AJ woke up the next day with some guilt after what happened with Punk last night. She didn't mean to snap at him, but she wasn't in the right place, mentally or emotionally, after what happened with Emma and Paige.
AJ decided to call Punk, in order to apologize to him.
"Hello?"
"Umm...Punk, it's me, AJ. I want to apologize for snapping at you yesterday. Please accept my apology, I didn't mean it. I was in a bad place mentally and emotionally. Please, forgive me."
"I forgive you, Beautiful."
"Thank you, for accepting my apology, Punk. I lo-...Okay, I have to go. Bye."
"Bye, Beautiful."
AJ ended the call and ran her hands through her hair. Since the building where she worked at wasn't in good conditions, did she even have a job?
AJ's phone rang, the caller ID said, 'Stephanie McMahon'.
"Hello, Steph."
"A with a J. I just finished having a conversation with the other employees about their job, and I wanted to let you know that your job is secured, but the only problem is that we don't have a new location. So you'll still get your check. If you want to find a part time job, that's fine. A lot of the employees are looking for a part time job, so you won't be alone on this decision."
"That's great news. I think I will look for a part time job, while you find a new location for the jewelry store."
"Okay, great. Have a nice day, AJ."
"You too, Steph."
AJ was glad to have such an understanding boss like Stephanie, but for now, she's going to have to look for a part time job.
AJ got dressed in casual clothes, since she wasn't really looking for a part time job right now. She was going to meet Paige at a coffee shop. AJ walked into the local coffee shop. She walked to an empty booth, thinking about what she was going to get.
"Hey, Dean?"
"What?"
"Isn't that the short girl, who is friends with that one girl, who yelled at me yesterday?"
Seth asked with a frown.
"You mean the girl RoRo has a crush on?" Dean asked, while Seth snickered.
"I don't have a crush on her. I was just doing my job...unlike you two." Roman said, as he glared at Seth and Dean.
"Come on, big man. Let's ask her what's going on." Seth suggested.
"Fine." Roman said.
The three men walked over to AJ, who was spacing out.
"Earth to shorty." Dean said, as he waved his hand in front of AJ's face.
AJ shook her head a bit and looked across from her, seeing two guys sitting across from her, and someone else sitting next to her.
"Oh. You guys are the firefighters who saved my friends yesterday. Rollins, Ambrose, and Reigns." AJ recalled. "Thank you guys so much for saving them; Rollins sorry about Paige. She can be very...outspoken."
"AJ! Where are you?" Paige said loudly.
"Over here, Paige!" AJ replied.
Paige walked over and frowned as she saw Rollins at the booth.
"Hello, gentlemen. What is funny hair doing here?" She asked.
Dean and Roman laughed, while Seth frowned.
"I have a name." Seth whispered, as he got up and walked away from the booth.
Paige started to feel bad, so she started to walk toward him. Seth was almost inside his car.
"Hey, I'm sorry. I know you think I'm lying, but I genuinely feel bad. My name's Paige, by the way." Paige said as she stuck her hand out.
"Apology accepted. My name's Seth." He said as he shook Paige's hand with a small smile.
"C'mon here!" Paige yelled, trying to make things better
Paige wrapped her arms around his neck and started to squeeze him. Seth hugged her back, but he felt like he was about to die, since Paige was squeezing him very tightly.
"Paige."
"Yes?" Paige asked, while looking at Seth, who's face was turning red.
"About to die."
"Oh, bloody hell. I'm sorry, I was just trying to be kind." Paige explained.
"I know but squeezing people to death isn't very kind." Seth replied.
Paige frowned. "Let's head back."
Seth nodded and walked beside Paige, heading back to the coffe shop.
"They're back!" Dean told Roman and AJ, as he saw Seth and Paige walking in.
Once they sat down, everyone started having a conversation on the lady that was making AJ's life complicated.
"Have you meet anyone who's name includes the letter K?" Seth asked.
"Well, there's Kaitlyn, my friend from Texas, but she would never do something like that to me."
