Michelle's POV

"So, I heard you're choreographing J-Troupe." I heard Tiffany say to Daniel.

"Yeah, I'm going to work with them later." He said smiling.

"I did that before, you know." She said.

I sort of listened in. Daniel hesitated. "Really?"

"Yeah, and you know what they're like?" She asked.

I saw Daniel shake his head. Where was she going with this? "They're crazy. But I'm sure you'll be fine."

Daniel started asked questions. What was Tiffany up to?

~*~*~(after auditions)~*~*~

Daniel's POV

I watched as Riley stood in front, Michelle in back. I honestly thought she would be in the front, she was amazing. I offered a small smile, which she returned. "Michelle, you can stay where you are." Emily finished with: "Back row."

Michelle looked kind of heart broken. Most of the dancers look surprised except for Stephanie and Emily. West scratched the back of his head and looked at Michelle. I got this weird feeling in my stomach, but I ignored it.

She shrugged as if they were talking through their minds. I saw Emily give a thumbs up and wink, mouthing 'good job' to Riley. Riley looked kind of peeved. Riley may be an E-Girl, but even she knows when she's good and bad.

"Alright everybody, back it up and all I'm looking for right now is cleanliness in the arms and be sharp. Be there, okay?" I got into position.

Riley kept messing up and stumbling with the steps. But when I turned, there was Michelle, doing a perfect turn, in perfect posture. I watched as Emily tried to show Riley what to do. In this boring dance, Emily kind of slowed everyone down for Riley's sake.

We have a competition this weekend; we can't have this going on! Riley stayed on the floor as Emily urged her up. Emily took her aside while we continued to dance. We took a break shortly after and I caught up with Michelle. "Hey." I said, smile on my face.

A small one appeared on hers. "Hi."

"You're a really good dancer; you don't deserve to be in the back." I blurted.

"I guess, but I have to earn my spot though." She shrugged.

I call bullshit. If she had to earn her spot, she would be in B-Troupe, not A-Troupe where she belongs. "Okay everyone, let's have a break!" Emily called.

"Yeah, let's go get some juice!" James said, clapping.

"Hi boys and girls, I'm Daniel, " After talking to Tiffany, I'm really, really nervous about working with the J-Troupe.

"I'm thinking that today-" "You know we speak English, right?" One of the girls interrupted me with.

"Yeah, sorry." I laughed a bit. "Umm, see, I was thinking something like this."

I started dancing. "Like this, really bop your shoulders."

"Um, excuse me?" Another girl said. "Yeah?" "I have a question."

"Sure." I said looking at her.

"Do you even know what you're doing?" Everyone giggled.

I was kind of shocked. I'm like, no I don't know what I'm doing, help me out. "Um, we're not going to follow along unless you know all our names." One of the boys said.

I'm like, what? "I don't think I like you." The blonde girl said. I didn't think it would be this difficult. They didn't even pick up a few steps. So I'm really, really not sure what I should try to get through to them. I called a break, and everyone cheered.

I groaned and brought a hand through my hair. "Okay guys, can we take it from the top?" "No." Someone said. "No, we're going to take it from the top." I corrected myself.

"Please? How about we go through it with music? That's more fun." I suggested.

They all kept saying no. These kids are rotten, they are not listening to me at all and it's really, really hard. "Guys please, get up. I just want to make your performance the best it can be, it's not me on stage, it's you." "Thank god it's not you!" Someone told me.

Michelle's POV

I ran past Tiffany. She didn't even see it coming.

Daniel's POV

"Alright J-Troupe." A voice came from the door. Michelle came in, and I'm here thinking, thank god. She came and stood beside me. Everyone turned half of their attention to her. "You can leave." Michelle announced and now I think she's lost her mind.

But J-Troupe looked shocked. "What do you mean?" A boy asked. "Well, I mean you can go if you won't listen to Daniel. What's the point of you being here if you won't listen to Daniel?"

"But he can't dance!" One girl shouted. "Actually, Daniel's one of the best dancers in our Troupe, if not the best. But, if he can't dance, then neither can you. So go to the competition in a few weeks without a dance and see who will stay, because if you go out there without one, you won't be invited back." Michelle said grabbing my hand. "And we're going too, so no point in staying. Call your parents, bye!" She said pulling me out the door.

"Michelle, we can't just-" She put a hand over my mouth. "Wait for it." She whispered. "Daniel! Michelle!" Six voices yelled. I saw Tiffany glared at us, I wonder what that's about. I smiled and we walked back in, starting up the dance.

The next day, I was stretching with Michelle and we laughed. "Thanks again, that was awesome." I thanked. Michelle just nodded. "Alright everyone, take your positions, you should be warm by now." Emily called coming in.

We got up, and I stood in front of Michelle, blocking her beautiful face- WOAH! Where did that come from? Okay, I might have a smidge of a crush on her, but just a small one. Riley pushed Michelle in front of me, and I figured out what she was doing. Riley walked in behind me, and me and Michelle were caught in the middle of a sister fight. Michelle forced, and me physically.

I looked back and forth between Michelle and Emily. She walked to the back and we all turned. "What are you doing?" Emily demanded. "What's right." Riley answered.

She took a deep breath. "Kate had nothing to do with these line placements. Emily did this all on her own. And I clearly do not deserve to be in the front row, Michelle does."

"Do you all agree with me?" "Yeah." James answered.

Stephanie shook her head slowly. "Yeah." I put in.

"Yeah." West said sizing Michelle up.

Michelle looked away and I knew she did like being caught in the middle of this. "Sorry sis, you're out voted." Riley said.

Emily glared at Riley. "I guess that's the last time I put any faith in you, sis." Emily sneered.

"Okay, that's fine." She chirped.

"So, I'm in the front?" I was confused too, what was going on? "Yes." Emily said it as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.

But it wasn't, seeings how no one knew how to follow this craziness. Michelle nodded as Kate came in. "Okay dancers, we have a lot of work to do on this dance still, okay? We need to pick up the energy big time." She said.

She came up to Emily. "Good job on moving Michelle to the front, you did the right thing." Emily just fake smiled. "Alright, 5,6,7,8 and!" We began dancing.

Now it was time for J-Troupe's performance. They came in, and I introduced them. The dance started and I stood by Michelle. "Thank you." I said again. "But how did you know they were being bad?" I whispered.

"I figured Tiffany was trying to get into your head or something, so I kind of eavesdropped on a conversation that I heard your name and I was right. She was going to make it seem like she was amazing and you'd love her for it." Michelle explained quietly.

I nodded. J-Troupe finished their dance and waved goodbye. I got patted on the back and high-fives all around. Except for Emily, Stephanie, Tiffany and Michelle. Tiffany, Stephanie and Emily didn't come over to congratulate, and Michelle gave me a hug. I hugged her tight and whispered "Thank you." A million and one times over. Michelle laughed.

Michelle's POV

I'm glad I could help, and I kind of like being in Daniel's arms. Don't tell him that though. We stayed a little longer when James yelled "JUICE!" And we all left.