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Two chapters in one month. Makes up for February and March.
Now onto Chapter Twenty-six!
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Previously
"Kaylie, how does it feel to finally be here?
"It feels great to be here. I can't wait to go out there and compete against some of the best team out there."
"Emily, a lot of people were sure that you wouldn't make the National Team, but you did and even the Worlds Team, how does that feel for you?"
"Feels amazing. I had a lot of intense training but I have some of the greatest support out there. My coach, my teammates which are my best friends and my family. I couldn't ask for a better support group." The crowd awwed at Emily's response.
"Payson, you were a power gymnast and now you are an artistic gymnast. Can you tell us a bit on how that happen?"
"Well after my accident, I grew a bit taller, so some tricks were harder to perform. Sasha, being the awesome coach that he is, took it upon himself and thought me to be an artistic gymnast for the Floor, but also a bit of the power gymnast for other apparatus. It was a grueling process, but he made it work."
The questions kept on going until Emily's stomach growled loudly enough that the questions quickly stopped and they were led out of the press conference and quickly into the restaurant for supper.
"Alright, Ladies, now I want you to go to your room, relax and go to bed early tonight. Worlds starts tomorrow." Sasha told the girls after they had finished eating and they all made their way to their rooms.
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At 5:30 am, when everything was quiet, except for an alarm clock going off and banging at the door. Emily crawled out of bed and opened the door to find Sasha up and ready to go. As soon as he saw her, he grinned at her hair. It was all over the place.
"Morning." Sasha told her before sneaking a small kiss on her lips. "Wanna get the girls up and ready. We have to be at the gym before 7:00am."
"Ya, the alarm just went off. I will make sure we are done very soon." Emily said before closing the door on Sasha and went to wake up the rest of the girls.
Each of the girls moaned and groaned as they got out of bed and went about their morning routine. They were used to getting up this early, but the beds were so comfortable that it felt like a sin to get out. If they could, they would have probably stayed in bed all day.
"Make sure you have something light but nutritious." Sasha said as he walked by them to get his own breakfast. "Don't want you girls sick on the mats because you ate too much or not enough."
"Oh gross, Sasha. I did not need that picture in my head. Thanks a lot." Lauren told him with her attitude, but giggling afterwards.
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The parents and supporters were in their seats by 7:00 and the girls were ready to go as well. All the Nationals anthems were played of all the the teams. Rules were explained so everyone knew exactly what they were and it was also announced that the Top 4 teams of today's competition would be advancing into next day's competition.
The Russian and Chinese teams were ranking in the high scores with the USA team right behind them. It didn't matter what they did. It just wasn't enough to beat the two other teams at the moment.
Sasha was able to tell that it was affect the girls greatly. They wanted to be in the Top 4 really bad that they were pushing hard and making a few mistakes. They had dropped down to fifth place by mid-day.
"Look, I know that you are given you are trying your hardest, but while doing so, you are making mistakes that you usually don't do and that is what is costing you. You know your routines, stick with them. Don't let the Russians and the Chinese get into your head. They want you to fail. Show them what you are made of; that you won't back down without a fight." Sasha gave them a pep talked.
The rest of the day, the competition had gotten harder and the girls were now in fourth place, and at the end of the day, with the last routine, Kelly Parker took her position and did her routine on the uneven bars. They had to wait a bit, but with her result, they had secured the fourth place and going into the second day of competition.
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"Girls, I know today was hard. They Russians and Chinese got into your heads today and that is why you were making all the mistake. They were small but significant enough for the judges to deduct those points. I want you to relax and focus for tomorrow. I don't care what you do but just make sure you don't let them get into those pretty heads of yours. You are stronger than they are. Can you girls do that for me?" Sasha told them as they all listen to him in their room.
"Tomorrow, we will make you proud, Sasha." Emily told him as she grabbed Kelly's and Payson's hand which caused the girls to grabbed each other's hand and Jordan and Lauren grabbed Sasha.
"Thank you, but I am already proud of all of you. Just make yourself proud tomorrow." Sasha said as they had a group hug and walked out the door.
