Good morning/afternoon/evening/night everyone! I hope all of you are doing fine :)
Back with another chapter of 'All Over Again' and it's a bit different than the previous chapters
Are you guys familiar with so called 'Lower-Deck episodes'? Those are episode were the show completely focuses on the minor characters and that they're the centre of the plot. The main characters are less needed than normally. In those episodes you discover more things about that character and his or her personality.
That's exactly what I tried to this chapter. I thought it would be fun to write about Emily and her first week in Boston ( I consider Emily more as a minor character now since she left The Next Step in this story ). This chapter turned out to be very big, so big that this 'special will be written in two chapter. This chapter was the biggest that I've ever written with over 7,200 words, it could've easily been over 13,000/14,000 words if I didn't decide to 'split' this chapter, which would be way too big.
However, you guys deserve this pretty long chapter. And I'm really thankful for you that you guys are still reading this story after my long absence from Fanfiction from before. So thanks once again for you loyal readers, I love you guys :)
I've been talking for long enough now. I hope you guys like the concepy of this chapter and enjoy reading it
Quick advice before reading this chapter; Pay attentions to the smaller things and details; it might be handy for the up coming chapters ;)
CHAPTER 13
Wyatt was standing with his luggage outside of Culture Shock waiting for Emily to pick him up. He still couldn't believe what happened a moment ago inside the juice bar. Why couldn't he control himself and just not kiss Riley. He has only been here for a couple of days and he already ruined a friend's love relationship, and possibly also a friendship.
A moment later a car pulled up right in front of him, the driver pulled down her window so she could say something to Wyatt.
"Wyatt, get in the car!" An irritated Emily said from her seat. "Now!" Without saying a word Wyatt quickly put his luggage in the back trunck of the car and took a seat on the passenger seat. After he putted on his seat belt, Emily immediately drove off.
"Wyatt, why did you kiss Riley?" Emily said in a tone that is way more calmed down than before. "I'm not mad or anything, but please explain to me what happened." Wyatt sighed.
"To be actually honest. I really don't know what happened… We were talking and having driks for a long time at the bar, like hours. After that it was time for me to go, so we said our goodbyes, hugged each other and then we both started to lean in and then it happened, at the exact moment Riley's boyfriend walked in and saw us. He said one or two things and just left the bar." Wyatt explained.
"Why did you kiss her on the first place?" Emily asked while keeping her eyes on the road.
"I swear, it wasn't on purpose." Wyatt said. "I think the both of us were caught up in the moment." Emily remained silent before asking Wyatt a question that he didn't expect she would ask.
"Wyatt, this may sound like an odd question, but I want an honest answer alright?"
"Of course, I won't lie to you?'' Wyatt said.
"Alright… So you and Riley used to date a couple of years ago." Emily started. "And please be honest; is there any chance that you still have some feelings for Riley?"
"Why would you ask that?" Wyatt wondered. "I knew she had a boyfriend. Do you actually think that I would kiss her on purpose?''
"I haven't said that…" Emily said. "I still haven't got an answer on my quetsion though." Wyatt sighed.
"Look, of course there is some sort of spark between me and Riley. We used to date for a year. It won't ever happen that there won't be a some sort of weird connection between us. But I swear, I like Riley. A lot. But not in the same way like I did a couple of years ago. I honestly only see Riley as a friend right now. Nothing more, nothing less."
"Alright." Emily said. "Sorry if it sounded like I thought there was something behind it."
"It's okay." Wyatt said. "I know you're just looking out for your little sister. I would have asked the same… And I'm sorry, I know I really messed up this time.''
"Yeah, you really did." Emily said. "But don't feel quilty alright, I'm sure it's going to be alright. I know their relationship is strong enough to get past this. If not, I will personally visit James myself." She said with a small smile.
"I'm surprised how relatively calm you react after this." Wyatt said softly. "I still remember that you beat the crap out of me when I took your l lasy slice of pizza years ago." Emily chuckled a bit.
"I remembered that! I bet you learned a very valuable lession that day." Emily said.
"Yup; Never mess with Emily's food, especially if the is pizza." Wyatt smiled. "People change, don't they?"
"They do, I guess."
The rest of the drive remained silent in a very comfortable way. A quick ten to fifteen minutes later, they pulled up at the parking lot of the airport.
"We're here." Emily said as she turned of the engine of the car.
"Emily, this is not like the best time but before I leave, I really need to tell something to you." Wyatt said. Emily gave Wyatt a slight confused look.
