"Think the fight's over?" Amanda asked after Finn walked into the locker room, helping her put her leather jacket on over her Balor Club hoodie.
"Hopefully whoever it was calmed themselves down." Finn replied before Aestrid walked in and handed the taser back to Amanda.
"Who was it this time, Ace?" Amanda asked reluctantly, putting the taser in her bag and zipping it up.
"Dean and Seth… Finn, if I were you, I'd keep a weapon nearby." Aestrid answered.
"Wait, why? What did Seth threaten to do now?" Finn questioned, putting Amanda's duffel bag on his shoulder so that she didn't put any stress on her back.
"He seems to have it in his head that she's pregnant… and we all have an idea of where that'll take him to go, and it's not good in any of them." Aestrid answered.
"He's lost all sense. But I should go find John before he finds out about this theory from someone else." Amanda said, putting her hat and gloves on and heading out of the locker room.
Amanda went looking for John but her eyes widened when she saw Seth being dragged back by Roman and the brunette hid behind a production crate.
"You're not going in there with the intent of killing him, it ain't right and sure as hell ain't legal! She's an adult anyway, stop treating her like a 16 year old kid!" Roman said lowly.
"A 16 year old kid is what she seems to have the fucking sense of, why should she be treated as anything different than what she practically is?!" Seth shouted in response.
"What is with all the shouting?! I'm trying to get everything in order for the SmackDown taping tomorrow!" Stephanie replied after walking over as John crouched down to Amanda and made her jump as he touched her back.
"Why are you hiding and why are they fighting?" John whispered.
"I went looking for you and nearly got caught by them, Seth's pissed because he thinks that I'm pregnant! I didn't want you hearing that lie from him or anyone else." Amanda explained quietly as John stayed next to her and lightly rubbed her right shoulder. "I just wanted one night to relax a bit." She muttered as they hugged and the arguing continued.
"If she agrees to one, would you want to see a blood test as proof?!" Stephanie responded to cut off the shouting… and to her surprise, they had stopped and Seth turned to her and said yes at the same time Finn had caught up to Amanda and John.
"Get her out of here and quickly." John said, helping Amanda stand up and Finn taking Amanda into the parking garage before John headed over to the group.
"Where's your sister?!" Seth demanded.
"Gone back to rest up. And Stephanie, if you want her to go through with blood work, it'll have to wait til the morning." John explained.
"Fair enough. It's been a long day." Stephanie said, Seth about to argue but Stephanie narrowing her eyes at him. "Boy, don't push your luck with me!" She growled before leaving.
"Mama's told ya boy, better go to your room." Roman said a few moments later.
Seth stormed off and Roman turned to John.
"Mandy holding up okay?" Roman asked.
"When I first saw her, she was reading the script and looked like she wanted to put her fist through it." John answered.
"That damn stressed? Poor thing." Roman replied.
At the same time, Amanda was on a video call with AJ Styles as Finn drove to the hotel and Amanda was explaining everything… to which after hearing, AJ closed his baby blue eyes for a second and took a breath.
"You okay there, pal? AJ, say something." Amanda replied before the Georgia native looked at her directly.
"Does he want to kill me?" Finn asked after stopping the car in the hotel parking lot and shutting it off so Amanda could turn the phone to him.
"No because I know when Mandy's being honest. Just keep a close eye on her in case Seth tries something, okay?" AJ responded.
"I will. She's in safe hands, AJ." Finn replied before the video call ended and Amanda put her phone away.
"When he went silent…" He started to say.
"You were thinking he was pissed?" Amanda asked as they unbuckled and got out after grabbing their things, Finn once again holding Amanda's duffel bag for her.
"That or beyond it… he was just running it all through his head, I think." Finn answered.
"AJ can be overprotective." Amanda said as she rubbed the back of her neck, the two heading into the hotel lobby… and glancing into the bar to see Alexa climb up onto a table and raise a glass of red wine and clang a fork against it a few times.
"Attention people! Say hello to the world's next parents over there!" Alexa shouted out drunkenly, pointing the fork towards Amanda and Finn.
"Barely past midnight and she's already past her limit." Amanda muttered as Finn guided her towards the elevator… but when they got into it, a hand slammed on the button and the doors closed before the two saw Steve Austin. "Uh… hi there…" She said nervously as the Attitude Era veteran narrowed his steel blue eyes at Finn. "Steve, now let's not-" She started to say but he shushed her and turned back to Finn.
"When I give the signal, you run-" Finn whispered to Amanda before yelling out when Steve grabbed him by his shirt.
"Boy, you tell me the damn truth now, did you knock her up?!" Steve demanded.
"Damn it, let him go!" Amanda yelled, shoving at her childhood idol and Steve letting go. "Look, all you've heard, it's just Rollins and Bliss running their mouths! I don't know how Alexa overheard it but Seth was pissed when I wasn't out there at ringside… he's been stressing me out so I didn't want to deal with it tonight." She explained after checking on Finn, Steve calming down.
"I understand that… Seth probably made quick assumptions and Bliss, well… she's always looking for a way to start something." Steve responded after a breather moment.
"So you're not gonna kill Finn?" Amanda asked, still shaken even as Steve rested a hand on her left shoulder.
"No… sorry about how I reacted, Finn." Steve responded before the two shook hands and Amanda pressing the button that led to the 3rd floor.
Once Finn and Amanda were in their room, Amanda flopped down onto the bed and Finn sat down, resting his left hand on her left side as she had her gloved hands over her face.
"Hectic day… and people think it's all cool and famous to be what we are." Finn said in a gentle, quiet-ish tone.
"There's a damn dark side to this business and you and I were kids when we started our respective careers… well, you were considered a legal adult back in 2000, I was just a kid in 2005." Amanda replied as Finn stretched out and wrapped his left arm around her waist as she lowered her hands. "Tomorrow will be better… right? We'll just try to wake up early enough and get ready for the event. To get out of the hotel before anyone else." She responded, leaning against him as his right arm wrapped around her back.
"Try to at least… and you look so damn tired." Finn said as they sat up and decided to get ready for sleep.
Once she was dressed and had taken her makeup off, Amanda climbed under the covers and her eyes closed, Finn falling asleep shortly after.
Down in the lobby, Aestrid looked up to see Dianne.
"Well you're not normally by yourself, going crazy in Orlando?" Aestrid asked as Dianne sat down.
"Just needed a break… and from that look you have, something happened. What's going on, Ace?" Dianne answered.
"There was a fight between Dean and Seth… then both Seth and it would seem Alexa, accused Amanda of being pregnant, and that opened up a whole minefield of reactions." Aestrid explained.
"Damn, I'm hoping Mandy's calming down by trying to rest… there was a bit of a fight at the NXT taping and…" Dianne said before whispered the rest, Aestrid's jaw dropping after Dianne had said that Amanda had slapped Liv and Colin though the slap to Colin was out of frustration.
"Well Liv had it coming but damn, why did she feel the need to cause a fight?" Aestrid asked.
"Liv goes off when angered… really easily." Dianne responded.