"What are you going to do if you run into him?" Shawn asked Lily on speaker as she packed her bags in her Orlando apartment. She hadn't been in it in so long the power was disconnected when she arrived Thursday evening. Today was Friday and time to get back on the road for the weekend house shows.

"You mean when," Lily corrected. "Backstage is big but not that big so running into him is inevitable. When it happens I'm not going to run away but if you're trying to ask whether we're going to sneak off to the nearest closet, no. Anyway, my flight leaves soon so I have to get to the airport."

Lily's relationship with Shawn was still awkward but slowly improving. Shawn grumbled under his breath before speaking again. "Okay. I'll see you Monday. Love you."

"Alright, Dad, love you, too," she replied, ending the call.

At the airport, Lily saw many other Orlando based Raw wrestlers getting ready for their flights. She heard a whistle from behind and was joined by Della and Marina.

They were stopped by fans to sign autographs and take selfies when Lily noticed one of them wearing a Roman Reigns shirt.

"I'm still bummed out over Roman," Lily commented and Della immediately walked away.

Marina stopped and turned to Lily. "Hey, for future reference, try not to mention Roman around D. It's a really sore subject for her…"

"Oh, okay. Is the offer still good?" Lily asked.

"Offer? What offer?" Marina blinked, confused.

"Do you remember when I was about to come on the road and you offered me a ride with you?" Lily reminded.

"Oh yeah. Well, D is dating Elias now so there'll be an extra body in addition to me, her and Seth but you're welcome to join us," she replied. "Wait, is Devitt not on schedule this weekend?"

"We, I, uhm, we're taking a break…" Lily admitted.

"Details?"

"I just have a lot going on right now and I can't juggle it all. Something had to go."

"And that something had to be Devitt?"

"Well I definitely couldn't get rid of my other concerns: my career and my father," Lily replied. "Like I said it's just a break."

"And what are you going to do if he gets back with Cathy or starts a new relationship?"

"I didn't think about that," Lily's eyes widened. "I'm confident he won't get back with Cathy but I hope he doesn't meet anyone else."

"Life is too fucking short to play games, Lily," Della said, joining them again. "If you know you want to be with the guy, go be with him. You don't know if his plane will crash, if an 18 wheeler will strike his rental or he'll receive a life altering diagnosis!"

"Della, please stop with the morbid crap. Thanks," Marina replied.

"Sorry, I'd already rented the car and didn't know we'd have an extra body so things may be a little tight," Rollins apologized outside of Enterprise.

"I weight 110 pounds. It's fine," Lily said, dragging her bags around the car. As she was struggling to lift her suitcase into the trunk, a car pulled up behind her and blew. The windows were tinted so she couldn't see inside. She was beginning to feel alarmed, not knowing if it was some weirdo or crazy stalker fan.

"Seth!" Marina hissed when she noticed the car.

Seth walked over to the driver's side to investigate and knocked on the window. Lily heard him exchange a few words before standing up right again. "Lilith, it's for you."

"Oh God," Lily knew who the mysterious driver was upon hearing Lilith. She walked over to the passenger side and he let down the window. She bent down to see him. "What are you doing?"

"You ended our relationship, not our traveling arrangements," Finn replied.

"I thought that went without saying…"

"I told you that I'd be here for you regardless and I meant it," he said.

"Fergal…" Lily sighed. "How can I get space from you if we're still riding together? Our entire relationship was flight, drive, more flights and more drives and then we eventually added sex. I was around you more than anyone else. We'll still be doing the same minus the sex. Technically, it won't qualify as a break. I thought you respected my decision."

"I am respecting your decision to separate as a couple. Do you see me on my hands and knees begging to work things out? As of right now, I'm fine just going back to the way we were before because I know that you'll eventually come to your senses and we'll pick up where we left off," he leaned over to open the passenger door but Lily closed it.

"That may be a while. My dad and I are finally talking again. I don't want to undo all the progress we made if he finds out I'm riding with you again. He's already super paranoid about us being on the road together this weekend while he's not here."

"That fast, huh? We split Tuesday, it's Friday. If all it took was 2 and a half days for him to forgive you, was he really all that mad to begin with?"

Lily heard doors slamming and her would be road buddies sinking into the car.

"What's it going to be?" Finn asked.

"I can't," Lily shook her head.

