Chapter 15: Thanksgiving
It was officially Thanksgiving and April was thankful for the fact that she was finally cleared to return to work after a bad concussion but she was most thankful for Punk. He had taken such good care of her while she was recuperating from her concussion and now he was spending Thanksgiving with her. The fact that he ditched his own holiday traditions to be with her made her heart swell. He showed up the previous day and today he was at the diner cooking with Hector in the kitchen.
"So how's the head?" Langston asked. He also came and helped hand out hot meals.
"Back to normal" April said to him quietly. She was still bothered by the fact that Jason stole from her. She tried to call him but he never answered.
"So what's got you so down?" Langston "I thought Punk being here would have you floating around"
"I love that he's here- I love him" April told him bluntly
"So what's the deal kid?" Langston asked her
"It's Jason" April admitted
"What about him?" Langston asked
"I think he stole my necklace" April confided in a low voice so Punk wouldn't hear her
"The one from your grandmother?" Langston asked. He knew how much that meant to her and she used to wear it all of the time.
"Yea" April said to him "I can't prove it but the night I got my concussion he stayed at my place and when I woke up the next morning I noticed someone had been in my jewelry box and he was gone"
"That's messed up" Langston said seriously "You want me to talk to him?"
"No" April said to him "I want to talk to him"
"Did you tell Punk?" Langston asked her
"No because he's going to throw it in my face that he was right about Jason all along" April said to him
"I don't think he's going to do that" Langston said "The only face that should be worried is Jason's"
"I still don't know if it was him" April reminded him "I could have misplaced it. I've been looking everywhere for it"
"No that sounds like Jason" Langston said to him "If I see him I'll bring it up"
"Please don't bring it up to him" April pleaded
"Don't you want it back?" Langston asked her
"Of course" April said to him "My grandmother was the only one in my family who believed in me and that was the last thing she ever gave me"
"I know that" Langston said to her "I'm sorry kid that sucks"
"Well he's not getting another dime from me until I get some answers" April said to him
"He doesn't need money right now he's still living off of your necklace" Langston said to her
"You think he sold it?" April asked
"Yea" Langston laughed bitterly "He left you basically for dead in your place and stole from you" he said to her "You're going to have to grow up a little here April and realize this guy can't be helped"
"I get it ok" April agreed then stormed away. Langston just shook his head as she stormed off
"What's wrong with her?" Punk asked walking over to Langston "Did you find out?" Punk had given Langston the task of uncovering what was eating at April a few days prior.
"Yea" Langston said to him slowly as he put more food out and Punk followed
"Well tell me" Punk insisted
"I feel like I'm betraying her" Langston sighed
"Is it about me?" Punk asked
"No" Langston assured him
"So it doesn't matter if I know" Punk reasoned "Did she tell you not to tell me?"
"No actually she didn't" Langston said thinking about "Alright but don't say anything"
"Stop being such a girl about it" Punk hissed "What happened?"
"April has this necklace her grandmother gave her" Langston started off
"She got it for her 15th birthday right?" Punk asked and Langston nodded "She told me the story before so what happened she lost it or something?"
"Or something" Langston mumbled "Jason stole it"
"What?" Punk yelled out with wide eyes
"Well she thinks he did. She noticed it was gone the night he stayed with her" Langston informed him
"Why won't she tell me?" Punk asked him annoyed
"She thinks you'll throw it in her face" Langston said to him
"I wouldn't do that" Punk said to him and Langston eyed him "Well maybe a little but only after I got it back for her"
"It's probably long gone" Langston said to him "He probably sold it off that morning who knows where it could be?"
"Jason probably knows" Punk said to him
"I plan on having a conversation with him" Langston told him "I know where he hangs around"
"If you find out let me know" Punk demanded and Langston nodded
"Having fun?" April asked him
"Yea" Punk said putting on a smile "You?"
"Being here with my two guys" April smiled at her boyfriend and friend "It's the best thanksgiving I could have asked for"
"Well I can't stay for too much longer or Christy will have me stuffed and served for dinner" Langston said to her
"Thanks for showing up and helping" April said to him
"Anything for you kid" Langston said kissing the top of her head "Punk I heard we might be working together Monday"
"I heard all about it, looking forward to it" Punk said shaking his hand
"I'm going to go say goodbye to Hector" Langston said then walked away
"When do we eat?" Punk asked her
"In another hour" April smirked "Getting hungry?"
"Starving" Punk groaned childishly "Aren't you?"
