A/N: Competition ones are fun! Also smut contributed by Jordon - you can tell we brainstormed a lot haha!
"I know this has been a really tough month for you, JJ. There's actually something I wanted to ask you in regards to that, but I want you to understand that you can say no"
"Ok," JJ said softly. She was talking to her agent, Sheryl, who had called to wish her a happy birthday and also to check in before training for the Classic got underway. Bit by bit, the heartache she'd been dealing with had slowly come out, and to her, it seemed like Lucy had, to some degree, already known.
"There's an organisation called Blackbird that helps families who've had loved ones commit suicide. I've been talking with them over the past couple of weeks, and they wanted to know if you would be willing to be an ambassador for them, and share your family's story"
JJ hesitated. She'd always been an incredibly private person... publically sharing what she and her family had been through with her sister's death would be one of the hardest things she had ever done.
"You'd be able to help others see that they're not alone... that even after a tragedy like that, life does go on"
"I'll think about it," JJ said quietly.
"Ok. Let me know by the end of next week. Maybe it's something you should chat to your parents about as well"
"I will," JJ replied.
She really wasn't sure if she wanted to do it. But she was more than willing to consider it.
"JJ, I got yelled at by club members all day, can you just chill please?"
Huffing, JJ rolled her eyes. "Poor you."
She had come over to Will's after training, but she was in an inexplicably sour mood. She'd hoped to try and shake it off, but unfortunately, Will had picked up on it straight away and had unintentionally started slinging sass right back at her.
"What is your issue? Why are you being such a brat today?"
"I'm not- ugh! I swear to god, sometimes you and Nick are the same person."
"Oh so I take it you were being like this at the gym today?"
"I' don't need another person on my case," JJ muttered, dropping her gaze back to her phone.
"JJ, knock it off."
"Or what? Are you gonna make me do push-ups?"
He huffed and slammed his phone onto the end table. "For fucks sake, Jayje, I'm not gonna say it again."
"Please. You're all talk, you've got nothing to back it up." Suddenly his hand was around her wrist, jerking her up off the couch and to his chest. "What the fuck!"
His eyes burning, he kept a firm hold on her arms. "I said to knock it off."
She glared up at him, not missing how his face was flushed. Without a second thought, she balled her hands up in his shirt and dragged his mouth to hers, kissing him fiercely. He dropped his grip on her arms to grab her hips, crushing them against his body. JJ wound her newly free fingers through his hair, pulling until he hissed into her mouth. He nipped her lip in retaliation and it made her moan against him.
"Is that what this is? You just need to be fucked?" His voice was low and raspy, making her clench her legs together in anticipation. She sucked hard on his pulse point, before pulling back.
"Can you handle that?"
"JJ..." he growled. He tore her shirt up and over her head, palming her breast through her bra before pinching her nipple. She gasped against him as she pushed his shirt up his stomach. He got the message and pulled it over his head. Her bra was thrown to the ground and before she knew what was happening he had both arms around her back, taking them down to their knees.
He swiped an arm across the coffee table then pressed her backwards, holding her body down with his. He caught her wrists and held them above her head before bringing his mouth to the spot just below her earlobe and sucking hard.
"Ahh...," she groaned, her body arching beneath him. "Touch me."
"I don't know if you deserve that."
"Fuck you," she growled.
He pulled level with her, his eyes dark with a combination of lust and frustration. "Fuck you," he spat. He brought a thigh between her legs and rocked hard against her core, making her shudder beneath him.
"Please do."
He shoved a hand inside her shorts. She was already so wet that he was able to push two fingers in. "Has it ever occurred to you that you could just ask to have sex like a normal person?"
JJ gasped as he swiped a finger across her clit. "Shut up."
"Why don't you make me?" Will taunted. JJ raised her head to try and kiss him but he pulled back. "No."
"Dick," she grumbled.
"Maybe if you ask nicely," he hissed in her ear, humping against her leg. He added a third finger, making her squirm.
"Will..."
"What?"
