"We probably should've waited til we got to the hotel…" Amanda says, wrapping a white oversized towel around her naked body as Finn dried himself off as well.
"We needed to relax… things have been rather tense lately." Finn says, wrapping the towel around his waist and brushing Amanda's soaked hair over her left shoulder to examine the bruises… before both saw Roddy appear and Amanda turned embarrassed and tried to hide her red face.
"You heard everything…" Amanda says, Roddy getting her to look up at him.
"That's the thing about us ghosts, we hear everything the humans do on this earth… just be careful with her, boy." Roddy says, looking at Finn.
"I… I will, sir." Finn says, Roddy smiling before he disappeared and Amanda turned to Finn.
"I didn't want you to find out like that…" Amanda says as Finn rested his hands on her shoulders.
"I suspected for a while, especially after you lost consciousness at the rumble and were talking during that… an open mind is one of the truly innocent things in this world, Amanda Rose. And I wouldn't change it for anything." Finn says before the two kissed.
Amanda wouldn't either… but there were times that it overwhelmed her…
"And you're sure everything's okay?" Amanda asks, in the middle of a video chat with Brie and Daniel Bryan as she waited in the locker room of the O2 Arena.
"Yeah, she's just being patient is all… Mandy, you seem really nervous, everything will be okay kiddo." Daniel says, heading into the backyard to go check on Josie… and Brie saw Amanda turn and look behind her as she thought she heard the door open.
"Who's there?" Brie asks, remembering one night on SmackDown in the early part of her career that she walked by the petite brunette's locker room and heard her talking but didn't see the other person. It had taken her by shock when Amanda explained it at first but Brie had felt a hand on her shoulder that wasn't Amanda's and saw the picture of Eddie, Chris Benoit and a much younger Amanda nearby… and she knew it was true.
"I don't know… I'll call you back." Amanda says before the video chat ended.
The raven hair, brown eyes and kind smile were a dead giveaway as Amanda stood up, Nancy Benoit looking at her.
"They'll be okay, kiddo." Nancy says before Chris and little Daniel appeared, Chris tickling his son and Daniel laughing in a childlike manner.
"I do worry though… I…" Amanda says, feeling pain shoot through her still injured ribs… before a hand that took up most of her back rested on it and she turned, seeing Andre The Giant.
Amanda backed away, started to feel overwhelmed as she paced back and forth and muttered to herself that this was just her mind playing up again, confusing little Daniel.
"I've got this, buddy." Andre says, standing up and walking over to Amanda, resting his hands on her shoulders. "They'll be okay, cherie… sometimes it just takes time for little ones to be born." He says.
"But what if…" Amanda tries to ask, remembering how difficult it was for Brie when she broke down crying after the second attempt at trying resulted in another set of negatives.
Amanda started feeling a horrifyingly sharp ache in her head and the others looked at Roddy.
"Hold them back or they'll overwhelm the poor girl!" Chris says, Roddy leaving and heading into the spiritual world where all the others were basically yelling at one another.
"Hey, hey! Chill the hell out!" Roddy yelled, Chyna, Dusty and several others lost wrestling icons looking through the barrier.
"If we don't, we're gonna give that poor kid a stroke." Chyna says, the others nodding in agreement as Amanda turned and saw her.
'Help me!' Amanda mouthed, Chyna turning to the others.
"Everyone needs to give her reassurance without being overbearing, okay?" Chyna says, Eddie starting to protest but Chyna looking at him and he nodded along with the others.
Roddy disappeared for a few seconds, finding Finn.
"Hey, lad!" Roddy says, Finn jumping back in fright and resting his right hand to his torso as his heart raced.
"Damn, don't do that! What's… are they all overwhelming her?" Finn says, Roddy nodding and Finn heading to the locker room.
When he ran in, Amanda looked up at him from the couch she was stretched out on, a cool gel pack on her forehead.
"Are they-" Finn starts to ask after closing the door.
"For now… did Roddy…" Amanda starts to say, Finn walking over and the two kissing.
"You two looked out for each other in life… and he still watches over you like with everyone. That truly never goes away, lass." Finn says after stretching out next to her, Amanda curling up into his arms.
Getting ready for the show after a while, Amanda reapplied her makeup to make herself look like she wasn't stressed out and lightly smacked her lips together after applying the wine toned lipcolor that had a matte finish to it.
The world she knew ten years ago wouldn't come back… but as Amanda glanced at the scar on the palm of her left hand, she had to remind herself that it was never too late to make things right.
Little Birdie Jo would not feel the same pain Amanda felt throughout the years… not if Amanda had anything to say about it.
A few days later, Grays Harbor Community Hospital…
"She's so beautiful." Amanda whispers to Finn as she held a sleeping Birdie Jo, Brie asleep in the bed.
18 hours had taken a lot out of Brie and Daniel, who was also asleep next to his wife and Finn rested his hands on his girlfriend's shoulders as Birdie's eyes opened and she babbled at them.
"Hi there little lady… we've all been waiting patiently for you and you're here now." Finn says softly, Amanda seeing Birdie wrap her tiny right hand around Finn's left index finger.
Amanda smiled… she thought back to when Kurt and Giovanna's youngest daughter Nikoletta was this small, it didn't seem like it was only last November.
And Amanda and Finn started thinking about their own future... the family they wanted.
'It just takes time…' Amanda thought as Birdie looked off into the corner and Amanda knew who she was seeing.
'And you just need to be patient, little one.' Chris mouths before disappearing, Birdie settling back into her aunt's arms as Amanda knew Chris was right.
The best things in life take time.
