A/N: Definitely more coming!

"You guys are killing it, I can't wait to see you in event finals tomorrow!"

"Thanks Aly," JJ said with a smile as she leant back against her pillows. Kyla was sitting on her own bed, towelling her hair dry after a long and relaxing shower.

"And don't worry about the fall on bars girl... I'd have done the same thing. But changing the subject, how are all the girls? Everyone coping ok?"

JJ looked at Kyla with a grin. "Kyla and I are doing fine. Simone is Simone... nothing fazes her. And the other three seem to be doing really well for their first worlds. Alyssa and Maddie were a little nervy and shaky before qualifications, but once we got through the first event, they were fine. And Mykayla is as tough as she looks. She hasn't seemed nervous at all"

"Aw, that's really good. Remember our first worlds? I wanted to throw up before qualifications, and then you dislocated your shoulder and got carried out of the arena in agony. Then I was like 'oh shit, I'm on my own!'"

JJ laughed. "Mhm, yeah, I definitely remember that. Thankfully, Tokyo was a much better experience"

"Definitely"

"So how's training going?"

"I'm dying, JJ, I'm literally dead. Mihai finally let me back on the apparatus on Monday, and I started working skills, but I got home last night, and my legs gave out as soon as I got inside. Don't get me wrong... I love it, and I want to be back at full strength so much, but my body is HATING on me so badly. I was talking to McKayla and she was like "I'll trade you my broken legs! They're probably not much use but I can at least stand!""

JJ and Kyla laughed.

"That sounds like Mac," JJ chuckled.

"So how many times this week have you kicked Kyla out for a sneaky midnight romp with Will?"

JJ's cheeks burned red while Kyla burst out laughing.

"She hasn't kicked me out," she said, her grin growing wider. "Marta laid down the law before we left"

"What did she say?!"

JJ giggled. "She was going on about how the team title is very important so we must put our best efforts forward, and then she started rattling off all the distractions we have to avoid. Simone got read the riot act about not mucking around at midnight when she should be sleeping, and I got told not to let my boyfriend distract me, and I swear all the girls nearly exploded from trying to hold in their laughter"

"Oh my god, I would have lost it, that's so funny. How does she even know?"

"Well, she's not ancient Aly, I'm sure she has access to a computer. It wasn't like it stayed a secret from the general public for very long"

"True. Anyway, I'm gonna let you go, you guys need your sleep. Go kill it in event finals! I love you!"

"We love you too Aly!" JJ called back. After bidding their goodbyes, she ended the call, flopping back onto her pillows.

"I'm so beat," she moaned, getting a chuckle out of Kyla.

"Better get your rest. Silver won't do for the beam queen," Kyla teased lightly, reaching over and turning off the bedside lamp as they slid under their covers.

JJ smiled.

"That it won't"

After the excitement of the bee in the all-around finals, the remaining event finals had gone off without a hitch.

Simone and Mykayla had stormed through vault, but despite being the favourite for gold, Simone had had to settle for silver behind 2008 Olympic vault champion, Hong un-Jong on North Korea, with Mykayla just behind her for the bronze medal. Both girls, however, were elated with their results; it wasn't always about winning, despite what the Karolyi regime implied.

Uneven bars had seen JJ win her tenth world medal, which effectively tied her with Alicia Sacramone for the most number of world championship medals won by an American gymnast. Putting aside the difficulties she'd had in the all-around, she had finally performed a complete hit routine and had tied with Daria Spiridonova of Russia for the bronze. Kyla, comparatively, had struggled with her difficulty, and hadn't scored high enough to secure a medal. Yao Jinnan, however, had come away with her first major international gold medal, and JJ was thrilled for her; she'd been competing with Jinnan since 2011, and had always admired the beauty and finesse the younger girl performed her gymnastics with.

Balance beam had been a nailbiter of a final, but as expected, JJ had shown full command of the apparatus and had soared to the top of the podium for the fourth year running, a feat that was starting to become very impressive in gymnastics circles. Simone, who had shown great improvement on beam since the previous year, had had to settle for silver, while Bai Yawen of China came away with bronze, edging out Mustafina of Russia, who for some reason, hadn't completed a required acrobatic series in the routine.

The close of the 2014 World Championships had seen Simone win her third gold medal of the competition on floor, while Larisa Iordache took silver, and JJ, yet again, took bronze.

It was cause for celebration that night, because with her two medals she'd earned on beam and floor that day, JJ had not only passed Alicia Sacramone to become the most decorated world gymnast in America... including the five medals she had won in London, she had passed Shannon Miller as the most decorated gymnast overall, with seventeen World and Olympic medals to Shannon's sixteen.

Humble as ever, JJ hadn't made a great fuss over the achievement (even though Simone had). They were only halfway through the quad, and there was still work to do.

There was no time to rest... not even for America's most decorated elite gymnast.

The day after the finals was a free day before they flew back to the United States. The girls had had a late sleep after attending the World Championships gala the evening before, and then they had all been cut loose to spend time with their families.

Eager to get out and see some of the sights, JJ, Will, and her parents had headed to the Detian Waterfall, on the border of China and Vietnam, about two hours away from the city of Nanning.

"Oh wow!" JJ gasped as they rounded the corner on the path leading up to the attraction. "This is amazing!"

"It's no Niagara Falls," Michael chuckled, making Sandy reach out and slap his chest. "But it's very pretty!"

"Here, let's get a picture," JJ said, grabbing Will's hand and tugging him over to a nearby spot. Sandy waited for them to pick a pose, before lifting her phone up to take a picture of the young couple. She snapped a few nice ones, of the two of them standing with Will's arm around JJ's shoulders, only to start laughing when Michael jumped up in the background of the photo, putting up bunny ears above JJ and Will's heads.

"Michael!" Sandy laughed, semi scoldingly. "I'm trying to get a nice photo of them!"

"It's even nicer with me in it!"

"Dad!" JJ laughed, trying to push him away, only to let out a squeal when Will scooped her up bridal style and turned to cheese for the camera. She threw her head back, laughing hysterically, as did Sandy, who was now struggling to hold the camera still.

"You guys are a bunch of nutters," Sandy chuckled, giving up and walking towards them. "Come on, let's have a walk around, take it all in"

As Michael slung an arm around Sandy's shoulders and started heading off, Will set JJ back down on her feet, taking her hand in his.

"You've been an absolute rockstar this week, you know that?" he said as they started walking off a few yards behind her parents. JJ leaned into him, giving him a cheeky giggle.

"I know"

Will laughed. "Well at least you know. I'm proud of you babe. Real proud of you"

"You're gonna run out of pride for me if you keep up all this praise," JJ teased. "Better save some up for the Olympics, because I plan on being there"