"I know, let's all crash in the living room. Slumber party." Lauren said smiling and the girls split up into their room, grabbed their stuff and settled into the living room for the night.
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Day Two of the Worlds started off with Sasha entering the girls' room at 5:30am only to find them all sleeping in the living room peacefully. He smiled at himself when he realized he would be walking them up. He turned all the lights on waking them up in the process.
"Let's go girls. We have competition to win!" Sasha told them when they all sat up.
"Ok, Sasha. Please tell me we have somewhat of a vacation after this."
"Yes, Lauren, you are going to get a week's vacation before heading to the USA Training Centre. Now up!"
"Oh thank god. Can't wait for that vacation." Lauren exclaimed as she rolled out of her make-shift bed.
"I want to you see at the gym at 6:45 am and ready to win."
"You got it, Boss Man." Jordan said as everyone got up.
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The day was going great compare to the day before. The USA team had kept third place all day and going strong. There was no mistake being done today. They were in their zone and for them, it was going to stick like that. Nothing was going to stop them from trying their very best and winning. All the girls were, in their own rights, on fire.
"Next up on Vault, from Team USA, Emily Kmetko." It was announced on the PA system.
"Good luck, Girl." "You got this, Emily." The rest of the team cheered on as Emily walked to the starting line.
'I'm getting a gold on this.' Emily thought to herself as she saluted and started running towards the Vault. She flew through the air and performed a Zamolodchikova-tsukahara. Everything went perfect until the ending. She had landed on her right foot, injuring it in the process. As soon as she saluted the judges after her routine, she collapse.
"Are you ok?" Sasha asked after he rushed over to make sure she was alright. "Do you think you can do your second vault?"
"I'm fine but I'm not sure, I can try." Emily said to Sasha as he helped her up.
"Go for a handspring. Just complete the second vault. If you have too, land on one foot." Sasha told her as he helped her to the starting line. She saluted once more and started off running again, ignoring the pain and did a yamashita handspring, landed on one foot, quickly saluting the judges before collapsing again, landing the USA into first place for now.
The crowd was quiet until Austin started a slow clap which grew into a standing ovation for Emily as Sasha picked up her bridal style and carried her over to the medical station to be examined.
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By the time the last event, Floor, of the day was about to begin, Emily's foot was wrapped up and she was on crutches, but she stood by her team. She looked to the apparatus to see Kaylie about to beginning her routine.
The routine was strong and powerful. Kaylie had executed her tricks with grace and power. She had the crowd cheering for her, from start to finish. As soon as she had saluted the judges, she ran off to be with her team while everyone was waiting for the final score to be revealed. The jumbo began to move, showing third and second place, and then finally, first place, the USA! The girls screamed and jumped into Emily. They had prevailed and won! They all made it to the podium as one and helped Emily get on.
"Can you believe it?" Emily said to Lauren.
"No, but I am so enjoying this!" Lauren smiled as she received her gold medal.
Sasha looked at the girls with proud. He knew they could win and they had proven it to him and themselves. As much as he was proud of the girls, he was even more proud of Emily and what she had accomplished today. A second vault with a very bad injured ankle.
As soon as they were done with the medal ceremony, the press went into a frenzy with questions. All wanting answers right away. The girls were too happy to care about it at the moment, but Emily just wanted to relax. Her ankle was bothering badly.
"I will help you to your room, Emily." Sasha volunteered as he helped her into the elevator.
Once inside the girls' room, Sasha sat her down on the couch, elevated her foot on the coffee table and sat down beside her to watch a bit of TV, but not before stealing a passionate kiss.
"I'm so proud of you, Emily."
"I would do it for the team again."
"I'm sure they know that, but what I want to know is did you know that after the second vault, the US was in first place?"
"Seriously?" Emily asked while sitting up quickly.
"Yes. First place and with Kaylie's floor routine, it won us the gold." Sasha explained to her as she looked at her medal around her neck. "Now rest up. I'm sure the girls will be up here soon."
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TWO CHAPTERS IN ONE DAY! This is me making it up to you guys. Hope you like it! Please review!