'you know there's many different ways that you can kill the one you love. the slowest way is never loving them enough.' what if james left riley for emily? what if he never loved them enough to stay? set in season two of the next step

Riley. The girl who's grown up in a family with exceedingly high expectations, had to deal with the loss of her mother from a young age and who's been taught to always be tidy, sophisticated and pristine. Things only seem to get much more dire when her dad sets a new restriction for her to settle down with a guy by the time it's her eighteenth birthday. James. The boy who's grown up on the "ghetto" side of town who lives a life fuelled by poverty with his mother and younger sister after his dad left. Messy, under-educated and undisciplined, he's the complete opposite of Riley. But when these two characters meet, both their worlds flip upside down and they find themselves falling deeper and deeper into a Scandalous Love.

Relationships have a large concept. Some relationships include living the dream, others are more complicated, some are even toxic, but most are far from perfect. It's been ten years since James and Riley decided to cut their relationship off due to each wanting different things in their lives - Riley wanting to settle down while James wanted to focus on his career path. A lot can happen after spending ten years apart... Things change, people change, but most importantly, relationships change. It isn't long before James and Riley find themselves Crossing Paths once again somewhere down the line - but how will things be seen when they come to the realisation that each has a child of their own...?

Simple, Easy, Perfect. Three words that you should never use to describe a relationship James and Riley are no stranger to this, nobody ever say what happened behind closed doors, nobody saw everything the pair went through until their break up They both used the summer to try and come to grips with the end but on return to college. How are the pair going to cope living together, studying alongside each other. Watching each other move on?

Reputation. It means different things to different people Some people would give it up in a heartbeat for the right person, others would not After a summer away from their reputations, Riley and James built their relationships off of their true selves but after returning to school, James gave into the peer pressure of his stereotype and called it all of Leaving the summer behind to be nothing but a secret

Riley accepts the job to become the studio head of The Next Step, supported by long-term boyfriend James. But when a corrupt dancer joins the studio, somehow knowing all the details of Riley's afflicted past, the two lovers are put to the test of how strong their relationship really is.

Riley and James, each others right person, wrong time.. It's been a year since James went off to college leave Riley and his family behind with nothing but a deal between Riley and James They were both meant to use this year to live it to the best of their ability, regardless of the consequences But little did either of them realise, that could have been enough to make them lose each other for good

Growing up, Riley had her life planned out. She was going to go to college, go the whole way with her dance team but after having a child at the young age of 17, that changes things for her But the team doesn't falter. They are by her side no matter what The new season starts and there is a new guy at the studio. Once he makes the team, how do they know they can trust him with the secret?

All it took was some teasing and an accidental Like for James to be stuck in this lie He had found Riley's Instagram after seeing her perform a few summers prior, then recently when the boys from A-Troupe tease him about his single life, he lets a little lie slip It never really amount to anything until.. They all meet Riley and Riley is clueless

Riley and James are married and are 26 years old. They're perfectly happy together and have two children - Aaliyah who is 6 and Asher who is 3. However, Aaliyah has a different dad to Asher, who isn't James. Everything's going fine until Aaliyah's dad decides to make a comeback and tries doing everything he can to get custody over Aaliyah, considering Riley has severe anxiety and other problems which puts her being a good mother at risk. So what happens when all of those problems come to light?