it's been four years since anyone you know has been at the next step studios. what happened? lives changed, people moved on. what's happening? well, the next step is about to get hit with its' first splash of drama in four years. || james/riley, mic...
(a/n; after exactly two months and two days, punilicious and i are finally back with a new chapter! enjoy!)
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"Hey Alli." Izzy greets Allison in Culture Shock. "How's rehearsals for Nationals going?"
"It's going good, we're slowly coming up with the choreo for the semi finals & finals routine." Allison replied cheerily but seeming somewhat off. "How's B Troupe?"
"It's amazing! I'm getting challenged so much more. Soon enough I might even be ready for when the auditions for A Troupe roll around again!" Izzy said dreamily, but paused when she noticed that Allison seemed distracted. "Are you okay?"
"Ye- yeah! I'm fine, why do you ask?" Allison asked, fake smiling.
"Oh I don't know, maybe it's because you seem a bit off and distracted, or maybe it's because you just gave me the fakest smile I've ever seen?" Izzy replied rhetorically.
Allison sighed before she grabbed Izzy's arm and pulled her to an empty corridor in the building. "Okay look, I wasn't going to tell you because it's not a big deal and it didn't mean anything, but..."
"But what? Why did you trail off?" Izzy said, incredibly intrigued.
"After A Troupe won Regionals and we all went backstage, Jordan and I kissed." Allison admitted reluctantly, unsure of how Izzy was going to react.
"WHAT?!" Izzy yelled, beaming.
"But it didn't mean anything!" Allison said, trying to make Izzy be at least a little quieter.
"Then why are we talking about it?!" Izzy asked.
"I don't know! I- it confused me, and for some reason I just feel like I was betraying April when it happened."
"April and Jordan broke up months ago! She won't care!" Izzy said before pausing to think about it. "But on the other hand, she did assume that there was something going on between you and Jordan when all you guys did was perform a duet..."
"Exactly! So you have to promise me that you won't talk to anyone about this!" Allison said, before adding, "and when I say anyone, I mean anyone. Not Michelle, not Jordan, especially not April, just... no one, okay?"
"Okay." Izzy agreed, nodding. "No one will find out about this."
"Thank you. Now, we better both get to rehearsals."
Once both Allison and Izzy walked off, Lola peeked her head around the corner, making sure that they didn't see her.
Was there really this much drama at The Next Step?
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"Where did Lola go?" Noah wondered. Lola had left Culture Shock almost twenty minutes ago to grab her phone that she forgot in Studio A.
