A/N: Hey everyone! Thanks for all the reveiws they're always appreciated. As for the chapters they might be fewer as I have alot going on the next three weeks. In one week I'll be on vacation so you'll be update-less for a while (just a heads up). Thanks again and enjoy!
Smells Like Jealousy
AJ woke up and rolled out of bed. She hated being up before her alarm woke her up but she smelt something good coming from the kitchen. Did Punk sneak down from his place to cook her breakfast before work? She headed out of her bedroom and frowned seeing Dean cooking breakfast for his girlfriend of three weeks.
"Hey good morning." Renee greeted and AJ just plastered on a smile. "Want some eggs?"
"No I'm good." AJ said walking over to the coffee pot and frowned to see it was empty. "Did you drink all of the coffee?" she asked Dean.
"Yea just make a fresh pot." He shrugged going back to his conversation with Renee.
"I don't have time I have to get ready for work, I'll just grab a coffee at Starbucks I guess." She said slightly annoyed.
"Why are you so grumpy?" Dean laughed. "Wake up on the wrong side of the bed? Upset your boyfriend finally detached his dick from your body for one whole night?"
"Why are you picking on me?" she demanded then stormed into her room and slammed the door. Not two seconds later Dean walked right into her room and closed the door.
"What is your fucking problem?" Dean demanded. "Why are you so nasty when she's around?"
"I am not! Maybe I wanted to wake up and have coffee but there was none left!" she yelled.
"You don't like her and that's fine but you will show some respect to her. She's the best thing that has happened to me in a long ass time and I won't let you scare her off because you're jealous!" He shouted back at her.
"I'm not jealous I have my own boyfriend." AJ huffed folding her arms.
"Yes I know but you don't like that my attention is now split and that's fine but don't take it out on her." He said coldly. "Do not screw this up for me AJ." He warned.
"I don't even know her!" AJ laughed.
"Get to know her!" He yelled startling her. "She tried every time she's here and you either run up to Punk's or hide in your bedroom I've had enough of this bullshit!"
Punk walked into the apartment and rolled his eyes. He told AJ to make sure she always kept it locked and for some reason she never did.
"Morning." Punk greeted to Renee.
"Hi Punk." She smiled sitting nervously. "They're arguing in the bedroom."
"Oh it's going to be one of those days." Punk chuckled. "I'm going to need coffee."
"There is none and that's what started all of this." Renee warned him.
"I'll just take her out for coffee and she'll cheer right up." Punk said to her.
"I don't think she likes me very much." Renee said to him.
"Who AJ? Of course she likes you." Punk laughed nervously. "She's just very protective of Dean give her some time."
"It's been almost a month and she never even talks to me." Renee noted.
"She's just quiet." Punk defended. "Don't worry about her she'll get used to her."
"I know how much Dean loves her and I don't want to stand in the way of their relationship. All they do is argue now. Last night they almost fist fought over a bag of Cheetos." Renee frowned.
"AJ loves Cheetos." Punk reasoned with a chuckle.
"Talk to her before I kill her." Dean said storming out of AJ's room and speaking to Punk.
"She seems like she's in a bad mood I might just bail." Punk joked but he was actually completely serious.
"I think I'm going to go." Renee said standing up.
"No." Punk and Dean said at the same time.
"I'll talk to her she's probably just upset about work." Punk said to them. "Paul's first day back is today and she's worried she messes something up. It's fine it's not you." He said to Renee then walked into AJ's bedroom.
AJ was in her bra and panties and pulling up a skirt as he walked in.
"It is her." AJ shot at him. "I hate her!"
"Shh." Punk hushed looking towards the door to make sure it was closed.
"She is eating my Cheetos, drinking my coffee, using my shampoo, borrowing my clothes!" AJ ranted. "Now she's stealing my best friend!"
"Stop and relax." He said to her.
"I should kick Dean out." AJ said to him seriously and Punk rolled his eyes.
"You'd kick out the man you consider your brother?" Punk asked her mockingly.
"If it means she goes than yes I mean it." AJ said to him seriously. "I hate her stupid perfect face and her perfect hair! I mean she wakes up looking like that and throws it in my face!"
"You're insane." He said seriously to her. "And I thought it was a case of jealousy because Dean and you were very brother/sister like but now I'm concerned."
"Concerned about what?" AJ asked.
