Prize (Dance Moms Fic)

Chapter 7: Back and Better Than Ever

Two weeks had passed and Thanksgiving was held at Stanley's house and Allison had med some of the girls' family members that remembered her when she was little, during thanksgiving dinner, Allison would wink at Stanley and he'd wink back at her and the day prior to this one, Brooke invited Abby, Stanley and Allion out to lunch, she asked if it was possible for her to come back to dance, they told her it was not going to be easy and she would have to prove herself.

At the studio, Abby was at the front desk with Allison and Kalani while Stanley were at the front desk looking at the info for the competition that they were going to be headed to that upcoming weekend.

"So we'll be headed to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to compete at Nexstar." Kalani said.

"Yep and thankfully Cathy and her minions aka the sour apples won't be there." Abby added.

"I know right? Even though i only met her once, she's a real pain in the neck." Allison told them.

"She is and that's not the only time you'll meet her, we'll be seeing her again through this competition season and you know she'll do something annoying and also, the way we know that Cathy is gonna be at a competition we're gonna bea t is whenever we're in Ohio or we call the competition director if it's somewhere here in illinois or in another state besides Ohio." Abby said

"But we've got the best dancers in this studio, Vivi or any of those dancers couldn't hold a candle to any of us." Kalani added.

"You know it, Lani." Abby agreed with her daughter as Stanley and Gianna both came from Studio A.

"Mom, the pyramid has been set." Stanley told Abby.

"Thanks, you're so helpful." Abby replied.

"That he is." Gianna stated. "He was born a helper."

"That's why we love him." Kalani stated.

"I love you all too." Stanley stated, then he headed back into Studio A as Abby followed him to await the girls and their moms, Kalani headed to Studio B to help Rachael teach a class as Allison continued to look at Stanley and she had a particular look on her face.

"What's on your mind?" Gianna asked her friend.

"Nothing is on my mind." Allison answered.

"From the way you're looking, that's a sign you have feelings for someone."

"You might be right."

"Well, a long time ago i had feelings for a boy that i once liked and i regret not telling him when i had the chance and that boy was Stanley." Gianna admitted.

"You liked him?" Allison asked.

"I did and i wanted to tell him, but it faded when we got older and if we had gotten together, i would have felt like i would have forced that potential relationship, i still care for him as a friend and if you want to tell him how you really feel about him, go ahead, i'd love to see him be happy with someone that truly loves him because you've known him a little longer than i have." Gianna encouraged.

"I'll do it, but i don't know when." Allison responded as Gianna nodded, then the assistant choreographer of Abby went into Studio A, then Allison went in after the girls and moms all arrived and went into the dancer's den.

"GIRLS, GET YOUR BEHINDS IN GEAR AND GET IN HERE!" Stanley yelled as Maddie, Mackenzie, Paige, Chloe, Nia, Kendall and Payton all walked into Studio A, ready for yet another week of dancing, but what no one knew, there was gonna be a surprise at pyramid.

"This past weekend was good, but the group dance was a disaster and that is the reason why we didn't get the clean weep." Abby stated. "Ok, let's get started with the pyramid.

Pyramid:

Top - Mystery photo

Middle - Chloe, Paige

Bottom - Kendall, Maddie, Nia, Mackenzie

"Usually, it would be either myself or my mom unveling the photo at the top of the pyramid and it alternates, one week it would be my mom revealing the photo and the next week it would be me, but i think Allison should reveal the photo this time." Stanley suggested.

"Allison, would you like to do the honors?" Abby asked and Allison nodded as she approached the pyramid.

"All right, and on top of the pyramid is..." Allison said as she reached up to reveal the photo as Payton was smiling with confidence, thinking it was going to be her photo at the top and even Leslie was smiling too while the moms looked nervous, then Allison revealed the picture and there were gasps of surprise, it was none other than Brooke's photo. "...Brooke."

Leslie had an equally surprised look and she turned to Payton, who's face fell as she had seen that she wasn't on the top of the pyramid at all, then Payton covered her face and began to cry as Brooke walked in and the girls all hugged her to welcome her back to the studio. Then the girls all saw that Payton was crying, so they all ran to her and gave her a hug to comfort her.

"You're probably asking yourself this, how is Brooke on the top of the pyramid? She's gonna do a solo and she has to win." Abby told them, then she and Stanley turned to Payton.

"Payton, you know we love you like family, but we're going to be brutally honest with you here, you were not the right replacement because everyone's replaceable. And you should not be crying, you got to see the most popular street in Memphis, which is Beale Street." Stanley told Payton.

"What that means is that you've got to accept it and not be upset." Abby added.

"Abby, Stanley, Payton has the right to be upset, because you two asked her to be on the team and made her Brooke's official replacement, but no, you bring in a stranger that once lived in Waukegan to be a member of the Abby Lee Dance Company and now, you bring Brooke back after she left for cheerleading, WHAT HAPPENED TO LOYALTY?!"

"We've been loyal to Abby for a long time!" Kelly shouted.

"How dare you?!" Leslie yelled.

"Don't you "How Dare" us. Leslie! This is my mom's studio and she makes the decisions, We only brought Payton in when Brooke left for cheerleading, she got to see Beale Street and she got to compete! This is not about her being on the team for good, you put that into her head!" Stanley barked.

"Stanley, this is between me and your mother, you moron!" Leslie added.

"MY SON IS NOT A MORON!" Abby screamed.

"Well, me and Payton are out of here and don't come running to us when Brooke costs you a win!" Leslie said, taking Payton by her hand and the two left Studio A.

"Welcome back, Brooke." Chloe said.

"Thanks, Chlobird." Brooke stated, then Abby and Stanley gave out assigments for Nexstar in Oklahoma City, Chloe had a solo, Paige had a solo, Maddie, Kendall and Nia were in a trio and everyone would be in a group dance, then the moms left Studio A and the girls began warming up. Through those rehearsals, Brooke was doing better than anyone originally thought.