Two weeks ago…
"Damn, it feels so good to be home." Amanda says after she and Finn walked into his apartment and set their things down after Finn closed the door.
"Damn right it does… now what sounds good for dinner, Pizza Hut or Dominos?" Finn says.
"Pizza Hut… now I'm gonna head upstairs and clean off." Amanda says, picking her duffel up and heading up the steps.
Stripping down after cleaning her makeup off, Amanda was looking forward to some down time with Finn as she stepped into the shower, closed the door and let the warm water, blackberry scented conditioner and black orchid scented body soap soak her troubles away.
Every frustrating fight that had broken out on the tour, hers and Seth's, Liv's and Enzo's, hers and Liv's… it had all been chaos and she just wanted it to stop.
She got out of the shower and dried herself off, her hair in a green towel and a white one wrapped around her body before pulling on a pair of teal satin hiphugger panties and pulling the towel off.
In grey flannel pajama pants and a light green pajama top, Amanda sprayed on some antiperspirant before letting her hair down out of the towel and grabbing a ponytail holder, hair dryer, anti frizz cream and rolling hair brush.
With her curly hair dried and in a ponytail, Amanda washed her hands and headed downstairs, Finn smiling.
"Much better now, lass?" Finn asked after they hugged, himself in pajamas.
"Always good to be here, we can unwind without the guys bugging us so much." Amanda says, Finn kissing her on her forehead.
The two ate their dinner and watched old DvDs, one being Casablanca, one of Amanda's favorite movies as she rested her head on Finn's left shoulder as he had his arm wrapped around her.
Amanda felt comforted by this after the chaos that had happened on the tour, hers and Finn's phones on sleep mode and their movie night going on uninterrupted.
Midway through Psycho, Amanda was squeezing onto Finn's hand and he knew why… the shower scene, she was bracing herself for it.
No matter how many times both had watched it, this scene always made them jump and her cling onto him.
"How in the hell did you get into watching horror movies anyway, Mandy?" Finn asks after they looked at each other after the shower stabbing scene.
"Pin that one on Matt and Jeff Hardy, that started when I was 13." Amanda says, leaning against Finn again.
Psycho would be the last movie in tonight's marathon, both were truly exhausted...
Present time…
They looked at each other as John looked around, curious as to what everything was. Amanda felt Finn's right hand wrap around her left wrist before he led her upstairs and into the bedroom, closing the door.
"How in hell's name are we gonna explain it to him?" Amanda whispered.
"Explain that he's over a century in the future… how would we explain that? He's not gonna believe it even with all the modern technology around." Finn says before they heard John call out and ask if they were okay.
"Y'all disappeared pretty quickly, something happen?" John asked.
"Just talking about something, Mr. Marston… we'll be right down." Amanda replied, trying to stay calm as she and Finn headed downstairs.
John was now watching the Tv, having figured out how to turn the game system off… he was even more confused as he had no idea what WWE Raw was.
It was a replay of the episode that took place just after the tour in Ireland, John looking at Amanda who was stood near the staircase with Finn and then back at the screen, where Amanda, Seth, Stephanie and Hunter were stood in the ring and the crowd was booing Seth as he was giving up the WWE Championship.
"You and him…" John says, pointing to Seth. "Something went bad between you two, didn't it?" He asks after patting the empty couch spot next to him and Amanda sat down.
"Going bad… is one way of putting it, Seth and I haven't spoken since he had to give up that belt and we had problems before that." Amanda says.
"You guys remind me of the fights I had with my former friend… but at least Seth didn't shoot you. I'm assuming he didn't shoot you? Your friend Seth ain't no relation to Seth Briars, right?" John says.
"I've never even seen Seth with a gun… and no, he's not." Amanda says.
"But he's used weapons before… is that…" John says, looking closer and noticing the bruises on Amanda's lower back as her top had bunched up a bit as well as finally noticing the black eye she had.
Amanda readjusted her top and started to explain…
"Why don't you just give the poor girl a break! It's just characters she and Finn play on Tv and even if they are together, what business is it of-" Baron shouts, cut off by Seth punching the self proclaimed lone wolf in the face… and Baron returning the favor with one of his own.
"You overgrown shitbird!" Seth yells, tackling Baron to the floor at the same time that an exhausted Amanda was getting off of the elevator and heading towards the bar.
"For fuck's sake, stop this fucking second!" Amanda screamed, the young diva running over and trying to pull the two apart… only to receive a strong punch in the face that threw her back first into the bar.
"Damn it…" Baron says, him pulling Seth up and Seth walking towards Amanda.
"Back away." Amanda says.
"Mandy-" Seth says.
Amanda's instinct was to grab a Heineken bottle and smash it against the bar, aiming the jagged edges at the Architect, Seth backing away in shock.
"Back the fuck up! You're on your own now, Rollins! I am done with your bullshit!" Amanda says, dropping the broken bottle before leaving.
She didn't pay attention to where she was going and inadvertently crashed into Finn, who steadied her by resting his hands on her sides… and his eyes darkened with anger when he saw her bruising right eye.
"I'm gonna fucking kill him." Finn growled, Amanda stopping him from going into the lobby.
"He ain't worth it… let's just head back up to our room." Amanda says, Finn guiding her into the elevator and pressing the button that led to the tenth floor.
The doors closed and his large right hand wrapped around her tiny left one before he brought it up to his mouth and kissed it, the two hugging.
This had gone beyond arguing… and both weren't gonna take it anymore.