"Miss. Kmetko, What are you doing out here this late at... what's wrong" Sasha started yelling and when he saw Emily crying and barely dressed he became very concerned.
"I....I...." and with that Emily fell and just before she hit the ground, Sasha jumped off the trailer and caught her.
When Sasha caught her, he noticed that she was considerably underweight that he could feel the bones in her back. "Why do you do this to yourself, Emily?"
He brought her into his trailer and set her on his bed. He then checked her arms and legs for bruises and any other injuries. He made sure that he didn't look too far up any where that may seem inappropriate if she woke up. He wrapped her ribs because he thought one may be broken. He also noticed multiple bruises that formed the shape of a big meaty hand.
"Who did this to you?"Sasha said, very concerned and angry at this. 'She should have told me' he thought. He then tucked her in under his covers and went to sleep on the small couch near the door.
The next morning, Sasha woke up to rustling noises coming from the bedroom. He walked in expecting to see Emily just waking up, but that wasn't the case. There was a man standing over her bed and Emily was terrified and trying to hide under the covers.
"You bitch, you are the reason Chloe broke up with me!" Joe yelled and punched her once, then took out some scissors to cut Emily's growing hair.
Joe, luckily, hadn't noticed that Sasha was there. Sasha took a trophy from his shelf and hit Joe over the head with it so hard that Joe fell down and passed out.
Emily, sat up, covering herself because Joe had ripped off her leotard and looked at Sasha with her beautiful hazel eyes filled with tears, happiness and relief. "Thank you so much for helping me Sasha, I didn't know who else to turn to."
Sasha grabbed a 1996 Olympic Champion Shirt, and a pair of sweats for her to wear. "Keep it, and that is no problem, just one question though. How long has this been happening?"
"Around seven years, give or take. They are getting divorced this time, Mom and Joe. Emily said as she was putting on those clothes, Sasha was turned around in respect to her.
"I can see why you have trust issues with men. Just one more question for me. Why did you come here instead of one of your friends houses?" Sasha sat next to her on the bed.
"I... don't know" Emily confessed then sighed. "I guess its because I have trusted you ever since that night when you caught me when I fell off the beam."Emily then looked away, feeling the blush rise to her cheeks in embarrassment.
"Oh, okay... Well, give me a second okay?" When Emily nodded Sasha went into the kitchen, got his cellphone and texted all the other girls and guys that today's practice is canceled and to enjoy their day off. He then went back into the bedroom. "Are you feeling any better?"
"Yes, much better. Thank you so much for helping me" Emily then sat back down on his bed and remembered that she needed to make it, since she practically stole it from him last night and began to make it up for him.
"No, no, it's okay Emily, you don't need to, I'll get it later," Sasha walked over to Emily and sat down next to her when she did.
Emily was looking around at all the trophies and medals, and especially the 1996 gold medal. She blushed a little at the fact that he was so much better than her at gymnastics
"What are you looking at that makes you blush?" Sasha was once again worried for her.
"Your gold medal, it makes me blush because I've never been in a room with someone so much better than I in gymnastics other than you before and the medal proves it."Emily looked at him, like he was a god, cause he was like the king of gymnastics.
"Emily, you are just as good, if not better than I am in gymnastics" Sasha then wrapped his arm around her. "You deserve this, and you will prove it to me in a week when you compete against China in the invitational."
"Sasha, I have to tell you something," Emily sighed. "I have a job, and before you get mad at me, I had to." Emily started crying. "If I didn't, then I wouldn't be able to stay here, all the money I make, goes to bills that my mom and Joe makes."
"WHAT!" Sasha yelled forgetting it was Emily he was talking to. "You lied to me!" He stood and continued shouting. "How could you do this. They could take away your scholarship. What were you thinking?"
"I'm sorry!" Emily was sobbing by now and ran out of the trailer into the pouring and ran until she couldn't anymore. She found herself in a random playground 5 miles outside of Boulder. She sat and pitied herself for a few moments and then got over it because it was her fault and began doing her routines in the rain. She began doing her bar on the one high bar in the playground and slipped do to the rain build up on the bar. She hit her side on the ground really hard and began sobbing again. A few minutes later she saw a man walking up to her. She instantly knew that it was Joe and that he followed her from the trailer.
