The next morning, the gym began to slowly fill. It was an oddity that Sasha wasn't in the Rock before the gymnasts and their family trickled in. For that reason, Summer began to get worried, so she walked outside and knocked on Sasha's trailer.

"Sasha" she called "It's Summer! Is everything all right?"

The door swung open and Summer was greeted with the sight of a very shirtless (very hot) Sasha Belov. At first, Summer was admiring his salty-goodness, but as her eyes travelled to his face, she was to alarmed to realize that Sasha was not his normally put-together self. His hair was disheveled, his eyes bloodshot, and he never answered the door without being clothed in case one of his gymnasts came knocking, or worse, their dreaded parents.

"Sasha! What's wrong"

Sasha sent her a chilling work. His throat cracked as he said "I'll explain later Summer. I apologize for my lateness. Give me ten minutes and I'll be in. Have the assistant coachers coach the girls. Then I'll have an announcement."

Sasha retreated into his trailer, changed, combed his hair back, brushed his teeth, grabbed his cell phone (as he was still awaiting a call from Parker), and walked briskly inside the gym.

As he was entering, his phone began to ring, immediately noticing it was the Halliwell house, and answered it, expecting Parker.

"Parker! How are you holding up?"

"Wrong Halliwell, Belov." Sasha immediately recognized Piper's voice. "I just wanted to update you. Parker is not coping. But we think she just needs time, she refuses to call you." Sasha's heart sunk. He stopped walking and leaned against the wall, out of the corner of his eye he saw that Summer and Kim Keeler walk out of the office, looking at him concerned. Piper continued "Don't worry about coming to the funeral. It's more important that you set up for Parker. And for your information: Prue wanted you to care for Parker if something were to happen to her. I do not concur with the decision and if Parker shows any signs that she'd rather be at the Manor with us, I will not hesitate to bring her back from Boulder. She is Prue's legacy. She is the most precious thing we have left of Prue and we will not waste her gift." With that, Piper hung up-abuptly. He understood that Piper was hurting, but his plummeted heart rose a little with the thought that Prue wanted and trusted him to take care of their daughter. With that thought, he plowed on, ready to tell the gym's occupants an abbreviated version of the night's events.

"Gather round girls! Announcement!" Sasha barked. He sighed. "Girls, circumstances have arisen that have required my daughter to come live with me. She will be arriving in a few days and I expect you all to treat her with respect. That is all. Get back to training!" He added when he saw the shocked, frozen expressions of all who heard the announcement.

He stalked up to the office, readying himself to call the Halliwells and speak to them-again-to figure out what to prepare for Parker, but Steve Tanner, Summer, and Kim all were waiting.

"You have a daughter?" Summer exclaimed

"What happened that she's moving here?" Kim calmly asked

"Parker's mother died and she needs a change in environment to help cope. It won't affect the girls much, she's not a gymnast, in fact, she refuses to participate in the sport. And she's pretty self-sufficent, she's fifteen after all."

All three snorted, as their experience with teenage girls told them otherwise. They'd let him figure out how wrong he was, after all, they couldn't deny a partially-orphaned girl their remaining parent. They resigned themselves to offering all possible help to Sasha that they could. With that, training began