Third Person Perspective…

"Damn, it's really pouring out there." Amanda says, glancing at the crazy storm outside as she helped Finn dry off after his shower before helping him get dressed and he assured her he was okay as they heard the front door open and close.

The two kissed after she helped put his arm back in the sling and she wandered to the restroom, closing the door.

Taking the tape and splints off of her thumb and fingers, Amanda stripped down and cleaned her makeup off before finally stepping into the shower and starting it, once again glad that she had gotten waxed two days ago.

Amanda closed her eyes as the water soaked her and she ran her cinnamon scented conditioner through her hair before scrubbing the black orchid scented body soap onto her skin as Finn headed downstairs and hugged his mom and dad.

Finn's Perspective

"She's upstairs, she'll be down here in a bit." I say.

"Is she still upset after what happened?" Ma asks.

"Scared more than anything." I say, knowing that look in my parents eyes… Mandy's never gonna unsee what happened to me as well as her or what she did to Seth after that worsened her fractured thumb and fingers… and I don't blame her, that was damn traumatizing.

I headed back upstairs to check on Mandy, who was now wrapped in a towel and trying to towel dry her hair but I stopped her and helped put her hair up in it before carefully putting her index and middle fingers together, bracing them before taping up her thumb.

"You really don't have to do this…" Mandy says as her face turned a light shade of red… she's partly naked in front of me, she's turned… shy?

Is shy even the right word to describe someone like Mandy Rose?

I've only seen her half naked once and that was after she had trouble getting her ring top off because of her right shoulder… the scar tissue under the skin is still damaged, even nine years after the injury itself.

"You helped me… now let me help you, lass." I say, Mandy nodding but the color didn't fade from her face as we kissed before she disappeared into the restroom and returned dressed after a while.

Casually dressed, I might add... black and white yoga shorts and a Balor Club muscle style tank top, her still damp hair in a high ponytail and hardly any makeup on… but she still looks so damn stunning.

Just like she did the first day we met at the Performance Centre… our lives changed forever that day and they were meant to.

Mandy and I headed downstairs, her and my parents hugging.

"You two look tired. Go rest up on the couch, we've got it from here." Ma says as she and Mandy let go, Mandy and I sitting down on the couch and me putting my left arm around her shoulders and her resting her head on my left shoulder after pulling a blanket over us as the storm continued outside.

It's halfway through the Blood And Roses episode of Miami Vice that Mandy's tablet chimed in a video call and she picked it up, answering it and both of us seeing Hunter.

"Aw, you two look all cozy." Hunter says, Stephanie appearing in the screen.

"Aww. Hunter, you're right, they do look all cozy." Stephanie says, Mandy and I chuckling for a second.

"How's everything over there?" I ask.

"Everyone's driving us up the wall, asking when you two will be back." Hunter says.

"Not until they're ready to!" Ma says from the kitchen, both laughing and Mandy's face turning the same light shade of red that it did upstairs.

"Don't worry, we're keeping them under control. Everything okay over there? You two look awfully tired." Stephanie says.

"Yes, we're okay. Just glad to be home." I say.

"Well, there'll be those tough days ahead but you two will weather through them together. A strong support system helps out a lot, that's from someone who's injured both quad muscles in his legs." Hunter says.

"Hunter, that was scary when it happened." Mandy says as I lightly rubbed my left hand up and down her right thigh before putting my arm back around her shoulders.

She was a very young fan during his first quad injury and a young wrestler during his second… I was watching the New Year's Revolution pay per view that night, it was easy to see how scared she was.

Aurora was also a newborn at the time of her dad's injury, Mandy helped watch her sometimes when Stephanie helped Hunter during his physical therapy sessions.

"It was… but everything will be okay, just take your time you two. We'll do okay over here." Hunter says.

"Okay… we'll watch later, alright?" Mandy says.

"If it keeps your minds from going crazy, you two… be safe, both of you." Stephanie says.

"You two be safe as well. Promise us." I say.

"We will." Hunter says before the video call ended and Mandy set her tablet aside after closing out the video call and curled up into me.

There's always gonna be that need to make sure someone you care about is okay no matter how old they get… my parents are here to do that, hers are keeping in touch too and are flying out shortly to here.

With parents, it's that instinct to take care of their kids no matter how old their kids are.

With siblings, it's the instinct to protect each other and take care of each other... Mandy's brothers, biological and surrogate, will always see her as their baby sister no matter how old she gets much like I'll always think of my little brother as my little brother no matter how old he gets.

But with me and Mandy, it's our newly formed romantic bond that makes us want to protect each other… we were close before this but always on that line between friends and lovers.

Now everything's changing… and we won't stop it from happening.