"What do you want to tell me?'' Emily wondered.
"I need to confess something to you." Wyatt started. "I'm not in Toronto to visit some old friends mine. I am actually here to give you something, which I actually forgot to do these past days."
"Uh, I'm confused." Emily stated. "You flought for hours just to give me something?" Wyatt nodded. He quickly grabbed something from his backpack and handed it to Emily. "What is this Wyatt?"
"Again, I haven't been completely honest to you." He said. "When I moved to Boston, I've been given the oppertunity to dance at the Golden State Dance Academy."
"Hold up, as in the winners of the previous Internationals?" Emily wondered in slight shock.
"Yeah, that dance school." He said. "So here's the deal. Since this year I am the captain of GSDA, they asked me to personally deliver this envelope to you."
"Wh-what does it say?"
"I excatly don't know ever little detail, but it basically says that we want you to join our studio. Our scouts have been following your developments for the past two years and they're very impressed by you, Emily. We think that you're dance abilities can bring our A-Squad to another level. We really want you in our team Emily, and we're offering you a lot for it." Emily remained silent and kept watching the golden envelope in her hand.
"Look I really must go right now. Thanks for the ride." Wyatt said right before stepped out of the car and grabbed his luggage. As he grabbed his stuff, he stood next to the open passenger seat window so he could say some final words to his friend..
"Look, I know this news came really unexpected to you. But this is a once in a lifetime oppertunity, Ems. I'm not trying to pressure you but think about it, alright? It would be amazing to see you in Boston." As he said that he walked, right before he forgot to say something. "Please tell Riley that feel so sorry about this situation." Emily finally looked up from the envelope and gave Hunter a small smile.
"Don't worry… I will." Emily said. They shared one final eye contact before Emily drove off.
1 week later, 49 days until Internationals
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
It was 7.30 AM. The annoying sound of Emily's alarm clock rang off. Half asleep, she managed to snooze her alarm with a lot of effort. She pushed the blankets away of her body and sat down on the edge of her bed. After taking a couple of stretches she looked around her semi-packed bedroom, which was filled with mostly moving boxes.
It was Emily's first full week in Boston. She was really enjoying it so far. Of course she had to adjust to her new life, but she was feeling alright about it. It was her first time living all on her own without her parents and Riley, she missed them a lot, but she manages to call and facetime each other every day. She was living in a small, but really nice and comfortable appartement in downtown Boston, which was provided by the studio. She is far from done with unpacking her stuff. She only unpacked the things that were necessary at the moment. From her appartement she had a nice view at the Boston Common, the biggest and oldest park in the city. It's a bit comparable to the Central Park in New York City.
Emily quickly took a shower and prepared herself for her actual first 'real' training at the Golden Stars Dance Academy. Of course she had been to the studio once. She met de studio owner, the trainers, got a tour around the building and she even met two or three of her new team mates.
A short ten minutes later, Emily was done with showering. She did her hair, got dressed, simply applied a bit of make-up and finally started packing her completely new dance gear, which she has gotten from the studio as well.
A moment later Emily found herself back in the kitchen where she tried to find herself a breakfast. She didn't really found anything to eat since she haven't done any groceries yet and mostly eats outside her appartement. Back at home, her mom would have prepared a sandwich or some other delicious breakfast when she woke up. No she's all on her own.
Emily grabbed a bottle of water from the fridge and decided to grab something to eat on her way to the studio. As she took a seat on the sofa, the door rang.
Emily walked up to the door and there she saw Wyatt standing on the doorstep.
"Goodmorning Ems!" Wyatt greeted as he embraced the shorter blonde girl.
"Hey Wyatt." Emily greeted back. "Come on in. You are way earlier than expected by the way."
"I know. I thought it would be nice to skip the car once and go with the subway, which is way more quicker by the way." Wyatt said as he entered Emily's appartement and sat on the sofa.
"So no car today?" Emily said with a slightly dissapointed tone in her voice. Wyatt chuckled and shook his head.
"No car today." Wyatt said. "Mainly because I want to you show around the real side of Boston and the most people here travel by sub, so…"
"So… You want to show me every part of Boston before training, which starts at around one and a half hour?"
"Well of course I can't show you everything within this amount of time, but we surely have the time to go see some sights and to visit some of my favorite spots in town." Wyatt said. "I've been in the same situation as you before you know, and I know that it isn't always easy to adjust to something new… I really want to help you to feel at home as much as possible in this city." Emily smiled.
