Amanda absentmindedly blew the front part of her hair out of her face as she sat cross legged in a chair, starting to get bored… no one was exactly sure who had called this meeting but there had been countless disruptions and disturbances in the locker rooms lately.
And the meeting even hadn't started yet.
She felt hands on her legs and turned to her left, seeing Finn. Amanda turned her body towards Finn, who helped her outstretch her legs and placed them onto his lap.
"I know, I'm bored waiting too… wonder what's taking Steph and Hunter so long, this ain't normally like them." Finn whispered.
"I think they ran into some kind of problem… I'd say let's ditch this but that got me into a lot of trouble when I was 22. I didn't ditch to go have fun, I was feeling sick… and because I decided to sleep in a bit, I got chewed out by Brie and Nikki's stepfather. Still can't really believe that Laurinaitis married their mom." Amanda responded.
"Some things surprise us… here, this might relieve the boredom a bit." Finn said, before he reached into his pocket and took out a scrambled mini Rubik's cube. "Found it in the corridor, dropped in the corner."
"I haven't played with one of these in years…" Amanda said quietly as she looked at it… the cube reminded her of her childhood one but hers had a few stickers that were peeled off partially.
"Me either. They come in handy in waiting times like these." Finn replied, Amanda seeing that the squares of one face of the cube were a bit scratched, most likely where it had been dropped and slid across the ground.
The two started to play with it… which got Emma's attention, the NXT diva looking at them and then at Alexa after being jabbed by her fingernail.
"You could trim those, you know." Emma said quietly.
"What the hell are they doing now?" Alexa hissed.
"Staving off boredom… did you really have to go voicing your damn opinions on their closeness anyway? That's probably why Stephanie called this meeting." Emma responded, Alexa narrowing her eyes at the woman.
But before she could say anything, Stephanie approached the microphone and Finn quickly hid the Rubik's cube, Amanda putting her feet back on the floor.
"I know this is short notice but there's been some tension as of late between all of you and for different reasons. One, we are not dissolving any storylines or friendships, that is a personal matter between you and your co-workers. Now, any ideas as to what started the fight last week between Alicia Fox, Paige, Eva Marie, the Bella twins and Amanda Cena?" Stephanie explained.
"Everything you just said you wouldn't touch." Aestrid said from her spot leant against the wall to one side of the room.
"Are we just going to ignore that Mandy punched me?!" Eva responded.
"You swung at me first, you plastic filled bitch!" Amanda replied angrily.
"Oi, don't you-" Everyone heard Dianne shout… moments before Amanda yelped out as the weight of Dianne's prosthetic leg smashed into her shoulder. "Alright, someone grab bitchy Bliss who nicked my prosthetic there, someone check on whoever that hit and someone else return my leg to me!"
Amanda stood up and crash tackled Alexa, taking the leg from her and handing it to Dianne… before kicking Alexa in the face, Alexa screaming in pain.
"Crazy ass bitch!" Amanda muttered before Finn helped her sit down and checked on her right shoulder.
"She alright there? That much force could've easily dislocated the joint." Dianne questioned as she clipped the leg back onto the rod on the end of her knee.
"Yeah, it's still in the socket." Finn responded as Hunter headed over to them with an ice pack, Finn pressing it to Amanda's shoulder.
"Ain't getting fussed over nice?" Seth asked sarcastically.
"Shut up, dipshit." Amanda responded.
"Seems like somebody's still jealous!" Dianne said loudly.
"Everyone calm down. Where was I? Oh yes, the next NXT Championship match… are you all sure about it being a ladder match?" Stephanie responded before glancing at Finn and Kevin.
"Yes." Both said simultaneously.
"As it always stands, no throwing ladders recklessly outside of the ring. Another one… oh damn, Alexa, why ask this question? I told you that there's no room for a third competitor in the NXT Women's Championship match." Stephanie replied.
"I ain't working with that crazy bitch until she goes to anger management!" Bayley and Sasha said simultaneously.
"So what's that to say, I'm being counted out?! Are we trying to get the message across that you don't want me here anymore-" Alexa started to respond angrily.
"You know what?! Quite quickly, you're approaching the point of that and people are starting to tell, even some of the fans! So I think I speak for most of the room when I say buck up your ideas or take the first exit you come across!" Aestrid responded, cutting Alexa off mid sentence and Alexa sitting back down and folding her arms across her chest.
"Thank you, Ace… now the next one, the storyline feud turned disintegrated friendship between Seth and Mandy." Hunter said after heading back to where Stephanie was. "Can you come up here please?" He asked.
Amanda, Finn and Seth headed up there, looking at the clipboard.
"That ain't my handwriting, I was hoping to keep that out of this." Amanda said as she saw the last thing on there.
"Someone else noticed it… wait, where the hell did Dean and Roman go to?" Hunter responded when he noticed both had slipped out of the room.
Outside, Dean inhaled the smoke from his cigarette and then blew it out.
"You really shouldn't have put that on the clipboard, Dean. Mandy said that she was trying to keep things civil." Roman said before yanking the cigarette away from Dean and putting it out.
"Dude, what the hell?!" Dean replied.
"Those things will kill you, what happened to you going on the nicotine patch?" Roman questioned.
"It lost its punch, just felt weak after a while. Like a drip versus a whole glass." Dean answered.
"Well you've gotta think of something… matter of fact, so do I to try to keep Mandy from attacking Seth like she did to the Harley Quinn reject." Roman said.
"I think Balor will keep Mandy distracted." Dean replied.
"You're not all that sure of him being near Mandy, are you?" Roman asked.
"Not so much… but I'm still open to the old saying that a cover doesn't describe all of the book… or something like that." Dean answered.
"Least you haven't gotten physically violent." Roman said as the two headed back in… and jumped back when they saw Nikki and Brie throwing Seth out of the meeting room and Seth landing on his face.
"Next time, get your own head together first!" The twins yelled before slamming the doors and Seth pulling himself up.
"Damn, Seth, what did you do to piss both of them off?" Dean asked after a laugh, Seth taking a few seconds.
"I might've… suggested that they, John and Daniel keep Mandy on a short leash." Seth replied.
"And tell me where in your head did that became a great idea?" Dean responded.
Seth turned to the right, revealing scratches on his face from Amanda's nails and Dean and Roman laughed.
"We've told you repeatedly that she's a hellcat." Roman said.
"Hellcat?! She's more than a hellcat, she attacked me like a fucking tiger!" Seth yelled.
"Well you need to calm your ass down then and either fix things or let her get on with her life." Dean said before Seth left.