"Since your father rudely interrupted us yesterday, I never got the chance to tell you some good news." She said, the clock having ticked into the early am of the next day as she lay comfortably in his arms.
"Good news for me?" Punk asked her, twirling a strand of her hair around her finger whilst she laughed a little, curled into his chest, her leg draping over his own under the sheets.
"Depends." AJ shrugged, "But mostly good for me." She said.
"Ok, what is it?" Punk asked her.
"I've been offered to star in a production in a few months." She said, "You ever heard of swan lake?" She asked him, which was pretty stupid considering she already knew the answer.
"No." Punk shrugged, "I'm assuming it's something to do with a swan… and a lake." He said cockily as she rolled her eyes, looking up at him and resting her chin on his chest.
"You got jokes." She nodded.
"Tons." He implied, "But no, really… that's super exciting. For you at least." He said as she slapped him hard on the arm, "What?"
"You aren't excited for me?" She asked with a frown as he sighed.
"Of course I am." Punk said, "You know I just don't understand ballet the way you do. But I'm happy that your happy." He smiled. It was just that. He couldn't really care if she was starring in a theatre production. Did that sound bad? What he cared about was her being happy, and she was, and therefore he was happy also.
"You'll come, right?" AJ asked, "Only this time, take a seat and don't have your hood up." She glared up at him, still resting her chin on his chest as he looked down at her.
"Few months time? Hey, I'm just glad you still have intentions to hang around me until then." He laughed as she smiled.
"Well, you're pretty hard to stay away from." She admitted, "You thought anymore about what we're going to do about your dad?" She asked.
"No." Punk sighed, his smile fading as it did everytime his fathers name was mentioned, at this point anyway, "He's always stuck his nose in my business. He just thinks that if this gets serious between us, I'll forget about Invictus and everything that comes along with it." He sighed.
"So he's never going to let you have a life? In other words?" She said as he nodded.
"Pretty much." Punk nodded, "I guess I haven't minded it up until now. You know… him always checking up on me. I've never been in a relationship before." He admitted to her.
"Oh… so was that your discrete way of calling this a relationship." She nodded to him as he swallowed loudly, feeling anxious.
"That's what it is… isn't it?" He asked.
"Yeah." AJ smiled up at him, "I guess it is."
"I'm hoping my dad has bigger problems to worry about soon. He needs to back off." Punk spat. He was still really angry that his father had put his hands on AJ. He felt extremely protective over her already, and he knew his father would stay true to his word if he felt AJ was a distraction. But over his dead body. This girl was the best thing he ever had going for him, he wasn't pushing her away because of his fathers own insecurities.
"We can just take one day at a time." AJ told him, "But… why is he so against you being in a relationship and working the job, when he was when you were a kid?" She asked curiously.
"Because he wasn't happy. He couldn't make my mom happy. And look where he is now, has a daughter that hates him, a dead wife and a son who he's completely ruined." Punk rolled his eyes.
"You aren't ruined." She told him firmly.
Just as she was crawling her way back up his body, lying atop of him whilst pressing her lips back on his, the front door downstairs opened, causing them to both pause and look each other in the eye at a standstill.
"April!" Elise shouted whilst walking in the door, "April are you ready to go? I thought we were meeting a half hour ago." She said.
"Shit." AJ spat whilst climbing off of Punk, "I was supposed to meet her for breakfast." She ran around the bedroom frantically as he stayed in bed, that was until he heard his sister begin to climb the stairs.
"April, are you up there?" She asked as Punk darted out of bed.
There was a lot of pushing and shoving between AJ and Punk. He wanted to go into the bathroom, but she insisted in shoving him into her wardrobe, which was a very compressed space for a man like him, "Stay quiet." She told him as he kicked the wardrobe at her, causing her to laugh and walk away, pretending she was looking out clothes as Elise walked into the bedroom.
"Hey, I thought we were going for breakfast?" She asked.
"I'm so sorry. I slept in." AJ apologised, "You know I didn't give you a spare key to my house to just parade on in though." She said as Elise just nodded but with a smirk.
"Ok, someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed." Elise said, glancing over at the bed which looked like it had been slept in on both sides, very restlessly, "You sure are a messy sleeper." Elise said as AJ smiled timidly.
"I know." She shrugged, "Must be a ballerina thing." She nodded as Elise laughed.
"Alright, well I'll wait outside for you. Don't be too long." Elise said, walking out of the bedroom and heading downstairs.
