Amanda Dillon - Storyline

Storyline

Amanda's mother, Janet, changes her insane ways and tries to be more like Natalie. During her childhood years, Amanda becomes friends with Jamie Martin and JR Chandler. The Dillon family later move to Colorado. Amanda then decides to move back in May 2005 to attend school at Pine Valley University. She also gets mixed up in JR and Jamie's business, looking for a man who can provide for her financially, much to the chagrin of Babe Carey, JR's ex-wife and Jamie's girlfriend. JR tells Amanda to separate them, and she agrees. Eventually, Babe breaks up with Jamie when Phoebe Wallingford dies and leaves her money to Jamie if he breaks up with Babe. Amanda made her move, but it wasn't long before Jamie caught on and dumped her.

Janet came to town when Amanda was hospitalized after being hit by JR, though Babe claimed she was behind the wheel. Following Amanda's accident, several incidents occurred: Babe was pushed down the stairs, Kendall Hart was found dangling on the roof, the Chandler Thanksgiving soup was poisoned, and Adam Chandler III was kidnapped. Amanda was afraid she was responsible, and confided it in Josh Madden. Josh took advantage and drugged Erica Kane, then framed Amanda for it. However, Amanda had by then realized Janet was responsible for the incidents, but kept quiet for her mother's sake. When she was arrested for drugging Erica, Janet decided to take her revenge at Erica's Mardi Gras ball. Amanda got out, but was too late. The Mardi Gras ball exploded, killing Ethan Cambias.

Janet kidnapped Babe and her son, Little Adam, and Amanda did her best to help JR, Jamie, Tad Martin, and Aidan Devane find them. Eventually, they tracked Janet down, but after Babe and Little Adam were rescued, Tad and Aidan had to tell Amanda that Janet had killed her father, Trevor. Amanda was devastated by this loss, and did not know how to cope. Later, Brooke English, Jamie's mother, would open her house to her in order to help her recover.

Amanda rebounded months later, getting a job at Fusion Cosmetics and even building a friendship with Babe. She starts a "friends with benefits" relationship with Jonathan Lavery. Eventually, she starts to develop feelings for him. However, he is still in love with his ex-wife, Lily Montgomery, and Amanda realizes she can't be a casual partner anymore, breaking things off with him. When Babe's life is threatened by the Satin Slayer, Amanda goes to her mother for help in figuring out who the killer is. Later, Janet is manipulated by Adam Chandler into kidnapping Babe's sister, Jenny Martin. Amanda once again gets caught in Janet's insanity and tries to convince her mom to give Jenny back to her parents, Tad and Krystal Carey. Later, Jenny is rescued with some help from Jamie and Babe.

Amanda eventually begins a relationship with Jake Martin, but they keep their relationship mostly physical. When Jake is conflicted between Amanda and Taylor Thompson, Amanda breaks things off. Babe dies in the tornado disaster that hits Pine Valley, which hurts Amanda further. Babe's scheming father, David Hayward, wants to get custody of Little Adam from his father, JR. He pays Amanda to get JR to start drinking again. Amanda succeeds, but she regrets it later, and tells David to keep his distance.

When Amanda finds out she is pregnant, she is not sure if David or JR is the father. Jake comes back, and becomes a friend to her when she needs help. In addition, her co-worker, Randi, and Randi's husband, Dr. Frankie Hubbard, assist her when she figures out that David is the father of her baby and is desperate to keep him away. Jake is there for her to help fend off David, and eventually, the two of them fall in love. They get married on June 11, 2009.

Amanda's son is born while she and Jake are on their honeymoon. They both hatch a scheme to let David think the baby died so he won't interfere in the baby's life. Meanwhile, Jake gave the baby to his ex-girlfriend, Liza Colby. Later, it was revealed that Jake had actually hidden the baby away in a country house with a nanny and gave Liza another baby put up for adoption. Amanda named her son Trevor after her father.

Amanda plans to find Trevor abandoned and adopt him as her own. However, her scheme falls apart when Randi takes the baby, having just miscarried her own, and David finds the baby before she and Jake can. For months afterward, David makes her life miserable, forcing Amanda to move in with him and Trevor, or he'll take sole custody of him. He deliberately tries to break apart Jake and Amanda's marriage as well, while Amanda fights to preserve her marriage.

David's blackmail came apart in January 2010, when Amanda had Trevor tested for a blood disease David claimed to have. When it came back negative, Amanda had a paternity test done and discovered Jake was Trevor's biological father. Amanda kicked David out, and she, Jake, and Trevor got their lives back together, finally becoming the family they always dreamed of being.

