Three weeks ago…
"Stop struggling and get moving!" Amanda responded as she dragged a tied up Ashley down the hallways of Full Sail University.
"Look, whatever dumb idea you've come up with Mandy it isn't going to work so let me go and go back to your boytoy." Ashley said.
And then Ashley yelled out when Amanda hit her and saw a black leather whip.
"Now which sex store did you get that from?" Ashley asked.
"I'll tell you once everything is back to normal!" Amanda responded before she kicked the door open and threw Ashley into the room before slamming the door… and then Amanda quickly barricaded the door with an oak desk and production crate.
"Hey! You can't hold me hostage! I've got better shit to do with my time!" Ashley yelled.
"I've had enough of you three fighting like children! You're not coming out of there til you all talk! Civilly!" Amanda shouted, holding the whip closer to her before she left and reached the locker room that she and Finn shared.
She walked in and Finn saw the bruises forming on her body, Finn helping Amanda sit down after Amanda set the whip aside and closed the door… and Finn having set up the cameras before he streamed the feed to the laptop.
"I don't know, maybe we drove the poor girl mad. Or Ash traumatized her by trying to strangle you." Matt responded after a while of silence as Ashley searched her pockets for her phone… and couldn't find it.
"Damn it, Mandy!" Ashley growled.
"What were you gonna do, call your secret boyfriend to get us out of here?" Matt asked, Ashley looking at him in a startled manner. "It's obvious that you've been seeing someone, Ash." He responded.
"Don't start with the lecture, he treats me a lot better than Kyle did." Ashley replied.
"And you're okay with this new man in your life going berserk at Mandy every chance he gets?" Jeff responded.
"You shut up or I might strangle you again!" Ashley growled.
"You should watch Raw and SmackDown more, Ash, she's constantly putting distance between herself and this prick. And using concealer to cover swollen and bruised eyes… and her lower lip was split open last week." Jeff replied.
"I didn't think Jeff watched Raw and SmackDown anymore…" Amanda responded quietly, Finn putting his right arm around her as they watched Ashley walk over to Jeff.
"You listen to me and you listen good. Whatever goes down on Raw and Smackdown are none of my business. As for seeing someone, what are you going to do about it? You don't control me and you never did so…" Ashley said before shoving Jeff back "... back the hell off."
"And what, watch as Rollins beats Amanda so badly that she ends up in the hospital or we're saying goodbye to her on a slab in the morgue?!" Matt responded angrily.
"You know what? Maybe I should have died back in 2011 because at least then I wouldn't have to be dealing with this shit right now." Ashley said before Jeff slapped her across the face.
"Don't you ever say that again!" Jeff yelled.
Ashley held her hand to her face, looking at Jeff with tears in her eyes.
"You just struck your little sister across the face…" Ashley whispered.
"That's what Seth's done to Mandy… until Raw was on the air last week and he was out there with his right arm in a cast. I guess Finn lost all restraint and broke it… so when you get back to where you're staying, take a look in the mirror! And ask yourself if Seth's such a good guy or if he's lying to you!" Jeff replied, Ashley turning livid.
"You struck me?!" Ashley demanded.
"Ashley calm down." Matt said, Ashley punching him.
"Don't you dare tell me to calm down!" Ashley growled.
"Then listened to what Jeff said! When you're alone, ask yourself if Seth is actually good or if he's lying to you! But you know what, he is lying and you're deliberately ignoring what's right in front of you! What does that say about you?! He doesn't respect women and you don't care if he kills Mandy! She didn't do anything to deserve how he treats her!" Matt responded, yelling halfway through… before they heard the crate and desk being pushed aside and the door open.
Ashley left without another word to them.
At the apartment, Amanda and Finn were cuddled up on the couch and watching Tv.
You know, he'll never get why what he did to you was wrong…" Finn replied. "I don't know why he hates me or you though, we never wronged him. And Ashley will never see how violent he is."
"Honestly? With how she acted earlier, they can stay together. Maybe then she'll take the damn blinders off." Amanda responded as they continued watching Miami Vice…
Present time…
Bryan was in his own hotel room when he heard a knock… and stood up, walking to the door and opening it.
"Huh… kinda thought that little bar rat would be here." Seth responded after seeing that Bryan was alone.
"You watch your damn mouth about Mandy! I don't like your insinuations about her, that girl is part of my family!" Bryan growled after punching Seth, who pulled himself back up to his feet.
"Then what was with that cuddly conversation between you two earlier?!" Seth responded after wiping blood away from his mouth.
"Just two friends confiding in each other! You think that Mandy and I are sleeping with each other?! You're out of your damn mind!" Bryan replied, halfway shouting… and Seth realising where Amanda was.
"What kind of friend leaves a drunk girl with a guy who's just trying to get her into bed?!" Seth replied.
"What kind of friend are you, constantly leaving bruises on Mandy's body?!" Bryan responded, which Ashley heard and it prompted her to walk over.
"The hell is going on over here?" Ashley asked.
"Your boyfriend likes to smack your little sister around. I suggest getting him into anger management before she calls the cops on him because before you know it, this depraved bastard will be behind bars." Bryan explained before he closed the door, Ashley and Seth leaving.
"What room are they in?" Ashley asked.
"I don't know." Seth replied.
"Eh, we'll find them at some point." Ashley responded before they left.
Sometime in the night, Amanda opened her eyes and she was curled up in Finn's arms… she rubbed her sleepy eyes as Light My Fire by The Doors began to play as her ringtone.
She picked up her IPhone 6, seeing Ashley's number… and putting her phone on sleep mode to stop the call before she set the phone aside and turned back to a now half awake Finn.
"Much better than chucking your phone across the room…" Finn responded, Amanda nodding as she stretched back out… and in his sleepy state, Finn placed a kiss on Amanda's right shoulder as she ran the fingers on her right hand through his hair.
Not that either of them minded it one bit… they had always believed that a little intimacy in a friendship never hurt anyone.