AN: I don't own MIOBI or the Characters. The only Characters I own are my own.
It was the end of the first day of competition. I made it to the all around. I tied with Amanda in points on Team USA so we both go into the All Around. We had a lot of competition. Romania, China, the UK, Russia, Brazil, Australia, Japan, Germany and Italy had a lot of tough girls who were really good. I was nervous for the all around. I didn't think I would make it.
My dad took the whole team out to a fancy Spanish restaurant La Hacienda where my dad ordered a Mexican rib eye steak and all of us athletes had a southwestern style Spanish salad.
We ate in silence for a while all enjoying our meals. My dad was the first to speak.
"I'm proud of you girls. If you do as well as you did today then you will definitely bring home the gold."
I spoke up and said
"We'll do better than that couch. We'll do even better tomorrow. Won't we girls?"
They all agreed with me and my dad paid the tab and we went back to the hotel.
I didn't think I would be able to sleep. I was right. I was so nervous. It wasn't curfew yet for the US Worlds team so I called my dad and asked him if I could go down to the pool so I could try to relax since I couldn't sleep.
"Dad I can't sleep can I go down to the pool and sit in the hot tub and see if that helps relax me. I just don't know what's going on with me. I guess I'm just really nervous."
"I don't think it's a good idea Emily. Not with your biological dad here. But if you want to you can. Just keep your phone close by in case you need me."
"I know I wish my dad would just go away. He has no right to be here because I don't want him in my life, I promise to keep my phone on me incase you need me or I need you. Thanks dad."
"Be careful Emily I love you."
"I love you too dad."
I hung up and went to my suitcase and got my swimsuit out. You would think I was in a leotard because it looked like one. I put my shorts on and went down to the pool. I sat in the hot tub and it felt really good. I started to relax instantly after I sat in the hot tub.
A few minutes later my dad James walks in. I roll my eyes and hope he's here just to take a swim. He joins me at the hot tub and starts talking to me.
"So Emily, why won't you let me manage you?"
"Because you mean nothing to me, I don't want you in my life anymore. Get out of here before I call someone to come take care of you so I don't have to worry about this anymore."
"Threatening me eh Emily? Why oh why are you being like this? Why won't you let me help you get what's best for you?"
Little did James know I had grabbed my phone and behind my back I speed dialed my dad Sasha so he could hear what was going on.
"No I'm not threatening you I'm telling you to get out of here. And you don't know what's best for me. No one knows what's best for me but my dad Sasha. And if anyone were to manage me it would be him. He's the best damn coach, manager, and father to me than you ever will be now get away from me. I'm trying to relax if you don't mind."
"Emily, Emily, Emily, you've made a big mistake. I can break you, you know. I know one of the judges. Let me manage you or I'll make a phone call because this judge owes me a favor."
My dad walks in right as James's is saying all of that and he's pissed from the look on his face.
Sasha-"I think you better leave now James. I'm calling security and then I'm going to talk to the National Gymnastics committee about what you just said so this judge friend of yours will be watched."
James-"You made a big mistake Belov for keeping my daughter from me. I will get you back."
"Dad lets just go to our rooms. I'm ready for bed now."
After security escorted James out of the hotel I walked back to the rooms with my dad. I was down the hall from him.
"Dad? Can I come in for a couple of minutes to talk to you please?"
"Sure Emily, you know you can come to me anytime you need to talk."
My dad unlocks his room and ushers me in and I sit down by the window overlooking the city with my back to my dad so he can't see the tears rolling down my eyes. My dad walks over to me and sits down next to me and notices me crying.
"Emily, its ok I'm not going to let James hurt you or try to ruin your career. You have my word."
"Dad I'm so scared that James is going to try to hurt me. After what I've been through with that guy who hurt me I'm scared. I don't know if I can go into the all around with him watching."
"Emily don't you dare think like that. You are an amazing gymnast and you know you can do it. Don't let James get into your head and don't be starting to think about that day that that guy hurt you. It will only cause you to lose your focus tomorrow."
"I know dad but I'm really scared. I don't know what to do."
"You'll do amazing tomorrow Emily and don't worry I texted Ellen Beils and told her about what James said to you at the pool. So don't worry about a single thing I will always be looking out for you."
"I don't think I can sleep anymore I'm so scared."
"Go back to your room Emily, get what you need and you can sleep in here tonight if it makes you feel better. I promised to protect you and I intend to keep that promise."
"Thanks dad. I don't know what I would do without you. You've changed my life. You also gave me new meaning to my life."
"You'll sleep in here tonight in the second bed and in the morning you'll get up and you'll go kick ass in the all around."
"Dad what about Amanda? What if James comes back into the hotel, gets my room number and room key and goes in there to try to scare me again into letting him be my manager and Amanda's in there alone? I can't abandon her dad. I just can't."
"Ok, I'm going to go down and get us a suit room. It'll have up to 6 beds and I'll get a joining room so that if he comes in you can come get me. All of you girls need to get your stuff packed up in case I can get us the suit and adjoining room."
I got back to my room that I share with Amanda and I wake her up and tell her to pack her bag because my dad was going to try to get us a suit room. I then go to Kaylie's room that she shares with Kelly and Natalie and tell them to pack their bags and about the suit room. The only room that I had left was Payson and Lauren's room. I was lucky that Lauren is a light sleeper.
