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Chapter 2
I had just broken up with Damon Young yesterday so I was struggling with my training today. I couldn't land any of my dismounts. Sasha could see that something was bothering me. I could see him walking over to talk to me. I knew I couldn't tell him about Damon because of the no dating rule at The Rock. But I knew I couldn't lie to him.
"Emily what is going on with you today? You're not sticking any landings."
"I know Sasha and I'm sorry. Can we talk later after training is over?"
"Sure thing Emily. Are you ok? If you need a break or to quit early let me know, ok? You have a key to the house while your mom and brother are out of town. You know you can take my car and I can take a taxi home. You can go to the house and unwind and relax if you need to."
"Thanks Sasha. I'm going to keep training though even if I have to do the simple stuff like a round off back handspring or the blocking drill."
"Ok Emily just come to me if you need help."
"Ok Sasha."
Training had just gotten out and I went to the locker room to shower and change. Payson was in there too changing. She noticed the look on my face and I could see she was concerned about me.
"What's wrong Em? You look upset and I also saw you training today and you looked distracted. It just doesn't seem like you at all."
"It's nothing Pay. I broke up with Damon yesterday and it got to my head today. It's just that no matter how hard I tried to push it out of my mind it just kept coming back every time I dismounted. I don't know what to do Pay."
I had started to cry by the time I finished talking and I couldn't stop the flow of tears. Payson came over and hugged me.
"Oh Em, I'm so sorry. If you need someone to talk to I'm here for you. I am sorry though but my mom is waiting for me. I have to meet my physical therapist today so he can check up on how my training is going since I returned. But call me if you need anything, ok? Try to get rid of the distractions, ok?"
"Ok thanks Pay. For everything."
"You're welcome Em. See you tomorrow morning."
"Yeah see ya Pay."
After I talked to Payson and finished showering and changing I went to find Sasha who was in his office. I have to admit I was nervous about talking to Sasha. I knocked on the office door to announce my presence and cleared my throat. Sasha looked up at me with questioning eyes.
"Sasha can I talk to you?"
"Sure Emily, what's up?"
"Sasha I have to tell you something and you'll probably be mad at me."
"What did you do Emily?"
"Sasha I broke the no dating rule. The only reason I was distracted today is because I broke up with Damon Young yesterday. I told him rules are there for a reason and told him not to contact me anymore. I'm so sorry Sasha."
I couldn't stop the flow of tears. Sasha walked over to me from behind his desk and hugged me, then said softly
"I'm disappointed that you broke the rule and snuck around with a boy knowing the distractions that comes with dating. But I'm proud that you came forward and told me the truth. Thank you Emily."
"I'm sorry I lied to you Sasha. I didn't mean to and if you want to punish me I'll start right now. I'll do anything you want me to do. I promise."
I only said that because I felt so bad. I always hated Sasha's punishments because they were so brutal and long. But the only thing he did was look at me with sad eyes.
"Emily I'm not going to punish you. You did the right thing by telling me. I'm proud that you did."
"Thank you Sasha. I just feel so bad that I broke your rule, but no more. I promise you that Sasha."
"Good cause if you broke another one of my rules I would have to punish you. Now no more distractions Emily just clear your head of everything. I'll be at least two more hours. I have some paperwork to file. If you want to train while I work, you are more than welcome to. If you don't want to train you can take my car and go to the house."
"Ok thank you Sasha. But if I take your car how will you get home?"
"You're welcome Emily. If you decide to train just remember that if you need help just come get me, ok? And if you took the car cause you wanted to go to the house I would take a cab home. I honestly don't mind Emily. I trust you."
"Ok thank you Sasha."
"Hey Emily before you decide whether to go back to the house or train can you lock up for me?"
"Yeah sure Sasha, no problem."
"Mulţumesc Emily."
I looked at Sasha with a confused quizzical look.
"What does Mulţumesc mean Sasha?"
"It means thank you in my native tongue Romanian."
"I wish I could learn a different language. But with all the time I spend training and doing school work I don't have that much time to."
"Maybe one day Emily."
"I think after I lock up I'm going to head to the house and find something to cook for supper. You've done so much for me so it's the least I could do."
"Ok Emily, call if you need anything."
"I will Sasha."
"Ok bye Emily."
"Bye Sasha. If you want instead of taking a cab I can come get you and then cook what I plan once I plan it."
"Thank you Emily. If you do come get me just call first ok so that I know that you're coming."
"Ok Sasha see you later."
After my talk with Sasha I felt better knowing that he now knew why I had been distracted that day. I was shocked when Sasha had said that he wasn't going to punish me for breaking the rule and then lying about it after. I had half expected him to yell and tell me that I was going to be punished for it. I'm glad he took it really good.
I locked up the gym for Sasha and then headed over to his blue 2010 Stingray Corvette. Once I unlocked it and got in it felt weird to me to be in such a fancy sports car. I liked it though so I started her up and slowly and carefully backed out of Sasha's parking spot.
It was only a 10 minute drive back to the house. Once I got to the house I took out my phone before going to the kitchen to look for something for supper for Sasha and me. I noticed that I had 2 missed calls and 3 new text messages. The missed calls were both from my mom. I wondered how her and Brian were doing. Next I checked the texts.