"God!" JJ gasped, her breath beginning to catch in her chest, her muscles beginning to tighten. Just as her eyes began to flutter shut, Will pulled his hand away. "What are you doing?"
"Only good girls get to cum."
"Are you fucking kidding me?" she hissed through clenched teeth.
"You gonna be good?" Will shot back. She pulled against his hands but he tightened his grip on her wrists.
"God... DAMN IT."
His fingers pressed back inside of her and she gasped, her head and shoulders falling back against the coffee table with a thud. He leaned down and captured one of her nipples with his mouth, sucking hard and running his teeth over it. Her body built back up to an orgasm more quickly this time but once again he pulled back, leaving her near tears with how badly she needed to cum.
"Get the fuck away from me," she growled.
Will immediately dropped her hands and pulled back, sitting back on his heels. "I'm sorry."
"Wha- WHERE ARE YOU GOING?"
His mouth dropped and he stared at her incredulously. "Jay- WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU WANT?"
She sat up. "I WANT YOU TO FUCK ME, WHAT IS SO HARD TO UNDERSTAND ABOUT THAT?"
He growled and wrapped one arm around her back, the other grabbing her leg. With ridiculously swift strength, he picked her up and carried her over to the dining table. Their lips crashed together, JJ pulled sharply on his hair as they kissed. He let her slide down his body then whipped her around, pushing her so she was bent over his dining table. He tugged her shorts and thong down, then landed a hard slap to one of her ass cheeks. She yelled out, and he repeated it on the other side, before pinning her to the table with one hand, the other coming between her legs.
"Spread your legs for me."
"Why don't you spread yours first?" she bit back. He pinched her inner thigh hard, making her yelp, but she begrudgingly complied. He pushed down his shorts and boxers and then she could feel him pressing against her. He leaned down so that his chest was pressing her harder into the table, JJ hissing as her hip bones dug into the table.
"What do you want?"
"You already know!"
"Tell me, JJ."
"I... I want you inside of me. I want you to fuck me so hard that I feel it for days." At her words, Will couldn't help but moan and rub against her. His hand came between her legs and began to rub slow circles on her clit. "Will! Fuck me!"
His lips came to her ear. "Ask nicely."
"No."
He sucked an earlobe into his mouth then nipped it. "JJ," he said in a low rough whisper, "either beg me to ram my dick deep inside you or I'm going into the other room and you can sort this out yourself."
JJ took a deep breath. "Please."
"Please what?"
"Please fuck me Will. Please baby, I need it, I need you."
"Now was that so fucking hard?" He pressed sharply into her, making her cry out. He set up a steady pace, not giving her a chance to adjust and after several minutes, she could feel her orgasm building.
"Oh god... please! Yes!"
Her orgasm hit her so hard she thought she would pass out. She barely had a chance to come back down before Will grabbed one of her thighs and pulled it so that it was resting along the edge of the table. This allowed him to press even deeper into her. He wound a hand into her hair and pulled, JJ practically shivering at the sensation.
"You feel so good... fuck baby."
Already she could feel a second orgasm approaching but it was too much, her body couldn't handle it. It was too soon. But the string snapped anyway, making her scream out. Will gave a loud groan and released her hair, instead grabbing her shoulder and the leg that was up on the table and bucking into her as hard as he could, even as her body trembled around him. He finally came, pulsing inside her before pulling out. He placed his hands on the edge of the table on either side of her hips, catching his breath.
"Are you okay?" He finally asked.
"Yeah. I, I think so."
"You sure?"
JJ pushed up from the table and shakily turned to face him. "Yeah."
He held out a hand and she gently took it, allowing him to pull her into his arms. She took a deep breath as he kissed her forehead, looking up at him. "I'm sorry I was so riled up."
He gave a slight chuckle. "Yeah, What was that about?"
"I don't know. But let me tell you that was way more effective than Nick making me do push-ups."
He just laughed before pressing a kiss to her lips.
