5/23/14…

"Colby, get your ass in here!" Amanda says loudly as her eyes remained glued to the Tv, Seth running in.

"Did I miss it, did they say who it is that signed with us?!" Seth asks, sitting next to Amanda.

"Not yet." Amanda says, turning up the volume.

"In entertainment news, Prince Devitt has signed with WWE! The well known Irish wrestler previously worked for NWA and most recently, New Japan Pro Wrestling-"

Seth jumped out of his skin as Amanda screamed with joy, throwing her arms around him… not wanting her to suspect he was startled, he hugged her too.

"He's gonna have a hell of a career with WWE, Sethie. I can't wait!" Amanda says after they let go and she smiled brightly.

"Damn right he is." Hunter says, him and Amanda hugging and her heading out of the locker room.

"Hunter-" Seth starts to say.

"Bit of a shock, kid?" Hunter asks.

"Damn right! What the hell, old man?!" Seth yells, Hunter shushing him.

"Calm down, alright? Come on, we sign new people all the time, what's the worst that could happen?" Hunter says, acting like a father calming his son.

"Yeah… yeah, you're right. Just reacting from the shock." Seth says.

"Different reactions, yeah. I heard Mandy screaming happily a minutes ago, she's thrilled." Hunter says before leaving.

Seth nodded… and felt the tension surface.

He didn't like this one bit.

Present time…

"Hey you, how'd it go today?" Aestrid asks after Nathan walked in.

"She's getting a lot better at the therapy, her leg is getting stronger." Nathan says.

"That's good… you're usually smiling when a patient's doing better though. What's on your mind?" Aestrid says.

"Mandy's doing better physically but… while her mental state isn't as bad as it was after the attack, Hunter said that she's distant at times. I don't know if it's an aftereffect of the seizures she suffered or the injuries that Seth inflicted. That was horrible to watch it happen like that… my heart broke for the poor girl." Nathan says.

"Is she staying with anyone throughout this or by herself?" Aestrid asks.

"That new guy who's supposed to debut on NXT soon, Finn Balor. He and Mandy hit it off pretty well, actually. It's similar to two people who have known each other all their lives." Nathan says.

At the same time in the apartment across the street, Amanda was in grey flannel pajama shorts and an AC/DC Back In Black tour tank top as she walked downstairs, Finn helping her to the couch.

"Really, Finn? I was just gonna head to the kitchen and get a drink, then sit down and rest." Amanda says as Finn helped her sit down and prop her right knee and upper leg up on pillows before covering her with a blanket. "Is this necessary?" She asks, fighting the light red coloring that crept up into her face.

"Your skin is cooled down, it's chilly in here and don't think I don't see you blushing." Finn says, kissing Amanda on her forehead as she rubbed her makeupless face in a tired manner.

Amanda dozed off after a few minutes, Finn going into the kitchen to see if he could find anything for both to eat.

He glanced at the small brunette on the couch before looking back in the fridge and closed it, heading upstairs to make a phone call as he remembered the number for Pizza Hut.

Amanda gripped onto the pillow in her dream torn mind...

Black orchid scented candles were lit in the darkened room after Becky and the others insisted on looking for the source of the blackout… leaving Finn and Amanda alone.

'Of course… it just had to be the kind of scent that draws me close to her.' Finn thought, remembering how he didn't want to stop touching Amanda every time as of late… whether it was her perfume or body soap, it always had the calming scent to it.

"If I didn't know any better… I'd think Becky was setting us up." Amanda says with a slight laugh as she turned to face Finn when he walked over to her, the orange glow of the tiny flames bringing out the amber tones in her eyes as she looked up at him.

Being as careful as he could because of her injured ribs, Finn lightly pressed her against the wall with his left hand on the middle of her ribcage, his thumb brushing against her sternum as they looked at each other… before his right hand was resting on her neck and he leaned in, the two kissing.

Amanda wrapped her arms around Finn and pulled him in closer so they were pressed against each other as the kiss deepened… she could feel it, she wanted it as much as he did, he wanted to throw her onto the bed.

And that was what Finn did after pulling Amanda's black pajama top up over her head, his hands resting on her chest as they kissed before he sat up on his knees, pulling his shirt off.

Their clothing disappeared into the candlelit room and they were under the covers, losing awareness around themselves as they made love.

It was hours later that Seth had pulled himself up to a standing position and got off of the elevator, heavily injured but determined to find Amanda.

"Mandy?" Seth said quietly as he limped down the hallway, reaching the room where he saw an orange glow under the door and started to panic, thinking the room was on fire and that his Shield sister was unconscious or badly hurt and unable to rescue herself.

Seth busted the door open and charged in, a fully naked Amanda scrambling off of Finn.

"Seth?! But… but how?! He killed you!" Amanda says in shock as Seth stood in front of her… and Seth was seething with rage at Amanda being naked in bed with Finn.

"Not exactly killed, you've been half lied to… now get out of that bed!" Seth says, yelling at the end and grabbing Amanda by her ankles, pulling her out of the bed and throwing her down on the floor.

"Hey, what the hell's-" Finn shouts, bolting up but Seth grabbed the Revolver he stole from Dean and shot Finn before turning and shooting Amanda in the head.

"Here, I was thinking you were in danger… how stupid of me." Seth said coldly to the lifeless couple before leaving...

Finn ran back downstairs when he sensed something was wrong, seeing that Amanda was awake and clutching the blanket close to her and tears streaming down her face.

"Mandy?" Finn says after walking over, sitting down and pulling her into his arms. "Hey, it's okay, luv… shh, it's okay." He whispered, kissing Amanda on the right side of her head as his right hand rubbed up and down her back.

Her arms wrapped around him, accepting the comforting hug… and Finn realised it.

Amanda was a lot more traumatized by what Seth had done than she was letting on.