Chapter 4 Peter is picking out two alternates

Cubby's POV

The next morning in studio A, Peter was picking out the alternates.

"Okay the alternates are, Cubby and Bart." Peter said to us.

"I feel like I didn't even get a chance to show what I got."Bart said to him as he left.

"Bart, wait!" I said to him as I chased him into the cafeteria, started to cry.

"Hey, Bart you okay?" I asked him.

"No. I feel like... I don't know what it is, but it hurts." Bart said to me.

"Hey, it's okay to feel sad." I said to him.

"Thanks Cubby." Bart said to me.

"Hey, us Marina dating anyone?" Bart asked me.

"What?" I asked him.

"Nothing." Bart said to me as I giggled a little bit.

"Bart do you have a crush on Marina the Mermaid?" I asked him.

"A little bit." Bart said to me.

"Well, I am going to go. And if you ever want to talk, you know where to find me." I said to him as I then left.

Izzy's POV

As Peter and I were putting the spreadsheet I was biting down who got what.

"Okay, so the male soloist is Austin. The female soloist is ugh, Richelle. Small group, Jake, Ugh Richelle, Luke and me. And the five person dance is, Jake, ugh Richelle, Austin and Eldon!" I said to him.

" Okay Izzy, why are you putting ugh, in every sentence?" Peter asked me.

"Because I can't stand her, or Marina." I said to him.

"But Marina's not even on the list." Peter said to me.

"I know that, I'm just making a POINT!" I said to him.

"I'm sorry Peter, I didn't mean to tell at you. It's just that ever since Marina and Richelle started being mean to me I just couldn't get my head straight and I still can't." I said to him.

"I understand, bullies can be bullies." Peter said to me.

"So why are they so mean to me?" I asked him.

"Maybe that's something you should ask them." Peter said to me.

"Yeah, not going to happen." I said to him.

"Why not?" Peter asked me.

"Because they scare me." I said to him.

"Wait they scared you?" Peter asked me.

"YES! YES, THEY DO!" I said to him.

"The only thing I can tell you, is to ignore them." Peter said to me.

"I'll try." I said to him as I then left.

Cubby's POV

As I was just eating a snack, I started to cough for some reason.

"It was probably nothing to worry about." I said to myself.

As Izzy and Jake came into the cafeteria, Princess and baby Jay ran to them.

"Hi, buddy!" Jake said to baby jay while Izzy kissed Princess on her little cheek.

" Mommy cut out... You miss a spot." Princess's said to her.

"I know I did!" Izzy said to her.

"Hey, Cubby you okay?" Jake asked me as I started to cough again.

"Yeah I'm fine." I said to them.

"Okay, if you feel anything, tell us right away." Izzy said to me.

"Yes, Izzy and Jake." I said to them.

Izzy's POV

As I was just playing with my food, Cubby and Jake were worried about me.

"Hey, Izzy you okay?" Jake asked me as I didn't say anything back to him.

Jake's POV

AS Izzy wasn't talking, I figured it was about what happened yesterday.

"Cubby, Marina and Richelle want her dead." I said to him.

"Oh is that why you were crying yesterday because of that nightmare you had?" Cubby asked me.

"How did you know, about my nightmare?" I asked him.

"Jake I may be ten, but I'm smart." Cubby said to me as I ruffled his hair.

"Yes, you are." I said to him.

As we went home, Izzy and I went into the our bedroom to relax while Cubby went into the living room with the kids.

"Izzy, please, speak to me." I said to her whole sitting on her bed.

"No." Izzy said to me.

"Well at least I got one word out of her." I said to myself.

"Iz, look it's your teddy bear. Don't you want to hug it?" I asked her.

"No." Izzy said to me as she threw her bear on the floor.

"Izzy, come on don't be a baby." I said to her as Cubby came in with the kids.

"Still no word out of her?" Cubby asked me.

"Well, I got two no's so that's something." I said to him.

"Anything else?" Cubby asked me.

"She threw her teddy bear on the floor." I said to him.

"Izzy, say something? Anything, a word, a sentence, a paragraph." I said to her.

