Twenty minutes earlier…
Ashley walked back into her locker room and let out a sigh.
"Something on your mind?" Seth asked.
"Fucking hell! What is this 'Give Ash a heart attack day'?!" Ashley exclaimed. "And what the fuck are you doing in here?!"
"Hiding from John because I know he'll want to kill me." Seth responded.
"Well you implied some things about his little sis that you shouldn't have." Ashley replied, Seth growling in frustration.
"Can't catch a break today!" Seth yelled.
"Let them be happy, you dick! Otherwise, they'll go off to Japan and you'll never see Mandy again!" Ashley shouted, Seth turning to her in fury before grabbing her and pinning her against the wall. "Just because you're the Architect doesn't make you the boss!"
"She was happy with The Shield!" Seth growled.
"Fuck no, she wasn't. Not towards the end, not when you aimed that chair at her back and broke her shoulder blades!" Ashley hissed. "She's moving on and you need to accept that." She said.
Their eyes remained locked… and Ashley smirked.
"Do something! I dare you!" Ashley growled, Seth crashing his lips onto hers. Ashley managed to pull back as she surprised but then she crashed her lips back onto his.
And that was how Amanda found them… and immediately, the brunette grabbed the baseball bat and struck Seth on the back of the head with it, Seth screaming as he fell and Ashley turning furious.
"Mandy, what the hell?!" Ashley screamed as Amanda still held the bat.
"He's using you, Ash! Just like he's used every woman he's been with!" Amanda yelled as Seth pulled himself up, rubbing his head and walking towards Amanda… only to jump back when she swung at him. "Try putting your damn hands on me, I'll bust your fucking skull!" She responded in a threatening tone.
"He's not gonna hurt you, Mandy. He still cares, he never stopped." Ashley replied, Amanda turning to her in absolute disbelief at what her childhood friend had just said.
"I'd really want to believe that… but it's a lie, Ash. He's hurt me repeatedly… and if you want to be his next target, go ahead. I'm done." Amanda responded in a low but angered tone.
She threw the bat at Seth, who jumped back before Amanda stormed off…
Present time…
Amanda found herself at the hotel bar, having left the arena after the fight… she had been drinking whiskey shots before she felt a hand on her back and turned, seeing Finn.
"You had me worried, Darlin'." Finn replied before he sat down next to her.
"I clocked Seth in the head with a bat after the hypocrite had the nerve, the downright nerve, to shove his tongue down Ashley's throat after saying what he had said earlier about you corrupting me, she got pissed at me but he was the one who had her pinned against the wall when I walked in, I thought he was gonna hurt her so I swung at him… and she ended up saying that he still cares and that he's never gonna hurt me again. So I told her that if she wants to be his next target that I'm done. She can make her own choices… if she wants that careless asshole, who am I to stop her?" Amanda explained as Refugee by Tom Petty played from the nearby radio and Amanda drank another shot of whiskey until Finn carefully stopped her.
"You're upset, Mandy, that's why you told her that." Finn responded, lightly running the fingers on his right hand through her straightened shoulder length hair.
"Ash's last boyfriend almost killed her… I don't want Seth going berserk and doing that." Amanda replied, Finn wrapping his right arm around her back and Amanda resting her head on his right shoulder as Finn joined her in drinking.
"I think we could use a few hours without the others… so here's to relaxing and forgetting that today happened." Finn replied before they clinked their glasses together and drank.
When they ended up outside their room on the second floor, Finn pulled Amanda to him and crashed his mouth against hers… and Amanda reciprocated the kiss, her hands resting on Finn's sides.
The door to their room slammed open and closed with authority, their minds only locked on one thing as Finn pinned Amanda against the wall as they were still half naked and his hands trailed up her body, her bra unclipping and being tossed aside as Murderess by The Power Station played on the radio after Finn switched it on.
Finn growled lowly by Amanda's left ear as he trailed his lips up and down her neck, Amanda's heart rate increasing again as Finn pulled her skinny jeans down and trailed his hand down her spine, pressing her closer to him as she yanked his jeans down after unbuttoning them.
Finn playfully tossed Amanda onto the bed after pulling her tank top and bra off and she let out a light laugh as he climbed on top of her.
"So good to me…" Finn whispered, lightly kissing Amanda's left shoulder and neck as she closed her eyes and tossed her head back… she moved her hips to him and tried to grab onto his hair but he kept her pinned down as he pulled her satin panties off.
With a final tug of his boxers and the rest of the clothing disappearing into the darkened room, Finn reached over on the nightstand and took a condom out of the box left in their room and he put it on… Amanda's pulse was at immeasurable levels as he moved forward, the two losing awareness of everything around them.
Amanda tossed her head back and moaned out as she felt Finn's fingersdig into her hips, the two moving faster once the shockwaves of unadulterated bliss hit them harder.
By the time they crashed from the high they were on, there was nothing left of their voices left after the screams… opening his bright blue eyes, Finn looked down at Amanda, who's hazel eyes slowly opened and she looked up at him with an exhausted smile.
Once in each others arms and tangled up in the ivory bed sheets, Amanda rested her head on Finn's torso, his heart beating soundly under her right ear.
As they dozed off, the shouting down the hall became fainter to them.