Brave

Four Hearts, All Seperated

|Michelle's P O V|
I'm on the plane headed to Madison.
Every time I look out the window, I know I'm farther and farther away from home.
This divorce has been hard on me, my parents insist it's not my fault, but I feel like it is.
I look at my mom, she's asleep.
I have to spend two weeks looking for houses with her, and it hits me.
She's going to Madison, my dad's staying in New York.
This is real, everything is changing.
I wonder, when did everything start to fall apart? I was oblivious for so long, living in a daydream.
It's going to be a lonely two weeks, at least my mom is with me...
I sigh, she might be completely a mess right now, but she's still here, with me.
I'm gonna miss my mom, I'm staying in New York with my dad, but I know I'll have to miss a lot at school and at dance, visiting her every few weeks.
I'm gonna miss my dad for the two weeks I'm here, he's always been able to lighten the mood and make me smile. Lately he hasn't been the same, but I know he'll go back to normal soon, once everything starts to settle down, if it does settle down.
I'm also gonna have to spend a lot of time away from my friends, and Emily, which I hate. I hope everything goes back to normal soon.

|Emily's P O V|
It's been a few hours since Michelle left. Usually we'd be at my house, she sleeps over on Wednesdays, but she's not here. I feel bad for her, she's going through a lot with her parents. I can't imagine how terrible it must be to be in her situation. Everything has calmed down for me, I'm not anywhere near as stressed as before. The only thing bugging me, obviously, is not having Michelle here. I'm lucky I guess, she's only leaving for two weeks. If she had decided to live there permenantly with her mom, she'd be gone for much longer.
I stand up, wincing as I thoughtlessly put too much pressure on my knee.
I walk it off and head to my dresser, I take a look at the picture of Michelle, Hunter, Eldon and I in that photobooth. I smile, that night was perfect. I wish we could go back in time and live that night over and over again.

(1 day later)

|Hunter's P O V|
One year. I kiss Eldon one last time at the studio before heading to the airport. I really wish he could have been with me at the airport, but my dad would never tolerate that. I put on my headphones and try to relax. I remember the last time I was on a plane, five months ago. I didn't want to move to New York, I had been in Madison my whole life. I was terrified, I was about to start over, I was convinced it was going to suck. But it didn't, I love New York, my friends, my boyfriend, The Next Step... now I don't want to go back to Madison, Madison is not where home is, New York is.
Eldon wants us to visit each other every two months. I don't know how I'm going to get away with that, I mean I can pretend I want to go back to see my friends and Emily, but when Eldon comes here, I'm going to have to be really secretive about it. It's not like he can stay with me.
I close my eyes, we can talk about this stuff when I get to my house.

|Eldon's P O V|
I sit on the studio floor, I'm exhausted from practicing that dance, and the other dance we've been working on... We just started Internationals rehearsals today and they're already pushing us hard. This is serious business.
"Hey man, you okay? You seem a bit distracted. What's up?" James takes a seat beside me, sipping from his water.
"Hunter's living in Madison for a whole year, he just left this morning and I miss him already." I say, staring up at the ceiling, James puts down his water bottle, "Things will work out. It's only a year, I mean I've been with Riley a year, and that year has flown by. I'm sure if you keep yourself busy this year will fly by. I mean, he's only a thousand miles away." James says, trying to cheer me up,
"Eldon, man. Let's just have some fun, let's just dance and enjoy ourselves. You don't have to worry about him all the time." James pats my back, "Come on, let's dance."
He stands up and extends his hand to me, I laugh, taking his hand and heading back to the dance floor.
Maybe he's right. I just need to have some fun and this year will fly by in no time.