10/22/18...

Nearly 6 months along, Amanda Rose Balor rushed down the hallway as fast as she could… the text she had gotten from Roman sent a bad feeling through her.

'No, no, not again!' Amanda thought as horrible memories flashed back to her of Roman being sick when he was 22.

When she got to the Shield locker room the brunette busted down the door and saw Braun, Hunter and Stephanie not too far away.

"What's the emergency?" Amanda asked and stopped short as she saw all of the guys with tears in their eyes. "What's going on?" She asked.

Roman walked over… and Amanda knew, tears running down her face and Roman pulling her into his arms as she cried.

"I can beat it, kiddo." Roman said. "I beat it last time and I can do it again." He responded as they looked at each other and he brushed her tears away before he rested his right hand on her stomach and felt Liam's tiny feet hit against his hand. "For you and him."

"Just promise that you will make it out alive and not leave us, I lost so many people in my life and I don't want to lose you either." Amanda replied before they hugged again.

Roman nodded and kissed her forehead. "I promise. But now I just have to break the news to everyone."

"You want me to go out there with you?" Amanda asked.

Hunter sighed and placed his hand on her shoulder. "As their sister you hold your head up high: because you are the Shield."

Amanda nodded as she and Roman let go and she hugged Dean and Seth before Seth decided to guide her back to Finn.

When he did, Finn saw that Amanda had been crying and pulled her into his arms.

"Roman?" Finn responded once they were alone in the locker room, Amanda nodding.

"He's… he's been around me since I was 12 years old. Why is it that when things are going right that something terrible happens?" Amanda replied as Finn brushed her tears away.

"He's gonna beat this and come back stronger, Mandy. It's not his time to go." Finn responded before they kissed.

Amanda, Dean and Seth walked out there to hug Roman after his announcement and all four put their fists together.

Amanda saw something in Dean's eyes that rattled her, he was holding back something… and she confronted him in the backstage area.

"Please don't blindside us tonight, Jon." Amanda replied… but Dean just flashed her that goofy smile.

"Everything's fine, kiddo." Dean responded before he left… and Seth stopped near Amanda.

"Keep an eye on Dean… something ain't right." Amanda whispered, Seth lightly rubbing Amanda's growing belly and feeling Liam's tiny feet hit against his hand.

But Seth thought it was her emotional mindset overriding her judgment.

"Mandy, you're just not thinking straight." Seth responded.

"I've known him since his Jon Moxley days… keep your guard up because he gets damn scary!" Amanda replied quietly before she left.

She had no idea how much hell would be caused…

Present time, 11/19/18…

Amanda turned her face away from Dean and Seth, Dean on the titantron and Seth next to her, so they wouldn't see her crying after what Dean had said.

And she dropped her microphone, carefully got out of the ring and quickly walked backstage after adjusting her washed blue scoop neck maternity tank top… and sat down on a production crate and let her tears fall.

She was clearly upset… and judging from the kicks to her ribcage, the baby boy growing inside of her was upset too.

"I know, buddy… that was beyond wrong." Amanda responded quietly, lightly rubbing her stomach before she felt arms around her and knew who it was… she turned to see the blue eyes that belonged to her husband, Finn lightly brushing her tears away. "Dean didn't have to go that far, he could've told the damn writers he didn't want to say that…" She replied.

"And he knew you were gonna be out there, that your emotions are tangled nowadays." Finn responded before they kissed.

But hugging wasn't easy as Amanda moving closer to Finn caused Liam to move around, Finn lightly resting his left hand on Amanda's stomach.

And Liam's kicks would've normally calmed down… but they didn't.

"He's upset too… hey, little man, can you take it easy on Mommy? I know Uncle Deano went too far out there and Daddy will make sure the crazy man calms down before you're born." Finn replied.

"I don't want Dean anywhere near our son. If he can't find the damn decency to tell me these things beforehand, he has no right being around our baby." Amanda replied, Finn sitting down and pulling her onto his lap to hold her.

Seth had overheard that and decided to give them privacy before going to find Dean.

He kicked the locker room door open and the slamming noise made someone jump and Seth's eyes widen.

"Sorry, Bayley." Seth replied as he realised he had barged into Bayley locker room.

"It's alright. I guess you're looking for Dean?" Bayley responded.

"Yeah. And I hope I find him, preferably before Amanda does and tries to choke him to death." Seth explained before he pulled his girlfriend into his arms and they kissed.

"He should've known better, he really should've… I can't imagine how Mandy's feeling right now, all those hormones overriding her judgement and Dean had to go and say that about Roman." Bayley replied as they held each other tightly.

It was in Finn and Amanda's locker room that Amanda had eaten chocolate ice cream, fixed up her makeup and heard the door open as she and Finn were curled up on the couch… and saw a flash of short dirty light brown hair.

"You better get on outta here!" Finn responded after helping Amanda up and putting himself in front of her.

"Or what?" Dean replied casually… and Amanda moved forward and Dean yelled out seconds later.

The force of the punch sent him stumbling back and Dean held his left hand to his left eye as Finn held Amanda back.

"You're not welcome around me and you're not welcome around mine and Finn's child! Get out of our lives and stay gone, Ambrose!" Amanda yelled, Dean slowly backing out of the room and walking away after Finn closed the door.

"Better now?" Finn asked after getting Amanda to sit down.

"Felt good to hit him." Amanda responded before they kissed.

Dean looked in the nearest mirror he could find and saw his left eye starting to bruise.

And now he knew he had screwed up.