Absolute

Punk mutters a quick "shit" as he runs through the hospital. He doesn't know what the hell happened but he's going to find out, he quickly asks for her room and when they give it to him he runs towards the elevators and then to her room.

He see's Kaitlyn, Derrick, Justin, Johnny and Kelly and Big Show in the waiting room. He frowns as he approaches them, Kelly is the one who comes forwards and tells him that Daniel isn't allowing anyone inside the room. She explains what happens and he tells Show immediately that he doesn't hold him responsible he holds Daniel as the guilty party.

He heads towards her door and opens it before disappearing inside. Daniel is sitting in a chair next to her bed and he snarls at the sight. He's playing the dotting boyfriend and it just doesn't suit someone as cold as him. The man had his back to him but he knew someone had come in and that someone wasn't a doctor.

"Get out," he tells him never looking towards him

He looks at A.J who is sleeping soundly on the hospital bed a neck brace around her neck. He suddenly hates himself for being too late as he comes closer, Daniel whirls around then and his eyes narrow before a sneer forms on his mouth.

"I told you to get out!"

"How is she?" he ignored the other man's demands

"She's fine, now go," Daniel hisses

"No," he tells him before settling on the other side of her bed

Daniel gives him a look before standing up, "what's with you and trying to come between my girlfriend and I?"

"Your girlfriend?" he frowns, "you sure have a funny way of making it seem like that's what she is to you."

"I keep her with me, don't I?" he sneers, "she's always being protected by me."

"Then why are we here now?" Punk tells him sternly, "if you protect her so well why the hell are we sitting here while she has a neck brace?"

"Shut up," he snarls, "that was an accident, I had no way of knowi-"

"Do you love her?"

Daniel doesn't say anything as he looks at Punk, he can lie about so much and yet lying about loving the girl currently sleeping is something he's never been able to do and he hates it. Punk sneers at him then as he too stands up.

"It's you who should get out, you have some nerve," Punk hisses

"Look I-"

"You treat her like crap day in and day out and yet you still have the nerve to sit here and say you don't even love her?" Punk snarls, "how pathetic."

Daniel's eyes move to the small girl who he knew once lit up his day with her very presence, now it seemed as if the spark had drained completely out of her, she hardly smiled at people and when she did it was more forced than ever, she looked miserable at his side. But Daniel just couldn't let her go, she was his to keep for now, he needed her to keep what truly mattered to him, even if that sounded shallow and completely cold-hearted.

"I'm here aren't I?" he snaps, "I care for her."

"You don't care for her, "Punk snaps, "you're probably only here to keep up appearances or maybe because your little sideline girl went back to Arizona for the week."

"I'm not cheating on he-"

"Stop lying to yourself and her," he snaps

"I care for her a great deal," he snarls, "I'm not cheating on her."

"Cut the crap, Daniel," he snarls

"You don't know what it's like," Daniel starts giving Punk the coldest sneer he can muster, "to see the girl who's supposed to be devoted to you, your girlfriend, get run over by someone four times her height and weight and she's on the brink of passing out she mutters another man's name, now tell me if I'm at fault."

Punk looks at A.J, "whose name?"

"Yours," Daniel hisses, "she called for you."

"Mine?" he frowns

"I never knew you'd be someone who's willing to come in between someone else's relationship," Daniel snarls, "a home wrecker, I believe."

"Home wrecker?" he chuckles, "no-no-no, that'd be that little slut that clings to you at night."

"Stop playing innocent you're unbe-"

"Shut up and get out," Punk snarls

Daniel doesn't protest anymore, far too angry with her and Punk to even say anything else. He leaves without another word and Punk smiles taking his seat again and resting his head on the bed, his hand clasps around A.J's and he smiles when her fingers close around his as well. He watches her most of the time, murmuring sweet nothings to the unconscious girl and when his head lays next to their intertwined hands he falls into a much need sleep.

There's a buzzing in his pocket and he frowns as he wakes up, the blinding sunlight shinning from outside. He quickly presses the answer button and presses the thing to his ear.

"Hello?" he answers quietly

"Where the hell are you at, man?"

