A/N: I can't say thank you enough for all the patience of you who have been waiting for this update. I am starting to get back into this writing so hopefully there won't be as long of wait for the next chapter.

Special thanks to RunninonCrazy[spl?] for giving me some inspiration.

AJ's eyes expanded and she thought she was seeing things as Phil Brookes barreled toward them. He had just haphazardly parked his rental car and slammed the door shut. He looked like he was on a war path that was directed at Sheamus and Kaitlyn. He picked Skylar right from Kaitlyn's arms and passed her to AJ without a glance.

"You two in the bus. Now." Punk demanded.

AJ blinked not knowing what to think as Sheamus and Kaitlyn walked off with their heads hung down like scolded children. She looked at Punk's back as he walked into the bus behind them and slammed the door shut.

"Skylar...Do you know why Punk is here?"

"Daddy asked him to." Skylar answered simply. "Uncle Punk is gonna make everything better." She said with confidence, a smile lighting up her previously tear stained face.

AJ blinked and looked to the tinted windows of the tour bus. She easily made out the form of Punk through the glance with his back turned. She sighed and once again tried to ignore her own wicked thoughts.

"While he talks with your mommy and daddy we should walk around." AJ said setting the girl on the ground she took hold of her hand and started leading her around the rest stop. He eyes looking to bus any chance she got wondering what was going on inside...though knowing Punk she was pretty sure of the answer.

Punk was in shock. All the shouting he had thought about all along the way here after the first call from Skylar. Hearing Kaitlyn confess that she had affair seemed more surreal. He thought he back in one of nightmares again...Just now he was seeing what would happen before the blood and screaming.

"Punk, I know you're concern but this isn't going to be fixed with one of your pipe bombs." Kaitlyn said already turning her body to leave.

Punk caught hold of her arm before she had the chance and as gently as he could forced her into a seat on the couch. "I don't think any of my pipebombs could match the one you've set off." Punk mocked not trying to be nice at all. He knew he had hurt her feelings when her mouth snapped shut and she looked away. "When Sheamus called me I didn't know what to think and when Skylar called me crying I just got worried and then pissed off. And I know I can't fix this, but if you two can't soon then I'll take Skylar back with me to Chicago so she doesn't have to suffer through it." Punk explained.

Both Sheamus and Kaitlyn looked defeated and neither were talking back to him. That scared him more than anything. Normally Kaitlyn would be telling him off like she tried before and Sheamus would at least argue against him taking Skylar away. Neither of them had been apart from their daughter for any long period of time, at least not by choice. Now it seemed like that was what they wanted, the whole reason he was hear was to take Skylar...

He groaned and took a seat himself. He put his head in his tattooed hands and closed his eyes not wanting to look at the pathetic image of the silent couple. "I don't want to do that guys. Skylar doesn't want to leave either of you. I can still hardly believe that Kaitlyn had an affair."

"It wasn't recent, Punk. This happened after Skylar was born and she had gotten old enough for me to start touring again." Kaitlyn corrected.

Punk's head lifted. "So why is it a problem now? Sure it shouldn't have happened then, but you've been together years since."

"The person I had an affair with...he wants me to leave Sheamus for him. And I've tried telling him, but he won't stop." Kaitlyn cried whipping her eyes with the back of her hand.

"So what? That shouldn't stop you from wanting to be near each other. If anything you should be together more just to shove in his face. Don't give the bastard what he wants." Punk explained. "Sheamus, I know I'm probably the last person who should talk about trust, love, and all that other stuff. But I know that no matter how angry, hurt, or scared you are if you don't hold onto what you love...you'll lose it."

"You haven't lost anything!" Kaitlyn snapped getting the attention of both men. "You and AJ could be perfectly happy if you both just accepted that you're suppose to be together! So you made a mistake, AJ's made plenty as well! But you are scared and so is she to actually be together! But you still love each other!"

Punk bit his lip from arguing against Kaitlyn as she fell into tears. Taking his time he chose his next words carefully, "Do you want me to take Skylar?"

"It isn't ideal, but we don't need Sky seeing all this. Just be better for her to be away until we get this all figured out." Sheamus explained speaking up for once.

"Fine, but only after this next show. Spend at least this night with her before you have me take her back to Chicago." Punk stated stubbornly.

