November 5th 2004…

Amanda, after managing to get cleaned off, taking the garbage bag off of her casted leg and getting dressed, applied a teal pencil eyeliner to her lower lashline to brighten up her eyes in a cat eye style and adding a nice contrast to the black winged eyeliner on her upper lashline before she added shimmery teal eyeliner and a teal mascara to her upper lashes before she closed the tubes and put them away with her concealer, makeup set of eyeshadows and blushes as well as the brushes… and heard a sudden and sharp noise and looked at the window.

It was closed… and Amanda turned back to the mirror on her wall and her hazel eyes widened in panic when she saw what was on the mirror.

'Things happen for a reason, little lady.'

"Okay… just seeing things. Or someone's messing around with me." Amanda responded quietly before she grabbed her crutches and headed downstairs.

She heard a knock at the door and headed towards it, opening it and seeing 15 year old Dianne before the two hugged.

"Your dad and sister are gonna be pissed off when they find out that you showed up here by yourself." Amanda responded after they let go and Dianne walked in and closed the door.

"Yeah but I knew you were getting stir crazy. You spent 3 days in the hospital." Dianne replied.

"It feels good to be home but… Di, I just don't know how to handle life without Sachael, it's not fair that she's gone." Amanda responded as they sat down, Dianne helping Amanda prop her left leg up on the ottoman.

"I know it's not fair, kiddo, she was our sister in every way that matters… but we'll never forget her." Dianne replied.

"Yeah, you're…" Amanda responded before they both shivered as the air went cold in the house.

"Did the heating go out again?" Dianne asked.

"I have no idea." Amanda replied before she looked at the window… and her eyes widened again.

'I'm not where she is but I know she's okay.'

Amanda was frightened… but as she saw Jodie walk in and the two hugged, Amanda was hoping she and Dianne really were just imagining things.

Jodie knew Amanda wasn't… but she also didn't know how to explain it to her or Dianne…

Present time, November 5th 2018…

It was early in Manchester, quiet and half past 4 in the morning… but Amanda opened her eyes and knew from the tiny feet kicking at her ribcage that the little boy growing inside of her was showing no signs of calming down even as Finn rested his right hand on Amanda's stomach.

"I don't know what it is but I feel like something's upsetting him." Amanda responded, cringing slightly as Liam's tiny left foot once again slammed into her ribcage.

"It wouldn't be the first time that a young one picked up on…" Finn started to respond, stopping for a moment as if trying to figure something out. If that hadn't been out of place enough, it was more so when he suddenly sat upright looking towards the wall.

"You okay?" Amanda questioned as she carefully sat up.

"Yeah, just… must have been a shadow outside or something." Finn answered as he relaxed a bit. "I was looking at you and something moved over there."

Amanda looked over and her eyes narrowed slightly.

"You remember me telling you about what happened when I was 14?" Amanda asked.

"Around your friend passing?" Finn replied.

"I'd hear things but I thought I was imagining it… and then Jodie would visit me after Sachael's death and things got stranger and stranger and then Jodie left and they stopped. So I had thought it was trauma from losing Sachael… and the noises, the messages, they stopped. Jodie never did tell me but I suspected that she knew what was causing it and didn't want to scare anyone. She might've not known how to explain it." Amanda explained as Finn held her and the two stretched out, careful to keep Liam calm as Amanda rested her left hand below Finn's right one.

"Is he still riled up, love?" Finn asked.

"We're gonna have to keep an eye on him… I have a feeling he might skip crawling and go straight to walking." Amanda responded before they kissed.

The cold air faded back into the warm temperature they set the thermostat at earlier… and the next noise they heard was Dianne knocking on the adjoining door.

"Is everything okay in there?" Dianne asked before Finn helped Amanda sit up and then got up and walked to the adjoining door.

When he opened it, Dianne walked in with a blanket wrapped around her.

"Temperature plunged in your room too?" Amanda replied.

"Same way it did in your family's house 14 years ago." Dianne responded after setting the blanket aside and closing the adjoining door.

"That night was the first of many sleepless nights." Amanda replied.

"You two were just kids who didn't know what the hell was causing the strange occurrences." Finn responded as he sat down next to Amanda and held her close to him… and Dianne saw the dark circles under Amanda's eyes.

"And when Jodie left, things seemed normal… she might be in town." Amanda replied as she tried to get comfortable again, Finn helping her lie down on her left side.

It wasn't long before Amanda gave into exhaustion and was asleep again.

"He won't let her sleep most nights." Finn replied quietly.

"If Liam sensed what's going on, he could've been trying to warn her." Dianne responded.

"That's true, young ones pick up on things whether they're born or unborn." Finn replied.

Dianne nodded and the two friends hugged before Dianne carefully hugged Amanda and left the room… Finn curled up under the covers and gently pulled Amanda into his arms before resting his right hand on Amanda's stomach.

Amanda let out a small noise as Liam's kicks calmed down but stayed sleeping… and Finn lightly kissed Amanda on her forehead.

Given what had happened, they felt like they had every right to keep their growing family safe… but they also sensed that there was no threat to their son.