Come Back... Be Here The Next Step

Previously on The Next Step...

I'm here and I want to be here.

Come on, everyone, be like Emily.

Daniel and I are going to

spring the lift on Miss Kate and Chris.

I hurt the ligaments pretty badly,

and the doctors say I won't be able to dance for months.

This is all your fault.

If you would have just listened to Kate and Chris,

this wouldn't have happened.

I'm not working on homework any more because

I'm practising Daniel's solo.

If he does not pass his math exam,

then he's not coming back to the studio at all.

Maybe Eldon will see how much I really like him.

My feelings for Michelle are definitely starting to grow.

Right now we're rehearsing our Regionals routine.

James has recently just taken Daniel's solo spot so he's just

going through Daniel's choreography and we're just rehearsing as a team.

In the routine, we're supposed to be fighting and now that Daniel's

not here, I'm kind of fighting with myself.

It's really awkward and I'm just kind of...

fighting with air.

It's really weird dancing without Daniel.

Now that he's not here, the routine is really different,

but you can't go to Regionals if you don't have ten dancers.

I'm really just...

trying to get this solo right.

Sorry guys, can I try that again? Just messed up a little.

Uh, yeah, sure, James but let's take a five, OK?

I can do it again.

No, it's OK, we'll do it afterwards. Everyone take five.

Um, when Kate calls a break,

I knew she only called a break cos I screwed up the solo.

Which just kind of makes me angry

because I can get it, I just want to try it again.

Right, sorry guys.

I know James is trying really hard to get that solo, but...

Daniel was the best person for that position.

We still are missing one dancer.

Right, now, I have no clue if this routine is going to win Regionals.

You know, as dance captain, I have to do what's best for the team.

Look, I know this is going to sound crazy

and I can't believe I'm saying this, but...

..we need to try and get Emily to come back.

With having Emily on the team,

that's our only shot at winning Regionals.

What?

No offence, Michelle, but how do we manage to do that?

Yeah, Emily is so stubborn, there's no way she's coming back.

Michelle's suggestion to get Emily back I think is

really crazy, just

because of all the things we kind of put Emily through.

The same person that she lost her captaincy to is trying to

get her back? I don't know if that's going to fly with Emily.

We all hurt her really badly.

I don't think there's any chance of Emily ever coming back.

This is her home. We're her family.

I know we can do this.

We can get Emily to come back.

And you guys are just giving up on the idea.

I think it's a great idea that we go and try and get Emily back.

She's one of my best friends

and that means I would get to dance with her again.

We're a team.

If we all come as one, maybe she'll see that we're serious

and we really want her back.

Are you guys into this?

ALL: Yeah.

I guess we can give it a shot.

ALL: Yeah.

I'm finding the solo really difficult because basically

the solo was carved out for Daniel's style of dancing,

very technical which is almost the opposite of my kind of dancing.

I think I could get it but I just really need to work at it.

Hey.

Hey.

-What's up?

-Nothing. Uh, I'm just working on my solo.

-How's it going?

-Um, pretty bad. I'm kind of behind on it.

Well...I got tickets to a concert.

-Really?

-And I have two. Do you want to come?

I'd totally love to but I can't. I'm really busy with this.

This is just one of Beth's ploys. I'm not falling for it.

Come on! My friend bailed on me and now I've no-one to go with.

You just caught me at the worst time.

-You're really going to...

-I can't!

-..leave me hanging?

-I can't, Beth, I'm sorry.

OK, fine, you're going to regret it.

N...yeah.

OK. See you.

-See you.

-Good luck with the solo.

-Thanks.

-James?

-Yo.

-Hi.

-What's up?

Seeing Beth with James...

I know she still kind of has a thing for James but

I know James definitely doesn't like her any more so...I dunno.

It's probably nothing.

How's the math going?

Uh, it's good.

When's your math exam?

Um...coming up.

Shouldn't you be studying?

Uh, I just finished studying.

I'm good, I got to work on this solo now.

OK, but everyone's relying on you to pass this math exam.

When Riley tells me that I need to stop working on the solo

and to work on my math, it kind of just annoys me.

No, Riley, everyone's relying on me to get this solo.

OK. If you fail your math exam, you're out of the studio.

-I just finished studying.

-OK.

I'll be fine. Thank you.

Whatever.

It hurts that Riley doesn't believe in me.

She was the one person that stood by me

before when I was going through all of this.

I just wish she had a little more faith in me.

Now that I kind of have friends and I'm in the middle row,

and I've been here for some time,

being at Elite is actually really fun.

Approaching Emily in the middle of Elite's rehearsal is

kind of rude of me but I'm doing what needs to be done.

What are you doing here?

I came to talk to you.

Michelle, this is a rehearsal.

I know what it is.

Then why are you here?

I have no idea what Michelle is doing at Elite right now.

The Next Step wants you back.

My answer is no. You have to learn to accept that.

