0:00:02 > 0:00:04Previously on The Next Step...
0:00:04 > 0:00:06I found out Michelle and Hunter are going on a date.
0:00:06 > 0:00:08Man, relax. You'll be fine.
0:00:08 > 0:00:10We'll get over this.
0:00:10 > 0:00:11No. I'm not going to get over this.
0:00:17 > 0:00:20- Yo, you have to trust me. I've lifted you before.- Trust you?
0:00:20 > 0:00:23They're a mess. We could do a better duet than that.
0:00:23 > 0:00:25That's not a bad idea.
0:00:25 > 0:00:28Our plan is to fake challenge James and Riley for their duet,
0:00:28 > 0:00:31hoping that we'll be able to motivate them.
0:00:34 > 0:00:36Is this even worth fighting for?
0:00:36 > 0:00:40- No.- You guys can have the duet. We don't want it any more.
0:00:46 > 0:00:47Whoo! Whoo!
0:00:47 > 0:00:49BIG-BAND MUSIC PLAYS
0:00:55 > 0:00:58Right now, we are watching Giselle, Amanda and Thalia
0:00:58 > 0:01:00rehearse their small group.
0:01:04 > 0:01:07I love our small group.
0:01:07 > 0:01:10It's so old school and no-one does this any more.
0:01:10 > 0:01:13So, I think we'll definitely stand out at Nationals.
0:01:21 > 0:01:22- Whoo!- Whoo! Whoo!
0:01:22 > 0:01:25The dance is starting to look better.
0:01:25 > 0:01:26But it's still not Nationals ready.
0:01:35 > 0:01:38What I'm more worried about than the trio is the duet,
0:01:38 > 0:01:39the Italian I have to work on.
0:01:42 > 0:01:45Giselle and Thalia came up with this plan that they would fake
0:01:45 > 0:01:48challenge Riley and James for the duet.
0:01:48 > 0:01:50But, our plan totally backfired.
0:01:53 > 0:01:56There is no way that we're going to have time to properly
0:01:56 > 0:01:58rehearse the trio and the duet.
0:02:03 > 0:02:05We need to find a way to get James and Riley
0:02:05 > 0:02:07to take back the duet.
0:02:07 > 0:02:13# We, we're going to show the world
0:02:13 > 0:02:16# Everything we're made of
0:02:16 > 0:02:24# We're going to tear the roof Off this place
0:02:30 > 0:02:31# Stand up! #
0:02:49 > 0:02:53Giselle and I are talking to Miss Kate about our Nationals duet.
0:02:53 > 0:02:54Can't believe that happened.
0:02:54 > 0:02:56I can't believe James and Riley gave up their duet.
0:02:56 > 0:02:59They're just really mad at each other.
0:02:59 > 0:03:01We have to tell them the challenge is fake.
0:03:01 > 0:03:02It's too late at this point.
0:03:02 > 0:03:05If they really wanted their duet, they would have fought for it.
0:03:05 > 0:03:06We need to at least try.
0:03:06 > 0:03:08We have to try.
0:03:08 > 0:03:11OK, fine. But please go about it delicately.
0:03:11 > 0:03:13You never know with those two how it's going to turn out.
0:03:13 > 0:03:16OK. Let's go find them.
0:03:16 > 0:03:17OK, good luck.
0:03:20 > 0:03:24Giselle and Thalia could maybe take us to the next round.
0:03:25 > 0:03:29James and Riley could definitely take us to the next round.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35Right now, I'm just trying to find Emily, I just really want to
0:03:35 > 0:03:37tell her that I saw her kiss Hunter.
0:03:39 > 0:03:40Hey.
0:03:42 > 0:03:43Hi.
0:03:44 > 0:03:47I just wanted to tell you that I saw you.
0:03:48 > 0:03:50Saw me what?
0:03:52 > 0:03:53Kiss Hunter.
0:03:55 > 0:03:57That's a little creepy.
0:03:58 > 0:04:03Look, I think what you're doing is kind of low.
0:04:03 > 0:04:06What am I doing, Michelle?