"Okay, have fun being the third wheel. Oh, excuse me, technically there are already four wheels on the car, you're like the spare underneath," Finn smiled, slowly pulling off.

It would be awkward considering that they were all couples, or at least she took Seth and Marina to be coupled. "Wait!"

Finn slammed on breaks and the car jerked. He got out and transferred her bags from Seth's trunk to his. "Let's go."

Being alone with him after what happened was strange. It actually felt more awkward than their very first trip together but worse knowing how they felt about each other.

"So…." Finn said in an attempt to break the ice and Lily didn't follow up with a so of her own. He sighed. "Come on, Lilith."

"Fine. So…"

"Nevermind."

His phone kept dinging as he texted back and forth. She could see him smiling at the screen from her peripheral vision. It concerned her because she thought back to what Marina said. Some people could read lips, Lily could read text strokes and she was certain he just typed, 'I love u 2.'

Finn dropped the phone in his cup holder. "My mom says hello and she wants you to know that she is terribly disappointed in your decision."

"You told her?" Lily gasped but she was relieved that he hadn't moved on already.

"I thought they told you there weren't any secrets in the Devitt household."

"Yeah, but I didn't take it seriously. I mean come on, your face was black and blue, you had no other choice but to talk about the incident," she replied. "What did she say? Is she mad at me?"

"No," he shook his head. "She just thinks you're...young."

"Okay, she's not mad. What about you?"

"I'm not going to lie, that night after I took Cathy's key, kicked her out and changed the locks, I was kind of pissed but I figured I couldn't look at it through the lenses of a 37 year old man. I had to put myself in the shoes of an 18 year old girl in your situation and yeah, I understood."

"I wish I didn't have to give you up but for right now, I just...I don't know," she shook her head.

"You don't have to explain yourself, Lilith. You justified your decision that day and I'm okay stepping back...for now. Moving on, scale from 1 to 10, how happy was Shawn when he found out we weren't together anymore."

"I'd say a 5 because on one hand we're over but on the other, I expressed that it may not be permanent."

"I can't believe you actually told him that."

"I wasn't going to allow him to throw you under the bus so I had to let him know. The more time passes, the more comfortable I am standing up to my dad and the almighty H," she said. "Anyway, what happened with Cathy after I left?"

"We made love and reconciled…"

"Yeah, that would've totally worked if you hadn't already divulge changing the locks and kicking her out a few minutes ago," Lily snorted.

"Oh yeah. You gave her quite the shiner so I allowed her to ice it for a while. It didn't help and she wasn't able to do her WWENow report this week. Then she rubbed our break up in my face until I was tired of hearing it which is where the key revoking took place…"

Two hours later Lily pulled up her map and saw that they were a few miles away from the arena. "Hey, I was wondering if you could drop me off at this cafe coming up on the right."

"You're hungry again? I just drove you through Taco Bell less than 30 minutes ago."

"Actually, this is going to be my pickup location so I can Uber the rest of the way," Lily informed him.

"What?"

"The fans and their phones," she shrugged. "I don't want my father to get the wrong idea."

"I get what you're trying to do but personally I think Uber is dangerous."

"It's not nighttime, Fergal."

"If it was nighttime this wouldn't be up for discussion," he replied. "All I'm saying is every time I watch the news or read news columns I see a story about an Uber driver raping, robbing, or murdering their passenger."

"Okay, I'll make sure my driver is a woman…"

"Women are capable of rape, robberies or murders, too. Hashtag equality…"

"Well what's your solution?"

"The only way I'd be comfortable with you Ubering is if I was with you but since that'll defeat the purpose, I'll follow the driver just to keep an eye on you and I'll wait about five minutes after you're inside the arena to get out so when fans take their pictures you won't be anywhere in the background," he reasoned. "I'll keep your bags in my car and take them as well."

"I think you're overreacting," Lily said.

"Oh really? This coming from the overaction queen," he replied sarcastically.

Lily slammed her head backwards against the headrest. "If you insist on doing this, okay. Also, I think I can take my own bags. Won't people find it strange that you're rolling a pink, glittery suitcase?"

"Pink, glittery suitcases...for everyone could be a new gimmick I'm working on for all they know," he laughed.

Lily watched Sasha lock the Bank Statement in on Liv during their 3 on 3 vs The Riott Squad that night during the house show. She, Sasha and Bayley celebrated their victory in the ring together.

"What is your direction now?" Finn asked as they stepped off the elevator.