"Concerned that you spend more time complaining and talking about your roommates girlfriend. Do you have feelings for Dean?" he asked and she let out a loud laugh.
"Of course not!" she said still amused but Punk wasn't.
"It's concerning AJ." He said almost coldly. "Put yourself in my shoes."
"I'm just not used to having another girl in my place. I've never had sisters or had to share my stuff before it's new to me." She argued but he just rolled his eyes and gave her a sarcastic smile.
"I'll see you at work AJ." He said to her then walked out her day.
"Phil wait!" she yelled chasing after him but he walked out the apartment door.
"Even he's getting sick of your shitty attitude." Dean noted and AJ turned to glare at him still only wearing a bra and a mini skirt.
"You started this." She hissed pointing at him then storming back into her room.
Punk walked into Marvel with a hot coffee in his hand and passed Paul's office and saw him already in and working.
"Where is AJ?" Paul asked looking over paperwork. "I'm missing paperwork. I need the layout of the new Thor."
"She'll be in soon." Punk said to him. "How are you feeling?"
"I'm feeling like the layout of Thor should be sitting on my desk but it's not." He said barely looking up at him. "Why are you here and she isn't?"
"She was running late I guess." Punk shrugged.
"Are you two already fighting?" Paul asked annoyed. "I can't have love quarrels going on here while my Thor layout is missing."
"We're fine." Punk said putting his coffee on his desk and Paul slowly looked from the cup and up to him. "What?"
"What do you think you're doing?" Paul asked slowly.
"I've been using this office." Punk shrugged.
"Yea that stops." Paul said to him. "I need my space and AJ already takes up a lot of it. Your office is being made up, should be done by the end of the week until than you're bunking with Corey."
"What? Fuck that." Punk argued.
"Fine you can stay in my office." Paul said to him as Punk took a seat in the leather chair that was free. "I'm sure AJ won't mind bunking with Corey." He added casually and Punk stood up and walked out of the office without saying a word and headed right to Corey's office instead of Paul forcing AJ to go in there.
AJ hadn't come to see Punk and he wish she had because sharing space with Corey was annoying. He worked at his art desk all the way across the room but even the way the man would breathe would piss him off. Punk kept tapping at his pen and he knew that was annoying Corey who was sketching.
"You do realize I'm working on your sketches right? Do you think Drax draws himself?" Corey snapped at him.
"I'm humbled that you would lower yourself to draw on my comics." Punk mocked.
"It's a top selling comic. A lot of kids who don't know how to read and must like pictures really buy them up." Corey remarked going back to his sketch.
"Don't you want my input since you're working on my comic?" Punk asked him.
"Nope. I received your very detailed requests and notes. The little sketches were not only helpful but drawn well." Corey remarked sarcastically. "Oh and I forgot, also condescending."
"As long as they help." Punk shrugged. "You know I get final say so don't fuck it up."
"Oh fuck off." Corey said with a roll of his eyes.
"Pissy because you can't fuck your pale girlfriend in here?" Punk laughed.
"No but I'm surprised you're not pissy since you're working at the desk I fucked AJ on numerous times." Corey added casually and Punk removed his elbow from the table that now disgusted him.
"Bugs you huh?" Punk asked.
"Not really." Corey said to him. "She wasn't my girlfriend just a good time. Damn good time actually. Who knew she was a little freak like that?" he laughed.
"That would normally bother me but it surprisingly doesn't." Punk said with a smile. "I enjoy it every night personally."
"I bet you do." Corey laughed and that's when Paige walked in.
"He's working on my comic so you have to entrain yourself on your lunch break." Punk said smiling towards Paige.
"No actually there's a woman here to see you." Paige's thick British accent rang out. "Says her name is Maria."
"Send her in." Corey grinned. "I haven't seen Maria in forever." He said smirking towards Punk as Paige went to get Maria.
"Hello." Maria said coolly as she walked into the office. "Can we talk?" she asked Punk.
"Don't mind me." Corey grinned putting his pencil down and gave the two his full attention.
"It's private." Maria said with a light smile then looked towards Punk's unreadable face.
"Oh fine I can use some coffee." Corey said grabbing his mug.
"Don't be long Drax doesn't draw himself." Punk said sarcastically. "What do you want?" he asked Maria once Corey was gone.
"Why are you so mad at me? You were the one that cheated remember?" Maria asked putting her bag on the empty chair.
