Lost all self control… lost his damn mind…
But no matter how he tried to rationalize what happened, it couldn't justify anything.
At Seth's feet near the barricade was a bewildered and enraged Amanda as Finn tried to calm her down, half of the fans chanting "Rollins sucks!" and half chanting "Thank you, Rollins!" as half of the audience were fans who felt like Amanda's current Angel/Demon storyline was a sign of a reemerging split that happened nearly a decade ago.
"The hell is your fucking problem?!" Amanda raged at Seth as she rubbed the back of her head.
"Amanda, I'm sorry!" Seth responded frantically, trying to pick Amanda up to her feet but Finn put himself between them.
"Back off! Can't you see that you hurt her?!" Finn growled, Seth snapping completely.
"No, you back off, Balor! You've only known her for what, two years?! And you think you know her better than I do?! You know fuck all about her!" Seth yells, Amanda pulling herself up and putting weight on her injured right knee despite Finn telling her not to.
"And as for you-" Seth shouted, his head snapping towards Amanda in rage. "What's the real deal between you and him, huh?! What's really going on, you both using each other to boost your careers or is it some overhyped fling?! Or is it more casual and you're both just fuckbuddies to each other?!" He yells, Amanda looking at him after a few slow blinks… she was deeply hurt by what he had just done and Seth could see that but the look told her that he didn't care.
"You've been gone for almost a year… barely reached out to even say hello, I got lonely and damn near went crazy so I reached out to someone. I don't see how that's your business but if you're just gonna yell at him and tell him that he has no place in my life?!" Amanda says… before her right hand cracked across Seth's face and resulted in angry boos from everyone in the crowd. "FUCK YOU, SETH FREAKIN ROLLINS!" She screamed at the top of her lungs before Finn carefully pulled her back and helped her to the backstage area.
The match was a train wreck, Raw still didn't have a champion… but right now, Finn was more concerned about Amanda's well being as when they got through the curtain, half of the people there were whispering about what had just happened and the other half either awkwardly texted on their phones or posted their comments on Twitter and FaceBook.
The commentators recovered from the shock and began improvising as Finn carefully examined Amanda's right knee… Amanda was distant to the paint being smeared onto her injured limb but not so distant to the pain and barely suppressed a scream.
In the safety of their locker room, Finn put an ice pack on Amanda's right knee to take the swelling down… before noticing the smeared paint.
"I'll be right back, lass." Finn says, disappearing further into the locker room before returning to Amanda with soap and paper towels.
"Those fans are the most loyal… but do something they don't like and they'll turn faster than you'll blink." Amanda says once the paint that had gotten onto her was scrubbed off as a knock on the door echoed and Adrian Neville walked in.
"That wasn't right what happened out there, how you feeling?" Neville asks, Amanda looking down.
It would've been easy to give into irritation and snap, shouting and screaming "My best friend just turned on me, how do you think I'm feeling?!" but Amanda just looked up at Neville… and he saw the tears falling.
"Stay with her… I'm gonna go get the rest of this off." Finn says before retreating again, him and Amanda sharing a look that lasted for half a minute as he squeezed her left hand in assurance.
"He likes you more than he's letting on, Mandy… and I can tell you like him too." Neville says, Amanda turning back to him.
"And Seth's feeling like he's been outcasted… I didn't do it intentio-" Amanda says, Neville lightly rubbing his hand on her left shoulder.
"I know kiddo. Look, just give him time… he'll calm down." Neville says, the two hugging.
It was at the hotel after both had changed into their pajamas that Amanda stood up on her now numbed leg, Amanda and Finn hugging each other.
They looked at each other after letting go, one of his hands resting lightly on her lower back and the other on her right hip, one of hers resting on that hand before she squeezed it… and brought their mouths crashing against each others.
Falling onto the bed during it, the two continued kissing before looking at each other as smiles crept onto their faces.
There was no going back now… not after tonight.