Micheldon-After Hunter

Duet

A/N: .....back to 3rd person..............yuppp

Eldon paced impatiently inside Miss Kate's office. She had called him inside a few minutes ago and frankly, he was scared. What if he was being kicked off the Nationals team? What if he had been so distracted lately his dancing had suffered? He didn't think it had...but possibly! As he paced, the last person he wanted to see at that moment walked in. 

Michelle. 

She stopped short when she saw him, and tried to turn around, but Miss Kate walked in after her and blocked the doorway.

"Both of you. Sit. Now," Miss Kate was dead serious as she strode behind her desk.

Stiffly, Eldon and Michelle sat next to each other. 

"I'm sure you both are wondering why I called you in here."

Eldon murmured faint agreement, and Michelle nodded. 

"We need a new duet."

Both heads snapped up. 

"I'm sorry, what?" Michelle asked.

Miss Kate sighed. "James and Riley...well, I don't know what happened. Their chemistry is all out of whack. I have some suspicions, and those suspicions include a certain female member of B-troupe, but it's really none of my business. What is my business is that fact that their dance has suffered because of it. I've had no choice but to replace them. With you two."

Eldon's mind raced. Should he tell Miss Kate about his and Thalia's new relationship? Maybe she'd replace Michelle with Thalia. It's not that he didn't want to do the duet, it's that he didn't want to do it with Michelle. He opened his mouth.

"Ah, Miss Kate?"

"Eldon. My decision is final. I need an already proven duet pair, and honestly, it is my belief that your dance at regionals is what won us the whole competition. I am aware that some things have changed between you but I...I expect a duet by the end of the day. You both can go."

Eldon and Michelle practically sprang out of their chairs and out the two opposite exits of the office.

Miss Kate groaned.

~~~

{Studio B}

Michelle sat at one end of Studio B, staring at the floor. Eldon sat at the other end, doing the same thing. 

They'd been like this for about half an hour. 

"So," Eldon said, and raised his head.

"So," Michelle did likewise. "You and Thalia, huh?"

Eldon looked at her incredulously. "Yeah. Me and Thalia. Why do you care?"

"I don't!" Michelle's face burned. "I was just wondering. Why so defensive Eldon? Trouble in paradise?"

He scowled. "Actually, things are going great. What about you and that band guy? Jeff or Jake or something, isn't it?"

It was Michelle's turn to be annoyed. "It's John. And he asked me out the other day, with a song, so everything's fine."

"Oh," Eldon fell silent. Their conversation had gone from zero to sixty to zero in the space of thirty seconds. "Let's just get this over with," he said, and pushed himself to his feet before walking over and extending his hand to Michelle. She gave him a strange look, but took his hand and let him pull her up. 

"Just like old times, right?" She asked.

"Yeah," Eldon agreed. "Easy."

A/N: Micheldon back on track! Lez go 😏