"How can you not want children?!" Mike yells, me glaring at him. I have what I want in life, a family is not on that list… not at this time in my life.
"How can you?! I'm not the type of woman to settle down and be a mother, Mike! I'm sorry I never told you that but I don't want kids!" I shout, tears forming in both of our eyes as I storm off and lower my head, not wanting anyone to see me this vulnerable… can't be anything wrong if no one sees it, right?
It's as I reach the north east hallway that I nearly crash into someone I really don't want to see… every time I see that little face of hers, she's usually telling me off.
Not that it's unwarranted, I've been a raging bitch to her since I was eliminated from the Divas Search… yeah, a career is great but you can't curl up with it on a cold night.
"Maryse, you okay?" Amanda asks, those dark eyes holding concern in them like they used to in the early days of our careers… I look down and I'm sure I'm imagining things but from what I can see through the oversized Balor Club hoodie, she looks pregnant.
Well damn it, looks like the locker room's gonna erupt in joy with little second gen demons… I swear, one of her is bad enough but two kids exactly like her?! That would be damn worse.
"It's none of your business you little tramp, stay out of it!" I snap at her before walking off, hiding the real reason behind my feelings.
I'm losing time… and when I had finally come back, she's no longer the broken and beaten down soul fighting back, she's back to a merged self of who she was before losing her friends and who she's been afterwards...
Damn it, what have I done now?! She just… she nearly collapsed! I not only put her life in serious danger but also the lives of those little ones.
The door opens and I look up and see Mike walk in, standing up and attempting to hug him but he stepped back in anger.
"Mike-" I start to say, his blue eyes burning with pure unadulterated rage.
"Don't ever pull that again, it's by pure luck that they're okay!" Mike says angrily, grabbing his things and leaving.
As the door slams, I look out the window and try not to cry…
Everything nearly fell apart for Amanda and Finn tonight… and I caused it.
If there's any conceivable way of fixing anything, I hope it happens.
Amanda's P.O.V, the next morning…
"Sleep okay?" I hear as I open my eyes, look and see Mike as Finn opened his own eyes and Finn and I kissed… poor Mike looks like he's been here most of the night.
"Yeah… I did." I say. Yeah, counting the few times that Bria and Danny woke me up… hungry, thirsty and poor babies could feel the tension, I know they could.
"Something bugging you, lad?" Finn asks Mike, who turned a mix of serious and remorseful.
"With the way Maryse acted last night… I'm not sure I can continue staying married to her. It's been tense lately, I want a family much like you two and…" Mike says as he rests a hand on my stomach, tears welling up in his eyes… he'd be a damn good dad, how dare Maryse deprive him of that?!
Things need to settle between them and quickly. But if he decides to end their marriage, he needs to let her know if he wants a divorce and not just serve her with papers.
Mike and I hug each other again like we used to in the early days of our careers… our friendship is a bit strange at times but underneath it all, he's a damn gentle soul and I wish he would let it out more.
Heading to the hotel after being discharged, I go and get cleaned up before re-emerging into the room in comfortable and slightly oversized pajamas and lie down on the bed, me and Finn kissing… before I groaned slightly as I heard that chiming sound, picked up my IPad and pressed the video call button.
"You and Finn get back to the hotel okay, sis?!" Dan asks… must've been on the phone with John.
"Yes we did and your little niece and nephew are fine… but I have to be on bed rest for a while, blood pressure spiked." I say, hearing my phone chime and looking, seeing a Twitter post on the WWE's account.
"I hope you're fucking happy, Mandy Rose, now my husband has filed for legal separation! You and your fiance don't deserve those babies considering who you hang out with!"
"Is she ranting again, kiddo?" Dan asks.
"Yeah and I'm getting sick of it." I say as I feel that familiar tugging… you too, huh Bria?
3rd Person Perspective…
Finn took over on the video call as Amanda headed into the restroom.
"Which one?" Dan asks.
"We're pretty sure it was Briana, Daniel sleeps most of the time… I'm worried, they're not even kicking their little feet around her ribcage yet and they're already being restless." Finn says.
"Little ones from the moment their hearts start beating can cause havoc at times. She'll be okay, Finn, so will they. Just keep their stress levels down, okay?" Dan says.
"Any way I can. I promise, there'll be no more stress." Finn says before the two ended the video call and Amanda eventually emerged from the restroom and closed the door behind her.
Walking over, Finn helped Amanda back to the bed and helped her lie down, Amanda's swollen feet resting on a pillow as Finn flipped the channel on the Tv and stumbled across Courage The Cowardly Dog as the episode that was starting to air was one of Amanda's favorites, Journey To The Center Of Nowhere.
"Throw them in the garbage, you twit." Amanda and Finn said simultaneously as they mimicked the computer's voice for a few seconds before laughing.
Laughter helped… but things needed to be fixed soon.
And since she did keep in touch with someone she considered an uncle, she knew just how.