Chapter 24
Next morning Payson hated to crawl out of Rigo's embrace but she had to.
"Stay" he mumbles.
"I can't I have to get to the rock" she replies.
"No" his grip tightening,
"Rigo I have to teach my classes and the girl's need me Nationals are a few weeks away, last night was perfect but it's not my birthday anymore, and Sasha needs me" says Payson.
"I need you to" he whines.
"Not the same, I'll see you later" smiles Payson kissing him quickly before getting out and getting dressed.
As he heard the door go he felt that twisting jealousy in his heart again, Sasha needs me, he really was starting to not like that man.
Payson was his girlfriend not Sasha's and he was just going to have to suck it up and be a man, Sasha was scary yes but Rigo was also a man and he wasn't going to be intimidated away from his own girlfriend by a man who was her co-worker and he wasn't going to share her.
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Payson arrives at the gym still pulling her hair into its usual bun.
"Oh someone had a good night" smiles Kelly.
"Rigo and Lauren planned the most amazing evening for me, it was magical like the first time all over again" smiles Payson.
"Well good because the whole moping look was so yesterday" teases Kelly.
"Well Sasha was right, as always, honestly I wonder why I ever bother doubting him" smiles Payson.
Kelly just laughs and shakes her head, then she sees the necklace and a thought pops into her head.
"Hey since I didn't get to celebrate your birthday with you how about we go out tonight after practice just you and me, drinks and dinner?" asks Kelly.
"I'd love that" smiles Payson.
"Great" smiles Kelly.
They set things up and then Sasha walks in.
"You were right, thank you" smiles Payson as she sees him.
"See I told you nothing to worry about" he replies.
"I really need to stop doubting you, you've always been right in the past and I guess it's still the same" she laughs before dancing past him to the office.
"Told you, afterglow" says Kelly walking up to stand next to him.
"Kelly" he warns.
"But FYI I'm pretty sure she hasn't taken that necklace off since you put it on her yesterday including throughout the night, just thought you'd be interested" smiles Kelly with fake sweetness before going after Payson.
"Damn that girl" he mutters.
But if he was honest it did feel kind of good knowing Payson liked his gift enough to not take it off, even when she was with her boyfriend, it was wrong of him but he couldn't quite make himself feel bad.
"So what did Rigo get you for your birthday?" asks Kelly.
"A customised golden motorcycle helmet" replies Payson.
"Um that's a bit weird" says Kelly.
"I know but it was the thought that counted" replies Payson.
"Fair enough" nods Kelly storing that up to deal with later while she and Payson were drinking.
As the gymnasts begin to filter in training begins.
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At lunch Maria gets a call and her face instantly becomes distracted and unhappy, Payson watches her and as the girl disappears outside on impulse Payson follows her.
As she gets outside she sees her talking to a boy, well he looked older than Maria by several years, and she was clearly annoyed and upset, this must be the boy who had been pressuring her.
"You need to leave Eric if my coaches catch you I'll be thrown out and I told you I didn't want to see you anymore, so leave me alone" says Maria trying to walk away but his hand snakes out and grabs her arm pulling her back.
"Don't walk away from me Maria, just come back to me okay, and I'll show you sex is not a bad thing" he smiles.
"I said no, now let go" she orders but his grip tightens and she winces in pain.
Payson sees red as she storms over.
"You need to let go of Maria and then get off this car park it's private property, you are not welcome, the rock has a strict no dating rule and I believe Maria said no, now leave" orders Payson.
The guy lets go of Maria and Payson pulls her behind her.
"Go and get Sasha" she orders.
Maria nods and runs inside.
"I said leave" repeats Payson.
"Oh and whose going to make me, you?" he asks.
"Yes, now leave before you regret it, and stay away from Maria in future, she wants nothing to do with you" warns Payson.
"And just how are you going to make me regret it?" he smirks.
"You don't want to find out, now leave I won't ask you again" orders Payson.
He leans down so he's at Payson's height, "no and I'll see Maria as much as I like" he says.
Payson brings her knee up right between his legs.
He goes down against his car clutching himself.
"Bitch" he growls struggling to his feet and going to swing at Payson but a strong arm appears grabbing his fist.
"Get off my property now and if I ever see you here again I'll make what she did to you look like nothing, stay away from my gymnasts and from my staff, and an honourable man does not ever hit a lady, got it?" asks Sasha as he begins to squeeze the guys fist.
"Okay" gasps the guy.
Sasha lets go and the guy gets into his car and tires squealing he drives out of the parking lot.
With that crisis averted Sasha turns to look at Payson, "are you okay?" he asks checking her over.
"I'm fine, god that felt good" smiles Payson.
"It looked good to, but next time, please wait until you know I'm there before you poke the proverbial lion" he says.
"I knew you'd be here, you always are" smiles Payson.
"Now care to explain things to me?" he asks.
"Sure, that was pretty badass by the way" adds Payson.
"I may not be an elite athlete anymore but I still got the muscle" smiles Sasha.
"Yes, yes you do" nods Payson poking his arm.
"Come on Payson enough drama" laughs Sasha slinging an arm around her shoulder as they walk back into the gym.
Kelly watches them and decides to follow as they head up to the office, with Sasha's arm still slung over Payson's shoulder.
Kelly eyes it and rolls her eyes, who were these two kidding that was it tonight she was sorting this once and for all.
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They walk in and shut the door.
"So?" asks Sasha leaning against this desk.
"Maria came to me about him, she said it wasn't an actually thing but they'd been seeing each other on and off, and that he'd been pressuring her for sex, so I told her to break it off and have nothing more to do with him and that it was better to wait, and if she needed any more help to come to me" explains Payson.
"You told her to wait, I'm sorry I thought that was Summer's thing" teases Sasha.
"Hey I wasn't shoving it down her throat I said wait until you're sure not until marriage because as you pointed out 50% of that ends in divorce, unless you're my parents who are still totally lovey dovey even now and I didn't bring god into it" replies Payson.
"So it's dealt with then, I think the guy got the hint and Maria isn't seeing him anymore?" asks Kelly.
"No which is good and before you say anything Sasha she needs a shoulder right now, not punishment, you can't kick her out of the gym" pleads Payson.
"I can't just let it go, but I won't kick her out, instead can you supervise a Sunday training session?" asks Sasha.
"What you mean like the one you put me through?" asks Payson.
"Not going to let that one go are you, and no I leave it completely up to you" he smiles.
"Good" nods Payson.
"Great" nods Sasha.
"Well let's head back down there, as you said enough drama for one day" says Kelly.
As they walk out everyone is looking at them.
"Do I have to light a fire under your asses it's crunch time, go" yells Payson from the top.
Sasha struggles to contain his laughter.
"What?" asks Kelly.
"Sasha once said the exact same thing to us" smiles Payson.
"You guys keep going I've got some paperwork to finish" says Sasha retreating into his office so the gymnasts didn't see him laughing.
A/N Dun dun dun! So Kelly is done waiting next couple of chapters will bring her plan finally into action because hey she's KP and she waits for no one. And yes reigningseven, to quote Payson, "It's Sasha Belov" ;)
I hope you liked this we had some badass Payson, some badass Sasha and a no longer patient Kelly.
Also you may or may not be happy to know this story is finished, I'm tweaking the last few chapters now and they'll be uploaded over the next few days.
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