We Are Family The Next Step

Previously on The Next Step...

Can we talk, as sisters, not dancers?

We have nothing to talk about.

I just lost my big sister.

It's just time for me to take the next step.

The casting director made the director come to watch me.

Long story short, it was just to make fun of me.

I would love to go to India.

As far as first dates go, this one was pretty perfect.

We know you can dance. That's why we need you in A-Troupe.

I really hope things are going to be different with Stephanie this time,

so then we can go back to being besties again.

Eldon and I are going to start a duet for regionals.

I'm feeling something inside of me, and I hope he feels it too.

SONG: Inside Out by Andrew Austin

# Bang bang, the gun rang in my head again... #

'Right now we're just kind of working through the routine,

'fine-tuning it.'

# Nobody sees it

# Are birds circling over my head yet?

# The bitter pattern... #

Dancing with Eldon is great, he is the best dancer in the studio,

so it's easy to duet with him.

# Here you're light as a ghost... #

'Me and Michelle were looking at each other and... I don't know.

'It just feels really easy and natural. I'm just...

'I don't really know what I feel right now.'

# If I was brave, if I was stronger

# Would you hold the candle longer?

# If I burned it to the ground If I fall do I make a sound?

'I feel so free, and it's a lot more fun'

than dancing with anyone else.

# For he who wears the crown His head is heavy now... #

I always felt like Eldon and I connected with each other.

We understand each other.

# In my mind you weigh the most

# You're the kiss in the cup

# You'll be there to pick me up... #

There's just great energy between us.

# I can see your head in the crowd Like a sun through the clouds

# You're always turning me Inside out

# Fall through the cracks In the glass

# When you're moving too fast

# And the time will turn inside out

# The moral isn't lost on me I know I'll never see

# The like... #

He's such an amazing dancer. I mean...

It makes me want to tell him more how I feel.

# We We are gonna show the world

# Everything we're made of

# We're going to tear the roof Off this place

# Stand up!

-This is pretty.

-Yeah, I made us a little picnic. Here.

-A picnic?

-Yeah.

-Eldon, these are freezing.

Yeah, that's how I like to eat them.

You're the only one who likes to eat them like that.

Oh.

Um... I can't actually eat this.

-Oh. OK.

-I'm really sorry.

-No.

-I won't eat mine, either.

-Are you sure? I don't mind.

-Yeah.

-No, that's fine.

-OK.

-So, how's Elite going?

-It's great.

-Yeah?

-Yeah. Kind of.

It's hard to find friends. Harder than I thought it would be, anyway.

I mean, it is kind of like the next step.

These girls and boys have been together forever.

They're really good friends, and trying to kind of find

my niche in all that is a little more difficult than I thought it would be.

-Well, you got me.

-I know.

Well, you're not exactly at Elite with me, right?

Well, you could carry a photo of me.

-I doubt that would help me make friends.

-Well, I'm...

-I'm sure you'll make friends eventually.

-I really hope so.

'I do feel bad about these feelings I've been having for Michelle,

but the best thing to do is just forget about her.

I know I want to be with Emily.

-Five, six, seven, eight!

-MUSIC

Good energy, guys. Keep going.

Emily, what are you doing? You're half a beat behind everyone.

-Can you get it together, please?

-I'm trying.

-Well, try harder.

'When Amanda yells at me, it feels awful.'

Emily! Are you serious right now?

'Things are really different here. I mean, the choreography's a lot...'

A LOT harder, and...

I just don't know if I'm up to it.

Yeah, no, I understand.

'Right now I'm on the phone with my agent.

'In my last audition I ended up being the laughing stock.'

I don't really want to ever go through that again.

Yeah, just give me a call if you find anything else, OK? Thanks. Bye.

-Who's that?

-Just my agent.

-OK, and...?

I don't know, he has an audition for me to go to but I don't...

-I'm not interested.

-Why would you say that?

I don't know, it's a random role. I don't really want to do it.

Steph, call them back, tell them you're going to take it.

Come on, this is what you wanted to do.

But I don't even want to ever go back out there.

I'm not ready right now.

In this industry, you're going to get knocked down hundreds of times.

But you've just got to pick yourself back up

and have more faith in yourself.

You might get one out of 100 auditions,

but that still means you're doing good.

If you want to be a triple threat girl,

you've just got to have thicker skin.

You're good. You've got to believe in yourself.

Tiffany has a point, I have to be able to take this stuff.

This is what the industry's all about.

And... Maybe I'll get this one, maybe I won't,

but I can't give up trying.

Five, six, seven, eight.

'I think I'm dancing all right right now.

'I mean, I'm trying my hardest.'

I'm still trying to pick up the choreography, and...

I'm giving it my best shot, so hopefully it works out for me.

