"Aw man we're so fucking stoned right now." Ashley said as TJ passed the bong to her.
"Your turn." TJ replied, Ashley taking a large hit of the marijuana.
"Hey, don't hog it!" Jeff replied.
"Alright big bro let's see what you are made of." Ashley responded, before passing it to him.
It was as Jeff was about to take a hit that the door opened abruptly and they saw her.
"Mandy!" Jeff replied in a startled manner, setting the bong aside as Amanda was looking at the trio.
"Have you all lost whatever sense you had?!" The 20 year old responded.
"What? We're just having a good time." TJ explained .
"They're supposed to be getting clean!" Amanda said to him before she turned to the Hardy siblings. "I don't believe this… you two lied right to my face about going into rehab!"
"Rehab? We don't need to go there." Ashley said.
"Yep we've got it under control." Jeff said.
"Oh you do, huh? Well Buba and Sis, don't expect me to sit back and watch!" Amanda replied through gritted teeth before she headed out of the hotel villa and into the hallway, TJ following after her.
"Aw Mandy, come back and have a hit. It will really relax you." TJ said.
"I don't do drugs, now let go!" Amanda yelled, managing to pull her right wrist away but TJ grabbed it again.
"Come on it will be fun. Ashley and Jeff are having a great time." TJ said.
"I said no!" Amanda shouted, slamming her right knee into TJ's ribcage and then his face before she picked him up and bodyslammed him into the wall. "Putting your hands on me was a mistake, pal!" She hissed after dropping him and leaving.
"Aw damn she hits pretty hard." TJ said before going and stumbling after her.
The bitter October wind hit Amanda as she walked down the boardwalk in Daytona Beach… the temps were already in the 40s at night and Amanda buttoned her coat tighter to her to keep warm.
As she stopped, she sat down and leaned against part of the pier… she closed her eyes, shaken up by the way that TJ had grabbed her.
And paying no attention to the footsteps approaching her… until a gentle voice asked "Are you okay, Miss?", Amanda opening her eyes.
The man who had crouched down in front looked to be 29 years old… his hair was short and a bit darker than hers, his blue eyes holding a concerned look in them.
"Just having a bad night…" Amanda responded as the man noticed her bruised wrist. "My friends lied to me… said they were gonna get sober but I caught them drinking and smoking. Told them that I wasn't gonna stand by and watch if they weren't gonna at least try. But one of them followed me… and he… I don't know why he wanted me to join them, TJ knows that I don't touch drugs." She replied, brushing her tears away and the man's eyes widening when she mentioned the name.
"Mandy!" The two heard, the dark haired man getting Amanda to hide under the pier before TJ reached the beach. "Devitt, when did you get back from Japan?" He asked.
"A few hours ago… what's going on here?" Devitt replied.
"I was looking for someone who ran off. Small, shapely, dark shoulder length hair and hazel eyes." TJ explained.
"Haven't seen her." Devitt replied, TJ leaving, TJ leaving before Devitt walked over to where Amanda was hiding.
"Is he gone?" Amanda questioned after looking at Devitt.
"You know TJ Burrow as well?" Devitt asked.
"Met him through Ashley Hardy back when I was 14." Amanda answered as they headed to the car, the two getting into it before Devitt drove off with her.
At the same time, TJ called Jeff.
"Any luck?" Jeff asked.
"Nope but I could go for a pizza right now." TJ said.
"TJ, we're supposed to be finding Mandy!" Jeff replied angrily as he and Ashley looked around, passing by a tattoo shop.
"Hm." Ashley said as she looked up at the sign.
"Don't you get any ideas." Jeff said before grabbing her by the collar of her shirt.
"Hey, hey! Take it easy man." Ashley said.
"TJ, don't scare her if you find her before we do." Jeff replied.
"Maybe she went to get pizza." TJ said, Ashley snickering.
"TJ has got the munchies." Ashley said.
"You both are idiots." Jeff said.
"Maybe… and I doubt Mandy eats pizza, she's awfully tiny." TJ replied.
"Yeah she's like that tiny breed of dog, what are they called again?" Ashley said.
"Oh shove an apple in your mouth!" Jeff responded before he and TJ hung up.
"Oh you are angry, Jeff Hardy is angry everyone!" Ashley said, yelling the last part.
"You are never smoking weed again." Jeff muttered.
At the same time, Devitt was waiting outside the apartment when Amanda walked back outside with a packed duffle bag. She put it in the back and got back in the passenger side, closing the door.
"I'm staying over in the Ponce Inlet area." Devitt replied.
"Thanks for this. My roommate is out of town visiting his girlfriend and I didn't feel like being alone in there. They know where I live." Amanda explained as she buckled up, Devitt driving back into the traffic as Amanda turned her phone on sleep mode and put it back in her coat pocket.
It was a few hours later that TJ searched the apartment after reaching it… finding some of Amanda's things gone, he called Ashley.
"Anything?" Ashley asked.
"She's gone, Ash. Took clothes, shoes, socks... anything she could take with her, she did and disappeared." TJ explained.
"Damn it! John's gonna kill me!" Ashley responded.
"Hold on, she might've just gone over to his place." TJ replied.
"Well if she did then we're all dead." Ashley said.
"Yeah, John's ruthless when someone crosses his sister." Jeff responded.
"Besides the Tampa area, where else would she go?" TJ asked.
"Somewhere quiet… maybe St. Augustine or Ponce Inlet." Jeff responded.
Ashley and TJ hung up and Ashley and Jeff headed to their car, hoping they were right.