"I have no idea. The Sasha match was great but I tagged with her tonight so that amounted to nothing. I don't think they know themselves," Lily shrugged, digging around in her purse for the room key card.

Finn hesitated once she entered. "Can I come in?"

"I don't think that's a good idea," Lily stammered.

"A lot of things weren't good ideas but that didn't stop us," he replied. "I'm not expecting anything. We can just be two friends hanging out."

"That's the thing, I don't know how to be your friend. You went from my chauffeur and chaperone to my lover. There was really no inbetween. I'm afraid it's too late for that so unfortunately I'm going to have to bid you goodnight...gorgeous," she couldn't meet his eye as she closed the door in his face. It was too hard. She knew he wouldn't pressure her into anything but their emotions were strong and she knew that talking would lead to laughing and laughing would lead to longing stares, those stares would lead to a kiss and that kiss would lead to sex. Boom, they'd be dating again in a matter of hours. She needed to stay vigilant.

Saturday's house show had the same match and exact same finish. Rinse and repeat for Sunday as well but that night Lily found herself in a bar. She never had hard alcohol before in her life, even at high school parties but she assumed that this is what being drunk felt like. The room seemed to sway in front of her. There was not many people left and she figured her drunk dancing might've scared them away.

"Lily, we're ready to get out of here," Della and her fuzzy identical twin said walking toward her. When she stopped, they merged again.

Lily, disoriented tried to collect her thoughts. "One more song."

"Wait, are you drunk?" Della looked around. "Who bought an 18 year old alcohol?!"

"Some guy," Lily shrugged. "I don't know. One was pink, one was brown and the other was clear."

"You don't mix brown and white. You aren't going to be able to move tomorrow morning," Della facepalm. "Let's go because I'll be damned if Shawn blames me if you get checked into the hospital for alcohol poisoning."

"Stoney, let the girl live a little. You were already a decorated indie star at her age. I'm sure you had a few drinks in your day," Elias said.

"More than a few actually but my real last name is Jennings therefore I had no legacy to sustain."

"My dad was a pill popper and coke head. I think I can get away with a few drinks," Lily slurred.

"Yeah, she needs to get out of here," Elias agreed. "I'll get her on this side, you get her on the other."

"Shit, fans are outside. Act natural," Della whispered.

Lily tried to hold her head high but she was distracted by the feeling of bile rising in her throat. She tried to force it back down but ultimately had to break away from Della and Elias to stumble forward and release it on the pavement. She heard reactions from the people around and saw flashes of pictures being taken. Della quickly covered her with her jacket and ushered her to the car.

"I can't believe I threw up on 3,000 dollar fur boots," Lily commented as the elevator opened at the hotel.

"Shawn may not be pleased when he hears about this incident but I'm sure PETA will."

"It's faux fur," Lily clarified. "Now I have to find my room key."

"That won't be necessary because I am not taking you to your room alone. You're so fucked up I'm afraid you'll choke on your own vomit in your sleep and die or something," Della replied. "I don't want that on my conscience."

"You're taking me to your room?"

"Hell no. Do you see me in this dress? Elias is going to want me to do more than walk with him tonight. I'm taking you where you should've been tonight in the first place," Della stopped in front of a room and knocked. Lily had a strong feeling of who was inside.

"No, Della, please. I don't want him to see me like this," Lily begged. She tried to flee but her wobbly legs wouldn't allow it.

The door swung open. "Della, what's up."

"Christmas came early this year. I brought you a gift. It's not the best looking or smelling package at the moment but I'm sure you'll appreciate it."

"Huh?" Finn peaked his head into the hallway and spotted her. "Lilith, what? Why? How?"

"She had a very eventful night at the local bar..."

"What the hell were you thinking, Lily?" he scolded.

"Just imagine if she went to college instead, she'd probably be doing this every single night. Anyway, I've released her to your care so she's your problem now. Goodnight," Della strutted away.

Lily saw that he was preparing to fuss so she held a hand up to halt him. "I'm going back down the hall to my room."

"Lily, get in here," Finn stepped aside and his tone didn't leave any room for argument.

He walked her into the bathroom and the sight of the toilet triggered her into another round of nausea and she barely made it before releasing what was left of her stomach contents. He kneeled behind her and held her hair back.

