Brave

Just Thought You Should Know

|Emily's P O V|
Before I head to dance, I head across the street to Stephanie's house.
I know I have to do this, after yesterday, I know what kind of mess could be made if I don't do this.
"Hey Em, nice to see you, what are you doing here? I thought you had to go to dance." Stephanie lets me inside.
"I need to talk to you about something, do you have a few minutes?" I ask, Stephanie nods, "Yeah, what is it?"
"Can we sit down please?" I ask, I don't know why I'm so nervous.
"Of course... is everything okay?" Stephanie and I sit on her couch, the nerves are really kicking in.
"I'm not single..."
Stephanie gives me a confused look,
"So what's the problem? Who is he?" Stephanie asks.
"There isn't a problem, but you know Michelle?" 
"Obviously, is she stealing another one of your boyfriends again?" Stephanie asks, she lets out a small giggle.
"Not exactly, I'm dating Michelle, she's my girlfriend."
Stephanie stays silent for a few seconds, I nervously wait for her to speak, why isn't she talking?
"That makes so much sense thinking about it now... have you guys been together since around Nationals auditions?" Stephanie asks.
"A little bit after that, yeah."
Stephanie smiles, "I'm so happy for you, I hope you two last, but why did you decide to tell me now?" she asks.
"Did you hear about Hunter and Eldon coming out yesterday?" I ask, Stephanie nods, "Yeah I heard."
"Well James flipped out because Eldon kept it from him, and I really didn't want to risk the same thing with us."
Stephanie smiles, she hugs me, "It would never happen, thank you for telling me."
"I gotta go to dance now Steph, we can talk more about this another time, kay?" I say, heading towards the front door,
"Okay, bye Em."
Stephanie gives me a sweet, caring  smile, and I happily make my way to The Next Step.

I like getting to the studio early, I hate being late, it's one of my pet peeves. I've had to be late a few times lately, to keep up my 'not caring' act.
"Hey Emily, how are you?" Amanda asks me, she pulls me into a hug, why is she hugging me, what is this?
"Good, good. Why are you so happy today Amanda?" I ask, Amanda shrugs her shoulders, "I'm just in a good mood, anyways I'll be going, I need to meet with someone in Culture Shock. See ya later." Amanda says, she smiles and heads out.
"That was weird." I say to myself.
That was really weird, she's up to something and not telling me. Why would she be so happy after her plan to blackmail Michelle just failed?
That actually reminds me, I smile to myself, my girlfriend is coming back to The Next Step today.
I place down my dance bag and I start to warm up, I think about how great it must be for Michelle right now, she finally gets to do what she loves again.
People start to head into the studio, I give them glares, looks of disgust, you know, the usual stuff.
"Emily I'm looking through your bag." I hear Miss Kate sternly announce. Everyone turns around and looks at her.
I shoot up and walk over to Miss Kate, "Wait why are you doing this?" I ask, I look at Amanda, she's grinning, it's the grin she uses when she just won something.
This can't be good.
"I found it. Thank you Amanda for bringing my attention to this." Miss Kate says, I'm really confused, what exactly did she find?
"Found what?" I ask, Miss Kate pulls a huge stack of money and a key.
When did those get in there? I looked through my bag this morning...
The hug, she must have put those in there somehow without me noticing.
Everyone looks at me back with disgust, I know they think I took the money, well most of them do, but I didn't, I'm innocent and Amanda knows it. I was set up.
"Emily, I can't have a person like you here, you crossed a dangerous, criminal line... I never thought I would say this to you but, you're banned from The Next Step, you are no longer welcome here." Miss Kate is angry, disappointed, I can see it in her face, she sternly points to the door and I run out. Amanda just got me banned. I just lost, I just, I worked so hard to beat her, I lost everything... and it was all for nothing.
I see Michelle walking up the hallway, I basically leap into her arms and hug her, I start to cry, she pulls me in tight,
"What's wrong?" she asks, I try to collect myself, I try to speak, it's hard but I manage to speak over my tears
"Just go in there, I'll be okay." I say, my voice shaking.
"Are you sure?" Michelle asks me, I nod, and Michelle looks at me, she wipes the tears off my face and she heads inside, I look around, the hallway is now empty, no Michelle, no anyone. I'm alone, there's nobody to save me now.