4/22/15, NXT Taping…

"Bravo, Finn. Everybody loves Finn Balor, everybody's so impressed with Finn Balor! Well you know who isn't? Me, Tyler Breeze!" Tyler said after appearing on the titantron. "You walk in here and let me assure you, you're nothing more than a flavor of the month… well, in more ways than one, just ask your Demon Mistress. It's time you meet someone who's been dominating NXT since day one. Prince Pretty… see you around, Finn."

The titantron went back to the NXT logo and Finn turned to his right, seeing that Amanda wasn't having much luck keeping her anger control judging from her right fist being clenched.

"Prince Pretty, crashing the party. Tyler Breeze obviously not as impressed with Finn Balor as we are." Tom Phillips said.

The backstage area was tense, Finn getting Amanda to sit down and rubbing his hands up and down her arms after sitting down next to her.

"Read that part of the script multiple times over… what the fuck is with him, taking cheap insults like that?!" Amanda growled, attempting to stand up but Finn stopped her. "He's either really into his character or he is a narcissistic son of a bitch!" She said as his thumb rubbed back and forth on her right wrist.

"And you need to calm down before going and finding him… that wasn't right what he did but beating someone senseless backstage won't help." Finn responded, Amanda closing her eyes and taking a deep breath before opening them.

"Just when I thought this wasn't starting to feel like high school again…" Amanda said quietly before both stood up.

She'd meet up with him later… Amanda reached the NXT men's locker room and pushed the door open, Tyler standing up.

"Mandy-" He started to say.

"What the hell was that out there? There's not been one problem between us in the five years we've known each other… we're not friends but as co-workers, we need to remain professional on screen." Amanda said, Tyler letting out a humorless chuckle… until she grabbed him by the collar of his fuzzy vest.

"This ain't funny, Tiny!" Tyler responded.

"Don't call me Tiny! Now start talking! You got some kind of problem with me, Finn or the storyline, man up and tell me what the hell it is! Or are you too spineless to do so?" Amanda replied, Tyler prying her hands off the vest and turning angry at her.

"Ever since you met him, you just… you're not the same person. Either you're too open or he's too luring, either way I can't stand it!" Tyler responded.

"Well people connect like that, you and Aubrey did and I never had a problem with it. I calmed down, how is that a problem?" Amanda said.

"Calming down isn't this, you're completely different! It's like the Mandy I met was cast aside and you were put into her place! And it's not just me who feels like Finn has taken that girl away to never be seen again!" Tyler replied, Amanda attempting to slap him but she was pulled back and Tyler saw Finn.

"She didn't do anything to deserve how you behaved earlier and you know that." Finn said in a low, angry tone before guiding Amanda out of there…

Present time…

"If there wasn't backstage heat before this, there will be after… why can't Seth just shut his damn mouth?" Amanda said after she had cleaned off and was in a Balor Club racerback tank top, white skinny jeans and ankle length motorcycle boots… with only her right one on now, an ice pack on her left foot as Finn lightly brushed her hair back and Aestrid walked in. "Hey, Ace." She said.

"How mad is he?" Finn asked.

"He's mad but at least he's keeping decent… Ish. He'd rather yell at you in person and not through others, at least." Aestrid replied, sitting down near them.

"He had that beating coming to him, just doesn't want to admit it." Amanda said, moving to sit up and a 'crick' echoing from her spine.

At the same time across the arena, Seth was holding ice to his jaw and neck as Hunter walked in.

"She's half my size and still manages to beat the hell outta me!" Seth growled.

"Well what did you expect after that 'latest in a line of Bullet Club whores.' comment?" Hunter asked sarcastically. "Not only was that out of line, you calling out Finn's reputation was pot calling the kettle black given your recent history. And before you start, Mandy knows damn well what you said about her before Summerslam, that's why she was ignoring you. She thinks you never really thought of her as a little sister… and I'm not putting you two in any more scripted segments involving each other, you two need time apart." He said, Seth turning angrier at hearing that and standing up after tossing the ice pack away.

"The only one who caused this between her and me is Balor!" Seth yelled.

"No, your possessiveness pushed Mandy away and you lashed out because you were hurt… consider yourself lucky I haven't stripped you of that title, Rollins." Hunter responded, echoing Aestrid's words from a few weeks ago.

Hunter left and went to go clear his mind… it wasn't too hard to find Aestrid, who was drinking coffee.

"Mandy has ice on her foot?" Hunter asked.

"Yeah, she's giving it a rest for a bit." Aestrid answered.

"I told Seth that I'm not putting him and Mandy in scripted segments together… hoping to try to ease up on the hostility backstage and off screen. He fucking lost it." Hunter said, Aestrid throwing the empty Styrofoam cup away.

"He sees it as complete betrayal." Aestrid responded.

"What he did to Mandy was betrayal, I want to keep more fights like that from breaking out… so they need to keep their distance temporarily." Hunter said.

"That's if he doesn't turn like my uncle did to my mother. They had a disagreement so we all moved away to keep the fights from happening. What does he do? He starts coming to us to fight, travels well over 100 miles practically every month to yell at my mom." Aestrid replied.

"Did it ever stop?" Hunter asked.

"Not until he…" Aestrid said before looking down to the floor. "He's never left his cell and she's never moved her legs ever since."

Hunter pulled her into his arms, the two holding onto each other.