When she was finished he turned on the shower and began stripping her of her clothes. She moved one hand to cover her crotch and used the other to cover her breast. "What are you doing? Get out of here!"

"Lily, I've already seen everything you have..."

"Get out! I'm serious!"

"No, you're drunk beyond recognition is what you are. Your eyes are bloodshot and you reek of vomit so I couldn't sexualize the situation if I wanted to. What I'm going to do is clean you up and then you're going to bed," Finn replied trying to sound authoritative.

Lily was quiet for a moment as she studied him intensely. He looked serious. She dropped the hands that covered her body. "Fine."

Once he washed one leg, Lily tried to switch legs and slipped, falling on her wet ass. He thought it was hilarious and didn't seem mad at her anymore.

"I'm putting this by the bed just in case," he held up a trash can as she blow dried her hair in the mirror. She still looked a little intoxicated but at least she felt and smelled better.

"I for one am tired," Lily yawned.

"Now there's my girl," he sat up in bed when she walked out of the bathroom.

"Yeah, I notice that you called me 'Lily' for like the first time ever," she chuckled.

"Your phone kept buzzing with notifications while you were in there."

Lily was mortified knowing the reason why. "Please don't search my name for the next 24 hours."

He looked intrigued, reaching for his phone. "I have to now."

"No, you've already gotten a front row seat of me puking my brains out. There's no point of watching it again," she mumbled.

"Fans got you from every angle possible. Well, at least now they can't try to sell you as a Disney Princess babyface character…" he said after viewing.

"I think that was a wrap when the world heard me call two legends decrepit. Move over," she settled under the sheets and her body fit into his in spooning position. "I'm surprised my dad hasn't called yet."

"I'm just glad I was nowhere in this video because we'd, I mean, I, would have to take another week long trip back home," he laughed. Lily was confused as to why he changed his wording but the she remembered they weren't together anymore and he couldn't automatically include her in his plans.

"He'll still find a way to blame you somehow."

"You probably watched your evil leprechaun boyfriend drink one night after he forced himself on you and you took his influence," Finn mocked Shawn. "On a serious note, you're going to be so hungover in the morning."

Lily felt like crap the next morning as she dragged behind Finn as they walked to the car. Her head was pounding with aching force and the pills she took hadn't kicked in yet. She covered her eyes with oversized sunglasses.

Finn closed his door gently to not disturb her but when he turned the car on, the radio played at full blast. "Sorry."

Lily groaned, covering her ears. "My dad and Hunter have been taking turns calling me but I've been letting it ring."

"And now H is calling me," Finn sounded surprised as he looked down at his phone.

"Answer on speaker," Lily instructed.

Finn cleared his throat and slid the bar across the screen. "Hello?"

"Have you seen Lily?" Hunter asked getting straight to the point.

Finn looked over and Lily shook her head. "No. Is anything wrong?"

"Don't play dumb. I know you've seen or at least heard about the videos. We've been calling her all morning. Maybe she'll answer you. If she does, you tell Lily that I want her in my office as soon as she makes it to the arena."

"And that's all you better tell her," Shawn yelled in the background and the call ended.

"Yeah, they're pissed," Finn chuckled, putting his phone down.

"When aren't they pissed these days," Lily reclined her seat and enjoyed the ride.

Lily didn't bother with the Uber switcharoo this time. With the drunken videos making their rounds all over social media the last thing she cared about was being spotted with Finn.

"WWE Female Superstar Lily Michaels(daughter of WWE HOFer Shawn Michaels) and her wild night of underage binge drinking…" Hunter shook his head reading a headline straight from TMZ before sliding his phone to her.

"Yikes, TMZ used the absolute worst picture of me they could find," Lily cringed. "And I wasn't binge drinking. I only had 3."

"3 is binge drinking to someone who has barely had a glass of wine!" Shawn said. "Furthermore, binge isn't the word you should be focused on. The problematic word not to mention crime in this is the word underage. Lily, if you'd been arrested you would have a misdemeanor on your record, a fine or your license suspended!"

Hunter pinched the bridge of his nose. "This is the very reason we don't call up anyone before they're 21. You're already a PR nightmare from the leaked interview to your over-aged boyfriend and now this. You aren't even 6 months in yet. What's next? Photed drunk with your panties down peeing in sinks like Kelly Kelly?"

"Your mother and I thought we'd gotten lucky that you didn't have a rebellion phase but I guess you've been saving it for your career," Shawn said.

