HEARTBURST,, The Next Step

[1.17] forget you

[1X17]

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{Irked by Michelle's decision to put her in the back row, Emily starts a rumour about Michelle and Eldon. Meanwhile, Stephanie has a troubled audition.}

❝First Emily and Eldon, now James and Riley, next it'll be... I dunno, Daniel and Chloe!❞

𝐈𝐓 𝐖𝐀𝐒 the next day at the studio and Michelle had all the dancers gathered around her, "Okay, guys, let's take it from the tutting. Formations. And can we just scoot back a little bit?"

With that, the group scattered off to the new line-up that had been appointed.

"So, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight!"

"Right now, we're just rehearsing our Regionals routine," the Dance Captain claimed. 

"One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight!" As everyone went through the moves, Emily seemed to be marking them with less energy than before, if that was even possible.

Michelle obviously noticed her extinguished stance and picked the girl up on it, "Okay, um, where's your spacing?"

Emily just shrugged nonchalantly in response, "I don't know."

"So, then..." she trailed, trying to figure out the girl's spacing, "You should go right here."

She scoffed, "I'm pretty sure that's where you put James."

"Right. Okay, so then, you're here," she mumbled, pointing at the exact spot the girl was in.

Michelle cringed, "I feel like there's a little bit of tension in the room since I've announced the new dance positions." 

"One more time, and then we'll go on to the acro-section. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight!"

Maxie frowned softly, "I feel really bad for Emily. She was Dance Captain, and now, she's just stuck in the back row? I know how hard she was working with Eldon to get a good position, I mean, her efforts shouldn't go unnoticed."

"I wish there was something I could do," Eldon told the camera.

The group go through their routine, West doing the cool hip-hop move down Riley and Max and Eldon doing their tricks in the back.

"That was really nice Eldon," the Dance Captain grinned at the boy.

Emily shrugged, "When Michelle compliments Eldon it gives me a weird feeling. Does she like him? She can't let her personal feelings get in the way of her being Dance Captain."  

Michelle stopped, "Um, Emily? Everyone else did their flips except for you."

When the blonde just shrugged dismissively, she continued, "You're not just hurting me, you're hurting everyone."

"Well, the team hurt me, especially you," the girl retorted.

"I can't believe I used to be Dance Captain, and now, here I am standing in the back row," Emily scoffed, "It's such an obvious slap in the face by Michelle. I don't even know if I can be here any more since no one respects me."

In the Juice Bar, Maxie and Riley were sitting at the bench, Riley had her iPad and had just clicked to facetime James.