Chapter 42: Ladies Night
Wrestlemania week came and went and it was the Saturday before which meant the hall of fame. It was one of the biggest nights of the year and Punk was invited to attend but here he was sitting on their bed playing a video game.
"You have to go" April said to him as she brushed her hair
"No I don't" Punk said simply
"Don't act like this" April sighed
"They shouldn't have scheduled for a meet and greet during the ceremony" Punk shrugged playing the game
"The schedule was made months ago" April reminded him "Just go and have a good time it's so disrespectful for the WWE champion to not attend"
"It's disrespectful for them to not invite my fiancée to this big event" Punk said to her annoyed
"Please just go" April said to him "I picked up your suit and it's all ready for you. Just go get changed" she encouraged
"Nope" Punk said simply
"Phil" April groaned
"I'm not going to a black tie event without you" Punk said to her "I can't believe you're not pissed about this"
"Some of us have to work and I'm new" April reminded him "You have to go so suck it up and get dressed" she said in a stern voice turning off the game from the console
"I didn't get a chance to save!" Punk groaned
"Get dressed now because I want to see you dressed before I go" April said pointing to the suit
"Fine" Punk said annoyed tossing the controller "You can make me go but you can't make me have fun"
"Come on I'm sure it'll be a blast" April smiled "All of those legends in one room telling old stories and giving you the real history behind some of those epic battles…" she trailed off smiling
"You ok?" Punk asked amused
"I got a little turned on" she laughed causing him to roll his eyes. He knew going to this would be an absolute dream come true for her. She had been a huge fan of WWE since she was eight she should be there tonight.
"Blow of the signing and just come with me" Punk said to her seriously
"Yea I can't do that. Next year though" April said to him "Now hurry and get dressed"
"I'm not staying for the entire thing" Punk said to her "We'll grab dinner after"
"I'm going to be at the signing until ten and who knows how late you'll be" April said to him "You eat there and I'll eat here" she said to him
"Fine" Punk said to her
Punk had arrived at the hall of fame and was in no mood. He hated not being there with April and he made sure he gave off that vibe. He was in the green room snacking on some food and avoiding Vince and Hunter.
"There you are" a familiar voice said from behind him. He turned around and smiled instantly
"Amy" Punk grinned and pulled her into a tight hug
"You look good" Amy said pulling away with a large smile
"You too" he said noting her tight black dress
"Why thank you" Amy said shyly
"I didn't realize you'd be here" Punk admitted
"Trish is getting inducted" Amy reminded him and Punk nodded
"Oh yea" he said completely forgetting that "Good for her I'll have to congratulate her"
"So how have you been?" Amy asked almost awkwardly
"Great" Punk said to her "You?"
"Same" Amy shrugged "Congratulations by the way" she said to him and he smiled "I haven't met her yet but she seems great"
"Thank you for saying that" Punk said to her
"I was a little bit surprised to hear about the engagement" Amy admitted with a chuckle "You wouldn't even let me have a drawer at your place let alone move in and marry me"
"I'm a new man" Punk said to her
"I'm happy for you" Amy said sincerely "And seriously I would like to meet her"
"I think you already have" Punk smirked
"Yea I've seen the video" Amy laughed "I meant as an adult now. Maybe we could all do dinner one night" she suggested
"She'd probably really like that" Punk said to her "Where is Roger tonight?" he asked referring to her boyfriend
"He had a gig he couldn't miss" Amy said to him "He's flying in tomorrow for the show though"
"Cool" Punk said to him
"And where is April?" Amy asked
"She's working a meet and greet tonight" Punk said to her and Amy frowned
"Seems a tad spiteful" Amy whispered
"Thank you!" Punk said loudly "She doesn't see it that way"
"She probably just doesn't want you all worked up" Amy laughed
"They put her on to work then give me an extra ticket" Punk said to her "What a waste"
"I could use a better seat" Amy shrugged
"Yea" Punk said without hesitation "At least I'll have a friend tonight"
"Great" Amy said happily walking off with him
April had opted on going to dinner with Celeste and Nattie since they weren't scheduled to be at the hall of fame either.
