Chapter 19: Melissa Pleads The Fifth

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"Come on, ladies, let's go!" Abby yells into the den like she always did. Kianna's the first one slowly got up from her position, Cameron easing her into a stable standing position. Her lower back was tingling at the change in position, and Cameron could tell that she didn't want to do any walking.

He let her lean on him, taking gentle steps into studio a. "Get in here with those fabulous tans. Come on, come on," as the moms enter Abby notices that one mom was missing. "Wow, this mother's association is dwindling into a trio, huh?" She asked rhetorically.

"Holly's at work," Melissa tells her. Abby gives a smile, but everyone could see how bothered she was. "Of course." Kianna leaned into Cameron a little more, her eyes a little bleary.

She and Cameron had stayed up late last night, making a rash decision to post one of the songs they had written together on their YouTube channel Caroline had set up.

With nothing else to say, Abby starts the pyramid. "First, Nia. Honey, my heart stopped. You guys always think I'm the bad guy, but I don't want any kid even if it's not my kid to stop. I just don't want it to happen again, and I don't think it should have happened in the first place. You're better than that. Moving on, Mackenzie. Mackenzie, there are some things to improve on. Next, I have Brooke. I thought you did a great job. Chloe. Chloe, the solo was excellent; however, the trio was a little shaky."

"Next, Paige. Paige, you worked through the pain in your feet, even in the dressing room. When you should have had those feet up and icing them, you were doing the dance over and over. Maddie. Maddie, I challenged you to see if you could stay on the top for three weeks in a row, and you didn't. I told you where those judges were, you never took your eyes off of them. If you can get the judges to look you in the eye and suck them in, then you have them in the palm of your hand. But you didn't win, and that's a shame. Aili, your solo was beautiful, but you looked bored in the group dance. It doesn't matter if you like it or not, put on a smile and pretend."

"On the top of the pyramid," Abby yanks the paper off to reveal a joint picture of Kianna and Cameron in the place of a headshot. "Kianna, Cameron, you two were perfection on the stage. Precise and loving, I would have never thought the two of you choreographed that dance yourselves. I thought you fit perfectly in the group routine. You stood out in a good way; I had so many people asking me, 'who is that tall, beautiful red haired girl?' And don't think I didn't see that video you posted on your YouTube channel, that song actually went viral overnight."

The two looked at each other with matching confused faces. "What are you talking about?" Cameron asked, trying not to sound as if he thought Abby was crazy. "That video of you two singing that song, the one that has 5 million views?" Everyone looked at them in shock, why did they seem so surprised?

There was no way that simple little song had been watched five million times, especially with an account that was made a few days ago. The only other videos they had on that account were some solos and duets that they had done, and those didn't even have a hundred views.

"You didn't know?" She asked and at the shake of their heads she spoke again, "Well you should talk to your manager about that. Now each and every one of you are very lucky little girls. You have beautiful homes, you have everything you need. Some kids aren't that lucky," Abby gave a glance at the moms. "So our group routine this week is about a homeless child. Kianna, you will not be in the group dance this week."

"There's also going to be some solos this weekend. Maddie, you will be doing a solo. You'd better dance your heart out and dance your butt off. Kianna, you've been gone for six weeks, you have a solo. I've taken it upon myself to decide that you'll be choreographing your dance this week, with no help from me and no help from the other teachers; including your mother."

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