shut up and dance . . . the next step

three , dance, dance

"SO THIS IS HOW IT'S GONNA GO DOWN." Kate spoke, pointing to both girl's, "You'll both lead a group, you come up with choreography, you perform the routine for Chris and I, then we'll decide who's dance captain."

Emily huffed dramatically, clearly not liking the new rules, "Fine. E-girls, let's do this!"

Chris cut her short, "And I'm deciding the teams."

The blonde spun around to face the man, looking at him like he had slapped her across the face, "Really?"

"I'm in shock. I don't know what to think. What is going on." Emily told the camera in disbelief.

Chris pointed to his right, "On this side we have Chloe, Tiffany, Eldon, Daniel, Harper and Emily."

"Part of being dance captain is being able to manage your team." Chris stated.

"We put Emily with some of the new dancers to see how she'll do with them." Kate added.

Chris next gestured to the left, "On this side we got James, West, Riley, Stephanie and Michelle."

"I choose the teams because I just gotta split up the E-girls." Chris reasoned, "And I gotta make it as fair as possible."

"Fine." Emily gave the second group a look of spite, putting her hands on her hips sassily, "We get Studio A."

"So we get Studio B." West piped in.

"Great. Have fun with that."

Michelle just gave her a smile, nodding, "Thank you." Leaving Emily surprised, they all leave for Studio B.

"They know that I'm literally Emily's best friend - We're practically sisters. And now there gonna make us go against each other?" Stephanie furrowed her brows, troubled. "E-girl rule number 19, an E-girl must do whatever she can do to protect Emily."

A couple minutes later, Emily stood in front of her group, inspecting every arm and leg as they all danced her routine out that they had been taught with Tiffany and Chloe in front of Harper, Eldon and Daniel.

"Snap." The five turned in unison, throwing their arm out, "Snap."

"Our team is amazing." Chloe grinned, "I'm super excited I get to work with Emily."

"Our routine is polished, it's clean but it's kind of predictable." Harper talked, "I think I would've preferred something more challenging, something that incorporated all of our styles and skills but, whatever Emily wants, Emily gets."

Eldon smiled, "I'm really happy that I was put on Emily's team 'cause it'll probably help me get closer to her and try to talk to her more."

It felt as if they had rehearsed it a thousand times with Emily watching them like an eagle, wanting every move, every turn to be perfect and precise. Finally the music stops, signalling they had finished their dance, making Harper internally breathe out in relief - she felt pounds of sweat dripping down her forehead and her bones start to hurt in exhaustion but that relief didn't last long.

"Again." Emily moved her hands bossily, "Let's go people!"

"Can we take a water break or something?" Daniel asked, rubbing his eyes tiredly.

"This isn't summer camp, Daniel." Emily snapped, "Back to first positions."

"Initially, I was very excited to work with Emily. But now I'm thinking Michelle's team would have been a little more fun." Daniel expressed.

With more snapping and more turning, the group continued to perform the dance full out, so there was no complaints from Emily, Chloe had stopped mid dance. "Erm, I've gotta leave." She muttered to the blonde.