The second Amanda, Finn and Sami walked into Finn's apartment and the door closed, Amanda took a deep breath, closed her eyes and let the facade she had built up through the show drop.
Amanda immediately walked to the couch and sat down, Finn following her and sitting down as Sami looked for something to snack on in the kitchen. When Sami ventured out into the living room, Amanda was resting her head in Finn's lap and Finn was lightly stroking her hair, Sami seeing that Amanda had fallen asleep.
"Those painkillers really knocked her out." Sami says.
"Today and tonight really took a lot out of her… what psycho bastard grabs someone so tiny, shakes her so violently and then throws her right into a fucking mirror?!" Finn said in a low tone, something he only did when he was truly angry.
"Head injuries and neurological deficits really impair our judgment and logical thought." Sami says.
"It's still no reason to go attack someone who tried to help." Finn says, Amanda groaning sleepily and squeezing Finn's left thigh as a way of saying "Please stop talking about it, I just want to forget.", Finn helping Amanda sit up when she opens her eyes. "Sorry, lass… it just… really shook us up." He says, brushing Amanda's tears away.
Amanda hugged Finn and Sami before standing up and grabbing her duffel bag, unzipping it and grabbing her pajamas before disappearing into the first floor bathroom. Once she had gotten changed and cleaned her makeup off, Amanda rejoined them and put her clothes in the bag, zipping it up.
Finn walked over and pulled Amanda into his arms, cradling her close to him as they hugged and Amanda cried, Sami lightly rubbing his hand up and down her back.
"It's okay, let it all out, kiddo." Sami says softly.
Amanda eventually cried herself out, Finn picking her up and taking her upstairs before putting her in the bed after pulling the covers down. Finn pulled them over her before disappearing into his own bathroom, changing into his pajamas.
When he returned to his room, he found that Sami had brought Amanda's duffel bag up and set out Amanda's phone, anti seizure medicine and a bottle of water. Finn walked to the other side of the bed and climbed in it, pulling the covers over him and dozing off into sleep.
Amanda groaned a few hours later as her alarm went off and sat up, shutting it off before taking one of her Keppra and swallowing it with water before closing the prescription bottle and setting it down before drinking some more water.
Closing the bottle after drinking half of it, Amanda lies back down in the bed as Finn snored away… but he wasn't unaware of his surroundings, wrapping his arm around Amanda's back and leaning in, sleepily kissing her on her forehead.
"We can… fall back asleep. Provided that Sami's not awake already." Finn says after opening his eyes.
Amanda nodded, closing her eyes and falling back asleep, Finn following her seconds later…
"Let's take a break, catch our breath… and possibly get the feeling back in our legs." Finn says as he and Amanda were lying down in the ring on a cool October evening at the WWE Performance Center.
They had been running through the script for Finn's debut match, which was pushed back because Tyson Kidd was dealing with a knee injury and Justin Gabriel had unexpectedly ended up sick with the flu, which had been going around the locker room lately.
Finn looked at Amanda and noticed something in the way the tiny 24 year old stared at the ceiling.
"Thinking back, lass?" Finn asks, Amanda nodding.
"I used to walk out into the arena when the ring and barricades were finished being built for the show that night. I'd climb in the ring and just… lie down and stare up at the rafters as if… I was staring up at the heavens themselves. Hoping Eddie was watching, looking back at me… that was back when Chris was still alive." Amanda says, Finn turning onto his left side to face her.
"They'll always live on in your heart… I know it's not much comfort given how Eddie died unexpectedly and the violent nature behind Chris and his wife's and son's deaths but they still watch over the ones they love… especially the one they love like family." Finn says, Amanda sniffing a bit as tears ran down her face.
"It's just… I always thought they'd be alive. They all were too damn tough to let anything kill them." Amanda says as she turned to face Finn, who reached over and lightly brushed her tears away while trying to hide his own, Amanda resting her hand on the right side of Finn's face.
For a split second, Amanda thought she saw Chris's spirit in the corner of the room… he smiled kindly, mouthing 'He's right, little one.' before fading away.
Finn lightly gripped Amanda's hand and brought it to his mouth, kissing it before they hugged each other.
"Hey! You're not supposed to fall for your trainer!" Both heard, Finn looking and seeing Sami, who was smiling.
"Go find Kevin and mess with him!" Finn replied in the same joking tone.
"I barely walked in and said hello before he kicked me out of his locker room! Literally!" Sami says.
"Oh, I forgot. I was helping Kevin get ready for his match, kicked the back of his left knee out and he stopped me before I could finish the move I was going for! He yelled at me that I'm too dangerous and limped out." Amanda says.
"Eh, he gets mad when someone smaller kicks his ass." Sami says.
"Wouldn't you? Hey, sorry for tossing you out, pal." Kevin says after walking over to the three, Sami nodding.
"I've had worse done to me." Sami says.
"And Amanda? Sorry about snapping at ya." Kevin says after turning to Amanda.
"People have yelled worse things at me." Amanda says.
"Your legs numb, you two?" Sami asks as he and Kevin get in the ring, both pulling Amanda and Finn up to their feet.
"Yeah… okay, one foot in front of the other." Finn says, locking his left arm with Amanda's right arm before the two, Sami and Kevin left the ring.