Standing in front of Alice's closet, Alice, Victoria, and Annie stood there and thought of different out fits.

Watching the three girls, Tanner spoke up, "Why don't we go on Pinterest for some ideas?"

"That," Hailey said as she stepped back into the room, two large bowls of chicken Cesar salad in hand," is a great idea!"

"Oh hey Hailey! When did you get the salads?" Victoria curiously asked.

Scoffing, Hailey walked over to Victoria and Alice's kitchenette area and looked through a few cupboards for some bowls, "I went and got them like 20 minutes ago!" Her voice exaggerated as she found some bowls, "I personally haven't eaten, and if I haven't then I know about three of you guys haven't either!"

Laughing at her jab, Michelle picked herself up off of Victoria's bed, where she had been looking for outfit ideas. Walking over to Hailey she shot back, "Well some of us eat a few snacks every now and then! Instead of staving ourselves!"

"Well, I'm sorry I'm on a strict diet!" Hailey snapped back.

"Hey, guy's, what if we layered a white button with," Annie paused and pulled a lovely grey and cream knitted sweater, "this sweater?" When she asked the question, Anna asked it to break up the building tension.

Alice looked over to Annie and the sweater, she tilted her head slightly and then slowly replied, "I think," she paused and straitened her head, "I think I really like that idea!"

"Great!" Tanner chirped, she quickly walked over to Annie and Alice, grabbed Alice, the sweater and button up from Annie and a pair of black skinny jeans from the closet, before pushing Alice to her bedroom and instructing, "Go try the outfit on!"

Looking a little stunned at the demand from Tanner, Alice quickly nodded her head and shut the door behind her.

Once the door was shut, Tanner rounded on Michelle. Tanner's glaze was hard and slightly annoyed, taking a deep breath Tanner asked, "Michele, what's wrong."

The second Tanner asked the question, the room went quiet. From the bathroom, Alice had stopped changing and had pressed her ear to the door, waiting for the answer as well.

Shrinking slightly under all the questioning glances, Michelle tried explaining, "It's just… I'm just..." She took a moment and then clearly said," I'm being pressured by my parents… into transferring to," Michelle had to pause a again, this time taking a bigger breath then the first, " Wellington Prep."

After Michelle finished talking the whole room seemed to hold her breath. It took a moment for everyone to fully understand what that meant. Not only did Michelle's parents want her to move to another school… but they wanted her to move to Canterwood's one super rival. But what came next made everyone stop.

"And I think I agree with them," Michelle started to explain," Ever since I was placed on the Intermediate team… I … I have been letting my grades slip, and I haven't been getting enough sleep, and every time I try to think of a reason why…. I always think, that maybe it was because I wasn't good enough and that I need to just give up," She stopped talking and took in everyone's expression before going on, "Then I think, it's all your guys, or at least the riders, "She added almost as an after thought, "fault and if it wasn't for you being so good, or consuming so much of the time that I should have been using to ride…. Then I would have been good enough to convince Mr. Conner to just allow me onto the Advanced Team," Michelle started crying and Tanner tried to step forward and hold the broken shell of a wonderful person. But Michelle stepped back and started again.

"And of my goodness you are all such wonderful people, and I feel so bad for having these horrible thoughts, but please please please understand that I think I need to be away from you guys, " she paused and hiccupped, her voice cracking and tears flowing down her cheeks now. "Not because I think any of you are horrible people, or done anything bad to me… but because I feel so bad having such mean feelings around such wonderful people!" She stopped talking and Alice opened the door to the bathroom.

Standing in there with tears in her eyes, her white button up on and one only of her arms pulled through the sweater. Not even bothering with the other sleeve, Alice walked over to Michelle and pulled her into a fierce hug. Her heart hurting for Michelle and what she must have been feeling lately.

Quickly following her lead, Tanner, Hailey, Annie, and Victoria joined that two, and the friendship they all shared strengthened… even with heavy hearts.

Around ten o'clock that night, the salad had been completely eaten. Two episodes of The Black List had been watched, and everyone in the room had settled down for the night.

Laying there trying to fall asleep after such an emotionally draining day, Alice suddenly spoke up and said, "I still don't have an outfit for tomorrow."

Hey everyone! So this chapter took me awhile, but I think that it's a pretty good one! But oh no, Michelle is leaving! What a twist(:

I hope you guys are doing great!

Spirit Kiss and Heart of the Anime, ya'll are great! Thank you for your reviews on the last chapter!

Love you all lots, and tell I have time to write again!~

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... OH yeah! So I have like almost all chapters rewritten, so if any of y'all feel like going a re reading this story, that would be great!