Micheldon-After Hunter

Costumes

A/N: Actual adorable Micheldon this chapter 😛

A-Troupe gathered in the center of Studio A to listen to Miss Kate. 

"Alright guys, I have some bad news..."

The dancers buzzed. They couldn't afford bad news, Nationals was right around the corner!

"Our costumes...got lost. Again."

Emily gasped. "Miss Kate! After what happened at Regionals! Again?!"

Miss Kate sighed. "Yes, Emily. They are supposed to come by Nationals, but only just. We won't be able to have a full dress rehearsal until Nationals, and that might cost us."

Everyone was silent. Not being able to get used to the costumes was a big deal.

"I'm doing everything I can, but in the meantime we just need to be overly prepared. Good luck, everyone," Kate trudged back to her office.

As soon as Miss Kate disappeared through her door Riley rounded on the team.

"I'm fairly certain there are some spare costumes in the costume closet, if someone went and got them we could at least practice with something else other than our dance clothes."

"That's a good idea, Riley," said Stephanie, stepping forwards. "I nominate Michelle, as she is the co-dance captain."

"Seconded," said West, joining the conversation. "I also nominate Eldon because those costumes will probably be heavy and it'll take more than one person to carry them and Eldon, well, you know Eldon is strong and excels at costume-carrying. I don't think I've ever met a better costume-carrier then Eldon so yeah, Eldon should go too."

The crowd was silent as West finished his speech.

"They should probably go now," and before anyone could do anything else West and Stephanie had forcibly pushed Eldon and Michelle to the door. 

~~~

Michelle and Eldon walked down the hall to the costume closet in silence. Remarkably, the same thing was running through both of their heads.

Dammit, Riley!

Eldon twisted his hands, desperately wanting to break the silence. James told him to be normal with Michelle. Great. Normal. 

Before long, the pair reached the costume closet. Eldon opened the door to a mess. 

"How are we supposed to pull costumes out of this?" asked Michelle, crestfallen. 

"Well," Eldon toed a pile of fabric on the ground. "I guess...maybe..." he stepped forwards into the room. "That..." he grabbed a hat off a shelf, whirled around, and dropped it on Michelle's head. "Would work," He grinned at her. 

Michelle laughed, and suddenly all the tension between them disappeared. She grabbed a scarf and draped it over Eldon's head. "Much better," she announced.

That was when the lights went out.

And the door shut.

~~~

{Riley}

Michelle and Eldon are going to kill me, but worth it. Totally worth it. 

~~~

"Michelle," Eldon squeaked. "I don't exactly love the dark that much." The closet was pitch black. 

Crash

"What was that?" Eldon's voice rose yet another octave.

"Ow. That was me. Running into a wall," Michelle groaned. "I bet you anything this is Riley's fault."

"Riley?" Eldon asked, while simultaneously feeling his way along the wall. 

"Yeah, Riley. She told me she and Steph and West bet on the fact that..."

"That what?"

"Nothing. Never mind."

"Michelle..." Eldon finally found Michelle's hand in the darkness. She flinched when he grabbed her hand, but relaxed. 

"Eldon! Don't do that! You scared me!"

Eldon smiled into the darkness. "Maybe I'm scared, huh? Maybe I'm just looking for some protection against the costume closet monsters!"

He felt Michelle slide down the wall onto the ground. He sat as well.

"Eldon, you realize we're stuck in here, right? And practice is probably over and I am so going to kill Riley!"

Eldon intertwined his fingers with hers, and squeezed her hand. He heard rustling, and then he felt Michelle's head on his shoulder. 

"You know John would probably crush you if he saw you holding my hand, right?" 

Eldon snickered. "Yeah. He'd break his guitar over my head."

Michelle gasped dramatically. "Don't be weird. John would never disrespect his guitar like that!" 

~~~

{West} 

"You think we should let them out now?" West asked Stephanie. 

Stephanie stuck out her hand. "Five bucks says they're making out when we walk in."

West shook her hand. "You're on." 

A/N: So far this is probably my favorite chapter oh my lord. West/Riley/Steph 😂