Cena.

He takes in his surroundings and everything comes flooding back, "hospital."

"Did something bad happen to you?" John asks, worry evident in his tone

"Now, A.J basically got run over by Big Show, it was pretty serious, "he sighs

"Wish her well for me," John tells him, "and hurry up and get your ass here."

"Why?"

"Boss is looking for ya'," He explained, "you did miss the meeting after all."

"Tell him I'll catch a flight with A.J," he sighs, "she told me hers leaves at 7."

John told him okay but he wasn't stalling anywhere past that and Punk gave him an okay. After he hung up a woman walked in, her nurse, and smiled at him. He finally noticed A.J wasn't on her bed and he frowned, the nurse merely chuckled.

"No worries, you must be her boyfriend she's just getting cleared up to leave," the nurse explains

Punk doesn't bother to correct her, it makes him smile that someone thinks that of him. He gives her a thanks and sure enough A.J steps in a few minutes afterwards with a frown.

"I feel funny,"she tells him

Punk chuckled, "how are you feeling?"

"Like I got run over by a 400 pounder," she laughs

"About that," Punk frowns, "you're crazy for getting in the way like that."

"Oh posh," A.J smirks, "after all didn't you say you liked crazy chicks?"

Punk only smirked as A.J gave him a grin, he had to admit she was right he did have a thing for crazy chicks, he especially had a thing for this certain one.

He felt rage towards them, those two thought they were so clever trying to have an affair behind his back like he was some first class idiot. He snarled and his fist clenched tighter at the thought of A.J giving herself to another man who wasn't him, it was a preposterous idea.

"It's okay, baby," she cooed

He looked behind him to the girl who was giving him a message trying to calm him down, "Punk is an idiot, and she's pathetic."

The woman behind him gave a small sigh, she knew Daniel was only using the girl to gain a victory. The small girl was what Daniel always called a great distraction but she felt like recently Daniel had clung to the girl more often than usual. She wasn't stupid, she saw what happened at his Friday night show, he had a general look of concern on his face despite his constant yelling. And since returning from the hospital where they kept the girl he hadn't shut up about her and Punk's alleged relationship behind his back. It made her furious to think that little girl was digging her claws into him, she didn't want to think what would happen if Daniel decided he didn't want to leave the small girl after all, it would ruin her completely.

"You shouldn't be worried, if she goes to him then we can be together with more ease," she giggles

"What good is that if I don't have my championship?" he hisses, "besides I refuse to lose her to someone like Punk."

She snarled and immediately stopped what she was doing, "you act like you care for her, rather than that ego of yours."

"It's not that," he snorted, "never that."

"Then why don't you explain what it is?!" she spats

He laughs and shakes his head getting up from his spot on the bed, "don't be stupid and don't ever raise your voice at me again."

"You care for her, don't you Daniel," she snarls, "you act so high and mighty and yet she's always been your weakness."

"You know, jealousy is an ugly thing," a lazy smirk appearing on his lips

"Why don't you admit it?" she snaps, "that she isn't just a one way ticket to victory?"

"Idiot," Daniel scoffs

"Stop kidding yourself, stop lying and pretending that she means nothing," she snarls, "that you don't love her."

"I don't," he replied his smirk falling from his face

"Fine, if you're so sure then prove it," she smirks, "dump her, destroy her after you retain your title."

"If it gets you to shut up, then fine," he rolls his eyes

Without another word he grabbed his phone from the table in the room and left without another word. He would admit a lot of things in this world, but he'd never admit that falling for A.J had been something that didn't happen. He had been so hell-bent on winning he hadn't noticed her but last night when she took that hit for him, no less, made him see things he hadn't seen before. Seeing her in a neck brace, hurt because she tried to keep him out of harm's way was something that tugged at his heart-strings and made his heart bleed for the girl.

Angry with thoughts he growled and shook his head, no, thoughts like those were nothing but a weakness. And being a champion meant you had no weaknesses that everything that could make you lose sight of what's important was cut off from your life. And A.J, with her big chocolate-brown eyes was definitely someone who could make him forget what truly matters in his life and that just couldn't happen, he wouldn't let it happen.

