Morning arrived too soon for the three in the villa, Chris pulling himself up out of his bed and heading to the villa living room to make some coffee.
'Got to wake them up somehow.' Chris thought as he set up the coffee maker and poured at least two bottles of water in it. Lightly singing to Running With The Night by Lionel Richie after turning the radio on, he really hoped Amanda had calmed down.
Finn opened his eyes sleepily after hearing Amanda coughing and pulled her into his arms, startled at how warm she felt but Amanda was shivering.
"You're resting today, lass." Finn says.
"But it's Valentine's Day." Amanda mumbles as Chris walks in.
"I know a cold when I hear that kind of cough, dealt with illnesses over the years with my kiddos." Chris says, finding a thermometer and putting it in Amanda's right ear. When it beeped, Chris pulled it close and saw 100.5° staring back at him. "Yep, she needs her rest… and some tea as well as cough drops. I'll be back before you know it." He says, kissing Amanda on her forehead before heading back to his room.
Once Chris was ready for the day, he left the hotel and headed to the nearest Walgreens, picking up some Tylenol, Halls cough drops, chai green tea and honey as well as some Valentine's Day candy Amanda could eat later. He paid for the items and left, heading to McDonalds and ordering what he usually did for them and himself when he ran into Kevin.
"Chris… I really didn't want to-" Kevin says.
"I don't want to hear it, Owens. That really fucking hurt last night what you did." Chris snapped irritably, paying for the food and coffee and leaving. It was as he put them in the rental car that Kevin walked over to him and glanced in it, seeing the Walgreens bag.
"One of them get sick?" Kevin asks, Chris nodding before getting in the car and driving off.
When he reached the hotel villa and walked into Finn and Amanda's room, Finn was lightly rubbing Amanda's back and Amanda was half asleep.
"How much coffee does one person need?" Finn asks, Chris seeing a half empty cup of coffee nearby.
"I used to be able to live off coffee when I would go without sleep in my younger years. Taught Amanda to do the same thing." Chris says, Finn helping Amanda sit up as Chris set out the sausage biscuit and hashbrowns.
Once the three had eaten and Amanda had taken some Tylenol, she was lying back down and watching Tv… but it was easy to see that her mind was somewhere else.
Having had enough stress for one day, 16 year old Amanda set her duffel bag down on the bed and looked out at the late night summer sky. Amanda was in no mood to sleep, given how the ECW One Night Stand 2007 pay per view went and grabbed her hotel room key before leaving.
The humid Jacksonville air made Amanda tie her long hair up in a messy bun as she walked along the beach, looking out at the water… what right did Tommy Dreamer have to act like that towards her?! She wished he listen to her side of things but it seemed like most of the world was against her nowadays.
Amanda sat down on a lounge chair and continued to look out at the moonlit ocean… it wasn't long before she was joined by a familiar face, blue eyes and the missing tooth that she recognised easily.
"Can't sleep?" Chris asks after sitting down next to Amanda.
"Too much madness today… I honestly thought I could use these two and a half months to recharge but I'm off to a bad start." Amanda says, Chris pulling her into his arms and Amanda resting her head on his right shoulder as she locked her left arm around his upper back. "Chris, are you okay?" She asks as he hissed in slight pain when it shot through his neck.
"Yeah, just getting old… you'll understand when you're my age but by that time, you'll most likely have kids of your own that will be getting into the business." Chris says.
"As long as they have their Uncle Chris to guide them, they'll be awesome in the ring." Amanda says, Chris kissing her on her forehead… but doubts lingered in her mind as to whether she'd be a good mom.
"Amanda, stop doubting yourself… you'll be an amazing parent, I've seen how you are with the kids that visit at the shows." Chris says.
"They're only there for a few hours though. Being a parent is a full time job… I've seen how you are with your kids but I also know that you wish you can see them more." Amanda says.
"I wish I can too… I'll take some more time off and spend it with them, they still need me. But so do you, little one." Chris says.
Amanda turned her head to the left and looked out the window, still feeling lousy but no longer lost in her thoughts. When Finn sat back down, he had the thermometer in his left hand and put it in Amanda's right ear.
"I know, you don't like this thing…" Finn says, the thermometer beeping and Finn pulling it towards his eyes, seeing 99.3° reading back at him. "That's good, temperature's going down… but where was your mind a second ago?" He says, shutting the thermometer off and setting it on the bedside table before lying down next to Amanda.
"Just… thinking back on the good times before everything fell apart. I think things can be like that again but it'll take time… I really wish you could've met him, Finn." Amanda says, Finn lightly kissing her on her forehead as he brushed her hair back.
After watching Tv for some time, Chris checked in on the couple and found them asleep in each other's arms.
The blonde smiled and closed the door, happy that Amanda had once again found happiness in her life.
