Pinn - Memories

Chapter 44

Emily's POV

'We're here!', I cheer as we reach the entrance of a large performance theatre. One-by-one, we file inside.

The first thing I see when we enter is lots of people. All different groups, huddled around in circles, in their studio uniforms. Some are lined up in front of a desk to register. Giselle and I walk to the registration line, Nick and all the A-troupers following closely behind.

I almost collapse when I see who is in front of me in the line.

'Chris!', I shriek. He turns around.

'Emily?! Giselle?!', he gasps, giving us a sideways hug. 'What are you doing here?'

'I'm the studiohead!', I explain excitedly.

'Studiohead? Wow! I remember when you walked into your first Baby Ballet rehearsal. You really have come full circle!', he exclaims. I grin.

'Oh hey, Daniel, come out here!', Chris yells over the crowd. Daniel emerges through the group of SuperStar Dancers.

'Daniel?!', Giselle shrieks.

'Giselle?!', Daniels says, running up to hug her. 'What are you doing here?', he asks.

'Oh, I'm The Next Step's first aid officer', Giselle explains. 'What are you doing here?', she returns.

'Emily didn't tell you? I'm a Choreographer at SuperStar!', he exclaims.

Oops. I have to admit that I'm still a little bit salty about him rejecting a position as choreographer at The Next Step and choosing SuperStar over us, so I may have forgotten to mention it to Giselle.

Nick leans over and whispers into my ear, 'Are you going to introduce me, or am I going to have to look like an idiot and introduce myself?'

Nick already looks enough like an idiot without even doing anything. So I guess I'll do him a favour and not make it worse. 'Uh, this is Nick, the studiohead!', I say.

'Hi Nick!', Chris, Daniel, and a man standing next to Daniel say. We all shuffle forward a few metres to advance in the queue.

'Wonderful to meet all of you', Nick greets once we're standing still again, shaking Chris' hand, followed by Daniel's, and finally, tentatively shaking the hand of the third man that none of us know.

'Oh! This is Mitchell, co-choreographer and also our first aid', Daniel explains, slinging his arm over the man's shoulder.

'Superstar Dance?', a woman at the desk says.

'That's my cue! I'm sure we'll bump into each other sometime this week', Chris says.

'I'm sure we will', I reply.

Just hopefully not in one of the competition rounds, I ponder.

Piper's POV

'I wonder where LOD is', Giselle ponders.

I look at Emily who replies, 'They probably got here 20 minutes ago to sign in as soon as possible, and they're probably already rehearsing.'

Gosh. Already? We only walked through the doors 5 minutes ago!

I hope we're ready for this.

Everywhere I look, there are groups of dancers in their studio uniforms. As soon as I see one team leave to go to a rehearsal room, another enters the front doors.

People. There will be thousands of people watching the stage.

Finn's POV