The weekend went better than she had anticipated, the girls were thrilled about the upcoming nuptials and they managed to get everything they needed for the big day. She was also happy to finally speak to Emily about the pregnancy and also elevate the negativity she thought Emily may have sensed when she first told her about her and Damon expecting.

She arrived home late Sunday afternoon to an empty apartment. Sasha had promised he would spend time at the new house sorting it ready to be habitable. She quickly unpacked her things and headed to the new place. Sasha SUV was parked up,so she jumped out and made her way in, calling after him.

"Sasha, you here"

"hey, your here already?" he raced down the stairs and swept her off her feet, kissing her with raw passion

"So you missed me then!" she mocked as he set her back down

"Yes and I'm not ashamed to admit it" he said seriously

"Oh that's why I love you, coz your a soft romantic under that tough image"

"Yeah, that's me" he smiled, "talking about being a softy, I have a little surprise for you...come on"

he led her up to the master bedroom, with her eyes closed. He took her inside and told her to open them, she stayed still for awhile, mouth wide open in awe. The bedroom was completely finished, painted a light purple with dark purple curtain and matching bed spread. The king sized bed was in the middle of the room with a large TV screen hung up on the wall opposite the bed, straight in-front of her was the window with a view of the beautiful garden, she could even see he pond. She looked around and though this is actually from a magazine!

"When did you do all this" gasping in a breath

"well I finished it about an hour ago" he said with a smile "you like it?"

"like it... I absolutely love it... you are just to perfect, thank you"

"well I thought if were getting married, were going to need somewhere to...aah" getting a little shy

"Consummate it!" she smiled

"well I... yeah" he laughed at how well she knew him

"There was me thinking you done it just for me!"

"Oh I did but..."

Moving right up to him and fitting snuggle into his embrace "I'm joking... I really love it and I also love why you did it"

Getting a little more sensual, they started to kiss harder with more intensity, soon he was leading her towards the bed and she was following him willfully. He lay back and she was next to him in a flash, not wanting to part with one another for a second. They continued divulging in each others bodies for a while longer,

"stop...wait" breathing heavily and not really wanting to stop, "we have nothing here, do we?" she said utterly disappointed

Sasha slammed his head back on the bed, "ooh nothing"

they both lay back on the bed, looking at one another, "maybe its a good thing" Sasha said with enthusiasm

Payson's eyes grew wide with sarcasm, "uh...why?"

"well maybe we should wait until were married"

"WHAT... that's 5 weeks away"

"4 weeks and 6 days actually", Payson give him an even more concerned look, "i don't mean a complete ban, I just mean in this house"

"Oh right...good, I thought you wanted nothing for 4 weeks 6 days"

"AH NO... I was kind of hoping we could go back to the apartment now"

"Great idea", with that the pair grabbed their things and left in a hurry.

#

The following 2 weeks flew by, the gym was pretty quiet, they did have a meet coming up, but it was nothing big. Nicky Russo and Kelly Parker had continued work at Denver and asked for a low scale meet for their non Elite members one week before the wedding.

Payson felt ultra calm,she had managed to get just about everything done for the wedding, she had sorted the vows, the photographer, the hair dresser and even managed to keep it all from the press.

Kim was super excited, she had sent out invitations inviting people to a house warming party as Payson really didn't want the fuss. She had told those closest to them it was actually their wedding day, but so that the press didn't get wind of it they settled for a house warming.

"Pay, come here" Kim called from the office

Payson was reluctant to leave the gymnasts, "What is it mom, those guys really need me right now"

"tomorrow morning, were going on a little trip, just me you and Becca – that okay"

"What for"

"well your not having a real hens night so I thought us three could do something special" Kim smiled, "Plus your dad and Boris have cooked up something for Sasha"

"OH NO, god help him on"

"So that OK, only thing is they don't want Sasha to know until they pick him up, can you sort it"

"Mother are you asking me to deceive my fiance!"

"Not deceive, just surprise"

"as your my mother and I trust my father completely with my soon to be husband – yes of course I will" she laughed as Kim reeled of the details.

#

next morning they both had a doctors appointment to get a jab they needed for their honeymoon and a check up. The were both done by 10, so headed back home

"oh by the way, mom asked me to go out with her for the day today and dad said he wanted some help doing something at their house, I kindly volunteered you... sorry" she said putting her puppy dog eyes on so he couldn't get cross.

"No problem, that just means he owes me when I got a nasty job on at our house!"

"so where you going" Sasha said smiling at her

"Not sure mom said it was a surprise"

#

Kim and Becca picked Payson up, Kim had given strict instruction on what to bring. The group headed off into boulder, they arrived at Boulders swankiest hotel and were ushered straight inside.

