Brave

Faking It

|Michelle's P O V|
I walk back into the studio for the first time since I quit. Miss Kate wanted to meet up with me and talk to me. I know I can't say yes to coming back yet, but I can at least show up and be polite. I go to walk through the music room to get to Culture Shock because it's quicker, and as I'm about to walk in I hear two voices,
"After that we have to, it's the only way this is gonna work." I hear a male voice say, I can't recognize it because of how quiet he's speaking.
"Okay, no problem." I hear a female voice say, I assume they're just two dancers rehearsing and if I walk through the back of the room to the hallway I won't interrupt them. I decide to walk in, and I look over and I stop. I see Hunter and Emily kissing, why are they kissing? I shake it off and I keep walking, there's probably a reason, maybe it's for a dance? Whatever I'm sure Emily wouldn't cheat on me, and Hunter would never cheat on Eldon, and they're both gay, so it has to be for a dance or something, I shouldn't overthink this. I keep walking, I'll ask her about it later, I'll call her tonight and I'll ask her about it, and if she lies then I'll know for sure that something is up. I trust her, she cares about me, I know it. I walk into the bathroom first before heading to Culture Shock and and just shake everything off and look at myself in the mirror,
Why are you still worrying? You trust Emily with your life, you trust Hunter too, just focus on the conversation your about to have with Miss Kate and get it over with, then ask Emily later.
I take a deep breath and walk downstairs to Culture Shock, as I'm about to walk in I see everyone, James is on stage, I see Amanda and I see Eldon and West and Riley and everyone, I see Hunter and Emily too, together. How did they even get here so fast? I get so overwhelmed, they're all gonna crowd me if they see me and I don't need that right now. I shouldn't even be talking to Miss Kate, who cares about being polite, I should just cut all ties with this studio until Amanda is gone. Besides if Amanda saw me here, it would be game over for Hunter and Eldon. I see Emily look at me, and I see Amanda looking at them, I turn away, walking out of Culture Shock because I can't be seen here.
Before I walk out the door I look through my purse for a bus ticket,
"Michelle, hi, what are you doing here?" Emily says, I turn around and my eyes meet hers, and give her a small quick smile,
"Can we talk outside, I can't let Amanda see me here."
Emily nods her head, "Of course." and follows me outside.
"I was here to talk to Miss Kate, but Amanda's in there and she will tell everyone about them kissing if she sees me." I keep breaking eye contact, something doesn't feel right when I look at her right now knowing she just kissed Hunter and I don't know why.
"Oh, okay." Emily says.
"Wanna hang out tonight? I'm free." I ask her, hoping I can talk to her then.
"Actually I'm busy tonight, I'm having dinner with Hunter at his house, but maybe tomorrow? I have some stuff to talk to you about then." Emily replies.
Why is she going over to Hunter's house for dinner... what is up with this? I should just ask, I don't need to wait, I deserve an answer.
"I saw you leaving the music room with Hunter, what were you guys working on?" I ask her, trying to get her to admit to kissing Hunter and to explain why.
"Oh, we were just going over some things for tonight, I have to pretend to be his girlfriend tonight to impress his dad." Emily explains, I feel a wave of relief wash over me, that must be why they kissed. I knew she wasn't cheating.
"Ok good, because I saw you two kiss and I-"
"Oh my god no it wasn't anything, no it was just rehersal for later, I promise."
Emily wraps her arms around me and gives me a hug, "I would never cheat on you I promise."
I smile and hug her back, "I know, I trust you. I'll see you tomorrow okay, love you."
Emily and I break apart,
"Love you too, I have some other things to tell you about tomorrow, I have a plan to take down Amanda so I'll call you after I get home from school."
"Sounds good, bye."
I smile at her and walk to the bus stop, I hear my phone ring, I check it, incoming call from Miss Kate. I ignore the call, I just have to stay under the radar from now on.

|Hunter's P O V|
"Okay, so you remember what to do?" I ask Emily before getting out of the car.
Emily rolls her eyes, "We went over this  like three times, I know what I'm doing, stop worrying, everything will go fine."
Emily steps out of the car, "Come on."
I get out of the car and stare at my house terrified to go inside.
Emily grabs my hand and smiles,
"Get it together, let's go."
I take a deep breath and we walk into my house, my dad gets up from his chair and comes towards us.
"You must be Emily, nice to meet you."
Emily shakes his hand,
"Nice to meet you as well. Your house looks very nice by the way."
My dad laughs, "Oh thank you, come sit in the dining room, dinner is almost ready."
Emily gives him a bright smile and we head to the dining room, Emily sits across from me and my dad sits at the head of the table.
"So, how long have you two been together?"
Emily is quick to answer,
"Actually, yesterday we went out for dinner for our one month."
My dad smiles, "That's great, did you two meet at dance?"
I lightly kick Emily under the table, signalling that I want to talk,
"Yeah, we met at dance, she was the first person I talked to there actually."
I say, making eye contact with Emily, I give her my sweetest smile.
My mom walks in with dinner,
"Here you all go, hope you like it." she says and places the food on the table.
"It looks great." Emily says, really trying on impressing my parents.
"Thank you, now let's hope it tastes good as well." my mom jokes, sitting down on the other end of the table.
Dinner goes well, it felt slow, but I think it went well. Emily seemed to really hit it off with my parents, they really really seem to love her.
We get up from the dinner table,
"Well I better get home, thank you for the lovely dinner." Emily says, as we approach the front door.
I give Emily a smile and kiss her, I start counting in my head,
one, two, three,
I break off this kiss and give her a hug,
"Bye Hunter, see you tomorrow." Emily says walking out the door,
"See you."
I close the door behind Emily, and I feel relieved that this dinner is finally over.
"She's a very sweet girl, you got yourself a good one." my dad says.
"Yeah, I'm very lucky." I say, and I start to head to my room, trying to avoid conversation with my parents.
"Hunter." my dad says,
I take a deep breath and look back, scared, not knowing what he's going to say next.
"Yeah?"
My dad looks at the ground,
"Good night son."
I hesitantly nod my head and I go to my room, I sit on my bed and smile,
Finally I can breathe in this house.