AJ and Skylar had walked around the small rest stop about 4 times when the young girl got tired and started to fall asleep. So AJ had laid her down in the back seat of the rental she and Kaitlyn came up in. Most of the guys were goofing around while she was only one with a vigilant eye on the RV.

"So has Punk come to save the day again?"

AJ looked over to the face of the person she last wanted to see, Wade. His smug expression reminding her of when he revealed himself as the man who Kaitlyn had fooled around with and was currently ruining the lives of her best friends.

"Get out of here, now." AJ ordered. She took a look back at the RV checking to see if there was any movement.

"So does he know that you were trying to flirt with me?" Wade questioned, ignoring her.

"I had no idea what you were doing to Kaitlyn." AJ hissed in a low tone. She wanted to scream at the top of her lungs at him, but she couldn't wake Skylar. Plus if Punk, Sheamus and Kaitlyn heard her they'd surely come out of the RV and she wasn't sure if that was the best option.

"It really is quite odd that I'm being painted as the bad man. When she was there also." Wade reminded.

"She do-!..." AJ stopped herself from screaming and took a moment before speaking again. "She doesn't want to leave Sheamus. You want her too."

"Or maybe she does...and she just doesn't want to give up on other things." Wade said glancing to Skylar's sleeping body. "Even if she took Skylar with her. I think we all know Sheamus would fight to get Sky back."

AJ couldn't stop herself. She let her hand go, her flat palm smacking against his cheek. She glared at him heaving in deep breathes. She felt flashes of her old crazy chick storyline with the urge to claw out his eyes and if she had the physical ability beat him to oblivion.

"HEY!"

AJ felt an arm grab her around her waist moving her back. Punk stepped between her and Wade. Still her focus didn't waver from Wade.

"Nice to see you back Punk. Retirement sure is short." Wade mocked. "You should keep your girlfriend in check."

"None of this is about me and her. This is about you. You thinking that you're going to break up two of the best people and parents I know. I'll be damned if I let you." Punk started. "And I'm still retired. In fact I want to stay retired...Cause if I was with WWE I'd have to wait for a match. And matches have those rules that will stop me from beating the living hell out of you. So unless you don't want to make it to the next show, leave now."

Punk's word had an effect. Wade backed off going back to another rental further away from them in the parking lot. He didn't leave though. He leaned against the rental looking in their direction. Since he wasn't causing any more immediate issues, Punk turned his attention.

He turned on his heel to face AJ, "Don't ever be alone with him." He stated firmly. Then he looked to Kaitlyn and Sheamus that had followed him out of the RV. "As for both of you, when you're ready to leave. You'll take this rental together and it will be just you two and Sky." he declared.

"Wait so who am I going with?" AJ questioned.

"Me." Punk ordered. He took hold of her forearm and forced her to follow him as he walked to the rental car that he had arrived in.

"Wait, Punk my stuff is still there." She protested meekly struggling against his grip. Quickly giving up when there was no change in his movement or grip.

They moved around to the other side of the rental, out of sight. AJ's breath caught in her throat when Punk pinned her to the side of car with his lips over her own. Slowly she melted against him and started to respond. He finally pulled away after at least 3 minutes, but it still felt too short for AJ's taste. She finally came to her senses though as he caught his breath, with wonder and theories of what this would mean racing through her mind. Before she could get a chance to question it, Punk spoke.

"We are together. I'm tired of saying we aren't and defending this farce of a friendship when I know I love you and I know you love me." Punk stated. "Right now, we have to be together. Kaitlyn and Sheamus…I don't know what's going to happen with them. But I'm not going to let anything bad happen between us anymore. I'm not saying that it is going to be easy at all. And god knows I'll probably make you cry, but I will do everything in my power to make you smile again!" Punk declared.

"OK?" He questioned looking down at AJ's face that was still showing that she was processing all of what he had just said.

After a couple more minutes her jaw lifted from its dropped state. She nodded once for understand. Then raising her hands she wrapped them around his neck and kissed him hard.

A/N: Couple notes for what went on here. Originally I hadn't planned for AJ and Punk to get back together here. I thought of making them both sort of push there own issues aside, but instead I thought getting them together was for the best. So there relationship will finally start to redevelop as a couple as they try to save Sheamus and Kaitlyn's relationship for imploding.