0:04:06 > 0:04:08Well, you know that Hunter and I have history
0:04:08 > 0:04:11and I guess you didn't respect that.
0:04:11 > 0:04:14When Michelle tells me what I'm doing is low,
0:04:14 > 0:04:19I'm shocked. She did the exact same thing, except worse.
0:04:19 > 0:04:24Maybe if you'd shown any respect for my relationship with Eldon,
0:04:24 > 0:04:27you could still have one with Hunter.
0:04:27 > 0:04:29I'll see you in class.
0:04:33 > 0:04:37As much as I hate to admit it, Emily's right.
0:04:37 > 0:04:39If Eldon and I hadn't have dated,
0:04:39 > 0:04:41none of this drama would've been happening.
0:04:50 > 0:04:52Delicate.
0:04:52 > 0:04:54We're approaching Riley because
0:04:54 > 0:04:58we want to tell her the truth and she needs to take the duet back.
0:04:58 > 0:05:00Hey, Riley.
0:05:00 > 0:05:02- Hey.- Hey.
0:05:02 > 0:05:03How you doing?
0:05:03 > 0:05:07Um, great. Why, what's up?
0:05:09 > 0:05:12Look, we didn't really want the duet. It was a fake challenge.
0:05:12 > 0:05:16We just wanted to push you and James to work harder.
0:05:16 > 0:05:18It makes sense that Giselle and Thalia
0:05:18 > 0:05:19wouldn't actually challenge us.
0:05:19 > 0:05:23I mean, it doesn't seem like them to go behind our backs like that.
0:05:23 > 0:05:26And it was sweet of them for trying to push us,
0:05:26 > 0:05:30but just wasn't working.
0:05:30 > 0:05:36Look, guys. I really appreciate it, but I just don't care any more.
0:05:36 > 0:05:39Riley, we're really, really sorry.
0:05:39 > 0:05:40Please, we need you to do the duet.
0:05:40 > 0:05:42You have to do the duet.
0:05:42 > 0:05:43James and Riley
0:05:43 > 0:05:45are meant to do the duet. End of story.
0:05:45 > 0:05:48You're lucky I'm even on the team right now.
0:05:48 > 0:05:50I don't see it as letting the team down at all.
0:05:50 > 0:05:54By giving the duet to Giselle and Thalia, it gives us a better chance.
0:05:54 > 0:05:57Is there anything we can do?
0:05:57 > 0:06:00Yeah. You can practise. You're the new Nationals duet.
0:06:00 > 0:06:02Don't let us down.
0:06:02 > 0:06:05- Riley.- Riley, please.
0:06:08 > 0:06:11# Feeling like a boss
0:06:11 > 0:06:13# All my dawgs With me constantly
0:06:13 > 0:06:16# Every time I buy something Got to cop 50
0:06:16 > 0:06:19# But they in my corner When I'm in the corner
0:06:19 > 0:06:22# So I keep them in them customs Like we hitting borders. #
0:06:22 > 0:06:24Right now, I'm practising this trick called a Webster.
0:06:24 > 0:06:28And pretty much, you do a round off, jump up,
0:06:28 > 0:06:30you half a turn and then you do a front flip.
0:06:30 > 0:06:31And you land.
0:06:35 > 0:06:36Yes, finally.
0:06:36 > 0:06:39I haven't been able to land it for a while.
0:06:39 > 0:06:40So, I'm just trying to work on it.
0:06:40 > 0:06:41Hey.
0:06:43 > 0:06:46I really want to talk to Eldon because I feel like there's
0:06:46 > 0:06:49no-one in the studio I can really trust any more.
0:06:49 > 0:06:52And I feel like he could be the right person to talk to.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54Can I talk to you for a minute?
0:06:54 > 0:06:57Michelle wanting to talk to me, it's just getting really annoying
0:06:57 > 0:06:59because we're not dating any more.
0:06:59 > 0:07:01Can you talk to someone else?
0:07:01 > 0:07:04Can you do me that favour, please?
