The elevator doors at the hotel closed before Finn and Amanda kissed… and then opened abruptly, both hearing a "Bleah!" sound and turning.
"Chihiro, why are you out so late?" Amanda asked after the 15 year old walked into the elevator and the doors closed.
"My brat of a sister decided to kick my ass out of the hotel room. I like been her maid for awhile now, while I'm out of school for the summer and I still don't get paid!" Chihiro explained.
"She treats her own family this way, what chance did I have of fixing things?" Amanda replied before Chihiro noticed that her matte lipstick was slightly smudged.
"Hell, I don't know. She's been like this since Hiroki died and you and Devitt here didn't get the chance to see us like a few months back at the funeral." Chihiro responded.
"We tried… but someone ran us off the road and Mandy ended up in the hospital." Finn explained, Chihiro seeing scars on Amanda's right wrist that indicated recently broken bones.
"It's because of our own dad. He made enemies and betrayed them, and they were coming after us. This is why Mom left him while me, Yukie and our mother left him in Jacksonville. Last I heard, he was back in Japan." Chihiro explained.
"Hope he leaves you three alone." Amanda responded before they reached the third floor and got out of the elevator.
At the same time, Yukie was at the hotel bar and drinking… and then the half empty glass was lowered before she saw Baron.
"Saw who I thought was you at first a few minutes ago on the second floor… and then she looked at me with really sad eyes. Why would you throw your 15 year old sister out of the room?" Baron responded after sitting down.
"Cause my mother was worried about her. I explained the whole thing and she told me to bring her home. It's not my fault. It's her fault for skipping school and being a stowaway." Yukie answered.
"Kids get restless at times during the summer, doesn't mean you have to get cruel and treat them like the maid… makes me wonder what Mandy was like at that age." Baron responded.
"Listen to my lips. Two words. Reckless bitch." Yukie explained, before downing her glass.
"Maybe you should stop being a bitter little bitch with a ten foot pole lodged up your ass!" Baron responded, Yukie turning furious and slapping him.
"Why don't you fuck some ring rat or wolf pussy, Lone Wolf?" Yukie retorted, before grabbing the bottle of whiskey and started pouring another glass.
"And maybe you need to understand that once someone gets that taste of freedom, they follow their hearts and their dreams despite who's angry at them!" Baron responded before he stormed off.
"Fucking bastard… I'm following my own dreams and you don't understand me." Yukie muttered before drinking once more.
The morning light fluttered through the curtains, Amanda waking up and Finn putting his index finger to his mouth before pointing to a sleeping Chihiro in the second bed.
"Poor kid…" Amanda responded quietly, before they heard loud banging at the door.
"Chihiro!" Yukie called out.
"Shh…" Finn responded as a half awake Chihiro looked at him… and crept into the bathroom to hide.
Looking through the peephole, Yukie could see Finn on top of Amanda and the two kissing… and backed away.
"Fuck this." Yukie said, before kicking the door open as finally made it in. "I know damn well, you're faking that lovey dovey shit. Now where is she?"
"Sumire is gonna come pick her up. I called her last night." Amanda responded as Finn helped her sit up, Amanda keeping the covers over her body to act like she was actually naked under them.
"Wrong answer. I called way before you did and told her to come here in the morning. She's already here, waiting down in the lobby and if I don't bring her back, she'll be grounded for life." Yukie explained, before walking towards the bathroom. "Bring your ass out, Chihiro Shirabuki!" She retorted.
"You know, you'd fall apart on Scared Straight if they had that show for adults!" Amanda responded after pulling her pajamas back on and Sumire walked in. "Get your older daughter on some kind of medicine and please keep your youngest safe from her, Yukie's been treating Chihiro like hired help." She explained before Chihiro exited the bathroom.
"Come on, sweetheart." Sumire replied before they left, Yukie turning to Amanda.
"In all honesty, I expected better from you… but if you can't be bothered to treat your own sister with human decency, what chance does anyone else have of staying your friend? Alexa's gonna turn against you before you know what hit you!" Amanda responded, Yukie turning startled.
"Eat a dick, Amanda Cena. My sister decided to skip school and the damn school called me for her. I told mother about it and she told me to ground her until she arrives. Now, Chihiro will be back at home doing her same boring routine while I'm out her making money and a living just for once. And there's no way in hell that I'm going to believe a word you're saying, causing you've been sucking on to Finn's for the longest." Yukie retorted with her arms crossed.
"I've treated her like a human being! Not something to fuck, not someone to lash out at, the only reason you don't see any of that is because you're blinded by your anger. Which you've used to mask your grief. Hiroki was right, you let yourself be corrupted against your oldest friend." Finn replied after standing up, resting his right hand on Amanda's back.
"You don't have the right to talk about my brother or way I act. People change, Mr. Irish. Over the 10 years since your bitch tit of a girlfriend left me and everyone behind for the simple life, I've decided to grow the fuck up. And yet I did. But now, I'm stuck here listening to you, Finn Balor an ass nugget and Amanda Cena, a blow up sex doll!" Yukie retorted.
Yukie did not expect the blow to her face and reeled back, seeing rage in Amanda's face.
"Get out, you evil little bitch!" Amanda growled, Yukie putting her hand to her mouth… and finding blood pouring from her lower lip before she left in a hurry, Amanda slamming and locking the door and Finn pulling her into his arms and they held each other as he rubbed his right hand up and down her back.
"She's just pissed off, that's why she's lashing out… but that was still out of line for her to say that." Finn responded before he brushed Amanda's tears away.
"I doubt it's the first time she's said something like that about me. Probably vented to someone way before she knew Alexa." Amanda replied before they kissed.
Yukie was in her room, holding a cold washcloth to her mouth and in tears because of the shock of Amanda backhanding her… hearing a knock at the door, she opened it.
And Seth's eyes went wide with shock.
"Holy fuck! Who did this?!" Seth asked after walking in and closing the door.
"Uh… no one. I did it." Yukie lied, as she looked away.
"You got too drunk last night?" Seth questioned, deciding not to press Yukie for the true answers right now.
"Yeah, and I somehow had fallen on a flight of stairs. That's how I ended up with the busted lip." Yukie explained.
Seth nodded as he examined Yukie's lip.
"Well, the swelling's going down so that's good… just keep ice and cold cloths on it and it should be okay in no time." Seth responded, Yukie smiling slightly.
She had some rethinking to do.
It was at Battleground that Amanda had explained the incident to Shane after he saw the scrapes on her fingers.
"If someone called my wife that, she'd act like you did… Mandy, was Yukie always like this to you?" Shane replied, deciding that he needed to know the truth.
"Remember when I first started here and I had a friend who disagreed with me leaving? That was her." Amanda explained, Finn's right hand resting on her left shoulder.
"It's your career and your life, no one else's to argue with, kiddo." Shane responded.
Amanda knew what would be suggested.