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Austin grinned as he glanced at Kaylie and Kelly on either side of him. He raised up in his seat and found his target easily enough. The imaginary horns he envisioned was making the throw almost impossible to miss. Kelly grinned when Ellen Beals kept on rubbing the back of her head in annoyance as if she was making sure nothing was disrupting what she thought was a stylish hairdo.

Austin smirked when he felt a jab in his ribs coming from both sides. He turned between Kelly and Kaylie with an annoyed expression. "What? I have to pass this long ass flight to Germany some way. What better way than to annoy the hell out of Ellen Beals and this James Reed guy?"

Kelly rolled her eyes and shook her head. "Okay need we remind you that James Reed and Ellen Beals is on the coaching staff and could make your life a living hell? Marty and Sasha can't save you from this guy nor can he protect you from Beals. Both of them are ruthless and cruel especially Reed."

Kaylie leaned over Austin and placed a hand on his knee. "Well me, Pay, and Em all thought Sasha was a ruthless slave driver, but he's not like that at all."

Kelly smirked and shook her head and whispered at them. "Well of course he wouldn't be like that. Not when he has the hots for one of you."

Austin clamped a hand over Kelly's mouth and narrowed his eyes before hissing in her ear. "Would you shut up Parker. No one is supposed to know that Payson and Sasha are married and having a baby. Keep it on the DL would ya?"

Kelly rolled her eyes and licked his hand to keep his hands away from her face. She smiled when he wiped his hand on his jeans in disgust. "Well no shit Sherlock. Of course no one is supposed to know. And I am keeping it on the DL and my promise of not saying anything thank you very much."

"Yea well we don't want them," Austin jerked his head towards where Beals and Reed sat, "to over hear us or anything. So no talking about the power couple of gymnastics while we're in the public eye."

Kelly rolled her eyes and shrugged before turning towards her right where the isle was. "He Em, how long did you say this flight was supposed to last?"

Emily groaned and glanced at her phone before looking back up at Kelly. "Sasha said the flight was about seven or eight hours." She glanced at her phone and sighed again before continuing. "And we've only been in the air about thirty minutes so we have a long way to go."

Kelly scoffed before grabbing her phone. "Well if I have to be on a flight with Tucker over here then I'm occupying myself in the best way I can." She turned towards Kaylie and smiled as she took in her two friends beside her. Kaylie and Austin were leaning on each other trying to get comfortable for the long flight. She glanced to her right and smirked as Emily drummed her fingers against the armrest as she listened to music more than likely composed by her rock-star boyfriend. Next to Emily Payson was trying to get comfortable in her chair.

Kelly shook her head before balling up her blanket. "Mama b, catch."

Payson glanced up just in time to see Kelly's red blanket sailing towards her. She laughed when it landed in Emily's lap. "Nice throw Kel."

Kelly shrugged and jumped when her phone buzzed in her lap. She grabbed it and smiled when she read the message.

Hey rookie, just wanted to wish you luck this weekend :-)

Kelly tried to fight down the urge to squeal like a little girl when she read the short, but thrilling text from Tim. Instead she settled for lightly bouncing in her seat and banging the back of the chair in front of her repeatedly. She stopped when Sasha's annoyed voice cut through her mini victory dance.

"Parker, my seat isn't a drum so knock it off."

Kelly smirked before nodding. "Sure thing Sasha."

Kelly glared when Emily and Payson snickered from their seats. She looked at her phone before firing off a quick message.

Thx Tim ;-). I'll make sure to bring home a medal or two.

She sat her phone in her lap before leaning her head back, trying to avoid jet lag on the other end of the long flight. As soon as she closed her eyes she was being brought back to consciousness by Sasha's voice throughout the air craft. She grabbed her bag and followed as the team shuffled behind Sasha towards baggage claim.

She sighed as she felt Austin stifle an exaggerated yawn behind his hand as Ellen Beals and James Reed walked a straight line in front of the group. She groaned as James eyed the girls with a smirk and Ellen crossed her arms menacingly.

Wanting to be in charge of all situations Ellen grabbed the key cards and began handing them out with a flourish. "Lauren you and Emily will be in room 318, Kaylie and Kelly 319, Tessa and Andrea 320, Payson you are in room 321 with Summer." She paused as she handed Payson her key, eying her as if she was searching for something, but continued on down the line. "Austin and Max 210, Nathan and James 211, Carter and Nicky 212."

She smirked before glancing between the three men behind her. She tossed the keys on the table beside her and eyed them briefly. "Sasha, Marty, and Reed you three will share one of the larger suits on the top floor. I'm sure the room has big enough beds for you."

Sasha's jaw twitched as he moved between Payson and Kaylie and grabbed the keys. He turned to his companions and frowned. "No way in hell am I sharing a bed with either of you so I'll take the floor if it comes down to it."

James eyed Sasha with quiet suspicion. He was a man of few words, but he sensed that the intimidating man in the form of the gymnast legend was hiding something. It wasn't in his actions, but in his ice blue eyes. He chose to ignore it for now as he moved next to Sasha to grab the remaining room key and smirked. "Well mate, neither of us bite."

