8/25/15, Providence, Rhode Island…
"Just admit it already, you put up those pictures of Zahra just like Leighla put up the ones of me! I never thought of you as a traitor before this, Mandy… but nowadays, you've been a completely different person and it's because you've spent more time around the Demon King and less time around me and your other friends!" Seth shouted after Amanda once again denied being responsible for posting the pictures of Zahra, the 25 year old brunette feeling horribly insulted and betrayed.
"I'm not the one who went and posted those pictures online, that wasn't me! Why would I do that to anyone?!" Amanda yelled.
"Bullshit! You just don't like that I cheated on my ex fiancee, that didn't give you the right to go fuck up mine and Zahra's relationship! Why don't you go screw Finn and see if that'll make you feel any better, huh, little Demon Mistress?!" Seth yelled drunkenly, the last part as a taunt as he downed the last shot of whiskey.
"He at least treats me better than you do… Finn doesn't lie." Amanda responded before she turned to leave.
"You walk out that door, consider our friendship gone! And I'll just step over you the next time you have a life threatening seizure, I wish I had just left you there the first time!" Seth replied angrily, Amanda biting back her hurt.
She left, walking into the elevator and letting tears fall… she didn't want Finn to see her as a crying mess.
Amanda left the hotel, needing to be alone.
The beach was quiet but given how late it was, it really wasn't a surprise that everyone that had been over here during the day had gone on to somewhere else to party or turned in for the night.
All except one person who had stopped and sat down on a lounge chair, not entirely because she wanted to but because her feet hurt from the distance it took to get here from the hotel.
The more hatred Amanda got for what was perceived as wrong, the more she was starting to feel like an outsider… she put her head in her hands and tucked her legs to herself, crying.
She didn't bother to fight the strong arms that wrapped around her and pulled her close, only sobbing into Finn's right shoulder as he lightly stroked her hair and then rubbed his hand up and down her back to try to calm her… but the sobbing turned into hyperventilating and it panicked him.
"Mandy, you're gonna hurt yourself by doing that… it's okay, I'm not going anywhere, I'll stay right by your side." Finn responded… the hyperventilating subsided into normal but raspy breathing and Amanda looked up at him through reddened and saddened eyes.
"How did… you know where I was?" Amanda asked quietly, her voice wrecked.
"You didn't come back to the hotel room… so I knew you needed peace and quiet but I also know you need someone to vent to, lass." Finn responded as they looked at each other.
So she told him what had happened earlier… and Finn held her and lightly rubbed her back.
"I just don't know why everyone goes so crazy, I feel like it's-" Amanda responded.
"Us against the world." Both said simultaneously, Finn seeing Amanda smile slightly.
"Well if it was… we stand together no matter what." Finn responded.
Amanda nodded and finally stopped shaking, letting Finn help her up and take her to the car.
It was when Amanda was cleaned off and in panties and one of Finn's shirts that she unclipped her hair, letting it fall to her shoulders and curled up in the bed with Finn, who wrapped his arms around her and kissed her on her forehead.
The two closed their eyes, their phones on sleep mode so they wouldn't be woken up too early…
Present time, 1/25/16…
After Raw, Yukie and Baron went to find Amanda and Finn… but their locker room was empty except for a note, which Yukie picked up and read.
'Gonna take Mandy on to the hotel, she and I need to unwind.'
"See? She's at least getting her rest." Yukie responded.
"Yeah, and spending more time with him, I see." Baron replied.
"He's better to her than her exes. Come on, you're getting worked up over nothing." Yukie responded before she left.
"I wouldn't be so sure that it's nothing." Baron replied quietly before he sent out a text that read 'I know you're in the city. One of your old friends is at the InterContinental Miami Hotel with an older guy, room 1043.'... and it didn't take long for a response.
'Thanks for the heads up, I'll take it from here.'
In their hotel room, Finn was in his pajamas while Amanda was in her red satin hiphugger panties and one of Finn's white button down shirts and sharing a bottle of Shochu as they stayed cuddled up to each other as Take The Long Way Home by Supertramp played on the radio at a volume that was loud enough for them to hear but not loud enough to disrupt sleep.
"Everyone gets a little crazy at times, Darlin'. Just got to withstand the storm." Finn responded as they looked at each other after setting their empty glasses aside.
"Because like all storms, it'll die out." Amanda replied as Night Time Is The Right Time by Ray Charles began to play and the two stood up and held each other as they danced, Finn turning the volume up slightly before he pulled her left leg up to his right hip and wrapped it around his back before lowering her for a few seconds and then pulling her back up to him.
The two looked at each other, her hazel eyes staring into his blue ones once the song finished… and Finn resting his left hand on her lower back.
Before they heard a hand banging against the wall opposite of their room and heard Hiroki.
"Are you gonna fuck or not?! I hear music in there!" Hiroki replied.
"We're just unwinding, Hiroki." Finn responded after he and Amanda untangled themselves from each other when The End by The Doors began to play and the dance turned into a gentler one but was still intimate.
Both were a lot more relaxed than they had been earlier and turned the radio off after the song finished, Finn leading Amanda to the bed and the two climbing into it.
Finn held Amanda as she rested her head on his right shoulder and closed her eyes, her right arm around him as he kissed Amanda on her forehead before closing his own eyes.
1/26/16…
It was after 7 in the morning that Amanda and Finn were woken up by someone knocking at the door… and looked at each other before they sat up, Amanda standing up.
"I've had enough, I'm telling those two off." Amanda responded as Finn stood up and stopped her from walking to the door.
"Let me handle it, Darlin'. Dean and Roman just need to respect that you're an adult and you don't need constant supervision." Finn replied before they hugged and he kissed her on the top of her head before they let go and he walked to the door as the knocking increased in volume. "Okay, okay, you're gonna wake up everyone on the entire floor if you don't stop…" He responded as he unlocked and opened the door.
"Well… isn't this cozy."
Amanda turned to the doorway, hazel eyes widening in shock as Finn walked to her and lightly wrapped his left hand around her left wrist.
"What the hell is he doing here?" Amanda questioned quietly.
"I don't know but we know who tipped him off." Finn whispered.
Both were reminding themselves to confront Baron Corbin later for pulling a stunt like this.