"That's sweet of you Wyatt. I really appreciate that." Emily kindly said. "I guess I'm lucky that I at least know you in this city. I'm pretty sure I would have a thougher time here if I did not have someone to talk to."
"I'm pretty sure you would be fine here without me." Wyatt smiled. "Anyway, it's your first full week in Boston. How are you holding up so far? You like your appartment? It does at least look less empty than three days ago."
"It does, doesn't it. It has a bit more character than before." Emily chuckled. "And I really do love this appartement. It's not that big, but it's comfy and nice. This is way larger if you would compare it with my old room though. I also need to do a lot of unpacking as well. But the view is amazing by the way. I still can't believe that the studio would provide all this just for me."
"I'm glad you like the appartment so far." Wyatt said. "We have dancers all around the globe, so we want to make all of them feel welcomed and comfortable in the city, so the studio came up with an idea to assign appartments in the city to the dancers, so they can live excatly how they want. Two years ago, we couldn't 'scout' a lot of talented dancers abroad since we didn't had the financial resources and publicity that we have today. But after we miraculously won Nationals last year, we were able to sign the best young dancers of the country which result into winning Internationals. We were giving the money, publicity and opportunity to start a scouting network all over the world. And as an end result, you're one of the lucky gems we we're able to find."
"lt's impressive to hear how GSDA were able to grow and develope so fast in such short amount of time. I still can't believe that I'm actually here. I'm very excited." Emily said.
"Glad to hear that!" Wyatt said. "Should we continue are chat outside?" Emily agreed and nodded.
"Sure! Let me grab my stuff and we're ready to go." She said as she walked into her bedroom and grabbed her sports bag before she and Wyatt left the appartement.
As they crossed a couple of streets, the two teens were making a way towards the park.
"So tell me. How do you find Boston so far?" Wyatt asked curiously.
"Let's just say that it's different compared to my beloved Toronto." Emily said. "It's my first time that I'm abroad, but I'm liking it so far. I haven't seen a lot of the city yet. But from what I have seen already, it's pretty decent. This city is way busier and much more 'alive' than Toronto, there are a lot of things that are happening around here... But the people here are much more rude than the Canadian." Wyatt chuckled.
"What can I say?" He smiled. "This is America."
"I see what you did there." Emily said and chuckled after she got the reference. "Anyways, where are going to?"
"Well, we're going to the subway station, going through the park is a nice shortcut." Wyatt responded. "Plus I really love this place at all times. This place seems like the only peaceful location in this busy, unorganized city. When people have stuff on their minds, they usually come here with the intention to forget about their problems and issues even when it's for a short amount of time."
"So, you come here pretty often, don't you." Emily wondered. Wyatt nodded his head.
"I do come here a lot yeah." Wyatt admitted.
"Why?" Emily wondered slightly concerned. "I know everyone has issues in their own lives, but you? You are 'the always happy Wyatt'." Wyatt softly sighed.
"Look Ems, you were a good friend of mine, back when we lived in Canada. It was amazing to date with Riley and have you close as well. But since the day that I moved to Boston with my mom, a lot of things have changed in both good and bad ways. Now let's just say that I'm thinking about it at some times..."
"Wow... Do you want to talk about it?" Emily asked softly.
"I'm alright, thank you." Wyatt said as he kindly passed the offer. "And don't worry okay? One day I'll tell you what happened, but not today. Today is all about you, alright?" Wyatt smiled.
"If you say so, Wyatt..."
"Anyway, do you smell that?" Wyatt asked. Emily looked sligtly confused but then took a deep sniff in the air. She catched the smell of something sweet, it smelled amazing. "Do you have any idea what it could be?"
"I don't have a clue," Emily said while she kept sniffing. "it smells so good though." Wyatt smiled.
"Let's go, I'll show you what it is." Wyatt said as he lead the way.
As they were following the path for a little while, Emily noticed a small food cart which served all these simple kinds of pastries.
"Wyatt, long time no see!" The cart owner said. "How are you doing man?"
"I'm doing fine Bill." Wyatt smiled back. "How's business going?"
"Oh nothing has changed. I've been doing this for almost fifteen years and I still can't get enough of this job." The mature owner smile before he turned his gaze towards Emily. "Well who is the lovely sheila next to you?"
"Bill this is Emily, Emily this is Bill." Wyatt said. "Emily is an old friend mine who just moved into town."
"It's nice to meet you." Emily kindly greeted with a smile. Bill smiled back.