Sasha glared and shook his head at Jame's poor humor and hideous British accent. He eyed the tall dark headed man and shook his head. "I don't slide that way thanks." He sighed before eying the clock. "Let's just get to our room and figure out our sleeping situation."

Not being able to resist locking eyes with Payson, Sasha turned to his gymnasts and stood in front of them. His voice carried through the small lobby and made everyone glance up obediently. "Here's the deal: stay in the hotel at all times unless told otherwise by myself, Summer, Ellen, James, or Marty. That also means no sneaking into each others rooms." He chose to ignore the small protest from Austin and Kaylie as he continued. "Be back in the lobby by seven because we have a team dinner at one of the local restaurants. We'll give you more information from there."

As the group filed off to separate floors Kaylie, Emily, Kelly, and Payson trailed behind the rest. Kelly looked at Emily sympathetically. "I feel so sorry for you Em. You're rooming with Tanner. Just do us a favor and don't kill her until after the beam final."

Emily smirked before trudging up to her door and shoving the key into the slot. She pushed the door and crossed the threshold before looking at her three friends over her shoulder. "I'll try, but I'm not making any promises." With that she slammed the door and flung her bags on the bed that Lauren hadn't already occupied.

She glared at her roommate with disdain before crossing her arms. "Don't talk to me, don't look at me, don't even acknowledge me. If you can do that this weekend we won't have any problems. Well except the obvious."

Emily was pleased when Lauren did nothing except flip a page of her magazine a little too harshly causing it to rip. Emily smirked before grabbing her key card and phone. She shut the door softly before meeting the girls in Kelly and Kaylie's room.

Sasha glared around the room and sighed as he dropped his bags by the door. He was tempted to just go down and get another room, but refrained when he saw a futon in the small living area. He tossed his bags on the furniture that he claimed and turned towards the door. He smirked as Marty and James both tried to get in the door first. "Come on boys and play nice. I got here first so I get the futon. You two can do whatever, but I get the futon."

James glared at Sasha before rushing towards the bed by the window. His southern accent cut through the mounting tension. "Well Marty, it looks like your bunking with me."

Marty glared at Sasha before turning towards James. "Well I ain't bunking nothing. I'll take the floor. I don't know why Beals shoved all three of us together. It's not like the NGO can't afford separate rooms for all three of us."

Sasha smirked as he lounged on the futon before glancing at his new roommates. "Well maybe Beals wants us to bond as a coaching staff."

Marty looked at Sasha skeptically. "Yea right. Whatever you're on over there Sasha please pass it over here because you have to be high to think she would want all of us to bond, we're not the gymnasts."

Sasha rolled his eyes before rolling off the small couch. "No we're not, but we need to get along and provide a stable front for the girls. Lord knows with Beals sniffing around and breathing down their necks they'll need all the support they can get."

James scoffed before crossing his arms. "And where does the gentlemen play into this? They need the solidarity as well, not just the girls."

Before Sasha could make a scathing comment Marty stepped in between his best friend and his colleague. "Now just chill. Let's just shove our differences aside for the weekend like adults." He turned to Sasha and smirked. "You can do that can't you Sasha?"

Marty was met with a smack on his shoulder before Sasha moved towards the door. "Sure Marty. The real question is could you be an adult for a change?"

Sasha moved back into the room to grab his phone and key card before walking into the silent hallway. He glanced down at his phone and made his way down to the bottom floor. As he was passing the gift shop he stopped and glanced in the window. When he saw what he was looking for he grinned and made his way into the store.

Two floors above, Austin slammed Max against the wall with his hands making sure to keep a firm grip around his neck. He smirked before throwing him across the room, but cringed only slightly when Max's back hit the lamp causing it to fall and shatter into small pieces. As Austin made his way across the room, Max grabbed his foot and yanked forward, causing him to fall flat on his back. He struggled to get off the floor and winced when a sharp pain shot through his shoulder.

Max grinned when he noticed Austin's struggle. "What's wrong bro? Shoulder hurting?"

Austin shook out his arm before turning on Max. "You wish. Trying to knock me out of the competition by injuring me? First you go against Payson...your friend then you try and do me in by attacking me? What's wrong with you? Besides being with Lauren I mean?"

Max growled before shaking his head. "I can't have the woman I care for because she's married, I can't excel in this sport because of you. You think you're so special because you got lucky and won a gold medal hung over at the Olympics and you're dating the Women's National and World champion."

Austin furrowed his brows before raising up his hands. "Okay I walk in here and you attack me because you can't be with Payson and you think you suck at gymnastics? Dude, get over it. Payson doesn't love you, she never has and never will." He laughed humorlessly before continuing. "I mean how would she when you laid your hands on her? And as far as your gymnastics, it's all in how you act, how you train, and your dedication to the sport."

Max shook his head before lunging at Austin again. This time instead of being stopped by a wall they slammed against the door. Austin used the door as leverage as he pushed Max away from him. As Max stumbled backwards Austin yanked the door open and stepped into the hallway. He grimaced when he glanced down the hallway and saw Nicky and Carter standing in the hallway looking at him with grim expressions.

