AJ POV
Everyone came back from guard duty around 4:00 am. As usual, no one really said anything, they just dispersed to their separate rooms, with the exception of Roman and Bayley and Dean and Kaitlyn who shared rooms. Punk and Seth were the only ones who stayed behind. Normally, Punk and I would head up to his room after he made sure that everyone came back alright, but I really don't feel like sleeping with him tonight… or even feel like being around him. I just can't believe that this is happening! Pregnant… I could be pregnant! How far along am I that Ziggler could taste it in my blood? Um, let's see a-a hormone is usually released into the blood stream when a woman first becomes pregnant, and the best pregnancy tests can only detect that about a week before a missed period. When was my last period? Oh my God, I can't even fucking remember! What was I thinking?! I'm usually so careful when it comes to this! I mean I take the pill and everything! Wait, the pill! I'm on the pill, so I can't be pregnant right? Well it's still possible though. When I was first kidnapped, I didn't take my pill for three days. I didn't start taking the pill again until the day after I got all my stuff from my house, and the pill doesn't take effect if I stop and restart! I would have had to wait a month before having unprotected sex. Ugh! This is so confusing! How could protection have slipped my mind so easily?! I'm so stupid!
"April," Punk's voice pulls me out of my thoughts and I turn to face him. "Come on, everyone's accounted for." He takes my hands in his and brings them up to his lips before kissing them softly. "Let's go up to my room," he says with a mischievous look in his eyes. I know what he wants, but I'm just not up to it.
"Actually, I would prefer if I slept by myself tonight." He gives me a confused look.
"Why?" I don't really have a reason that I can tell him. I could pretend to be sick… that'll work right?
"I-I'm sick. I don't want you to catch something." Please believe me!
"You're lying." My eyes widen in surprise. How can he tell?! "April, my senses are a lot better than a human's. Therefore, I can pick up on things that humans can't, such as the physical reaction connected to lying." Dammit! "So now, the question has become, why are you lying to me?"
"Punk, please? I just really want to be alone tonight. I'll stay in the basement."
"NO!" Seth's voice hits me like a ton of bricks as he comes running out of the kitchen. I look at him both in shock and confusion. "I… I've been sleeping in the basement for a while now. So you can't sleep there."
"But you have a room," I point out.
"Yeah… well… the basement is… more spacious and… is more private, so I've moved there." Seth is acting strangely.
"But-"
"Dammit AJ, you can't sleep in the basement," he interrupts me. I'm a little taken back by his outburst. Seth is usually so nice to me. "Sorry. Uh listen, if you really don't wanna share a room with Punk, take my bedroom."
"That's not necessary, Seth," Punk states.
"Yes, it is," I correct him.
"April, what has gotten into you?"
"Punk, please let me just have one night to myself?!" Punk sighs audibly. He's clearly frustrated with everything, but I really just can't be bothered with him right now.
"Fine," he tells me, finally submitting.
"Thank you," I tell him before rushing off to Seth's room. I lock the door to make sure that Punk doesn't try to sneak in here. I lie down on my back looking at the ceiling. What the hell am I going to do? I can't be pregnant. I'm sure I don't even have a job anymore. I haven't reported into work for a little more than three weeks now. How am I going to support a child? What about me and Punk? We're not together now, I'm sure having a child won't change anything. I mean why should it? He doesn't want to be with me now, why would he want to be with me if we had a kid? This sucks so fucking much. I hope when Kaitlyn and I go to the doctor in a few hours that the test comes back negative. I don't think I'd be able to raise a child.
Around 11am, Kaitlyn and I are ready to go to the doctor's. We were at the door when we heard Dean calling out to us.
"Where you ladies going," Dean asks us.
"Into town," Kaitlyn answers him.
"For what?"
"Girls' day."
"Good enough for me," Dean responds while taking a sip from his mug.
"It isn't for me," Punk enters my sight and all the air leaves my lungs. Ugh, what am I supposed to tell him if he can sense that we're lying? "Why do you need a girls' day?"
"Because we haven't had some best friend time in weeks and we would like to spend some time together, just us girls," Kaitlyn tells him. Kaitlyn's really good at this. I mean it's not exactly a lie, but it's not exactly the truth either.
"Why can't you do that at the den?"
"Oh leave them alone, Punk," Dean speaks up. "What are you so worried about? They'll be back. You can't keep them cooped up in this den forever. That's boring as hell, even if you are having sex… every night… really loudly." I can't help but be embarrassed. Dean's room is a good three doors down from Punk's room. Have we really been that loud?
"Whatever," Punk says as he rolls his eyes and walks away.
"Thank you, Dean." Kaitlyn walks up to Dean and they share a kiss before he walks to the dining room and Kaitlyn joins me as we leave the den. Why can't Punk and I be like Dean and Kaitlyn? If we had a relationship like they do maybe I wouldn't be so nervous about this whole pregnancy thing.
