Chapter 43: The Anger Thing
AJ slowly opened her eyes and realized she was nestled against her husband's bare chest. She looked up and saw him playing around his phone with his free hand.
"How long have you been awake for?" AJ asked with a yawn.
"About an hour" Punk said to her simply "How's your head?" he asked brushing her hair aside. "There isn't much of a bump"
"Nope and I feel fine" AJ said to him "So what have you been doing for hours while I slept?"
"Well I would have gotten us food but I didn't want to disturb you" Punk said to her "I've actually been looking into where we're going to honeymoon after Wrestelmania"
"Oh goodie" she said with a smile snuggling further against him but peering over to his phone "Any ideas?"
"A few" he said simply as he scrolled through his phone
"Are you going to tell me?" AJ asked him
"Not yet" he said to her then turned his phone off "I have to get to SmackDown early tonight so I can meet with Vince"
"I hope you don't get in to too much trouble" AJ said to him
"Oh please" Punk snorted "What's he going to do suspend me right before Wrestlemania?"
"Maybe" AJ said to him "Or maybe he'll pull you from the match"
"Then I'd have to quit" Punk said to her "I don't think Vince would want that. He might fine me"
"He should fine Orton as well" AJ said to him sitting up "I heard what he said to you"
"I was the one who blew up" Punk pointed out "I just can't wait for this match to be over so I don't have to work with him anymore and more importantly you don't have to work with him either"
"I can't wait to work solo" AJ admitted "Not that I mind working with you but I really want to be known for wrestling not dating half of the male roster"
"I don't blame you" Punk said to her "Just be prepared because once you get that belt and you will- it's going to be endless wrestling and appearances"
"I'm ready, I've been ready" AJ confirmed getting out of the bed and walking over to their bags.
"What are you doing?" Punk asked as she riffled through his bag
"I'm making sure you look nice for your meeting today so you don't get in trouble" AJ said to him
"No AJ" Punk said getting out of the bed "I dress how I dress and I don't kiss ass"
"This is important Phil" she warned him
"Why did you even pack that?" Punk asked watching as she pulled out a nice button down shirt
"I have to iron it first" She frowned "I'll do it while you're in the shower"
"AJ I-" Punk started
"You kicked me in the head last night" She was already using last night as an excuse to get what she wanted "You'll wear this shirt. It's not even that dressy, Randy is going to walk in there in a suit just be happy I didn't pack one"
"Fine" Punk muttered but was not a fan of this. "I don't even have pants to go with this though"
"I packed nice jeans" AJ informed him and he glared at her "Don't ask me to pack for you than" she shrugged
"Why would you pack nice clothes anyway?" Punk asked her
"Because what if for some unknown reason we wanted to go somewhere nice?" AJ mocked folding her arms
"I take you to nice places" Punk scoffed "All of the time as a matter of fact"
"Not on the road" AJ pointed out "But that's not the point the point is that you're wearing this so you can look like a professional"
"Whatever you want" Punk said defeated
Once Punk got to the arena he already hated his outfit. It really wasn't that fancy but it was a lot nicer than anything he had worn to work before.
"Phil come in" Vince said waving him into his office then smirked at Punk "You look good" he said fondly and Punk couldn't control his eye-roll
"Nice outfit" Randy scoffed from his chair that was next to Punk's "Wife dress you?"
"Shut up" Punk hissed
"Boys" Vince warned "Last night can not happen again"
"It's on me" Punk said surprising both men "I messed you last night"
"You sure did" Randy agreed
"Randy" Vince warned "Both of you made mistakes" he pointed out "It's nice that Phil was man enough to admit his" he said glaring towards Orton
"I didn't kick AJ in the head" Randy defended
"No you didn't" Vince agreed "But you didn't help the situation. Obviously working with your spouse things are a little more tense but you and AJ have to be able to separate a little" he said now speaking to Punk
"Whether it was AJ or another diva I would have done the same" Punk said to Vince honestly
"How is AJ?" Vince asked
"She's fine" Punk said to him and Vince nodded
"Good" Vince said "We want to work this angle a bit tonight"
"How?" Punk asked
"Tonight Randy is going to have you arrested" Vince said and Randy grinned
"You're really going to go the domestic abuse route?" Punk asked growing angry "With my real wife? This way everyone thinks it's true?"
