Amanda waited in the ER when she heard footsteps and stood up, seeing Seth.
"The hell are you doing here, Rollins?!" The 25 year old asked.
"Dean said that people saw you run through traffic earlier, are you alright?!" Seth responded, Amanda not wanting to see him right now.
"I'm fine but a friend of mine isn't and I'm waiting to hear back from the doctor checking on her." Amanda explained before she turned away... and Seth gently turned her to him.
"Friend of yours… Sachael?" Seth questioned, eyes narrowing slightly as similar concern to Amanda's began to run through him as well.
"How the hell…" Amanda started to ask… before the realisation hit her and Seth saw her temper start to emerge, Seth backing away a few steps.
"Now just stay calm, Mandy. We met a few times across the shows and trips, we both decided to unwind at the bar last night and… I was too rough on her, that's what happened. I didn't know, she's so confident with things, she wasn't nervous about dates and such to the point where I just thought 'there's no way this girl has never done this before'." Seth explained, glancing up towards the doors at the end.
"You son of a bitch-" Amanda responded angrily as she charged at Seth, only to be grabbed around her waist… and turning to see Finn, having called him 10 minutes ago and he turned her to him, trying to keep her attention off of Seth for now.
"Calm down, Darlin'. He's not worth getting in trouble over." Finn replied.
"My childhood friend is in that room because he was too rough!" Amanda responded, Finn lightly rubbing her shoulders.
"Well… I want her to be okay too." Seth spoke, looking at the two of them after standing up from the chairs. "I'll talk to her, when she's done being checked out. I'll… go get us drinks or something." He said before turning towards the corridor, heading towards the small convenience store that was built into the other side of the hospital.
Amanda was still shaking and Finn pulled her into his arms, the two embracing each other.
"I was this close to wrapping my hands around his neck and breaking it!" Amanda responded.
"She never saw you hurting after your first time, did she?" Finn asked.
"No… I was in Toronto at the time and could barely walk for two days. Doesn't help that I was 16 and so sure I was ready." Amanda replied.
"She's held on for so long, waiting for the right person I'd assume… and all it took was one evening and a couple drinks… talk about sod's law." Finn responded, glancing at Amanda after the more Irish term at the end. "The way the world is so fucked at times, across the pond phrase."
"This world is fucked up. She held on and thought she found someone gentle and I was young and in over my head… only difference is that I wasn't treated gently even after that, Randy used to slap me if he felt like I was trying to take his dominance away." Amanda replied, resting her head on Finn's right shoulder after they sat down. "How he was to me made me feel scared to try to find any man who wouldn't hurt me… Finn, you're one of the ones who's never hurt me." She responded as his arms wrapped around her.
Opening her eyes, Sachael looked around the room… and pulled herself up, knowing that the hospital had pulled their 'family only' policy on Amanda to keep her out of the room.
And Sachael pulled herself up and limped out into the waiting room, Amanda standing up and running to her before the two hugged for a few seconds as Seth returned to the area… and set the coffee aside.
"Sachael… you alright?" Seth asked.
Sachael looked at Amanda for a moment as she thought before turning around to face him.
"I have no idea, honestly." Sachael answered, Amanda a bit startled by the seemingly instant change of emotion she displayed.
The moment she turned around, she'd gone from quiet and nervous to cheerful, wide eyed and almost a tiny bit wacky.
And what was even more strange about it was to Amanda's memory, Sachael had never been an on the spot actor before now, what she felt had always been what she'd show.
"It's a bit to adjust to… physically and mentally." Seth replied, Sachael nodding.
"I know. That's why I've no idea. Strange thing is, I kinda like this. I don't know who I am, I could be anyone right now. I could jump on a stand-up comedy stage or I could sit at an office job for days on end, I literally have no idea…" Sachael spoke, rambling on a bit and mostly confusing the lot of them. Then she turned around and looked at Amanda for a moment… and something clicked. For a brief moment she could think like she would normally do and she turned as confused as the rest of them. "Hang on… what the hell am I doing? You!" She turned around and grabbed Seth by his wrist, dragging him down the hall a bit away from Amanda and Finn.
"Well… I've seen people change but that's… new." Finn spoke after a moment of silence.
"I'm worried that she might've hit her head." Amanda responded.
"Hey, calm down a second!" Seth spoke up, Sachael releasing his wrist and standing in front of him.
"I'll tell you exactly what's going on, and I'll do it here so as to not terrify my friend…" Sachael responded before stepping back a couple paces. "Right now I almost feel like I've got two minds in one head telling me what to do, one is the mind I've always had and the other… we created another Sachael last night, you and me, and I've no idea who the hell this Sachael is… I really don't understand myself anymore. So… physically, I'll manage. Mentally… I guess put it to the back of the thought trail and I'll get back to you on it."
"Did someone put the wrong meds in your IV?" Seth asked.
"No but I'm just as confused as you as well as my old friend and her friend." Sachael responded.
"Yeah, something ain't right here." Amanda replied quietly, ignoring her chiming LG G Stylo.
But the third time it chimed, she grabbed it out of her wallet and saw a text from John, who had found out about her running through traffic.
'I thought I taught you to respect the traffic laws!'
'John, that had to be ignored, Sachael was hurting! She called me so I found her and we're at the ER… and now I'm worried because of her sudden cheerful behavior, it ain't like her at all.' Amanda responded, Sachael glancing at her.
"So much for not worrying…" Sachael replied before turning back to Seth. "When was the last time Mandy wasn't stressed?" She asked.
"I… don't think I remember, honestly." Seth answered. "I guess it's part of the lifestyle."
"And I feel like I should remember… but I can't… I can't remember why I came here. Not the hospital, I mean… with you lot. I never did before." Sachael responded, before looking at Amanda. "I feel like… I want to say I wanted to… run?"
"She probably felt that way too… I didn't know her back then." Seth replied.
Sachael thought back, trying to remember.
And a fractured memory from the past few days slowly pieced itself together.
