Not yet. I know Amy was taken in for questioning but that's it" Punk said to him
"Alright we're all set" Colt said to him "You ready?"
"Yea" Punk said confidently
After doing a short introduction and announcing Punk as his special guest they began the interview.
"So you were recently married" Colt noted
"I was" Punk said to him
"You married the beautiful AJ Lee" Colt said to him "You are a very lucky man"
"So she tells me" Punk laughed "No seriously I am. She's an amazing woman and the fact that she agreed to put up with me for the rest of my life just goes to show how great she is"
"I agree" Colt laughed "Obviously not everyone agrees. So let's address the elephant in the room. Your ex-girlfriend Amy Dumas gave an interview about you and your wife"
"Yea I skimmed that article" Punk remarked coldly
"She said you and AJ were together for not months but years- and that you had cheated on all of your girlfriends with AJ" Colt said to him "Is that true or false?"
"Is this going to be a true or false game?" Punk asked
"Yes" Colt said with a chuckle
"Well it's partially true" Punk said to him "I was with AJ and unfaithful to my girlfriend but it was just Amy. I was in other relationships in-between but I never cheated on them. I'm not a saint obviously"
"Is it true or false that AJ is with you for a push? Amy noted that she was also with John Cena" Colt questioned
"AJ doesn't need to be with anyone to get recognized. I know that, she knows that, everyone she works with knows that and more importantly Amy knows that. She wasn't with John Cena or any other talent backstage. AJ and I go very far back and being together while I was with Amy wasn't right and I came to clean to Amy and we discussed it and tried to move past it but I was in love with AJ and Amy knew that. She was the one that told me to leave and be with her"
"So this didn't come as a shock to Amy? She was well aware?" Colt asked
"I think everyone knew" Punk smirked into the microphone
"I didn't" Colt chimed in
"Everyone but you knew" Punk agreed
"I am your best friend" Colt pointed out with a nervous laugh "Didn't tell me"
"Did not even mention it to you" Punk confirmed
"I'm over it" Colt said to him
"Are you sure? You still sound bitter" Punk noted
"Over it" Colt promised "So let's talk about what Amy left out of the interview"
"She failed to mention how I have a restraining order against her" Punk said to him "I don't think anyone knew that."
"And why is that?" Colt asked
"She did some pretty terrible things to my wife which I won't be discussing" Punk said to him quickly "But she was also showing up backstage at shows and at my home."
"Yea I think she left that part out" Colt said to him
"Oh yea because if she said that people wouldn't see her as the victim" Punk said to him "What I did was wrong and I do feel bad about how this came about but I don't regret it either" Punk said to Colt "I love my wife and I wouldn't change a thing. She's hands down the most loyal, protective and strongest women I have ever met in my life. And as far as it goes work wise I think everyone can agree with the fact that AJ is the most amazing female wrestlers in a long time she can work a microphone and she can hold her own in the ring. And hopefully pretty soon you'll be seeing more of that."
"So you want to see AJ in the ring? Not working with you at ringside?" Colt asked
"No I want AJ to wrestle because once she starts doing it again people are going to see how truly talented she is" Punk said to him "There is no other female or male for that matter who works as hard as she does, trains as hard as she does- she wants to lace up her chucks and get into that ring every night"
"I think we're all ready to see that" Colt said to him "Anything else you want to add before I cut you off and move on to more important things?"
"Yea. Consider the source before you start jumping all over someone and don't ask about my wife again because I've said all I'm going to say"
"Always charming and friendly" Colt remarked sarcastically
"I try" Punk grinned.
"Alright it's off" Colt said to him turning off the recording "See that wasn't so bad was it?"
"No-" Punk stopped when he saw AJ walk towards him "Did you hear it? How-" he didn't get to finish because AJ grabbed him his face and pulled him into a kiss.
"I guess she approved" Colt laughed then frowned when he then continued kiss right in front of him. "I'm still here you know" Colt pointed out but both were too wrapped up in each other.
"That was so sweet" AJ said pulling away from him briefly then pulling him back into the kiss
"It was my idea" Colt pointed out "You can thank me too" He suggested but they continued to ignore him
"You can see yourself out right?" Punk asked pulling away from AJ
"What?" Colt asked "You promised me pizza" he watched as AJ jumped into Punk's arms and wrapped her legs around his waist and he walked her over to the stairs "Are you two really going to do it with me in the house?" he just watched as Punk disappeared up the stairs with AJ. "They are so sickening" he mumbled to himself then looked at his equipment and decided to just leave it and come back for it later and rushed out of the house.