Title: I'll Never Leave You

Disclaimer: I do not own any of these characters.

After Sasha had caught Emily, things had changed. Emily relied on him, which was understandable, but soon after, he started to rely on her just as much.

2 weeks after that morning, Emily was walking home from a late night practice, when she heard footsteps behind her. She decided to quicken her steps, but did not have a chance to run before she felt herself get shoved to the ground. She felt her leotard partially ripped off of her. She wanted to scream, but when her attacker saw what she was planning to do, he quickly punched her in the mouth. Right before he was going to take the next step, he heard sirens go off in the distance. Deciding that he probably shouldn't risk it, he quickly took off, leaving Emily frightened on the ground.

After about 10 minutes, Emily slowly got up from her fragile position on the ground. Looking around, she realized that she was only about a block and a half from the gym. Deciding that she did not feel safe walking all the way home at 11:30pm, she headed to the gym parking lot.

Sasha had just finished showering, wearing only a towel wrapped around his waist, when he heard a quiet knock on his trailer door. Opening it, he saw Emily standing there, with a black eye, a gash on her forehead, and most of her leotard ripped off, showing her sports bra and everything below her belly button. Acting quickly, Sasha rushed her inside his trailer.

"Emily, what happened?"

All she could do was look at her feet, feeling embarrassed and ashamed at her state of appearance.

"Emily, please look at me."

"I'm sorry for coming, I know it's late"

"My door is always open for you, you know that."

She nodded, starting to sob.

Sasha pulled her into his strong arms, not caring about the fact that he really had no clothes on, besides a piece of terry wrapped around his waist.

After about 15 minutes of sobbing, Emily has quieted down enough for Sasha to ask her what happened again.

"What happened?"

"….I was attacked, umm…punched in the face, and he..he tried to….he tried to rape me, but then ran away."

"Oh Emily, I'm so sorry. You didn't deserve that, why don't you rest here awhile, then I'll drive you home."

"Okay, thank you Sasha, thank you for not leaving me."

He was going to assure her that he would never leave her, but by the time he looked up, Emily was sound asleep.

Emily Kmetko, I think I'm in love with you. He added silently.