"No one thinks you hit your wife" Vince chuckled "It's just a story. I think it'll work"
"Me too" Randy agreed
"Yea I mean it worked ten years ago when you did the same exact thing with Hunter, Stephanie and Kurt" Punk said annoyed "Any other stories you want to redo?"
"It's going to be a tad different" Vince said to him
"I think it's brilliant" Randy said happily
"Good you can go" Vince said to him "Have a good show" Randy walked out the door but Punk stayed behind "Can you do this story?"
"Yea I'm here aren't I?" Punk asked his boss
"You have anger issues Phil" Vince informed him
"If you're really going to sit there and accuse me of being abusive to my wife-" Punk started
"No" Vince said cutting him off "I think the only one who gets a free pass from you is your wife" he smirked "Have you ever considered anger management classes?"
"You're kidding" Punk laughed loudly but Vince didn't even smirk "No I don't need anger management"
"You've been tense" Vince noted "You've been brawling with Orton since his story with AJ started, you're jumping all over John-"
"I had a bad night" Punk shot at him "We all do"
"Was it a bad night in the parking lot when you beat up Amy's friend?" Vince questioned
"That guy assaulted my wife" Punk reminded him "If anything I went too easy on him"
"You would have beaten him to death if you weren't pulled off of him" Vince pointed out
"And if it was Linda you would have just walked away?" Punk questioned
"It's becoming a regular thing with you and do I have to remind you about Ryback…" Vince said to him
"What do you want from me?" Punk asked annoyed "I'm not a push over and I'll continue to defend myself and my family"
"You need to channel it" Vince said shaking his head "Your temper is going to cost you more than your job one day"
"I don't have anger issues" Punk said lightly "I have stupid people issues, I'm surrounded by them"
"I'd like you to go to anger management" Vince said to him seriously
"I don't want to" Punk responded in the same tone
"Phillip" Vince warned
"Are you going to fire me if I don't go?" Punk asked him
"I want to help you" Vince argued lightly "I think this will help you"
"So you're not making me go?" Punk asked and Vince nodded "Great so are we done here?"
"Yea" Vince said quietly and watched as Punk stood up. "You really do look nice like that, you should dress like that more often"
Punk left the arena and walked onto his bus and found AJ watching TV on the couch.
"How did it go?" AJ asked turning off the TV
"Good" Punk said to her "He wants to work this angle a bit but that's it"
"So no fine? No suspension?" AJ asked him
"No but he did imply he wants me to go to anger management" Punk scoffed un-tucking his shirt and plopping on the couch
"How did he imply it?" AJ asked
"He said 'I think you should go to anger management'" Punk said to her
"Because of last night?" AJ asked surprised
"He bought up a few other situations" Punk shrugged "I don't care what he thinks"
"Well maybe you should" AJ said to him calmly
"You think I think need those classes?" Punk asked surprised
"No I don't" AJ said honestly "But if Vince wants you to do it maybe you should" she shrugged "What's the big deal?"
"I barely get any free time as it is, I'm not going to use whatever precious time I have going to pointless classes to pacify a bored millionaire" Punk argued
"I'm not saying you have anger issues" AJ said sitting up straight and across from him "But you do have a tendency to over react"
"Are you referring to Frank?" Punk asked in disbelief
"Last night you beat Orton pretty bad" AJ pointed out "Also I hate to bring up the night you found him with Maria"
"Those were all rational reactions to the situations I was in" Punk argued "I had every right to hit him all of those times and let's be honest the source of my anger is just Randy"
"Is it?" AJ questioned
"I'm not going" Punk said to her in a firm tone
"Ok" AJ said to not bothered by it "Do whatever you want"
"Do you really think I'm angry?" Punk asked her
"No I don't. I think you're a happy man" AJ said to him "But when you get angry- you get very angry" she said to him
"Are you afraid of me?" Punk asked her almost fearfully. AJ looked shocked by the question "Is that why you want me to go?"
