It had been a year since Payson performed a clean sweep at the Olympics, winning a gold on every apparatus, all-around, and team gold. She kept in touch with Sasha, Kaylie, Lauren, and Kelly; however since Kaylie and Austin got back together, Kelly being at college for business, and Lauren starting her own clothing line she has been spending a lot of time hanging out with Sasha, and her newest hobby. One thing none of her friends know about Payson, is that she loves music. She is very skilled at the Piano, Guitar, and singing. Ever since she was young she had been playing, singing, and even writing her own music. Most of her music has been about her gymnastics, breaking her back, her best friends, and mostly about Sasha. That is how much she loved Sasha. For years after that kiss she tried to deny it, and forget about it. Eventually she gave up and admitted it to herself, but she has not once mentioned it to Sasha. She wanted to desperately, but she was too worried that he would not share her feelings or even worse, that he would laugh at her for it.
The Rock was closed, since it was a Sunday and so Payson decided that she was going to call Sasha and see if he wanted to hang out today. He had said yes, and after the call had ended she decided that she was going to work on her latest song. So she picked up her guitar, sat down with her notebook in front of her and started to strum. Every now and then she would stop, pick up her pen and scribble something down, and then keep on playing. She was humming and singing all the while, perfecting the song and after about an hour she stopped playing, smiled and realized that she was quite satisfied with the piece.
Just at that moment a knock sounded from her apartment door, and she set her guitar down and ran to the door. She opened the door revealing one smiling Sasha Belov. "Hey Sasha, come on in." She said to him as she stepped aside so he could enter.
"Thank you, Payson. By the way, what was that music you were playing? It sounded very beautiful." He said, oblivious to the fact that it was in fact Payson playing the music he was referring to.
"Oh, that? It was me actually. I was working on a song."
"Really? I didn't know you could play let alone write your own music." He said, very surprised at the fact that he had known her for years and had no idea.
"Yeah, I have been for years. I didn't want a lot of people to know, especially when I was still competing. Not even Kaylie, Lauren, and Kelly. But I have had a ton more time for my music now, and I even have a gig lined up." She said the last bit with the hope that he would want to know the details, and that he would want to go.
"That's great, Payson. You should let me know when that is, I would like to be there."
"Of course. Its tomorrow night at 8:00, at O'Malley's Bar & Grill in Colorado Springs." She said smiling all the while.
"Great. I will be there. Is there any way I could convince you to give me a sneak peak today?" Sasha said hoping that she would say yes.
"Nope. You will have to wait until tomorrow. Do you want to watch a movie?"
"Sure." And with that Payson grabbed a movie that they both liked, sat down on the couch and started to watch 'Enter The Dragon'.