"Yes I'm hungry" April smiled "But not for food" she teased looking up at him
"You just got the ok' from doc" Punk reminded her
"Yes I'm ok now" April said to him "So take your pants off already" she huffed annoyed
"Here?" Punk asked innocently "If you want-" he started
"Stop" April laughed grabbing his hand "I want to be with you" she said looking up at him sweetly
"I told you we have all the time in the world" Punk said leaning down and kissing her lips
"Hey none of that" Hector scolded from the kitchen "Work now and play later"
"Yea, yea" April sighed pulling away from Punk and walking over to the window
"Oh honey let Punk carry that you're still bad with walking and holding things" Hector sighed
"I'm not that bad" April pouted
"You're bad" Hector told her bluntly "Right Punk?"
"I always enjoyed your service" Punk winked at her before grabbing the food
"He's only saying that because he loves you" Hector said to her "He knows you sucked at this"
"You are so mean" April scolded
"I am not I'm honest and thankfully you found a job where you get paid to fall" Hector teased
"Ha-ha" April mocked
After a huge meal Punk and April went back to her place.
"I am so stuffed" Punk admitted collapsing on her couch
"Yea Hector knows how to cook" April agreed "So it's pretty late" she noted look at the time
"Yea" Punk agreed "I'm going to shower do you mind?" he asked
"No go right ahead" April said and watched as he stood up and walked into the bathroom.
An idea popped into her head and she smiled to herself slightly. She was going to make it impossible for Punk to turn her down. She walked by the bathroom and heard the shower go on and as soon as she did she ran into her room and stripped her clothes off. She did not feel funny being naked in front of Punk anymore he's already seen her but she still hadn't seen him but that was about to change. She every so slowly opened the bathroom door and crept inside. She opened the shower day causing him to jerk his head around to look over at her.
"It's occupied" Punk smirked as he moved the bar of soap over his arms. April just stepped inside the hot shower and closed the door behind her. She wrapped her arms around his waist and nestled her head in-between his shoulder blades. She left a kiss there and he finally turned around to look at her. April was slightly taken aback to see him fully nude in front of her. She didn't want to be rude and stare down there but she couldn't help it. "See something you like it?" he teased causing her to look up
"I wouldn't know" April said simply looking at his large shaft then moved her eyes up to meet his.
"Come here" he said cupping her face and leaning down and kissing her. April wasted no time pressing her body against his and pushing him into the bathroom wall.
"What do you like?" April asked pulling away and looking at him. He grabbed her hand and kissed it gently. "Show me" she insisted.
"Are you sure?" he asked her and she nodded slowly he lowered her hand so it was in-between his legs. He wrapped her hand around his shaft and began to help her move it gently up and down
"Like this?" she asked taking control and he just nodded enjoying the feeling of her tiny little hands pleasuring him.
"Just like that" Punk encouraged "You can go faster" he said closing his eyes and resting his head against the wall of the shower. When he opened his eyes back up she was nowhere in sight, he looked down and saw she was on her knees "Oh April you don't-"
"Let me try" April said sweetly looking up at him "Please?" How could he say no to that face?
"Don't get ahead of yourself" Punk insisted and she nodded "If it's too much just stop"
"I'll be ok" April winked and kissed the tip of him. The minute her soft lips touched him there he nearly exploded. There was just something about being with April that drove him mad. He looked down at watched as she pulled her hair to the side and leaned to take him into her mouth slightly. He hissed lightly but kept his eyes on her the entire time. He couldn't help but notice how hard she was trying to concentrate.
"Just follow your instincts" Punk encouraged. She nodded slightly and took him deeper into her hot mouth. "Fuck" he muttered looking up at the ceiling; he was now concentrating himself- concentrating on not blowing in his girlfriends' small mouth. He felt her pace increase and then felt her hands move to his butt so to pull him in further. "April" he moaned running his hands through her soaking hair. His toes curled when he felt himself hit the back of her throat as she swallowed him completely. He looked down again and removed his hands from her hair and pulled her up to her feet.
"Why did you stop me?" April frowned "Was it not good?"
"It was good" Punk assured her "So, so, so good" he promised "But I didn't want to…you know" he said running his thumb over her lips
"I wanted to try" April said to him "Let me just-"
"No" Punk said to her "As much as it pains me to say it no" he said shaking his head.
"You were close" she reminded him pushing against his erection. "You don't want me to finish?"
"Yes I do" Punk said to her in an almost deadly voice "Because if you don't I might just die- just not that way" she knew he needed his release so she reached her hand over and began to stroke him and watched as he nodded in pleasure. "Just like that baby" he said to her. She leaned in and kissed his colorful chest as she continued to touch him. "I'm right there" Punk informed her "I'll finish-"
"No" April said firmly and didn't stop until he had finally cumed. Most of it hit the shower floor some of it landed on her hand. "How was that?" she asked curiously and watched as he smiled slowly at her
"Very good" Punk promised "Are you ok?"
