A/N: Okay, so I know I have two other stories going on, but I'm kinda stuck on them. So I wrote this I recently became addicted to MIOBI and the whole Payson/Sasha fandom after reading JCI's fics. You should check those out by the way if you haven't already. But anyways this is the result of procrastination, wanting to seem busy, and a new addiction. By the way, Kaylie was anorexic and has already come back, Emily isn't prego, and Lauren did not find the video of Payson and Sasha kissing. Oh, and Chloe is with Steve and Summer…..Summer left for a mission trip with the church and won't be making an appearance unless I think in necessary. Enjoy!
The Rock was at full swing, everyone was practicing as hard as possible. Worlds were just around the corner and everyone needed to be at their best. Lauren Tanner, Emily Kmetko, and Kaylie Cruz were stretching as they listened to their coach yell at someone over the phone.
"What do you think he's yelling about?" Emily asked quietly as they focused more intently on him.
"Not what, but who. Who could he be so mad at? And why is he not speaking in English?" Lauran asked. "I mean it's not like any of us speak Romanian, how are we supposed to eavesdrop if he isn't even speaking English?" she questioned as she flicked her ponytail and winked at Max as he passed. Her eyes stopped following Max, when Payson came into her line of sight. "Pay, over here."
"What are you doing over here guys, shouldn't you be practicing?"
"Well, we probably should but Lauren convinced us that it would be more fun to come listen to Sasha yelling at somebody, but he's yelling in Romanian so, it's kinda bogus," Kaylie explained.
"Oh! That reminds me I have to talk to Sasha about something. I'll be back in a minute, you guys go ahead and start without me," Payson said as she rushed towards the stairs.
"Is she honestly going up there, when Sasha is acting like that? Is she stupid?" Lauren asked with her mouth open wide shocked. Kaylie and Emily were not much better their eyes wide and following Payson's every move.
Emily was the first to come back to her senses. "I don't know about you guys, but I'm not gonna be here when he comes down in a bad mood and sees us not stretching," she said as she walked off towards the mats. Kaylie and Lauren gave one last look at Sasha's office and followed Emily.
Payson quietly opened the door, seeing that Sasha had not noticed her yet she went and set down on the couch waiting for him to get done with his call. Sasha let out a deep sigh as he closed his phone. He sat down at his desk, ran his hand down his face, and brought them back to his temples to, in Payson's opinion, try to stop what was an incoming headache.
"What was that about? You were yelling pretty loud, you could be heard down on the floor. Is everything okay?" Payson asked.
Sasha's head popped up as soon as the first words were out of her mouth. "What? Oh, that call it was nothing just a family thing," he said waving it off.
"Well, duh it was a family thing you wouldn't have been shouting if it wasn't about a family thing, the only other person you shout at is Ellen Beals and she doesn't speak Romanian so that leaves family . Anything I can help with?"
"No. My dad just decided it would be a good time to check up on me, why he possibly thinks that is a good idea, I have no idea. It's not like he is the 'stopping by to check up on you' type of dad."
"Your dad isn't that bad Sasha. He's actually pretty, what's the word I'm looking for…..nice?" Payson said wrinkling her nose as she tried to come up with a good adjective to describe his dad.
"Yeah, he's nice to people he likes. He loves you, you are the perfect gymnast. Everything good ole' dad looks for in a person." Payson rolled her eyes at that comment. "What are you doing up here anyways shouldn't you be practicing?"
"Well, I would have been but you were doing all that shouting, so I decided to come see what it was about, but I was sitting here I thought of another reason to be here. I want to up m DOD on the beam. I have my DOD extremely high on everything, except beam. I can't beat Genghi at Worlds with the DOD I have now. So can we work on upping it? Please!" she asked in a kind of 'I'm asking only because it's the nice thing to do, but I am actually telling you I am going to up my DOD and it would just be better with your help' way.
"Yeah let's go try to come up with something." He said as he got up and ushered Payson out the door and towards the beam.
"How do you think she got out of there alive?" Lauren asked Kaylie as they were chalking up.
"I don't know. Does it matter? I need to practice I can't be worrying about that, I still have to fight my way onto the World's team, I've been out for about six weeks. There is no way I'm going to be able to waltz my way back on to the team I have to be perfect, Lo," Kaylie told Lauren before she turned on her heel and left a pissed off Lauren in her tracks.
It was six o'clock and the gymnasts were slowly leaving The Rock. It was down to Emily, Lauren, Kaylie, and Payson; they were gathering their bags and walking towards the doors.
"You guys wanna go grab a smoothie and The Spruice Juice?" Lauren asked.
"Sure," were the quick replies from Emily and Kaylie.
"Pay, you coming?" Emily asked.
"Uh, no I can't Sasha promised to watch my beam routine with me to help figure out why I am not sticking my landing. Rain check though?" she said as she ran up the stairs to Sasha's office.
"Honestly, she seems to spend more time here then the equipment does. No wonder she has no boyfriend," Lauren said as she rolled her eyes.
"Don't be dramatic Lo, and not everything is about having a boyfriend. I think it's good that at least one of us is completely dedicated to gymnastics. Maybe we should come in early and meet Pay here. It would be nice for a change, and it probably gets lonely anyways, she could use the company. So you guys in?"
"Yeah, I'm in. Would you mind picking me up though Kay I don't think my mom will be as in to this idea as we are. My mom plus getting up early equals something I don't want to experience more than necessary?" Emily asked.
"Yeah or how about both of you just stay at my place tonight and we can ride over in the morning together. It would be easier," Kaylie suggested.
"That sounds good. Are you in Lauren?" Emily asked.
"Yeah, sure whatever let's just go," Lauren said as she hitched her bag onto her shoulder. Kaylie and Emily rolled their eyes and followed her.