"Rebelling was not my intention. All I wanted to do was hang out after the show like everyone else."

"Everyone else isn't underage and everyone else definitely is not a Michaels!" Shawn pointed out. "Forget my image. Do you not care about yours? The public saw you as a disrespectful brat but they seemed to forgive you after your showing last Monday. Now you've reinforced that thought and added wild, party girl who can't hold her liquor to your resume. My schedule here is strictly Raw appearances and occasional pay per views but I'm seriously thinking about coming on the road full time just to babysit you."

"That won't be necessary," Lily declined. "Oh and remember that time you assigned me a damn good babysitter? You can say or think what you want about Fergal but he took care of me and we never set foot in a bar after shows."

"He took care of you alright," Shawn scoffed. "Why the hell would he need to take you to a bar when he was getting what he wanted in the privacy of hotel rooms without liquioring you up."

Hunter pushed a script for tonight's show forward. "This is what we had planned for tonight."

8:25-8:45 Segment/Promo: Shawn Michaels throws daughter Lily an in-ring coming out party.

Before Lily could finish reading bullet points for their promo, Hunter snatched it away and ran a black marker through it.

Lily looked over at Shawn and he just shook his head. "I'm just not ready yet."

"Such bullshit," Lily mumbled under her breath. "Am I off the show period?"

"No, you'll be losing in a match to Alexa Bliss," Hunter replied.

Lily folded her arms across her chest. "I'm going to take a page out of my father's playbook and refuse."

"Refuse the match?" Hunter asked.

"No, I'll take the match but I refuse to lay on my back," she clarified.

"I wish you had that same attitude when it came to Balor," Shawn grumbled.

"Poor choice of words," Lily waved it off. "I refuse to do the job for Alexa."

"Excuse me?" Hunter raised a brow.

"You heard me. I will not lose to Alexa this early in my career," Lily declared.

"Lily, in '97 I was WWF's biggest star. They didn't call me the Showstopper for nothing. I earned the right to get booked however the hell I wanted. You on the other hand can't use backstage politics if you haven't shown your value to this company yet," Shawn replied.

"He's right," Hunter agreed.

"I can't show any value if you kill me during Week 2 of my Michaels run. I don't know if you've noticed but losing to Alexa is literally the death of any momentum a woman has. She went over Becky on Smackdown and it took Becky two years to rise to prominence again. She went over Sasha who was fresh out of a historic feud with Charlotte and killed her steam. The same goes for Bayley and Nia. She even went over a legend, Mickie James who was then made her sidekick. I'm sorry but I can't," Lily shook her head. "If losing is punishment for my actions last night, feed me to Ronda, Nia, hell even Dana Brooke. I'll take it but Alexa? No! You can't kill the little progress I've made before I'm established."

"Okay, but she gets free reign to say whatever she wants on the mic tonight," Hunter warned. "And the finish will be a disqualification in case we want to revisit a feud in the future."

"That's fine," Lily replied, sliding her chair back.

Lily felt herself being side eyed as she walked around backstage.

"Here comes Britney Spears…" she heard as soon as she entered the locker room.

Nia laughed. "I think she's a little too young to remember Britney's transition from America's sweetheart to bald umbrella swinger. I think the good girl gone bad reference her generation will understand is Miley Cyrus."

"Ha, ha, guys," Lily sarcastically replied. "One off night isn't going to start me on the path to diamond grills, gold chains and flat butt twerking. Also, Miley is back to normal-ish these days."

"But on a serious note, Lily, I'm sure Hunter and your dad have already gotten on your case but on behalf of the locker room please keep your nose clean. What you do is a reflection of all of us," Nattie said and Lily saw nods of agreement around the room. "I say it's a reflection of all of us because that TMZ article had 'WWE Female Superstar' in front of your name when it was posted. We don't want the world to get the wrong idea about us as a whole. We're finally being taken serious, please don't set us back."

"Got it," Lily replied.

"I apologize in advance for whatever I decide to say out there. No hard feelings, it's just business," Alexa said to Lily in gorilla before their promo and match.

"Same to you," Lily smirked right as her theme played.

On her way to the ring she noticed a fan sign depicting her as a blonde stick figure with colorful confetti spilling from her mouth. She actually thought it was cool but then some asshole in the front row tried to get an 'alcoholic' chant started but no one joined in.

