WWE Fastlane 2015, after six man tag…

"Hey… that was great out there." Seth heard, seeing Amanda… she reached out to hug him but stopped when he lightly pressed his fingers into her collarbone. "Okay, that's not like you at all… what's going on here, Seth?" The 24 year old diva said, confused.

"Nothing." Seth answered and turned to leave… he reached the edge of the hallway when he heard "You know, I'm getting really sick of this, Rollins!" and turned back, walking to Amanda.

"What did you just say to me?!" Seth demanded.

"Lately, you've treated me like we barely know each other… and you might not care but that hurts me, Seth. What did I do wrong, why don't you want anything to do with me anymore?" Amanda responded, Seth slamming the Money In The Bank briefcase down in rage and muttering a name under his breath… but Amanda heard it. "He is my friend but the Demon King and Demon Mistress thing, it's just a storyline, Seth. Just like The Shield splitting apart was for the cameras, it shouldn't affect us backstage." She said before he turned back to her.

"Well it does! Before we know it, you'll be in the same bed and room, you'll be walking out into the arena hand in hand, leg up and lips together and it will be far from 'just an act'!" Seth said.

Amanda closed her hazel eyes for a split second and balled up her left hand before punching Seth right in the face, the noise attracting attention and Amanda seeing her old friend Joey Mercury.

"Both of you calm down." Joey said, trying to keep the peace between the two.

"Joey, stay outta this!" Seth snapped at him.

Amanda carefully pulled her hand away and walked off, Joey turning to Seth.

"That was low, even for you! Mandy is a damn loyal friend, you idiot! And now you just want to kick her to the side because she's found the kind of happiness she hasn't had in years?!" Joey said.

Down the hallway, Amanda pulled her hood of her Balor Club hoodie over her head, wanting to just disappear entirely.

This was a lot different than NXT but for Finn, it was a good way to learn, watching the main roster matches in person.

He stopped for a few seconds when he heard sniffling… the parts of chestnut hair sticking out from the hoodie the small woman was wearing was a dead giveaway to him. But in the few months he had known Amanda, he had never seen her this upset and walked over, crouching down and resting his hands on her knees.

Amanda looked up, brushing her tears away.

"I feel so stupid… I thought that Seth and I had hit a rough patch in our friendship but that we'd fix it…" Amanda said, her voice croaky. "Why did I even bother trying? He just keeps pushing me away… I called him out on it and things went to hell." She said, Finn pulling her into his arms… out of instinct, her arms wrapped around him and her head rested on his left shoulder.

"He's the one who's stupid, not you. He doesn't see what this does to you." Finn whispered before he picked Amanda up off the floor and took her to where her locker room was, putting her on the couch.

He knew this was one of those times where she wished she could drink a glass of whiskey to soothe her nerves.

"I was also gonna talk to him about tomorrow night's event…" Amanda said, trailing off as she curled her legs up a bit so Finn could sit down. "It wouldn't be the first time in this business that it's happened, storyline relationships turning real off camera… he's acting like I betrayed him." She said quietly, Finn wrapping his arm around her shoulders after she sat up. "I'm just… I'm gonna go tell Hunter what happened and about everything…"

Amanda started to stand up but stopped when Finn's left hand wrapped around her right wrist.

"Whatever happens… between you and me or anyone else, it's none of Seth's business… there's nothing he can do but mouth off about it like a jealous little child." Finn said.

"Who's gonna believe him anyway?... he needs to get his own life together." Amanda responded, starting to feel calmer.

"Exactly, and we're far from the only ones who know that." Finn said, Amanda sitting down again. "Times like these… are when we find out who our true friends and companions are." He said as he wrapped his arms around her when both stretched out on the couch, her resting her head on his torso.

She knew what was going to be recommended...

Present time, 2/26/2015, Fayetteville, Georgia…

'Been too damn long…' Amanda thought as she looked around in the guest room of the Benoit house… it was early in the morning still but she couldn't go back to sleep like she usually did after taking her meds, her mind in overdrive since the Fastlane pay per view.

After her fight with Seth, she took Hunter's advice to go clear her mind… so she and Finn ended up here. The house had been put in her name when she was 18 but she hadn't been here much except to clean it up and update the technology.

Amanda attempted to curl back up onto her left side and Finn's eyes opened, him knowing that this house was the one place that she never told Seth about or showed to him… but that it stirred up memories that Amanda felt at times were ruined by what happened.

But just as he was about to open his mouth, the two heard thunder and sat up. Amanda pulled the curtains back a bit after standing up, seeing the grey sky through the fog but it wasn't the threatening grey skies she normally saw when she heard thunder.

"Well that was strange…" Amanda muttered, Finn standing up and looking as well… and seeing someone outside in the driveway, Finn pulling Amanda away from the window and closing the curtains.

"We don't know who it is out there, it could be that Seth followed us." Finn said.

"He wouldn't… actually, I wouldn't put it past him to drive five hours from Atlanta to here because I wouldn't talk to him after that fight. But I think it's someone else out there." Amanda responded after opening the curtains again... before both saw lightning through the fog and jumped away from the window.

The lightning slowly faded and a man in his mid 20s became visible, noticing them.

"How the…" Finn said quietly, before stepping back a bit as the man started walking towards them… And then again further as he shone blue with crackles of lightning surrounding him, and disappeared in a bolt of electricity up into the telegraph wires.

"Sorry to scare you-" The two heard, jumping them and making them turn to see the man stood normally by the TV.

"You… were just outside…" Amanda managed to say as the man looked around and noticed a few Tokyo Ghoul books nearby.

"I was… It did take me a while to adapt to how you lot use lightning and static, 'electricity'... But I think I've got the hold of it." The man responded.

Amanda jumped when her phone rang, seeing Dean's number.

"Fuck…" Amanda muttered, answering it. "How crazy is he going over there?" She asked.

"He was throwing things until Aestrid tied him up, where are you?" Dean replied.

"Uh… about 5 hours outside of Atlanta… by car, at least." Amanda answered.

"Of course you head to the one place he wouldn't look. I don't blame ya one bit, kiddo." Dean said.

"Friend of hers?" The man asked.

"Friend turned distant to the point where he's just about driving her mad when she confronted him about it. We've been hiding here for a few days." Finn answered.

"Good idea… Be it life, job or people, a few days away from it is always a good stress treatment." The man said.

"It is… life can just be crazy." Amanda responded after she and Dean hung up. "About the… lightning and thunder, how exactly did…" She started to ask.

"There are a lot of us… angels. I'm Ramiel." The man answered before he sat down to explain what he knew.