We were at the studio, practising our dance. It was all going well until Beth walked in.
'Yo, Beth, what are you doing here?' James asked. Riley looks at her while dancing but ends up crashing into Eldon so she stops.
'I was hoping you could help me with our routine.' She said not taking her eyes off James.
'Yeah, Riley, wanna come.' James asked. Riley nodded and put her arm around me and pulled me with her.
'You are not making me watch this.' I hissed but she just laughed humourlessly.
'Oh, you are.' She said seriously with a jokey voice. We all walked into Studio B and I sat down next to Beth as Riley and James were showing her how the routine was laid down. As I was watching them, I knew it was Riley who wanted to do the duet with James and Riley who James wanted as a duet partner.
'So, I hear you're a good dancer.' Beth whispers to me. I look at her and nod. 'Can you teach me the hip hop bit? I can't seem to get it.' She asked. I continued to watch Riley and James ace the dance. When it was finished, I saw the look in their eyes. Now it was Beth turn. She did well until they started doing James' part of the dance. She was terrible. I got up and tried teaching her that bit.
'First you cross this leg and then bring the other over, yeah and then you do that repeatedly and then lastly you spin and then your back in you r area of dance.' I said this for like half an hour. When she and James did their duet again, she aced it. I clapped to her but then saw the look Riley gave to me.
'You are safe.' I whisper. 'Sometimes, James starts chocking when she starts talking to him.' I whisper sheepishly. Riley let out a burst of laugher and James and Beth look at her.
'English joke.' I say. Riley couldn't stop laugh and ended up crying. James and Beth did it again. When they finish, Beth tried to kiss him. James pulled away and asked me if I wanted to do an English dance routine. I was all in for it. As I taught them the last bit of the routine, Kate walked in.
'Hey, guys, how's it going?' She asked.
'Oh, Nelly helped me do this part in the duet that I couldn't do and now she is teaching us an English routine.' Beth shouted out. Kate burst out laughing and I told her that it was the dance that made us win Mictroes.' I say. She nods.
'Can I see it?' she asked. We all nod. I start the music and then we started the dance. James and I did a series of flip and break dancing while the other two did ballet and break dancing. When we were done, Kate clapped. She liked it. The whole world did, that's why we came second.
'That was really good guys. I think you should show that to the rest of A – troupe.' Kate suggested. We nodded. Beth clapped her hand rapidly. Now I know why James broke up with her. Damn so annoying. I think to myself. I can tell Riley wants hit her after trying to kiss James. As we walk into studio A, I see my brother and some members of Elite with him. Oh god. Emily was standing, clearly not impressed with them. I also saw some J – Troupers there, they were very angry.
'What happened?' Kate asked shocked.
'Well, Noah and Richelle caught Mike and some of Elite in the costume room, stealing some costumes.' Emily said.
'Seriously, Mike, again.' I hiss.
'Again!' Emily screams.
'Yeah she covered for me so she did a crime with me.' Mike laugh. 'Hey good – looking.' Mike says to Riley. James stood in front of her, all tough like. I grabbed my hoody and pulled him by the hood. His friends followed him and I showed them to the door. They didn't have any costumes on them so they didn't take anything. As I walk back in, most of A – troupe just looks at me.
'Any way, James, Riley, Nelly and Beth have a routine they want to show you.' The troupe made space for us and Kate started the music. As I was dancing, I remembered preforming this with 7 Leaps and preforming it at Mictroes. How I felt I like I can do anything. As I remember that I'm not at Mictroes competitions, I remember that I don't have a lift next and we finish. We get a big clap from the A – Troupers and then Michelle says this.
'How did you come up with this?' she asked.
'Nelly taught us.' James said felling proud. I felt myself go red.
'Maybe we can add that into the routine. Yeah and Nelly can show the rest of the routine.' Hunter said. Everyone muttered in agreement. I wasn't sure of this. I mean that was in the routine before I left and I didn't think that Jake will be happy knowing that another studio has his dance routine trick. I agreed to it anyway. Teaching the troupe the hip hop side of routine was a lot easier than teaching Beth simple steps. I couldn't help but wonder what 7 Leaps are doing now. Probably sleeping or waking up. I wanted to call Jake as I missed 7 Leaps so much but I miss pay all my focus to The Next Step. My home.