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I'm really not good AT ALL at getting stories right with the TV shows on Fanfic, I know that was probably their last year at Britannia High, therefore this story is basically about the business between Lauren, Claudine and Danny, but please play along, I'm not used to this yet ;)

Enjoy :D x

"I've got to get this right. There's no stopping me, I'm the best. I'm the star."

A twist and a turn, followed by an elaborate jump and a high kick were practiced over and over by Claudine.

The dance studio was silent; only Claudine's fierce, concentrated breathing could be heard, aside from her gentle footsteps on the polished, wooden floor.

She tried the move again; making sure she got it right this time. Her dance routine turned out fine at first, however moments later, she lost her balance and came tumbling to the floor, hitting her head on the hard laminate, her smooth black hair sprawled about her face.

Claudine couldn't take it anymore. She buried her head into her hands, and wept. Nobody could hear her soft crying coming from the dance studio.

How could this happen? How could a boy, and even a secret, get in the way of her life dream?

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Claudine stumbled in from the cold weather into the house she shared with the five people she hung out with at Britannia High. She looked sad, and her head was bruised and sore.

The first person to confront her was Lauren. Even if they both never saw eye to eye, Claudine still felt happy to see Lauren; she can be quite comforting and nice.

After Danny had cheated and used them both, they began to become a bit closer to each other as good friends.

"Where have you been? And what's happened?" asked Lauren in that comforting tone. Claudine followed Laurens eyes. Lauren had clearly noticed that Claudine's forehead was bruised.

"I'm fine, ok?" mumbled Claudine.

"You don't look fine," Lauren said, whilst pointing to Claudine's forehead. "Do you want me to get you something for that?"

Claudine sensed something inside Lauren that would comfort her and reassure her. She couldn't say that Lauren was an awful person, just because she was the first to get Danny rather than her.

"Can I talk to you?" Claudine asked Lauren after a long pause, and a glimpse in her compact mirror.

Lauren looked surprised. Her enemy, who hated her so much, was now asking if she could talk to her?

"Sure, come and sit down" Lauren said with a smile, whilst pinching herself on the wrist to check if this was some sort of weird dream.

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Moments later, with her head now 'ice-packed', Claudine was telling Lauren everything that happened in the dance studio. Lauren was listening contently, and she understood Claudine's every word.

"I seem to be thinking about it all the time. I know your thinking it too. Danny is such an amazing guy, and I know that I rejected him for being a total jerk, but I can't stop thinking about him. And it's paying off in my dancing, I just can't concentrate; when I think about him, I completely lose it and it causes me to mess up" moaned Claudine, her head turned down in sorrow & shame.

Lauren put her hand on Claudine's shoulder comfortingly.

"I think about him too, but he was a total jerk, and I can't forgive him now" she told Claudine.

"Same here, he was great, but it's getting in the way of my school work" sighed Claudine.

There was a silence for a few minutes. Both of them knew that they could never take Danny back, however desperate he was. They were both thinking the same thing: he wasn't worth it, at all.

After a while, Claudine spoke up. She had a confession.

"Lauren?" Claudine spoke up.

"What's up?" said Lauren.

"I'm really sorry babe" said Claudine, and she said it like she meant it.

Lauren turned her head towards her, almost in shock.

"What are you sorry for?" she asked her.

"For being a jerk, you know and I know that I haven't been that nice to you, and it was all because I was jealous, which was so wrong...I'm just really sorry babes. I want to change." She said, still looking down.

Lauren smiled.

"I forgive you, let's have a fresh start, without Danny" she suggested.

"Good idea, Hi babes, I'm Claudine" she said with a big cheesy grin.

They both laughed. Claudine now felt safe to know that Lauren felt the same way as she did.

After an hours chat about general things, both girls realised the time was late, and they needed to be up for tomorrows dance practice.

Claudine lay in her comfy bed, feeling how bad her bruise was, but still thinking about Danny. The thoughts of Danny seemed to ache more than the bruise. How can Lauren get over things so quickly?

She soon fell into a deep sleep, and a troubled dream…

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Claudine ran through the silent corridors of Britannia High.

Somewhere, in the distance, she could hear Lauren's desperate screams. Claudine called for her, but there was no reply.

She wondered what Lauren could be screaming about, but whatever it was, she sounded pretty desperate.

She ran a bit further, trying to follow the screams. As the screams go louder and nearer, she noticed the temperature was getting hotter. And the corridor was getting lighter in a deathly orange glow.

Claudine rounded the corner, and skidded to a sudden halt. The whole corridor was a blaze of fire and smoke. Claudine coughed and spluttered at the amount of smoke that was surrounding her. She dropped to the floor, where she had learnt the air was clearer.

She strained her eyes to try and find Lauren. However, she saw someone else coming towards her. She tried to strain her eyes to see who it was.

It was Danny. And he was walking away from Lauren's frantic calls.

"Where's Lauren?" Claudine asked, desperately.

To Claudine's surprise, Danny simply smirked.

"Danny, what have you done?" she asked, fiercely.

All of a sudden, Danny grabbed Claudine and threw her against the row of lockers. She screamed out in pain.

"YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO LOVE ME!" Danny yelled, right into Claudine's terrified face.

Danny pushed her body to the lockers. He then whispered words into her ear.

"She deserves it. You deserve it."

Danny ran off, leaving Claudine coughing and crying. She heard Lauren's screams again and again.

"I'm coming!" she yelled.

But she tripped, and fell skidding towards the blaze of fire. Then everything went dark.

Claudine awoke, her face coated in sweat. Lauren's screaming stopped. The blazing fire had disappeared. Only daylight poured in through the crack in the curtains, straining her eyes.

She looked around, and saw Lauren standing in the doorway.

"What's wrong, Claudine, are you ok?!"

It was just a dream…just a dream…