Chapter 5:
Mikayla's POV:
"Leap, twirl, twirl, twirl, run and jump, aerial. Good job!" Abby clapped.
I smiled at her, wiping a bead of sweat from my face. I'm used to playing favorites. back at Studio One, I was the favorite of my dance teacher, too. I've been to three dance studios before ALDC. Studio One, Dice Dance, and Kinetics Dance Company. All of them, I've been favorited as an excellent dancer.
That's what I want to be at the Abby Lee Dance Studio. This time, I'm here to stay. I want to dance at ALDC forever.
"Alright, call Maddie in to do her solo now." Abby said.
"Okay." I reply. I walk outside the studio. "Hey Maddie, Abby wants you to practice your solo now."
Maddie looks up at me, while she's putting on her dance shoes.
"Okay." she says gruffly.
She gets up and bumps into me roughly.
I stare at her. What's her problem? It's not my fault I'm better than her at dance. It comes to me naturally and I put more effort into it than her.
"Don't mind her." the blonde girl, Chloe, walks in and sits down, putting on her shoes. "She's always like that when she thinks she's not Abby's favorite anymore.''
Oh, so Maddie was Abby's favorite wasn't she? Wow, so she's jealous of me stealing her spot, AND possibly climbing to the top of the pyramid next week.
"Was she always like this?" I ask Chloe.
"Like what? Maddie's okay, it'sjust that she's a little ambitious sometimes." Chloe says.
"Are you friends with her?" I ask.
"...yeah. I guess." Chloe says after a long time.
Oh well, it's time to perform the group dance. Brooke, Paige, Kendall, Mckenzie and Nia come in as Abby calls us in for the group dance.
"Hey Mikayla!" Brooke and Paige smile at me.
"Hey!" I grin.
"Okay, girls, in! We gotta practice! We only have two days left until we go to New York!" Abby says loudly. "Straight to it girls! Mikayla, start!"
I look at the mirrors and practice my facials before I begin.
I smile widely and leap and do and aerial. I leap again, twirl, twirl, twirl, and leap to the center of the studio. The other girls leap and run around me. I leap in the air, legs apart and then land on the floor. The other girls twirl and then leap up, do a split and land in one. I get up and twirl. They all get up and we throw our heads and arms back, leaning ot the side. I step forward from the group, moving my shoulders up and down, edging toward the mirrors. The other girls surround me and aerial and drop down into a split. I twirl and tilt, raising my foot high above my head.
"Good job! Mikayla, you're a true star. You'll be the best dancer in all of Pittsburgh, I think!" Abby claps for me. "Alright, go home now, girls!"
Maddie is the first to leave and she slams the door shut behind her with a loud bang and the whole team, except Abby (who I don't think noticed because she's talking to Gianna) looks at her as she stomps upstairs to her mom.
Melissa's POV:
My child has always been a big winner. Maddie is the best at dance in this group and I was very shocked when Abby yelled at her and when she came storming up the stairs looking darker than a storm cloud.
