July 5th 2015, 5:30am…
"You could've told me you were still taking the Keppra, lass. Thankfully, you didn't have any recurring seizures but no more drinking until you're off it completely." Finn responded after sitting across from Amanda, who was less drunk than earlier but had fifteen stitches in her head, a bad bruise and a nasty concussion.
"I should've said something, I just… I was having a hellish day, wanted to forget. I… I did more than lapse back into my wild child ways, I… I almost…" Amanda said as Finn saw tears in her eyes and pulled her into his arms, Amanda hanging onto him as she sobbed and Finn rubbing his hand up and down her back.
"We're human, we all make bad choices… I'm not mad, I'm just worried. You could've snapped your neck, Mandy." Finn whispered, Amanda's sobbing calming down to soft hiccups, which stopped shortly afterwards. Finn looked down and saw that Amanda had cried herself to sleep and carefully moved to his side so he was holding her in his arms, Amanda's right arm draped over Finn's torso, which she was also using as a pillow.
Finn looked up and motioned Sami into the room, Sami quietly walking in and over to Amanda, lightly stroking her hair.
"What was Owens thinking, taunting her like that?! Calling her a slut and a cold blooded tramp on national Tv and reopening Amanda's old emotional wounds by bringing up what Chris Benoit did when Chris wasn't in his right mind!" Sami said in a low but angry tone, which he only did when he was really pissed off.
"He basically drove her to drinking herself into oblivion… she's hurt but the physically injuries should heal. It's the mental scars that don't always heal. Like many others, Amanda idolized Chris, she loved him and his family like they were her own." Finn responded quietly.
He looked at the sleeping brunette in his arms and knew it would be a rough few days ahead…
Present time…
"My obsession with the championship?! Why don't we talk about your sister's obsession with Finn Balor… after all John, she's the one sleeping with him." Seth said, Amanda turning pissed… and John not stopping her as she reared her fist back and punched Seth right in the nose.
Seth reeled back with a painful scream, putting his hands up to stop the bleeding after standing back up. Amanda was sick of the implications, the theories and had finally had enough… and John saw it clear as day. Aside from pissed off, Amanda felt like it was the final nail in the coffin for rebuilding whatever friendship was left.
"You've done it now…" Amanda growled, attempting to throw her tiny body towards Seth and attack him but John grabbed her and the camera cut to commercial as he dragged her out of the ring and to the back. "Fucking let go!" She yelled, John forcing her to sit down.
"He was out of line entirely, but you did enough! You pushed him down, there's no need to beat him through the ground as well." John responded, his hands still on her shoulders to keep her from getting back up.
Amanda took a few minutes to breathe, John knowing where this had started from… Amanda had agreed to appear on a few episodes of Total Bellas but she didn't think that the editors would edit it to make it look like her and Finn's on screen implied relationship was real off screen and the 25 year old was livid.
"No one knows the truth… and that's why they're going crazy." Amanda said quietly as she rubbed her right hand, which was sore and already starting to bruise near the knuckles. John carefully took it into his hands and lightly pressed on the bruised index and middle fingers, Amanda hissing slightly before both saw Finn.
"She hit him damn hard…" Finn said, lightly brushing Amanda's hair back.
At the same time, Seth was dragged through the curtain and his nose was reset.
"That damn bitch can't take a joke…" Seth muttered, yelping when Hunter grabbed him by his shirt.
"Well that was some harmless joke!" Hunter responded angrily. "Did you even think of the effect?! She's put up with enough from the script writers, you coming in like that just blew it overboard! I wouldn't be surprised if any forgiveness for anything at all was off the table now!"
"Maybe you should talk to the editors, that's how they make things look while filming!" Seth responded.
"Oh I damn well am gonna talk to them… and you better start behaving yourself!" Hunter replied before going and finding Amanda, Finn and John, who were in the trainer's office.
"Just bruised them." Amanda explained, Hunter seeing that she had a splint and that her fingers were taped together.
"No less painful though… Seth's taking none of the blame, acting on the impression the writers were giving." Hunter replied.
"Expected nothing different, the little prick never takes blame…" Amanda said as she felt Finn's right hand resting on her back and lightly rubbing it. "Hunter, I think something needs to change." She said abruptly.
"What do you have in mind, kiddo?" Hunter asked, Amanda whispering it to him. "If it's done properly… it'll work." He said in agreement as Finn dialed a familiar number.
The next week before Raw was ready to go on the air, Finn opened the door and in walked Karl Anderson, Luke Gallows, Amber Gallows, AJ Styles, Tama Tonga, Bad Luck Fale and Nick and Matt Jackson.
"Gentlemen and lady…" Finn greeted, lightly tugging on Amanda's right wrist and Amber smiling slightly at the brunette. "This little woman here is Mandy Cena." He finished.
"This angelic little creature is the one who brainstormed the plan to bring Bullet Club to WWE, completely unfiltered?" Karl responded.
"Damn right… and this is the right timing for it too, no more of these restrictions." Amanda replied, Finn grabbing a Bullet Club leather jacket for her and unzipping it.
"Had it altered a bit… try it on, lass." Finn responded, Amanda putting the cropped leather jacket over her black and white ring outfit and turning to the others.
"Now that's more like it, welcome to the Bullet Club!" Amber replied, her and Amanda high fiving each other.
Amanda couldn't wait until Raw started.
