A/N: Woah! What fantastic reviews I've received! I'm very fortunate and lucky to have such an awesome following on here so I thank you all!

And yes for those who have asked, I plan on introducing Punk's family. First part of the story was all about AJ and her growing and adjusting but I think it's fair to say that she has grown up greatly in the last year this story has taken place and now the next arc will be Punk's story. So, stay tuned!

Feeling the Love

AJ was in her apartment with a concerned look on her face as she looked at Punk's ugly recliner chair. Jason and Punk were carrying in garbage bags filled with clothes and other items likes lamps, sports memorabilia and other stuff she couldn't believe were going to clutter her place.

"It's alright babe, we've got it." Punk remarked sarcastically as he carried in two garbage bags.

"I don't know if this place it big enough for the two of us." AJ said folding her arms looking over to him.

"It's a little late, they've already rented my place out." Punk smirked. "You just don't like my stuff."

"That's not true." AJ lied shaking her head.

"I think she hates your stuff." Jason teased.

"Just the chair." She remarked rubbing the back of her neck now looking at it. "Can I at least by a chair cover?"

"Nope." Punk said grabbing a box from Jason.

"Your birthday is coming up I can get you a new one." AJ suggested.

"If you touch my chair I'm moving out." He warned her and she pouted. "Now it's the principal of the matter. If you truly love me and want me here you'll accept my chair. I don't understand why you hate it so much you loved it when it was across the hall. You've fallen asleep in that chair countless times."

"I could fall asleep on a bed of nails." AJ scoffed.

"You love having sex in that chair." Punk pointed out and Jason glared at him. "Sorry." He said to him.

"I'd have sex on a bed of nails too." She remarked and Jason rolled his eyes.

"Can you two just not?" Jason asked annoyed.

"Doesn't matter." AJ said brushing it off. "I have to finish packing."

"That's right, you two are heading out this weekend." Jason noted as AJ walked into the bedroom.

"I think she needs a few days away." Punk said to him. "It's been a crazy two weeks. The stuff with the professor, her parents."

"Yea but her parents and her getting along well." Jason noted. "And Hugh set Kate and I up with this great pediatrician out here. He's one of the best in the City and never takes new patients but one call from Hugh and it's done."

"That's good." Punk nodded. "I think AJ is a little thrown by the fact that Maria and her mother are texting bodies."

"Pricella looks at Maria as her daughter's savior." Jason shrugged.

"Yea." Punk mumbled looking through one of his boxes.

"You weren't there and that's not your fault." Jason reminded him. "Just be grateful that someone was to help her."

"I am." Punk said to him. "I just don't know if she thinks less me of now."

"Why would she think less of you?" Jason asked with a laugh.

"Because I think less of me." Punk admitted truthfully.

"You're out of your mind." Jason scoffed. "Let's say you were there, you were walking by just like Maria and Mike were what would you had done to Daren had you seen him attacking AJ like that?"

"Kill him." Punk said simply. It wasn't cold, it wasn't stated with shame it was just his honest truth.

"Exactly and that's what scares me." Jason said to him. "You'd be the one sitting behind bars right now and not him. I'm happy it was Maria and Mike who found her because I can't chance losing the godfather of my son."

"I should have intervened months ago when you warned me about him." Punk said to him.

"He did nothing wrong at that point." Jason reminded him.

"I just want to get the hell out of here for a few days and clear my head." Punk said to him.

"You won't be alone." Jason pointed out.

"She clears my head like nobody else." Punk grinned.

"Well, just be back in time for the birth of my kid." Jason teased.

"We'll be gone two days." Punk snorted.

"Do you want to load up the car with these few bags?" AJ asked pulling out large plastic bags.

"We're going for two days AJ." Punk groaned as he watched her drag the bags across the floor.

"It's dingy in there." AJ pouted. "I got a new comforter and sheets, candles since there's no electricity there, more comfortable fishing chairs because I'd like to be comfortable as I reel in all the big fish and more food."

"You didn't have to get all of this." Punk reasoned.

"But I did." She shrugged.

"You don't have electricity at the cabin?" Jason asked Punk.

"No. I only go a few days a year and if it's cold there's a fire place and if its hot I open the windows. There's no need for TV or wifi there it's a getaway." Punk told him.

"That's a lot of crap to fit into your car." Jason smirked looking over to Punk.

"Yea." Punk groaned rubbing the back of his neck.

"I'm really excited about this trip. The weather is going to be nicer so can we take the little boat out?" she asked him.

"It's a row boat." Punk smirked. "You want to row out to the middle of the lake?"

"Yes I do." She said proudly. "I've only been on big boats before."

"You mean yachts?" Punk teased.

"Not just yachts." She corrected dramatically.