Yes, Jamie. Good, Reagan. Emily, can you stretch your feet, please?

-Stop, stop, stop.

-MUSIC STOPS

We're going to... Let's take a break.

We're going to take a little break

and we're going to look at formations.

'I would love to say that I feel like I would be put in the front row,

'but I know that here at Elite I'm not the best dancer,

'so personally I'm hoping for middle.

'That's what I've been working towards.'

-(We should switch right now.)

-Yep.

(Cos it's no good waiting until later, she's not going to get this.)

OK, everybody. Let's go back to your original formation first.

We've got a few alterations to make here.

You two ladies switch with the two guys right behind you.

-You mean...the back row?

-Yeah.

'I guess I just thought I had improved so much.

'But apparently Michelle was right.'

I am a back row dancer.

'I'm at Elite because I want to talk to Emily and fix things.'

-Mom's waiting in... Emily!

-What?

-Can we talk for a minute?

-No.

Em, just wait for two seconds.

What could you possibly have to say to me?

I don't know. I'm sorry.

You think sorry is going to fix this?

OK, really, Em, it's not the end of the world.

Maybe not your world, but it's certainly the end of mine.

It's not always about you, Em. I was doing it for the team.

And it's not always about you either, Riley!

We haven't spoken since you...

We haven't spoken since you took away my dance captaincy,

since you took away my friends, since you took away my sister.

-I don't even know who you are any more.

-I'm still your sister, Em.

I'm right here and I don't know what else to do. I don't...

know what else to do.

Do you want me to forgive you, Riley? Is that what you want?

Do you want us to be sisters?

Do you want us to hang out, borrow each other's clothes?

Do you want us to do that kind of stuff? Cos you lost that.

HORN HONKS Mom's calling.

'I worked so hard for everything I had.'

It was my life. It was...

It was my everything.

'I don't have my big sister any more.'

It means...

I've got to grow up a little bit.

This has been an awful day.

First, I get put in the back row at Elite,

and then I get into this huge fight with Riley.

-Hi.

-Hey.

-What's up?

-Not much, just playing sneaker-shoe.

-What is that?

-It's when you count how many people have sneakers

and then how many people have shoes.

Eldon, sneakers are shoes!

Oh. You're in a bad mood.

'Hanging out with Michelle, it's just...'

It's fun and easy. And things have never been that way with Emily.

I'm sorry.

I shouldn't have yelled.

Amanda put me in the back row.

-Really?

-Yeah.

That's harsh.

You can say that again.

Look, maybe I am a back row dancer.

Maybe...

-Maybe dance just isn't for me any more.

-No!

-You're not a back row dancer.

-How do you even know that, Eldon?

Look, you're new to one of the most prestigious studios in the country.

You'll work your way up there.

Just so much harder than I thought it was going to be.

Everything good is hard.

And everything worth something is difficult. You're strong.

-You'll get there.

-What are you, a quote book today?

Eldon giving me a pep talk was kind of cute.

'Just knowing that he still cares about me

'and he wants me to be happy, it did raise my mood.'

Come on, let's play sneaker-shoe, it'll cheer you up.

Sneaker-shoe. Number one.

Sneaker.

Shoe.

'I'm glad I was able to cheer Emily up.'

But I still don't know how I feel about our relationship.

Two, three, four, five...

I have Stephanie jumping jacks

because she needs to get the blood flowing.

She's feeling nervous, she has some jitters.

That'll help her get the energy to call her agent.

-Come on, you got the energy, call.

-Really?

What's the worst that can happen? I might as well not give up now.

Er, yes, I'm going to do the audition, I changed my mind.

Now that I booked it, I feel a lot better about everything.

-You did it.

-Yes.

-Yes!

Maybe if I have a positive attitude towards things,

they'll be better for me, because I don't want to give up.

Good energy, guys.

'I really feel that I'm improving because of my mindset.'

I'm here and I want to be here.

It's time for me to pick my game up and that's exactly what I'm doing.

Keep it up.

Good, Emily.

Amanda complimenting me is a good feeling.

She doesn't want me to fail, she wants me to be part of the team

and because of that I'm starting to be part of the team.

Come on, everyone, be like Emily.

-I want you to move up to the middle row on the walks.

-Really? Thank you.

'I think I owe Eldon a big thank you.

'After really listening to what he said, it made me believe in myself.'

Just knowing that I can go to Eldon for those kinds of things

and he'll be there for me, he'll support me no matter what...

..it just brings us a lot closer together.

-So, man, how was that date with Riley?

-Details.

It was cool, man, it was all right.

'I don't want to tell anyone about my date with Riley.

'Because Riley is different. I don't want everyone to know.'

It's special.

-I mean, it wasn't good? It wasn't...?

-It was all right.

It wasn't extravagant or anything?

