8/25/15, Providence, Rhode Island…
"And… got it." Enzo said after him, Dianne and Colin reached the register.
"Enzo, you know Mandy rarely drinks tequila." Colin said after seeing the bottle of Jose Cuervo on the counter.
"Where the hell did she and Finn slip off to anyway?" Enzo questioned, the three of them looking for the two.
"I don't know, I didn't see what way they went…" Colin said, neither of them able to see the two anywhere in their visual range.
"Probably somewhere to be alone… we shouldn't disrupt that." Enzo responded.
Outside, Amanda was being a bit silly after drinking some of the beer and climbed up onto the railing, Finn pulling her off of it as she was about to dive back first into the water.
"Hey, I've jumped off higher than this!" Amanda said in slight protest.
"Famous last words, they are." Finn responded, placing her feet back on the ground.
Amanda looked around after she took a breath… and saw someone in the store swap the bottle of tequila with another one, Finn seeing the confused look on her face and wrapping his hand around her wrist.
"Any reason why someone would switch one bottle with another if neither are broken or the lid's still sealed?" Amanda asked as in the store, Enzo picked up the bottle without him, Dianne or Colin noticing what had happened.
Before she could get an answer, Colin, Dianne and Enzo walked over to them.
Reaching the bonfire, Baron saw them and set the snacks down as Amanda downed one shot of tequila down after convincing herself it was okay… but she coughed slightly, Finn patting her on her back and Colin noticing some drops of blood on the glass.
"The hell… Mandy, you okay?" Colin questioned.
"Yeah… I guess that cut on the inside of my mouth isn't healed fully." Amanda answered, still a bit ticked that Kevin had hit her three nights ago.
"Kevin's an ass and he never keeps himself calmed for long." Colin said after downing his own shot, Amanda downing another shot of tequila.
Moments like these were rare and Amanda liked to enjoy them… the way she saw it, it was human nature to give into things.
Back at the hotel, Amanda and Finn walked to their room when they jumped back as a door slammed open and Dean stormed out.
"I'll sleep in my car if I have to!" Dean yelled at Roman before leaving, Amanda and Finn heading to their room.
"Well, I was gonna tell them but not while they're drunk. Ashley signed again with the company and the higher ups want me to team with her, bringing our darker characters to the main roster as well as yours. What's your perspective on it?" Amanda responded once she and Finn were alone, Finn smiling as his hands cradled her face.
"It's gonna be a hell of a lot of fun, Darlin'. Count me in." Finn responded, kissing her on the top of her head and then the corner of her mouth as they held each other.
At the same time, Seth stopped stumbling around on the beach and saw them… and narrowed his eyes in anger before he left…
Present time…
Seth was in the lobby when Ashley walked in and over to him.
"Hey. You've seen a friend of mine somewhere?" Ashley responded.
"What does this friend look like?" Seth asked.
"5'1", long brown hair and hazel eyes, 25 years old. You've seen her?" Ashley replied, Seth realising that the woman in front of him just described Amanda.
"Lady, you're better off running from her, the woman's a lying bitch." Seth responded bitterly… and Ashley slapping him hard across the face. "What the fuck?!" He yelled.
"Talk about my sister like that and I'll show you things worse than death!" Ashley growled.
And with that, Ashley walked off and stopped when she saw a hungover Dean.
"Room 128, I think she's in." Dean explained.
"Thanks. Bad night?" Ashley replied.
"Got into a drunken argument with my friend about Mandy sneaking off last night. Mandy's an adult though, she's gonna do what she wants to." Dean answered.
"Wow! Can you talk some sense into my brothers?" Ashley asked.
"They still treat you like a kid?" Dean responded, Ashley nodding.
At the same time, Amanda stretched her limbs and slowly opened her eyes to feel a washcloth on her head.
"Damn, that tequila was strong. What was the last thing I said before we crashed?" Amanda replied after seeing Finn.
"Forming a team involving you, me and your old friend…" Finn responded before hearing a knock at the door and lightly kissing Amanda on her forehead. He stood up, walked over and opened the door. "Ashley, right?" He asked.
"Yep, did you two hook up?" Ashley asked.
"She crashed out before I did." Finn replied as Ashley walked in, Amanda sitting up slowly… and Ashley seeing dried blood on the left corner of Amanda's mouth.
"Sis, did someone hit you?" Ashley asked.
"Kevin Owens but that was at NXT TakeOver Brooklyn… the blood vessels are weaker on the left side of my mouth." Amanda responded, Ashley remembering that the weakness there was a result of Amanda's wisdom teeth removal in 2009.
"Yeah I know." Ashley said before sighing. "I don't know what those higher ups are thinking." She said.
"Not so much them as it is Kevin being a complete asshole to her. They used to be friends but after Sami got injured, it all fell apart." Finn responded.
"Speaking of the creative team… they want you and me to be a tag team. A… Team Xtreme reunion of sorts but our darker characters." Amanda replied as Ashley sat down.
"That ain't gonna work." Ashley said.
"Ash, they're not budging on it… I promise, they'll let us have creative control over the storyline aspect…" Amanda responded, trying to move her left leg but she gritted her teeth together and Ashley and Finn saw that her ankle was bruised and her knee was scraped.
"Damn, you must've been really drunk." Ashley replied as Finn found the first aid kit and cleaned up Amanda's wound.
"Yeah… at least think about it, alright? Please, Ash?" Amanda asked.
"I want to say but the problem is Angel doesn't like to come unless the chaos is already here. That's how she's born." Ashley said.
'There's been a lot of chaos lately…' Amanda thought before she and Ashley hugged and Amanda went to go get cleaned off.
"Has someone been hurting her other than Kevin?" Ashley asked.
"Don't freak out… but there's been some fighting between her and Seth Rollins." Finn responded.
"6'1", dark hair, brown eyes, anger issues?" Ashley replied.
"That's him." Finn responded.
"Hm maybe it's best to talk to her." Ashley said.
If Finn was shaken by that, he didn't let it be shown.