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Jacquie POV

Im at home just facetiming Davis and she's telling me about how they're gonna meet dad today. I don't really mind I just hope Kingston dosent mess up. I hear a knock at the door so I hang up and go check it but Henry is  just about to open it.
"oh hey what's up?"
"your Henry Erlick right?"
"yeah"
"oh do you know where Noah is?"
"uh yeah but obviously I can't just bait his address. Who are you?"
"an old friend"
"uh sure OK. Can I call him. Also what's your name?"
"Abi"

When I hear that name Henry looks back at me and I look back at him. I know Noah told me about Jacquie and I assume Henry knows aswell from the fright in his eyes. I immediately text Richelle

J Richelle
J richelle
R yes jacquie
J there's a girl here claiming to be Noahs old friend called Abi at our doorstep
R what?
J Abi. Tallish. Shortish hair.

"oh are you Jacquie Emerson?"
Now this woman is in our house. She just walked in and sat down.
"uh yeah... Hi"
"I love your dancing your legs are insane"
"thanks"

We kind of sat there in awkwardness until there was a knock on the door.
I went to to open it.
"hey Noah"
"Jacquie what's up"
We hug and we go inside. He sees Abi sitting there and he goes a bit pale. Like it's unexpected.
"Hey bro" Henry says smiling
"hey..."
"this is Abi she says your an old friend"
Abi stands up and hugs him and kisses his cheek. I already know how this'll go down. Either Abi will try to break Noah and Richelle up or Richelle will break Abi up. Either way our house will be a warzone.
"Yo does anyone want Pizza" Henry says breaking the silence.
Not the best timing for this but at least it releases tension.
I see him go on his phone and text someone something.
He then orders 4 pizzas and drinks and deserts but one of the pizzas was hawaiin. That made me have an idea of what's about to happen but I wasn't gonna jump to conclusions.
"congratulations on winning internationals by the way guys" Abi says excitedly
"thanks.." we all say in unison
"so Abi what brings you back to Toronto?" Noah asks
"I'm actually planning on living in this area" she says happily.
Not good. Can this day get any worse?
"thats great. We could catch up that'd be amazing" Noah fake smiles
"yeah about that" she holds both his hands
"I want to rekindle what we had and I still love you"
"well actually i-"
Noah starts but can finish. No words needed onto why he couldn't. Henry is shocked he can't even think. That's our friend. The person we spent years with together who even lived with us your cheating on and you think we will stand there an watch. He pulls away but I start getting outraged.
"WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING NOAH!" I scream
"I'm sorry I shoul-"
"YOUR CHEATING ON YOUR LIFE LONG LOVE FOR HER?! I CAN'T BELIVE THIS AFTER ALL YOU AND RICHELLE HAVE BEEN THROUGH. NOT EVEN IN PRIVATE YOU HAD THE AUDACITY TO IT IN FRONT OF ME WHO HAS BEEN ONE OF HER BEST FRIENDS FOR YEARS AND HENRY WHO'S YOUR OWN BROTHER AND ONE OF HER BEST FRIENDS TOO. WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK? "
I throw a pillow ta him but he dodges it and Abi looks to the ceiling pretending she didn't just kiss him. What's worse is I know she knows they're dating. The whole fucking world knows Richelle and Noah are meant to be but she just wants to cause trouble. I thought we left all the drama the second we got on that plane to internationals but no.
"bro that wasn't cool"
"im sorry I jus- it was an acci-" he tries to get his words out even shedding a tear but he can't. He's breathing heavily and Henry's just shaking his head.
A key goes into he door and the door opens.
"HENRY WHYD YO-"
That's why he got hawaiin. Only Richelle has hawaiin.
"abi?"
"richelle"

"Hey Jacquie what's up" she tries to hug me but I don't accept. I don't need her acting happy while her boyfriend just cheated on her.
"what's wrong?"
"look Richelle just come upstairs. Jacquie can you just stay here?" Henry asks
I nod.

Henry goes upstairs and Richelle follows.

Richelle POV

I walk into Henry's room and I take a seat and start to have some ice cream from his mini fridge.
"what'd you want to talk about?" I ask eating from the plastic spoon
"Abi"
"yeah the bitch what's she even doing here anyways"
"rememeber the year Jacquie came and you saw me crying in studio A?"
"yeah.."
"and then we had a talk and you told me about how Noah had liked Abi and not you and your first kiss only happend because it was practise for Abi"

Yeah that's was true. Noah just wanted to know if he was a good kisser and he wanted it to be perfect.
"well how did you feel at Noah?"
"I felt angry and betrayed. Why the questions? What's going on?"
"Abi is coming to live in Canada again more specifically this neighbourhood so we will see alot of her"
"I can tolerate that"
"andshekindofkissednoa-"
"what?" I say. The rage pulped through my veins after hearing that.
"Richelle I know your angry but we can fix this you don't have to do thi-"
"Henry. I'll take this spoon and shove it down your throat and leave this ice cream in your dick if you don't fucking move in the next 10 seconds"
Henry slides away from the door and allows me to pass but follows me. I walk down the stairs every step I take the more and more angry I get. I trusted Noah and I loved him. How could he do this to me.

"You bitch how dare you fucking cheat on me with that! " I screech. Jacquie immediately tries to calm me down but her words go out the other ear. Naoh stands up and he pleads. He pleads and pleads. When I get close to him he has tears but I don't care. I push him so he's sitting down and face Abi. She stands up and she looks down on me. I glare into her eyes and she speaks.
"I think Noah wanted the better option"
"then clearly he dosent know what he wants"
"oh he wants me I know it. Whyd he want you?"
"because he loves me"
"last time I checked he kissed me first and just now"
"I was his first kiss and I was his first love. He had a stupid crush on you"
"I wouldn't talk so big for someone so small. I could crush you"
"try to"
Abi attempts to swing but Henry immediately pulls me back. The doorbell rings.
"OK jacquie get me my food while I go to calm the beast"
"that's impossible to calm down Richelle. Just try your best"

Henry carrys me up the stairs back into his room. I try to scratch and punch him so he will get out my way. He keeps getting hurt until eventually I scratch. His cheeks and they start to bleed.
"Richelle just stop please" he says kind of crying but trying to hold it in
"I'm sorry I shouldn't of done that I shouldnt-"
"it's fine can you just sit down"
I sit and I start to cry. I've never cried in front of anyone in a long time so this made me even sadder. Noah had to ruin everything again. Why can't we just be normal.
"Richelle how long have I known you?"
"6"
"I know your tough and strong but your soft just like everyone else. When we made A troupe I didn't even speak to you like that cause I was scared the 5ft girl would tear me in two if I made small conversation"
I chuckle at that
"I've known Noah for 6 years but he's been a brother all my life. He made a mistake. I don't expect you to forgive but what I will say is that he pulled away"
"I dont care he hurt our relationship again. First Abi. Amanda. Jacquie no offence. Now Abi again. 4 times"
"Noah makes mistakes. He's stupid. But please if you can just hear him out it will be OK"
"but what if it dosent work out. What if he wants Abi?"
"I don't know but you have loads of friends. Your the best dander in the world right now. Your on a diffrent level Richelle. Start to believe in yourself because Noah didn't start your dance carrer. You done that by yourself. I'm sure you can live your life by yourself"
I start to wipe my tears and we hug and he kisses my forehead telling me it will all work out. It always does.
"shall we go?"
"we shall"

Part 2 coming up but a few things are happening St the same time as this so I need to do those first. I also have a qote now.

Qote: question of the episode

Why do people always paint a I in an evil sight when she never done anything to Richelle in previous seasons?

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