GIRL GUFFAWS

THEY LAUGH

Why are you laughing?

You're like, "Yeah, man, it was cool, yeah,

"whatever, like, it was just cool, mate."

THEY LAUGH

SHE GUFFAWS

'When Giselle mocks me, it's fine, I know she's just playing around.'

She got you. She got you.

JAMES MIMICS GISELLE'S LAUGH

SILENCE

THEY ALL LAUGH

'It's only fair that James got to make fun of my laugh.'

Yo, man, what up, yeah, uh-huh, so then... Who talks like that?

I haven't seen Eldon in a couple of days.

I want to surprise him with a picnic, I want to show him

how much I appreciate him.

Em. Hey.

What are you doing here, Riley?

Dad wanted me to come talk to you.

So you didn't want to come talk to me yourself?

Of course I want to, you just never listen to me.

We don't really have anything to talk about now, do we?

Things between me and Emily have been really bad lately

but I have to give it one last shot.

'I want my sister back.'

We promised each other we'd keep our dance lives separate

from our personal lives.

-Yeah, and you broke that promise.

-So did you!

Riley...

I don't know how to fix this one, OK? I don't know what to do.

I would love to fix my relationship with my sister.

But I don't see how that can happen.

'Resolving things with Emily is going to be harder than I thought.'

But I have to find a way to get through to her.

Remember the time when I was supposed to feed the kittens

but I thought you were feeding the kittens and it turned out that none

of us were feeding the kittens when really Mum was feeding the kittens?

Well, maybe we just need to feed each other, like, you can

be the sister I need and I'll be the system you need.

'Knowing that she wants to still be my sister, she needs me...'

..it just makes me feel loved.

I'd be willing to give that a try.

-So, how are things with you and Elton?

-We're good actually.

'It feels amazing to be talking to Emily again.'

I mean, we're finally mending our relationship

and getting back on track to being sisters.

How are you and James?

Um, I don't know.

-I mean, he took me on a date last night.

-Really? What did you guys do?

Well, he brought me to Studio A and he had it all decorated.

And he got foods from all around the world and, like, he made me

this passport.

Are you serious?

Hearing that James set up that whole date

was kind of shocking. James has never worked that hard.

I don't know, I'm just a little confused as to

whether we're in a relationship or not.

-So ask him.

-Really?

-Yeah. Guys like it when you're straight up.

No games.

Emily's advice is really helpful.

I mean, I had no clue what to do with me and James

and Emily just cleared it up for me.

I've got to get back to rehearsals.

I think things will definitely be different between me and Emily.

With everything we've been through,

I feel like there's nothing we can't conquer.

Eldon and I decided to show A-Troupe our duet. I hope they like it.

Michelle and Eldon's duet is amazing.

I wish I was either Michelle or Eldon in that dance.

It doesn't matter but it's really good.

It is so emotional and it's just a beautiful piece.

After our last rehearsal,

my feelings for Eldon seemed to be getting stronger.

I think he's starting to like me too, but I can't be sure.

As soon as I walk into the studio, I see Eldon dancing with Michelle.

And I know he is supposed to be on a day with Emily right now.

Eldon.

Forgetting something?

Emily, date. Ring a bell?

'I got a little too distracted with Michelle'

and I am so in trouble.

'I pulled James aside because I need to ask James where we are in

'our relationship, what are we right now?'

-What?

-Are we in a relationship?

-Did you just asked me that question?

-OK, I'm being serious.

I don't know, do you want to be in a relationship?

I wouldn't be asking if I didn't want to.

Is that a yes?

'Finally, she does like me back and it makes me feel great.'

Just give me one second.

LAUGHTER

< Yo, that was sick!

This is what I've wanted for so long now

and finally it is actually for real.

GISELLE GUFFAWS

I'm really excited to start my new relationship with James.

'Part of me kind of remembered that I was supposed to go meet Emily

'but the other part of me wanted to stay and dance with Michelle.'

Hey, Emily. Sorry I'm late. I'm really...

Are you wearing two different shoes?

'I looked down and I realise I'm wearing two different shoes.

'I must have grabbed one of Stephanie's shoes by accident.'

Eldon showing up with two different shoes on is

honestly not that surprising.

I'm just glad Stephanie has big feet.

Why are you so late?

Um...

We had rehearsals at a studio for regionals.

And I didn't want to leave, like, in the middle of the practice, so...

No, no, I totally understand. I'm glad you guys are working so hard.

-OUT OF BREATH:

-Yeah.

-Picnic!

-Why... Why did you decide to do a picnic?

-You didn't like it too much last time.

-Well...

I was thinking about it and I decided...

it isn't really what you do, it's...

who you do it with.

'When Emily said that, it made me realise

'I'd rather be with Michelle.'

I'm not sure how I feel about Emily any more.