"Likewise." Bill said. "I've known little Wyatt over here for years, he's my best and favorite customer." Wyatt chuckled.
"Bill's bagels are surely one of the best things that I have discovered when I moved into Boston." He said with a smile. "Talking about bagels, can I have two with cream-cheese please."
"Of course." Bill said as he grabbed two cream-cheese bagels and handed them to Wyatt and Emily. "There you go, and no worries, they're free of charge today."
"Aw, thanks man!" Wyatt said.
"Only because it's you." Bill smiled. "Take care lads!"
"Have a good one Bill!" Wyatt finally said.
"Don't worry, I will." Bill said before he faced Emily. "Emily right? Welcome in Boston, I'm pretty sure you'll love this city as much as I do at one point."
"Thanks, I hope I will!" Emily said with a smile before she and Wyatt walked off towards the subway station.
A moment later they were standing on the platform waiting for their subway.
"You were right, this is the best bagel I've ever had!" Emily said enthusiastic after taking the final bites of her bagel.
I told you so." Wyatt playfully said.
"So tell me where we are going now." Emily said.
"Just like I said, I'm just going to show you my favorite spots in town." Wyatt said. "Be patient, the subway just arrived, alright?"
After taking a short subway ride, the two were walking down the streets of the what older side of the city.
"Ems, do you see that huge building over there?" Wyatt asked as he pointed at the buidling.
"Yeah, it's hard to miss actually…"
"So that building is called the Faneuil Hall, it's the biggest and oldest market in the city. There is actually one reason why I love this place."
"Which is?" Emily wondered.
"The food! Duh." Wyatt smiled. ''It's so good and so cheap."
"I didn't expect anything else from you." Emily said as they continued walking down the crowded streets of the city.
"So while we are walking, let me ask you a question." Wyatt said.
"Sure, what do you want to ask?" Emily wondered.
"Well, what did convince you to come here in the first place?" Wyatt asked.
"Remember the day when you gave me the envelope in the car? Well, I felt like giving you the envelope back, but my body was in upper shock. At that moment I didn't even thought about leaving, I really felt right in Toronto and The Next Step. I even never opened that envelope, I even lost it at some point."
"You lost the envelope?" Emily reacted quite surprised. Emily nodded.
"But don't worry, I 'found' it pretty soon after." Emily said.
"Where have you found it?" Wyatt wondered.
"I didn't actually found it. I forgot it on a table in the juice bar and my boyfriend noticed the envelope. A couple of days later he confronted me about it, right after I decided I would leave."
"Ouch." Wyatt said.
"I know." Emily softly chuckled. "However, before I made my decision I actually looked up a couple of things about the studio. I wasn't very impressed at first, but after founding more and more information I began getting more interested. So one day after leaving The Next Step studio, I weird thought struck my through my mind. It was the first time in over fourteen years that I got the feeling that I haven't learned something. The next training, exactly the same feeling. So after I received the mail were you guys even offered me a solo, I knew I had to grab this oppertunity with both my hands. This was my chance to do something else in my life and actually start a new part of my development as a dancer and mostly as a person."
"Wow, that's quite a story" Wyatt said. "But I'm sure you made the right choice, I'm glad you're here."
"Thanks! I appreciate that!"
"No problem." Wyatt smiled. "Look we're here!"
"New England Aquarium?" Emily read out loud. "An aquarium?"
"Yeah!" Wyatt exclaimed excitedly.
"Why?''
"I got one of my first happy memories at this place. So I want it to be one of your first as well." Wyatt explained.
"Oh, alright." Emily said. "So what is it about this place that makes you so happy?"
"I don't know, I guess I found it kind of satisfying to see all those fish live freely in their own little world. It's oddly enough a very inspiring place for me as well, I really don't know why though." Wyatt said. A short moment later Wyatt grabbed his phone and started taking pictures.
"What are you doing?" Emily asked while she laughed slighty nervous.
"Well, sometimes you gotta capture memories." Wyatt simply said with a smile.
"I bet I would have looked better if you gave me I quick heads up that you were taking a photo." Emily chuckled.
"Not every memory is perfect huh," Wyatt smiled. "And don't worry, you look adorable on the photo." Emily blushed a little bit. "Now let's take one of us together." He said as he side hugged Emily and putted on a bright smile before he snapped a picture.
(-)
A short fourty-five minutes later the two friends walked out of another subway and were only a few blocks away from the dance studio.
"Too bad we didn't have the time to visit the Fenway Park. If I remember correctly, you're a baseball fan right?" Wyatt asked.
