Dance with me tonight- Nochelle

Chapter 34

Richelle's pov
I walk back into studio A with Michelle and I feel a lot better now that I've talked to her. Noah runs up to me.
"Are you ok?" He asks.
"Yeah." I say and hug him.
"Ok let's rehearse!" Phoebe says.
We start dancing our nationals semifinals routine and it's going great until Kate stops the music.
"Richelle what are you doing?" Kate says angrily.
Everyone looks at me.
"Um what did I do wrong?" I ask, a little confused.
"What the heck were you doing? You were doing a complete different routine!" Phoebe yells.
"I was?" I say.
"Yes! Now dance the right routine!" Kate yells.
"Sorry." I say.
I'm really confused. I was dancing the right routine. Well I think I was. How was I dancing the wrong routine without even noticing? I mean how did I not notice?
"Five, six, seven, eight." Phoebe says and the music starts playing.
"Good job Thalia." Kate says.
"Point your toes Richelle." Phoebe says.
"Look happy!" Kate says.
Soon the music ends.
"Ok Richelle and Noah go to studio B to rehearse tour duet, Eldon music room and girls who are doing the small group get studio A." Kate says.
"The rest of you can do what you want for the rest of the day." Phoebe says.
I see Noah talking to Eldon so I leave and go to studio B. I start dancing a solo to Inside Out because I'm kind of angry with myself. I mean I completely humiliated myself by doing the wrong routine in front of everyone. Them I got told to point my toes more. I just keep dancing and Noah walks in.
Noah's pov
I walk into studio B and see Richelle dancing a solo. It's not her national solo and she seems upset. I let her dance because she did just humiliate herself in front of the whole team. She finishes her solo and sits down on the bench next to me. I hug her and she cries on me.
Then Phoebe walks in. Richelle doesn't see her walk in.
"Richelle?" She asks worriedly.
Richelle looks up at her and Phoebe hugs her.
"I didn't mean to make you cry." She says.
Richelle keeps crying.
"I came to see your duet but I guess you don't have to perform it today." Phoebe says.
"Thanks Phoebe." I say and she walks out.
"I guess we'd better rehearse." Richelle says.
"Are you sure?" I ask.
"Yeah I'm fine." She says.
"Ok." I say.
We start dancing our duet and it comes to a high lift. My hand slips and Richelle falls to the ground.
"Oh my God Richelle I'm so sorry!" I say and rush over to her.
"It's ok, I'm fine." She says.
"Are you sure? That looked pretty painful." I say.
"I'm good." She says.
She tries to get up but falls back down.
"You're not ok." I say and sit next to her.
"My ankle really hurts." She says.
I put y hands on her ankle and she flinches.
"Where on your ankle does it hurt?" I ask her.
"Here." She says and points to a part of her ankle.
I gently touch it.
"I think it's just sprained. You should be ok." I say.
"Ok thanks Noah. Can you help me up?" She asks.
"Of course." I say and pick her up.
I put her on the bench and grab a stool for her ankle.
"Thanks." She says.
"That's ok. You'll be fine by tomorrow." I say.
"Ok." She says and rests her head on my shoulder.
The next day
Noah's pov
I'm in studio A waiting for Richelle so we can practice our duet and show it to Phoebe. All of a sudden Richelle walks in with Kate looking sad.
"I'm afraid that you and Richelle won't be performing your duet at nationals." Kate says.
"What? Why?" I ask and stand up.
Richelle limps towards me.
"My ankle was worse than we thought." She says.
"How bad is it?" I ask.
"It's broken." She says.
"So you're not going to nationals?" I ask.
"No." She says.
"I'm sorry." I say and walk out.
This is all my fault. My hand slipped which made her fall.
Richelle's pov
I watch Noah leave and I just keep thinking about how I'm not going to nationals. I have worked so hard for this. I had the solo and duet at nationals. One fall ruined everything.  Even worse, I'm not going to a competition with Noah.
Kate hugs me and I start crying.
"I'm so sorry Richelle" Kate says.
Noah's pov
As I walk away, I can't help but feel really awful. This is all my fault. If my hand hadn't slipped, then Richelle would be fine and not leaving A troupe. I took her solo and duet away. I don't know ow I'm going to face her when I get back to her house.
A few hours later at Richelle's house
(Still Noah's pov)
I'm just sitting on my bed at Richelle's house when her mum calls everyone for dinner. I sit down at the table and don't look at Richelle. I can tell that she's looking at me but I can't face her.
"So how was your day?" My dad asks.
I don't say anything. I just poke my food.
"Ok then." My dad says.
"How do you feel Richelle?" Her mum asks her.
"Ok. It doesn't hurt as much anymore." Richelle replies.
"How was dance Noah?" Her mum asks me.
I don't say anything. I could feel Richelle's eyes on me.
"I'm not hungry." I say and walk out the front door.
"Noah! Come back here!" My dad yells after me but I keep walking.
I can't believe what I did to Richelle.