"Sitting on the shores of Lake Michigan, Chicago, Illinois in the summer is one of the most festive places in the country. But today, we're gonna hop on I-90, take a short stop straight west to a place called Hoffman Estates and the Sears Centre, where today the greatest gymnasts in the country have gathered for the Secret US Classic, as they continue their road to Rio here on Universal Sports. Welcome everyone, I'm John Roethlisberger here with Olympic Champions Amanda Borden and Tim Daggett, great to be back with you guys again. You know, a year ago at this competition, the field, it was a little bit sparse, but Tim here we are, a year closer to the Olympic Games and it's a little more crowded! And one reason is the return of Aly Raisman, and Gabby Douglas. Let's start with Gabby Douglas. What can we realistically expect from the defending Olympic all-around champion?"
"Well you know John, I think that going back to back in the Olympic Games in a sport like women's gymnastics... one of the toughest things you can do in sport. In 2012, Nastia Liukin, Shawn Johnson, Alicia Sacramone tried to go back. They couldn't do it! It's a tall order"
"Well regardless, I'm sure the fans out there will love to see her back in a leotard. On the other side of the comeback, Aly Raisman, now Amanda, she got back in the gym a little earlier than Gabby Douglas. Once the dust settles on this competition, what are we gonna be saying about the comeback of Aly Raisman?"
"John, she is in incredible shape, and her gymnastics is as good as it was back in 2012. Now, she has a new sense of motivation to have another shot at the Olympic Games and you can see it in her eyes"
"There'll be a lot of eyes on another young gymnast, Simone Biles, the two time World Champion. She's used to being the first person we talk about in the open, not the third person. Tim, what is this hype and attention on Aly and Gabby going to do to Simone Biles?"
"Absolutely nothing. She is absolutely the greatest gymnast on the planet right now. She might be the most dominant athlete the sport of gymnastics has ever seen in the all-around, it'll have no impact"
"Well there's gonna be a lot of drama and like the great LL Cool J once said 'Don't call it a comeback. They've been here for years'. They've been here for years, but America has not seen them since they won Olympic gold in 2012. Aly Raisman, Gabby Douglas, they're back, here at the Secret US Classic, live on Universal Sports"
Days later, JJ was on the floor at the Sears Centre in Chicago, Illinois, ready to open up her 2015 season at the US Classic.
She was in the same rotation as Simone, starting on beam. She would be at the end of the rotation, the last beam worker before they moved to floor. There was only one girl left to go on the apparatus before it would be her turn, and she was feeling more ready than ever.
As the last girl went up to compete, JJ stayed on the sidelines, calmly going through the motions of her routine, working to block out the noise and craziness around her.
Before too long, she was up by the beam, waiting for her green flag. She was still perfectly calm, relaxed, yet excited to perform for the first time all season in front of an American crowd, on her favourite event.
"JJ has upgraded her beam again, this time I think it's even HARDER than it was at the Olympics, so it'll be interesting to see how she goes"
The flag went up, and she saluted. A deep breath, and then she took off for her mount.
She flipped and landed it so solidly on the end of the beam that she had to bite back a smile. Off to a good start.
Section of choreography... standing Arabian. Not even a wobble.
Onodi... front aerial... front aerial. Tiny flicker at the end. The judges might not have even noticed it.
A little more choreo, straight into a front tuck to wolf jump. The connection she'd missed in Jesolo was nailed without concern this time around. A little more choreo.
Another deep breath, before swinging back into her series. Backflip, backflip, layout full. The second she'd landed it on the beam, the crowd went nuts, filling her with a little more adrenaline, a little more confidence.
Switch split... switch half. Full turn.
Just the dismount to go.
As the bell went to signal she only had ten seconds left, she swung down into her dismount series.
Flip... flip... full twisting double tuck.
Only a slight shuffle of her feet on the landing meant she was beaming from ear to ear as she saluted the judges.
"WOW!"
"That was incredible. No wonder she's a three time World Champion on this event!"
"Nice job kiddo!" Nick gushed, clearly impressed as he high fived JJ on her way down the stairs, before pulling her into a hug. "That was good!"
JJ could only grin, before being swarmed with hugs from the other girls.
Beam queen was back in business.
As JJ stood waiting to go on floor, Michael rose from his seat between Will and Sandy, starting to head out into the aisle.
"Where are you going?" Sandy asked.
"Bathroom," he said shortly, finding his way out onto the stairs and beginning to head back up to the corridor. He really didn't want to miss JJ's floor, but the corndog he'd bought before the meet began was starting to disagree with him something terrible.
'I still saw that incredible beam routine,' he reasoned with himself as he found the nearest bathrooms and pushed open the door to the men's room.
"On floor for Romero's, Jennifer Jareau!"
Cheering loudly for JJ as she took the floor, Sandy sat forward in her seat, eager to see JJ's new floor routine for the first time.
The music began, and JJ, starting from the center of the floor, danced her way back towards the corner, lining herself up for her first tumbling run. Avoiding lingering in the corner, she turned and ran immediately, hurdling into the roundoff flip with ease.
Punching high into the air, she clenched her hands; it was her little tick that helped her twist her tucks around properly.
But somewhere at the end of the first tuck, she realised she had no awareness of where she was in the air.
Trying to hold back on the twist and open out the tuck into a full in instead, she became aware of the fact that she was closer to the ground than she should've been. With a loud thump, she crashed into the floor on her back, her head whipping back sharply as the crowd gasped loudly.
"Oh!" Sandy gasped, jumping instinctively from her seat. Beside her, Will had half risen from his seat, his jaw dropping in shock.
Somehow, JJ knew her feet had come in underneath her, nowhere near able to land, and she'd overrated the double tuck by a mile.
She immediately went to pull herself back to her feet, but as soon as she made to sit up, the arena began to spin and she started feeling nauseous. Lying back down, she covered her face with her hands, taking deep breaths as her music slowly died away.
Hurried footsteps were coming across the podium towards her; medical staff and Nick, no doubt.
"Are you alright?" came a deep, unfamiliar voice to her right. "Don't move around"
"Everything's spinning," she groaned.
Someone gently pried her hands away from her eyes, and when she looked up at them, she realised it was Nick.
"Keep your head nice and still," he said softly. "Your neck whipped back pretty hard, they'll need to clear your spine"
"That didn't look good at all, hopefully she's alright"
"How on earth she managed to overrotate a double double is beyond me"
"It looked like she got lost in the air and just kind of... fell out of it"
Fingers poked and prodded her neck as she lay there beneath the arena lights. The sudden dizziness had died down and she was able to refocus her vision on the high ceiling above her.
She obliged as they asked her to gently move her head from side to side, wiggle her toes, and flex her fingers. When it was apparent she wasn't in any pain and had full function of all her limbs, Nick and one of the medical volunteers carefully helped her up to her feet.
"Jennifer Jareau of Romero's"
As the announcement came, JJ got a loud supportive cheer from the crowd. She was keeping her head down, focusing on putting one foot in front of the other.
They took her to the nearest bank of chairs. Once she was seated, Nick left to grab her warm-ups from her bag, while the medical staff continued to check her over.
"You may have a minor concussion... it's probably safest if we send you to the hospital to get checked out," one of them was saying, but JJ wasn't really listening.
All she was thinking of in that moment was that she really needed to pull everything together if Marta was still going to trust her for Worlds.
jenniferjareau
Today's disaster on floor has resulted in a minor grade concussion that requires rest and observation for the next 24 hours, meaning alyraisman gets the fun job of waking me up every two hours tonight to make sure I'm still alive *laughing face*. Thank you for all the kind messages, I'm feeling a lot better already, and I'm just anxious to get to Nationals and prove that I CAN land that skill! I know it doesn't seem like it, but I really can, I promise! Looking forward to getting back in the gym when I get back to Pittsburgh and working harder than ever. Thank you again, and if you were hoping to see my all-around attempt today... I'm sorry *laughing face*.