Someday
A few weeks later Punk was in the shop that was pretty much empty since they were moving across town closer to where he lived and Jason. Jason was around less and less since he was busy at his new swanky full-time job. He was at the old shop 'supervising' the guys packing up while he worked on the car AJ got him for Christmas.
"Are you going to do anything?" Mike groaned.
"I am. I'm working on my car." Punk said to him. "And I'm watching you and the rest of the guys move things."
"Phil!" AJ yelled running into the shop in her work uniform.
"What are you doing here?" Punk asked stopping what he was doing as she ran to him. "You ok?"
"I couldn't stay at work I got sick." AJ told him and he frowned.
"Sick?" He asked concerned and felt the top of her head.
"I was also supposed to get my period a couple of days ago so I'm late." She told him with a grin.
"AJ you're always late." Punk groaned going back to the car.
"I mean it Phil I really think this is it." She said to him. "I got a pregnancy test. It's one of those early ones." she said holding up a brown paper bag.
"Wait a few more days." Punk said then gently grabbed her by the arm and pulled her to the side so the guys couldn't hear them. "You do this every time. You say you're sick, you say you're late and you take a test and then you're heartbroken when it's negative."
"It's different this time Phil." She insisted. "I feel it."
"I can't stand to see you crushed." Punk told her in a whisper keeping his voice down.
"Phil I got a whiff of the wings at work and I hurled." She told him and he scrunched up his face.
"What is that supposed to mean?" Punk asked. "Are you trying to gross me out?"
"Its an aversion! Pregnant women get them all of the time." She told him. "I'm going to take the test." she told him and walked into the bathroom of the shop.
"You have to do this here?" Punk asked quietly as he gently knocked on the door.
"I'm trying to concentrate!" AJ yelled out and Punk shook his head in annoyance. She truly was the most impatient person he had ever met in his entire life.
"Move man." Mike said trying to open the bathroom door but Punk stopped him.
"It's occupied!" AJ yelled from inside the bathroom.
"I need to go!" Mike yelled.
"You need to wait at least fourteen more minutes!" AJ yelled back out and Mike rolled his eyes.
"Get the fuck out of here." Punk said pushing him away. "Go use your bathroom upstairs."
"Fuck." Mike grumbled and walked away.
"Do you want to come in and wait with me?" AJ asked peeking her head out the door.
"Yea ok." Punk said stepping inside and closing the door behind him.
"Nervous?" She asked with the cutest hopeful smile. He didn't want to crush her and say 'no' because he didn't believe she was, she literally did this every month.
"Yea." He lied for her benefit and gave her half a smile, truth was Punk didn't want to get his hopes up either.
"Punk there's some guy here looking for you." one of the workers knocked on the bathroom. "Should I just tell him to come back in four and a half minutes?" he joked.
"Shut the fuck up." Punk snapped at the joke.
"Be back in 12 minutes." AJ warned him and Punk just nodded and walked out of the bathroom and saw Jack from across the room.
"Moving?" Jack asked.
"Across town." Punk said to him. "What are you doing here?"
"Well, I saw AJ run out sick and I wanted to make sure she was ok." Jack shrugged but Punk just eyed him. "And I wanted to let you know I've been looking into that thing."
"Where my mom is?" Punk asked and Jack nodded.
"Her sister left town a few years ago, I spoke to one of her old friends who said she fell off the grid." Jack told him.
"Maybe she left with her sister." Punk shrugged.
"No she didn't." Jack said to him. "This was her last known address." He said giving Punk a piece of paper.
"If she's not there anymore what the fuck am I going to do with that?" Punk asked him.
"I just want to prove that I'm trying here." Jack defended. "Didn't want you to think I forgot."
"How come you don't know her family history? Weren't you two married?" Punk mocked.
"She was different." Jack shrugged. "She was fucking crazy and wild and I married her right away I didn't know much about her which is why we didn't work out." He shrugged. "Are you telling me you know your wife's entire family's medical history?"
"No." Punk said thinking about it. "I know about David's though."
"Right." Jack said to him. "I'll get you some kind of answer soon. Even if I have to call her sister."
"Why can't you do that now? Or maybe I should call her?" Punk suggested.
"She's fucking crazy just like your mother." Jack scoffed waving it off. "I let you live with David to keep you from that baggage."
"I need answers." Punk said to him simply.
"Is she pregnant?" Jack asked him. "The way she ran out..."
"No." Punk told him. "She always thinks she is though."
"She's excited." Jack smiled. "She'll be a good mother someday."
"She wants it so bad that I'm afraid to keep trying." Punk confided and Jack frowned.
"Is there a reason you two can't have kids?" Jack asked him.
"No. We're both fine it just hasn't happened." Punk told him.
