A/N: Dianne and her family, Immy, Andre, Molly, Aestrid, Sachael and her family and Ty and his gang are Cry-Of-A-Warp-Engine's characters.
September 18th 2017…
Days went by and on Monday night before Raw was scheduled to start, Amanda was reading the script again and absentmindedly buffed her nails painted in Essie's Licorice against her Balor Club Worldwide tank top when Corey approached her.
"You realise the hell you and Enzo are causing, right?" Corey responded, Amanda looking at him.
"Enzo and I are not screwing around. I know you hate him but you're searching for something that ain't there, Corey. And honestly, it's downright pathetic of you." Amanda replied, attempting to head back to her locker room but Corey stopped her by grabbing her right arm, Amanda yanking it out of his hand. "You don't get along with everyone here but you don't need to go treating Enzo like the enemy and getting him kicked out of locker rooms! Hell, I wouldn't be surprised if your squabbles with Booker T and Byron Saxton aren't scripted!" She responded, Corey about to respond back when both saw Finn.
Corey left, remembering the last time that Finn beat him to a pulp and Finn turned to Amanda before the two kissed and she readjusted her tank top… but at some point, Amanda knew that she had to talk to Enzo.
Amanda was leaned against a wall and closed her eyes… Finn could see that despite the high energy of the audience tonight, she still felt down and pulled her into his arms.
"Hey…" Both heard before turning their heads and seeing Enzo.
"Hi… we read the script earlier…" Amanda responded, Enzo knowing that she meant the part when Braun Strowman would hurt him until Amanda would run out there to stop him.
And they knew it would send every social media outlet into a frenzy.
During his promo, Enzo turned and was right into the path of Braun, who threw him down and caused Enzo to collide back first with his own microphone… as Braun continued the scripted beating, he stopped when he heard footsteps and saw Amanda run by him and crouch down to Enzo.
"I don't get this, the Demon Mistress was beating Enzo down last week and then she turns around and saves him?!" Corey responded as scripted to.
"Friends have their disagreements, it doesn't stop them from wanting to protect each other." Michael replied as Amanda wrapped her right arm around Enzo's back and helped him stand up, Enzo resting his left arm around her shoulders before giving her a quick kiss on the side of her head.
"That or it shows how quickly people can go from sane to off their rockers." Corey responded, glancing briefly at him but soon back at the events taking place.
"Mandy has always been one of the few sane ones in this business, Corey." Booker T replied as Amanda helped Enzo to the back… only for them to stop and turn around when Braun grabbed the dropped microphone and turned his attention to them.
"Some things don't change, it would seem… or do they?" Braun responded before dropping the microphone and Amanda helping Enzo to the back.
"What was Corey's problem out there?" Enzo asked as Amanda helped him sit down.
"He bought into the lies, the fucking prick." Amanda responded, muttering the last part as she checked Enzo over for wounds but he stopped her and tried to stand up. "Oh no you don't, your ass is staying still until you're able to walk without limping!" She replied, Enzo not letting her stop him before Finn, Dianne and Dr. Amann reached them.
"I really don't have a choice, do I?" Enzo chuckled, trying to joke around before he was helped to the trainer's room.
To their relief, Enzo would be okay and nothing was broken… but Amanda could no longer fight it and leaned against Finn, who held her.
He could tell that this was weighing on her too…
Present time, February 16th 2019…
Amanda's LG Aristo 3 started chiming and she lazily stirred out of her sleep, picking it up and seeing a link to a website as well as a text from Ty.
'Tiny, they are tearing two of your co-workers apart on Twitter!'
Amanda opened the link and read the article as Finn was soundly sleeping… and her eyes widened when she saw that it was about Corey and Carmella, two of hers and Finn's closest friends.
And Corey and his wife were two of the people that the young couple were considering to be godparents… Amanda picked up the sonogram picture, looking at hers and Finn's twin children.
'Why would Corey do this to Amy? Well, he's not being the little ones godfather now, no way in hell!' Amanda thought as she felt Finn's left hand resting on her slightly swollen stomach before he woke up and saw tears in her eyes… and the article on her phone, Finn sitting up and turning the lamp on before brushing Amanda's tears away.
"It's far from the first time something like this has happened to anyone… why am I taking it this way?" Amanda replied.
"Because you're feeling like you two rebuilt your friendship in the wrong way, Lovely. You gave it your best try and he broke that trust." Finn responded before they kissed.
Amanda closed the article out and set her phone down before she and Finn went back to holding each other and said "I love you." before they kissed and settled back into sleep.
She reminded herself to talk to Corey and Carmella before she made any solid decisions though, needing to know the full story.
No matter the situation, Amanda knew it wouldn't feel right to not know everything.
