WWE Summerslam 2015, after main event…

"Hey… that was insane out there." Seth heard before seeing Amanda… she reached out to hug him but stopped when he lightly pressed his fingers into her collarbone. "Okay, that ain't like you at all or how you used to be… what's going on here, Seth?" The 25 year old diva said, confused.

"Nothing." Seth answered and turned to leave… he reached the edge of the hallway when he heard "You know, I'm getting really sick of this, Rollins!" and turned back, walking to Amanda.

"What did you just say to me?!" Seth demanded.

"Lately, you've treated me like we barely know each other… and you don't care that it hurts me, Seth. What did I do wrong, why don't you want anything to do with me anymore?" Amanda responded, Seth slamming the WWE World Heavyweight Championship and United States championship down in rage and muttering a name under his breath… but Amanda heard it. "He is my friend but the Demon King and Demon Mistress thing, it's just a storyline, Seth. Just like The Shield splitting apart was for the cameras, it shouldn't affect us backstage." She said before he turned back to her.

"Well it does! Before we know it, you'll be in the same bed and room, you'll be walking out into the arena hand in hand, leg up and lips together and it will be far from 'just an act'!" Seth said.

Amanda brought up her right foot and kicked Seth between his legs, Seth yowling in pain as he tried to stay upright but Amanda superkicked him… Amanda went for another blow, only to be stopped and see her old friend Joey Mercury.

"Both of you calm down." Joey said, trying to keep the peace between the two.

"Joey, stay outta this!" Seth snapped at him after pulling himself up.

Amanda carefully pulled her arm away and walked off, Joey turning to Seth.

"That was low, even for you! Mandy is a damn loyal friend, you idiot! And now you just want to kick her to the side because she's found the kind of happiness she hasn't had in years?!" Joey said.

"The second I get my loyal friend back, I'll rethink it!" Seth responded before limping off to the trainer's office.

Down the hallway, Amanda pulled her hood of her Balor Club hoodie over her head, wanting to just disappear entirely.

This was a lot different than NXT but for Finn, it was a good way to learn, watching the main roster matches in person.

He stopped for a few seconds when he heard cursing… the parts of chestnut hair sticking out from the hoodie the small woman was wearing was a dead giveaway to him. But in the year he had known Amanda, he had never seen her this upset and walked over, crouching down and resting his hands on her knees.

Amanda looked up, brushing her tears away.

"I feel so stupid… I thought that Seth and I had hit a rough patch in our friendship but that we'd fix it…" Amanda said, her voice croaky. "Why did I even bother trying? He just keeps pushing me away… I called him out on it and things went to hell." She said, Finn pulling her into his arms… out of instinct, her arms wrapped around him and her head rested on his left shoulder.

"He's the one who's stupid, not you. He doesn't see what this does to you." Finn whispered before he picked Amanda up off the floor and took her to where her locker room was, putting her on the couch.

"I was also gonna talk to him about tomorrow night's event…" Amanda said, trailing off as she curled her legs up a bit so Finn could sit down. "It wouldn't be the first time in this business that it's happened, storyline relationships turning real off camera… he's acting like I betrayed him." She said quietly, Finn wrapping his arm around her shoulders after she sat up. "I'm just… I'm gonna go tell Hunter what happened and about everything…"

Amanda started to stand up but stopped when Finn's left hand wrapped around her right wrist.

"Whatever happens… between you and me or anyone else, it's none of Seth's business… there's nothing he can do but mouth off about it like a jealous little child." Finn said.

"Who's gonna believe him anyway?... he needs to get his own life together." Amanda responded, starting to feel calmer.

"Exactly, and we're far from the only ones who know that." Finn said, Amanda sitting down again. "Times like these… are when we find out who our true friends and companions are." He said as he wrapped his arms around her when both stretched out on the couch, her resting her head on his torso.

Nothing could beat a bad day away better than a hug…

Present time…

"What did I say the last time this happened?! Don't piss Mandy off, that girl will bust your balls and then fuck up your face!" Joey responded as Seth had one ice pack between his legs and another on his right eye.

"Yeah, maybe I went a little overboard! But she outright said that I'm treating her like I barely know her and that I don't care that it hurts her! So I flat out spoke my mind because it is just gonna be a matter of time before she's in his bed… and a matter of time before he leaves her behind like he's done to all the others!" Seth growled, yelling at first.

At the Wythe Hotel after Finn and Amanda had settled their things into the room on the 10th floor, they had gotten changed and ended up at the bar on the rooftop… Amanda looked out over the city after standing up, Finn wrapping his arms around her waist and Amanda leaning against him.

"Can see two of the best boroughs of the city from here… and Brooklyn is such a contrast from Manhattan. I kind of wish TakeOver and Summerslam were held at the Manhattan Center… that's where they held the first Raw." Amanda responded, slightly drunk from the Umeshu she and Finn had been drinking and the fingers on her right hand entwining with the ones on his left.

"Maybe they will one day. NXT TakeOver Manhattan has a hell of a ring to it, lass." Finn replied, kissing Amanda on the corner of her mouth.

"Yes it does." Amanda whispered with a slight smile as Finn pulled her closer to the dance floor and the two dancing to Running With The Night by Lionel Richie.

And for the first time in what felt like an eternity, Amanda was truly calming down.