"Your mom wanted to have you and we were both fine and it still took two years." Jack told him.
"Two? I don't know if she can wait two years." Punk groaned. "I don't know if I'll survive two."
"Stop trying so hard and just try to relax, it'll happen when you least expect it." Jack said to him.
"What's your angle?" Punk asked bluntly.
"Angle? Me?" Jack laughed.
"Seriously what are you up to. You've never given me advice before." Punk pointed out.
"We're both older and more mature..." Jack trailed off and he was clearly lying. Punk narrowed his eyes at him and then it hit him.
"You think I'm going to have kids and let you be around them don't you?" Punk laughed and Jack sighed in annoyance. "You're fucking crazy."
"Kids should have two grandpa's. The stuck up one who buys them everything but wouldn't know fun if it slapped them in the face then the really fun one, which would be me obviously." Jack smirked proudly. "Hugh sounds like he has a stick up his ass."
"You can bond with AJ all you want and we can have a conversation but I'm not going to let you be a grandfather to my kids." Punk snorted.
"Oh don't be selfish." Jack scolded. "I'm a jolly old man now!" He implored and Punk laughed loudly. "I mean it! Kids love me!"
"What do you even care?" Punk asked amused. "If you hadn't met AJ we never would have spoken again."
"But I have met AJ and I'm very fond of her." Jack noted. "I also would like to believe you and I have come to an understanding that we both were misinformed about each other."
"I'm not looking for a dad." Punk told him. "I had one and he died."
"I wouldn't want to replace David mostly because I know I couldn't and let's be real, if David was here I would be bumped off the grandfather list but I'm old, I'm going to die eventually and I want to know my grandchildren when you have them." Jack told him.
"There are no children." Punk reminded him.
"So, there's a chance when you do have some?" Jack asked anxiously and Punk shook his head in annoyance. "I'll take that as a maybe."
"Phil it's time!" AJ yelled opening the bathroom door and peeking her head out. "Oh, hi Jack."
"Hi sweetheart." Jack smiled and gave her a small wave.
Punk walked back over to the bathroom and stepped inside.
"What's it say?" He asked her.
"I'm too nervous. She said sticking the stick into his hand and he cringed.
"Ugh AJ you pissed on this." Punk said disgusted.
"Please look at it I'm too scared." She begged holding the instructions up. "Plus means positive and minus means negative."
"Oh does it?" he mocked.
"Why aren't you looking?" She asked biting on her thumb nail nervously while holding back tears.
"AJ please." He begged closing the top on the toilet and sitting her on it. "I can't stand to see you cry about this anymore. I need you to promise me that if this is negative you'll realize we still have a chance."
"I have a good feeling." she insisted.
"You say that every time and every time you take a test you cry and go into bed and curl up with Larry and tell him he's your only child." Punk frowned. "It takes time."
"I know." She said to him. "But what if the doctor was wrong and there is something wrong with me?"
"There's nothing wrong with you." He argued. "We're just going at our own pace. It'll happen when it happens but I'm getting concerned you're creating pregnancy symptoms in your head like this."
"You think it's in my head?" She asked sadly. "Do you think I'm crazy?"
"No sweetheart." He said cupping her face as he knelled down in front of her. "You're just anxious and impatient but I promise you it will happen just not right now."
"Ok." She said cleaning away the few tears on her cheeks as he stood up and turned around to throw out the test.
"Babe." Punk said looking at it.
"What?" She asked looking at her face in the mirror.
"Plus means yes, right?" He asked holding the test up and she turned around and snatched it from his hands.
"Oh my god!" She cried clutching the test and looking at it. "I'm pregnant." She whispered in shock and slowly looked up at him.
"You're pregnant." He said slowly and she jumped into his arms which was difficult in the small bathroom.
"We're having a baby." She cried into his neck as he held her tightly.
A couple of days later Punk took AJ to the doctors to confirm and they were in fact expecting. AJ was very early on so they weren't going to tell anyone but Jason and Kate. AJ was going to Kate's to help her out since Jason had to be at the shop and help move the final things. They decided to tell them separately.
"I'm going to miss this place." Jason said tapping up the last box. "We grew up in this dusty old shop."
"The new one will be dusty before you know it." Punk smirked.
"Where's the car going? Bringing it to the new shop?" Jason asked.
"No I'm towing it home." Punk told him looking at his slow work in progress. "I'll have more time there. I'd rather be home working on it anyway."
"Yea I mean you have a decent sized driveway." Jason agreed.
"Yea." Punk said scratching the back of his head.
"I was surprised AJ wasn't at the crisis center tonight." Jason said to him as he placed the box in the back of Punk's pickup truck.