"Okay look I know you guys are trying to help me but every time I see those two girls, I just can't think straight." Izzy said to us.

"Why didn't you say anything before? We could have helped you more." Cubby asked her.

"I was too nervous for them to say something again." Izzy said to us as a paper airplane came through the window and hit Izzy's head.

"Is that a paper airplane with a note attached to it?" I asked her as she nodded.

Izzy, you are fat...

Signed by Marina and Richelle.

"THAT'S IT! Izzy said as she got up off her and marched into the dance studio with us behind her.

Izzy's POV

As I saw Richelle and Marina, I grabbed them by their shirt collar and took them to the corner so we can talk.

"You know what this is? A note that you guys attached to a paper airplane. That's kind of thing needs to stop. You ladies have been bullying me like for ever since we started. I just want to know why?

"Well for one reason, you took Jake from me." Marina said to me.

"You and Jake were never even going out. And trust me that necklace you gave him was ugly." I said to her.

"I just want to boss you around, because I think of you as my little sister." Richelle said to me.

" Well I don't think that... Wait you think of me as your little sister?" I asked her.

" Yeah! Izzy I wasn't trying to be mean to you, it was Marina's idea." Richelle said to me.

"Okay, but what about flipping your hair into my face?" I asked her.

"I do that to all the girls." Richelle said to me.

"Okay, but what about when you said that you want me dead?" I asked her.

" Oh that, I was talking about well my mother. Marina on the other hand, was actually talking about you." Richelle.

" Why do you want your mother dead?" I asked her.

" Because she never comes to my performance." Richelle said to me.

"Aww, I'm sorry." I said to her.

"I'm sorry. Friends?" Richelle asked me.

"Friends!" I said to her as we looked at Marina.

"Oh goody you guys are friends yay." Marina said to us.

"Marina, go apologize to Jake." I said to her.

"Why do I have to apologize to him?" Marina asked me.

"Because you're the one that gave him that necklace, and you hypnotize him to make him go crazy yesterday. So I suggest you go apologize to him right now, or we'll get Peter out here." I said to her as she then stabbed me with a sharpe knife.

"Ouch." I said to myself as I was holding my side.

"IZZY!" Richelle said to me.

After Marina stabbed me, Richelle stayed with me.

"Richelle, go get Jake." I said to her.

"Okay!" Richelle said to me as she went to go get Jake.

Richelle's POV

As I went into the cafeteria, I saw Jake playing patty cake with baby Jay.

"Jake, Izzy's hurt." I said to him.

"WHAT? What happened?" Jake asked me.

"Marina stabbed her." I said to him as Izzy came in.

"Oh my God, Izzy!" Jake said to her.

"PETER!" Jake called for him while Jake was trying to stop the bleeding.

Jake's POV

While I was trying to stop Izzy's wond from bleeding, Peter came immediately with the rest of Troupe A after Cubby got the kids out of the cafeteria.

"Whoa what happened?" Both Luke, Peter and Austin asked me.

"Marina stabbed Izzy." Richelle said to them as she was pointing at her.

"Marina, I want you to go to my office RIGHT NOW!" Peter said to her as she left.

"I got the first aid kit." Luke said to me.

"Thanks, man." I said to him.

"Jake the knife is sti in her.

"Okay, Izzy, I'm going to get the knife out." Peter said to her as he got the knife out immediately as I placed a gauze on her wound, while she started to cry.

"Shh, Izzy it's okay." I said to her.

As I took off my bandana, I wrapped it around her wound with the gauze on it and tied it up and took her to the hospital.

Izzy's POV

Once we arrived to the hospital, Dr. Lynch came in.

"Izzy, what happened?" Dr. Lynch asked me.

"Marina stabbed me." I said to her as I showed him my wound.

"Yeah don't worry Izzy we'll take good care of you. Was it bleeding out bad?" Dr. Lynch asked me.

" Yes it was bleeding out, bad. But, Jake stopped it." I said to him.

"Well, we're going to have to stitch it up, it's not going to hurt though." Dr. Lynch said to me.

" Okay, thanks." Both Jake and I said to him.