Survivor Series Pay Per View, Amanda's P.O.V
To say that I'm nervous about facing Nia Jax tonight would be understating that… I'm dressed in my ring gear, which is leather shorts, my cropped off sleeve Balor Club shirt and knee pads and ring boots, stretching my legs and arms and checking my reflection in the mirror to make sure that my makeup hasn't smudged. Finn likes it when I look natural so I try to stick as close to that but I also try to stick with my favorite cat eye look.
Right now, I've been hiccuping for fifteen minutes and can't stop… if I don't stop soon, I'm gonna run out of oxygen!
"Hey, beautiful, I-" Finn says as he walks in, closing the door and running over to me, lightly rubbing my back to ease the hiccups. Is it okay for a veteran wrestler to be nervous about facing an opponent? At least I'm not going to be in the ring against Braun Strowman anytime soon and despite Nia's intimidating stature, she's one of the nicest people in the locker room.
The hiccups stop and I take in some deep breaths, matching my breathing with Finn's, whose worn out from his own match against Seth.
"Calm down, relax… Nia's not going to hurt you on purpose. You might walk out of that ring with a few bruises but that's normal in our line of work." Finn says comfortingly… that accent of his calms me down every time. Why didn't he and I hook up sooner?
Finn and I walk out of the locker room after Nia walks out into the arena. My music hits and Finn and I walk out to crazy cheers before getting in the ring, me and Finn kissing before he lightly swats my ass and exits the ring, Nia and me walking up to each other.
"Just remember the part about the barricade and try not to tense up during the match, tiny one." Nia says in a hushed tone before the bell rings.
The match progresses at an even pace, me backflipping and dropkicking Nia out of the ring… I climb out to the apron and jump down, Nia ducking as scripted… and then it all goes black.
Normal P.O.V
Finn and Nia jumped back in horror as Amanda fell into a crumpled heap on the floor, barely conscious and in intense pain.
"Amanda!" Finn says, frantically rushing to Amanda and helping her up, him, Chioda and Nia checking on her.
"I'm alright…" Amanda says, Nia handing her a kendo stick since it was a Falls Count Anywhere match…
"Is… is she throwing this match? Is Nia throwing what could be her first pay per view win?" Corey Graves says from the commentator's table.
"I don't know but Amanda is hurt and hurt badly… she can barely stand." Michael Cole says.
"Got to end this match now." Chioda says quietly before he and Finn step back. Reluctantly, Amanda cracks the kendo stick across Nia's side and knocks her down before dropping it and crouching down, pinning Nia for the three count.
Never Let Me Down Again started blaring through the arena again as Amanda felt herself being pulled up to her feet by Finn, her right hand raised by Finn… but Amanda screamed out in agonizing pain, Finn catching her before she fell to her knees as Nia stands up, also helping Amanda.
"Where's it hurting?!" Nia asks, Amanda pointing to her ribs and right him despite the pain. Finn scooped Amanda up in his arms, him and Nia helping her to the back.
Finn carefully put Amanda on one of the gurneys as one of the doctors rushed over to examine her before deciding that she should be taken to the E.R.
"I'm okay… nothing a heating pad and some painkillers can't…" Amanda says, Finn lightly rubbing her uninjured hip.
"Don't fight me on this one, love. We need to make sure you're okay." Finn says, Amanda relenting as Nia lightly hugged her.
"I'm so sorry, guys." Nia says.
"It's alright, Nia. Things like this happen… I've crashed into barricades repeatedly, all of us have." Finn says.
St. Mary's Hospital E.R.
Fans were clamoring outside of Amanda's treatment room as John pushed his way through them and walked in, closing the door and pulling the curtain closed.
"You alright, kiddo?!" John asks a half asleep Amanda, who was out of it from the Morphine drip in her I.V.
Amanda mumbled incoherently, pointing to her ribcage and right hip as Finn held her left hand.
"Doctor gave her a lot of Morphine, two of her ribs are cracked and her hip is bruised. They're going to admit her overnight for observation… John, I am so sorry about what happened." Finn says, lightly stroking Amanda's hair as she dozed off into sleep.
"It ain't your fault, Finn. It's not the first time one of us has gotten hurt in a match. Hell, my shoulder still hurts from…" John says before Randy charged in, yelling at Finn and waking Amanda up.
"Damn it, Randal Keith Orton! Back off!" Amanda yells, startling Randy.
"But… if you hadn't…" Randy says, trying to figure out what to say.
"We all get hurt, that's the kind of business we're in… don't you dare blame my boyfriend." Amanda says.
"Boyfriend?! Damn it, Amanda, why do you-" Randy says.
"Because I love him, damn it!" Amanda yelled, startling the three men in the room. John dragged Randy out as Finn crouched down so he was eye level with Amanda.
"Mandy… do you mean what you just said?" Finn manages to ask, Amanda smiling.
"Yes… I've been scared to fall back in love… but you helped me open my heart, Finn Balor. I love you." Amanda says, Finn smiling.
"I love you too, Amanda Cena… more than I've ever loved anyone." Finn says before they kiss, wrapping their arms around each other.
Randy paced back and forth, trying to calm down before John stopped him.
"I… I still worry about her. I've known you and your family for 14 years and worrying about someone after knowing them for so long is a hard habit to break." Randy says.
"Is that it? Are you absolutely sure that you still don't feel any romantic attraction to my baby sis, Randy?" John asks.
"100% sure, John. Doesn't mean I'm not allowed to worry about her." Randy says.
"Finn and Amanda are crazy about each other… my family likes him… hell, my parents already think of him as their future son in law and Shelby already calls him Uncle Finn. I understand you still care about Amanda… and you're right, worrying about someone is a hard habit to break." John says before the two walked back into the room.
"Have you calmed down, Randy?" Amanda asks.
"Yes… and Finn, I'm sorry for yelling at you." Randy says.
"It's okay, Randy. I know how you feel, I've had to yell at Corey, Kevin and anyone's who's hurt Amanda. It's scary seeing her in pain but what happened was completely accidental. Nia even apologized afterwards and you know she's too kind of a person to intentionally hurt anyone." Finn says as he and Amanda held each other's hands.
Once Amanda was settled into a private room, she had fallen asleep with Finn curled up next to her in the hospital bed and Randy and John asleep in chairs, Sami asleep on a couch after showing up with Enzo, Cass and Carmella, the three asleep on gurneys that were brought in as Dean, Renee, Seth and Roman were in the waiting room.
Finn briefly opened his eyes as he heard the wind outside blowing fiercely and saw snow falling heavily before Amanda opened her eyes sleepily.
"It's always beautiful when it snows at night… I used to wake up and watch it falling." Amanda whispers.
"Ireland usually gets a lot of snow… I haven't been there in so long, I almost forgot what it looks like." Finn says quietly before they kiss and fall back into sleep, Amanda's head on Finn's shoulder as Carmella talked in her sleep as Cass held her.
"Those two are beautiful together… I give it a year before they have a little one running around." Carmella whispers as Cass opens his eyes.
"A boy or girl?" Cass whispers.
"A girl… with how stunning both are, that kid will be breaking hearts." Carmella says before they fall back asleep too.