I just hope you know that we're all really sorry about what

happened with the whole dance captain thing.

If you think "sorry" is going to cut it,

you are way more delusional than I ever thought you were.

Now, please leave before you take this away from me, too.

I spent all this time trying to think about what

I was going to say to her.

And her just saying "no" isn't a good feeling.

I will not leave.

You're not wanted here, OK?

Yeah, but we want you.

We? Who's we? You're the only one that's here, Michelle.

I'm the only one here?

Look beside you.

We're here as a team.

We came to get you back, Em.

I thought for sure Emily would have come back,

once we all showed her that we all want her back.

We're all here for you.

We want you back, sis.

I kind of have mixed emotions.

I'm shocked that they even care that much

and I'm also shocked that they think

they have any chance of getting me back.

No. You guys made your bed. Now lie in it.

Good choice, Emily.

I thought that when she saw all of us there

that everything would go back to normal,

but I guess she just really likes Elite.

You're fitting in just fine here. As a matter of fact,

so fine, I just talked to Amanda about moving you to the front row.

Once Lucien offers Emily front row, I know she's not coming back.

Didn't I, Amanda?

Yep.

Everyone knows that I'm moving to the

front of the Elite Dance Academy.

So, look at me, The Next Step.

look at what you got rid of.

Why would I come back to The Next Step? To be embarrassed?

Betrayed? Hurt?

And don't think I'm naive enough to believe you would all be here

if Daniel wasn't injured, OK?

That's not true.

So not true.

Daniel's the reason why we went to get Emily back,

but that's not the only reason.

I mean, she's our family.

So, why don't you all leave now?

Now!

Hi, James.

Hey.

It's kind of hard that the

guy I'm dating has dated every single girl in the entire

dance community.

Back to the top.

-Just think about it.

-I've thought about it.

I don't know what we're going to do now.

Our chances of even going to Regionals

are getting further and further away.

Well, I mean, I don't know what we're doing, but all I know is

that today was a total disaster.

Now that we know that Emily isn't going to come back to The Next Step,

we have to pull someone up from B-Troupe.

We were so close getting Emily back.

You guys need to get over your warm fuzzy feelings.

Emily's not coming back.

We need to start thinking who we're bringing up from B-Troupe.

Well, there's Charley, there's Zach, and there's Beth too.

We're not bringing Beth!

I don't want to bring Beth up from B-Troupe into A-Troupe

because I know if we do, she's just going to be all over me

and I can't deal with that.

OK, well, I'm just going to run the plan by Kate

and I'll tell you how it goes.

All right, cool. Always got to run.

West, can I talk to you?

Yeah, sure. S'up?

It's about James.

He told me he got a D on his last math test,

and he's not doing too well on his solo either.

I dunno, I tried talking to him but he's not listening to me.

I wanted to ask one of his own friends to help him out.

He's always been there for James and I know he could probably convince

him to focus on his math.

I know. I've been thinking about it too.

I think James should give up the solo just so he can spend that time to

focus on his math and not risk getting kicked out of the studio.

Well, I mean, I was thinking you could talk to him.

He'll probably listen to you.

Yeah. Yeah, I can talk to him no problem.

-OK.

-I'm really here to just help a friend out.

I'm in Studio B because I still feel like I don't have this solo

and I need to work on it.

I don't give up on things.

I'm working at this solo and slowly starting to get it

and I will get it.

I walk into B Studio because James and I have to have a really,

really big talk about his solo.

Thanks.

And I know it's a talk that's not going to be easy for either of us.

I don't even know how to start it.

I...I've been thinking a lot about your problem.

I don't have a problem.

I know why you're having such trouble with your solo.

I'm completely fine, man.

Look, I...

I know you're working really hard on your math and this solo.

I mean, look at you, you just can't do both.

Bro, I got it.

You think you've got it.

If you want to stay at the studio, you cannot do both.

James knows what he has to do, there's no doubt about it.

James heard me.

Miss Kate? Chris?

-Hey, Chloe.

-I have the money for Regionals that you asked for?

Ah, perfect. What a pleasant surprise!

I mean, it's a new excuse every week.

And finally here's the money for Regionals.

Uh, Chloe...? There's only half in here.

Are...are you sure? I...

I mean, you paid in coins.

I have no idea what's going on with Chloe.

I think I just got the totals mixed up or something,

but I'll get it to you, I promise.

I'm pretty mortified cos I thought I was going to have a

good week at work cos there was a girl there having her birthday.

I ended up dumping a whole tray of food on the birthday girl

so I didn't make very many tips.

-I know, I'll...I'll get it.

-Hey, sorry. Am I interrupting something?

-Uh...

-Nope. Everything's fine. Tomorrow, tomorrow.

OK, Chloe.

I don't think now is the right

time for me to come clean about my situation.

How're you guys doing?

-Well.

-Uh, we're good.

-Things are good.

