Stress

A/N: Thanks again for the reviews! Just an FYI: Updates might be a little slower for a few weeks as I'm approaching the end of my semester for my final year.

"I finished that book I was reading about the girl who falls in love with a serial killer." Becca said, standing at the coffee machine and making some cappuccinos for a table.

"Was it good?" AJ asked, tying up a trash bag to take out the back.

"It was weird. She was like… craving sex with a serial killer. Like… that's the only way she could orgasm." Becca explained whilst Daryl looked over whilst dishing out chocolate chip cookies onto the display counter.

"Sounds interesting." AJ laughed a little.

"Very strange." Becca shook her head.

"You're very strange." Daryl concluded, "Are they even allowed to make books like that?"

"Oh, please. My bookshelf would terrify you." Becca told him.

"Yeah, it probably would." Daryl shook his head.

"Hey, I should read a chapter from one of my books at the open-mic night." Becca grinned deviously.

"And give all the old ladies a stroke?" Daryl asked, "I wouldn't."

"What are you wearing?" AJ asked, "You're not dressing up all fabulous, are you?"

"I always dress up fabulous." Becca said seriously, "I have a long skirt and a shirt I got at a charity shop. I'm gonna accessorise it with a chunky belt. Big hoop earrings, obviously." Becca gave her the run down.

"Can I wear my sweats?" AJ huffed.

"Oh, don't be a bore." Becca said.

"I'm tired. You try having a kid who won't sleep." AJ said.

"No thanks I'll stick to my birth control." Becca assured her, "Do you know if Shiv is going?" She asked Daryl.

"She said she wasn't sure." Daryl said.

"And are you going?" Becca asked.

"Not sure." Daryl said.

"Wonderful." Becca rolled her eyes, "God, you all need some confetti shot up your ass." She shook her head as AJ chuckled.

"I'm going to take the trash out." AJ announced whilst Becca sat the two cappuccinos on a tray for Daryl to go serve them.

Once he returned, he went back to stocking up their cake display area. All of them had noticed how hard he was working. He arrived early and finished late. He stayed on top of everything. He cleaned every surface thoroughly and waited on customers so well.

"How are things going with Brianna?" Becca asked him sincerely.

"Ok, I think." Daryl nodded, "I'm seeing her again tomorrow at my mom's."

"It's good she's so comfortable around you. You must be doing something right." Becca assured him.

"I hope so." Daryl said, "She's so cute it makes me feel sick sometimes." He sighed as Becca chuckled.

"She's a really cute kid." Becca agreed, "I remember when Shiv first came back here. Brianna must have been about two. I literally couldn't believe how cute she was just toddling beside her, pointing at everything." She smiled.

"She must have been lonely." Daryl said, "Shiv, I mean."

"Probably." Becca nodded, "Living off food stamps and staying in shelters? Not for the faint hearted. She's a badass." Becca said as Daryl nodded.

"Yeah." He said quietly.

"Hey, where is Lyla?" Becca asked as AJ came back out into the front.

"She had a dentist appointment." AJ said, "Gotta look after your molars."

"Hey, Becca. Would it be ok if I brought Brianna to the farm one day? She loves animals and I thought it'd be good to take her to see the horses and stuff." Daryl said, "She's probably already saw them but-"

"Of course." Becca nodded, "Anytime."

"You just want to go see Maple." AJ teased.

"Maybe." Daryl said.

"Bring her anytime, Daryl." Becca nodded.

"Thanks." Daryl smiled.

"Speak of the devil." Becca said as Lyla came into the coffee shop.

"And the devil appears." Lyla nodded, "Why is Phil's friend working at the new house?" She asked immediately.

"He's here already?" AJ asked.

"Yeah. He… stopped and introduced himself when I was walking by." Lyla made a face.

"He's taking over the project. Phil called him a couple nights ago. I didn't think he'd start so soon." AJ said.

"What was wrong with the other guys?" Lyla asked, hanging her jacket up and putting her apron on.