"Kaitlyn is a very good friend. Even though she lives far away, she's always there when her friends need her. She would never do something like this to her friends, and I will fight for her to be proven innocent unless proof comes." Paige said.
"We're not in court." AJ told her.
"So? I will defend Kaitlyn's honor, even though I'm the better friend." Paige said.
Roman, Seth and Dean looked at Paige in a weird way. Paige shrugged and turned to AJ, who she was sitting next to her, since Dean decided to move and grab a chair nearby to sit in.
"Kaitlyn and Paige have a thing where they try to see who the better friend is. It's very weird, I know. At least you're not the person who has to deal with it." AJ said, looking at Paige.
Paige tried to look mad, but failed.
"Alright, so call Ro, since he gave you his card. The three of us will be waiting for any information that could help us figure out who did this attempt of homicide." Dean said.
AJ and Paige nodded, while the three firefighters got up and waved goodbye.
Punk was currently at work, he was taking his lunch break, so he decided to call AJ and see how she was doing.
"Hey."
"Hey, what's going on?" Punk asked.
"Nothing much. Just hung out with Paige, and talked with the thre firefighters that saved Emma and Paige." AJ replied.
"Are you at home?"
"Yes. I'm with Tamina, the woman who saved me from the crazy lady."
Punk sighed and ran a hand through his hair.
"Punk, I'm fine. Please don't worry. Tamina said she would stay until you come over, since you like to stay over now." AJ said, as she laughed softly after the last sentence.
Punk laughed and replied, "Well, I would protect you from anything. I just want the best for you."
"I know. You're a good guy. Well, I'm gonna go back to beating Tamina in Call of Duty."
All of a sudden, Punk heard Tamina saying,
"You're not gonna beat me this time. You're lucky that I...just let you win because you're a very kind person."
Punk laughed as he heard the sudden, but small, playful arguing between AJ and Tamina.
"Tamina...I am the Call of Duty master, so let's go again. Anyway, bye Punk." AJ said.
"Yeah, bye Punk." Tamina added.
"Bye AJ and Tamina." Punk replied, before he hung up.
Tamina looked at AJ with a worried expression on her face.
"AJ."
"What's up?"
"I got this letter in the morning. I think it's from that one woman." Tamina explained as she gave AJ the letter.
AJ read the letter out loud:
Dear Tamina and AJ,
Surprise? I think not. Since you want to be the hero, Tamina, why don't you give this letter to AJ? In case you're wondering what my name is...well let's just day you have to have the brains to figures it out. Another letter in my name is "A". So...you have the letters K and A to come help you with my name. Or does it help at all?
Sincerely,
AJ's worst nightmare
Four hours later, Punk finally ended his shift and decided to hang out with AJ for a bit.
Punk got out of his car and walked up to AJ's house. He knocked on the door waiting for her to answer.
AJ walked over to the door, wondering who it could be. She hoped it wasn't that woman. When she opened the door, she saw Punk standing there. She smiled and threw her arms around his waist. She was so happy to see him after what happened yesterday.
Punk sighed softly and hugged her back.
"I thought you weren't gonna come." AJ whispered.
"Is it because of yesterday?" Punk asked.
"Yeah. Come in, it's kind of cold outside."
Punk and AJ walked inside and sat on the couch. AJ laid her head on his chest, and wrapped her arms around his torso, as she gave him a kiss on the check. Punk smiled and wrapped his arms around her shoulders.
"You okay?" Punk asked.
"Yeah. I just want you to hold me for a while. Are you okay with that?" AJ said.
"Of course, Beautiful."
AJ felt like she should tell Punk about the new letter, but that might have to wait until tomorrow. She didn't want to stress Punk.
AJ and Punk stayed in each other's arms, while they watched a random show on television, until Punk left.
AJ sighed, locked the door and went to bed.
So, looks like the woman is not done making AJ's life complicated. Credit to The True Warrior XY2 for the idea of having Tamina give AJ the letter.
