Denver?

Nicky Russo moved to Denver Elite. He must face the wrath of Payson Keeler. And the mischievous dealings of the Rock girls….

This is my first ever story, please be kind :)

This is set when Payson is still injured and in the back brace, when Nicky has just transferred to 'the enemy'...


"Nicky Russo transferred to Denver?"

The great Payson Keeler, who had so often silenced everyone in The Rock with some incredibly difficult vault and tumble, today silenced the working gymnasts with her outburst.

"Jeez calm down Pay," murmured Lauren, "it's not like we didn't see it coming."

"I didn't!" yelled Payson, running her hands through her long blonde hair.

"What's going on, what's wrong?" Kaylie Cruz came running over from the bars, a worried expression spreading across her face.

Emily sighed, getting up from the mat where she and Lauren were stretching. Trust Lauren to work Payson up even more than she already was because of her injury.

"Lauren just told Payson the good news about Nicky" she said, avoiding Lauren's icy gaze.

Payson turned on Kaylie. She had never seen her friend this upset before, there was a rage and determination in her eyes that usually only came out during competitions.

"Did you know about this?" Payson demanded, gesturing pointedly at the four of them.

Emily, Kaylie and Lauren exchanged looks, each biting their lip and staying away from Payson's steely stare. They'd all known for a while now, but hadn't wanted to tell Payson considering the rough time she'd been having, adjusting to her back brace and the fact that she couldn't do gymnastics again. They were all surprised that she still came to The Rock everyday, but there never seemed to be a right moment to tell her that the guy she had been in love with (yes, they had all known, it was obvious!) had moved to the enemy gym.

"Listen Pay we didn't want to hurt you even more," explained Kaylie, moving closer and putting her arms around Payson's shoulders. She shrugged it off, spinning round to face all three girls.

"So you thought you'd just lie to me, and keep me in the dark?"

Emily made a mental note that angry Payson was much, much worse than the competition-driven Payson she had sometimes been annoyed at.

"Technically we didn't lie to you," replied Lauren pursing her lips into a small smile, "we just didn't tell-"

She was interrupted by a sharp jab in the ribs by Kaylie, who had joined her behind the beam. In fact, all three girls had quickly placed themselves behind the structure as Payson began advancing towards. At least there no knife in her hands.

"Payson we are so sorry" gabbled Kaylie, trying to make amends.

Payson blinked. "No, no I don't care," she stated, nodding slowly, "Nicky Russo can do whatever he likes."

She slowly sat down on the beam, as her friends climbed over to sit beside her. Emily leaned her head on Payson's shoulder.

"We know you umm, were good friends with Nicky," she began comfortingly.

"Yeah it was totally obvious you two had the hots for each other," nodded Lauren, raising her eyebrows knowingly.

"Lo!"

Three heads turned to glare at Lauren, who quickly held up her hands to her chest.

"Hey, you're all thinking it; I'm just the one who's saying it."

She winked at Payson, and bounced on the beam, flouncing away towards the water fountain.

"Don't worry about it Pay," smiled Kaylie, straightening up and leaning her back against the beam as her eyes wondered the room.

They alighted on Carter, in line for the rings.

"Boys are more trouble than they are worth."

She too moved away to the chalk bucket.

Emily helped Payson down from the beam and squeezed her hand.

"Rock forever, right?"

Payson looked up, forcing a smile.

"Yeah"

She looked around at the gym, searching for that familiar face.

"Yeah, Denver better watch out. They're not going to take anymore of us."