-Yeah.

-Cool.

-How are you doing?

-I'm good, I'm good.

Is there...? You're good?

-Nothing...? You just came in to see how we were.

-Yeah.

Well, very nice of you.

When James starts talking like this, I know something's up.

I'm a little nervous about how Kate and Chris are going to react.

I mean, I just hope they understand.

OK, cool. Thanks, James.

Uh...

I can't dance the solo at Regionals.

I mean I, I tried, but...but I can't balance the two, and...

I'm...I'm sorry.

It's OK. You tried your hardest.

It's not OK, though, cos who else is there?

It doesn't matter, we'll find someone. We have plenty of time.

Listen, this was a smart play, OK? We need you at Regionals.

If we don't have you, we can't win.

OK? You did this for the team.

OK.

James...

Thanks.

I'm feeling just disappointed because I guess I...

I'm letting the whole team down.

That was a brilliant idea.

Telling her that you're going to put her in the front row for Regionals?

-Wasn't it amazing?

-Yeah.

I'm kind of proud of that myself, actually.

We'll keep her in the front until the day before Regionals.

It's too late then for anything to happen.

And then we'll kick her off the team.

It's not like we need her anyways.

Exactly.

When I overhear Amanda and Lucien's plan...

I'm shocked.

Am I not good enough for anyone?

We won without her before and we can do it again.

-You know she can't keep up.

-Yeah.

It's clear to me now that they don't value me

as a dancer or apparently as a person.

I'm just a tool in their plot to win Regionals.

-Yo, West, can I talk to you a sec?

-Yeah, sure.

I know Kate's going to offer me the solo, but I'm not going to take it.

You know, for me to take it, that would be totally wrong.

I don't want him to think that's what I had planned from the beginning.

All I know is that I'm going to walk out that office without the solo.

Chris and I have been doing a lot of thinking.

-A lot of thinking.

-And a lot of talking.

I love talking, I love thinking too.

-We feel that you have improved hugely.

-Dramatically.

-Thank you.

-Yes!

I'm very glad that you see my improvements.

You know, there isn't anything that I wouldn't do for this team.

Well, we like to hear that

because you are now taking over James's solo at Regionals.

-Congratulations.

-Wow, Really?

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

-This is really exciting.

-Uh-huh.

-You know, this is really, uh, wow.

Wow, I'm, I'm honoured, you know?

This is re...I'm not doing it.

You're not doing it?

No, I...I just can't.

I'm...at a loss.

West, we're giving you a solo at Regionals. A time to shine.

Oh, I know, I love shine, don't get me wrong.

I love shine. I love bright lights, I love all that stuff.

I mean, sometimes, I sleep with the lights on.

OK, get back on track.

Um, so...you don't want to do the solo?

No, no, I'd love to do the solo but I'm just not doing it.

OK, so I guess you've made that decision and...

No, no, no, no. We've made that decision. It was our decision.

If it was up to me, I'd, I'd completely, I'd totally do

the solo, but you know this is our decision and this is what we chose.

OK.

-Thank you. Thank you so much.

-Yeah...thank you.

-Yeah, no problem, bro.

-All right, thank you. Good decision.

Really exciting news. Right?

Thank you.

I...I don't know what just happened.

I really don't. Maybe I don't even want to know.

I feel like me and Michelle are getting a lot closer now.

I'm starting to get stronger feelings for her

and I know she's starting to get stronger feelings for me.

Guys! Emotion, technique, hello? All right, let's take five.

Get some water.

Michelle.

I pull Michelle aside because I want to tell her that

I have feelings for her. Hey.

Hey. You've been dancing really well, by the way.

-Oh, thanks!

-You're welcome.

-I, I really like the choreography.

-Thank you.

I'm not really sure what Eldon wants to talk to me about right now.

Possibly our relationship. I'm hoping.

OK. I'm just going to come right out and say this.

I'm an idiot. Well, when it comes to girls.

I do...don't know how they think. I don't know how to deal with them.

You're not so bad.

Yeah, I am. But I've been trying to ignore what's happening.

I can't stop thinking about you.

I really, really like you.

Eldon telling me that he does have feelings for me has

to be one of the greatest feelings that I've felt

ever since I moved here.

What about Emily?

She's at Elite now and it'll be easier for me

to break up with her and there will be no drama.

I've decided to tell Eldon how I feel.

I want to be with him and he wants to be with me.

Look. I...I really do...

Guys. Guys! Look who's back.

Emily!

I can't believe this is happening right now.

Emily has returned to the studio.

Look, I...

I gave it a lot of thought and Elite's a great studio.

It really is.

But it's not my home and it's not my family.

I don't even know what to think. I'm just

kind of frightened.

Eldon!

Eldon?

All I want...

is to be with Michelle.

It was the most amazing feeling, Eldon telling me he likes me.

Now it's the worst feeling.

Eldon and I can never be.