Catch Me
The shine of the stale yellow florescent lights hit Kaylie's eyes as she woke. She blinked a few times before opening them completely. Looking around the room, a blue shirt against the dull white walls caught her attention. The sound of Kaylie pushing herself up to a seated position was enough to catch the attention of the man in the blue shirt. The all too familiar piercing blue eyes of Austin Tucker's connected with her own. They held the gaze, hold out as to not to be the first to speak up. Austin did.
"Hi." He whispered to Kaylie.
"Hi." Kaylie replied looking down. Moments passed, before she spoke up again and said "what happened?"
"You took a bad fall off beam at Worlds, Kaylie." He answered searching for the right words to say.
"I…I…my title…" Kaylie stuttered, trying to analyze the whole situation.
"Shhh…It's okay." Austin said trying to comfort her.
Kaylie shook her head, "No…it's not." She pushed the sheets off herself and swung her legs to the side of the bed.
Austin saw her trying to get up and said "What are you doing?"
"Going to the gym…I have to train." Shifting her weight to her feet, Kaylie stood up. Shaky at first, Kaylie was able to walk across the room.
"Kaylie…" Austin said getting up from his chair.
"Don't even Austin." Kaylie said.
"No Kaylie, you need to rest."
Kaylie whipped around towards him, "No what I need if to find out how to fix this. How I'm going to get my title back."
"Kaylie a title is not worth your life. It's not important."
"Easy for you to say when you already have one and you don't even try. And maybe it's not important to you, but this is my life…my family…everything." Kaylie said slipping out of her hospital gown.
Austin took in her shape, different than it had been. Smaller. When you see someone in a leotard on a daily basis, there isn't much hidden. He still found her beautiful.
Kaylie slipped into a pair of black sweats sitting on a nearby chair.
"Kaylie, this isn't going to fix it. This isn't going to make it right." Austin said once again searching for the right words. He spoke up again, "this isn't going to make your parents get back together."
Hearing those words, something in Kaylie snapped. She walked swifly over Austin, in only her sweats and a sports bra. "Don't say that" she screamed pushing him, "…don't say that. You don't know anything. You don't know me. You don't know them. "
"Kaylie I know you."
"No you don't." Kaylie said walking across the room in search, 'Where are my keys' she thought.
"Kaylie, you're defiant. You're rough around the edges. You're a girly girl who's just as confident in a pair of sweats as you are in heels. You carry yourself with so much class…but you're also sarcastic, uptight, and a pain in the ass."
Kaylie was still searching for her keys. "Where are my keys?" she yelled.
Both her and Austin saw them on the dresser near the door. They both ran towards them, Austin was faster.
"Give me my keys" Kaylie screamed.
"Kaylie, you need to stay here. You need to relax."
"Don't tell me what I need. What I need is for you to give me my damn keys Austin." She demanded.
Austin just looked at her. Fed up with him, Kaylie shoved him. "Give me my damn keys" She screamed.
"You need to calm down." Austin ordered grabbing her around the waist.
"Let go." Kaylie said over her shoulder.
"Kaylie…"
"Why are you doing this to me." Kaylie whispered breaking down. She gave up trying to fight and sunk into him. They both sunk down to the floor, Kaylie in Austin's lap sobbing.
"Have you been here this whole time?" she spoke softly.
"Of course, how could I not be here."
"Why you? Why not my parents, why not Payson, or Emilly, or even Lauren. Why not Carter? Why do you care when everyone else seems no just walk out."
"I couldn't never leave your side Kaylie."
"Why?"
"There's just something about you that's intriguing to me. You're composure when everything seems to be going wrong. Your dedication." Kaylie's eyes began to water as Austin continued, "Your focus. Your ability to work with the people who've wrong you. Your not like anyone I've met. I want to figure you out, but you won't let me."
Kaylie tried desperately to blink the tears away, but she couldn't. They fell. "It's like you meet all these people in your life that are suppose to be there for you, that are suppose to care for you…you're suppose to trust them. And then you meet someone who's the bad boy, the arrogant asshole who genuinely seems to care. And you're whole world is upside down."
"Life has a funny way of confusing the hell out of you."
"You can say that again." Kaylie agreed turning around to face him.
Austin lifted her chin to make eye contact, "Kaylie, you're beautiful and you're kind. Don't let no one make you think you deserve less than the best" he said.
A tear rolled down her cheek, "Austin I'm sorry. All you've tried to do was help me and I fight it every time."
He wiped her tears with his thumbs, they made eye contacts and they kissed. Although the passion was undeniably there between them, this was a soft sweet kiss.
"It's okay" he reassured her.
This is my first Make it or Break it story. I've been debating on writing it, mostly because I love the show, miss the show, and I don't want to butcher any of the characters. Please Rate & Review. I would love the feedback & advice