"Why are we here?" Payson said confused

"well my grown up girl, Becca and I wanted to do something special for you, so we have booked a room for the night and were going to be pampered all day and out for a nice meal tonight"

"OH mom...thank you" throwing her arms around her mom and pulling her in for a hug

they went up to the room and were each give robes, slippers and a towel. They were then directed to the spa, there were already a few people laying back with fully body mud treatments on.

"we having that" Payson whispered to Becca

couching loudly and speaking loud enough so the whole room could hear"ooh um what the mud treatment, yeah Payson were having that"

"Sshe" Payson was almost dying at how load Becca spoke.

Kim giggled and moved her daughters towards the three empty spaces.

They lay back and the beauticians went to work.

"This is so nice, having my mom and my sister all day" Payson sighed

"Yep" Becca replied with a snarl

"What was that laugh for"

"aah .. its ticklish"

One of the other party removed her eye mask and looked at the three Keelers, "You know it's rude to be so loud in a place like this" before bursting out in fits of laughter

Payson looked shocked, before noticing her mom and Becca rolling around in fits, she soon realized it was Kaylie Cruz

Another head popped up, "Yea and shes right it is so ticklish!"Emily laughed

"but it does wonders for your skin!" Lauren finished

"AAAH, Oh my god, what are you guys doing here" Payson wriggled off the table and run to her friends, hugging them – making her muddy

Chloe then perked up, "Hey my adorable Pay Pay, surprise"

Summer and Ronnie were both their too., Payson was completely shocked and overwhelmed.

The girls were pampered into the late afternoon, they chatted and giggled over stories from the past, they tried endlessly to get gossip on Sasha, Payson was reluctant to spill since her mom was in the room. The party retired back to their rooms and met later to attend a wine tasting event.

The group had a wonderful evening and eventually ending up in a club, Chloe fitted right in with the younger ladies, but Kim, Summer and Ronnie were completely out of their depths. Chloe, ever the party planner had them drinking shots and cocktail until they finally relaxed. Soon the trio were dancing and grinding up against a group of young stags.

#

meanwhile the boys, including Mark, Boris, Sasha, Austin, Alex and Damon headed off to a go kart racing track. Boris had organized it as Sasha used to love it as a kid.

The group arrived eager to go, once suited and booted they were off, 2 hours of testosterone fulled racing – great stuff!

Once the were done, they headed into Boulder for a night on the tiles. Firstly the checked into their hotel, not to far from the girls, then they were out for the night.

Mark, Boris and Alex stood back and watched as the youngsters let loose. The watched the live game of basketball in the sports bar before moving onto a nightclub. The lads had gotten Sasha plastered and finally convinced the older men to take on a little from the top shelf too, the group were now extremely merry! After a while Sasha made his way to his soon-to-be father in-law and started ranting on about Payson

"Your daughter is without doubt the most magnificent and beautiful thing I ever seen"

Mark laughed, "I'll remind you of that when shes demanding"

"No, you wont have too, do you know why... well I'm gonna tell you why now... coz she just is... I love her I just love her"

Mark placed his arm around Sasha, "I might not say this much, but your the best thing that ever happened to my baby girl. I'm over the moon that your my part of my family... really I am"

"I love you too, Mark.. do you know why... well I'm gonna tell you... I love you for allowing me to be with Payson, I know she was young, but she was head strong and I love you for making her that way"

"I love you too" Mark said falling into Sasha a little more, "Shall we go find the girls"

The two men sneaked off to find their women, Kim had told Mark where they were and ensured they hadn't gotten Sasha to drunk.

They walked into the club, Payson instantly recognized her man coming and run up to him.

"hey baby" pulling her into a provocative kiss, "I f**king love you" he shouted

Payson went in for another passionate kiss, the ladies flocked around them and mocked the two, Sasha was to drunk to notice and told payson how sexy she looked.

Mark made his way to Kim and pulled her into a similar embrace, "Have I told you how god darn sexy you are"

Kim blushed slightly before realizing no one was around, she grabbed his face and pulled him into a passionate kiss, mimicking that of her daughters.

The girls made fun of Sasha, they hadn't really seen him being so affectionate with Payson before, they still seen him as their coach. They were all a little shocked at how much passion the two had, the fire between them was electrifying.

"You two must have amazing sex" Lauren piped in

"We do" Sasha announced to the group, before pulling Payson a little closed to him.

The group fell into fits of laughter, Payson didn't bother to blush, she simply embraced their public affection.