My dad calls me and says he was able to get the suit room and the front desk told him to have us leave our room keys in our rooms and when they clean the rooms in the morning they will gather them.
We meet my dad on the next floor up so we can have our suite room. I actually felt a lot better having all of the girls around. I felt more focused.
I woke up in the morning super energized and ready to go. I knew I could place today and either get the gold, silver or bronze.
I woke up all the girls and told them today was the day that Team USA was going to get the gold.
We met my dad in the Lobby of the Hotel and rode over with the guys to the Rock star gymnast Arena.
We walked in single file past all of the reporters and into the arena for the day so we could kick some major butt.
They made announcements first, of all of the people competing today in the all around. The US was up on vault first. Amanda went first on vault and did a Yurchenko 3 and only did a little hop.
I was up after Ivanka Kirilenko. I was so scared because Ivanka did the vault that I was going to do, The Produnova. I looked at my dad/coach and had the deer in the headlights look on my face.
My dad walks over to me and rubs my shoulders trying to calm me down. I looked at him and whispered: "Dad I can't go out there and do that vault after Ivanka did. I'll look like a fool and I won't get a medal."
"Emily what about the vault that you and I have been working on The Podkopayeva? I know you can do that one perfectly. I've seen you land that one a lot and you've gotten so better with it. If you want you can do that one. Just keep saying to yourself 'I will nail this vault. I am the best. I deserve this. I know I can do this.'"
"I will nail this vault. I am the best. I deserve this. I know I can do this."
"Keep this in your head while you run the vault and you will nail it no problem. I believe in you Emily and you need to believe in yourself."
"Thanks dad."
I go out and I prepare for my run. I keep thinking I will nail this vault. I am the best. I deserve this. I know I can do this. I believe. I know I can do this.
I run down the runway and I jump on the springboard and I do The Podkopoyevor and I nail it perfectly with no step or hop. I salute the judges and I look up in the stands and everyone that's from the US watching is giving me a standing ovation.
We make the next rotation to Beam. Beam was one of my weakest apparatus's and I was worried but I kept thinking I got this I can do this.
My dad gets me a springboard and places it at the end of the Beam. I jump on the springboard a little to check the bounce on it. I then take a few steps back. Then I run up to the springboard and I jump on it and do a front tuck mount onto the beam. I do a cartwheel to the middle of the beam and do a split leap and then do a Pirouette. I do another split leap and then do a back handspring. I do another split leap and then I do a back handspring-layout step out. I am now ready for my dismount. I was going to do a front double tuck. I ran down the beam and did a little cartwheel at the end and landed my front double tuck perfectly without a single step or hop.
I knew I could do it and it felt amazing.
Amanda was up next. She did amazing too. I can't really remember what she did because I was visualizing my bars routine and I knew that if I visualize what I was going to do then I knew that, that would help me do even more amazing.
Our next rotation was uneven bars and Amanda was up first again. She did an amazing double layout dismount.
I got my grips out of my gym bag and chalked up and got ready for my Double Arabian mount onto the lower bar and started my routine with a cast squat on. I built my momentum up so I could transition from the low bar to the high bar. Once I got to the high bar I did a kip cast handstand. After my handstand I jumped back to the lower bar and did a clear hip and a front hip circle. I stood on top of the low bar and basically fell forward to the high bar and started to build up my momentum to do a double flyaway and then dismounted with a double layout. I saluted once I landed perfectly without a step or a hop.
I looked up at the scoreboard and I scored almost perfect. I got a 16.5 and I was so elated that I was just about jumping for joy. I ran over to Sasha and gave him a hug.
We were on our last and final rotation. Amanda and I were up on floor. I was first this time. She did an amazing floor routine and I knew it would be one of us getting gold.
My choreography was flawless thanks to Leslie Grimes who worked with me for days until I got it perfect. Along with my choreography I did a full in-full out stretched, a full in-full out, a double layout, layout front, handstand full pirouette, 3 steps, butterfly 2/1, a full out, double flyaway, aerial cartwheel, Arabian dive roll, Arabian double front, and a Jager/piked Jager.
The judges must have loved what I did because I got the highest score of everyone and Amanda got the second highest.
After all the rotations the rest of the teams went for the team and with Amanda and I having already competed the only ones competing were Kaylie, Lauren, Payson, Kelly and Natalie.
It was a little over a half an hour and the competing was done. The US won the gold with China coming close behind to get the silver and Russia getting the bronze. It was a really close competition. I got all around gold and Amanda got all around silver with Ivanka close behind Amanda by 1/10 of a point.
After the meddling ceremony and the US National Anthem my dad comes up to me and tells me that a committee member wanted to speak to me.
I was only on antibiotics so I didn't know what he wanted to talk to me about because I didn't do anything wrong.
I get up to where the committee member wants to talk to me and I'm shaking on the inside and I don't know what to do. I just won the All around World's Gold and was the World champion and the team won team gold too so I just hoped I didn't hurt my team by whatever I did.
"My name is Gregory Finashaline. I'm a part of the World's National Gymnastic Committee and I want to talk to you about what I found in your urine."
"What is this about? I'm on antibiotics to keep from getting an infection from something that happened to me a month ago."
"I'm sorry but this isn't about banned substances it's something else. It seems that…..
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