June 29th 2007…

'These streets feel so damn cold…' 17 year old Amanda thought as she walked down the sidewalk to clear her head… and stopped, her eyes widening behind her sunglasses.

She crouched down and touched the hand that had touched her foot… only for a terrified scream to scare her, Amanda screaming and ducking as Yukie swung at her.

"Go away! Go away, I've already had enough, you damn jerk bastards!" Yukie cried, as she tried to swing her 'Homeless Teen. Will Work For Food and Job' sign at Amanda.

"Yukie, stop, it's me-" Amanda responded, screaming in pain as Yukie punched her in her right shoulder blade… and reeled back when she saw blood.

"Go away, you've already took half of my money! I just wanted some damn food, I haven't ate in three days!" Yukie cried as she took her sign and ran off into the alleyway, where she started crying quietly.

Amanda pulled herself up to where she could sit up… and felt hands on her shoulders, causing her to scream again as her eyes snapped shut.

And it would've scared anyone else off… but Tyler Black knew an abuse victim when he saw one.

"Who fucking hurt you?" Tyler asked, having heard the footsteps running off in the alleyway.

"My ex did this to me…" Amanda responded, Tyler taking the sunglasses off of her and cringing at the bruises on her face.

"Here, let me take you to a hospital." Tyler suggested.

"My friend, she needs a doctor more than I do… she's in that alleyway, scared and really thin." Amanda replied, Tyler helping her up and tying a towel to her bleeding shoulder blade before they headed down the alleyway.

Yukie opened her eyes… and saw Amanda, running over and the two hugging each other.

But her relief was short lived when she saw the aged bruises on her friend's face.

"What… happened to you?" Yukie managed to ask, while feeling the soreness of her throat.

"Remember John's friend? He wasn't so nice." Amanda responded as Tyler guided the two to his rented Explorer.

At the hospital, Tyler watched over the two girls… and saw that Yukie was sleeping but Amanda wasn't.

"I left and everything further descended into hell…" Amanda replied quietly, Tyler lightly rubbing her right wrist.

"You didn't know she was going to be like this?" Tyler asked.

"I didn't feel safe to come back home… her stepfather is a cold hearted and cruel man." Amanda responded, cringing as stretching lightly aggravated her bruised body and she cried out in pain, Tyler brushing her tears away.

"Well, she's away from him now. But now… she's homeless and probably don't have no one to look after her. Not even her own mother had shown up, since the nurses called the house and the phone got disconnected." Tyler explained.

"I'm doing what I should've done two years ago… I'm not leaving her behind again." Amanda replied before she gave into the pain medication and closed her eyes.

"Get some rest, kiddo. You need it more than ever. She'll be here when you wake up." Tyler responded quietly.

Little did he know how much his life would change…

Present time, June 29th 2018…

Amanda opened her eyes, trying to stand up… and her vision went blurry, Finn catching her as she lost her balance and helping her lie back down.

"Finn?" Amanda called out in a disoriented manner, Finn lightly brushing her hair back.

"Its okay, Love. You're safe with me." Finn responded quietly, before placing a kiss on her forehead.

"Hold me…" Amanda replied, still feeling dizzy… and Finn held her, lightly rubbing her back.

"Are you okay? Is there something wrong, Darlin'?" Finn asked once more.

"The room won't stop spinning… I tried to stand up and it happened again." Amanda replied, Finn remembering that she had a dizzy spell earlier.

"We need to get you to a hospital before something else happens to you, Love. We already had Yukie in for her ectopic pregnancy the other week." Finn suggested.

"She's still recovering…" Amanda responded as Finn helped her up and helped her get dressed before he got dressed and they left.

Amanda was checked over and Finn saw that her blood pressure was elevated, the reading being 161/135.

"Now, I'm really worried about you, Love." Finn responded.

"I've never had blood pressure problems... I wish that doctor would get back here." Amanda replied, Finn holding her left hand in between his hands and lightly kissing it.

In another side of the ER, Yukie had dragged Seth in after he had gotten into a bar fight.

"What the hell were you thinking?" Yukie questioned.

"You should be off the road, recovering. I can take care of myself, Yukie." Seth responded.

"Then why the hell did I get off my recovery bed for this? You were the one who called me, saying you were drunk as hell." Yukie explained.

"Drunk dialing is something I'm never doing again." Seth replied.

"Stick to not dialing when drunk. You stuck to helping me and Mandy when we were scared kids." Yukie responded.

"Yeah, I remember that… Mandy was homeless and you were beaten by Randy." Seth slurred.

"Mixed it up, I was homeless and she was abused." Yukie replied, Seth looking over Yukie's right shoulder and seeing Amanda and Finn.

"Oh there's Mandy and… whoever he is… what's the news?" Seth asked.

He tried to stand up but Yukie stopped him and got him to sit down… and Amanda and Finn saw them, Finn continuing with the backrub as it was lowering Amanda's blood pressure.

"I didn't want to bring him here when I was like this." Yukie responded after she walked into the room.

"I'm guessing he was flirting with a woman and it was either her boyfriend or husband that got jealous." Finn replied as Yukie saw Amanda's blood pressure stabilize to 120/76.

"Yeah, I'm guessing that, cause I heard that over the phone. I need to sit down somewhere." Yukie responded, before sitting down at a nearby chair. "It still hurts me everywhere." She stated.

Amanda reached out and her right hand wrapped around Yukie's left one.

"We lean on each other for support and comfort, we always have." Amanda replied.

"Yeah, I know. We're sisters, Mandy. It's not like I'm going to leave you forever." Yukie responded with a smile.

Amanda nodded before they heard a crash and Seth groaning in pain.

"Let someone else handle our idiot brother. What happened?" Yukie replied.

"I stood up and the room started spinning. Finn caught me before I hit the ground." Amanda explained.

"Well, at least he brought you to the hospital, so that the doctors can find out what's going on with you." Yukie responded.

Amanda nodded… but she was starting to piece together what was going on.

And she was nervous on how Yukie would react.