'Fuck this!' Amanda thought angrily as she slammed her left foot onto the mat in the ring at the Performance Center, tears in her eyes.

Winding down from the WWE's UK tour was rough… winding down from it with Seth injured and sidelined anywhere from 4 to 6 months was worse. She had called him to check in on him after he was cleared to go home to Davenport Iowa and hadn't been thinking that he'd bite her head off about the recent NXT show and how she and Finn shouldn't be holding each other that way during their entrance to the ring, not letting the Demon Mistress get a word in and slamming the phone down.

(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay by Otis Redding flooded through her earbuds… but didn't soothe Amanda's mood and she let her tears fall as she closed her tired eyes as she heard footsteps nearby.

Finn's eyes narrowed in concern at the small diva huddled in the corner and he got into the ring, walked over and crouched down before resting his hands on her knees.

"Is he being an ass to you again, sweetheart?" Finn asks, a strangled saddened noise escaping Amanda's mouth and Finn sitting down, his hands lightly grabbing hers and lowering them after she turned her Pandora app off and took her earbuds out… but when he touched her left knee again, he noticed it had a bandage on it and pulled it up a bit, cringing when he saw blood. "Ouch…" He says, rebandaging Amanda's skinned up knee.

"Yeah… Alexa got bitchy again." Amanda says, feeling Finn pick her up to her feet… it was the later part of the year, the holidays.

It seemed like a lifetime ago but it was once a season of peace for Amanda… now it stirred up all kinds of emotions for her.

Finn saw Sami standing nearby… and motioned to the radio, Sami turning it up slightly and Amanda trying not to smile as the original version of (I've Had) The Time Of My Life started to play.

"You're not playing fair, Balor." Amanda says with a chuckle as they started to dance like Johnny and Baby did in the final scene of the movie.

"Am I supposed to? I'd rather make you smile." Finn whispers as Amanda's right arm reached behind her and around his neck before the dance properly started.

The two put some distance between them for the final part of it… one that Amanda sometimes avoided because of her past knee and leg injuries.

But that voice was screaming to trust Finn… and Amanda ran right at him, Finn lifting her up above his head and Amanda's arms out like a bird before Finn's arms wrapped around her back and he lowered her to the mat, Amanda's arms wrapping around him and smiles on their faces.

"Is that it? Kiss her already!" Both heard, looked and saw the small crowd consisting of Samoa Joe, Dash Wilder, Scott Dawson, Baron Corbin, Enzo and Cass and several NXT divas.

"Now look what we've gone and caused." Amanda says with a light hearted laugh as she and Finn hugged… and Amanda letting out a sound mixed of a laugh and scream as Finn picked her up and spun her around for a few seconds before they both fell to the mat, Amanda sprawled out on top of Finn and both laughing.

"Alrighty, you all, show's over! That ring's for wrestling, not fucking around!" Everyone heard, looked and saw Hunter, Amanda's face going scarlet red and her burying her face into Finn's right shoulder as he held her and kissed her on her forehead.

Amanda readjusted her black and white yoga shorts and slightly oversized Balor Club racerback tank top after Finn helped her up, seeing the bandage still on her knee.

"See? No harm done." Finn says as Hunter got into the ring.

"As fun as that was to watch, we do have Survivor Series coming up this weekend… yes, I know that the threat lingers on your mind, Mandy. Don't worry, security will be amped up against those nutjobs." Hunter says, seeing Amanda purse her lips together as Finn's right hand rubbed up and down her back before his fingers trailed up and down her spine.

There were times nowadays that Amanda wondered when exactly the world started going to hell.