When Alexa walked from behind the curtain, Lily noticed two things. In one of Alexa's hands she was holding a mic and the other was hiding something behind her back.

"Has everyone here tonight made Lily feel welcome? If not, on 3, let her hear you as loud as you can. 1...2...3…" Alexa spoke into the mic and Lily got the impression that she was alluding to Lily being hungover so Lily sold it by covering her ears with a pained expression when the crowd cheered which only made them get louder.

When Alexa ducked between the ropes to enter the ring she pulled an umbrella from behind her back and opened it in Lily's face. "Just in case."

"Funny," Lily rolled her eyes.

"Lily Michaels, formally known as Lily, the local jobber from Jacksonville has been the name on everyone's lips for the past few weeks. When we found out about her real identity my Twitter mentions were filled with 'Alexa is over party' and 'Alexa's replacement has arrived' but why should I be worried. I'm confident my spot is secure because as we all saw last night, Lily Michaels is very reckless and her career here isn't promised. We don't know if she'll be jailed or knocked up with baby Balor this time next month. Once again, Lily Michaels, the name on everyone's lips... but for all the wrong reasons. Should we drop the Michaels from your name because it's been a few weeks now and Shawn hasn't acknowledged you in any way, shape or form. Not in a tweet, not in an interview, not in a throwback Thursday picture. I haven't even seen you two in the same area backstage. Are you daddy's little girl or daddy's little embarrassment? How about we ask the man himself before he's wheeled back into the nursing home that Triple H kidnapped him from," Alexa finished.

Lily was surprised to hear Shawn's theme that was almost drowned out by the loud pop it received. Lily's neck snapped to the ramp but the excitement in the arena quickly deflated when it became clear that he wasn't coming out. She couldn't believe she fell for it.

Alexa smiled. "I guess we have our answer."

"The only answer I'm concerned with is whether or not you'll get through our match without an injury or concussion because it's becoming a pattern with you now, five feet of fragile. You've been injured twice since my father's return, maybe you should check into a room next to his at the nursing home," Lily retorted into her mic. "Alexa, I can understand why the fans would think we're interchangeable. You see, I happen to be a teenage girl while you play a teenage girl on TV which is tragic because you're like 27, grow up. If I'm going to replace someone, I want it to be someone with substance. Mean Girls is so 2004 and the sequel was a flop. Kudos to you for making a tribute gimmick work in 2018 but I want more for myself. While you played ringside cheerleader at Evolution, it must've been hard standing in that arena knowing girls who fit your mold who actually put in work were present. You're just another blonde on the WWE assembly line but what sets girls like Toni Storm, Taynara Conti, Lacey Evans and most importantly myself apart from you is actual talent beyond facial expressions and the ability to speak coherently in a mic to deliver a promo which happen to be the top two things you're hyped for. Maybe that's why you 'accidentally' injured me a few months ago because you saw the writing on the wall but unfortunately for you, I'm here to stay."

Alexa looked legitimately speechless. Lily couldn't recall the last time someone had the opportunity to get the last word during an Alexa feud. Alexa finally responded by attacking Lily with the umbrella. The ref separated them and signaled for the bell to start the match.

Alexa avoided Lily at the start. When she tried to attack Lily, Lily countered with a powerbomb. Alexa faked an injury and was helped up by the referee only to slap Lily to gain the advantage. The slap stung hard and Lily wondered if it was due to the Lily's rebuttal promo. Alexa rolled her into a cradle for a two count but Lily kicked out.

Lily made a comeback with a stiff knee to Alexa's face. Lily was ready to go for the pin until Mickie entered the ring only for Lily to Sweet Chin Music her. The ref took notice of this and called off the match, awarding a disqualification to Alexa.

"You did so good out there," Finn was waiting for her backstage.

"Thank you! I didn't know what to say but it kind of just flowed. I think Alexa may be mad at me though."

"She'll get over it," he shrugged.

Lily stared into his eyes then at his lips as he licked them. She slowly started leaning toward him and he did the same until a throat clearing stopped them inches away from each other.

"Lily, let's go," Shawn demanded. He turned and walked away, stopping to say something over his shoulder. "Tell your friend goodnight and come on."

"Well, he referred to you as my friend instead of bastard or that motherfucker and he's allowing me to say goodnight instead of dragging me away by the hair so progress, maybe?" she snorted.

"There's still hope yet," Finn nodded.