Amanda went to work at Fusion as a model. In the process of gaining fame, she gained a stalker named "Amandafan." It later turned out to be Janet, who broke out of the mental institution, determined to be a part of her daughter and grandson's lives. She was caught and sent back, but Amanda was questioning her own ability as a mother because of her mother's insanity. Jake tried to reassure her that she's a great mother. On their first wedding anniversary, Jake threw Amanda the wedding of her dreams in a vow renewal ceremony, helping Amanda regain her confidence.

Amanda and Jake were able to stay strong when they faced serious situations with friends, such as Angie Hubbard losing her eyesight and Greenlee Smythe going on trial for the supposed murder of her husband, David. It later turned out he faked his death. Amanda became a friend to Annie Chandler when Annie felt like her life was beginning to fall apart. However, when Jake's ex-wife, Cara Finn, came to town, along with Griffin Castillo, the man who Cara left Jake for, Amanda was not happy about this and tried to act friendly towards Cara to keep an eye on her. It later turned out Griffin was actually Cara's brother, and Amanda began to wonder if Jake was affected by this more than he let on.

Eventually, when Cara decided to stay in Pine Valley, Amanda began to desire for her to leave, and called INS to report that Cara had been living in Pine Valley with a fraudulent passport. However, she later discovered from Tad that Cara was being pursued by a gang of drug dealers; thus, Tad, Jake, and Griffin were conspiring to fake Cara's death to save her life. Horrified and guilt-ridden, Amanda called INS back in an attempt to cancel her passport concern, but the damage was already done; a group of Homeland Security agents arrived at the hospital to arrest Cara for passport fraud.

Tad claimed he and Cara are engaged to keep her safe. Jake eventually finds out that Amanda called INS and is upset, but doesn't know how to help assure Amanda, either. Tad and Cara marry on March 8, 2011, right after Cara finds out and yells at Amanda for turning her in. Amanda ends up drunk at ConFusion before being taken home by JR. Eventually, she gets a job at Chandler Enterprises to help keep her busy.

Several issues arise with Jake and Cara, when Griffin is arrested for murder, attacked in his cell, then disappears from the hospital during a false fire alarm. Amanda finds out Jake lied about Griffin's condition to keep him in the hospital and out of jail, and is upset he is risking his job for his ex-wife. To try to get Jake back, Amanda throws away her birth control pills.

Amanda becomes suspicious of Jake when he starts to pull away from her, then shows up late to Lucy Hubbard's christening. She begins to think Jake and Cara slept together. When she gets proof, she is devastated and tells JR about what she found out. They end up sleeping together, and Amanda immediately regrets it. Later, she finds out Jake kissed Cara, but he didn't sleep with her, making her feel even more guilty.

Though Amanda wants to tell Jake about her infidelity, JR tells her not to. However, she soon after begins to feel dizzy and nauseous, and is afraid she might be pregnant with JR's baby. She goes in for a test, which comes back negative, but Cara later tells her there's a chance she might have an STD, worrying Amanda. The subsequent test comes back positive, and Amanda panics about how she's going to tell Jake about her STD.

Amanda finds out she has HPV, which could cause cervical cancer. She eventually tells Jake about the STD to help protect him, and also informs him of her affair with JR. When she explains the circumstances that led up to it, Jake says he'll forgive her, but Amanda is still guilt-ridden and walks away. Worried about what could happen, she tells Jake to move on with his life and take care of Trevor if something happens to her. Jake, though, tells her he is going to stay by her side and help her fight against cancer if she does have it, making his decision to stay with her.

Amanda has subsequent tests run, which prove that she does have cervical cancer. Jake stays by her side when she gets the diagnosis and talks about treatment options. Amanda also makes peace with Cara, who understands Amanda's battle as she had cancer when she was a child, as well.

Amanda decides to have a hysterectomy done to stop the cancer from spreading. While she is getting ready for this, Janet is admitted to the hospital after Oak Haven is burned down and she sustains burn injuries from the fire. She lets her mom know about the cancer diagnosis. Surprisingly, Janet is the one who gives Amanda the advice to help give her the courage to keep fighting. Amanda goes in for surgery and Jake promises to be there when she comes out.

Though not able to have any more children, Jake promises Amanda they will look at adoption. Amanda finds out the cancer is gone and she's okay. She and Jake slowly rebuild their life after everything they dealt with in the last year. Jake and Amanda find out Dixie Martin, Tad's true love, is still alive, and try to help her recover again. At the end of the series, Tad and Dixie announce that they're engaged, while Jake and Amanda begin looking at going through with an adoption, optimistic about starting a family together.