Chapter 32: Best Part Of You
"So did anyone say anything to you?" April asked Punk as she watched him stretch and get ready for his match.
"Nope" Punk said to her "And I wouldn't care if they did" Punk was right, after his run in with the two fans the other day word on their engagement spread like wild fire.
"I'm so bored" She sighed sitting on his leather couch
"Most girls don't get to work every show" Punk pointed out
"But I used to more than once a night as a matter of fact" April reminded him
"I know and that'll change soon" Punk promised
"Whatever" April muttered and Punk just smirked "So have you seen Jericho tonight?"
"Yea in a production meeting" Punk said to her "He kept smirking me at me. I just wanted to get up and slap his fucking grin off his stupid face. He hasn't approached you tonight, right?"
"Nope" April said to him as she watched Punk intently
"Why are you looking at me like that?" Punk asked with a smirk
"I was just thinking I could have helped you warm up" April said to him and Punk's eyes widened
"I have some time" Punk said happily standing up
"No you don't" April smirked as Punk took a seat next to her on the couch
"I've got at least twenty minutes" Punk said to her "Just don't claw at my hair because I jelled it"
"That's my favorite part" April pouted
"Ok fine I'll take the bad hair day for it" Punk said simply
"No way" April said shaking her head
"Oh yes way" Punk said smiling and nodding
"No" she laughed as Punk kissed her and pushed his body onto hers
"Ten minutes" Punk assured her
"You might be done in ten minutes but I might take longer" April smirked. Punk halted his movements and looked down at his beautiful fiancée
"You don't think I could get you off that fast?" Punk questioned in shock
"Oh I know you could, you always do" April said to him "But in under ten minutes?"
"Alright" Punk sighed "Challenge accepted" he warned
"Phil" she giggled as he began to kiss down her neck
"Hello there" a voice said interrupting them. They didn't even hear the door open, Punk looked up and glared towards the intruder "Don't let me interrupt please continue I have four minutes to spare" he teased
"Get the fuck out of here" Punk said climbing off of April and walking over to Jericho
"Relax man I'm just here to apologize" Jericho smirked
"I sure as hell hope that it's to April" Punk said to him in a low voice
"It is actually" Jericho said coolly "April I want to apologize for my insults the other night"
"Like I told you the first time you apologized I didn't find it insulting and it wasn't necessary" April said straightening out her clothes
"Still" Jericho said tilting his head "Deepest apologizes"
"Fine" April said just wanting him to leave before Punk blew a gasket
"I also want to apologize to you as well Punk" Jericho said in the fakest voice possible "I never should have tweeted to your fiancée"
"Or hit on her last Monday?" Punk asked
"That too" Jericho smirked "Totally out of line"
"Inappropriate" Punk corrected
"True and that's why I'm here. Trust me Punk I have no interest in April in that way" Jericho said to him
"Good" Punk said to him
"Do you want to go over the promos for tonight?" Jericho asked
"No" Punk said "Get out"
"Alright see you in the ring, see you around April" Jericho said then left the room
"That was very nice of him" April said to Punk
"He didn't mean a word he said" Punk said to her "Don't buy into his crap"
"I don't have to buy into anything I'm never going to have to speak to that man again its you that has to work with him" April said to him
"Enough about him where were we?" Punk asked walking back towards her but she held her hand out to stop him
"You have three minutes to get the ring" April said looking at her watch
"Are you fucking kidding me?" Punk asked looking at the time on his phone
"Relax horn dog" April giggled "Go have fun tonight" she walking over to him and giving him a quick kiss. "I'll be waiting for you back here"
"Alright" Punk said to her "Don't leave this room" he warned "I will be back and we will finish this. I'm not wrestling so I won't be hurt" he reminded her as she handed him his Championship belt.
"Would you like to me strip down and lay out for you on the couch?" April asked sarcastically and watched as Punk gave it some serious thought
"No" he said finally deciding "I'll undress you tonight" he said seriously then shot her a wink before leaving the locker room.
Punk was in the ring cutting his promo on Jericho, he wasn't sure how much time he had before Jericho came out but he was going to make the most of it. Punk also made sure not to mention the fiancée comments that Jericho did. He made it clear to Jericho, creative and Vince himself that he wasn't going to turn this story into something that would make April look bad.