Kaitlyn and I arrived at the clinic about an hour after leaving. Kaitlyn came into see the doctor with me, and the doctor performed the test and told me that we had to wait about ten minutes for the results. She then exited her office, leaving me and Kaitlyn in the cold room.
"What's taking so long?!" I am seriously freaking out. These are the longest ten minutes of my life!
"AJ, try to relax. I know this is nerve-wracking, but freaking out isn't going to make the test results come back faster," Kaitlyn tells me to calm me down.
"I know." I take a deep breath before continuing, "I've never been so nervous, Katie. What am I supposed to do if it's positive? I don't have a job anymore. How am I supposed to support a child?"
"I'm sure Punk will help."
"No!" I jump out of my seat in panic. "Punk can't find out!"
"Okay, calm down. We probably won't have to tell him anything anyway. Remember there's a chance that you're not pregnant." I sit back down and breathe again. She's right, I just need to relax. I mean, Ziggler could have been lying, and I'm worrying about nothing.
Just then, I hear the door open slightly and the doctor walks through holding a clipboard in her hand. "Hello again ladies," she greets us.
"Hi Dr. Guerrero," I greet her. Vickie Guerrero has been my primary doctor since I first moved to Gilford. I'm glad she was in today. This trip would have been ten times as nerve-wracking if I had to see someone else.
"Do you have the results yet, Dr. Guerrero," Kaitlyn asks, getting straight to the point.
"Yes, actually, the results are right here." She sits down at her desk and waves to the clipboard before placing it on her desk in front of her. "And let me be the first to congratulate you." Congratulate? Oh please God, no. "You are indeed pregnant, AJ." I feel the ground beneath me completely cave in. If I wasn't sitting down already I would have fell down.
"How far a long is she, Doctor?" I hear Kaitlyn asking.
"She's about three weeks along now." Three weeks? It did happen the first time Punk and I had sex. Ugh, and we were in my apartment, too! I have condoms at my place! "AJ?" I hear Dr. Guerrero's voice piercing through my thoughts and I lift up my head to look at her. "From the look on your face, I can tell this wasn't exactly planned." I shake my head in confirmation. "Okay, well you do have options, AJ." Options? "You don't have to go through with the pregnancy if you don't want to."
"Um, can I talk to Kaitlyn for a minute privately?" Dr. Guerrero nods her head and gets up from her desk to leave the room. "I don't think I can find it in me to terminate the pregnancy. What about adoption?"
"That may not be an option for you."
"Why not?!"
"The child you're carrying is half werewolf. I can tell you from experience that this kid is going to need someone in its life who knows what it is, especially when the transformations start." I know she's just being honest and giving her opinion, but she's taking away my options and it fucking sucks.
"So I'm stuck." It's not a question. It's a statement. I won't terminate the pregnancy, and although I have no idea how I'm going to support this child, it's going to need me in the long run, so adoption isn't an option.
"What do you want to do?"
"I have to keep it."
"And what about Punk?" I sigh. That's a good question. On the one hand Punk is the father of this child, but on the other hand… The supernatural world is just way too dangerous. Even when this whole siren saga ends, wolves still fight vampires on a regular basis. If I allow Punk to be a part of my child's life, my child will never have a normal childhood, a normal life. It's also possible that my child could be murdered. I can't let that happen.
"I'm not going to tell him."
"What," Kaitlyn yells. "AJ, it's his child too. You can't keep it from him."
"Kaitlyn, you left the supernatural world for a reason. What was that?" She looks at me surprised.
"I wanted a normal life."
"Exactly. I'm sure Punk would be a great father, but if he's involved, my child will never have a chance at a normal life."
"But, AJ, you don't know anything about being a wolf. What happens when your child starts going through the transformations?"
"My child will have me, at least. Obviously, I've never been through transformations, but I can be there. Kaitlyn, I don't want my child to have the life that you and the other wolves have had. You all deserve better, but I can't do anything for you, but my child? I can do something about that. I'm going to make sure I give my child every chance it deserves."
"I get that, but I still think you should tell Punk. Maybe if you explain this he'll understand?" I give her a skeptical look. "Yeah, he's not really the understanding type. Still, you want to give your child a normal life, but you're also going to deny the child a father?"
"It's a sacrifice I'm willing to make."
"You're really going to try to do this by yourself?"
"No," I put my hand on my stomach and take a deep breath. "I'm going back home to New Jersey. I'll move back in with my parents and just start over there."
"You're leaving?!" Kaitlyn sounds really surprised and hurt. "AJ, I get that you want to give your kid a normal life, but you can't leave me!"
"Kaitlyn, if I stay here Punk will eventually find out. I need to start over in a new, but familiar environment." I see the tears in Kaitlyn's eyes and I feel my heart breaking. I don't want to leave her, but this isn't about me and what I want anymore. I have a child to think of, to take care of. That has to be my first priority. "You can come visit me, and I can visit you occasionally."