"Damn, you have a very good memory!" Emily said impressed. "Yes, I am actually. I'm not a big Red Sox fan, but they're alright. Too bad baseball isn't a very big sport in the north."
"Well since you aren't hater of the Red Sox, we should go to a game at one day." Wyatt suggested.
"Sure, sounds fun!"
"Alright!" Wyatt said with a smile. "So, are you ready for your first real training at the studio?"
"To be honest, I first was, but actually I'm quite nervous." Emily said. "What if I'm not good enough? Or if they'll dislike me?"
"Relax Emily, those are just 'first-day nerves.', there is litteraly nothing to worry about." Wyatt said as he tried to comfort Emily. "You're an amazing dancer, most of our team mates are very chill and nice and I'll be with you this entire time alright?" Emily smiled and nodded and gave Wyatt a quick side-hug while laying her head on Wyatt's shoulder as they kept walking towards the studio.
"You don't know how glad I am to have you here." Emily said softly.
"I'm happy to have you here as well," Wyatt smiled. "I really missed to hang out with you and the other back in Canada."
"We did missed it as well." Emily said. "You know; Riley was very excited when she heard that you were going to visit us in Toronto."
"Oh... Riley..." Wyatt said surprised as the expression on his face changed. Emily noticed it.
"Hey, you really don't need to feel about it quilty about it anymore." Emily said.
"I know, but it's hard. I've never done anything like that in my entire life...I ruined a relationship of two people who were madly in love with each other. I can't ever forgive myself for that."
"Wow... that's a bit extreme, isn't it? Well sure, they broke up after, but they have talked about it and now they can threat each other normally." Emily explained. "And by the way, Riley isn't mad at you. She never was actually."
"She isn't?" Wyatt reacted surprised.
"Of course not. I actually spoke to Riley on the phone ladt night and she really wants to talk to you soon." Emily said. Wyatt made an uncomfortable expression with his face.
"I really don't think that that is a good idea..." Wyatt said.
"What? Why not?" Emily wondered confused.
"It's... It's just not a good idea, alright?" Wyatt slightly snapped.
"Like why? Are you afraid to talk to hear or something?" Emily wondered as she chuckled shortly. Wyatt remaind silent for a little while before he answered.
"Actually, yes."
"Wait, what?" Emily exclaimed surprised. "Wyatt, you don't need to be afraid-"
"It's not that I'm afraid, I just... Don't want to see her or talk to her for a little while." Wyatt interupted.
"Where is all of this suddenly coming from?" Emily asked confused.
"It's just for the best, alright?" Wyatt said softly
"Why won't you just tell me what's going on?"
"Believe me, I want to. And I will eventually tell you, but not today." Wyatt said as they were walking into the studio building. "Let's just forget that we had this conversation and go train alright?"
"Sure…" Emily said slightly unsure.
"Cool, you're dressing room is at of the hallway on the first door of your left hand side." Wyatt said. "I'm going to get dressed as well so I'll see you in the main dance room." He said before quickly walked of without making any eye contact. Emily watched Wyatt at a very odd way until he dissapeared at the end of the hallway.
She quickly went to the dressing room after. As she was dressing up and preparing herself for the training, she couldn't stop thinking about the strange conversation she had with Wyatt. He acted very strange when Emily began about Riley. What could it be that made him so upset?
Emily quickly shook those thoughts out of her mind and quickly focused herself fully on dance training. After she was completely dressed into her new studio's trainings kit she walked out of the dressing room, slowly making her way to the main dance room. Right before she stepped into the dance room, she took a deep breath, knowing she was starting something completely new and different in her life.
Emily confidentely walked into the and she could feel that most of her new team mates were watching her, mostly of curiousety. After finishing a conversation with another dancer, the trainer noticed Emily walking in as well.
"Everybody, gather around around please!" The coach/choreographer/trainer shouted. The trainer was a stunning brunette who actually looked quite young to be a trainer, she looked like she was in her mid-twenties. She had hazel eyes and she seemed to look like a nice and patient person. Her name was Demi."Great to see the most of you. Because we got a new member joining our squad from today on! Say hi to Emily! She is a modern style dancer from Canada who transfered here from The Next Step studio, after co-leading her team to the Nationals victory. I surely know your abilities and experience will have a positive influence on our studio. Welcome Emily!"
Emily was welcomed with handshakes and a couple of smiles by her new team mates. Some of them seemed very friendly and welcoming, while others seemed not to really car that much.
