"What makes you say that?!" Aestrid replied after she and Dolph were near the airport and Dolph had been telling her about the wild party that had taken place back on the 6th… or what he remembered of it after looking through the videos on his phone.
"When I woke up that morning, I saw how disheveled both looked. And how they barely left each other's side." Dolph explained.
"So you think they slept together?" Aestrid asked.
"Not the first time two people have slept together while blacked out drunk… I can't remember if anyone slipped a condom into Finn's pocket or not, though." Dolph replied after putting his phone away, gripping onto the seat as Aestrid slammed on the brakes.
"So if they did… and didn't use protection…" Aestrid responded, Dolph turning concerned.
"Need me to take over the driving?" Dolph questioned, Aestrid pulling over to the curb and stopping the car before they switched seats and buckled up.
When they reached the airport, Liara, Ty, JJ, Wayne, Val and Alessandra got in.
"Ace, you okay?" JJ asked after everyone had buckled up and the doors were closed and locked.
"She's had a bit of a shock." Dolph explained as he put the Equinox back in drive and drove away from the airport, keeping the vehicle's speed even as Break On Through by The Doors played on the radio.
At the same time, Amanda had her earbuds in and was listening to White Rabbit by Jefferson Airplane as she and Finn were in the lobby after getting ready for the day. His right hand rested on her back as she finished eating her breakfast… but Finn noticed that she was drinking decaf green tea instead of her usual coffee.
"Don't want your body and mind going haywire from caffeine, Darlin?" Finn questioned.
"Yeah. I know we have a big event tonight but the caffeine's too much at times." Amanda answered as Finn's phone chimed and he saw that a video was sent to him along with a text.
'Dolph's driving so I sent this.-Ace'
'Oh damn!' Amanda thought after seeing that the video was filmed on the 6th… and stopped the music, closing out IHeartRadio before unplugging the earbuds and putting her phone away as Finn grabbed his own earbuds and plugged the splitter jack in before they plugged the earbuds in and played the video.
And they could see that in it, Amanda was on Finn's lap with his arms around her and Dolph had been filming the video with Never Tear Us Apart by INXS playing in the background.
"Hey there, what are you two up to?"
"Oh just a bit of fun, Dolph." Amanda responded.
"Good idea, that's what should happen when we're stressed."
"Damn right… and let's go." Finn replied.
The next part of the video consisted of Finn lightly leading Amanda to the elevator and Amanda letting out a light squeal as Finn swatted her on her ass with Dolph following them.
"Hey, if you're going where I think you're going, do you need any protection?"
"No, we've got it covered… go back to the party, Mr. Show Off." Finn explained.
It was after that when Finn had led Amanda into the elevator that Dolph had turned the phone to himself.
"Got it covered, he says… yeah, right. I'm calling it, Demon Prince or Princess in about 9 months. Stay tuned, y'all."
Finn stopped the video, Amanda burying her face in her hands before Finn rested his hands on hers and gently lowered them.
"Hey, it's gonna be okay… we can't change whatever happened but whatever resulted from it, I'm always gonna be by your side, Mandy." Finn responded, cradling Amanda's face in his hands before the two embraced each other.
After hearing the extra chairs being pulled back, the two let go and looked to see Sami and Bayley.
"You two look like hell. Got a video from the party?" Sami responded, Bayley sitting down and Sami helping her scoot forward before he sat down and moved his chair forward.
"Which one did you get?" Finn and Amanda asked simultaneously, Sami and Bayley a bit startled.
"Not the one you're thinking… I kind of got drunk and took it out on a vehicle." Bayley admitted, Finn and Amanda covering their mouths to muffle their laughs… and Bayley and Sami laughing too.
"Yeah, I just need to keep a better eye on her… Mandy, you look pale, you okay?" Sami responded after Finn and Amanda lowered their hands.
"Yeah… just a rough night." Amanda replied before the four saw Seth nearby.
Amanda looked away as Finn wrapped his right arm around her, Seth glancing at them before he walked over… he pulled a chair from another table and over to theirs, sitting down.
"Hey… look, this ain't easy for me to say but… I'm sorry about how I behaved on the tour. And for how I've treated both of you, it was insanely wrong of me to do so." Seth responded.
"Sorry ain't gonna fucking cut it." Amanda muttered, Bayley lightly swatting her right hand. "What? It's not genuine by any means, Bayley!" She responded, inadvertently snapping at Bayley… before immediately apologising to her.
"It's alright, I know you didn't mean it, kiddo." Bayley replied.
"You sound hormonal, Mandy." Sami muttered, Finn giving him a glare that meant "Shut up, are you trying to get us killed?!". "Hey, it was just a joke." He replied, holding his hands up defensively.
"Everyone just stay calm, alright? No anger from me, I promise… and I know it'll take more than that but I'll try my hardest to live up to my promise." Seth responded.
"You better, Seth." Finn replied, keeping Amanda close to him.
After brushing their teeth and meeting up with the others at the Philips Arena, Amanda decided to go clear her mind and walked around after applying a nude lipgloss.
'You and I spent a lot of time here, old friend.' Amanda thought, her mind drifting to the late Chris Benoit as Torn To Pieces by Pop Evil played through her earbuds.
Amanda stopped as she thought for a second that she had seen Chris and Eddie standing by the interview area, talking… she blinked her eyes, no longer seeing them.
No More Tears by Ozzy Osbourne started to play as Amanda headed towards the medical cabinet and grabbed a few tests before heading to the restroom, turning the music off and putting her earbuds away.
'It's gonna drive me crazy if I don't take them, I need to know if anything happened!' Amanda thought as she locked the main door after closing it behind her and headed to a stall.
After taking the tests, she set them on the countertop and washed her hands… every kind of thought was running through her head but she pushed them away before she heard the timer on her phone go off.
She pressed the button to silence it and picked them up… only to see that the display screens were empty, Amanda looking at the boxes.
"Expired… restock, you damn rookies." Amanda muttered before throwing the tests and boxes away before washing her hands and heading to the door… she unlocked it and left.
But she remained unaware that one of the tests remained on the floor, upside down… and when Alexa walked into the restroom, she saw it and then saw Amanda had stopped to talk to Hunter.
"Still not feeling all that great, kid?" Hunter asked.
"Yeah. So when I'm out there for the triple threat, I'm gonna keep a good distance from ringside itself." Amanda answered.
"Good idea, better to be safe than sorry." Hunter replied before they hugged and went in separate directions… and Alexa narrowed her eyes in suspicion and anger.
'Yeah… act like nothing's changing and that you're just ill, Amanda. That's until your belly swells up with his demon spawn growing in it! Then they'll notice how badly you fucked up!' Alexa thought before she walked away to her locker room and in it, closing the door and sitting down.
Her back against the door, she buried her head in her hands and screamed until her throat was sore and her lungs lacked air. She lowered her hands, taking deep breaths and face red with anger.
She glanced at the finger on her left hand that she thought would've had a ring on it now… but it remained bare.
She hadn't told anyone but her relationship with Murphy had been over for two weeks now… and the chaos had all started at the party.