"Why do I get the feeling that we left before we could find out what's going on with Mandy?" Dean asked.
"Because Dianne dragged us out the door." Seth answered before turning to Dianne. "Why drag us out by our shirts? We weren't causing trouble." He said.
"Would you had preferred being dragged out, tied up and gagged?" Dianne responded.
"Something ain't right." Seth replied.
"You're right about that, Mandy didn't drink any alcohol or caffeine last night. I also asked if her shirt shrunk in the dryer because she kept pulling on the hem of it and she slapped me!" Dean responded.
Dianne would've normally laughed at Dean being slapped… and her non response to it had Seth curious.
At the same time and being as careful as he could, Aleister drove towards the hospital and glanced at the two passengers, seeing that Finn had reached over from the backseat and was lightly rubbing Amanda's left shoulder as she was trying to keep her breakfast down.
"Did anything seem… off? About that night, was…" Aleister tried to ask.
"You think Finn and I were sabotaged?" Amanda responded.
"Possibly but I also want you to retrace your steps, try to think back." Aleister answered.
"We were at a party, something put together at the last minute after the basketball game Roman dragged us to… I remember there was a couple fighting so Finn and I snuck off into one of the rooms to drown it out. Neither of us were drunk after what had happened to Enzo about a week before that..." Amanda explained.
"I think I remember someone saying that something would happen that would 'turn lives upside down'... but not sure who said that." Finn replied as Aleister stopped in the parking lot.
Once in the hospital, they saw that it was crowded with a lot of girls around Amanda's age… and one of them narrowed her eyes as she pulled her blonde and red ombre hair into a ponytail.
Finn and Aleister guided Amanda away from where Alexa was, Alexa a bit creeped out by Aleister.
"He's a bit scary at a first glance." Emma replied, Alexa turning to her.
"They all are at first talk." Alexa responded.
"True… but the last person I expected to see here is Mandy." Emma said, Alexa scoffing and rolling her eyes.
"Need to re-evaluate your expectations then, I'm surprised she ain't in here every week with something new." Alexa responded, muttering at first.
In the ER room, Amanda cringed slightly and squeezed Finn's right hand as the needle went into her right arm and Finn lightly rubbed his left hand up and down her left wrist even as the nurse finished with the exam and removed the needle before bandaging Amanda's arm before leaving… in the hallway, John noticed them and limped in.
"John, what happened?!" Amanda asked, seeing that her 25 year old brother wasn't putting much weight on his right leg.
"Some crazy driver clipped my leg… not broken but hurts like hell. I thought you were staying overnight at Dean's house." John explained.
"Wasn't feeling so great so we got back home last night…" Amanda responded, trailing off… and John putting it together and sitting down after pulling a chair closer and rubbing his left hand up and down her back.
"Well… this came quite out of nowhere. But I guess… well, it's a joint effort, family is happening and family will be here." John replied after a moment.
"Before we know it." Amanda responded quietly as John brushed her tears away.
Down the hall, Reby had overheard and walked back to Matt, who had stitches in his head as a result of glass cutting him because the window had been broken… and Matt noticed the look on her face.
"Reby, what's wrong, sweetheart?" Matt asked.
"Don't freak out with what you're about to hear… Mandy's pregnant." Reby answered, Matt's eyes widening in shock.
"She's way too young…" Matt managed to respond, about to stand up but Reby stopped him.
"Matt, think this through, what would going and beating Finn to a pulp accomplish? Stay calm about this." Reby replied, Matt looking at her.
"Jeff and I always wanted a little sister… and Mandy is that to us. The thought of her growing up so fast is... " Matt said as Reby lightly rubbed her right hand up and down his left arm.
"Terrifying." Reby responded.
It was after the blood test confirmed that Amanda was nearly 5 weeks along and an appointment was scheduled that Amanda had gotten some prenatal vitamins that they ended up back at the house… she took one of the vitamins before closing the bottle and putting it in her room before seeing a text from Reby.
'I'm outside, we need to talk, kiddo.'
Amanda headed outside and sure enough, it was only Reby.
"Matt's not gonna jump out from behind the bushes or tree again, is he?" Amanda asked, remembering how the 4th of July barbeque had gone haywire as she and Reby sat down. "Reby… why are you here, everything okay?" She responded, Reby resting her right hand on Amanda's left shoulder.
"I know what's happening with you right now." Reby answered.
"You were at the hospital…" Amanda said quietly, Reby nodding.
"I'm just happy for you… you're very lucky with what you've been given." Reby replied as she placed a hand on Amanda's shoulder.
"I'm also very scared… so is Finn even though he won't let me see that." Amanda responded as the two hugged for a few seconds. "Reby, it'll happen one day for you… you and Matt will be great parents." She said quietly before they stood up and headed inside, Reby and Finn briefly hugging.
"You take good care of them, okay?" Reby replied.
Before Finn could responded, Amanda heard her phone chime and picked it up… and Finn, Reby and John saw the look on her face turn serious.
"Sis, you okay?" John asked after walking over.
"Mom and Dad are on their way home and want to talk… Ace sent them an article about protection having to be recalled." Amanda answered as she and Finn sat down.
"She knows how to give a subtle hint, I'll say that about her." Finn responded after a few moments of him lightly rubbing Amanda's back.
"Yes she does." Amanda replied quietly.
Across town, Seth opened the door to his house… and saw Zahra.
"Look, I'm not up for anything right now-" Seth started to say.
"I'm pregnant." Zahra responded, cutting him off and Seth dropping his glass of water in shock.
"Zahra… are you absolutely sure?" Seth replied.
"News story came out about defective protection being recalled, and the batch ours came from was on the list, I checked it. I took a test to be on the safe side and… well, there you go." Zahra explained.
"We need to tell my parents and yours…" Seth responded, trailing off when he saw the look on her face.
"They kicked me out." Zahra replied, Seth noticing her reddened eyes once she was in the house and closing the door before pulling her into his arms, the two holding each other.
Back at the Cena household, the door opened and Amanda and Finn looked up from the kitchen table to see Carol and John Sr… the two closed the door and walked over. Seeing the nervous looks, Carol spoke up first as she lightly rubbed her daughter's left arm after sitting down.
"Your dad and I were just a bit older than you when Dan was born." Carol explained, Amanda blinking in slight shock.
"You… never told any of us that before." Amanda responded, feeling Finn's left hand squeeze her right one.
"Well there you go… so even if we were angry at you for it, we'd be nothing short of hypocrites to say so." John Sr replied.
"Still freaked out though… first time around, everything's changing." Finn responded.
"I'll tell you something now, father to father… you'll get to your fourth time around and you'll still be freaked out, be it about changes or health, or that you'll never stop questioning every day if they're all alright." John Sr replied after he sat down as well.
Amanda was feeling calmer and hoped that everything would be okay.
