505 | tns

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I am late. And mind you, I'm never late to anything so this might just be the damn end of me. I hear my phone's alert, a text coming through and for a second I'm about to check it before I realize I'm driving.

Stress is a cruel cruel thing. I can hardly focus on the road as I take a left hastily. I need to make it to the studio before six and it's proving to be quite difficult.

Someone calls my phone and since it's connected to the car i quickly answer the number through the steering wheel's buttons. Jacque's voice fills my car. "Hey, where are you?"

"Oh, uh, I'm on my way. Are Emily and Michelle there?"

"Yeah they are," I'm here, finally. While I park Jacque keeps talking, "Emily was going to throw a search party out cause it's six and one minute. I mean, almost on one else is here but apparently you're concerning."

"Who's there?" I ask after I'm finally parked and out of the car with my dance bag and phone.

"Just me, Noah, Summer and Ozzy. Hurry up over here." I smile and enter through the double doors. Jacque looks at me and I hang up the phone. She quickly runs and throws herself at me. "I've missed you!" It's only been three weeks but okay.

"You're squishing me, Jacque." She let's go and I kiss her cheek gently before getting into the office. "Hey."

"Richille, how was your trip?" Mum and dad went to Puerto Rico for a a month but after a week their babysitter dipped so they made me take care of Rory, my baby sister, for all three weeks they were there. After they came back they delivered the news they've been dying to share with me. It's easier to tell people that I went with them.

"Oh it was amazing, thanks for asking. How's the studio? How are we doing so far?" Technically, I'm not a dance captian or anything but Emily likes me to be involved and as do I, therefore I put all my concentration and concern into he studio. Dancing, I mean, not it's financials and all that.

"Everything is moving smoothly, they've picked a rough outline of what they want to focus on this season. We did the auditions but only for the spaces that people left. We have Henry and Amy back. I think we're going to have to start on—"

Michelle cuts in, moving her laptop to our direction so we can see the screen, "oh my god look at this!" I move closer, scanning the words. We're happy to inform you that there will be a large sun of money in addition to a trip for all the dancers involved this year.

"That's amazing! Have they ever done that before?"

"Not that I know of, no," Emily says, sitting next to Michelle on her chair, "this is huge. A whole trip, for two weeks. It's a lot money."

"Does that mean that—"

Michelle answers before I even ask, "yes, I'm guessing the competition will be that much harder this season. This is unbelievable. Two weeks on a resort for the winners. You guys would be held on a pedestal."

"Wait, it doesn't include you two?"

"It's does, but it only says the studio owner. Kate is the studio owner, not us. However, I'm guessing she's give us the place. But then again, we're two people so I'm not sure how that piece of information will do with Absolute Dance." She seems to be in thought when Emily talks to me about what we're doing this week. I can focus though because all I'm thinking about is two weeks as a resort with my best friend and my teammates.

Ever since the whole incident at Dance-mania, I've been nicer than ever to everyone. Not that it's hard or anything, I'm not sure why I was so cold in the first place but while dance is important to me, I decided that so are my friends.

"Okay, that's all. I'll send you a text to highlight everything. Thank you, Richille, we'll see you in studio A with everyone." I thank them and open the doors only to find that rest of A troupe is here and it's only— 6:32

And then I see him. Noah. And Jacque. I've had a crush on Noah since forever and it's a little crushing to see him with Jacque every single time we hang out. Or anytime he's here in the studio they're always attached to the hip.

"Richille!" Someone says from behind me and I turn around to see Lily. Oh god. It's been a while.

"Hey, lily. How are you?" She smiles and we talk a little while stretching just like everyone and by seven Emily and Michelle are talking to us about regionals.

A new season.

Thanks for reading I've been wanting to write another tns book for a while now so this is it, 505. Hope you enjoy the rest of it <3