"Yea and you were the one sneaking around and visiting my brother." Punk reminded her. "We both lied."
"This is actually about your brother." Maria said to him. "He keeps showing up."
"What do you mean?" Punk asked already annoyed.
"I'm in town these next two months taking these computer classes at Pace and your brother has shown up outside my school building four times in the two weeks. When it's not him its Randy." Maria complained.
"Maybe he thinks you're friends since you hung around him so much while he was in jail." Punk shrugged.
"It has to stop." Maria said seriously. "He's really freaking me out!"
"Call the cops." Punk said to her.
"And say what?" Maria sighed. "He keeps asking me out! He's probably doing it to bother you."
"I doubt that because anything you do doesn't concern me anymore." Punk reminded her.
"Don't you care at all?" Maria asked him. "With his history with women you're going to let him continue to stalk me?" she asked stunned. "I know you're mad but can not be that mad."
"You're the one who stayed in touch." Punk pointed out. "What do you want from me?"
"I want you to talk to him!" Maria argued. "He keeps trying to talk me into going to his place 'for a good time'. I'm starting to feel scared and he's your family so you fix it."
"Isn't this what you wanted? Didn't you get annoyed that he kept targeting AJ instead of you?" Punk asked her.
"Are you serious right now?" she asked in disbelief and turned to walk out of his office but Punk shot up out of his chair and grabbed her wrist.
"Look I'll talk to him." Punk offered. "I can't make any promises but I'll do the best I can, ok?"
"That's all I ask." Maria said shaking her head. "He's freaking me out."
"I'm sorry about him but be smart and don't leave your classes alone and get a cab don't take the trains or anything." He said to her and she nodded then wrapped her arms around him and hugged him.
"Thank you." She said softly nuzzling her face against his chest and of course at that moment AJ walked into the office.
"AJ-" he started pulling away from Maria but she already walked out of his office.
AJ stomped into Paul's office and slammed the door closed and locked it.
"So you're still in a bad mood I see." Paul said looking up at her.
"AJ open the door!" Punk yelled shaking it.
"Go away!" she yelled and walked back over to her chair.
"Maybe you should talk to him." Paul suggested.
"Nope." AJ said grabbing her paperwork.
"He'll stand out there all day." Paul warned her.
"Maybe he'll take a break and go to lunch with Maria." AJ shrugged.
"Oh boy." Paul sighed.
"Paul open this door!" Punk yelled hitting his fist into it.
"This is very unprofessional!" Paul yelled from his chair. "Andy is busy at the moment but come back later!" the silence was a relief to Paul as he turned to AJ. "He's nuts about you. He moved out of Chicago and into your building."
"Him and Dean have been picking on me." AJ complained.
"You sound like a spoiled ten year old girl." He laughed.
"Phil had the nerve to accuse me of having feelings for Dean because I don't like his girlfriend but I just walked in on him hugging his ex." AJ said to him.
"Why don't you like Renee?" Paul asked surprised.
"You know her too?" AJ asked dropping her jaw in shock.
"Yea when Dean came by to see him he brought her along, cute little thing." Paul grinned. "Makes great cookies."
"Ugh." AJ groaned annoyed.
"She's a nice girl and she's keeping Dean off the booze which is what you want isn't it?" Paul asked her.
"Yea but-" she started.
"Also seems to make him very happy which he probably hasn't been since Iraq." Paul added casually with a shrug. "He goes to sleep and wakes up with a smile everyday which I would have thought is something you would have wanted since you love him so much."
"She takes my stuff." AJ said in dramatically.
"Isn't that a small price to pay for Dean's happiness?" Paul asked her. "She really is nice and maybe you should go to dinner with her without Dean and get to know her without him hanging all over her. I think you'd be surprised by how likeable she really is."
"I would be stunned." AJ said childishly and that's when the door opened.
"Thank you." Punk said to Dean who used the master key to open the door.
"Yea, yea just get the stick out of her ass already." Dean mumbled glaring at AJ then leaving.
"Did you hear that?" AJ asked Paul.
"They are picking on you." Paul agreed sarcastically.
"Where's Maria?" AJ asked him.
"She's having a problem with my brother and came to see me." Punk said to her.
"Don't get involved." Paul warned holding up his hand.
"I'm not going to let him scare my ex-girlfriend." Punk said to him.
