Reaching My Dream Goal

I could not believe my eyes when I saw.. My final score for the 2020 Olympics. I AM SO EXCITED!!!! I cry and hug my best friend Alissa. We have been training for this moment ever since we were two years old. I looked over to the side of the arena, and I saw Matt and I thought about all the times he was there for me. Matt was not just a coach he was a friend, he was also our enemy at times, and he was a fatherly figure to Alissa and I. Matt always wanted to travel around the world. We went all around the states, but some if my favorite states were Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Austin, Texas; and Salt Lake City, Utah.

(Flashback to 6 years ago from 2020)

It was April 2014 and I had this weird feeling in my stomach when I pulled up into Alissa's driveway. I just sort if ignored it, and then I texted Alissa saying that I was here, and to grab my smoothie that her mum always makes for us whenever we have practice. When she got into the car, she immediately knew something was wrong because I was very short with her.

She said,"Elena,what is the matter with you?

I said, "Something doesn't feel right, I feel like something bad will happen at the gym today".

She said, "I thought that was the case, we both knew that today was the day that five gymnasts out of 20 get picked to be on the USA Gymnastics Team".

We finally made it to the gym, and right when we got there we got called into our coaches office. People only go there for bad news. Alissa and I exchanged nervous looks. We slowly walked up the stairs to the couch in Matts office.