𝑯𝑨𝑵𝑮𝑰𝑵𝑮 𝑯𝑨𝑻𝑺 ♥︎ 𝑶𝒓𝒍𝒂 𝑻𝒂𝒚𝒍𝒐𝒓 (The Next Step)

𝑺𝑬𝑹𝑰𝑬𝑺 𝑶𝑵𝑬 ♥︎ 6

Orla, Riley, Michelle, James and Eldon were just in studio A, hanging out before rehearsal when Eldon asked Riley. "Didn't Emily, Stephanie and Tiffany have a competition this weekend?"

"I don't know, I mean, I've kinda tried to avoid talking about dance around my sister," Riley replied.

"Me and my sister keep our personal lives separate and I really don't want what's going on at the studio to affect our lives at home," Riley said sadly.

"Hey!" The five of them turned round to see the rest of the troupe, including Emily, Stephanie and Tiffany, who was holding a trophy tight to her chest.

"How'd you guys do?" James asked.

"Uh, well, we came in second," Emily said.

There was a bit of clapping as Tiffany showed the trophy around.

"A trio competition is where you go with a trio. So there's solos which is one person, duets which is two and then trios which is three," Emily said.

"We went out there to kind of remember what it's like to perform on a stage and to get ready for regionals," Stephanie continued.

"Second? Who came first?" James asked.

"Elite," Emily answered with a sigh.

"Elite Dance Academy is our- okay, well they're everyone's main rival," Emily admitted. "They win a lot."

"It's been The Next Step's goal to beat them as long as I've been here," Stephanie said.

"You should have seen Elite, they were amazing," Emily said.

"You guys have to see this," Stephanie agreed, holding up her phone and letting everyone come and see Elite's dance.

Orla was shocked. The dance was amazing.

"Look at their timing!"

"Their costumes..."

"They're just so together!"

"And their choreo..."

"Look at that move!"

"And that's just a trio," Riley said.

"Yeah, it's amazing," Stephanie agreed.

"I taped the footage of Elite's dance because I want everyone to know what we lost against," she said.

"Okay, okay, that's enough, that's enough!" Emily eventually said, and Stephanie turned the video off.

"Look," Emily said, and everyone looked at her. "What I'm suggesting is, that we take a little road trip to Elite, sneak into their studio, see what they're doing for regionals, and then come back and work on ours. What does everyone think?"

Riley stepped forward. "I-I could-"

Emily chuckled meanly. "Wait. Who said you were invited?"

Riley put her head down. "No one."

"Good. That's because you weren't," Emily said.

"Why would I want Riley to come? She's so negative about everything," Emily said.

Orla stood, outraged, as Emily asked. "So... who's gonna come?"

"I-I would," Eldon said, walking forward.

"Stop," Emily said, as he approached her. "Back."

He stood back in line.

"Anyone else?" Emily asked. She turned to the last person everyone thought she would. "What about you, Orla?"