"She's cutting back there. She's only going to do it two nights a week for now." Punk told him and Jason seemed surprised.
"She should take it easy." Jason said to him. "She works too much."
"Look about AJ." Punk started and that caught Jason's attention.
"What?" Jason asked concerned. "Is she ok?"
"Yea she is." Punk said to him then began to smile.
"She's pregnant!" Jason grinned. "I know that face, I had that face twice when I told you I was having a kid!"
"She's only a few weeks so we're not telling a lot of people but we wanted you and Kate to know." Punk said to him and Jason hugged him.
"Congratulations man." Jason said to him. "How is she feeling?" he asked anxiously. "How are you feeling?"
"She has a sensitive stomach like it's ridiculous." Punk admitted. "I used to think that sort of thing was just a put on for movies and stuff but she can't even be in the same room as chicken." he laughed. "I'm good. It's just I went from worrying about AJ to worrying about our kid she's carrying now."
"Wait until the kid is out." Jason warned him. "Then you're running around with a pillow so if your kid falls he doesn't hurt himself and when he starts crying and you've tried everything you're wondering why he's in so much pain and how you can fix it..."
"You're really putting me at ease thanks." Punk said to him and Jason laughed.
"It's all worth it." Jason assured him. "We're fathers." he said to Punk who shook his head in disbelief. "I mean we said our sons would grow up in this shop just like us."
"Yea but now I kind of want my son to be a doctor or a baseball player." Punk admitted.
"Same." Jason agreed with a nod. "I don't want them struggling like we had to."
"A good job growing up before college." Punk said to him and Jason nodded in agreement.
"Then after high school they go to school and do something that will make them a lot of money so we can retire for good." Jason told him.
"That sounds amazing." Punk admitted.
"And your kid is biologically my nephew." Jason said in awe of it all. "It's so wild how things worked out."
"Yea." Punk agreed quietly.
"What's going on? Why are you so quiet? You should be jumping up and down." Jason smirked.
"I keep thinking about my mom." Punk confided.
"You really want to get to know her, huh?" Jason asked and Punk laughed loudly.
"Fuck that. I want to know if she is really sick." Punk told him. "I'm having a kid now and I should know."
"I thought you said Jack was on it?" Jason asked.
"He's useless. He just wants access to my kid when I have one." Punk scoffed.
"He's trying." Jason said to him.
"You think I should let him around my son?" Punk asked with a laugh. "No fucking way."
"You think Jack would try anything with your kid?" Jason asked.
"I'd fucking kill him for even thinking it." Punk threatened coldly.
"He's old, times were different when we were younger. I'm not saying he was right I'm just saying he grew up in a different era and if it's true that he threw your mom out to protect you then clearly he loves you." Jason said to him.
"You've gotten soft since you had kids." Punk spat.
"You will too." Jason warned him.
"I don't want to worry about Jack right now. He's the least of my problems. I need to find my mom and ask her questions." Punk said to him. "Maybe she can clue me in more about Jack too."
"I'm sure Jack would speed things up if he knew about AJ." Jason suggested innocently.
"I'm not telling him shit." Punk snorted.
"Well you're in luck by the way because we have a ton of stuff we can give you guys." Jason offered.
"We'd appreciate that." Punk said to him.
"Brian outgrew his little Cubs jersey already too so that's yours because we're done with kids." Jason told him.
"He already outgrew it?" Punk asked. "He's like three months."
"Five months." Jason corrected. "They grow up fast." He warned him.
"How fast?" Punk asked seriously.
"Fucking fast." Jason warned. "One minute they fit in your head practically and the next they're running around and flushing your phone."
"DJ?" Punk asked and Jason nodded. "Again?"
"He loves flushing things." Jason shrugged.
"Don't you have those baby locks?" Punk asked.
"I do but he gets in one of the rare seconds it's off." Jason said to him. "It makes me nervous because he can really get into anywhere and you hear all of these story's about freak accidents."
"What kind of accidents?" Punk asked with wide worried eyes.
"Stay off the internet." Jason suggested. "You'll be a great dad."
"Yea? I won't be that dad whose kid is embarrassed by because he's a mechanic?" Punk asked seriously. "You got this great fancy job and wear suit to work everyday and look at me."
"You're crazy." Jason laughed. "Were we ever ashamed of David?"
"No." Punk told him honestly.
"Everyone loved dad they always came and hung out at the shop with us." Jason pointed out.
"We also got into some trouble in our teens." Punk pointed out.
"All teens do." Jason shrugged. "But we lived it so we'll know when our kids are up to no good." he pointed out.
"That is true." Punk agreed. "I guess the experience will pay off."
"Besides we didn't have a mother." Jason pointed out. "Kate and AJ will keep those kids in line trust me." he laughed.
