Emily stepped out from the back of the Rock wearing an all black shinny leotard. Her hair was done up crazy and a skillfully lettered tattoo with the words ROCK GIRLS ROCK was painted on her upper left shoulder. Emily was smiling, confidently as she heard the Romanian photographer call her name. Lazarus, a photographer from Romania was Sasha's best friend from his old gym. Hearing great things about the Rock in Boulder, Lazarus had decided to come and photograph Kailey, Lauren and Emily for the new sexy program the Rock was putting out to get people interested in coming to watch the meets. Payson was still recovering and she was never going to go for something where the girls were looked at like objects. Payson and her mother were feminists, all of which were too little known in a society like the one they were living in today so Payson had politely declined Sasha's invite to model for Lazarus.

Emily stepped up to the bars and waited for Lazarus to raise his camera. She flipped up over the smaller of the two bars and sailed through the air,

"Frumos!" Lazarus cried who spoke with a heavy Romanian accent being born of that country, Emily couldn't understand him but she complied with his wishes for her to keep going.

Lazarus keep snapping pictures. They were fed into a computer that redid them so they were flawless and pretty looking enough to put in print.

Emily swung her self around and off the bar and lifted her hands in the signiture dismounting move. Lazarus smiled and snapped one last picture of Emily before calling Lauren to step up.

"Lauren, randul tau." then he waved her over.

Lauren jumped up on the beam easily having played the model role before. She was good at soaking up attention wanted or not from other people. She was at home in the spotlight.

Back flipped and turned to where Lazarus was snapping pictures furiously. She had a big smile on her face by the time her routine was over.

"Ai fost grozav." Lazarus said as she walked away to stand next to Emily off to the side. They hugged each other tightly.

Then it was Kailey's turn.

Kailey ran across the gym floor and flipped over her own head. The moves were flawless but she felt that she wasn't good enough. Lazarus congratulated her over and over and was appalled as she pulled a double Arabian, grabbing her thighs in mid air and sticking the landing.

"Uimitor! Umitor!" Lazarus cheered as Kailey shakily stood up and stared straight ahead.

She had an eating disorder but nobody knew about it yet, She tried to breath right as Sasha came out of the woodworking to watch how it was going.

"Great job girls" Sasha said" I am proud of each and every one of you."

'Thanks Sasha." the three of them said together. It felt good to get praise.

Sasha steeped up for a picture thanks to Lazurus asking

"Va rog?Sasha, Please?"

"Okay but just one because I have to go soon." Lazarus complied and the girls whispered their conversation so Sasha wouldn't hear since boys were still not allowed.

"How do you think Damon is doing in Europe?" Lauren asked Emily. They couldn't wait till the Olympics so that boyfriends wouldn't be an issue anymore.
"Fine I guess." Emily said "It hard since I can't see him"

"Of course." Lauren said" He's busy sleeping sround while you're here. Virgin, wasted and pining for someone who's not even that attractive.'

"That;s a matter of options and thanks for sharing yours." Emily chided annoyed with Lauren's comment. Damon was who she saw herself being with forever and she would once she was able to see him again.

But until then, they would just have to wait.