The Next Step Highschool

Chapter 20

Michelle's POV

We stay in Cali for one more day and we are heading back right now. I'm resting my head on Hunter's shoulder as we sit on the plane. I plug my headphones in and fall asleep.

I'm woken up by someone gently shaking me.

"Michelle, time to get off." Hunter says as I rub my eyes.

"mm...so tired." I look outside and I see us pulling up to our gate. Once we're done we get all of our luggage and Hunter calls a taxi.

We arrive home and it's 2am in the morning. Hunter and I take our bags in and we instantly fall asleep on the couches.

I wake up at it's 10am. I decide I should go to school to see what I've missed. Hunter left so it's just me at home. I put on some warm clothes because right now it's still really cold here in Toronto. It's snowing. Like -50 degrees (literally it was like that in February this year)!

I decide to send Miss. Kate and Phoebe an email about me coming to school to check in. I arrive and I get many stares from a lot of people. It's now 12 so it's lunch.

"Michelle!" I look to see Beth. I give her a hug. I then see everyone else behind her.

I look at them and look at the ground.

"oh Michelle, your...back..." Emily says looking very uncomfortable.

"yes, I'm back but only to check in." I say I spin around on my heels and start walking.

Beth's POV

Kate and Phoebe were in a meeting so Michelle was showing me all of these photos she took in Cali.

"Michelle." Kate says warmly.

"hi Miss. Kate." Michelle says slowly.

"come on in."

Michelle stands up and we go our separate directions. Riley comes up to me. Along with everyone else. Except Emily, Stephanie and Eldon.

"Beth um...how do you think Michelle will forgive us?" Riley asks.

"um...well..I think you guys should not crowd. Her slowly go up to her one by one and make small talk with her."

They all start to nod.

"remember what I did to you and James. I did some small talk and then I started talking about how I was such an idiot for falling for James. I mean it's James. I let you guys think about it. And until you decide what to say. I left you guys alone. Or else she will come to you."

"wow that's really good advice." Richelle says looking proud.

"well my brother told me that so yea. And he's really good with relationships." I simply say.

Michelle's POV

I enter the office and I sit down.

"so Michelle, before we get into your 'incident' how have you been? You seem pretty tired."

"yeah I am. Hunter and I got back last night and since it's 3 hours ahead of Cali than yea." I reply.

"so why did you all of a sudden decide to leave?" Kate asks.

I look at Phoebe and then Kate.

"my friends thought I was something which I'm not." I reply.

"a lot of friends think that, Michelle." Kate says.

"no, I don't think you get it. Like people think on you can't do this but ends up their wrong but for me they thought I was something which they didn't really liked and turned their backs to me."

"what did they think you were?' Phoebe asks gently.

"they thought I was into my brother."

"your brother as in Hunter?" Phoebe asks. "as in like him as a crush?"

I nod. Kate looks at me and sighs.

"okay I can see why your upset but why did you run away?"

"Usually if everything goes bad I need to get away somewhere where I knwo it will calm me down and it'll help me not remember."

"you didn't go to a club did you?" Kate rages. "because you knwo teens around your age do that and then they get pregnant."

"Kate. She went ot California to see her cousins. Now I suggest you sit back and do some meditating."

Phoebe gets down and grabs a yoga mat.

"om..." She closes her eyes with her legs crossed.

"but wait we also need calm music."

Music then fills the room and Phoebe does some more meditation and yoga. Kate pauses the music.

"Kate, I wasn't done."

"Phoebe, we don't need that right now."

We talk some more and I grab all the homework I have to catch up on. Not much but it's a lot since it's our last year and school's will be seeing where we should go. Hunter and I decided that we want to go to dance schools. I would love to go somewhere in LA. Hunter doesn't mind where.

"Michelle." I turn around and I see everyone except those 3.

"listen um..I know what we did was really stupid and we know that it'll take you sometime to forgive us and we're fine with that. We just want you to know that we're really sorry." Riley says.

I give them all a half smile.

"you don't have to respond right away." Chloe says.

"yeah take all the time you need." West says.

I've gotta admit I've never seen them this upset with themselves.

"I'll think about it today and you will get an answer tomorrow."

They all nod and I go back. Although I already know the answer. I just want to double check if it's the right one.

?'s POV

I watch Michelle leave. How can she still be here?! She came back.

Emily comes next to me.

"so I just sent Eldon out to get me some lunch. What should we do about her?" she asks.

:whatever you say BFF/captain of getting rid of Michelle.

We both smirk at each other. There has to be a way that she will leave for good!