"They weren't doing a very good job." AJ said.

"Cole is a good guy. I like him." Daryl offered.

"Is this the guy that was here a few weeks ago?" Becca asked.

"Yeah. He's Phil's oldest friend. They've been friends since high school. But they went to different high schools-"

"Ok, I don't need the full history." Becca assured her as AJ made a face.

"He had his t-shirt off." Lyla said, "It's not even hot outside."

"Maybe that was just for you." AJ shrugged.

"Well then he's barking up the wrong tree." Lyla said firmly, "Have we been busy?"

"Yeah, what's new?" AJ asked.

"Becca finished her serial killer book." Daryl told Lyla. He wasn't aware of how engrained he now was in the girl's conversations.

"Was it good?" Lyla asked.

"No, very weird." Becca said, "I'll give it to you to read."

"She wants to read a chapter at the open-mic night." Daryl said.

"Oh, I dare you." Lyla beamed with excitement.

"Phil will kill both of you." AJ concluded, "Less talking more coffee making, please. There are two tables waiting." She told them.

"Yes, mommy." Becca frowned as AJ rolled her eyes.

"What did you learn at pre-k today?" AJ asked, sitting on the edge of Thomas' bed where she was saying goodnight to him. Punk was in the next room over saying goodnight to Rudy.

"Nothing." Thomas said.

"Nothing?" AJ scoffed, "I don't believe it."

"We did spelling and numbers. And made a poster." Thomas said.

"What was the poster?" AJ asked, brushing his messy dark hair out of his face,

"It was about our favourite things." Thomas said.

"Oh, that sounds fun. What did you put on your poster?" AJ asked him curiously.

"I tried to draw Spider-man." Thomas said as AJ smiled. Sometimes she wanted to eat him up. He was the sweetest little boy. His dark eyes and messy dark hair, his olive skin which matched hers identically. He had a certain softness to him that Rudy didn't. Not that she compared them. Because they were twins and they were so similar most of the time, their differences stuck out.

"What else did you put on it?" AJ asked him.

"A cookie. Mommy's cookies. The guava ones." He said specifically as AJ smiled.

"That's sweet, baby." AJ smiled.

"And I drew a picture of me and daddy." He added.

"Spider-man, cookies and daddy. That about sums you up perfectly." AJ smiled.

"Will I be able to have a superhero room in the new house?" He asked her.

"Of course." AJ said, "We can make your room whatever you want it to be." AJ said.

"And no monsters under the bed." He said.

"Baby, there will never be monsters under your bed as long as mommy and daddy are here. I promise." AJ said as Thomas nodded, "Close your eyes." She hummed, stroking his cheek softly as he shut his eyes.

She stayed with him until he fell asleep, turning his night light off and leaving the room.

She headed into her and Punk's bedroom where Punk had already beat her to.

"She ok?" AJ asked him.

"Yeah, out like a light. Thomas?" He asked.

"Yeah, he's fine." AJ smiled, "Gosh, we had a busy day today." She said, collapsing down on the bed.

"Us too." He said, lying down beside her on the bed, "Shiv was telling me Daryl was at her apartment the other night. To see Brianna."

"Yeah, he mentioned it. It's good, right?" AJ nodded.

"It's great." Punk said.

"So Cole is already working on the house?" She asked him, "Lyla said she saw him with his top off."

"God, he's not very subtle is he." Punk rubbed his hand over his face as AJ chuckled.

"I didn't think he'd be here so soon." AJ admitted.

"He's got no other projects going on." Punk shrugged, "He said he's gonna come to the open-mic night on Saturday."

"Good. I bet you'll have a packed house." AJ smiled, "My aunt is coming. She said she'd take the twins overnight."

"Oh, good." Punk said, "They love staying with her."

"I know, it's great." AJ smiled, "Do you think Daryl and Shiv will both go?"

"Maybe. They seem to be doing ok." Punk said, "You look stressed." He looked at her.

