Richelle's POV
I just found out I'm going to be in the small group for the regionals qualifier. People who also made it are Amy, Alfie, Michelle and...Noah. I was really hoping Noah didn't make it as selfish as that sounds. He made us loose the qualifier since he was distracted by Amanda. Riley has called an early small group rehearsal. She has been way more stressed and frustrated lately. I'm pretty sure it has something to do with James being stuck in London and not helping her with the stresses of being the studio head. She walks out of her office with a green clipboard in her hands. Her hair is in knots and she has dark purple bags underneath her eyes. She looks like she hasn't slept a wink in 50 years. For once I actually start feeling sorry for her. Riley doesn't handle stress easily. "Guys why aren't you rehearsing?" She asks rapidly and annoyed. "Umm because you haven't taught the dance to us yet." I say back to her. She looks utterly surprised. "I-I haven't!" We all nod in sync. "Riley I think you should take a break." Amy says sympathetically. "Maybe you should go hang with Piper and you can discuss James or something." She proceeds to nod slowly. "Ok ok I will, you guys can choreograph it yourself." She walks out sheepishly. We all turn towards each other. "Ok lets choreograph this dance." We all cheer. Our dance is going great. We are all contributing and we all basically have the same ideas. "So Richelle you can come down the side doing allot of back handsprings." I smile at Michelle's idea. My own solo bit. Just how it should be. I nod before going to the side. "Like this?" I do around six back handsprings and a back layout. "Woah!" Amy screams. I think that impressed them. "Ok you are so doing that." I smile. "Yeah good job Richy." Noah praises. Noah and I have been best friends all our lives but since he made A-troupe and I didn't we drifted apart. He has barely shown any attention to me now that he is with Amanda. It makes me mad that after all of this he still thinks I'm going to be waiting around for him. "Stop." I say to him. "What?" He looks puzzled. "Stop calling me Richy only my friends call me that." He looks hurt. "But Richelle I am your best friend." "See that's where you're wrong you were my best friend." "Richelle what are you talking about?" I scoff and fold my arms neatly. "I'm talking about how we were best friends when we were in J-troupe and when you made it into A-troupe you ignored me like the plague. I always waited for you after rehearsals but you didn't even have to decency to show up and now you're wondering why you aren't my friend anymore. What do you think Noah?" He looks at me sadly. Michelle, Alfie and Amy are dead silent. "I swear I had no idea you felt like this." "Well I do and nothing you do will change it." I snap at him angrily. He looks me dead in the eye before walking out of studio A. I can't help but feel bad even though he is the one who ignored me. Amy and Alfie look at me annoyed and Michelle looks at me sympathetically. "Why did you do that?" Amy asks. "Yeah why? So what if he ignored you he didn't mean it." Alfie adds. What they don't know is that I left a big chunk of why I'm truly mad at Noah out of my rant. It's because I still have feelings for him. Michelle is the only one who knows I have feelings for Noah. She heard me talking in the bathroom to myself about whether or not to ask him out. She was the only one I could go to when he kissed Abi and said he liked Amanda in front of everyone. She knows what it feels like to get your heart broken. It happened to her with the whole Emily-Hunter-Eldon-Michelle love square. I stare at the ground with cloudy eyes. I can't believe I did that. I know I was mad that he doesn't like me but that is no reason to say he isn't my best friend anymore. "Guys can you please leave, I need to talk to Richelle." Michelle states before grabbing my hand and guiding me to the bench. Alfie and Amy walk out quietly. They give me a tiny glare before exiting. "Richelle what just happened?" I take a deep breath before starting. "I don't really know I just got really mad that he still thinks we are best friends. I shouldn't have snapped at him but I'm just so angry he likes Amanda. I mean we have known each other our entire lives and he hasn't picked up that I like him yet. I mean I tired subtly telling him but he never realised. Whenever he asked for something I would do it in a heartbeat.
I always laughed at his jokes even though they are always the worst but he just makes them funny. He has that affect on people you know. Whenever I was sad he would always cheer me up and now I have ruined our friendship because I was jealous. I was jealous that Abi got to kiss him, I was jealous that he got to go to internationals and I didn't and I was jealous of the good friendships he was making with other people. I thought he would alway spit me first but I was wrong." Michelle hugs me as I choke back my tears. "Michelle what am I going to do? None of what I said is true I still want to be his best friend." "Well go tell him that and explain yourself." Michelle suggests. I shake my head. "No way he probably hates me right now." "I don't hate you Richy." A voice from the doorway speaks. I whip my head around to see Noah standing and smiling slightly at me. "R-really?"
I stutter quietly. "I will leave you two alone to talk things out." Michelle walks out but discreetly winks at me before leaving. Noah sits down on the bench where Michelle was previously sitting. I look up so I am staring face to face with him. "Look I'm really sorry I didn't mean any of that." "I know I heard you talking to Michelle."
My eyes widen. No. He heard me. This is not good. "Oh so you heard me saying that-" Noah finishes my sentence for me. "You like me. Yeah I did. "I stare at the ground awkwardly. "I'm sorry too though I should have realised you liked me and that I was ignoring you. Trust me though it isn't personal I'm just a clueless person." A laugh escapes my lips causing his face to light up. "So do you forgive me?" He asks hopefully. "I will forgive you if you forgive me." "Don't be silly of course I forgive you. You are my best friend." "You are mine too." We stand up and hug each other. I have honestly missed his hugs. We haven't been this close in a really long time and it feels good. "Oh and Richelle. "Yes?" I mumble into his chest. "I like you too." I pull away and face a smirking Noah. "Really I thought you liked Amanda?" "I realise Amanda doesn't make me happy. You do." I grin as wide as the sun. He starts to lean in. This is it. My dream is coming true. We are only inches away from kissing. "Aww that was so cute." A voice whispers loudly from Riley's office. "Shush Alfie they could have heard us." Michelle hisses. We look at each other confused. "Guys they aren't talking do you think they heard us?" Amy questions. "They probably did with Larry loud-mouth over here." One by one they all get out of their hiding place. Starting with Michelle and finishing with Amy. "Hey guys." They say awkwardly. I raise an eyebrow and cross my arms. "We so weren't spying on you." Amy says flustered. "We weren't?" Alfie questions. Michelle instantly slaps him up the side of the head. "You guys were so cute!" Amy squeals like a girl who just got a new puppy. "Yeah Nochelle is happening." Michelle than proceeds to do her victory dance while Alfie smiles at her lovingly. Ohh how did I not see that? I think Malfie will be happening soon. As Michelle does her weird dance and Amy and Alfie laugh along I look back at Noah who is staring at me. "What?" I ask him curious as to why he is staring at me. "You are beautiful." (Fault in our stars reference) I smiled like I have never smiled before. This was the day that changed my life forever. The day Myles Erlick and I became at couple.
A/u this is literally 1509 words. Probably the longest chapter I have ever wrote but I felt bad for not updating. My laptop was getting fixed and I couldn't write sorry. This one shot has Nochelle , a little bit of Jiley and Malfie cause to be honest I ship them (I don't even know if Malfie is their ship name) I will try to update this book or handcuffed on Saturday or Sunday. Hope you have a great day.
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