A/N: Enjoy!

With intense trainings being the hallmarks of their days, the camp began to blur into one long stream.

Grieving though she still was, JJ had discovered that throwing herself head-on into her gymnastics was giving her a refreshed perspective, something to focus on other than the heartache she'd experienced. She knew that once she got home, she was going to have a lot to work through to come to terms with the loss, but for now, she was feeling a little less miserable and a little happier being around the girls at camp.

Just before lunch on the morning of July 21st, the eight girls lined up before Marta at the end of their training session. They were exhausted and covered head to toe in chalk, but the completion of every training session brought the Olympics just that little bit closer, and the fire was still burning brightly inside them all.

"Good training, girls. You are all handling the pressure very well, I am pleased," Marta said with a smile. "We must keep to perfecting the little things… make everything little bit cleaner, little bit tighter"

Her demeanor relaxed as she lowered her clipboard, her smile seeming to become even more genuine.

"I think you will be excited," she said with a chuckle. "After lunch, it is time to get your leotards and Olympic gear"

The girls all perked up, looking at each other excitedly with huge smiles growing across their faces.

"Go and relax for a few hours, and we will rejoin for another training at half past three"

"Thank you Marta, coaches, and national staff, goodbye"

Excited chatter filtering from the group, the girls headed for the lockers to grab their things before leaving the hall. JJ moved a little slower than the rest, lost in thought as she trudged towards the locker alcove.

"You ok?" Aly asked, sidling up beside JJ.

"Yeah… I'm alright," JJ replied honestly. "Excited for leotards?"

"You know I love getting new leos," Aly laughed, draping an arm around JJ's shoulders. "We are gonna look faaaaabulous"

Shaking her head, JJ had to laugh. She was glad Aly had not strayed from being her usual self. After all, a healthy dose of laughter was definitely needed every now and then.

With lunch finished, the girls had all headed straight for one of the conference rooms, where a representative from GK Elite had been waiting with two people from Nike.

One by one, they received their Olympic gear. Eight stunning competition leotards, fourteen training leotards, half of which were from Aly and JJ's signature collection they had designed the previous year. They all received large bags emblazoned with the US Olympic team insignia. Inside the bags were Nike branded shirts, leggings, pants, sweatshirts, a backpack to take to the competitions, a water bottle, a grips bag, shoes and socks, among other bits and pieces. Another set of warm-ups that matched the blue ones from Trials, these ones a brilliant red, accompanied a smarter set of warm-ups that were navy blue with red sleeves and USA written in red down the back; clearly, the navy set was intended as podium wear.

"Yes! Pins!" Aly cried triumphantly some ten minutes later after digging furiously through her bag. JJ laughed, dropping one of the t-shirts back into her own bag. After winning medals, Aly's favourite Olympic activity was definitely taking part in the pin trading.

Reaching in, JJ pulled out the plastic garment bag holding her leotards. All the girls making a bid for Rio had been being carefully sized up since earlier in the year, with various fittings in plain mockups of the leotards the Olympic team would be wearing. But today was the first time JJ had seen the designs. Almost tentatively, she opened the bag to have a look at each leotard.

First was a patriotic ensemble that was mostly navy; with a red diagonal section covering the left shoulder. It was covered in Swarovski crystals; starbursts on the navy, wavy stripes on the red.

Next was a blue bodied leotard with white sleeves, and a white and red stripe separating the blue from the sleeves. Like its predecessor, it was also covered in crystals.

The one that she pulled out next, she actually recognized as the red and navy leotard from the Team USA media summit. It was a bright red, with a white and then navy stripe covering the V shaped neckline.

Fourth came a leotard that JJ had the strange feeling she recognized from somewhere. It was mostly white, with a red ombre at the bottom. The top was navy, with red wavy stripes going from their left shoulder down across their chest.

JJ felt a small burst of patriotic pride. She really hoped that one was the one they wore for the team final.

The next two were carbon copies of each other, if not for the colours. One was a deep blue ombre, with red accents on the neck and sleeves. The other was a white to red ombre, with a white neckline and blue touches on the sleeves.

She loved the ombre, but she wasn't sure how she felt about the one with the red neckline.

Lastly were two plain red leotards. One was a recolour of the purple leotard they had worn for qualifications in Glasgow the previous year, which JJ had rather liked. The other was deep red with mesh sleeves, emblazoned with a healthy dose of Swarovski. In fact, it rather reminded JJ of the leotard they had worn for the 2012 team final.

She smiled.

She loved them all.

Laden with gear, the girls all returned to their dorms to enjoy some free time before their second training of the day.

With only three days left until they departed for Rio, the excitement was definitely building.

All they knew was they just couldn't wait to get started.