"Come here bitch, you are going to get it for that stunt that happened in that strange mans trailer!" Joe seethed and began hitting and kicking her.
"Step away from her" Sasha walked up and spoke with the most threatening voice Emily had ever heard. When Joe didn't stop Sasha walked up to him and punched him in the face making him fall to the ground. Sasha then went to Emily's side. "Are you okay?"
"I am fine" Emily staggered to stand up and once she finally was able to she used the bar to keep her from falling down again.
"I am really sorry I yelled at you, I let my anger get the best of me and the only reason I was mad was because you kept something that big from me when we could have prevented it and that you are not allowed to have a job made it even worse." Sasha sighed and started walking back with Emily, his arm around her shoulder for support. He knew he would have to tell her like now.
"Sasha, I can't not have a job. I have to help pay bills on the apartment that we rent," Emily looked at Sasha with the saddest face he had ever seen.
"Emily there is something I must tell you but you might be pissed at me after I tell you, I hope not but you never know."Sasha decided now would be the best time to tell her. "But to tell you, I must prove it to you at the same time." Sasha then helped her walk to The Rock.
"I promise I'll never hate you or be too pissed at you Sasha" Emily laughed a little and then began to have a coughing fit.
"Are you okay?" Sasha asked as they walked into The Rock. They then walked into the office and Sasha began looking for Emily's file.
"I am fine, really, I promise I am good" Emily said in between coughs and smiled once her coughing subdued.
"Here it is. Please don't be mad at me after you read it. I had a good reason why I kept this from you" Sasha then handed Emily's birth certificate to her.
Emily looked over it and noticed the raised part of the stamp and then knew that it was real. "Why are you handing me..." her voice trailed off when she saw Sasha's name next to where it said father on the document.
"Why the hell didn't you tell me? How long have you known?" Emily yelled at him. She was definitely
pissed.
"Since I came to coach at The Rock and looked up on all the gymnasts in the gym" Sasha then explained his story.
"You should have told me, and not have kept that big of a secret from me." Emily looked at the ground and began to shuffle her feet.
"I know I should have told you, I just had to find the right time. You know I could not do it at practice. Just be like 'hey Emily guess what I am your dad' that would be more than a little awkward." Sasha then took Emily to the vault. "You have to land this blind landing, I have faith in you and I know you can do it. Your a Belov, and Belov's don't give up, ever.
"Okay, I can do this." Emily stated to herself and mentally prepared her self for her Yurchenko 1 ½. She then began to run down the runway and do her round off back handspring onto the punch board. As she finished the vault she realized she was going to land it, and stuck it.
Sasha then ran up to her and picked her up and spun her around. "You did it Emily, I told you that you could, now do it again"
Emily did that vault 15 times before Sasha finally let her stop. She then laid down on the mat and was taking deep breaths to calm herself down. Once calmed down she stood up and hugged Sasha very tightly. "Thank you for helping me nail this vault." She smiled a big toothy smile. "I have to go, Joe is probably pissed at me by now."Emily sighed and began to walk off.
Sasha then grabbed her by her shoulder. "You aren't going back home, did you not just see your birth certificate? I am your father and so that means you're coming to live with me because I don't want to see you get hurt anymore. I am just doing this for your protection."
"What about my mom? She deserves to know and so does Brian." Emily looked up at Sasha kind of worried for her family that she had been living with her whole life.
"We will tell them, but only when Joe is not home. I can't risk getting you hurt again. I would never forgive myself." Sasha then walked out with Emily to his trailer. "I will be getting a new place to stay; however; you can sleep on the bed if you would like."
"Are you sure you don't want to sleep on the bed, I mean it's your home." Emily was not used to having her own room, considering the old apartment had only 2 bedrooms for her mom and Joe and Brian.
"No it's okay, you can sleep on it, I'll be perfectly fine with sleeping on the couch."Sasha then went into the trailer and got ready for bed.
Emily on the other hand, went into the bedroom, and got into the bed, Sasha's clothes being dry now after training that night. She then went to sleep without having the normal nightmares that she usually does about Joe.