Time Of Our Lives (Dance Moms Fic)

Chapter 4: Comment of Arrogance

It was November 19 and the Abby Lee Dance Company were approaching St Louis, a city in Missouri to compete at Hollywood Vibe, there were three solos, a trio and the usual group. Chloe had a solo named Proof, Maddie had a solo named The Girl I Wanna Be, a trio named Nothing More Annoying Than A Man and the group was called What Goes Around, a bully based group that Dominic had come up with and to make things interesting, Abby decided to put Kendall in the trio with Maddie and Chloe, which was a surprise since Paige was usually a part of the trio with Maddie and Chloe. In addition, while Brooke was recovering from her sprained knee, Payton was brought in to fill in for Brooke while Payton's mom Leslie was trying to intimidate Jill into leaving the ALDC.

The bus that had Abby, Dominic, Gianna, the girls and moms was seen on the I-55 and skyline of St Louis and they all saw the Gateway Arch, also known as the Gateway To The West and Dominic took a photo of it with his camera.

"There's the Gateway Arch." Abby told Dominic.

"I see it and i remember we'd visit the Arch and see a lot of things from the observation deck." Dominic commented.

"We sure did." Gianna stated. "We still have those t-shirts from our last visit."

"Maybe one day, we can visit the Gateway Arch again." Abby suggested.

"Good idea." Dominic and Gianna both agreed.

Minutes later, the Abby Lee Dance Company got off the bus, got their bags and walked down Market Street and arrived at the Union Station Hotel, the venue of Hollywood Vibe. They entered the building and Abby got them checked in and they headed into a dressing room, which was in a conference room with makeup tables and with Jill and Leslie's makeup tables being next to each other, that could spell disaster.

"Girls, listen very closely. This is Hollywood Vibe and people at this competition are professionals from Los Angeles and New York. Chances are hat by monday, they'll be working at a studio, a talent and/or casting agency, this is very, very important and important to you for the rest of your lives, let alone myself and Dominic." Abby said.

"Payton, i really want you to work, this might be your only chance, so make sure to get your leaps up there and if you don't do well today, you might not be on the team." Leslie told Payton, then she looked over at Jill looked over at her, but she continued to get Payton ready.

"Kendall, i want you go over that trio a lot of times, because i've got to know that you know it." Jill said to Kendall, she pulled out two $10's and placed it on the makeup table. "If you do well, that $20 is yours."

Dominic looked at Abby and they both rolled their eyes at Jill bribing Kendall a $20 if she did well.

"Jill, Leslie, your daughters are on probation, so we'll have to see how this will go and you two are technically still on probation as well as you go right along with the student."

"Mom, we've got Leslie and Jill on probation, which means that Payton and Kendall are also are on probation. In my opinion, mom, they aren't actually equal because Jill feels that she's ahead of the game since she's been here for three weeks and that Payton's coming in, but Leslie doesn't get the memo." Dominic stated.

"Good point, Domino." Abby complimented, then Maddie, Chloe and Kendall ran through their trio and they headed to the stage while Abby, Dominic, Gianna, Mackenzie, Paige, Nia, Payton and the moms took their seats in the audience.

"Coming up in the duet/trio division, here's Nothing More Annoying Than A Man!" Maddie, Chloe and Kendall walked on to the stage and Maddie and Chloe were in their right spots, but Kendall was sitting at the far right side of the end of the stage thanks to a microphone.