"I thought they were friends." AJ said narrowing her eyes. "This smells like a setup to me."
"She wouldn't do that." Punk disagreed.
"Why are you involving yourself?" AJ asked him. "You accused me today-"
"Don't even compare it." He warned cutting her off before she could finish her sentence.
"I don't want you to go." AJ said simply looking away from him and down at her work.
"I didn't come in here to ask you for permission I came in here to explain to you why Maria was here." Punk chuckled.
"You're going to stir all of this stuff up with your brother again over your ex-girlfriend who welcomed him into her life?" AJ asked standing from her chair. "You're just a defended of all women! Renee first and now Maria." She then stormed past him and left the office.
"Am I wrong?" Punk asked Paul.
"I'm not taking sides but if I had to I'd take AJ's because she's scary." Paul admitted. "What the hell did you do to piss her off so bad?"
"She's jealous over Dean's relationship." Punk argued.
"No she was used to being the only person in Dean's life and now she's sharing him." Paul corrected. "Try to be understanding and not make it all about yourself."
"I'm the only man she should worry about." Punk said to him and Paul rolled his eyes.
"Did you ever consider that AJ fears she'll loose the only brother she has left?" Paul asked him. "Dean isn't just her best friend but her only connection to her brother. If he moves on she'll really loose her brother for good."
"I actually didn't consider it." Punk said slowly. "That makes a lot of sense."
"I don't get paid millions for being stupid." Paul snorted.
Punk found AJ in the reception area talking to Trinity when he made his way over.
"I don't have time." AJ said to him.
"Make time." He said tugging on her arm and pulling her into the empty mailroom. "I'm sorry ok? I shouldn't have accused you of having feelings for Dean."
"I'm not mad about that because I knew you'd come to your senses eventually I'm mad that you're going to go start a war with your brother." AJ argued
"I can't just leave her hanging." Punk insisted. "As much as I don't care for her she was still important to me, I still loved her and I can't let something bad happen to her if I can help it."
"I think you're making a mistake." AJ said to him. "It seems wrong and off. Why would she even come to you? Why not the police?"
"Because she trusts me." Punk said to her.
"Why?" AJ asked him with a laugh. "You cheated on her. She doesn't trust you she's using for something. Either helping your brother set you up or trying to get laid."
"I'll be fine." Punk promised her.
"I'll come with you." AJ offered.
"No." He said to her. "I don't want him looking at you let alone being in his sight."
"This is stupid and you know it." She said to him.
"I'm sorry but I have to." He shrugged and she just shook her head and folded her arms. "It wont take long. Dinner tonight?"
"Whatever Phil." She said annoyed.
"Stop being so fucking difficult!" he snapped. "What is your problem? Do you have your period or something?"
"Wow." She said with a laugh. "You can have dinner alone." She then tried to walk past him but her pulled on her arm.
"Just stop being so grumpy and be my sweet girlfriend that I love." Punk said to her.
"I do have my period." She admitted. "But that's not why I'm acting like this." She said to him and he tried not to laugh. "So yes you can bring dinner but more importantly bring me Cheetos and a crunch bar."
"Done." He smirked.
AJ walked into her dark apartment and flipped on the light and as soon as she did there was a hand over her mouth and an arm wrapped around her waist. AJ tried to scream but it was muffled from the hand. AJ used her foot against the door to push back but the man was strong.
"Pretty AJ." The voice said into her ear and her eyes widened in shock knowing it was Ryan.
AJ managed to bite his hand as hard as she could trying to remain calm and remember her formal training but Ryan kept his grip strong wrapped around her body as she tried to jerk away.
"Keep rubbing against my dick like that it only makes me harder." Ryan sneered.
AJ managed to stomp her foot as hard as she could on top of Ryan's and he literally tossed her across the room sending her crashing over her counter and hitting the floor roughly. She knocked into the glasses that were on the counter and was laying in the sharp pieces and could tell she had a few cuts.
"You are so rough." He said stomping over to her and she looked up and saw he had on a ski mask but she would know that voice and terrible body odor anywhere.
AJ reached for a large piece of cut glass only to have Ryan stomp his foot as hard as he could over her hand causing her to let out a blood curling scream. The sound of her hand breaking was worse than the pain or at least she felt that way for the moment. Everything she worked and trained for was down the drains she couldn't remember a thing.