He was going to break the relationship, keep his championship, crush the poor girl and laugh as CM Punk tries to desperately place her back together. She'd be begging for him and CM Punk will see just who exactly was the better man in the situation.

No matter what, he will not lose.

They had finally arrived in Chicago and A.J was thrilled, Punk's hometown. Even with the massive ache in her neck and everything that transpired last night she was ready to be at Raw and see just how lively this crowd could get for their champion. Punk looked exhausted as well but he also had this glow in his eyes that she'd never seen before, she guessed it was the ambiance of being back in his hometown.

She was however, worried for the man because she knew Jericho, she'd seen him practically her whole life and she was sure that he'd have a thing or two up his sleeve. She didn't want Punk to be humiliated in his hometown, he wanted him to shine and be awesome and just be happy since he told her that his mother and sisters were coming to tonight's show.

"Ready to kick some butt, tonight?" she smiled brightly,

"I'm ready, "he smirked, "you?"

"I'm not sure if Daniel has a match or not, but who knows if I'll even be allowed to go out like this, not that I want to I look rather stupid," she laughs

Punk felt slightly relieved at the situation, if there was one thing that was bothering him and keeping him from enjoying his time here in his hometown it was the thought of A.J going out there with the neck brace in tact. He didn't want her to get hurt anymore and with Daniel Bryan she'd get hurt plenty more times than she'd be actually saved by the moron.

A.J decided to sit on the bench in his locker room and play her music. He was almost done changing and she really wanted to avoid making him feel nervous or worried. She wanted him to go out there and do his little segment and get out without any interference's.

Punk placed his kick pads on as A.J hummed to her song, the music blaring in her ear buds. He arched an eyebrow at her choice of music (One Direction) and he snorted before plucking the buds out of her ear.

"A.J," he chuckled, "talk to me while I stretch."

She smiled and gave a nod, "okay."

She watched him start stretching and she began talking to him about how he felt about being back home. He told he was elated that he gets a chance to see his mother and little sisters and even more elated to let them see what he does for a living, his passion. After he was done he walked over to his bag as A.J told him about how excited she was to see what kind of reaction he'd get in his own town and he merely laughed.

A.J starred at him as he took out his wrist tape, she couldn't help but notice just how attractive he really was. Everything from his handsome features to his tattooed arms and chest and when she realized what she was doing she mentally slapped herself for being a mindless fangirl. After he finished wrapping his tape around his arms he placed the 'X' on each one and then sat on the bench with her. She sighed softly and looked at him carefully, he was staring at the wall before them looking lost in thought.

"You okay?" she asked, "you seem worried, perhaps scared."

Punk knew where her worries came from, the last time he was confronted by Jericho he had dumped beer on him. It was the most sickening thing in the world and he was thankful that at least it wasn't the whole bottle or he would have thrown up then and there.

"No," he told her, keeping his feelings hidden from her

But she saw through him, she always did, "I know you'll be fine."

He chuckles, "I know."

She looked down at her laugh and whispered, "and when you return, I'll be right here waiting."

When he finally looked at her he smiled, it wasn't his usual cocky smile or his teasing smile, it was a genuine smile that simply meant he was thankful to have her at his side.

"You know something, A.J?"

She raised her head and met his gaze, "what?"

"I wouldn't have it any other way," he smiles

A.J smiles and takes his hand in hers, a comfort of sorts, he smiles down at their join hands. He wishes things were like this always, that he'd have her here with him at all times and wonders if she feels the same way too. And she does, though she won't say, her boyfriend being a major obstacle in what they could possibly have. But it's weird, because when she's with Punk, Daniel turns into nothing but a thought in the back of her mind, the man she loves has taken a back seat to the man she could possibly be in love with one day.

And it's as Punk said, she wouldn't have it any other way.

ending note: I haven't died, school just gets super hectic and in the way of everything. This has sat in ff net for months and since I logged in to answer questions I decided to just go ahead and upload it! I'm putting a few things on hold until Spring break when I actually have free time but still fell free to shoot me a message with any questions, concerns and what-not!