"If you tilt the wrong way on that boat you're falling right in." Punk warned her.

"I'll be fine." She assured him walking over to his chair and grabbing one of her pillows in attempt to doll up his chair a bit.

"No lace pillows on my chair." Punk scolded taking the pillow off and she huffed and walked off.

"You sure you want to live with her?" Jason asked Punk.

"I heard that!" AJ yelled from the bedroom.

The next day Punk and AJ arrived at the cabin and AJ helpfully opened the cabin door (with Larry at her feet) for Punk who was literally carrying everything.

"I'll take the sheets and comforter." She said pulling the bag Punk was literally kicking through the door since his arms were full.

"Helpful." He muttered dropping the rest of the bags.

"It's such a nice weekend." She grinned. "Are we going to night fish?"

"If you want." He said to her. "This weekend is about you. I want you to relax."

"I am relaxed." AJ said pulling Punk's old sheets off of the bed. "My face is pretty much back to normal and my ribs don't hurt."

"That's good." He said quietly as he took the food she packed away out of one of the bags.

"I really like it here. It's peaceful." She said to him as she began to pull the new sheets out and put them on the bed.
"And I love that we were able to take Larry with us." She grinned leaning down to pet an excited Larry.

"Yea it's alright." Punk shrugged.

"You said it was your grandfathers place?" She asked.

"Yea he left it to me when he died a few years back. I always used it when I was growing up so he left it to me." Punk said to her.

"Why did you live with David rather than your grandfather?" She asked curiously as she made up the bed which was difficult since Larry was now on the bed.

"My grandfather didn't want to raise me." Punk told her. "He loved me I think but he didn't want to raise anybody not even my father."

"Oh." AJ said simply. "Come on Larry." She groaned as the dog ran to every corner she tried to tuck in.

"He's excited." Punk smirked.

"One day we'll bring our children out here." She told him.

"Yea? Where are they going to sleep?" Punk teased.

"In the bed with us." She shrugged. "Or maybe we can sleep outside in sleeping bags!" she suggested hopefully.

"You'd hate that." Punk laughed loudly.

"I would not." She defended placing her hands on her hips.

"Oh honey yes you would." He grinned. "Bugs would be crawling on you." he warned her and her face turned to panic.
"It would be really cold and if you think this mattress is uncomfortable wait until you're on the ground."

"I'll just sleep directly on top of you." She shrugged. "This way I'll stay warm and comfortable."

"I'd actually like that." He smirked.

"I knew you would." She grinned. "So can we go out on the boat now?"

"You're very eager." He noted. "Let me talk Larry for a walk-" as soon as he said 'walk' Larry jumped off the bed and was at the door. "You get settled and then we'll go."

An hour into fishing on the small row boat AJ stomped into the cabin soak in wet and Punk and Larry who were both dry followed her in.

"Come on don't be mad." Punk laughed.

"Mad? Why would I be mad? Am I mad that I smell like a lake? No. Am I mad that I didn't get to enjoy the day on the boat? No." She rambled.

"So what are you mad about?" He asked trying not to laugh.

"You let me fall in!" She yelled and he laughed again and shook his head.

"I did not." He said still laughing. "You're really crazy."

"You're jealous that I keep catching fish and you let me fall off the boat." She said removing her t-shirt.

"I'm not jealous!" He laughed even harder. "I told you not to stand up on the boat." he reminded her. "It's an an old crappy boat."

"You grabbed Larry out of my arms. You had to make a choice and you picked Larry. You could have grabbed me too." She pointed out.

When AJ began to lose her footing and fall off the boat, with Larry in her arms, Punk reached out and took Larry from her which pushed her right off of the boat.

"Are you accusing me of saving Larry over you?" Punk asked amused.

"Did you not?" AJ asked pulling her jeans down now.

"Did you want Larry to fall in too?" Punk asked her.

"The water is like four feet deep and he loves to swim." She scoffed. "You let me fall in."

"I thought you wanted me to grab Larry." Punk shrugged.

"Right." She grumbled narrowing her eyes at Punk.

"You looked like a fish out of water when you fell in." He laughed. "You thought the water was deeper and would drown." He couldn't stop laughing at her.

"It's not funny." she scolded stomping her foot but it only made him laugh more.

"Don't be such a baby. I warned you about going on that old ass boat." He said as his laughter died down.

"I wanted to have this amazing day-" she began.

"Today has been one of the best days of my life." He reasoned with a grin and she again glared at him.

"You're so mean." She pouted and walked into the bathroom and slammed the door closed behind her.

Punk opened the bathroom door after an hour and saw AJ laying in the small tub.

"Do I still smell like dirty lake water?" She asked him.

