A month later saw half of Waterloo Road stood in the hallway. Finn and Eva were in a loving relationship with each other, much to the delight of the rest of the school. Kyle had been realised on the legal order that he stay away from Finn, Eva and everything to do with them. Despite promising Finn she would stay away from him, there had been a time when she had visited him in secret. It was a secret that remained. July equalled one thing; the end of year talent show. Josh and Finn were going to sing together, much to the disgust and delight of Lauren and Eva. Lauren, Eva, Madi and Trudi were going to dance - much to Lauren, Madi and Trudi's disgust. Stood in the wings, Lauren, Madi and Trudi nervously revised the steps to the routine.
"I can't believe we're doing this." Lauren sighed, rubbing her face with her hands.
"I can." Eva beamed. "It's been forever since I did something this exhilerating!"
"I don't want to do it!" Trudi squeaked.
"What?" Eva asked.
"I'm serious." Trudi fanned her face with her hand. "I'm hyperventilating! I can't get up in front of all these people and dance!"
"Course you can." Eva soothed, taking Trudi's hand and smiling warmly.
"I don't care if you think you can do it or not - you're doing it!" Madi snapped.
"Madi!" Lauren hissed. "Let's go through it one more time."
"3...2...1..." Eva counted them in. "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8..."
"Look you did it!" Lauren exclaimed when they'd finished.
"I did, didn't I?" Trudi beamed.
"Come on, Truds." Eva threw her arms around her. "We can do this."
"Course we can." Trudi nodded.
"Eva, Lauren, Trudi and Madi?" Miss Boston gestured for them to follow her.
"This is it." Madi whispered as they all stood in a circle, holding each other's hands.
"I get nervous too, you just have to swallow it and move."
"You do this daily though." Madi replied, shrugging.
"Doesn't mean I don't get nervous." Eva answered. "We can do this!"
They all squeezed each other's hands before following Miss Boston out onto the stage, to the sound of applause.
Eva took her place in the centre, Lauren to her left, Madi to her right and Trudi to her far right.
"...You know you're only in it cuz it's hot right now, hot right now. Turn it up right now. Put your hands in the air if you want it right now. Eh oh eh oh hot right now. You know you're only in it cuz it's hot right now, hot right now. Turn it up right now. Put your hands in the air if you want it right now. Eh oh eh oh hot right now." The song started and the moves flowed.