October 8th 2015, 20 minutes earlier…
The bottle of Grey Goose Vodka was half empty as Ashley was alone in a hotel room… she had switched to one on the fifth floor and was losing herself in the intoxication of the alcohol.
But then she heard a knock at the door and stumbled over… she managed to open it, narrowing her eyes at Amanda.
"Oh… it's you! The reason that Seth broke up with me!" Ashley snarled after Amanda walked in and closed the door.
"Don't do this to yourself… not again, don't self destruct." Amanda responded after seeing the bottle, Ashley cackling drunkenly.
"Doing this to myself?! You act like a bitch in heat around Balor, threw your friendships not only with Seth but with countless others to the side for a guy who's only trying to get his cock into you! That's what pissed Seth off, that's why he broke things off with me because you're a traitorous slut, Mandy!" Ashley yelled before she went to drink out the bottle again, only for Amanda to snatch it from her and throw it… the glass flew everywhere after the bottle hit the wall and it became clear that Amanda was incensed.
"You listen and listen good, you drunk bitch! Seth is a heartless bastard with no respect for women! He cheated on one woman who he had proposed to and constantly takes his anger out on me, you think he had any respect for you?! He was using you to soothe his wounded ego after Zahra left him!" Amanda yelled.
"Using me?! He loved me, you little bitch!" Ashley growled.
"If he had loved you, he would've focused more on the relationship between you two!" Amanda shouted.
"It was going fine and then you just had to come along and fuck it all up for me!" Ashley yelled.
"Seth fucked it up all on his own! And if you guys hadn't broken up tonight, it wasn't gonna be long before you realised that he refuses to see that people can make their own choices and he has no fucking say about them!" Amanda yelled before she turned and headed to the door… but Ashley grabbed her by her arms, spun her around and slammed her to the wall.
"Don't you ever blame him for the hell that you've caused! Just because you are living in your little perfect world with the perfect guy, that didn't give you the rights to come and invade mine! So who are you gonna tear from me next huh?! Matt, Jeff or TJ?!" Ashley yelled.
Amanda slammed her head into Ashley's, forcing the taller woman to let go… taking the opportunity as Ashley had stumbled back, Amanda got onto the edge of the desk and jumped off of it, the table breaking as Amanda had tackled Ashley threw it.
The fight escalated before the two were pulled apart… and then Ashley looked up after her vision returned to normal, seeing she was alone in the room and the door was closed.
She pulled herself up, limping to the door and opened it… only to find the hallway empty.
In the elevator, Amanda found herself pinned against the wall... but not with much force as Finn, who's right hand was on Amanda's mouth, knew that she would never hit him.
"You knew exactly where to find me…" Amanda whispered after Finn had lowered his hand and kept it on her left wrist once both were sure it was quiet… and Finn saw the bruises forming on her from the fight before he pressed the button to take them to the lobby and out of the hotel…
Present time, October 9th 2015…
"I've had enough! She wants to self destruct after that prick used her and left her heartbroken, let her!" Amanda replied before she poured herself a glass of Jameson Whiskey and drank it before pouring another and drinking it just as fast.
As she went for her third drink, Finn carefully stopped her by taking the glass and setting it aside before he wrapped his arms around her as tears ran down her face.
"You can't do this to yourself, Darlin'." Finn replied in a whisper as he rested his head on her left shoulder.
"She always does this… first it was choosing Phil, then choosing her addiction, then Kyle when he was abusing her... now Seth when he was just using her. Why do I try to help Ash when she just keeps shoving me away? I don't know… maybe I lost my sister a long time ago, Finn. Or maybe I lost myself at some point… or she sees me as the one who fucks things up, not her." Amanda responded as they looked at each other and he brushed her tears away.
"She said that last part to you?" Finn asked.
"She said that everything was fine with them until I fucked it up. He would've broken her heart a lot worse the longer they stayed together." Amanda responded before Finn got a text from TJ.
'Have you seen Ash?'
'She and Mandy got into a knock down drag out fight, Mandy's safe here with me. I assume Ash is still at the hotel.' Finn replied.
'Damn, must've been really bad for those two to resort to fighting. Fair warning, keep Mandy from the liquor, she gets a little too destructive.' TJ responded.
'TJ, it's Ash that gets destructive, she was 10 sheets to the wind when I got there and Mandy was sober!' Finn replied.
'Bullshit! Ashley is clean!' TJ texted.
'People slip, keep her from any alcohol.' Finn responded before he put his phone away and picked Amanda up into his arms when he saw the look in her eyes.
The look that meant she wanted to grab their hidden gun... and he didn't want her doing anything she'd regret.
"So he's certain that she's sober and I'm the problem child? Bet anything that Rollins fucking ignored that she was a recovering alcoholic." Amanda replied as Finn took her upstairs and set her on the bed, Amanda clipping her shoulder length hair up before she grabbed her charcoal facial wipes and removed her makeup and perfume with one before she threw it away and closed the small pack of wipes.
"I think TJ just wants to believe that she's okay." Finn responded as Amanda reached under her cami and slipped her strapless bra off before setting it aside and curling up under the covers after letting her hair down, deciding her cami and Balor Club Worldwide lounge pants were comfortable enough to sleep in.
"I think he needs to go see her himself to know the truth." Amanda responded as Finn got into his pajamas and got under the covers before he kissed Amanda on the top of her head and they fell asleep.
Little did they know what would unfold.