"I could never be afraid of you" AJ said standing up and moving across the bus to sit next to him "You make me feel safe" she then kissed his cheek "But you do have a lot of anger and a lot of that could be built up from your childhood- I just want you to be happy"
"I am happy" Punk countered
"Than that's all that matters" AJ assured him
"If you really think I should go I will" Punk said surprising her
"It's up to you" AJ said to him tilting her head and smiling at him "Taking anger management classes is something you'll only be able to do if you truly want to"
"Well that's never going to happen" Punk mumbled
"Just give it some thought it might even make you feel better" AJ suggested "But if you don't, you don't"
"Anger management" Punk scoffed to himself
"Oh off that topic did everyone like the way you dressed?" AJ asked hopefully and he shot her a glare causing her to erupt in a fit of giggles
"Orton knew you dressed me" Punk shot at her and she kept laughing "Vince loved my look though"
"Ok well as fun as it was to dress you up I personally am not a fan" she said reaching for the bottom of his shirt and tugging it over his head, tossing it on the other couch.
"You told me I looked great" Punk frowned
"You did, you could wear garbage bags and still look great though" AJ shrugged as she unbuckled his belt then moved her hand over to his button of his pants. "But my Punk isn't a dressy ass kisser" she said as she lowered the zipper of his pants, brushing her hand against his groin in the process.
"No I'm not" Punk agreed as he watched as come off the couch and drop to her knees and pull off his shoes.
"But I appreciate you wearing this for me" AJ said to him
"I really only did wear this for you" Punk pointed out innocently and she nodded as she tugged his pants down.
"I know baby" she practically cooed as she tugged his boxers down next. "Thank you" she smiled as she moved his hand over his member and began to stroke him. He relaxed in her touch and rested his head against the couch and looked up at the ceiling. "Feel good?" she asked him
"Yea, really good" He mustered out. It wasn't until he felt her hot tongue that his eyes bolted opened and he looked down to see her face buried in-between his thighs. "That's great" he moaned lightly as AJ took him fully into her mouth. He sat up straight and ran his hands through her hair as she bopped her head up and down.
"I love having you like this" AJ admitted pulling away from a moment to lock eyes with his "I feel like I have you at the tip of my fingers"
"You always do" Punk said seriously and she just shot him a quick smile then got back at the task at hand. Her hands moved to his thighs as she moved quicker with her mouth. Punk's hips began to thrust slightly into her mouth but it didn't slow her down she just kept going. "Babe" that was Punk's warning to her, it wasn't going to be long. He watched as she moved one of her hands off of him and placed it underneath her own sweatpants. The sight of her pleasuring herself was enough to cause him to explode but with the added bonus of her consuming him he was really just about to hit his bliss. "Fuck" he muttered "AJ" he rasped out but she was too caught up in him…and herself. As soon as he felt his tip hit the back of her throat he discharged and she took everything he offered. "Jesus" he muttered as AJ finished him off and pulled away.
"Good?" She asked looking up at him innocently as she pulled her hand away from herself and bit the tip of her finger. He didn't even respond to her he just picked her up with ease and rushed her to the back of the bus to return the favor to her…
When Punk headed back into the arena for the start of the show he looked around for Paul fist. Paul didn't usually work SmackDown but he was always backstage. Thankfully he found him in catering chatting along with Curtis.
"Hey" Punk said taking a seat
"Phil" Paul grinned "How's it going?"
"Good" Punk said honestly
"I'm heading out, see you around Punk" Curtis said standing up and walking off, Punk gave him a head nod in return
"How did your meeting go?" Paul asked curiously
"It was fine" Punk shrugged "Can I ask you a question?"