"I liked it" April told him seductively
"You're going to like this" Punk said turning their positions so she was pinned against the wall. Within a second he was all over her, kissing her neck and stopped at her breast and began to suck at her hardening peck.
"Oh god" April moaned out
"You haven't seen anything yet" Punk smirked as he kissed down her stomach until he was on his knees
"What are you-" April started but didn't finish the question because she felt him kiss her in her most sensitive area. The water was hot but Punk's tongue was hotter, she thought she was going to melt when she felt him lick her there.
"Can I?" Punk asked looking up at her. He would never do something like this without her permission.
"Please" she pleaded lustfully. He moved his finger into her core first and she hitched a breath. He then removed the finger completely and used his fingers to spread her lips.
"Hold onto me" Punk instructed as he licked his lips. April looked down unsure of why he requested but as soon as his tongue fully connected with her she almost lost her balance. She grabbed onto his hair as his face worked on her lower area.
"Oh my god" April cried out, she had never in her life felt anything like this. Punk was right the physical aspect of their relationship had only gotten better and better and they still hadn't actually had sex yet. She wanted to give him more so she moved her right leg over his shoulder and he moved his angle as he continued to work his magic. Her cries were loud, so loud that she was actually afraid her neighbors would hear. Once she hit her climax she felt drained. He was right when he said this would take a lot out of her.
"How was that?" he was now asking her the same question she asked him. She just smiled at him and pulled him into a bruising kiss, she didn't care that she could taste herself on his lips; she just wanted him to know how thankful she was to him.
"We're almost there" Punk promised pulling away from the kiss but not from her, he wanted his lips to always be so close that when he spoke they would brush over hers "Can you wait for me?" he asked her
"I'd wait forever" April told him honestly "My knees are still shaking" She admitted to him and he just smiled
"Just hold onto me" Punk instructed with a grin
The next day Punk crept out of the bed careful not to wake his beautiful girlfriend. After their steamy shower session she curled against him and slept on his chest most of the night. He had searched local pawnshops to find April's necklace. He knew Langston probably wouldn't be able to find Jason and he really didn't need Langston to tell him what he already knew.
Punk had only seen the necklace a couple of times but he knew it was a diamond lightening bolt on a white gold chain. He only noticed it because it was so expensive looking and when April told him the story about her grandmother gave it to her and told her that April was going to 'strike like lightening' once she made it big. When she had arrived in Tampa she didn't even know her grandmother passed away. Her family didn't even tell her about, she had heard from an old friend who offered their condolences. She couldn't afford to fly back to Jersey for the funeral and her parents refused to pay for her to come. It was just another way to teach her a lesson and the story made Punk sick to his stomach especially when he found out how well off her family was.
It was the third pawnshop he went to but he finally found it or at least he hoped did.
"Is this it?" the man behind the counter asked him
"Yea" Punk said to him as he examined it "How long have you had it here?"
"A few weeks" the guy shrugged
"Do you know the guy who bought it in?" Punk asked
"Are you a cop?" the man questioned
"Do I look like a cop?" Punk mocked
"Alright" the man said to him "I don't his name but he used to run a gym here a few blocks over"
"This definitely it" Punk said putting the necklace down "How much?"
"$900" the man said to him
"What?" Punk asked alarmed "This necklace isn't worth $900"
"I make the prices here" the man said to him "How bad do you want this necklace?"
"Nice" Punk remarked "Fine" he then reached into his pocket and pulled out his wallet "Just so you know that necklace is probably only worth $300" Punk said to him as he passed him his credit card
"Cash only" the man shrugged simply and Punk let out a bitter laugh
"Fine" Punk spat. Punk usually always carried cash on him but he made sure to pick up more incase he found the necklace. He pulled out some hundred dollar bills and passed it to the man
"It's been a pleasure doing business with you" the man grinned as he counted the cash
"Did this guy bring in anything else?" Punk asked him but he seemed hesitant to speak "You just got me for an extra 600 bucks start talking" Punk warned
"He had a bunch of crap. He had a few pairs of earrings, a bracelet, a couple of DVDs" the man said to him "And he only got $200 for the necklace and fifty for the rest"
"And I just paid nine" Punk said bitterly
"But he comes often" The man said to him "Poor guy is really down on his luck"
"Yea poor guy" Punk mocked
"So what happened he took that from you or something?" the man asked
"He stole it from my girlfriend" Punk said to him
"He said it was his sisters" the man said to him "I don't sell stolen goods"
"Really? Because you're selling this" Punk said holding up the necklace
"Didn't know" the man said simply "But you got it back"
"And ripped off" Punk shot at him "Thanks a lot" he said walking towards the door
"Have a good day!" the man shouted