"I don't know, AJ is a bit of a wild child even to do this day." Punk told him.
"She'll reel in soon." Jason chuckled. "You two are going to be such great parents. And our kids are going to grow up together. It's fucking awesome."
"This is it. No more room for fucks up." Punk said to himself.
"You haven't fucked up in a long time." Jason pointed out.
"I did right before we moved." Punk admitted sitting on the back of his pickup truck.
"What are you talking about?" Jason asked unsurely. "You fucked up how?"
"How do you think?" Punk asked and Jason's face grew red.
"You cheated on my sister?!" Jason yelled.
"No you asshole." Punk said annoyed he'd even think that. "I don't have a death wish and I don't mean from you but your sister would literally chop me into bits and pieces."
"So what's the problem?" Jason asked.
"Shane got out of jail and I saw him talking to AJ in the hall after I told him to stay away from her and I lost it." Punk told him. "I threw him down the stairs."
"Oh." Jason smirked sitting next to him. "You think protecting your wife from the criminal next door was a fuck up?"
"I snapped." Punk said to him. "What if I'm bi-polar like my mom? What if I snap at my son? Or AJ?"
"You snapped because Shane is disgusting and we both know what he would do to someone as pretty as AJ." Jason pointed out. "You're not bi-polar because you knocked around one guy in the last fifteen years. This stuff with your mom really bothers you huh?"
"I just want to know." Punk said to him.
"I hope you get your answers but I also hope you don't let this eat at you and enjoy this time because this is an exciting time. You made a life man." Jason said elbowing him.
"I know." Punk said still in shock from that. "You're right."
Later that night AJ walked in the front door of her modest one level home but there was plenty of room for a baby.
"How did Jason take it?" AJ asked spotting Punk in the kitchen.
"He's excited." Punk grinned. "Kate?"
"Same." AJ said carrying some books. "She gave me all of her pregnancy books." she placed them on the table and walked over to Punk and wrapped her arms around his waist and buried her head in his back as he cooked at the stove. "What are you cooking?"
"Eggs." He told her. "You up for some?"
"Ugh." AJ groaned. "I don't think I could keep anything down. I'll take Larry for a walk."
"I'll take him." Punk offered turning off the stove.
"We're not in the old neighborhood." AJ reminded him. "I can take Larry out and I want to bond with him before the baby comes because I don't want him to think we're replacing him or will love him any less."
"I'm definitely going to love our son more than our dog." Punk scoffed.
"Don't say that." AJ hissed. "Larry is just as much our child as the baby." She reminded him as Punk rolled his eyes. "You should eat and get to bed though."
"What about you?" he asked.
"I have a paper due in the morning." AJ groaned. "I'll probably be up all night."
"AJ you can't stay up all night anymore like this you need to rest." Punk insisted.
"It's fine." AJ said to him. "This is the last all-nighter I pull I swear."
"Do you want help?" He offered.
"Do you know anything about Edgar Allen Poe?" AJ asked him.
"No." Punk admitted with a shamed smile. "I really hope our son gets your brains."
"I hope he gets your work ethic." AJ smiled reaching up and kissing his lips sweetly. "And your heart."
"I was going to say I hope he got that all from you too." Punk admitted.
"Maybe we'll luck out and he'll get the best parts of both us." AJ suggested.
"Did you talk to your parents yet?" He asked her.
"No I'll wait until I'm twelve weeks for that." She told him.
"I think family is ok to tell early." Punk pointed out.
"Yea but I'd rather wait because you know they'll be all over us. They'll be sending baby care packages and we'll wake up one morning and have a full nursery and it's just too early for all of that."
"Alright." Punk agreed.
"Did you tell Jack?" She asked.
"He's not family." Punk reminded her. "So don't tell that old man shit."
"Fine." AJ shrugged. "But he'll figure it out when I start showing and in my work uniform I'll be showing real fast."
"You're going to still work there huh?" Punk asked with a nervous laugh. "Same little uniform?"
"I need to work Phil, we have bills." She pointed out.
"But in that uniform?" he asked.
"You think I'll look unattractive?" AJ asked narrowing her eyes. "I'll be too big for my little shorts and tight t-shirt?"
"No of course not." Punk said quickly. "It's just my pregnant wife running around half naked isn't what I envisioned."
"Well get used to it because I'm not leaving work and I bet I'll get even better tips, sympathy pregnancy tips." She told him proudly.
"Oh goody." Punk forced out as she grabbed the leash and Larry and headed out the door.
A/N: Welp there you all have it! You guys have been waiting for baby and 30 chapters later I've finally delivered! A lot more drama to come (and adorable moments). Thanks for your reviews guys!