*Emily I need you to call me as soon as you get this…Love mom*
*Emily I need to talk to you about something important…Love mom*
*Emily what are you doing? You're not answering your phone or answering your texts. I need to talk to you ASAP…Love mom*
I was trying to figure out what my mom would need to talk to me about. I went back to the texts and just texted my mom instead. I needed to figure out what to fix for supper.
*Mom I was training all day today. Just got back to Sasha's place. About to look for something for supper for him and I as a thank you to him for all he's done for me. I'll call you as soon as I'm done…Love Emily.*
After I texted my mom I went to the kitchen and I went about looking for the stuff I would need for tonight. I went to the freezer and took out the bag of boneless chicken breasts and put them in the sink and then looked to see if Sasha had all the spices that I would need. Seeing as he had them all I went in search of the other things I would need.
Since he had everything I needed I decided to do some laundry for him since I needed to do laundry too. So I went to the laundry room and started the washer and put in some detergent and then filled it halfway with my clothes and the other half with his clothes.
After I got done doing that I noticed the time and called Sasha.
"Hello Emily do you need something? Is everything alright?"
"Yeah everything's fine Sasha. I was just wondering if you're almost done and if you are I was going to come get you."
"Oh thank you Emily. I'll be half an hour more and then should be ready."
"Ok I'll be out front soon I have to call my mom first and then I'll be right over."
"Ok Emily see you soon."
"Ok bye Sasha."
"Bye Emily."
After I hung up the phone I hit the speed dial for my mom and it only rang twice before my mom picked up the phone. It had sounded like she had been either crying or sleeping.
"Hi Sweetheart."
"Mom, what's wrong it sounds like you've been crying."
"Honey I wish I could sit you down and talk to you about this face to face but I'm not there."
"Mom you're scaring me. What's going on?"
"Emily, Brian and I are staying here in Charleston, South Carolina. I'm sorry Honey but we have no other option."
"What are you talking about there is always another option. Mom I can't just pack up and leave The Rock behind. My friends are here. My life is here. I belong at The Rock training. No other coach can get through to me."
"Sweetie I'm trying to figure it out. But when you have some time off can you pack the house up for me? I have to stay here with Brian."
"Um sure mom, I suppose I can do that. How come you're staying in South Carolina?"
"Emily there are specialists here that can help Brian when I can't. When neither you nor I are home he needs someone to stay with him. His seizures are getting worse and he's getting them more frequently."
"Oh my god is Brian ok? Tell him I love him for me please. I guess I can talk to Sasha when I go pick him up for The Rock."
"You're staying with Sasha? And you don't have a car how can you go pick him up?"
"He lent me his car mom. I'm going to go pick him up in the next ten minutes."
"Oh ok. I'm sorry Emily about this bombshell. I know it sucks. We'll come visit you when we can. I promise sweetheart. I'll try to come to Worlds and be there to cheer you on."
"Thanks mom it means a lot to me. I love you mom. I'm sorry to cut this short but I have to go pick up Sasha now."
'Ok I love you too Hun. Take care of yourself. I'll try calling you later."
"Ok mom. I will. I'll talk to you later."
"Ok Honey, bye now."
"Bye mom."
After I hung up the phone I started to cry. I can't believe my baby brother was getting worse and that my mom and him were moving away. What was I supposed to do? Where will I go? I couldn't stop crying and by the time I pulled in front of The Rock it was well after the time that Sasha said he'd be done. I wondered where he was. Instead of waiting for Sasha in the car I went and unlocked the doors and once inside I relocked them.
I walked up to Sasha's office and knocked. Sasha looked up from what he was doing. All of a sudden his face went from showing frustration at the paperwork he was filling out to concern and worry about me.
"Emily what's wrong?"
"Oh Sasha what am I going to do? Where am I going to go? I'm just so confused. Why do they have to move away and leave me behind?"
"What are you talking about Emily? Just slow down for a second, ok? What's going on? Who's moving?"
"My mom and Brian, Brian needs specialists to help take care of him while mom is at work and I'm hardly ever home and with what we get paid here we couldn't afford them. Mom decided to move to South Carolina and she just told me today. What am I going to do Sasha? I have no place to go. No family here, nothing."
"Oh Emily, I'm so sorry. We will talk to your mom and see if she wouldn't mind filling out adoption papers and I'll adopt you and you can stay with me. Do you like that idea?"
"Oh my god Sasha are you serious? Do you really want to adopt me? I would love to live with you and be a part of your family."
"Well then it's settled we'll talk to your mom tomorrow about it and go from there. Let's go out and celebrate instead. I know you're a good cook but lets save it for tomorrow if your mom says yes."
"Ok sounds good. Thank you so much for this Sasha. I don't know what I would do if I hadn't of met you. No one else has ever got me to put all of my trust into them like you have."
"You're welcome Emily. Come on lets go. Where would you like to go for supper tonight?"
"I don't know Sasha. How about Pepper Corn?"
"Ok Pepper Corn it is then. I will always be there for you Emily all you have to do is ask."
"I know that now. Thank you Sasha."
"Welcome Emily."
I never felt happier after that. I felt like I had found a place I can belong when my mother wasn't there anymore but she would always be my mother. I love her and I love Sasha like a dad.
AN: I hoped you liked this Chapter. Please Review. This was a little longer chapter than the first. My chapter lengths will vary so please be patient with me. Another thanks goes out to charliegunner8 for being my beta and helping me make this story better.
