Five weeks earlier…
A sharp scream startled them, the door slamming sent Amanda's sinus pressure headache from dull to searing and she let Finn help her up as Colin stood up and ran to them.
The three ran to the door, Finn opening it and Amanda restraining Roman as Finn and Colin helped Enzo up after opening the door.
"You three go back to your seats!" Roman growled, Amanda tightening her grip on him.
"Fuck that, Roman! You hurt my friend!" Cass snarled, blue eyes narrowed in anger as he held a bleeding Enzo up in an attempt to keep him steadied on his feet.
"Roman, you can't go chucking people off of the damn bus! You could've broken his neck and you could be facing assault charges!" Amanda says after giving a hard slap to Roman's left shoulder as Colin helped Enzo back to their seats.
"She's right, Roman, what the hell's the matter with you?" Finn says.
"You okay, buddy?" Colin asks, Enzo nodding.
"Tiny's got a hell of a lot of fire to deal with her Shield brother." Enzo says, Colin nodding in agreement as he found a first aid kit and opened it before patching Enzo up.
"I got angry about the noise and I can see that you ain't feeling well, Mandy. He's too damn loud at times!" Roman says after Amanda let him go.
"So is Miz and you haven't chucked him off a tour bus yet! Back off of Enzo! What do you think Hunter is gonna be angrier about when he hears what went down, Roman?" Amanda says firmly, Roman looking at her.
He easily towered over her, his grey green eyes narrowed with her hazel ones but she stood firm on this and he knew she wouldn't back down.
To Roman, there were times that Amanda could be scarier than Galina.
Roman backed off and went back to his seat, Finn and Amanda heading back to their seats and sitting down.
"Damn, his temper can get the best of him, love." Finn says, putting his left arm around Amanda's shoulders as she snuggled closer to him.
"I've known Roman for 16 years, never seen him throw anyone out of a vehicle." Amanda says, the two kissing.
Back at the hotel, Amanda slipped into one of Finn's shirts after taking her makeup off and taking a shower before joining Finn in the king sized bed.
"Things will calm down, love. And hopefully, Roman doesn't go chucking more of us off the tour bus again." Finn says, wrapping his arms around Amanda before the two kissed.
"I hope so too. Enzo is who he is 24/7 and makes no apologies about it. If you can't be your real self, who can you be in this life?" Amanda says, resting her head on Finn's left shoulder as they watched Dr. Who.
And Finn knew that she was right… Enzo was normally laid back but people tended to get overwhelmed on these tours.
From what Amanda had told him, she and Randy were sent back to America once after trashing a hotel room in Italy… but that had just been two people getting a bit rough during an intimate moment...
Present time...
It was around 10 in the morning when Amanda woke up… and saw a slice of vanilla and red velvet swirl cake nearby before seeing Colin.
"You're good, I'll admit that." Amanda says as she sat up, knowing that the only times Colin brought that kind of cake to her was either on her birthday or when he screwed up and pissed her off. Amanda took a bite of the cake and made a small hum, a smile following as she chewed carefully.
"Everything calm in here now?" Talora asks as she and the others walked in.
"That sugar's gonna go straight to her brain." Enzo says.
"Oh relax, she loves it." Colin says as Amanda finished the slice of cake.
"I wouldn't eat it." Talora says.
"Don't tell me, you'd rot your teeth to flakes in minutes?" Enzo asks.
"No, I just wouldn't like it." Talora replied, giggling a little when Enzo's face looked a touch disappointed.
After a while, Amanda was ready for the day and stopped when she felt a blindfold placed onto her eyes and hear Finn chuckle quietly.
"Where are you leading me now?" Amanda asks with a slight smile as Finn took her out of the room.
At the same time, Talora walked into another room and saw a banner that read "HAPPY 27th, MANDY!".
"Zo, put that away!" Carmella says, trying to stop her friend from breathing in some helium from a balloon.
"I can't help it if I want to cause laughter!" Enzo says in a high pitched voice.
"Save it for the birthday girl, Enzo." Seth says.
"27? She looks younger." Talora says.
"What was your guess of her age?" Seth asks.
"17…" Talora says.
"Some of us are convinced that Mandy ages in reverse or uses a good aloe lotion." Sami says as the door opened.
"We nearly tripped over a duffel bag back there." Amanda says as Finn led her into the room.
"Elias, I told you not to leave your things in the hallway!" Dean says.
"It wasn't me, I swear." Elias says, strumming his guitar as Finn took the blindfold off of Amanda and Elias started playing Happy Birthday on his guitar.
"Every year that passes, kiddo still looks like a kid." Dean says, him and Amanda hugging.
"That's why the name stays." Enzo says, him putting a pink hat on Amanda's head. "Now that, I like. The pink amongst the bluish black hair." He says.
"Well, it is a good color match. Happy birthday, kiddo." Seth says, the last part to Amanda and kissing her on her forehead.
Amanda looked back to Colin and then to Enzo, noticing some tension between the two friends… and it got her to thinking if the creative team was using the storyline split of an amazingly talented team to punish Enzo for the incident in Europe.
Amanda let out a slight squeal as she felt Finn's arms snake around her and he pulled her to him before the two slow danced to Head Over Heels by Tears For Fears.
'That could very well be the song they end up dancing to as husband and wife at their wedding…' Enzo thought.
He knew it was gonna happen… it was just a matter of time.