"And what did she have to say?" I asked my mom.
"Well, she told Gianna why she was gone, and Gia started crying. Abby basically told Gia to sum it up for us, and long story short, something bad is about to happen to Abby's Studio. Something really bad, something that could ruin her reputation forever. And Abby wanted us to get out of there, Melissa, Christi, the other moms and I. She wants you guys to do great at your auditions this weekend, and wants us to enter the competition independently. Gia is entering us under her name."
It was a lot to take in at first. Abby had left us before with Gianna and we did fine, but that's not what I was worried about anymore. I starting worrying about Abby. My teacher, the woman who had been my second mother for the past two years, was in trouble, and wanted us to leave.
"What does her issues with the studio have to do with us?" I asked my mom.
Mom sighed. "Abby wouldn't let Gia tell us exactly what kind of trouble she was in, just that it was really bad. We all need to pretend like nothing's happening. The professionals in New York won't want you associated with a studio with this problem apparently. I'm not exactly sure about any more details then that, but Melissa invited us to all go to her house for rehearsal today."
Maddie and Kenzie's basement had been recenlty converted into a two-room dance studio, complete with mirrors and barres and the plastic dance flooring.
We drove over to their house, and slowly but surely, the whole team of girls and moms appeared at the Ziegler's house. We weren't talking about why we were there, because we assumed everyone knew. We didn't want to talk about it.
Out of nowhere, Kenzie blurted "Is Abby gonna be okay?" She looked to her mother for an answer.
Melissa stared back at Kenzie, blankly. Tears grew in the corner of her eyes. "I'm not sure."
Author's Note- The pitcure in the sidebar is of what I picture the basement studio looking like :)