"Guys, practise starts in ten!" Demi said. "Go stretching, go get a quick drink, have a chat... I'll be right back!" Shortly after, Wyatt walked up to Emily
"So... First impression?" Wyatt asked curiously.
"Well, I once met Demi before and she actually seems like a very nice person." Emily said.
"Trust me, she is." Wyatt said with a smile. "And she is an amaazing trainer and coach as well. She's very experienced for someone her age."
"She does look very young though, and familiar. How old is she?" Emily wondered.
"Twenty-four." Wyatt simply replied.
"Twenty-four?!" Emily exclaimed in disbelieve.
"Impressive, huh?" Wyatt said with a chuckle. "Demi has quite build a reputation for herself. She won Internationals three times as a dancer with three different studios across the world, as she was given the price of best dancer in every tournament she danced in. And she managed to coach our side the International winners last year."
"Oh, so that's were I know her from!" Emily smiled.
"Yup." Wyatt said. "And what do you think about your new team mates?"
"I don't know. Some of them looked very nice while others…"
"I know what you mean." Wyatt said with a chuckle. "For example, you see that girl with the red hair?" Emily scanned the room to look for her, as soon as she saw her she noticed the girl giving her a glare. In shock she quickly looked away from her.
"Yeah, yeah I did." Emily said softly.
"Let's just say that she can be a real B at some. Just try to avoid her as much as possible." Wyatt suggested. "For the rest everyone is pretty decent and nice."
"Thanks for the advice!" Emily smiled. "However I only counted ten dancers, I thought every studio should have 2 extra alternatives?"
"That's right. We normally are with twelve dancers." Wyatt said. "One currently has some personal issues, but will be back soon and the other one went abroad for a little to gain some experience at an other studio."
"Alright. Let's start stretching shall we?"
( Two hours later )
"Thanks for your great effort today, guys! I'll see you all tommorow at the same time! Have a nice day!" Demi said to the group of dancers right before they were making their way to the dressing rooms. "Emily, could you hold on for a minute?"
"Uhm, sure." Emily said slightly nervous. Demi smiled when she walked up
"Don't worry, it isn't something bad." Demi said. "I just want to tell you that you did really good for a first training at another studio. I know how hard it can be sometimes to adjust to a new surrounding, but you seem to do pretty well overall. So keep it up okay? I'll see you to tommorow." She said as she gave Emily a handshake and a smile.
"Thanks, see you tommorow." Emily said as she smiled back. As she walked back she noticed Wyatt standing at the doorway of the dance room, probably waiting for her.
"So, first training… It went pretty well, didn't it?" Wyatt smiled.
"I guess so." Emily said. "So what are you up to for the rest of the day."
"I actually need to go somewhere right now…" Wyatt said. "But we can hang out or watch a movie tonight if you're down with it."
"Yeah, sure! I-"
"Hey! Emily right?" A boy tall slightly build boy with dark hair, who seemed the look like he was from Asian origin, asked. Emily nodded.
"Well I haven't gotten the oppertunity to properly introduce myself yet. So I'm Mike. Your new team mate of course, hehe. To get straight to the point with it, I heard you're new in town and what's a better way to get to know new people than a party? So I'm inviting you at a party tonight in my appartement a long with the rest of the team and other people. If you're down for it, here's a ticket with the time, address and a phone number… Just in case." Mike said in a friendly but quite a bit fast tone while he gave Emily a small piece of paper with his information.
"So welcome in Boston. I hope I'll see you there! Wyatt, my dude, I hope to see you as well tonight." Mike said enthusiastic as he gave Wyatt a fist bump before he left.
"Interesting guy. His energy reminds me of my boyfriend's, pretty similiar actually." Emily chuckled. "So I guess we have something to do for tonight, huh."
"I don't like to be a game breaker, but I think we shouldn't go to Mike's party." Wyatt said.
"What is it this time?" Emily said with a sigh.
"It is just that Mike's party can be a bit wild at times, and I don't think that you'll fit well in there." Wyatt explained.
"Well, I want to judge for myself okay." Emily said. "Look, I really appreciate your concern and that you're trying to look out for me. But I need and want to be able to explore new things that I never was able to do back in Canada. Maybe this party will be a start of many awesome things that I will be able to do in this city, you understand?"
"Yeah, of course I do. And I'm sorry about that alright?" Wyatt apologized.
"It's okay Wy. I know your intentions were good." Emily said with a smile before she gave Wyatt a short hug. "And I really want to go the party… Only if you would like to go want to go with me." Hunter smiled.
"I'd like that." Wyatt said. "But I really need to get dressed and go right now. So I'll text you later, alright?''
"Sure, see you tonight." Emily said as she gave Wyatt a final hug. "And thanks the nice morning we spent together. I really enjoyed it."
"No problem, I enjoyed as well." Wyatt said. "Way more to come in the future." He said right before he gave Emily a final smile and walked off.
(-)
After Emily dressed herself in her regular clothes, she decided to discover some spots in the district were the studio was located. After walking for minutes she found a cute small coffee place, not far from the studio. It was a bit similar to Culture Shock but it was way smaller and it looked way more ancient.
As she walked in to the coffee place she immediately got addressed by a group of three of her new team mates who were sitting at a table, two of them were boys.
"Emily right?" One of the guys asked.
"Yeah.." Emily responded slightly unsure.
"You want to have a seat with us?" The girl asked with a smile. "Don't worry, we're actually very nice." Emily chuckled.
"Sure, I'd like that."
"Great! Have a seat next to me?" The other boy said as he tapped the seat next to him. Emily kindly smiled and took a seat at the table. "First of all, welcome in Boston and welcome in the team!"
"Thanks a lot…." Emily said right before she realized that she didn't catched any of the person's names.
"I'm Kieran, Wyatt's best mate if you didn't knew." Kieran said with a chuckle, he had an accent which sounded like he was British. Kieran was a tall guy who seemed to work out a lot, since he had a very athletic body type. He had brown-green eyes and had a had light brown shortly curled hair. Emily also noticed that he had a couple of tattoos on both his arm, it wasn't completely clear those tattoos were from her point of view but it seemed like it were names and dates.
"And that is Oliver."
"Feel free to call me Ollie." Olli quickly added. Ollie seemed like a pretty cool guy as well. He wasn't as tall and built like Kieran, but he seemed pretty much like a sport man as well. He had middle long white-blonde hair and had a bright blue eyes.
"And last but not least, Kirsten." Kieran said. Kirsten was a bit shorter than Emily. She has brown-auburn hair which was styled in a side fishtail braid. She had bright hazel which you could clearly seethroughout her 'hipster-glasses'. Her dress style was kinda notable since she wore an outfit which was very bright and colourful. Kirsten is often described as a friendly, bubbly and positive person. She really enjoys to help others and she's also often described as a life-enjoyer, who something take some risks at important decisions. In short; Kirsten is friendly and positive person that people like to be friends with.
"It's really cool to meet you guys!" Emily said. "After only talking to Wyatt the past week, it feels pretty good to have a chat with other people now."
"Well you're lucky you walked into us then! I couldn't handle to only hear Wyatt's for a day, let alone a week." Kieran playfully said with a chuckle.
"Are you guys kidding? I wouldn't mind hearing Wyatt's for a month, even if his voice would be the only sound I am able to hear." Kirsten said snappy and slightly dreamily,
"No shit." Ollie chuckled. "You literally love everything of Wyatt since you found out that you have a crush on him."
"Ollie!" Kirsten exclaimed in shock. "That was a secret!" She whispered.
"Then don't make it that obvious!" Ollie said with chuckle. "By the way, it is generally known in the academy that you like Wyatt… So…"
"Wait, what?! Generally known?" Kirsten said in disbelieve. "Kieran is that true?" Kieran simply nodded.
"Yup."
"Oh my God, that's so emberassing! How did I not realize?" Kirsten said upset while she burried her face in both her hands. "Wait, wait, wait! Hold up!"
"What's up?" Kieran wondered.
"Does Wyatt know about all this?" She asked hopefully. Ollie and Kieran both chuckled.
"Who knows." Ollie said before he took a long sip from his coffee.
"Well, if someone has to know it, it must be you two. You two are spending the most time with him after all." Kirsten said.
"You have a good point over there." Kieran said.
"But yeah… Who knows?"
"Ugh, I hate you guys!" Kirsten said in a miserable yet playfull way.
"Okay, I've known you guys for like a couple of minutes, but I like you already." Emily said with a chuckle.
"Glad to hear that!" Kieran said with a smile. "Wyatt told us a lot about you, especially that you're fun to talk and hang out with. So feel free to hang out with us whenever you like it, alright?"
"Thanks guys, I really appreciate that!" Emily thankfully said.
"No worries, we all know the feeling of being the new kid, don't we?" Ollie said.
