Noelle is the older sister of Richelle and has been dancing with The Next Step since she was three. They always say don't mix relationships with business, in this case with dance. It seems like Noelle found herself mixing both dance and relationship...
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RIGHT NOW, WE'RE REHEARSING on stage as a group except for Eldon and Michelle, they're working on their duet, which is one of the main parts of the dance.
"Look how romantic their duet is." "Their magical." West and James coo from beside me before throwing a fit of laughter.
Emily takes notice of the three of us not dancing, trailing her eyes over to the two blonds staring at each other.
"Uh, Tiffany, could you just watch everyone for a quick second? This is your forte." Emily walks over and starts talking to Eldon.
I think my hypothesis might be correct. Eldon likes Michelle but is dating Emily; Michelle likes Eldon and is Emily's friend; and we'll see if Emily's dating Eldon.
A couple hours have passed, and we're already at the finals. Elite is up first with a whole new routine since you need a different routine for finals.
Their performance is amazing; every single dancer is in sync. Our routine is practically amateurish. I fear that maybe we don't have it, even with Michelle and Eldon's duet.
At the end, they get a standing ovation, something you don't get a lot.
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I'm in the wings with James as everyone else gets on stage and as I turn to look at James I see Beth from behind. It feels like a punch to the gut. Why is she here?
"What is she doing here?" I ask, focused on Beth.
"What?" James asks stretching.
"Look." I point out where Beth is now waving at James.
James looks a little dumbfounded. "Just give me one second. Don't worry about it; I'll be right back." He assures me.
Watching James and Beth makes me nervous. I know they have a past, but James has told me time and time again that he's over her.
"I don't think anything's going on between James and Beth. I mean, James likes me; I know that, but I don't know if Beth knows."
James looks back at me, giving me an awkward smile before walking away from Beth, scratching his head.
"So?" I ask.
"What?" He says completely unaware of my question.
"What did she say?" I cross my arms.
"Nothing; she just wanted to tell me she was coming to watch."
"That's it." I pester.
"Yeah, that's it." He says this, walking onto the stage.
I don't truly believe James, but I can't be bothered; I have a team dance to win.
My nerves are higher than ever. We have to win this to make it to nationals. But then there's that whole Beth situation, which isn't at the top of my list of worries. This dance is.
It's important for me to win this not only for my team but also for Richelle. I want her to be like, "My sister did that."
"Guys! 30 second! Get in your spots; let's do this!" Kate tells us as she walks back to the curtains.
The curtains start to lift, showing the audience, and the music starts to play. From what I can see, Eldon and Michelle are killing it.
"The whole concept of this dance is basically Romeo and Juliet."
When the beat drops, that signals the dance battle between the two "families," and I have this feeling that the dance's story is just being captured.
The crowd starts to clap on beat; that just adds more adrenaline and pumps us up so much more, but what's even better is the standing ovation we get once we finish.
We take a bow in unison, and I walk over to Emily, seeing tears streaming down her face. Not happy tears, but sad tears. "You okay?" I mouth over to her, "I'll tell you later." She mouths back.
This definitely has something to do with the love triangle.
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We move over to the right of the stage, giving room for the Elite team to step onto the stage.
"Ladies and gentlemen!" They start. "The winner of the 17th annual absolute dance regional competition is..."
"The Next Step!"
I can't feel my heart; I think it stopped beating. As for my body, yeah, that's numb.
We won regionals!
The team is going wild; we have never made it to the semifinals, much less the finals. Yet here we are, winning Regionals.
Not only did we win as a team, but as a family. I can't wait to see Richelle, and I know for a fact that she's watching this on TV.
I walk over to James and kiss him on live television, but thankfully the attention wasn't on us, so there wasn't a big scene.
The judges bring out the Regionals trophy, and it's a lot more unique in person.
"Dolphin tail!" Chris shouts with the trophy in his hand. Not only did we do the dolphin tail, but so did the crowd.
This is worth every drop of blood, sweat, tears, fight, and dance. Regionals.
But now that we've won, we have another trophy to win.
Nationals.
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A/N: I think I might actually cry. Season finale! This is the end of season one. Now I know there is a lot of grammatical errors and I apologize. But for this story I will be taking a little break before starting season two. Do NOT think that this story is ended or I'm giving up. There will still be updates. I repeat: THERE WILL STILL BE UPDATES.