0:07:04 > 0:07:07Well, I don't really have anyone else to talk to.
0:07:10 > 0:07:14Do you have any idea how hard this is for me?
0:07:14 > 0:07:18We had a perfect relationship and I can't deal with it,
0:07:18 > 0:07:19just knowing that
0:07:19 > 0:07:23we could still be together if it weren't for Hunter.
0:07:23 > 0:07:24Look, Eldon, I just...
0:07:24 > 0:07:28I really need a friend right now and I just wanted to know
0:07:28 > 0:07:31if you could do that for me.
0:07:31 > 0:07:32Please?
0:07:36 > 0:07:39I decide to talk to her because at some point
0:07:39 > 0:07:42I'm going to have to be OK with Michelle being around
0:07:42 > 0:07:43and being friends with Michelle.
0:07:43 > 0:07:46So, lately, I've been kind of feeling like The Next Step
0:07:46 > 0:07:53isn't really for me and I don't know how to say this, but I just
0:07:53 > 0:07:58don't know if I'm feeling like dance is the right thing for me any more.
0:07:58 > 0:08:01I used to love dance.
0:08:01 > 0:08:04I used to always want to be here.
0:08:04 > 0:08:06And it's not really what I love any more,
0:08:06 > 0:08:08and I don't know what to do about it.
0:08:09 > 0:08:11I know exactly how you feel.
0:08:11 > 0:08:14So, what do you do when you feel that way?
0:08:14 > 0:08:15I mean, what's your advice?
0:08:15 > 0:08:19Honestly, it always comes back to dance.
0:08:19 > 0:08:21No matter what happens in my life,
0:08:21 > 0:08:24I know that I'll always be able to turn to dance.
0:08:24 > 0:08:26I forget about all the drama,
0:08:26 > 0:08:29forget about anything else that's happening.
0:08:29 > 0:08:32Dance is the reason I'm here. That's how I get through it.
0:08:32 > 0:08:36So, what happens if you don't really love dance any more?
0:08:38 > 0:08:41It's going to be the hardest decision of your life.
0:08:43 > 0:08:45Right.
0:08:45 > 0:08:48I don't know if Michelle was looking to me to tell her to stay,
0:08:48 > 0:08:51but I can't tell her to stay right now.
0:08:51 > 0:08:55I just got to give her advice and leave it at that.
0:08:55 > 0:08:58Thanks for that. Means a lot.
0:09:19 > 0:09:21Right now, me and James are in Culture Shock
0:09:21 > 0:09:23and we're just talking about our girl drama.
0:09:23 > 0:09:29I can't believe that Michelle and Hunter, it's like...
0:09:29 > 0:09:31Riley won't even talk to me.
0:09:31 > 0:09:34This Hunter kid is like... I'm sick of him.
0:09:34 > 0:09:36I'm sick of it. I don't want him here any more.
0:09:36 > 0:09:39I need to find a way to get to talk to her.
0:09:39 > 0:09:43Michelle just... I don't know. She just keeps coming to me
0:09:43 > 0:09:47and she keeps, like, asking me for advice and stuff and it's like,
0:09:47 > 0:09:49"Eldon, can we talk? Eldon, can we talk?"
0:09:49 > 0:09:50Like, no!
0:09:50 > 0:09:52- I wish Riley would talk, man.- Yeah.
0:09:52 > 0:09:55She's not talking at all. She won't even look at me.
0:09:55 > 0:09:58Girls are way too complicated.
0:10:00 > 0:10:05Me and my brothers used to have this chant, and every time
0:10:05 > 0:10:09we got down about something, we'd, like, scream it around my house.
0:10:09 > 0:10:11Like, running around my house just screaming this chant.
0:10:11 > 0:10:12Let me hear it, man.
0:10:14 > 0:10:16OK, well, it goes...
0:10:16 > 0:10:20Ole, ole, ole, ole. Ole. Ole!
0:10:20 > 0:10:21Cheer up!
0:10:21 > 0:10:22Let me hear you.
0:10:22 > 0:10:24Ole, ole, ole, ole. Ole. Ole!
0:10:24 > 0:10:26Cheer up!
0:10:26 > 0:10:28Ole, ole, ole, ole.
0:10:28 > 0:10:31Ole. Ole. Cheer up!
0:10:31 > 0:10:36Ole, ole, ole, ole. Ole. Ole! Cheer up!
0:10:36 > 0:10:39West just walks in and starts chanting. He doesn't even know
0:10:39 > 0:10:41what he's chanting about.
0:10:41 > 0:10:45Ole, ole, ole, ole. Ole. Ole! Cheer up!
0:10:45 > 0:10:49Ole, ole, ole, ole. Ole. Ole! Cheer up!
0:10:49 > 0:10:51I don't know what they're chanting for.
0:10:51 > 0:10:54Maybe they're chanting for a cause. Saving whales or something.
0:10:54 > 0:10:55And I want to save a whale, so...
0:10:55 > 0:11:00Ole, ole, ole, ole. Ole. Ole! Cheer up!
0:11:00 > 0:11:02Ole, ole, ole, ole. Ole. Ole!
0:11:02 > 0:11:05West is the craziest kid I have ever met in my life.
0:11:05 > 0:11:07The guy has too much energy.
0:11:07 > 0:11:12Ole, ole, ole, ole. Ole. Ole!
0:11:12 > 0:11:13Cheer up!
0:11:13 > 0:11:18Ole, ole, ole, ole. Ole. Ole!
0:11:18 > 0:11:19Cheer up!
0:11:19 > 0:11:23After doing the chant, I feel a lot better and
0:11:23 > 0:11:26I have a feeling everyone in Culture Shock feels better, too.
0:11:26 > 0:11:29# So how you living life? Big! What you party life? Big!
0:11:29 > 0:11:32# Cos my team stays big Do it every day! #
0:11:36 > 0:11:39I'm walking home and I see Riley ahead of me.
0:11:39 > 0:11:41So, I just run up to her. I just want to talk to her.
0:11:44 > 0:11:48I don't know why James is walking home with me right now.
0:11:48 > 0:11:51I mean, I don't even want to talk to him.
0:11:51 > 0:11:54So, we just kind of walk in silence for a while.
0:11:56 > 0:11:59So, where's Beth?
0:11:59 > 0:12:01Lately, I never see you two apart.
0:12:02 > 0:12:06She hangs around you like... Like...
0:12:06 > 0:12:09Like a moth to a light bulb?
0:12:09 > 0:12:13Yeah, like a moth, which makes you the light bulb?
0:12:13 > 0:12:16I tell you, I'm not the brightest light bulb.
0:12:19 > 0:12:24Riley, what happened to us? I thought we had everything.
0:12:24 > 0:12:27So did I.
0:12:27 > 0:12:28But that's just life, I guess.
0:12:36 > 0:12:38Look, I have lots of homework so, um, I should get home.
0:12:38 > 0:12:41- I'll walk you home. - No. I should go alone.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46We both know how it got so complicated.
0:13:05 > 0:13:09- Hi.- Hi.
0:13:09 > 0:13:10Hey.
0:13:10 > 0:13:12When Hunter approaches me in Culture Shock...
0:13:12 > 0:13:16I mean, I am a little nervous, we haven't really talked, uh,
0:13:16 > 0:13:19since the kiss.
0:13:20 > 0:13:22It's cute that you're nervous.
0:13:22 > 0:13:23I'm not nervous.
0:13:27 > 0:13:30It's just, we haven't talked at all.
0:13:30 > 0:13:35- Since, uh... Since. - Since the kiss?
0:13:35 > 0:13:37- Yeah, the kiss. - The kiss.- Uh-huh.
0:13:37 > 0:13:39I am really nervous talking to Hunter.
0:13:39 > 0:13:43I kind of just want to know where he stands and what he thinks.
0:13:43 > 0:13:46- I'm glad it happened.- Me too.
0:13:46 > 0:13:50I mean, I'm kind of relieved, but I'm happy he feels the same way I feel.
