8/21/17, Barclays Centre…
"Look!" Finn said with a smile, pointing up as it started to darken outside on the roof that he, Amanda and the others were either sitting or standing on, Amanda smiling as well when they saw it.
"Once in a lifetime kind of thing…" Amanda replied as she and Finn watched the eclipse with the glasses, Finn's right arm around her before they kissed.
"You two can't stop kissing for five minutes?" Colin 'Big Cass' Cassady teased, Carmella playfully swatting him before they kissed as well.
"Babe, let them be. They're perfect for each other." Carmella responded as Colin ran the fingers on his right hand through her hair, his left hand resting on her back.
"I'm betting we see a ring on that finger sooner rather than later. Don't wait long, Balor!" Enzo said from where he was with Liv, both trying not to laugh.
In the arena later, Amanda, Enzo and Colin were reading over the scripts for the Brooklyn street fight… and Colin saw her wince and knew which part she had gotten to.
"Kiddo, it won't happen, okay? I promise." Colin said, trying to reassure her by resting his left hand on her right shoulder and his thumb lightly stroking it.
Amanda nodded and headed off to check that the makeup covering the bruise was still in place... but Asuka's injury on Saturday night at TakeOver had really upset her.
Broken collarbones limit a lot of movement in the arms and even after the injury healed, Amanda knew that Asuka would be dealing with pain every now and then even years after the injury.
Amanda's eyes widened when it happened, heart racing in panic and trying not to scream.
Forgetting that Colin was a Heel in storyline, the young diva rushed over to her friend and helped him up… but his knee buckled again and she threw her arms into the air in an X sign, despite the 7ft tall man's protesting.
The ref called for medical staff and the bell rang, Enzo throwing the steel chair down in anger and cursing up a storm… that was another thing that Amanda felt like doing right now, injuries made her furious.
"I told you not to fucking use that move near the fucking ropes!" Enzo yelled as he joined them outside, helping hold Colin up.
The two along with medical staff helped Colin to the back and he sat down on a crate before noticing how Amanda was stood, her tiny frame stiff and her staying still as if she was trying to make herself vanish into thin air.
Colin knew she was fighting off flashbacks to injuries she had witnessed as well as injuries she had sustained, ones she wasn't able to prevent.
"Tiny?" Colin said, his large hands carefully cradling Amanda's face and forcing her to look at him. "I'll heal up, I'll be good as new and back before you know it. Okay?"
Amanda nodded as the tears streamed down her face, Colin brushing them away and kissing both sides of her face before they hugged tightly… the two let go when Enzo lightly rubbed his left hand up and down Amanda's back as Finn reached them with Dianne and Carmella following him.
"Go clear your minds, we've got this." Dianne responded, Amanda letting Finn take her away from there.
"First it was Bayley, then Scott… then Ric ended up in the hospital, then the rampage last night… it never really stops…" Amanda said, trailing off slightly as Finn rubbing his hands up and down her shoulders before taking her hands into his own.
"We've fought back from worse… we'll all be okay, love." Finn said reassuringly before they kiss, Amanda having to stand on her tiptoes.
"Whoa now, easy!"
The two stopped, seeing John walk over to them. Amanda playfully hit her older brother before they hugged.
She hated having to stand on her tiptoes at times but it was necessary.
It was midway during Finn's match against Jason that things nearly went haywire.
"Whoa!" Amanda exclaimed as she had barely caught Jason's foot from hitting her by accident.
"You good, kiddo?" Jason asked, Amanda nodding as Jason went back to the match to finish it.
Finn had won and he and Amanda hugged and kissed after she got into the ring, Finn wrapping his right arm around her back and picking her up with ease as she still had her arms around him… they were caught up in each other that they had slipped and fell to the mat, Finn on top of Amanda and his hands on both sides of her face as he checked on her.
"You two lovebirds okay?" Jason asked with a slight laugh as he helped his friends up.
"We're alright." Finn answered, him and Jason shaking hands.
In the backstage area, Finn and Amanda kissed again as they held each other.
"Happy one year anniversary, love." Finn whispered.
"Happy one year anniversary… I love you so much, Finn." Amanda said before they kissed again.
"I love you too, Mandy." Finn said, lightly stroking Amanda's hair.
It was later at a beach where it was just the two of them, the others having left.
Taking advantage of the time alone, the two didn't return to the hotel until the next morning with smiles on their faces…
Present time…
Days went by and on Monday night before Raw was scheduled to start, Amanda was reading the script again and absentmindedly buffed her cinnamon brown nails against her hoodie when Corey approached her.
"You realise the hell you and Enzo are causing, right?" Corey responded, Amanda looking at him.
"Enzo and I are not screwing around. I know you hate him but you're searching for something that ain't there, Corey. And honestly, it's downright pathetic of you." Amanda replied, attempting to head back to her locker room but Corey stopped her by grabbing her right arm, Amanda yanking it out of his hand. "You don't get along with everyone here but you don't need to go treating Enzo like the enemy and getting him kicked out of locker rooms! Hell, I wouldn't be surprised if your squabbles with Booker T and Byron Saxton aren't scripted!" She responded, Corey about to respond back when both saw Finn.
Corey left, remembering the last time that Finn beat him to a pulp and Finn turned to Amanda before the two kissed and she readjusted her black and silver halter style cropped ring top… but at some point, Amanda knew that she had to talk to Enzo.
Amanda Cena vs Gran Metalik…
"Neville, this was originally supposed to be your match tonight. So why suggest Amanda as Metalik's opponent?" Michael Cole questioned as Amanda slipped out of a headlock that had been applied to her and gripped Metalik's arm before running at the ropes, which forced him to run along with her as she did a springboard maneuver and hit him with a spinning DDT.
"Putting it simply, Michael, I'm scouting my next challenger for this championship. Because when I win at No Mercy, I know there'll be another one to bitch slap back into line." Neville responded as Amanda hit Metalik with a corkscrew moonsault before lifting him up for the 1916 DDT.
"Bitch slap yourself back into line!" Amanda shouted at Neville before going to the top rope and hitting Metalik with the Coup De Grace and pinning him.
When the bell rang, referee Mike Chioda raised Amanda's right hand and helped her up before Finn got into the ring. He and Amanda embraced before sharing a kiss as Metalik stood up and nodded before he and Amanda shook hands.
"That's a true sign of respect there between both competitors." Booker T responded.
In the backstage area afterwards, Amanda was leaned against a wall and closed her eyes… Finn could see that despite the victory tonight, she still felt down and pulled her into his arms.
"Hey…" Both heard before turning their heads and seeing Enzo.
"Hi… we read the script earlier…" Amanda responded, Enzo knowing that she meant the part when Braun Strowman would hurt him until Amanda would run out there to stop him.
And they knew it would send every social media outlet into a frenzy.
