A dance journey

How Do You Like Them Apples

"Come on girls! Let's go. I'm glad you could make it." Abby said

We all walked into the room and stood in our standard line

"Ok, let's talk about Woodbridge, Virginia. You're a tenth of a point loser, it's time to cowboy up here. The Abby Lee Dance Company is somebody to beat. They're not thrilled that they won. They're thrilled that they beat you. You need to challenge yourself. So if your leg's here, find the girl in class whose leg is here and go stand next to her at the bar. Fight for that. That's how you get better. You have to want to win more than I want it for you. Now, I want to talk about this week. We will be traveling to Ohio." Abby said

We all stood there in shock and wallowed in our dread to see Cathy. But I was happy to see Kendall.

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Christi interview:

"Oh, yippee, skippy. We're going to Ohio this week. I can't wait to see my bestie, Cathy."

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"We might see Kendall," Abby said

I found myself subconsciously smiling at that news.

"And we might see Vivi-Anne. All I know is that the Abby Lee Dance Company will be so hot that they will become apple pie, and your group is going to be like the a la mode. The name of the group dance is "Land Unforgiven." It's about territory. We are going to Cathy's territory. We're going to stick a stake right into that beef jerky. Everybody standing before me is in the group dance. However, I'm going to be a few ringers in, just like the wicked Witch of the West." Abby said

I was a little confused about what she meant when she said ringers. Like new girls like Payton?

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Abby interview:

"This is the first time that we're going to see Cathy and those stinking, little rotten Apples since they beat us in New Jersey. If we have a chance to even get to nationals, we need to beat her and beat her big time. She always pus older girls in her Routines. Let's fight fire with fire. I'm going to put a few of my older girls in this week's routine."

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"So let's start at the bottom of the pyramid. Brooke, you're still on probation." Abby said

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Abby interview:

"Brooke was at the bottom of the pyramid. I mean, she wasn't even there. She was in her eighth-grade farewell dinner dance. Bye-bye."

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"Next, we have Mackenzie. How did you get down there? What happened? How many times did I tell you to spit your gum out? Abby asked

"Maybe 10," Mackenzie answered

"So that's nine times too many. Next, Nia, I think you're there because you had a hard time with those turns and it was your legs that needed to be straightened. So all that technique you worked on, what happened? Next. Cassandra. Not your best performance. I thought we you did that jump and you landed it to the floor, awful. I was cringing. You got lazy and it gave you bad feet. Next, we have Paige. Do you see that probation sticker? Hopefully, that's going to come off there. Next, we have Chloe. Group dance is where you make a mistake. Solo was good. The first person on top of the pyramid is Claire. Because at both competitions, you got second place. The second person on top of Maddie. And the third person on top of the pyramid is also Maddie." Abby said

Me and Maddie gave each other a confused look

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Christi interview: