Two ribs were bruised, three were cracked… Ariel, Ramiel and Sariel didn't like that they had sensed that as from the nearest hallway in the hotel, they watched Amanda swallow two gel caps of extra strength Aleve to ease the pain.
Amanda's coughing had subsided after Finn rubbed his hand up and down her back so that wasn't a problem now… but she was gonna be sore as hell tomorrow.
She was already sore in more than just a physical way… she had known Mike since he was a contestant on $1,000,000 Tough Enough season 4 and she was training to be a wrestler, sometimes she found it hard to believe that was 13 years ago.
They had been through their share of ups and downs like friends did but had always worked it out.
"That wasn't scripted… I hope Maryse makes him sleep on the couch after that." Amanda said quietly.
"They don't know how lucky they are…" Sariel said quietly.
"People never do understand because they can't understand us. They still aren't at understanding their own differences yet, let alone those between different walks of life." Ramiel said, Sariel glancing at him. As the angel of guidance, being advised herself wasn't something she was used to happening.
"I hope his wife does make him sleep on the couch… he's still got some growing up to do before they have that kid." Ariel responded, seeing the bruising on Amanda's injured side.
"You really understand them though, kidsie. You're the one who can feel them." Sariel said.
"And sometimes… I feel too much." Ariel responded quietly.
Sariel headed to where she sensed that Mike was and quietly walked in, the arguing immediate.
"I don't see how it's a problem with them being together! And for fuck's sake, you've been one of Mandy's friends since she was a teenager! You realise that if one of those kicks hit her head, you could've thrown her into another seizure!" Kurt yelled, Mike glaring right at him.
"Nearly everyone has been more cautious and lenient with her since that and does she show any thanks for that?! No, she focuses more on Balor because he's the only one who's properly held her attention since they met!" Mike growled.
Kurt was ready to punch him… but then he and Mike noticed Sariel.
Sariel made a subtle motion with her hand for them to continue while fidgeting with her thumbs, before looking up a moment later as she picked up on them noticing her. "Oh… Hello…" She said.
"Who are you?" Kurt asked.
"Uh, my bad. I was just looking for the… the library. I-I'll just be off then…" Sariel responded, before walking towards the wall, ready to walk through it… but she'd turned into a solid form, and instead of going through the wall she impacted it and fell back in a daze, only just managing to halt her fall by grabbing onto the clothing rack.
"You alright?!" Kurt asked after he helped her sit down.
"Yeah… More or less…" Sariel responded, her right hand held over her forehead where when he pried it away slightly, Kurt saw a scrape across her skin there with tiny spots of blood balling up in a few spots.
"Okay, take the damn wig off, Mandy!" Mike said, thinking this was a prank.
"I'm well known for my advice, you know what it is right now? Shut up!" Sariel responded, Kurt knowing that her blue coloured eyes were natural and definitely not any form of contact lenses, plus he could see where the hairs on her head joined her scalp as she held her fringe back with the hand there.
"I doubt she'll ever talk to you, much less play a light hearted prank on you again… you went too damn far out there." Kurt said after turning to Mike.
The door was still open and all three turned, seeing Amanda and Finn.
"As always, never see one without the-" Mike started to say, cut off by Amanda slapping him hard enough to split his lower lip open.
"You could've had the damn decency to be honest with me. Instead, you took the same cheap shots at me that were hurled at me by Alexa! That was damn low, even for you! You're a phony excuse for a friend!" Amanda said angrily, Mike standing up in rage.
"Oh am I?! So I wasn't a friend when-" Mike started to shout, Sariel quickly standing up… And her blue eyes faded to a shining gold.
"Sit down!" Sariel yelled, Mike's eyes flashing the same gold briefly and he instantly sat down, straight and upright on the bed edge. Once he had, Sariel's eyes returned to blue and she fell back to the chair breathlessly, now holding her head in both her hands.
"What you were about to bring up just then…" Amanda said, the others knowing that a nerve had been struck. "Proved me right… you were different then, real. You weren't some fake A-lister, Michael… and who you were back then would've never hurt me. I calmed down a bit… and I'm the wrong one for letting Finn into my life when he doesn't have any problem with who I was then, when he helped me fully heal from all of it? Look at me… tell me that it's not either of us, that you were blindsided by all this." She said… but he wouldn't. "You can't do it, can you?"
Mike's blue eyes looked into Amanda's hazel ones… he saw no disappointment in them but he also no longer saw the Amanda he knew.
"No… can't speak openly or honestly to strangers." Mike responded.
"Strangers… that's all we've ever really been to each other lately." Amanda said before she and Finn headed back to their hotel room.
"Hey… it's okay. Words are out now, it ain't all… bottled up…" Finn said as they walked, trailing off as they stepped into their room and saw a pale skinned girl bent over, staring into a small glass of water that was on the table.
"Doesn't like being bottled…" The girl said, half absent-minded.
"How did…" Amanda started to ask, her mind still shaken from earlier.
"The same way I'll leave…" The girl answered… Before she straightened up and her body faded in colour until she was made entirely of a rippling transparent blue, just like ocean water. She then seemed to quickly stretch out into a long stream, which spiraled around before disappearing into the plug hole of the bathroom sink.
"This has been a crazy night." Amanda responded after setting her duffle bag down, the adrenaline completely gone and exhaustion setting in as she leaned against Finn when his arms wrapped around her.
It wasn't long before both had settled down for the night… but staying into sleep wasn't easy for Amanda, Finn lightly brushing her hair back as he held her.
But eventually, both fell asleep after kissing and continuing to hold each other.
At the same time, Ramiel was wandering around the hotel and saw Bo and Curtis at the hotel bar.
"That was just damn rotten out there, even for him! Those two were like brother and sister!" Bo said after his second shot of whiskey.
"This business has a way of splitting people apart and drawing others to each other… I see no problem with Finn and Mandy being together, Mandy needs stability in her life and Finn's at that point in his where he's thinking long term plans." Curtis said.
"Marriage, family… how do you think him and Mandy will be as parents when it happens?" Bo questioned.
"l couldn't imagine any other kind of parents for the next generation of both families." Curtis answered as Ramiel walked over. "You saw what happened?" He asked after Ramiel sat down.
"Me and others… we see a lot of things happen." Ramiel answered before he started to explain.
