6/23/15…

Seth was walking around when he saw the filming crew… and saw what they were filming, one of the promos for The Beast In The East pay per view.

Aestrid, who had been supervising, turned and saw him and how angered he was. Thinking to keep things controlled, she walked over and physically stopped him from charging over towards Finn and Amanda.

"It's work, back off!" Aestrid warned lowly, Seth leaving.

But it didn't mean that Amanda didn't notice.

It was later during the Raw event that she found him.

"Hey… that was great out there." Seth heard, seeing Amanda… she reached out to hug him but stopped when he lightly pressed his fingers into her collarbone. "Okay, that's not like you at all… what's going on here, Seth?" The 25 year old diva said, confused.

"Nothing." Seth answered and turned to leave… he reached the edge of the hallway when he heard "You know, I'm getting really sick of this, Rollins!" and turned back, walking to Amanda.

"What did you just say to me?!" Seth demanded.

"Lately, you've treated me like we barely know each other… and you might not care but that hurts me, Seth. What did I do wrong, why don't you want anything to do with me anymore?" Amanda responded, Seth slamming the WWE Championship down in rage and muttering a name under his breath… but Amanda heard it. "He is my friend but the Demon King and Demon Mistress thing, it's just a storyline, Seth. Just like The Shield splitting apart was for the cameras, it shouldn't affect us backstage. Are you feeling threatened that you're losing me?" She said before he turned back to her.

"Well it does! Before we know it, you'll be in the same bed and room, you'll be walking out into the arena hand in hand, leg up and lips together and it will be far from 'just an act'!" Seth said.

Amanda closed her hazel eyes for a split second and balled up her left hand, only to open her eyes and see her old friend Joey Mercury.

"Both of you calm down." Joey said, trying to keep the peace between the two.

"Joey, stay outta this!" Seth snapped at him.

Amanda carefully pulled her hand away and walked off, Joey turning to Seth.

"That was low, even for you! Mandy is a damn loyal friend, you idiot! And now you just want to kick her to the side because she's found the kind of happiness she hasn't had in years?!" Joey said.

Down the hallway, Amanda was wanting to just disappear entirely.

She'd give him his space… but she was getting fed up with his behavior…

Present time…

Amanda went to go clear her mind after washing the blood off her fingers and stopped as she reached the middle of the hallway… she leaned against the wall and closed her eyes at around the same time that Finn walked down the hall and stopped in front of her, seeing her rubbing the back of her neck.

"I know you're standing there." Amanda said without opening her eyes.

"Damn, you're good…" Finn responded as Amanda opened her eyes. "What's going on?" He asked, his right hand resting on her left shoulder.

"Paige walked into the locker room with a dove on her shoulder… but then the dove flew down to the floor and turned into a small angel." Amanda explained.

"That's… not something you hear every day." Finn responded, unsure of how exactly to take it.

"Or see…" Amanda said as they headed back to the locker room and found Ariel in the hallway, her wound no longer bleeding. "Did they say they needed to talk?" She asked.

"Yeah." Ariel answered, Amanda curiously putting her left ear against the door.

"That explains why your jeans were on my rental car two days ago… things aren't getting much better between you and Mandy though." Paige said.

"I miss the closeness she and I had, Paige." Seth responded.

"She misses it too. But she doesn't want to choose between you and him. Things are changing… those two really like each other. You might not like how it ends up but they're not rushing into anything." Paige replied.

Amanda backed away from the door and Finn rested his hand on her back, Ariel seeing the look in her eyes.

"It's a better way… not that I'd really know though." Ariel said.

"Before we even realised it, things had changed…" Amanda said before they noticed Roman, soaked from head to toe. "Rainstorm?" She asked.

"I would consider it normal South Florida weather but it was more like a monsoon outside… only lasted for a few minutes though." Roman answered as he noticed Ariel. "Hi there." He said.

"Something's disrupted things… not sure what though." Ariel responded.

Later, Amanda Cena vs Sasha Banks…

"I'm not exactly sure why you're out here when Mandy's only involvement in your match against Sting at Night Of Champions is at ringside supporting her childhood idol." Michael Cole said as the match progressed and Seth was on commentary.

"Being champion means scouting any and all threats to that match and thinking up ways to counter them." Seth responded as Sasha trapped Amanda in an inverted headlock in the ropes but had to let go.

Sasha backed up and Amanda took a few seconds to rub her sore shoulder before Sasha tried to go for another headlock, only to end up on the receiving end of a jaw jacking kick from Amanda.

"That's one way to answer back, the Demon Mistress is putting the self proclaimed Boss back in her place!" Jerry Lawler exclaimed as Amanda went for the sharpshooter… but she added a twist and bent back to trap Sasha in a headlock as well. "Inverted version of the Coquina Clutch, shades of NXT mainstay Samoa Joe!" He exclaimed.

Amanda released the hold once Sasha grabbed the bottom rope and dragged Sasha back away from them before heading up to the top rope.

"It feels weird to see Mandy out in the ring without NXT Champion Finn Balor-" Jerry started to say.

"Get out of that NXT mindset, Jerry!" Seth snapped at him as Amanda hit the Coup De Grace and pinned Sasha for the three count, the bell ringing and Amanda's hand being raised in victory.

Amanda felt arms around her and turned around, her and Finn hugging and him spinning her around before Seth got into the ring with a microphone.

"Bravo on that victory and this little celebration… but this isn't NXT, you two and around here, I'm the one at the top. But hey… even if you do lose that NXT Championship, Finn… you'll have my former Shield sister on top of-" Seth started to say as scripted to.

But Amanda took exception as she knew Seth was enjoying insulting them and slammed her right foot under Seth's jaw and knocked him down, Finn pulling her back and out of the ring as the commentators recomposed themselves and got ready for the next part of the show.

In the backstage area, Amanda leaned against the wall in frustration as Finn rested his hands on her wrists and lightly rubbed them.

"He says he misses me but then he goes and pulls that stunt out there!" Amanda said as Finn's hands moved up to her shoulders, Amanda pursing her matte rose pink lips together for a few seconds.

"I don't know what goes through his mind when he does that… maybe Dean was right, Seth could just be jealous." Finn responded, carefully pulling Amanda into his arms and lightly rubbing his left hand up and down her back while the fingers on his right hand ran through part of her hair and lightly twirled some of the strands before he massaged the back of her head as she buried her face into the crook of his neck.

She just wanted to get lost in the comfort… and he didn't blame her in the slightest.