"I feel it. I don't know why." She admitted, "It's tough being an adult." She frowned at him as he chuckled.

"I know it's awful." He said.

"We were just so busy today and I had to do the payroll and the stock orders. Then it's time to be mom again and make sure the kids eat some kind of vegetable." She rolled her eyes.

"Let's just have them make their own dinner from now on. I think they could do it." He teased as she smiled.

"I wish." She smiled, "I think overall I'm just having a bit of an anxious day. That's all." She said.

"Is there anything I can do?" He asked her.

"You do enough." She assured him, curling into him and kissing his chest over his t-shirt.

He leaned down and kissed her softly, tilting her chin up as he deepened the kiss, pulling her body on top of his as she smiled against his lips.

"Take your pants off." He whispered in her ear, kissing her neck as she smiled.

She rolled off of him and pushed her pants down, climbing back over him and pressing her lips back against his.

"Take yours off." She whispered in his ear similarly, helping him push his shorts and boxers down.

She wrapped her hand around his length, stroking him up and down whilst they stayed kissing, enjoying the moans he was making into her mouth, clearly enjoying her touch as she felt him get hard.

She broke their kiss only to take her t-shirt and bra off to which he followed her lead and took his own t-shirt off, immediately going back to each other's lips as he cupped one of her breasts.

"Come here." He said hungrily, pulling her up his body by her hips, pulling her so far up that she was straddling his face, feeling him pull her panties to the side.

She placed her hands, palm flat against the wall in front of her, feeling him part her folds with his tongue, moaning as he sucked her clit and feasted on her like he was starved.

"Fuck." She moaned with a shaky voice, rolling her hips back and forth gently, riding his face as he gripped her ass and never parted his mouth from her for a second.

The feeling was mind-numbing. She still couldn't quite believe the things he did to her body, the way he made her feel. The way he devoured her so desperately, making sure she every part of her felt good. She'd lost count of how many times she'd been in this position over the years, coming undone and experiencing thrilling bouts of pleasure.

"Don't stop." She begged, feeling herself so close.

He watched her above him as she came undone, gripping the wall in front of her, her legs shaking around his head as he felt her get wetter on his tongue.

"Fuck." She gasped, laughing a little as she pressed her cheek against the cool wall.

"You good up there?" He chuckled, kissing her inner thighs as she smiled.

"Could be worse." She teased, moving herself back down his body so she could kiss him on the mouth, their tongue colliding with one another as he ran his hands through her hair.

"You taste yourself?" He murmured against her lips as she smirked.

"Mhm." She moaned softly against his mouth, "I want you inside of me." She said, kissing down his neck as he rolled them over, so she was below him and he was on top.

He parted her legs, settling between them and lining himself up to her entrance, thrusting into her as she arched her back and moaned.

"Fuck, that first one is always the best." He moaned, never quite getting used to how good it felt to thrust himself inside of her.

He began thrusting into her, feeling her hands circle around his back, grazing her nails down to his torso as she clutched to him, moving her hips up to meet his thrusts.

"Fuck, baby. I want you to come." She moaned, desperate to see him lose himself, to see him scrunch his nose up and moan out whilst she felt his seed shooting inside her.

She moved her hand between them, stroking her clit with her fingers whilst he pounded into her, coaxing on another orgasm of her own.

"Are you about to go off?" Punk panted.

"Yes, fuck me harder." She moaned, desperately stroking her clit as he placed his hands on her waist and pounded into her harder, feeling himself getting close.

As soon as she reached her orgasm and tightened around him, he lost himself and reached his own climax, leaning his head on her shoulder and moaning as he spilled himself inside of her.

"Fuck." AJ moaned, her whole-body pulsing as she stroked his back lightly with her fingertips, his length still buried inside of her.

"I love you." Punk panted, still leaning his head against her shoulder as she smiled, drugged on pleasure.

"Me or my pussy?" She chuckled.

"I love both." He assured her as she chuckled, kissing his cheek as he lifted his head and kissed her passionately on the lips.