The Night Before

"I'll meet you guys in the morning over at the park." AJ told the girls after they closed the coffee shop for the day, "Phil said he'll get over there first thing and get everything set up. The grills and the coffee machine." She said.

"When do we start serving?" Becca asked, putting her jacket on, getting ready to leave.

"9am." AJ told her, "So be over there at 8am at the latest."

"Yes, ma'am." Becca saluted her.

"And when do we finish?' Shiv asked.

"4pm." AJ said, "Once we close down everything and clean-up it will probably be more like 5. And then we can all go and enjoy the rest of the fair." She said.

"We're gonna do great." Lyla nodded with confidence, "I'll bring the red bulls for us." She added.

"It's like the night before Christmas." Becca chuckled, heading for the door with Lyla whilst Shiv was still putting on her jacket.

"Sleep well, my loves. You'll need it!" AJ called to them as they left the shop, leaving just her and Shiv.

"Do you need a hand with anything else or can I go?" Shiv asked AJ.

"No, you can go. Everything is done here." AJ nodded.

"Ok." Shiv said.

"Shiv." AJ said as Shiv turned to look at her, "I hope you're not mad at me, because you and Daryl are working together." She said. Ever since the staff meeting, she'd noticed Shiv had been very quiet. Not her usual self.

"I'm not mad." Shiv shook her head, "I just don't understand why you would want me to work with him. It's like we're being used for some form of entertainment." She shook her head.

"No… that's not the case." AJ assured her, "You're the best at doing drinks. You've nailed all the iced teas and matcha's we're selling, and Phil told me Daryl is pretty good with drinks too." She said as Shiv just looked at her, unconvinced, "I think you'll both work really well together, and it might ease the tension that's between you both. Maybe it will help you talk to each other more."

"And what if I don't want to talk to him?" Shiv said.

"Then don't." AJ said, "No one is saying you have to."

"Kinda feels like it." Shiv said, "He really humiliated me. I was at the hospital with him when he broke his leg way more than his own mom. I was there every morning and night. I pushed my best girlfriends away. And then he just tossed me to the side like I never mattered." She shook her head.

"I don't think he was in a good place, Shiv. Maybe he just didn't want you to see him like that. I'm not making excuses. He shouldn't have just discarded you the way he did but… it's very obvious to all of us that he still cares about you." AJ nodded.

"It's not obvious to me." Shiv said, "He called me a bitch at my party, which I didn't even invite him to."

"If you really don't want to work with him then I can get Becca to work with him and you can do the cakes and pastries with me. It's not a problem. I just thought it would break the awkwardness between you both." AJ shrugged.

"I'll work with him. It's fine." Shiv said stubbornly, "I'm just not happy about it."

"You might surprise yourself." AJ said, "He looks like he's in a better place now. Don't you think?"

"Yeah, but it doesn't change anything. What's done is done." Shiv shrugged, "I'll be civil and work with him. Only for you." She nodded.

"You'll be great." AJ nodded, "And if you really want to move to a different station, let me know and we'll sort something out."

"I've just not had a proper conversation with him in so long. I'm a little nervous, actually." Shiv admitted.

"Come tomorrow you'll be too busy busting out drinks to be nervous. Trust me." AJ smiled.

"Yeah, you're right." Shiv laughed a little, "I better get home and get some good sleep then."

"I'll see you tomorrow, sweetie." AJ smiled, watching Shiv head for the main door of the coffee shop and leave.

AJ was just about to put on her own jacket when she saw Punk walk into the shop, no doubt having just finished closing down his own place.

"Hey." He smiled.

"Hey, I was just about to call you. I was just leaving." She told him.

"You all prepared for tomorrow?" He asked her, walking over to the counter which she was standing behind.

"Yeah, I think so." AJ said, "You?"

"I think so." Punk replied, "Cole text me not too long ago. He's going to be here around lunch time."

"Is he just here for the day?" AJ asked. In the madness of preparing for the fair, she'd almost forgotten that Punk's closest friend was coming.

"I told him he's welcome to my couch if he wants to stay for the night." Punk said, "I mean… I can just crash at your place anyway."

"Oh, really?" She smiled as he nodded.

"Do I get zapped to hell if I go behind the counter?" He asked her, making his way around.

"Becca will not be happy." AJ made clear.

"Becca doesn't need to know." Punk nodded, standing in front of her now, looking down at her as she smiled up at him.

"Hi." AJ whispered.

"Hi." Punk repeated, leaning down and kissing her softly, cupping her cheeks as she placed her hands on his hips, pulling him close into her body. She then felt him taking her jacket off which she'd just put on, laughing a little against his lips before pulling back.

"I told you. We are not doing it here." She smiled.

"We're not?" He asked her.

"No." She smiled, "You're already on thin ice just being behind this counter. No boys beyond this point." She pointed up to the sign.

"Personally, I took that sign as a challenge." He nodded to her, stepping back a few steps before heading over to the front door.

"Don't you pull that shutter down." AJ scoffed, watching him open the door and pull the grey steel shutters down over the shop windows, closing the door over and locking it.

"Tell me right now that you don't want me to fuck you from behind on that counter." He said calmly, making his way back over to her, "Because I know you want it."

