"They're not gonna hurt you anymore, Darlin'." Finn replied as he lightly brushed Amanda's shoulder length hair back.
"Those two are gonna be the death of me!" Amanda responded angrily as Finn had an ice pack held to her bruised right shoulder and Bayley was sending pictures of Amanda's bruises to Jeff as well as a text.
'Your sister flipped out at Mandy, Ash and her new boyfriend dragged Mandy into an elevator and tried to get her away from Finn!'
'Boyfriend?! Who the hell is she seeing?!' Jeff responded.
'Seth Rollins. 6'1, dark hair, brace on his right knee from a recent injury, torn ACL, torn MCL, torn Meniscus.' Bayley replied.
'Alright, thanks Bayley.' Jeff responded.
"I'm gonna go and let you guys get some rest." Bayley replied before she hugged Amanda and Finn and left, Finn helping a pajama clad Amanda into the king sized bed and throwing the ice pack away before climbing under the covers and holding Amanda.
"Hey you…" Finn responded, lightly tilting Amanda's face up so she could look at him. "No one is gonna hurt you anymore and they're not gonna pull us apart, not Ashley, not Seth… you're safe, Mandy." He whispered before kissing her on her forehead and their arms wrapped around each other before they settled into sleep.
It was when it was morning that Amanda opened her eyes and looked around… Finn was asleep still, his head on her right shoulder and she lightly ran the fingers on her right hand through his hair.
She closed her eyes again, Finn nuzzling his face into her neck and Amanda smiling slightly as it tickled her skin… and they opened their eyes and looked at each other.
"It's quiet…" Amanda responded in a whisper, Finn noticing that she was right… the part of the hotel they were in was quiet and so was the city except for the early morning traffic.
Finn's phone chimed and he saw a text from TJ.
'I know Ash flipped out at Tiny, how are they?'
'Mandy's bruised up and Ash and Seth are trying to keep me away from Mandy. They even went so far as to dragging Mandy into the elevator last night and trying to keep her there.' Finn responded. "TJ won't believe it but it's the truth. What they did was assault and attempted kidnapping." He replied after seeing the look on Amanda's face.
"I shouldn't have shot my mouth off about Ash's addictions but she and Seth need to know that I won't be controlled." Amanda responded before they saw another text from TJ.
'Is this guy anything like Kyle was?'
'Not to Ash, not that we know of. Seth has been really damn cruel to Mandy though, hitting her, yelling at her, blaming her for things he's done and saying that I'm the horrible one for her. At this point, I'm tempted to take Mandy out of the country for a few days so she and I can relax.' Finn responded as he held Amanda close to him.
'I'll talk to Ash, you keep Mandy safe.' TJ replied.
'Good luck, TJ.' Finn responded before he and Amanda got up out of the bed to get their day started off… they didn't normally stay in hotels when in Tampa, they typically stayed at John's house.
But given that they were too tired to drive there, they got a hotel room instead.
At the same time, Ashley heard her phone ringing and answered it.
"Before you start off, I know what you and your boyfriend did to Mandy and honestly, are you even thinking straight Ash?! Why are you once again with someone who's physically and emotionally abusive?!" Jeff responded, startling Ashley.
"And a fuck you too." Ashley muttered.
"Of course you'd say that. It's gonna take you or Mandy ending up in the hospital or her ending up in a morgue for you to get it." Jeff replied.
"Yeah, yeah whatever you say brother. Listen I'm capable of living my own damn life so stop being such a control freak." Ashley said.
"Says the hypocrite trying to pull Mandy away from Finn." Jeff responded, which angered Ashley.
"Oh really, you are calling me a hypocrite?!" Ashley demanded.
"Has he ever hurt her in any way?! No, he hasn't! You and Mr. Rollins just feel abandoned!" Jeff replied.
"Remember this Jeff I was the bitch that strangled you I can do much worse. Back the fuck off." Ashley said, before hanging up.
Ashley heard her phone chime and saw a text from TJ.
'The carnage last night was horrifying. And the elevator incident was unnecessary.'
'Are you sober for once, TJ?' Ashley responded.
'Yeah. Look, just let Tiny and Finn be, they're not hurting anyone.' TJ replied.
'Fine whatever.' Ashley responded.
As Seth woke up, he stood up and walked over before wrapping his arms around Ashley's waist.
"Is TJ being serious?" Seth asked after seeing the texts.
"Yeah but I have no intention of letting Mandy and her smooth talking boytoy live peacefully." Ashley replied before they kissed. "Is it just me or has everyone gone blind?"
"Probably have, we both know Mandy's had some bad boyfriends." Seth explained.
"Yeah and everyone is convinced you are a bad one to me." Ashley said.
"They're wrong about me." Seth responded.
"And I don't give a fuck about what they think." Ashley replied.
The two kissed again before going to get ready for their day.
At John's house, John noticed that Amanda was limping slightly and walked over to her.
"You hurt your back, didn't you?" John asked as they sat down.
"I think Ashley's trying to kill me." Amanda responded, John seeing the bruises once Amanda turned around and lifted up her shirt and John cringing. "Is it wrong to think that she might've relapsed? Even TJ said that she was out of control." She explained after fixing her shirt and turning back to John, who carefully hugged her.
"Once she's away from whatever or whoever is messing with her mind, she'll be how she was, Sis." John responded after they let go.
After changing into swimwear and getting into the hottub with Finn, Amanda heard her phone ring and ignored it as she knew it was Ashley.
"Hey, it's Mandy, leave a message or don't. If this is a business call, then use the right number."
"Just ignore her, she'll cool off." Finn responded… but it was clear that Ashley was furious about Jeff knowing about her and Seth.
"This is what I get for trying to protect you from someone who just sees you as a cheap fuck until he moves on to the next unsuspecting girl-"
And Amanda had enough and blocked both Ashley's and Seth's numbers, Finn wrapping his arms around her.
After getting cleaned off and into pajamas, Amanda was listening to Angel by Depeche Mode and looking through some brochures and travelling books for different countries.
Most were about the UK and Japan… while she had been to the countries before, they were for business reasons so she hadn't had much vacation time there.
She closed out Spotify and set her IPhone 6 and rose gold earbuds aside and Finn wrapped his arms around her waist and leaned against him, Finn kissing her on the side of her head.
She always felt safest with him.