"I can't believe I'm missing the show this year" Nattie frowned sipping on a drink "I mean it's a Diva's battle royal how could they not include me in that?"
"Who knows if they'll even fit the girls in at all this year" Celeste said to her
"You think they would cut the match?" April asked nervously
"I hope not" Celeste said to her "My family flew down"
"Hey at least there's a chance for you to be in it" Nattie said to her "My family came from Canada and I'm not even part of the show"
"Did anyone fly down for you?" Celeste asked April "This is a pretty big match"
"Especially since I heard you might be going over" Nattie smiled at her
"No, no one could make it" April said coolly with a shrug sipping her water
"Oh" Nattie said surprised "Really? This is kind of a big deal"
"I don't really communicate with my family much" April said to them "They're not big on me wrestling"
"That's terrible" Nattie frowned
"It's fine" April said to her looking down at her phone
"Haven't heard from Punk yet?" Celeste teased
"Yea he was so dead set on not going I thought he'd be texting me like crazy" April said surprised "Maybe he's having a good time"
"Well let's just see" Celeste said pulling out her phone
"Can I have three more of these" Nattie asked the waiter pointing to her margarita
"Oh I don't drink" April said to her with a smile
"Well if you don't want it I'll drink it because I'm already feeling a little drunk" Nattie laughed
"Here he is" Celeste said passing April her phone
"He looks so good" April smiled looking through the photos fans posted. "Oh look at that" April said looking at a photo of Punk sitting front row laughing with his ex-girlfriend
"What?" Celeste asking looking at the photo
"That woman does not age" Nattie said in awe as she looked at the photo as well "I mean look at her! She looks-" she stopped when she saw April's face fall "-terrible"
"Horrible" Celeste agreed with Nattie
"I didn't realize they were still friends" April shrugged
"He doesn't talk about her?" Nattie asked her
"Never" April admitted
"I'm sure they're just friends" Celeste assured her as the waiter placed the drinks down
"Yea" April said unsurely
"I wouldn't worry about it they used to fight all of the time" Nattie said to her
"Really?" April asked intrigued
"Constantly" Nattie said with an eye roll "They would be screaming at each other so loud that the producers use to have to tell them to keep it down and then they'd go into the locker room and they'd still make noise but it wasn't fighting" she laughed then frowned when April looked horrified
"Seriously don't worry about it" Celeste said rubbing April's arm
"I'm not" April laughed loudly grabbing a drink and taking a large sip of it
"I thought you didn't drink alcohol" Nattie frowned
"Just a sip" April said giggling pulling out her phone and started looking through the web with more photos "Oh look here's Phil with Amy again" she said flashing the phone to the girls "And Paul is in it too" she took another large gulp of her drink
"Sweetie maybe you should just slow down" Nattie suggested with a smile
"I'm fine" April said smiling
"Yea you know what? We're three women who didn't get an invite to the big show tonight so we should have fun" Celeste said proudly drinking her own drink
"Yea" Nattie agreed "Also our guys aren't here tonight with us so I say we have a long overdue ladies night" April and Celeste agreed to this
"Let's go to a club!" Celeste suggested
"Yea!" Nattie agreed clapping her hands together
"I've never been to a club" April said to them
"Well finish your drink" Celeste said to her "Because you're going to need it."
"Yea after we finish I'm taking you back to my room and dressing you for a club" Nattie said to her
"None of your stuff will fit her" Celeste laughed
"Maybe the baby gap is still open" Nattie said seriously
"Hey!" April said offended
"Kidding" Nattie laughed "There's a dress shop in the hotel and if we hurry we can make it"
The show was dragging for Punk. Each speech got longer and longer they were already two hours into the show and they weren't even close to being done. He had been away from April for hours and when he looked down at his phone he saw he had one message from her. It was sent over an hour ago and was surprised by what he read.