"It is completely unhygienic." She shook her head, "I don't want your bodily fluids all over this place."

"But it's ok for you to leave yours all over my place?" He asked in a quiet voice as she looked up at him, "We can go to the town with the cleaning products."

"I love it when you talk dirty." AJ teased as he chuckled, pressing her body against the counter whilst he placed his hands on either side to barricade her in.

"What would the girls do if they found out you not only had a boy step foot behind this counter but… you had one fuck you on it." He said, leaning into her ear as he spoke the words, kissing her neck softly as she rolled her head back a little.

There was no denying how hot and wet she felt just at the thought of it. She absolutely loved having no control when it came to him. For so long, intimacy had been so controlled and protected in her life, but now with him, she trusted him to take full control.

"This is not something I'll be telling them about." AJ assured him, closing her eyes at the feeling off his mouth on her neck, "I hate that I'm letting you win." She admitted as he chuckled against her neck and pulled back to look down at her.

"Do you really hate it?" He asked her with a smirk as she pushed him back a little, unbuttoning her jeans and pushing them down before lifting her t-shirt up and over her head.

She turned around so her back was facing him and leaned over the counter whilst he stared at her ass.

"Take it then." She whispered.

Punk pushed his shorts down, already hard at the sight of her leaning over the counter, legs apart with nothing but her panties keeping him from her.

He walked towards her, placing his hands on her hips and taking hold of her panties, bringing them down her legs to reveal her glistening sex, waiting there for him to take. He crouched down behind her and used his mouth on her whilst gripping her ass, swirling his tongue between her folds and around her entrance as she moaned, pressing her cheek against the cool counter, reaching her hands forward to grab the edge.

"I should bring that sign down and make you look at it whilst I fuck you." He said, standing up and stroking himself up and down.

"Girls everywhere are disappointed in me." She moaned, although she didn't really care. Not right now when she felt the tip of him at her entrance, slowly burying into her as she gripped the edge of the counter tight until her knuckles were white.

"Fuck." Punk moaned quietly once he'd buried himself as far as he could inside of her, listening to her soft little moans which only stirred up the pleasure inside of him. He'd never been with a woman who brought out this animalistic urge inside of him. Who had him constantly wanting her that sometimes it hurt when they were apart.

"That's so deep." AJ cried with bliss, leaning her forehead on the counter as she felt him lean forward and kiss the middle of her spine, sending shivers through her entire body.

He began thrusting inside of her, gripping her hips and listening to her moans getting louder every time he thrust in.

"You feel so fucking good." Punk muttered, completely in awe of the feeling of her, her walls like velvet hugging him tightly as he thrust back and forth.

"Pull my hair." AJ whispered, lifting her head a little as Punk looked at all her hair splayed down her back. He was never rough, not unless she asked.

He gathered all her hair in his fist, pulling on it and holding it with both hands as he crashed into her back and forth.

"Fuck." AJ moaned, the sound of skin slapping skin and their moans the only sound in the room, such a scandalous sound in her workplace.

Punk pulled on her hair more, pulling her completely up from the counter to a standing position in front of him, still buried inside of her as he leaned down and kissed her neck, moving his hands around her and cupping both her breasts through her bra.

He pulled out of her and turned her around, so they were face to face, picking her up under the thighs and settling her down onto his length. She was so light he could just pick her up effortlessly, lifting her up and down on his length as she wrapped her arms around his neck and crashed her mouth against his.

She was incredibly turned on by his strength, the fact he was so effortlessly moving her up and down on his length as he stood, not needing anything to support himself on.

"Fuck, that feels so good." AJ moaned, feeling him eventually pull out of her and sit her down on the counter, watching him crouch down and spready her legs apart to use his mouth on her. All of the pleasure was mind numbing, and now with the feeling of him sucking on her clit, using his mouth to eat at her like he was starving, it was enough to help her orgasm reach its peak.

"Fuck." AJ cried out loudly, gripping his hair which was now very messy, going rigid as she came on his tongue, her breathing harsh and loud as the waves of pleasure coursed through her entire body.

He waited until her body stopped shuddering and her legs stopped shaking before kissing his way back up her body.

"You good?" He smirked cockily, kissing her on the mouth, trailing the kiss down to her neck as she grabbed the back of his head and nodded.

"I want you to come inside me." She whispered in his ear, watching as he pulled her hips closer to the edge of the counter, burying himself back inside of her and thrusting back and forth.

AJ accidentally knocked a plant off from the counter with her hand as she tried to steady herself and keep herself from falling back. They both laughed a little, their laughs turning back into moans as Punk felt himself reach his climax.

"Fuck, I'm going to come." He told her, thrusting a few more times before feeling that sweet release.

AJ watched him as he came, smirking as she watched his face scrunch up a little, his moans so low and rough as she felt him coming inside of her. She kissed the corner of his mouth, her eyes never leaving him as she soaked up all the pleasure on his face.

He leaned his sweaty forehead on her shoulder, still buried inside of her, breathing harshly as she wrapped her arms around his back.

"You owe me a plant." She whispered, playing with the back of his hair as he chuckled.