Amanda got out of the car with Dakota's help.
"Thanks for dropping me off, Kota." Amanda responded, having twisted her right ankle and scraped her right knee while out running with Luke.
"No problem. Go put some ice on it." Dakota replied before she left, 25 year old Amanda heading to the front door.
The lock clicked to signal that it was unlocked, Rue turning startled as Amanda half walked half limped in and closed the door behind her.
"Hey, Finn, I-" Amanda responded before she looked up and she and Rue yelled out in shock.
Finn turned the shower off and quickly dried off before he exited it, putting on a pair of boxers and jeans and heading downstairs to see Rue covering up with a robe and Amanda with her eyes closed.
"Knock before entering!" Rue yelled.
"I have a key, I live here… sorry I startled you." Amanda responded as Finn walked over to her and helped her sit down after noticing her bandaged knee and swollen ankle.
"Darlin', what happened?" Finn asked as Rue headed upstairs and got dressed.
"I lost my balance in the park when a jogger crashed into me… it wasn't purposeful but he didn't apologise." Amanda answered, opening her eyes as Rue returned… and noticed the injuries.
"Devitt forgot to tell me about you." Rue said.
"And sorry I forgot to tell you but… Rue, this is Mandy." Finn responded before Rue and Amanda shook hands.
"How old are you?" Rue asked.
"25." Amanda answered, Rue turning to Finn.
"Don't judge me." Finn responded.
"Hey, you never judged me at all so why should I judge you? She's just youthful looking." Rue said.
"I don't look my age, I know that." Amanda replied.
"Yeah you do look quite young. What's your secret?" Rue said.
"Charcoal makeup cleanser and peach toned concealer to hide the dark circles. So what happened?" Amanda responded.
"My contract ran out in New Japan." Rue explained.
"And they won't sign you to a new one? I thought that company has a more relaxed schedule than WWE." Amanda replied.
"Came back here by choice. I thought I could make peace with my parents and sister, it backfired on a major level. Found out while I was in Japan, they sold everything of mine. I've had no place to go, luckily for me I can always rely on good old Devitt here." Rue explained.
"He's a good man." Amanda responded as Finn lightly propped Amanda's swollen ankle up after carefully pulling off the shoe and sock and Rue went to go get an ice pack.
She returned to the living room, placing it on Amanda's ankle… and saw Amanda cringe slightly as the ice was a sudden shock to her sensitive skin and nerves, Finn lightly rubbing Amanda's right wrist.
"Did this guy look familiar, the guy who caused you to call?" Rue asked.
"No. But he was older, maybe mid 50s, dark hair with a bit of grey in it and blue eyes… bit of a jerk who seems to have a real screwed up opinion on women. Some of his remarks made me think that his mother never washed his mouth out with soap… and then Luke busted the prick's jaw." Amanda answered, Finn seeing that she was holding something back… and Finn lightly squeezing Amanda's right hand.
"It's okay, lass, you can tell us." Finn responded encouragingly.
"He said… "If you're actually screwing that blue eyed Irishman, you're being kept in the dark about his past and him thinking that encouraging people's sexuality is helping them when it's not! Personally, you're too delicate looking to be in that ring!". So I kicked his ass… Luke had to pull me back before he busted the prick's jaw." Amanda explained.
"So this guy who assaulted you is basically a jackass and homophobic? Typical." Rue said, rolling her eyes.
"Too many of them, that's why I lost it." Amanda responded as Finn hugged her.
"People like them are exactly why I never told anyone in Japan." Rue said, Amanda's eyes widening a bit. "What? Surprised that I'm lesbian?"
"No, not that… I just thought people were more accepting nowadays." Amanda explained.
"Well it's hard to look at it in that way when your sister calls you a fake lesbian and your parents tell you to pack your things up and get the hell out of their house." Rue replied.
"They're the fucked up ones then." Amanda responded.
"But in their perfect little world I'm the fucked up one because I prefer girls over guys." Rue said but sniffing a little and wiping her eyes. "Sorry."
"Don't be, you have every right to be upset." Amanda responded as she brushed her own tears away.
"It's just been really hard for me to be accepting who I am. I spend ages after I got kicked out of home angry at myself and Devitt was the first person I met who accepted me for who I was." Rue said.
"He's a sweet man… helped me feel better after one of my former friends injured my back last year." Amanda responded.
"Yeah the world needs more people like him." Rue replied.
It was after Amanda had showered off and changed that she got a text from Ashley.
'Seth said that you still won't talk to him.'
'Got nothing to say to him after he punched me in the face.' Amanda responded, glancing at her bruised right eye before she took a picture of it and sent it to Ashley.
But Ashley's response showed that she didn't believe Amanda.
'Why do you hate him so much?! Don't make me choose between you two.'
Amanda yelled out in rage and threw her phone… before she felt Finn's arms around her waist and his head on her right shoulder.
"Don't make her choose, that's how she responded to me showing her a picture of what he did… why won't she see how he treats us?" Amanda responded quietly, Finn nuzzling his face into hers to calm her down. "I know what you're thinking, she's reminding you of Rue's sister… isn't she?"
"A bit but it's really hard to judge Rue's sister since I've never met her and all I know about her is the fact she was a bitch when Rue came out." Finn explained.
"What did she expect, for Rue to go on living a lie? It never works." Amanda responded as Finn saw the scar under her right shoulder blade… the one he knew was caused by Randy the day a young Amanda stood up to Randy and said she was no longer his to hurt in any way.
And he knew that she had also meant herself when she was younger.
"Speaking of Rue, we should go check on her." Finn said.
The two headed towards the stairs… but stopped when they saw Rue asleep in the guest room.
"I don't blame her one bit… I'd be exhausted too." Amanda whispered, Finn picking up some paper off the floor.
"Yeah, making a new persona has got her tired." Finn said.
He set the paper down and picked Amanda up, taking her back to the room.