Striving for Perfection. (Niall Horan fanfic)

Chapter Six.

Back to training. We have two more training sessions before we are off to London, then we train over there. It felt weird only having four girls in the gym but it was good. The boys weren’t here today, they were, and well I don’t know. I think they were just resting.

I was walking to the gym and I saw Niall, he had a girl all over him. Yeah we weren’t a ‘thing’ but we had something well, we did but obviously not. She walked away and he looked right at me and I just walked off, he followed me and as we got to the gym doors he caught up to me and grabbed my arm.

‘Lucy, it was just-‘

‘No Niall, I don’t care. Let me go’

‘Lucy listen to me’

‘Niall let me go!’

I opened the doors and everyone was getting ready to train, to calm myself down I went to the uneven bars. I jumped on and towards the end of my routine tears overcame me and I fell. I was lucky I was only on the lower bar but it still hurt.

Everyone, including Niall raced over to me and helped me up.

‘Lucy, are you okay?’ Niall asked

I just looked at him and walked off. Lauren and Sophie followed me into a different room in the gym.

‘What happened out there Lucy?’ Lauren asked

‘Nothing happened, I just lost focus’

‘You were crying, you are now. What happened with Niall and you?’

‘Nothing, just leave it! I am going to get my routine right’ I said walking out

I walked passed Coach and straight to the uneven bars.

‘Lucy!’ Coach yelled out ‘Don’t do it, you aren’t focused’

‘I will be fine’ I shouted back

I could see Niall sitting in the stand watching. I jumped on the lower bar and started my routine.

Lucy, forget about him. Olympics, you are going to the Olympics.

I finished my routine, now for my dismount. I landed it, I did perfect.

‘I can’t believe it Lucy’ Coach said ‘so glad you are going to the Olympics’

I smiled and then went over to the floor, landed perfectly again.  Then training was over and Niall wanted to talk to me. Goodie.

‘Lucy that was my cousin’

‘Of course it was’ I whispered

‘I haven’t seen her in years, she is a runner. She has been here for ages, I tried to tell you that but I couldn’t’

‘Okay, well sorry. I just have a lot of pressure right now’

He smiled and I hugged him. Last training session tomorrow in America, then off to London.  I got to the dorm and Sophie and Lauren where in there.

‘Sorry about before’ I said sitting on the floor

‘That’s okay; we know you are under stress with your mum, Niall and now this.’

‘Yeah’

They got up and hugged me; we were excited about going to London in a couple of days.

‘Welcome to the very last training session in America before the Olympics, now you should all be refreshed and ready to do your routines that you will be performing in London. So, let’s get going. I will be watching one by one, Lauren on Floor.’ Coach said

I went to beam first, as I had finished my beam routine Lauren finished her floor routine and we swapped. Coach watched my floor routine and once I had finished he came up to me. As he came up to me, I saw Niall and the boys walked in.

‘You did well, just try again and remember, after the triple twists do the back tuck straight away okay?’

‘Yep’

‘Okay go again’ he said walking off the floor

The music started and I started, I got to my triple twists and then I immediately did my back tuck. I had finished my routine successfully.

‘You did it Lucy!’ Coach said happily as he hugged me ‘You could win gold, I know you can.’

‘Thanks Coach’

‘Now, Sophie on floor’

Sophie made her way to the floor and I went over to the uneven bars.

‘Those Flippity-flips were pretty amazing’ and Irish voice said behind me

‘You would be the best commentator’

‘Now, Lucy Hemsdale on the floor. She starts off with a Flippity-flip and then another Flippity-flip then she finishes with a Flippity-Flip she’s done it! She has won gold!’ he laughed

‘You’re an idiot’ I laughed back ‘Now let me do more Flippity-flips’

He went and sat back down and I continued to do my routines.

After training Niall and I walked around campus for a bit. We were going to be on a plane tomorrow going to London.

‘What’s going to happen after the Olympics when I come back here and you stay in London?’ I asked

‘We will just wait and see, until then, then we can figure it out’ he said grabbing my hand

We walked around and talked and laughed for ages. I was going to miss this but I knew I couldn’t think of that just yet.