Kaitlyn wipes the tears from her eyes and takes a breath that I'm sure she didn't know she was holding. "I can see the baby in New Jersey. New Hampshire and New Jersey aren't too far apart. I could get a car and visit you on weekends or something." I nod in agreement and we hug. I'm glad she understands and respects my decision. "How about I stay over tonight and help you pack up? You can call your parents and get a flight back home."
"That sounds like a good idea." We let go of one another, leaving each other with a little piece of mind, but still there's one more thing I need from her. "Kaitlyn, promise me you won't tell Punk."
"I still think you should tell him and speak with him, but yes, I promise I will not tell Punk… or anyone else." She smiles at me and holds up her fist. I smile at the gesture. It's been a while since we last fist bumped. I bring up my fist and we fist bump for the first time in a long time.
Dr. Guerrero comes back into the room, as if on cue. "Okay, AJ. Have you made your decision?"
"Yes," I start. "I'm keeping my baby."
Kaitlyn POV
I kind of feel bad for not coming back to the den last night. I wish I would have gotten the opportunity to at least tell Dean that I was going to spend the night at AJ's. Then again, it was kind of a spur of the moment thing. Still, I hope he's not mad.
I can't believe AJ's pregnant, and even worse, she's moving away! I mean I understand her reasoning, but she's in serious denial if she thinks that she'll be able to handle her child's transformations on her own. If she would stay, I could at least help out… more than I could from a distance anyway. Still, this is her choice and I can't do anything but respect her decision. I just hope it's the right one.
I approach the den and take a deep breath before walking onto the porch. It's about 12:45 so everyone should be up. I hope I run into Dean first, but at the same time I don't because I don't want to have to explain myself to him if he's mad. I walk in and Dean isn't the first wolf I see. Oh no, it's much much worse than that. It's none other than CM Punk.
"So you finally decide to come back?" I try to ignore him and walk toward the stairs. AJ may put up with his bullshit, but I sure as hell won't. "Where's April?"
"Still at her apartment." I try to keep my answers concise. He doesn't need to be in AJ's business all the time… even if she is pregnant with his child.
"Why is she there?" I can hear the anger building in his voice. I know this is going to get ugly really quickly.
"She lives there."
"You know what I mean." He's either not taking hints, or is purposefully ignoring them.
"She wanted a couple of days to herself. Is that so wrong?"
"Depends on why she wants a couple of days to herself." I probably should have thought of some awesome excuses on my way over here, but I was kind of preoccupied with the fact that my best friend is fucking pregnant.
"She just…" I'm taking too long to think about this, "needed to get her life in order. You know, find a new job to support herself and everything."
"You're lying." What? "I can tell you're lying." Well, it wasn't a total lie. "Why is she really at her apartment, and don't lie to me!" He's raising his voice now. Who does he think he is?!
"Don't yell at me like I'm your child!" That probably wasn't the best wording in the world. "She needs a couple of days to herself, and that's all I'm going to tell you!"
"And why is that?!"
"Because I promised her I wouldn't tell anyone why!" That made Punk go completely insane. The next thing I know a chair is being thrown out the window and the glass shatters instantly on impact. The sound startles me and I fall back, holding on to the handrail for support.
"Fuck a fucking promise! I want to know now!" I can't even begin to form words. I've never seen Punk blow up like this before.
"Hey," a voice coming from upstairs yells. Suddenly, the person lands right in front of me and I sigh in relief. It's Dean. "Calm down, Punk."
"This isn't your business, Dean," Punk tells him, still fuming.
"Oh I think it is. Kaitlyn said she made a promise to AJ, what more can she give you without breaking her best friend's trust?"
"I don't care about a damn promise!"
"Well I'd suggest you start to care considering that this is obviously important to AJ. If you want to know so badly, I'd suggest you take it up with AJ."
"I told you about keeping her in check," Punk says while pointing at me.
"Kaitlyn is a grown ass woman, not a pet or a child. I can't and will not try to control her." Good answer. "Maybe if you treated the women you date with the same kind of respect you'd be able to hold onto them for more than a few months." Wow, he really just said that. Dean and Punk stare each other down and the tension in the room thickens rapidly. I'm very uncomfortable, but, honestly, I'm a little turned on too. Watching Dean standing tall and being so confident and defiant, all to defend me? It's kind of hot.
Punk then storms out of the den, slamming the door behind him. Dean turns to me to check on me. "You okay, darlin'?"
"Yeah. Yeah I'm okay."
"Good." He leans in and kisses me softly but quickly. "You hungry? You can tell me about yesterday over lunch if you want." I can't fight the smile on my face. Dean's such a good guy, and really sexy right about now.
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Update: I've decided not to have a sequel to this story, simply because I wouldn't know when to end it. So instead this story will just be longer. I suspect that this story will be maybe 50 chapters total. Maybe a little less or 3 chapters more. I hope that's okay. I just have a lot that I want to get done in this story and with these characters before I start my next story (which btw is in the works, so look forward to that!).
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