He strutted over to them with a smirk. "Why the long faces guys?"

Nicky rolled his eyes before shaking his head. "No reason, we just heard some banging around and came out to investigate."

Austin cocked and eyebrow before leaning against the wall. "Uh huh. So any of you have the time cuz I'm starving."

Nicky shook his head before narrowing his eyes. "I wouldn't know because my stuff was stolen on the last little outing we had."

Austin smirked before shrugging. "Well it wasn't my fault your stuff went AWOL. You should have kept a tighter reign on your junk."

Nicky scowled before they were being pushed apart by Carter. "Just chill guys. We have a whole weekend here so don't mess it up. We need to get along as a team if we want to demolish everyone else."

Austin rolled his eyes before shaking his head. "The time guys?"

Carter pulled out his phone and showed the display to Austin before shoving it back in his jeans. Austin groaned when saw that the black numbers were displaying six-thirty. "Great. We have to go to the lobby...yippee skippy."

Nicky and Carter glanced at each other before shrugging. Carter sighed as he walked past Austin towards the elevator. "Well we may as well go on down because I don't want to be snapped at by Beals and Reed for being late."

Austin sighed before following Nicky and Carter to the elevators. Once in the lobby Austin glanced around and was relieved to see Payson in an armchair. He made a beeline towards her and raised his eyebrows and smirked before taking the seat across from her. She nodded as she glanced over his shoulder as if looking for someone. Austin glanced back over his shoulder then turned to her with a questioning look gracing his features.

"Looking for someone Pay?"

Payson sighed and leaned back in her chair as she nodded. "Kind of Austin."

Austin smirked before leaning forward. "Three guesses who."

"Shut up. I just don't like being around Beals and this Reed guy without Sasha. The guy kind of creeps me out."

Austin's brother radar skyrocketed as he glanced around the lobby. His eyes zeroed in on Reed and his body tensed when he realized Reed was staring in their direction right at Payson. He turned to Payson and smiled softly. "You don't have to worry Pay. If it's worrying you so much one of us will be with you at all times this weekend. If you like, you can even get an escort to your room from yours truly."

Payson smirked before shaking her head. "Thanks, but I think I'll be fine. I just...I don't know. Just focus on the meet and bring home gold and we'll be okay."

Austin rolled his eyes before smirking. "Can't leave the coaching side of you at home can ya?"

Payson opened her mouth to comment, but was stopped when she noticed the Chinese team walk through the lobby like an organized army. All of the members from Team USA stopped talking and stared at their competition.

Kelly, Emily, and Kaylie made their way towards Payson and Austin and formed a tight circle. Kelly scoffed and crossed her arms. "They just have a need to be intimidating don't they?"

Kaylie and Emily nodded in agreement. Austin smirked at them before slowly standing and glancing towards the doors again. He flinched when another team made their entrance in the same fashion as the Chinese. He cocked an eyebrow before turning towards the girls. "Russia makes a good intro to, don't ya think?"

He was met with simultaneous eye rolls. He shrugged and smirked. "Entrances mean nothing because as long as we have a good gymnastics run we'll be okay."

"Nice words of wisdom Tucker." They all turned and was met with the ice blue eyes and intimidating stare of the only person they considered their true coach.

Austin nodded and went to stand beside Payson and Kaylie. They all watched as Sasha glanced towards the front desk where their competition was checking in. Sasha turned back to his gymnasts and smirked with a raised eyebrow. "None of them realize this, but those teams are checking in to be demolished. For that to happen you all need to keep calm and enjoy tonight. After tonight you focus on nothing, but your personal best. This meet is just that: a meet. So let's go have dinner, and relax."

As Sasha walked out of the lobby Austin, Kaylie, Emily, and Kelly stared after him as if he just gave them a week off training. Kelly looked to Payson and raised her eyebrows before smirking. "I think we all need to thank mama b for this new version of our coach. I mean he has to be high on something because relax isn't in Sasha Belov's dictionary."

Austin laughed before throwing his arms around Kaylie and Payson. "I'm not questioning his attitude at all. If he says relax you better believe I'm gonna relax because who knows when he'll utter those words to any of us again."

Austin lead the group outside where Sasha was waiting expectantly. Everyone glanced around for some form of transportation when they noticed Sasha's smirk. He folded his arms and shook his head. "You all don't think I'm going that easy on you now do you? We're going to be walking to the restaurant because it's just down the street."

Kelly groaned and crossed her arms. "I knew it was too good to be true. Does he seriously expect me to walk in these heels?" Kelly wiggled her foot to show off her five inch black heels.

Kaylie, Emily, and Payson glanced down to look at Kelly's foot. Kaylie shook her head before grabbing Austin's hand and walking after Sasha. She paused in her stride as Austin slung his free arm around Payson. As they all made their way towards the small restaurant they knew deep down that the weekend ahead was going to be long, tiring, and unpredictable.

AN2: So this is just a set up chapter that puts things in motion for the weekend. Max and Austin rooming together is interesting. My bet is that one of them is going to be hurting by the end of the trip. So gymnastics are up next and the ending result may just surprise you. And of course the drama comes next as well. Just read and review guys!