"…Jericho knows my families past and that's fine" Punk said to the crowd "But it doesn't change the fact that I am the best in the world and I'm walking in and out of Wrestlemania the champion. No matter what he says it will not distract me from doing what I do best and that's win-" Jericho's music hit and he made his way to the top of the ramp but never joined Punk in the ring.
"I really like you Punk" Jericho started off "You've beaten the odds. You came from a crazy broken home, you went from some independent schmuck to WWE Champion and I respect that very much" he told him "What I don't respect is that fact that you call yourself the 'best' because to be the best you have to beat the best and that's me. I've beaten Stone Cold, The Rock, Triple H and the list goes on"
"You were good in your time Jericho" Punk agreed "But my time is now" he reminded him earning a loud cheer from the crowd
"Look obviously taking shots at your mother and father was crossing a line last week" Jericho agreed "I want to win and I will win and I'll do it without breaking your poor fragile baby mentality"
"You can't break me Jericho" Punk smirked smugly "You can't touch me" he said in a cold voice
"Like I said talking about your parents was a low blow and it won't happen again" Jericho promised "But your fiancée" he grinned and watched as Punk's face fell "That's a different story" Punk just shook his head and listened as Jericho continued "I mean she may not be into drugs or drinking either and I guess you're into that sort of thing but she also looks like a ten year old boy and I'm hoping you're not into that" he said seriously. Punk's entire face turned beat red. Punk was clenching the microphone so tight he thought he was going to break into his hands.
"I mean I don't get it you become champion and trade down to that?" Jericho asked with disgust "Normally you go on to date supermodels or at least a higher quality woman but you've always been a bottom feeder huh?" he grinned
"Why don't you come down into this ring and say that to my face" Punk said trying to show some restraint
"That's alright" Jericho smirked "And let's be real here we all know who your adequate looking, homeless, disgusting, trashy fiancée is-"
"Jericho" Punk warned leaning into the ropes and pointing at him "You're playing with fire here. This match is about me" he reminded him "Pulling someone innocent into this is only going to get you seriously hurt"
"AJ Lee is innocent?" Jericho asked confused "Wasn't she just with Dolph Ziggler and John Cena? And probably the other half of the male locker room?" Punk was now in shock by Jericho's comment and for the first time in his career and didn't know how to respond "Oh and on my Twitter I'm running a poll who stole AJ Lee's innocence? Was it A- Ziggler, B- Cena, C-Punk , D- Peter the camera man, E- Doc or F- Ben the catering guy" Punk took a deep breath before deciding what to do. Standing out there on stage would just drag this out so he decided he had to shut Jericho up and by doing that he jumped out of the ring and ran up the stage but Jericho was expecting and ran off backstage himself.
April was in the locker room holding back tears. The honest stuff that Jericho said about her last week didn't bother her but the lies he spewed this week certainly did. And deep down she had hoped her parents didn't pick this episode to tune into to watch. She also couldn't help but notice how Punk didn't say anything to defend her. She was absolutely mortified and didn't even want to leave the locker room.
"Hey" Paul Heyman said strolling in and frowned when he noticed her tears "Oh no none of that" he said taking a seat next to her and putting an arm around her to pull her into a hug "Jericho is a jerk"
"Everyone thinks I'm some kind of slut" April cried "Does everyone really think I'm ugly too?"
"No of course not!" Paul said seriously
"Why didn't Phil defend me out there?" April asked him
"Because if he talked about it Jericho would have continued trashing you" Paul said to her "I'm actually surprised he remained that calm"
"He'd trash me more than that?" April asked "Impossible. I am so embarrassed"
"Hey he's the one who should be embarrassed" Paul said to her
"Where is Phil?" April asked "I just want to get out of here"
"No" Paul said firmly "You wipe those tears and you hold your chin up you do NOT let anyone see you weak"
"I'm not weak" April argued
"You're crying over a few stupid comments" Paul said to her "This is the name of the game and once you get this reputation everyone will know how get o you. You asked me to teach you and this me teaching you- suck it up"
"I'm trying ok" April argued standing off the couch wiping at her face frantically
"Try harder" Paul demanded standing up and walking behind her "You don't let men like Chris Jericho get the best of you and if you do then you don't belong here"
"Why are you being so nasty?" April asked turning around to face him
"I'm not being nasty" Paul said in a serious voice "I'm helping you. Punk loves you and protects you and that's great in the real world but when you enter the arena he can't do that for you."