"Of course" Paul said without hesitation
"I'm asking you because I value your opinion so I want you to be honest with me" Punk said to him and Paul nodded "You also know me better than anyone aside from AJ"
"What's on your mind?" Paul asked amused
"Do you think I'm angry?" Punk asked him
"Uh-" Paul was clearly caught off guard by the random question "You're hot headed but I wouldn't call you 'angry'"
"So you don't think I need anger management?" Punk asked
"That's two completely different questions" Paul informed him seriously "I definitely think you could benefit from one or two anger management courses"
"So does Vine and AJ" Punk admitted "I don't think I'm an angry person"
"You're not" Paul agreed "But the way you react to some situations could use some work. Your first though is to hit and one day that's going to get you either locked up or killed"
"I don't just run around hitting people" Punk said shaking his head
"You beat Ryback down because he said something about AJ" Paul pointed out "And yes you have every right to defend your wife but hitting someone isn't the answer. You're the type of a guy who wears his heart on his sleeve" he pointed out to him "And when you love someone you do so completely and that's fine but don't take all that passion when you get angry and beat someone down"
"So you think I should take the classes?" Punk asked getting the point and already annoyed. He was hoping Paul would have laughed this off
"If Vince wants you to do it I would" Paul admitted "If your wife wants you to do it I don't even know why you're asking for my opinion"
"She doesn't want me to do it she thinks I should" Punk said to him
"What could it hurt?" Paul asked him
"My patience" Punk said to him
"I think you're missing the point of these classes" Paul mocked
"This sucks" Punk mumbled
"Just do it, make the boss happy" Paul recommended
"Yea I'll just focus all of my time into making everyone else happy" Punk said to him
"That's the spirit" Paul cheered slapping his arm "So speaking of the little lady how's her head? Nasty kick she took…"
"Yea don't remind me" Punk said to him "But she's good"
"She's tough" Paul admitted with a chuckle
"Yea she's pretty remarkable" Punk agreed with a soft smile
AJ was getting her hair done when she felt someone tap her on her shoulder.
"Hi AJ" Maria said with a nervous smile
"Hello" AJ said politely
"Can we talk for a minute?" she asked AJ
"We're done here" the hair artist told AJ who nodded and stood up
"What's up?" AJ asked her
"About last night I didn't mean to upset Phil" Maria said to her
"First of all you didn't upset him" AJ said to her "You're irrelevant to him and while we're on this topic I'd really appreciate it if you stopped trying to get in contact with him. No more phone calls or texts"
"I'm sorry" Maria choked out and began to sob "I've only been back a day and all the girls hate me, you hate me and my only friendly was Phil and even he hates me. I don't want to be with Phil" she assured AJ who looked very uncomfortable "I just wanted a friend"
"I'm sure Randy is your friend" AJ said to her
"Randy just wants to get laid" Maria said to her "I think you and Phil are great together and I'd never try to mess that up" she cried "I just want- I just need someone to talk to. The road is going to be awfully lonely and I'm not used to this anymore"
"Just stop crying" AJ pleaded
"I'm sorry I won't bother you or Phil again" Maria promised and turned around
"Maria wait" AJ said causing her to stop and look back at her "There's a Starbucks across the street and I really need one of their coffee's, feel like taking a walk?" she offered
"I'd like that" Maria said with a genuine smile
AJ wasn't sure if she was making a mistake but the fewer enemies she had the better for her she thought to herself. Also AJ knew what it was like to be shunned backstage, hell the Diva's were still shunning her over the whole Amy thing, she wouldn't stoop down to their levels.
A half-hour later AJ and Maria walked into catering together chatting casually and sipping on starbucks. Paul nodded towards them causing Punk to turn around and he almost fell over. He stood up and walked over to his wife and when Maria saw him she gave him a faint smile.
"I'm going to leave you two" Maria said to AJ "But just tell them you're a friend of mine" she said to AJ passing her a card
"I will thanks" AJ said happily accepting the card and Maria walked off.
"What was that about?" Punk asked her
"We went for coffee" AJ shrugged
"Why?" Punk asked almost annoyed
"The girls aren't being nice to her" AJ said to him "And she was crying and I felt bad" she shrugged "It was just coffee and she recommended her hair salon" she said holding up the card "I can never get a reservation there but Maria made a call for me"
"How sweet" Punk remarked
"I'm trying here" AJ said to him "But if me being friendly with her bothers you I won't be"
"No by all means" Punk said with a chuckle "I'm just surprised"
"I don't need anymore enemies back here" AJ said to him "Especially someone you used to date"
"I think hanging out with her was very big of you and sweet" Punk said proudly "You're a good person"
"No I'm just the bigger person" AJ said to him "Besides keep your friends close and your enemies closer" she said with a wicked grin
"That's my girl" Punk said proudly kissing her lips "Speaking of being the bigger person I think I'm going to try one of those classes"
"Really?" AJ asked with a smile "Now I'm proud of you" she said to him "I'll have to reward you after the show"
"Another reward?" Punk asked with a cheeky grin
"You think that was a reward?" AJ asked seriously "That was just a warm up" she said flaring his arousal further. He watched as she happily skipped off.
"If that's not enough incentive to do these classes than I don't what is" Paul said seriously coming up next Punk. Punk just turned and laughed at Paul.