October 23rd 2018, 4 hours before SmackDown…
Raw was about to start and Ashley checked her Twitter page… but there were no comments about her and Seth getting engaged, the only thing was a link to a picture and post.
Clicking on it, she saw that it was a picture of the gender reveal cake back on the 17th for Finn and Amanda's baby with the caption 'It's a boy!'... and Ashley was furious when she saw a comment from Jeff that read 'Where's Ashley? I know Mandy invited her.' .
Ashley left the locker room and went looking for Amanda… who was talking to Jeff.
"Roman's gonna be okay, Mandy." Jeff whispered as Amanda brushed tears away.
"He's strong… I don't even know why I'm crying, he's gonna beat this." Amanda responded quietly as Ashley walked over. "Hey." She replied.
"Isn't this nice… here you are, crying on my brother's shoulder about our friend. And not even inviting me to find out the gender of yours and Finn's kid." Ashley responded bitterly, startling Amanda.
"First off, I can talk to Jeff when I want, he found me crying and asked what's wrong. And second, Finn and I invited both you and Seth and Seth showed up. Why didn't you?" Amanda responded, Jeff putting her behind him and turning to Ashley after lightly rubbing Amanda's stomach and Liam kicking against his right hand.
"She's right, Ash. why didn't you show up? They waited the whole time." Jeff replied, Ashley turning to him.
"I never got the invite." Ashley said.
"You're calling me a liar?! I left the invite in your duffel bag, Ash!" Amanda responded.
"Wail the red one?" Ashley asked.
"Yes." Amanda answered, Ashley calming down.
"I had to throw it out, TJ burned it and spilled beer on it." Ashley said.
"That explains the fire alarm going off in the hotel at 6 in the morning." Amanda replied as they hugged… and Ashley yelped as she felt tiny feet kick at her right side. "Sorry." She responded as they let go.
"Nah, it's okay." Ashley replied before the three looked at the Tv monitor.
But Amanda felt like Ashley wasn't okay with things changing…
Present time, January 15th 2019…
Amanda opened her eyes as Finn let John in and John and Amanda hugged after Amanda sat up.
"Can we stay with you for a few days?" Amanda questioned as they let go, John seeing her reddened eyes.
"Bad fight with Ash?" John responded.
"She thinks I overreacted to her actions last night while she didn't and still hasn't told me the full truth about the appointment she had. So until after I come back, I won't talk to her unless it's business related… I was worried that she was risking not only her health but potentially an unborn kid's and she turned it around to make it seem like I accused her of being reckless." Amanda replied, John lightly rubbing her shoulders.
"She'll calm down, love, she has no choice if she wants to remain part of Liam's life." Finn responded after sitting down, him and Amanda kissing.
It was later in the morning that Ashley was let into Amanda and Finn's room and found it empty, turning around and seeing Dakota and stopping her.
"Jeez you just appear out of nowhere." Ashley said.
"Are you looking for them? They left, last night was Mandy's last event before she went on maternity leave." Dakota explained, Ashley's hazel eyes widening.
"Cool, cool, cool, cool, cool. Uh…. excuse me for one second." Ashley said before going to her hotel room. "FUCK!"
Seth jumped and he and Dean looked at each other.
"That's a bad sign." Dean responded.
"I better go talk to her." Seth replied before he left, walking into the room and closing the door. "You know now, don't you?" He questioned, Ashley turning to him.
"Was I really that loud?" Ashley asked.
"Dean and I heard you all the way down the hall. Ash, she had to go on leave, Mandy's due in just under a month." Seth responded.
"Why didn't she say anything?" Ashley asked.
"Why would she after you blew up at her last night? Finn told me you threatened to hurt her if she weren't pregnant." Seth replied, Ashley growling in anger.
"I wish she never met him, this whole thing wouldn't have happened if he just kept his distance from her!" Ashley responded angrily, which startled Seth.
"Who are you really mad at, them for starting a family or yourself for not having a chance to?!" Seth questioned, Ashley turning pissed.
"Why did you bring that up?!" Ashley demanded.
"Because you took that anger out on Mandy when she was worried about you and you had no right to!" Seth responded.
"The only reason why I went to the clinic was because you wouldn't try because there are 'Risks.' The only risk there I've got is leaving it too late!" Ashley yelled.
"Time running out?" Seth questioned.
"10 years at the most… the pills and alcohol damaged me that badly. So I got a little jealous of Mandy getting pregnant… she'll calm down and come back." Ashley responded as they sat down.
"Calm down, eventually. Coming back? Not until Liam is older, school age at least." Seth replied.
"I knew I should have taken that contract with Redbull." Ashley muttered.
"Do what you want, you always do." Seth responded before he got his things and left.
In Tampa, Amanda was in pajamas after a shower and eating Spinach Alfredo pizza before seeing a text from TJ… and TJ was angry.
'How dare you accuse Ash of reckless behavior?!'
'Was worry, not accusations, pinhead!' Amanda responded.
'Yeah yeah whatever, you say worry I say accuse!'
"And I say all that weed rotted his brain." Amanda muttered as Finn walked in, sat down and wrapped his arms around her after they stretched out on the couch… before he answered his phone.
"What do you want, TJ?" Finn responded.
"So I'm guessing you haven't spoken to Jeff or Matt huh?" TJ asked.
"Jeff is getting ready for SmackDown tonight and Matt and Reby have their hands full with a 3 year old and a 1 year old." Finn explained.
"Uh… yeah about that, Jeff isn't competing tonight." TJ said.
"Is it one of the girls, are they sick?" Amanda questioned.
"Nope Ash has been pushed right over the edge and has completely disappeared." TJ explained.
"Ah, for fuck's sake!" Finn muttered.
"Where are you two anyway?" TJ asked.
"Tampa, Mandy's on leave." Finn explained.
"Ah okay. Look don't bother trying to ring Ash apparently she's left her phone behind, personas costumes and she did leave with ID and normal clothes." TJ said.
"She tell you that she went off at me last night, implying that I fucked up by getting pregnant?" Amanda responded, TJ realising that she was upset and that he didn't know the full story.
"I think we should go on Dr. Phil." TJ said.
"That man would be in over his head." Amanda replied, groaning a bit and rubbing her stomach as Liam gave a sleepy kick.
"Yeah. he would. You rest, Tiny." TJ replied before they hung up and he left.
He had to find Ashley.