"I'm allowed to have feelings" April shot at him
"Yes and if you want to cry then do it but you don't let anyone see you that way" Paul warned in a low voice "It's like dropping blood in a shark tank."
"I've had a rough week" April sighed
"Hey Punk isn't here right now" Paul said seriously "And sometimes he isn't always going to be around to shield you from the harsh realities of this place as much as he'd love to be. He's got a great heart but you need to toughen up and do it now! I don't care if you've had the worst week in the world; stop acting like a big baby and-" he didn't finish the sentence because he felt someone grab his shoulder
"What the fuck are you doing?" Punk demanded
"What you should be doing" Paul said to him "Look at her" he said gesturing to April who had swollen moist eyes
"I'm not in the mood" Punk warned him "Get out"
"You can't coddle April her entire career" Paul said to him "I'm helping her-"
"She doesn't want your help and you're just further pissing me off!" Punk yelled. Clearly he was in no mood either.
"I warned you about this" Paul reminded him "You're falling right into that trap-"
"Get out" Punk repeated pointing to the door.
"Remember what I said April" Paul said to her then left the locker room
"Are you ok?" Punk asked her
"Yea" April said collecting herself "What was that all about Phil?"
"I don't know and I won't know until next week because Jericho ran out of the building" Punk said bitterly
"Why didn't you stick up for me?" April asked surprising me "I mean what he said was bad enough but the fact that you let him continue like that, you couldn't think of anything to stop him?"
"I was a little caught off guard" Punk defended in anger "I wasn't expecting that"
"You're the best talker in this entire company" April reminded him "Everyone thinks I'm this ugly trashy slut"
"I didn't want to put anymore attention you" Punk said to her
"I think the attention was already on me Phil" April mocked "Look I wasn't out there but all I know is I never would have stood there silent if the situation was reversed" she said to him coldly "And that was worse than anything Jericho said tonight" she then turned and walked out of the locker room leaving him in shock.
Punk was pissed off; he was pissed at Jericho, Heyman and even April now. He wasted knowing time tossing his bag across the room and throwing a chair out of anger. After about a half an hour he collected his things and headed to his bus sans April and the more he thought about it the more pissed off he was. No one even dared to look in his direction as he slammed the arena doors opens and stormed off to his bus.
"About time" his driver said as Punk approached the bus "April's been on there for like half an hour"
"Just get me the hell out of here" Punk said to the driver as he loaded his bag.
As Punk climbed onto the bus April was on the leather couch watching TV and not even acknowledging him.
"I want to talk to you" Punk said to her but she just ignored him and made the volume louder on the TV. He sucked in a breath in an attempt to control his anger. "I'm in a bad enough mood April don't give me shit now"
"Oh did you have a rough night?" April questioned turning off the TV "Please tell me all about it"
"Don't be like this" He warned
"Like what?" April asked "I mean can I just ask you one thing- is this how you want people to see me?" she questioned
"I didn't want to get into a personal argument in front of thousands of people sorry if you don't approve but I did the right thing" Punk shot at her
"My mother called you a thug and I almost ripped her face off" April reminded him "I don't need you to fight my battles for me but I am kind of bothered on how unaffected you were by what he said"
"You think I was unaffected?" Punk asked with a bitter laugh "I wanted to fucking kill him. I couldn't speak because if I spoke I would have be fined or suspended on the spot! I hate the shit he said and at that moment I felt I was doing the right thing and I still do! He was baiting me!"