"Stop!" A voice yelled coming out of Dean's room and Ryan backed away from AJ slowly.
AJ looked up and saw the small blonde Renee holding a gun and pointing it directly at Ryan.
"I'm calling the police." She warned inching closer to him. You could tell she was nervous but Ryan was more afraid of the gun as he inched himself, only closer to the door. "Get out right now." She hissed trying to keep her hand steady.
Ryan backed out of the apartment and the minute he was gone Renee ran over and locked the door quickly. She was clearly in shock as she kept looking at the gun in her hand.
"Hey just put it down." AJ said through the pain and Renee looked over to her then slowly put the gun down.
"Are you ok?" Renee said finally walking over to her and helping her sit up.
"Yea but I think my hand is broke." She hissed seeing the imprints from Ryan's shoes on it.
"I'll call an ambulance." Renee said to her.
"No just call Phil or Dean." AJ said to her. "I don't need an ambulance it might not even be broken."
"At least let me call the police." Renee insisted.
"No I don't want to do anything." AJ said to her.
"So I'll call Dean." Renee sighed standing up.
"Where did you get a gun?" AJ asked her.
"It's Dean's." Renee said grabbing her phone.
"He doesn't own a gun. He hates guns after Iraq." She scoffed.
"He said he got it to protect you." Renee told her honestly and AJ frowned. "He showed me where it was just in case which is a good thing."
"Um maybe we can have dinner this weekend?" AJ offered holding her bad hand with her good one. "You kind of saved my ass back there."
"I guess I did." Renee said proudly. "How about before we discuss dinner we get someone over here?" she placed the phone to her ear and frowned. "Right to voicemail. He's probably at work."
"You know what? This is actually really starting to hurt how about you take me to the hospital?" AJ suggested and Renee helped her to her feet.
"Oh wow you have some cuts too." Renee frowned.
Punk waited outside the building Maria told him to but Mike never showed none of them did. Not even Ryan. After an hour he and Dean headed back to AJ's apartment.
"This is a waste of my fucking time." Dean grumbled.
"Who told you to follow me there?" Punk snapped.
"I heard you talking to Paul about it. I wasn't going to let you die because than AJ would be even worse to live with." Dean snorted.
"Cut her some slack." Punk said to him. "She's not used to Renee or not being the one to take care of you. She'll get over it just give her some time." He said stepping off of the elevator with him.
"She needs to grow up." Dean said to him. "I can't let her chase Renee out of my life."
"She wont but again try to understand her point." Punk defended as Dean unlocked the door.
"I just don't-" Dean stopped mid-sentence when he saw the shape of the apartment.
There was glass all over the floor, a small amount of blood and AJ's bag on the floor.
"AJ!" Punk yelled out looking around the place.
"AJ!" Dean yelled as well checking his own room as well.
"Holy fuck." Punk muttered.
"What?" Dean asked nervously.
"It was a fucking set up." Punk said slowly. "They baited me there so I'd be away from AJ."
"No she probably just tripped. She's a klutz that girl." Dean laughed not wanting to believe they were outwitted.
"Then where the fuck is she!" Punk screamed at him.
"Let's not over react I'm sure she's fine." Dean said. "Renee said she was stopping by and-" he stopped when he saw his gun on the counter.
"Is that yours?" Punk asked nodding towards it.
"Yea it's mine." Dean said quickly picking it up and examining it. "Only Renee knows about it. They finally killed each other." He said to Punk who wasn't amused by the joke.
"You think this is fucking funny?" Punk hissed.
"The gun wasn't used." Dean said looking at he bullets in the revolvers chamber. He then pulled out his phone and turned it on. "Had my phone off." He said and saw he has a voicemail and text from Renee. "AJ's ok."
"Where is she?" Punk asked.
"The hospital. Renee sent me a text a half an hour ago telling me to meet her there." Dean said but Punk was already out the door.
AJ looked at the huge bandage around her hand and frowned.
"This is my writing hand." AJ said to Renee.
"You write with your left hand?" Renee asked.
"Yea what of it?" AJ defended.
"Sorry." Renee said with a laugh.
"Thank you again for helping me." AJ said to her. "I haven't been the nicest to you and you really saved me back there."
"Dean would literally die if something ever happened to you. I don't think you even realize how much you mean to him." Renee informed her and she had to smile at the comment. "I'm not trying to replace you. I know you and him have a bond that I can't understand or get in-between. But I do care about him and I think he feels the same."