0:13:50 > 0:13:53It's just complicated with the timing,
0:13:53 > 0:13:55and with everything going on.
0:13:55 > 0:13:56I know.
0:13:56 > 0:14:01Um, there's actually something I've been meaning to talk to you about.
0:14:01 > 0:14:04I just think you should know that Michelle saw us kiss.
0:14:04 > 0:14:06I tell Hunter that Michelle saw the kiss
0:14:06 > 0:14:08because I want to be honest with him.
0:14:08 > 0:14:11I mean, I don't want there to be any deception.
0:14:11 > 0:14:14I don't want there to be any kind of games.
0:14:14 > 0:14:17I just want us to be happy.
0:14:17 > 0:14:19I need to go talk to Michelle.
0:14:19 > 0:14:20I'll talk to you later.
0:14:25 > 0:14:28I'm really worried when Hunter leaves me to go talk to Michelle.
0:14:28 > 0:14:32I mean, what does that say about his feelings for me?
0:14:39 > 0:14:40DRUMS
0:14:43 > 0:14:45I'm just trying to play the drums, alone,
0:14:45 > 0:14:47so I can have some time just to myself.
0:14:53 > 0:14:55- James!- James!
0:14:57 > 0:15:00- JAMES!- What?
0:15:01 > 0:15:03Listen. The challenge was a fake.
0:15:03 > 0:15:05We just wanted to motivate you and Riley.
0:15:05 > 0:15:06We didn't really want to steal your duet.
0:15:06 > 0:15:08We want to give it back to you.
0:15:08 > 0:15:09Did you ask Riley?
0:15:10 > 0:15:12- Yeah.- Yeah. Yeah.
0:15:12 > 0:15:15And what did she say?
0:15:16 > 0:15:19She... She wanted it back. Yeah, she wanted it back.
0:15:19 > 0:15:22- Yeah, she said that. - Yeah, right.- No, she did.
0:15:22 > 0:15:25They know what's going on with me and Riley.
0:15:25 > 0:15:28And then they lie to me and says she wants it back.
0:15:28 > 0:15:29You and Riley are just...
0:15:29 > 0:15:32Just excuse me. Just one second, please.
0:15:34 > 0:15:35I thought James would fall for it.
0:15:35 > 0:15:38Now I really don't know what to do.
0:15:38 > 0:15:40First Riley, now James.
0:15:40 > 0:15:44I guess Giselle and I are going to be the new Nationals duet.
0:15:46 > 0:15:49I don't want the duet back because Riley doesn't want the duet back.
0:15:49 > 0:15:52If she's not willing to fight, then neither am I.
0:15:52 > 0:15:53It's not going to work out.
0:16:00 > 0:16:02- Miss Kate?- Yeah?
0:16:02 > 0:16:06They don't want the duet back.
0:16:06 > 0:16:08I'm sorry. This isn't what was supposed to happen.
0:16:08 > 0:16:11I know, Giselle, and there's nothing we can do about it now.
0:16:11 > 0:16:13You ladies just need to start rehearsing
0:16:13 > 0:16:17because Nationals is right around the corner. OK.
0:16:17 > 0:16:18Get to it.
0:16:18 > 0:16:19Miss Kate's right.
0:16:19 > 0:16:21The team is depending on us.
0:16:21 > 0:16:25We just need to work hard and I hope we can pull it off.
0:16:25 > 0:16:27# Party people, if you feel the vibe
0:16:27 > 0:16:29# Put your hands up And touch the sky. #
0:16:35 > 0:16:38I'm in the studio alone right now, and I'm dancing.
0:16:38 > 0:16:41Just because it kind of helps me figure out what I want to do.
0:16:48 > 0:16:52I walk into Studio A cos I want to tell Michelle
0:16:52 > 0:16:55how I feel about Emily.
0:16:55 > 0:16:57Even though I wanted this time to be alone,
0:16:57 > 0:17:00I'm kind of glad that Hunter came into the studio.
0:17:01 > 0:17:03Hey.
