The Next Step

Looking Down

*GISELLE POV*

It was Tuesday, 5 pm. It was a chilly fall evening and the sun was gone over the horizon already.

I was walking through the park towards Elite Dance Academy.

Dance just finished and we all decided to walk over together.

I looked over at all my friends walking beside me.

I looked at Riley and laughed.

Right after dance she ran to the bathrooms to change into all black.

I looked over at West who was carrying a box, inside it was the camera.

*Emily POV*

"This is not a good idea, not a good idea, NOT A GOOD IDEA!!!!", I said to myself

I held out my hand.

Eldon and Riley both grabbed it.

Riley looked at Eldon and Eldon quickly pulled back his hand.

"Emily, I'm scared.", Riley said.

"Don't worry, you'll do great.

We soon arrived at Elite and walked over to the side where the Air Vent was.

"OK Riley. Here is the camera.", West said.

My sister took it.

James went over to the vent and took a screwdriver from his pocket and started unscrewing the vent lid

Once the lid was unscrewed James put it to the side.

Riley climbed in.

"Good luck!", Tiffany said in a nervous tone.

In 2 seconds my sister climbed into the pitch blackness.

*RILEY POV*

I knew Elite was a big place so I would be crawling for a while.

My phone buzzed from my pocket.

"I better turn that on silent!", I thought to myself.

I quickly took my phone out of my pocket and turned it on silent.

There was a text from James

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From: James

"Good luck! I love you <3"

James <3

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I crawled through the vents for about 10 minutes when I heard music and saw bright lights from one of the grates.

"COME ON GUYS!!!!!", I heard a voice shout.

It was Amanda, the Dance Captain.

Once I got to the grate I slowly took the camera and some wire from my bag.

I tied the wire around the camera and tied the wire to the grate lid.

I pointed the camera down at them and made sure it was on.

I pulled my phone from my pocket and texted Emily and Michelle

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To: Emily and Michelle

I'm coming out the camera is set in place :)

Riley

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I started to crawl out of the vent.

10 minutes later I was out.

"Good job.", Emily said to me

"Look, guys. The camera works", West said showing us his phone.

Sure enough their was Elite dancing. In the background you could hear Amanda's voice.

"OK, remember Miss Kate and Chris can not know about this.", Michelle said to A-Troupe.

As we left their was a little bit of guilt in my mind that we shouldn't be doing this.

But, you can't say no to my sister.

She ALWAYS gets what she wants.