Jojo's POV

Mackenzie leaned over touching her toes but her eyes were on Maddie.

Maddie was warming up her spins in the center of the waiting room getting in the way of all the arriving auditioners.

No one has said anything about her rudeness, but it's really bothering me and I'm tempted to tell her to move.

About a month ago, Maddie fell from Abby's good graces. And Abby now treats her WORSE than she treats her average student. She cruel to Mackenzie too, but she has always been nasty to Mackenzie, she used to favor Maddie pathetically.

Reilly is beside me stretching her leg. She's Abby's new favorite, it's clear to see. Abby loves her.

"Miss Maddie Ziegler, you may come in now." The lady at the door announced.

Maddie straightened her back. Melissa looked tempted to remind her of something she should do, but decided against it. Maddie walked through the door.

Mackenzie walked over and started stretching where Maddie had been before.

"Mackenzie! You are right in everyone's way! What the hells the matter with you? You selfish little brat!" Abby shouted at her.

"Mackenzie move your butt back over to the bench right now young lady! I'm going to take your phone away next time you are so rude and careless!" Melissa threatened her.

I couldn't help to laugh. Poor Mackenzie.

I got a dirty look from Abby, Melissa and Reilly but I don't care.

"Miss Jojo Siwa, the judges will have you now." I nodded walking over through the door.

"Go the audition room #8" the lady inside instructed me. I walked over to the room labelled 8. Taking a deep breath I pushed open the door and found 3 judges at a desk with 5 other dancers in the room.

"Ah, the last dancer arrived. Resume on the desk hunny. Then join the crew. These are 5 of our already hand-chosen and hand-trained members. Today were going to teach you some choreography and you're going to try to keep up with them. If you blend in, you make the cut. If you stand out in a bad way, you're going home. If you stand out in a good way... Well were discuss if you actually can."

I nodded excited by the challenge.

One dancer starts showing me the steps slowly helping me learn them, the judges watch carefully interested in my ability to pick up choreo and do the correct steps.

I struggled with a few parts but the dancer patiently redid the steps for me and soon I could keep up with them.

"Alright are you ready? We're going to play the music and you're going to go beside Ellen here, and dance along. Every dancer can't just be the star all the time Jojo, you need to be able to dance with others too, right? You understand why we're doing this?" I nodded hiding my fear. This is usually my weak spot, keep up with everyone and my lines and technique, especially since most of these girls are much older than me, and all have ballerina techniques, while my technique is not the best. I started dancing trying to not make any of my own moves and trying not to watch them. I ignored them and did the choreo I was taught hoping I was in sync with them. I did add anything; I just did as I was taught.

When it finished the judges clapped and the other dancers all nodded in approval at me.

"Good job Jojo, you weren't right on, but you did a pretty good job! Very impressive. If you make the cut, we'll contact your parents soon. Keep dancing alright hunny? You're very talented." I nodded before leaving and returning to the change room.

"How did it go?" Abby asked.

"It was good!" I said happily, "they said I did a great job of keeping up with their students!"

"Really?" Abby raised her eyebrows. "I don't think they actually said that to you Jojo, I knew you were going to fail this. The only reason I signed you up was to teach you how important it is for you to learn how to dance with other because you suck at it. Obviously you did not make It on." Abby sneered.

I stared at her in shock. "What?" Mom asked Abby her eyes blaring. "How dare you?"

I felt my face turning red in embarrassment. Everyone else in the change room from all the other studio looked at me, some sneering some pitifully.

Maddie walked out with Kendall and Mackenzie, who had also auditioned.

"Well?" Abby asked them no longer interested in me.

Kenzie shrugged "I didn't make it in. They told me."

"Well obviously, you chop all your lines and you technique is horrible, I'm asking Kendall and Maddie, not you. I knew you would fail." Abby snapped, just as cruel as she was to me. Mackenzie's face turned bright red and she walked over to the bench her back to us.

"Well?" Abby asked the other two girls like nothing happened.

"Well.." Kendall started glancing at Maddie, "we ended up in the same room somehow. We both had to do it with the same people and judges... And the dancer they already had there, that had taught us the choreo and been one of the girls dancing with us... Happened to be an old friend..." Kendall cut off.

Abby wrinkled her forehead. "Who was it? And how did you guys do?"

"Oh we did fine, he said he guarantees we both made the cut..." Maddie said.

Melissa sighed and relief and Jill smiled happily. But Abby's wrinkle stayed there.

"WHO was it?" She asked.

They glanced at each other again.

Kendall replied her eyes looking directly into Abby's skull.

"Well, Chloe of course."

Abby stepped back in shock her face beet red with anger, jealously, disappointment and shame.