0:17:04 > 0:17:07I know you saw me kiss Emily.
0:17:08 > 0:17:09Yeah, I did.
0:17:14 > 0:17:18Look, my only question for you is if you want to be with Emily.
0:17:19 > 0:17:23We have good connection, we understand each other.
0:17:24 > 0:17:27That's not what I asked.
0:17:27 > 0:17:31I just want to know if you want to be with her.
0:17:31 > 0:17:33Yeah.
0:17:33 > 0:17:37I actually can't believe that Hunter likes Emily.
0:17:37 > 0:17:40Why would he ask me out on a date if he was just going to go ahead
0:17:40 > 0:17:42and kiss her?
0:17:42 > 0:17:44How can he do that to me?
0:17:44 > 0:17:48Ever since I came here, all I wanted to do was be with you.
0:17:49 > 0:17:52But you've been giving me mixed signals ever since.
0:17:52 > 0:17:55On our date, all you talked about was Eldon.
0:17:56 > 0:18:01I am sorry for that but I'm still trying to figure everything out.
0:18:01 > 0:18:05You have to understand that I don't know what I'm feeling yet.
0:18:05 > 0:18:10No, I understand. But this...
0:18:10 > 0:18:12This isn't us.
0:18:12 > 0:18:15This isn't who we were back in Madison.
0:18:17 > 0:18:21I hope you figure all of this out.
0:18:21 > 0:18:25And when you do, I'll be here.
0:18:25 > 0:18:27As a friend.
0:18:38 > 0:18:42I do appreciate that Hunter wants to be there for me as a friend,
0:18:42 > 0:18:48but right now, I don't know if it's the best idea.
0:18:48 > 0:18:53# Summer days wishing off distance That kept me away
0:18:53 > 0:18:54# Don't stay low
0:18:54 > 0:18:58# Seeing uphill Get to the moving
0:18:58 > 0:19:00# Don't be still Don't stay low
0:19:04 > 0:19:07# Summer nights... #
0:19:07 > 0:19:11This song, it's all about not staying low,
0:19:11 > 0:19:13taking the next step in your life.
0:19:13 > 0:19:16# Hear what sits Between your neck and your jeans
0:19:16 > 0:19:17# Don't stay low... #
0:19:17 > 0:19:19Maybe it's time for me to move on.
0:19:19 > 0:19:22# Oh, leave your mistake In the doorway
0:19:24 > 0:19:28# Give us a sign that you've seen What you've done
0:19:28 > 0:19:32# And look for the sun And lift up your head
0:19:32 > 0:19:34# Don't say low Don't stay low
0:19:34 > 0:19:38# No, just pick yourself up And go on. #
0:19:38 > 0:19:43Something you really love shouldn't cause this much pain.
0:19:43 > 0:19:44Now when I dance,
0:19:44 > 0:19:47I just constantly think about how much I've lost in my life.
0:19:47 > 0:19:52# If you take this battle on There'll be blood in your wake
0:19:52 > 0:19:55# Rattle on Just to say
0:19:55 > 0:19:59# If you shot out the legs Would you shatter the table?
0:19:59 > 0:20:01# We run
0:20:01 > 0:20:05# You can't stay low. #
0:20:05 > 0:20:08The Next Step really did make me feel like it was my family.
0:20:10 > 0:20:12But I don't think it is any more.
0:20:17 > 0:20:19It felt like home.
0:20:22 > 0:20:23But it's not.
0:20:23 > 0:20:25# ..in the doorway
0:20:25 > 0:20:29# Give us a sign That you've seen what you've done
0:20:29 > 0:20:32# Look for the sun And lift up
0:20:32 > 0:20:35# Oh, don't stay low Don't stay low
0:20:35 > 0:20:38# No, just pick yourself up And go on. #
0:21:04 > 0:21:13# We, we're going to show the world Everything we're made of
0:21:13 > 0:21:20# We're going to tear the roof Off this place
0:21:20 > 0:21:28# You can never fade us out Don't even ask to change it
0:21:28 > 0:21:32# Everybody knows We own this land. #