So I'm feeling really creative at the moment and the chapters have just flowed, and due to that fact I know exactly how this is going to end and sadly its only a few chapter away, however I am working on a sequel and we'll just have to wait and see where it goes, rant over and enjoy.
Chapter 23
Payson drives home and opens the door as she walks in she's greeted by candles and fairy lights everywhere, soft music playing in the background and as she walks into the living room a tent set up in the middle of the room.
"Happy birthday" smiles Rigo.
"Oh my god" gasps Payson.
"Surprise" smiles Lauren.
"You did all this for me?" asks Payson.
"It's your birthday, of course we did all this for you, I was told to do something from the heart so I did" smiles Rigo.
"I love it" she smiles pulling them both in for a hug relief flooding over her, Sasha had been right.
"Good, here this is my present" smiles Lauren handing it over.
Payson opens it up and is greeted with a picture of herself, Lauren and Emily.
"Thank you" smiles Payson
"I found it while I was digging through some old stuff and I thought it was perfect" smiles Lauren.
"I love it" assures Payson.
"And this is my present to you" smiles Rigo pulling a helmet out from behind him.
It's in gold with Payson the Great on the top.
"Now you can wear it when we ride around and everyone will know who you are" he smiles.
"It's great" laughs Payson.
"And the rest of this as well with Lauren's help of course" explains Rigo gesturing around.
"Well I've done my part and that is my cue to leave, I'll see you tomorrow, love you guys" smiles Lauren as she skips out of the room and they hear the door shut.
"Happy birthday beautiful" smiles Rigo pulling her into his arms.
"It's a good one" she replies kissing him.
Soon enough they retreat to the tent to recreate their first night together.
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Afterwards as they lay there Rigo notices the necklace.
"What's this?" he asks.
"Sasha gave it to me for my birthday, it's a star to always remind me that I'm the brightest star and when I put my mind to it I can do anything" smiles Payson fingering it.
"That's nice" smiles Rigo but he feels that sensation again, something like that was intimate and personal, it was something else they shared and the way she was talking he felt there was more behind it than she was saying.
"Yeah, and here one of my girls made this for me Maria" smiles Payson as she crawls out of the tent and grabs the picture frame.
They curl up again and look at it.
"See these are from all my competitions, this one is one of my juniors, then this one is from Nationals before I fell, then these are from the one when I got onto the National Team, then my friends and I, these two are from Worlds, then these are the Olympics, and in the middle me getting my medals and Sasha and me because I'd never have done it without him" smiles Payson.
"It's great and so thoughtful" nods Rigo, but as he looks at the picture of Payson and Sasha he feels jealousy tugging at his heart.
Their bond was so unique, could it possibly rival what he and Payson had, or worse was it more important.
She spent most of her day with him, and most of her week, he seemed to know her better than Rigo did, and the fact he rarely saw her in a necklace yet even when they'd been together she'd worn it, and he felt like Sasha was always there, and with that necklace especially he was never far from Payson's thoughts, he felt like he'd been compared to Sasha, even though Payson had never done it she idolised Sasha, saw the man as a god who could do no wrong, was that respect and adoration something more, she had the mans gold medal for crying out loud and he had hers, it was like a vow or a promise, a part of the other they'd always have, because it felt personal and it was clearly more, he couldn't keep his head in the sand, if there was still a chance Payson loved Sasha he needed to figure it out.
With that resolved he settled down content to enjoy having Payson next to him, because he had a part of her that no one else did and he was going to keep it, and Sasha Belov wasn't getting his hands on it, it already irked him that they'd kissed but this, this was all his, he'd always be Payson's first and he loved that.
A/N So as we see it was all totally honourable, my Rigo isn't that sort and neither is my Lauren because she did change and I wanted to hold onto that, though I know we all had moments where we wanted to beat her senseless.
As for your idea reigningseven, she isn't going to lock them in a closet, but alcohol will be involved and Kelly is very good at getting people to tell her things when she wants.
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