'Going to a club with Nattie & Celeste, don't wait up'
"What?" Punk asked aloud. He stood up and walked out of the room during a break to call her but she didn't answer her phone.
"Sneaking out?" Paul teased walking over to him
"No trying to get in touch with April" Punk said trying to call her again
"Everything alright?" Paul asked
"Yea I guess. She texted me and told me she was going to a club" Punk said to him and Paul laughed
"Oh that explains the picture" Paul said to him
"What picture?" Punk asked intrigued
"The picture Natalya posted on her instagram of her, Celeste and your beautiful fiancée dressed to kill" Paul said to him and Punk narrowed his eyes at him "I'm surprised you haven't seen it"
"I don't have instagram" Punk reminded him
"You should get it" Paul said with a chuckle
"Paul" Punk warned
"Oh right" Paul laughed pulling out his phone and looking for the picture
"I'm glad she's having a good time" Punk said simply passing Paul back his phone
"Yea that's the second most popular picture on Twitter right now" Paul said to him
"What's the first?" Punk asked and Paul passed him back the phone "Fuck" he muttered looking at a photo of him and Amy laughing in the front row together "That explains April's desire to go to a club"
"Yea I thought that was a tad of character for her" Paul agreed. "But it's not a bad thing. I think it's nice she's going out having a girls night"
"Yea" Punk agreed "And Nattie and Celeste are good I'm not worried. Besides April hates clubs she'll last maybe one hour- two max"
"Yea let's get back to the show and try not to doze off during it" Paul laughed leading Punk back over to their seats.
Punk had gotten back to the room at 11pm and fell right asleep. He didn't sleep much the night before and the Hall Of Fame did bore him to tears. At about two in the morning loud knocking at his door jolted him right up. Punk looked over to the time and groaned then crawled out of the bed. He walked over to the door and swung it open to find Langston standing there with a large smile.
"What?" Punk asked annoyed
"I thought I'd drop this off for you" Langston said stepping aside revealing April who almost fell right over. "This does belong to you right?" he asked with a laugh
"She looks like my fiancée" Punk teased tapping his chin
"It's me silly!" April laughed loudly walking over to him but almost falling over again. Punk and Langston reached and grabbed her before she hit the floor. April burped right in Punk's face causing him to almost gag
"Are you drunk?" Punk asked her stunned
"No" she said shaking her head wildly "I just had a little drink"
"A little drink?" Langston roared "She out drank Roman tonight" he said proudly
"Oh really" Punk said glaring towards her "I didn't realize you drank?"
"I don't this was my first time" April whispered and Punk just nodded
"Thank you for returning her" Punk said holding her arm
"Don't sweat it man" Langston said to him "Rest up April" he warned her
"Bye teddy bear!" she shouted with a wave. Punk pulled her into the room so she wouldn't wake anyone up.
"Are you ok?" Punk asked nervously as he watched her wobble around the room
"Yea I feel great!" April said taking her jacket off and revealing a very short black mini dress.
"Drinking and you're in heels" Punk said shaking his head "And you haven't broken a leg yet?"