AJ watched as Punk got out of the wardrobe, some clothes attached to him as he straightened his figure up that had been awkwardly hunched down in the compressed space, "I can't feel my legs." He groaned as she laughed, "It's not funny. Screw my dad, when are we telling my sister." He said, sitting on the edge of the bed, watching her as she began to get dressed.
"Soon." AJ nodded, "I just… I'm scared incase she hates me. I've never had a friend like her, I don't want to lose her." She sighed.
"You won't." Punk said, "She'll probably just try and convince you that you could do better, and tell you stories of all the horrible stuff I've done." He said, putting his own clothes on as she walked over to him, leaning down and cupping his cheeks.
"Well not even that is gonna push me away." She smiled, pecking him on the lips and leaving him her key on the night stand, "You'll need to leave after me. Lock the door on your way out." She told him as he nodded, "Will you come over tonight?" She asked.
"Depends. I'll text you and let you know. If I do it will probably be later on." He told her as she nodded.
"Well I'll be waiting." She said as he smiled, watching her walk out of the room.
"Uncle Dennis… Hey." Punk greeted his Uncle who was with his father in Invictus later on in the day.
"Phil. By God you've grown up." Dennis smiled. The last time he seen Punk was a very long time ago. Punk had to be about 19 or 20, "Grown a beard and everything." Dennis laughed whilst embracing his nephew.
"I'm pretty sure I had a beard when I last seen you." Punk chuckled, taking a seat with his father and uncle.
"So… no Elise?" Dennis asked as Jack just shook his head, "That girl is just her mother. Always finding a reason to argue." He shook his head, "But who'd blame her for leaving this place anyway." He said.
"Nothing wrong with this place." Jack added, "We kept her safe. We didn't have her in danger. The most she done for me was waitress at this place." Jack sighed.
"She has a daughter now." Punk added to change the subject on a happy note, "She's four. Toni, her name is." Punk smiled as Dennis clasped his hands.
"Well that's great." Dennis smiled, "Kids are growing up, Jack. Eh?" He nudged his brother.
"Yeah." Jack said, looking at Punk who stared back at him.
"So… is that you here permanently?" Punk asked his uncle who nodded.
"Yeah. Moving everyone wasn't easy. But we're all here. We're all ready. Your father told me about the loan sharks that tried to tear this place down." Dennis said, "I'm here to help my little brother." Dennis smiled as Jack just rolled his eyes. The majority of the time, Punks father and uncle didn't get on, but when they did, their evil minds clashed and created horrid things.
"Yeah." Punk nodded, looking at his father in the eye, "I was with my girlfriend when it happened." He said without hesitation, watching his fathers nose flair as he sat up straight, "I missed it." Punk said.
Screw it. That's what Punk thought anyway. His father had nothing to do with his personal life. He wasn't in control of who he seen or what he done. This was his life, and he liked calling AJ his girlfriend, it felt different, a good different. He felt like there was a home for him, with AJ. He was crazy about her and he'd be damned if someone wanted to step in between them. That went for his father, his friends and his sister.
"Gilfriend, eh?" Dennis smiled.
"Eh… they aren't really dating." Jack butted in, "You know what Phil is like, always… messing around with girls." He said as his son was now the one with flared nostrils, "Why don't you get back to unpacking your things. Come back round tonight. Free drinks on the house." Jack smiled as Dennis nodded.
"Well… I don't mind if I do." Dennis stood up, "I'll catch you boys later." He announced, walking out of the club as Jack turned his attention to Punk.
"You're playing a bad game here, son." Jack warned him.
"I'm not playing anything." Punk spat, "You don't have a say in who I see or what I do. It doesn't concern you." He said, "I've found someone that can actually look past all the violence, and likes me for me." He said, "It has absolutely nothing to do with you." Punk said, not sure how he could make it any clearer.
"What you do has everything to do with me!" Jack yelled, standing up and slamming his hand on the table as he looked down at Punk, "You don't believe me do you? I will kill her, Phil." Jack said as Punk stood up, evening out the intimidating, only this time he was the one looking down on his father.
"You touch her… I'll kill you." Punk spat as his father looked at him with disgust, "Stay out of my business. Stay out of her business." Punk said, turning his back as he began to walk away.
"I don't need to worry." Jack laughed it off as Punk turned around, "She isn't going to stick around for long when she finds out it was me who killed both her parents."
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