"Clearly he should have tried something else because it was clear to everyone watching that you didn't care" April said turning back on the TV. Punk snatched the remote from her hand and shut off the TV again
"Don't say that" he said in a downright threatening voice "Don't you EVER doubt how much I love or care about you. You consume my whole fucking life! And guess what? I'm fine with it! But when it comes to work and it comes to guys like Jericho because believe me he's not going to be the last one to use you to get to me either I know what I'm doing" April saw the intensity in his eyes and stood up
"I'm humiliated" April said looking up at him "I mean you should see the Tweets that are being sent to me right now- he's killed my entire reputation with one sentence"
"People will forget!" Punk yelled "They always forget"
"I won't" April said to him "I'm going to bed" she said turning around but Punk grabbed her arm
"I'm going to take care of it" Punk promised her "He's not going to get away with what he said. I'm just as angry as you are I don't understand why you're so upset"
"Because he's right!" April yelled surprising him "You totally traded down"
"What are you even talking about?" Punk asked annoyed
"When we started out I was a waitress in Tampa, I look nothing like any of the other girls here, I had no money-" April rambled off "-and you're the WWE Champion and I'm just your charity case"
"You're not my charity case" Punk said to her in a softer voice "I didn't realize you were so insecure"
"Of course I'm insecure Phil I'm in the land of the giants" April reminded him "I'm not like anyone else"
"That's the best part of you" Punk argued "That's what I love about you- that's what the fans love about you. And believe me I remained quiet to protect you not hurt you. Trust me everyone will know exactly how I feel about you by the end of the night but right now all I care about is proving to you how much I care"
"I'm sorry" she said defeated "You're right-"
"Don't apologize for how you feel" Punk interrupted "That's a lesson for being here"
"You sound like Paul" April muttered
"Is that what he was doing when he was yelling at you?" Punk demanded
"Yea he was just trying to help" April said to him "I feel like an idiot. This has to be one of the worst nights of my life"
"I'm sorry" Punk said to her "But I'm not sorry for how I handled everything because I stand by it" April just nodded "Come here" he said nodding towards himself and she walked over "I love you" he said very seriously "I think you're beautiful and I'm going to say it to you everyday just like I have everyday since we've been together"
"You used to tell me both of those things before we were together" April reminded him with a sly smile
"That's right" Punk smirked. He leaned down and kissed her and he immediately felt her urgency. He ran his hands down her sides and pushed her towards the back of the bus. But they only made it to the kitchen. He felt her pull away and tug his shirt off then tugged down his shorts.
"I need you right now" April demanded, not requested she began to stroke him and he continued to kiss her down her neck. He pulled away from her and started to feel the pressure begin to rise inside him and quickly tugged her shirt off now, he turned her around so her back was to his chest and she gripped the kitchen table. She felt him kiss around her neck and ran his hands up to her the front and cupped her breasts that were still in the bra.
"I love you so much it scares me" he said into her ear "No one is going to hurt you like that again or make you cry. I promise" he began to kiss her bare shoulder and April could feel his hard member rub against her back.
"I love you too" April almost whimpered with want. She felt one hand leave its post and wander underneath the waistband of her shorts and cupped her full there now. He slowly massaged her there and her breast and April had completely forgotten she was mad.
"I love touching you" Punk said to her "I can do it forever…"
"Please Phil" April almost cried, she was already emotional from earlier she couldn't stand this anymore. He moved his hands and tugged down her shorts and spread her legs.
"Are you ready?" Punk asked into her ear first
"Oh god yes" April almost cried. He swiftly entered her from behind and began a very fast bruising pace that April was more than happy to keep up with.
Both were extremely emotional tonight and when there was anger involved sex was always a bit rougher but both liked it like that. Her hands were clenched against the edge of the table while his were gripped so hard on her waist he was sure there would be at least a small bruise.
"Faster" April mustered out and Punk began to move faster her he was so into what he was doing he didn't even realize right away when April clenched around him eventually and peeked. "Phil!" she cried out but he had to finish it and thrust a few more times until he spilled deep inside of her. April leaned her entire body onto the table and Punk almost fell on top of her back.
"Are you ok?" he asked her pulling out
"Yea" April said standing straight and turning around. He reached for his shorts and pulled them up then passed April hers and watched as she pulled them up.
"Watching you dress just seems wrong" Punk said seriously causing her to smile faintly
"What do we do now?" April asked "I don't think I could sleep" she admitted
"Now we sit up and talk about this Jericho and think of ways to piss him off" he said to her and she seemed to appreciate that idea.
"I'm sorry for snapping at you" April said to him
"And I'm sorry you ever doubted me, won't happen again" he assured her