"Oh! I do!" Kirsten cheerfully said. "You guys still remember when-"
"I'm sorry to interrupt." Emily said softly. "But I need to catch up, like a lot, on all your stories. So why don't we start from the begining and you guys tell me shortly who you are."
"Sure, let's start slowly." Kirsten said with a smile. "Well, I am Kirsten. I am eighteen years old and I'm born and raised in Boston. I still live with my parents. I have an older brother, who is on duty at the navy. and I have a younger sister of sixteen. I've been dancing at multiple small dance studios in the city right before GSDA asked me to join this studio two years ago. What I like to do beside dancing is probably hanging out with friends, go to parties and all that kind of stuff. I'm pretty outgoing. So that's me. Who wants to go next?"
"I'll go." Ollie said. "So I'm Oliver, nineteen years old. I am born in Copenhagen, Denmark. I have an older brother of 23. And a younger brother and sister of fifteen and thirteen. I used to dance at a high level in Denmark as well, when I was sixteen my former studio got second in the 'Euro's Under 18 championship', even though we haven't won, I received an invatation from this studio as well. GSDA wasn't as big as it is now, but it was always a dream of mine to go to America. I really wanted to go. But since I was underaged, I needed an adult to come with me. My parents weren't an option, because they wanted to raise my younger siblings in Denmark. So my brother offered to go with me, since he was already an adult. So after some paper work, my brother and I flew to Boston. We got a nice appartement, my brother was able to work, and I needed to finish my high school here and focus on dancing. So three years later; I gratuated high school, got my own appartement, my brother got engaged to a very sweet lady he met in this city, and I'm on my way too Internationals with you guys."
"Do you often see your family, beside your brother of course?'' Emily wondered.
"Yeah, I do actually. Sometimes they come to Boston and sometimes I go back to Denmark to visit them during holidays. I'm planning to go there for a couple of weeks after Internationals." Ollie answered. "And we contstantly speak and chat so I'm holding up pretty fine."
"Great to hear that!" Emily said with a smile right before she turned her gaze towards Kieran. "And what is your story?"
"I really don't have a story." Kieran simply said. "I'm just a simple regular nineteen year old English lad, who is born in Brighton in the very south of England. I'm an only child… and I moved with my parents to New York since my dad got transferred for his work. A couple of years later I found my passion for dancing and acting, got a couple of small parts in a couple of Broadway-shows, after that I completely focused my attention on dancing and joined this academy in Boston when I was fourteen. I made awesome new friends like Wyatt, Ollie and Kirsten, won Internationals once and I live a happy live right now. Pretty ordinary story."
"Ordinary? You played in Broadway!" Emily said excitedly.
"It was nothing special, just a couple of 'one-line roles' and figurant roles." Kieran said.
"Well, if you say so." Emily said with a smile. "And what about your tattoos? There has to be a story behind that."
"Let's save that story for another time alright." Kieran chuckled. A moment later a girl walked into the bar and took a seat and joined the group at the table. She was lightly tanned, had nice curly brown hair and had really nice and deep blue eyes. She looked like she was from a hispanic/latin country.
"What's up guys?" She excitedly greeted, Emily noticed that she had a slight latin accent. The girl "You are the new girl right? Nice to meet you! I'm Valèrie, but you can call me Val."
"I'm Emily, nice to meet you too!" Emily said kindly as she gave the latin girl a handshake.
"So what's up, Val?" Ollie asked.
"Nothing much, just chilling with you guys now." Val simply said. "By the way, are you guys going to Mike's party tonight.
"I'm going." Kieran said.
"Me too." Olly said.
"You know me, I never say no to a party." Kirsten said with a chuckle.
"I'm going as well with Wyatt." Emily added.
"Great, then I'm going as well!" Val decided.
"Nice to hear that!" Ollie said. "But Kieran and I need to go now, we're gonna brainstorm some idea's for our duet."
"I actually need to go as well, I promised my sister to go do some shopping with her." Kirsten said.
"It's cool guys, I guess I'll see you tonight at Mike's then." Val smiled. Kirsten, Ollie and Kieran said their goodbyes and walked out of the coffee bar., which made Emily and Val the only two persons left over.
"So now it's only the two of us." Val chuckled. " I know we really only met each other like two minutes ago, but are you up to do something together right know?"
"Sure, you seem like a nice girl… So why not?" Emily said with a smile.
"Fantastic! Drink up your coffee and we'll go!"
END CHAPTER 13
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