OK, I also posted this at Olympic Slash..and I'm doing the same here...

SHE
Doc Marten
(NOTE: Yup, it's Liukin/Johnson again, only it's songfic, and from the POV of Shawn after the UB final. The disclaimer cometh: This is a work of FICTION, and is to be taken as such. This story is no indication of the actual sexual orientation, personalities or actual relationship of either Shawn Johnson or Nastia Liukin or Chellsie Memmel for that matter, and is not to be taken as such. If you are offended by depictions of two young women in a romantic relationship, STOP RIGHT HERE. DO NOT READ THIS. Get a life instead. The lyrics to the song She are copyright to Jen Foster, and no infringement on her original copyright is intended. That song just fit this. And as always, feedback is wanted, needed and appreciated, either here or at my email: dmarten90@gmail.com.)

I've heard it said so many times
Love is blind
So why are you staring?
You say that love is all we need
Well, does that apply to me?

Cause I have found someone
That I think is beautiful
And I have fallen in love
And I'm telling you

She
Means everything to me
She
Makes me feel like nothing else matters
Not even what the world thinks of me

They told me when i was a little girl
Love's a pearl
You're lucky if you find it
So, share that precious beauty with the world
Now suddenly they say
I've got to hide it

But I have found true love
And there is nothing you can do
Just try to stop me
Just try to stop us
Good luck to you

She
Means everything to me
She
Makes me feel nothing else matters
Not even what the world thinks of me

It's simple as can be
I love her, she loves me
It's what everybody dreams of
There's nothing to be afraid of
After all, it's only love
-She
Jen Foster
Nothing in the world makes me madder than to see Nastia upset. And she was. She just got royally screwed for a Chinese girl in the Uneven Bars final-and THIS time I got the higher grade medal than she did. It didn't make me happy. Not in the slightest. Not when my Nastia was hurting.
But Nastia wasn't upset at all. Surprisingly.
"Hey, you got it over me this time." She grinned.
She knows how to fake it pretty well, but only to people who don't know her. Me? I know her better than anyone in the world-outside of her mom and dad. So I knew my girl was aching inside. And there was nothing I could do about it except hold her close to me and remind her of what she is in my life.
So, I did.
I'm sure there's questions about Nastia and I. Yeah, I know..frickin' USAG. They try to make us look ultra feminine and cutsey when most of us gymnasts just ain't like that-we're about as butch as firefighters. And it sucks. So-they shrink away from any sort of controversy. And God forbid if they ever found out about us. But-do I care? Naah. They can think what they want to about Nastia and me. I just know she's the most important thing in my life outside of my parents and gymnastics. And I don't know what I'd do without her. I tucked my chin in her shoulder like I always do while we were watching TV. No, we didn't watch the competition. Instead, we were watching some old episodes of Xena in Chinese.
It was rather funny and I tried to joke with her, but Nastia wasn't having it. Not tonight.
She glanced at me and smiled a little bit. "Y'know, they're gonna start asking questions."
I glanced back at her. "So?"
She looked rather surprised at my reaction. "You ain't worried about what the federation would think?" She asked. "How about those endorsements?"
"No." I answered back, rather firmly. "All I know is that I love you. You make me happy. If USAG has a problem with it, it's their problem, not mine. I don't do gymnastics for the money."
Nastia grinned. "Y'know, for a short chirpy thing, you sure have some guts."
I smiled back, remembering when Chellsie called me that. "I might be a short chirpy thing, but I know a great thing when I see it." I kissed her softly. "You're that great thing."
"I wish I felt that way right now." Nastia sighed.
"Honey, you were screwed by the judges." I responded. "Remember where we are."
"Yeah. I know." Nastia sighed. "I wouldn't blame Sac if she just said fuck it and went back to school. I've felt like doing the same."
"So, why didn't you?"
Nastia glanced at me, ducking her head slightly. She smiled.
"You."
"Me?" I said, rather surprised at her answer. "Why me?"
"I love you, Shawnie. Don't forget that. Ever." My girl shot back at me. "I know what you're thinking..I look like a chipmunk, short chirpy thing, Nastia has a squirrel fetish, bla, bla, bla." She then brushed a stray hair off my face. "You're beautiful to me. You're the most important thing in my life outside of my mom and dad. And you're right-fuck USAG if they don't get us. I could care less about that either."
I grinned back, and then we shared a kiss that could melt the polar ice cap. My Nastia's gonna be OK. Damn, I love that girl.

FINIS