"Nope" she said placing one leg on a chair running her fingers over it "Still in one piece"
"Alright let's get you to bed" Punk said walking over to her
"No I don't want to sleep" April said pulling away and jumping onto the bed
"I think you should sleep" Punk said watching her carefully
"Don't you want to hear about my night?" April asked with a smile
"Yes actually I do" Punk said intrigued "Please tell me what but all of this on"
"I danced all night tonight!" April squealed and he nodded
"Did you have fun?" Punk asked her
"So much fun!" April said happily
"You do realize you have a match tomorrow?" Punk asked "You have to be up in a few hours" he reminded her
"I'm not getting the match they're going to cut us" April said to him
"Who told you that?" Punk asked
"Nattie and Celeste" April said to him "Enough about me did you have fun?" she asked
"Not really" Punk said to her honestly
"Looked like you were having fun with Amy" April noted trying to subtle
"Yea it was nice catching up with her" Punk said to her "She actually wants to have dinner"
"I bet she does" April said bitterly "She is aware that you aren't on the menu?" she asked seriously but was still slurring her words
"Well she wants you there so yes I think she realizes that" Punk said casually "Also I'm not sure her boyfriend of two years would be a fan of that either"
"Oh" she said slowly feeling embarrassed
"Don't tell me you drank because of me and Amy" Punk warned
"Not really" April said embarrassed "I had a great time!" she slurred "I danced and I hung out with a bunch of people"
"Good" Punk smirked "You sure you're feeling ok? You've never drank before and you're very little…"
"Hey I can hold my drinks" April said seriously trying to sit up on her knees but kept falling over "And look!" she said eagerly reaching into her purse pulling out a bunch of napkins. She tried to get off the bed but he quickly stood up and walked over to her
"Don't move I'll come to you" Punk said quickly looking at the napkins "Oh a bunch of phone numbers how nice" he forced out "And you accepted all of them I see"
"No Celeste kept putting them in my purse" April said with a laugh
"Remind me to thank her later" Punk said to her "Come on" he said lifting her off the bed
"You want to have sex?" April asked bluntly
"No" Punk said to her and she frowned
"You don't think I look good?" she asked trying to twirl for him but tripped and fell on the carpet "Ow! Rug burn" she said rubbing her knee
"You look very pretty" Punk reasoned kneeling down to help her "But I'm not the type of guy to have sex with a woman who can barely stand"
"Prude" she blurted out and he laughed. At that moment she felt her stomach start to rumble "Oh no" she said placing her hand over her mouth and struggle to stand up. Punk helped her to her feet and into the bathroom and held her hair back while she threw up everything she drank.
"This is why I don't sleep with drunk women by the way" Punk said as he continued to hold her hair for her.
"Just go to bed" April insisted "I don't want you to see me like this"
"No I'd rather make sure you don't fall asleep with your head in the toilet" Punk said to her
"I'm embarrassed" April said to him "Why do you even want to marry me?"
"You learned a lesson tonight" Punk smirked "I don't love you any less for it and you shouldn't be embarrassed well maybe just a little"
"Thanks" she muttered
"This happens to everyone" Punk assured her
"It happened to you?" she asked hopefully
"No" he admitted "But I've seen it happen to plenty of people" he added "And lucky for you I have nursed many hangovers for my friends before so you're in very good hands"
"The best hands" She said placing her hand over his that was resting on her shoulder "Seriously I'm sorry for drinking like this you must be so mad"
"I don't hate people who drink" Punk smirked "I just don't see the appeal in it and I'm guessing you don't either anymore"
"Nope zero appeal" April assured him and turned and started to throw up again in the toilet.
After she emptied her stomach Punk took her dress off and dressed her in one of his shirts and boxers and tucked her into bed placing a wet rag over her head.
"Feeling better?" he asked getting into the bed with her
"Slightly" she said holding her head "Everything is spinning, is that going to stop?"
"Yea" he smirked
"I mean no matter how tight I close my eyes I feel the room spin" April said almost fearfully "Please if you really love me you won't ever let me drink again"
"I promise" Punk said to her
"I mean it" she warned "What if I'm sick tomorrow? What if I'm still drunk tomorrow?!" she shouted sitting up
"Relax" Punk said easing her back against the pillows "You'll be fine"
"Why does anyone drink?" April asked him
"Stop thinking about it and concentrate on sleeping" Punk encouraged
"I wouldn't blame you if you ran back to Amy after this" April said to him
"It's going to take a little more than a few drinks to scare me off" Punk assured her
"I really love you" she said looking over to him "Thank you for taking such good care of me"
"Always" Punk said to her kissing her cheek "Sleep and you'll feel better in the morning"