'Hi. No that's not good thing to say. Umm, hello my name is Nelly and I want to dance for your studio. No still not good.' I mutter to myself as I creep up the halls of The Next Step studio. It was so quiet but at the same time, so many dancers. So yeah, I'm Nelly and I just moved to America as my Dad got remarried. I was at a dance studio in England and it was the best in the country. It is called '7 Leaps.' I'm sure you have heard of it. My old dance studio was the best in the country and we have won Sections, Mictroes and all the other dance competition you could name in England. We also came seconds in world – wide twice. World-wide is when the best dance studio of their country comes to beat other countries. So 7 Leaps represented England and I believe it was Elite who represented America. They came fifth. I would laugh in their faces. So a few weeks ago I was looking up which studio had won Regionals this year and it was The Next Step. My dance leader rang up the woman who owns the building and she said I could come to audition with the other dancers for a place on the team at Nationals. I really want this.

As I walk through the door I see many people warming up. 12. I think to myself. From behind me I hear a woman talking to me.

'Are you lost, you're not meant to be up here.' She says. I smile up at her.

'Hi, I'm Nelly, from 7 Leaps.' I say. Her face fell and then a bright smile formed.

'Nelly, oh God, I'm so sorry, please come this way.' She says. We walk into the studio and all the dancers look at me.

'J – Troupe is downstairs.' Some guy says and they all start laughing. The owner, Kate, made a face and the dancers stop laughing and were serious.

'Guys, this is Nelly.' Kate says more cheery. 'She from England's finest dance studio, 7 Leaps.' One girl gasped and looked like she wanted to have fit. The other laughed at her as they clearly never heard of 7 Leaps. Another girl hid behind a buff boy. I knew her. She was the head of Elite or the dance captain.

'You're Amada, right.' I say. Some people stare at her. She comes out from behind the boy. She nods.

'Right make yourself at home.' Kate said before going into the office.

'Wait, Kate.' One girl prospected and followed her. I drop my bag in the corner and start doing flips. First I did Aerial then ran off the wall. At 7 Leaps, you must ace everything they throw at you. Some boys stared at me. One came up to me.

'Hi, I'm James and I love flips but I can't do them.' He laughs. I shake my head.

'Then you need to go 7 Leaps for a week. You must ace every type of dance there is.' I say. He smiles again.

'Can you do hip hop?' he asked. I nod.

'Give me something to copy.' I say. He laughs and the other two watching, join him. I watch all of them as they do their routine. It looks so completes but I must try. Once they are doing, I take James' place and redo the whole routine. When it came to the part where I climb up one of the dancers and do a triple tuck flip, I get nervous as the triple tuck flip was one of the hardest things for me to do, but I don't show my fear to them. Once I'm on his shoulders the door goes and I lose footing. Instead of a triple tuck flip, I do a back hand flip. Still James was impressed that I pulled off half their routine. As I look to see who came thought the door, I saw two people who I thought I would never see again.

'Emily, you got to check out this new kid.' A girl says to Emily. Her eyes wonder around the room until she sees me. I freeze. She pulls Riley top until Riley's eyes were also at me.

'Umm, hi.' I say.

'Yeah, same here.' Emily says. She pulls a fake smile but Riley walks over to me.

'Hi.' She says. I see James' eyes narrow on us. 'Long time, no see. How is everyone?' she asked.

'Great, yeah, umm, Mike is trying out for Elite as he believes it will be better to dance there.' I say.

'I'm I sensing awkward.' James laughs as he says this.

'No, just we haven't seen each other in a long time.' Riley says.

'Does she still hate me?' I asked quietly. Riley nods.

'What happened?' James asked.

'I slapped Emily round the face because she was rude to me.' I say.

'Oh, so that's where she got the bruise from.' Then he starts laughing. Riley hit him on the arm and stopped. Then Emily came over.

'Hi.' She says like it meant nothing. 'It's been 7 years.' She pulls a fake smile. I feel glum.

'I'm still sorry.' I say quietly.

'Oh get over yourself. I'm mad because you are one of the best dancers in the world and you have come to kick one of us out. Wait, no, you can replace Daniel.' This time she smiles at me. The first I've ever seen.

'Everyone, listen up.' All the dancers gathered round Emily.

'This is Nelly, a pro dancer from the second best studio in the world, she is also our cousin.' There were come whispers in the room. 'I believe we will Nationals with her on our team.' There was a loud cheer and everyone had smiles on their faces. Then Emily looked at me. 'Welcome to your new home.' We both smiled. This is the next step.