"He does." AJ assured her. "I've been a real bitch."
"I'm afraid he's going to dump me because you don't like me." Renee admitted.
"He wouldn't." AJ said stunned.
"Oh he would." Renee said surely. "You're putting him in such a bad position and if it comes down to me or you I know I won't win."
"You don't have to worry about that." AJ said to her seriously. "I'm going to be nicer and not just because you saved my life even though it does help."
"You're lucky he got scared off because I have no idea how to use a gun." Renee laughed.
"I lucked out for sure." She said to her. "I've been working so hard and couldn't do anything."
"You were caught off guard. I didn't hear him come in I was sleeping in Dean's room." Renee said to her.
"That's for the best because if something was to happen to you I wouldn't forgive myself." AJ admitted.
"I wouldn't forgive you either." Renee said with a serious face and AJ frowned. "I'm kidding! You'll get used to my sense of humor."
"AJ." Punk said rushing to her bed in the ER.
"Hi." She smiled closing her eyes and leaning up for a kiss but he blew it off.
"What the hell happened?" Punk asked looking at her hand.
"I got jumped in the apartment." AJ said to him.
"What do you mean jumped?" Dean asked angrily. "Someone followed you in?"
"Someone was already inside when I came in." AJ said to him.
"How did they get in?" Punk asked.
"That's on me." Renee chimed in. "I left the door unlocked after I used to the key you leant me." She told them.
"I told you to be careful." Dean said to her. "I told you a hundred fucking times that the door always has to be locked-"
"-she saved my life." AJ said cutting him off. "Ryan would have gotten in whether the door was unlocked or not. Renee scared him off."
"I used the gun." Renee said to him in a whisper.
"Yea I saw that you left it out." Dean said to her. "Did you tell the cups about the gun?"
"No I assumed it wasn't legal." AJ said to him. "I told them that as soon as he saw Renee he ran out."
"Can we get back to the part of it being Ryan and your broken hand?" Punk asked growing frustrated.
"Or the fucking cuts on your face?" Dean added annoyed as well.
"He threw me over the counter and I crashed into all of the glasses that were drying and when I was reaching for a big piece of broken glass he stepped on my hand and broke it." AJ said to him. "The doctor said I might need surgery to repair nerve damage."
"Fuck." Punk groaned. "And you told the police it was Ryan?"
"I said I thought it was." AJ said to him. "He had on a mask but he said the same stuff he always says to me and he smelt the same."
"Let's hope they do something about it." Punk said to her and grabbed her uninjured hand and bought it to his lips and kissed it.
"I'm going to be here a while you should take Renee home." AJ said to Dean.
"I'm not leaving you here." Dean said sternly.
"She won't be alone I'll be here." Punk said to him. "Thanks for saving her life I owe you one." He said to Renee.
"It as nothing." Renee smiled standing up.
"Call me if you need anything and if you're not back first thing in the morning I'm coming back here for you." Dean said kissing her forehead.
"Dean before you go-" she started.
"I love you kid." He said shooting her wink before walking Renee away.
"Did you see your brother?" AJ asked him.
"No." Punk said her. "You were right it was probably all one big fucking setup. I wish Dean hadn't followed me there."
"I told him to because I was worried about you." AJ admitted.
"That was stupid." Punk said to her. "And also played right into their hands."
"I don't care about me I care about you." She said to him. "I wanted you safe."
"Your poor hand." He frowned gently picking it up.
"He really crushed it." She cringed. "I heard my bones break it was awful."
"I'll crush his fucking skull." Punk promised.
"How am I going to take notes at work? Or type?" she asked.
"I'll be your writing slave." He offered.
"I prefer sex slave." She teased.
"Aren't I always that?" he asked seriously.
"I think it's reversed actually." She smirked then looked at her hand. "I really hope I don't need surgery."
"Yea but let them do what they have to do." Punk said to her.
"You're not going to leave me here right? Hospitals freak me out." AJ shyly admitted.
"I'm not going anywhere." Punk promised. "Oh and before I forget." He said reaching into the pocket of his hoodie he passed her the chocolate bar she had requested. "It's a little melted-"
"It's perfect!" she said taking it with her good hand.
"Let me open it for you-" he started but she put the plastic in her month and spit it out then took a bite out of the bar. "Or not." He laughed.