"Yes." he said honestly and she frowned. "It's cute."

"It's not cute." She muttered.

"You need to wash your hair out better that's all." He said to her.

"Fine." She said sitting up and letting the water begin to drain from the tub. "You can wash my hair hair for me in the shower."

"I have to wash your hair?" He snorted.

"You let me fall." She pointed out standing up.

"I mean if that's what you want." He said tilting his head to get a view of her nude body.

"I want you to know I'd never pull you up if you were going to fall in." AJ warned him as he quickly stripped away his clothes.

"Yea, sure." Punk shrugged as he anxiously kicked off his boxers that were already at his feet.

"This isn't for your pleasure." She warned him as she turned the shower on and he jumped in behind her.

"No of course not." He said anxiously and the minute he was inside he wrapped his arms around her and kissed her deeply.

"Mmmm." She moaned and pulled away from the kiss. "You owe me." She reminded him.

"I'll wash your hair." he promised kissing her jawline. "I'll wash any part of you."

"How can you even be attracted to me right now?" She snorted and he chuckled against her neck where he was now kissing.

"It will take a whole hell of a lot more than taking a dip into some dirty water." He smirked against her skin. "If I wasn't holding Larry I would of jumped in after you and taken you right there in the middle of the lake."

"In the middle of the day? With other people fishing on it?" She giggled.

"Yes." he said with hesitation. "I would never put anything or anyone ahead of you, I hope you know that."

"Except for Larry?" She asked seriously and he looked up at her and met her eyes.

"I tried to get both of you but Larry being in your arms was closer. I knew you were in no danger." He smirked.

"So it was for your own amusement?" She asked him.

"I think we both needed a good laugh." He smiled.

"You got a good laugh, what did I get?" she asked.

"A shower with yours truly." He said to her and slowly dropped to his knees before her and leaving kisses down her stomach as he did so.

"Oh." She grinned realizing what was about to happen.

Punk spread her thighs slightly and his face was now pressed against her intimate area. She felt his tongue tease her and her eyes rolled to the back of her head. AJ ran her fingers through his short hair and kept him place and she began to flex her hips forward into his mouth.

"That's it Phil." She moaned happily.

"Am I forgiven yet?" he asked looking up briefly.

"No." She said and he lowered his face again...

Later that night Punk was wide awake as AJ's back was curled against his side and he watched her sleep while Larry was sleeping by the door. For some reason this entire day he literally couldn't keep his eyes off of her. They were together for almost a year now and in that time he never even second glanced at a woman. She was truly the piece of his heart that he had been missing all along. He thought he'd die without Maria but he was sure he'd never live without AJ. Even sleeping with damp hair next to him she was the most beautiful woman he had ever been lucky enough to lay eyes on.

AJ rolled over onto her back and looked up at him and smirked.

"I knew you weren't sleeping because you weren't snoring." He smirked.

"You keep watching me." She smirked. "Why?"

"I like looking at something beautiful before I fall asleep." he whispered and her grin grew bigger.

"Do you have a book of pickup lines I should know about?" She asked teasingly.

"Nah, this is all natural." he said to her as he rolled onto of her.

AJ instinctively spread her legs as he began to kiss her lovingly. He tugged at her silk nightgown and freed her breasts and placed his mouth over one while cupping and teasing the other one. AJ pulled his face up to hers and forced his lips onto hers as he slowly slid into her wet folds beneath the sheets.

"I love you." he murmured against her lips.

"I love you too." She whispered back then gasped slightly as he fully slid into her.

She began to kiss him again as he gently moved in and out of her body and relaxed his body on top of hers. He used his hand to tilt her head further back so he could delve his tongued deeper into her mouth and swallowed every moan and murmur from their contact. Her hands moved to his sides and she griped him as tightly as she could as he took more and more of him into her accepting body.

Punk could have went for hours in the simple position and he certainly tried. It had to be close to an hour and neither had barely moved but both were drenched in sweat. The sweat on Punk was dripping on her bare chest and she felt like she was sticking to the bed sheets. The cabin was hot as it was but this just added to it. Both were sure the windows would steam in the small space.

AJ's body began to quiver as she hit her peak and a few minutes later Punk spilled as deep inside of her as he was buried. He fell onto her wet body and placed his mouth over her shoulder and lightly sucked on a spot while she crossed her legs around his waist so he couldn't leave her just yet. She used her hands to slick back his hair that was damp from sweat in an attempt to make him more comfortable and he leaned in and kissed her lips sweetly.

"That's love." She whispered against his lips.

This time it wasn't about 'sex' or being rough or hard or quickly hitting their peaks, it was about him showing her how much he truly loved her, how he was patient for her and how he'd do anything for her and AJ felt every piece of that.