Charlie walks into the juice bar with Michelle but when Michelle see's Hunter and Emily she quickly exits.
"I'll find you later when mom is here to pick us up" Charlie says to Michelle walking away.
Charlie sets up her textbook and backpack starting her homework as Eldon walks over to Hunter.
"Hey, I just wanted to say I'm excited to be here and I'm looking forward to our friendship" Hunter says, shaking Eldon's hand.
"Yeah totally" Eldon smiles.
"When Hunter said he wanted to be boys with me, it kind of made me trust him a little more," Eldon says in the interview chair.
Hunter pulls Eldon closer in the handshake and says in a serious voice, "But I really like Michelle and I want to be the one dating her. But I just wanted to tell you that because we're friends now"
"Eldon needs to know that I'm not going to give up on Michelle. I'm coming after his girlfriend" Hunter says in the interview chair.
Hunter goes on a long rant about all the things Eldon doesn't know about Michelle, like her middle name, shoe size, and the reason she wanted to become a dancer.
"So what's your point?" Eldon says starting to get angry.
"My point is you don't stand a chance" says Hunter
"You don't know me" Eldon says
"But I know Michelle. How about this, we'll have a dance battle if you lose you back off from Michelle, If I lose I'll get out of your way. If you don't show up, I'm just going to have to take her the old fashioned way. With my charm. See you later, okay?" Hunter says tapping Eldon's arm.
Charlie turns her head in shock towards Eldon and Hunter.
"I'm just sitting here trying to drink my juice and I hear this! Why, why is this a thing? What should I do, should I tell Michelle?" Charlie says in the interview chair.
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Charlie goes searching for Michelle to tell her what she heard. She checked Studio A but James and Beth were rehearsing there. She finally found her in Studio C with Daniel. Charlie ran over to her sister but she didn't even turn to acknowledge her.
"Michelle?" Charlie said trying to get her attention
Michelle ignored her and continued her conversation with Daniel.
"Michelle, it's important," says Charlie.
"Yeah I know, mom is picking us up later. I heard" Michelle says
"No, it's something else. Can I just please tell you?" Charlie says
"Why can't she just leave me alone? It doesn't matter if it's important, what I'm talking about is important too. She can wait" Michelle says in the interview chair.
"Fine Charlie, you can tell me on the ride home. Now please leave, me and Daniel need to practice" says Michelle.
"But Michelle..." Charlie begs
Michelle gave her a stare and pointed to the door, she knew her sister wouldn't put up with anything else.
"I'm sorry" Charlie's whole body shrunk under Michelle's glare as she exited Studio C.
"I was walking past Studio C and I saw Charlie, she looked so sad and kind of scared. I wonder what's wrong" Amanda says in the interview chair.
Amanda runs after Charlie trying to catch up with her, "Charlie are you ok?"
"No, not really. I needed to tell Michelle something but she won't listen. I just wanted to help her but whatever I do when it comes to Michelle is always wrong in her eyes." Charlie says, sniffing up her tears.
"Well you can tell me, I know it's not the same but it might help" says Amanda
"I don't know it's kind of personal" Charlie says unsure
"I won't tell anyone, promise" Amanda says, giving her a tissue.
"Ok, I was in the juice bar and I overheard Eldon and Hunter..." Charlie tells Amanda what she heard.
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As Noah is walking to rehearsal he sees Charlie sitting on the ground with Amanda with red eyes like she had been crying.
"Charlie crying? She's the toughest person I know, I've never seen her cry. I got to somehow make her feel better" Noah says in the interview.
"No need to stress out I got the gummy worms" Noah says pulling out a big bag. He grabs a green one for him.
"Noah thinks I'm stressed? He probably saw me crying, could this day get any worse?" Charlie says dramatically in the interview chair.
"Come on slowpoke, we have rehearsal" he says throwing a gummy worm at her.
"Oh, I'm going to get you for that! You wasted a perfectly good gummy!" Charlie says standing up and heading towards Noah.
"See and just like that a smile back on her face" Noah says in the interview chair covered in gummy worms Charlie threw at him.
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As Hunter walks into the juice store, he has a smile that won't leave his face. He sees Charlie sitting waiting for Michelle so he decides to sit next to her.
"What are you all smiley about, you look like you just won the lottery" says Charlie
"In a way I did" Hunter says
"Oh no he didn't, please tell me they didn't actually go through with it!" Charlie says in the interview chair.
"You won, didn't you?" says Charlie
"Won what?" Hunter lies
"Hunter I know when you're lying, your right eyebrow twitches." Charlie says
"How does she know this?" Hunter says in the interview chair covering his eyebrow.
"So you know about the battle? How?" Hunter whispers.
"You weren't exactly too quiet earlier. Next time look to see who is around you before you say idiotic things." says Charlie.
"First off rude, and secondly does Michelle know?" says Hunter
"Of course not, when has Michelle ever listened to me when she wasn't forced to?" says Charlie
"Perfect because you're not going to tell her" says Hunter
"He really thinks I'm not going to tell her? Of course I am" Charlie says in the interview chair.
"Also if you need some incentive, remember Charlie I have read your diary..." says Hunter
"So what, it's not like you remember anything" Charlie says
"Yeah, I have an awful memory that's why I took photocopies," says Hunter, smiling and pulling out his phone to show the diary pages.
"You wouldn't dare" Charlie challenges him
"Oh I would and I know exactly who to show them to. Charlie, do you happen to know where Noah is? Noahhhhh??" Hunter says, calling out Noah's name.
Charlie puts her hand over Hunter's mouth and says, "Fine, you win"
"I hate all this relationship drama, it's a total distraction and now it's even a weakness. I have to snip these feelings in the butt before they control me more then I control them. I don't want to end up like Michelle. Her emotions make every decision." Charlie says in the interview chair.
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All I Want To Be | The Next Step
FanfictionAs Charlie and her sister Michelle moved from Wisconsin to Canada, all Charlie cared about was finding a place to dance. While Charlie found a new home, her sister found drama and ended up pulling her in it. As Charlie moves up the ranks, will her s...
