It Takes Two The Next Step

Previously on The Next Step...

We'll have a dance battle.

If you lose, you back off from Michelle.

What do you think of the new designs?

Yeah, they're, uh, cool.

I don't know what's up with him today.

He's been acting really weird.

James, I would really appreciate it if you stepped up, helped the team,

and became Beth's dance partner for the competition.

-So, how's it going?

-Good.

I do trust James.

It's...Beth who I don't trust.

-Riley! There you are.

-Hey!

You have to hear what happened at my uncle Manny's house this weekend.

-OK.

-It's insane. This story is legendary.

Anyone in the next 200 years that is closely related to me

will talk about this story.

-OK, so could I maybe hear the story?

-Yeah, yeah, OK.

-You know my uncle Manny, right?

-Yeah.

-Rides a motorcycle, always riding a motorcycle.

-Mm-hm.

So, he's just rolling, like,

block away from home, just going for a ride.

Tries to pop a wheelie, OK?

Completely just falls off the bike,

but the bike lands, keeps going straight.

My aunt Carla, she's at home, just chilling, chilling,

sees the bike roll by, runs up to it, hops on the bike

and goes grocery shopping.

-What are the chances of that?

-OK, wait.

So, you mean to say that your uncle popped a wheelie

-and then fell off the bike?

-Yeah.

OK, well, is he OK? Like, wouldn't he get hurt?

Well, he sprained his ankle,

but that's not even from falling off the bike.

He sprained his ankle cos he was jumping up and down

cos he saw his wife take off.

James' story...does not make any sense.

So, how is it possible to just jump on a moving vehicle like that?

Well, it's a joke.

OK, so you made it up?

No.

OK, I might exaggerate the truth,

but it's the truth, I'm not exaggerating a lie.

Sometimes I feel like...out of place, in a way,

because, like, he's trying to tell me a funny story

and I'm just not getting it.

All right, guys, I have an announcement.

Love that Uncle Manny story!

All right, guys!

See, now, Kate gets me, she understands this.

I want to explain the rules to Nationals to you. OK?

Nationals are totally different from Regionals.

It's all group dances?

No, it's way different than Regionals, guys.

Basically, Nationals has six categories.

The first round is male solo.

Then you move on, and you go to small groups,

which is around three to six dancers.

There's duets.

..and then female solos.

And after that, we do a group dance for semifinals and finals.

And both the finals groups are ten dancers each.

It's an elimination competition,

which means, if you lose one round, you're out.

Honestly, I kind of like the Nationals rules.

I think it's kind of cut-throat, and I like that.

OK, I just want to focus on solos and duets for now.

I think Michelle and Eldon should do the duet,

I mean they are pretty much the reason we won Regionals.

-OTHERS:

-Yeah!

-CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

I really do want to do the duet with Eldon,

because we're dating and we have so much chemistry.

It would be great.

Romeo!

Um, actually, uh...

I..don't want to do the duet.

-What?

-What?

I do still want do the duet with Michelle,

but...Hunter beat me fair and square in the dance battle.

So, now I have to stay away from Michelle.

-Eldon...

-Dude.

I'm really confused when Eldon says that he doesn't want to do the duet

because...there's no reason behind it.

I just... I don't understand.

# We...

# We're gonna show the world

# Everything we're made of

# We're going to tear the roof off

# This pla-a-ce

# Stand up! #

Right now, I'm just trying to get away from the studio.

I just want some alone time to think

and, you know, set my head straight.

-Hey, hey, Eldon!

-What up, bro?

-Ah!

-What're you saying?

I have no idea why Eldon

doesn't want to do the duet.

Man, what's going on?

I lost the dance battle to Hunter.

What? How?

I'm so surprised to hear that Eldon lost the dance battle.

I mean, I'm shocked.

Man, you're the best dancer at the studio.

OK, well, if I'm the best dancer in the studio,

how did I lose to Hunter?

Losing that dance battle really killed my confidence,

cos everyone says I'm the best dancer in the studio,

but...now there's this new guy here that just beat me first try.

Maybe he hypnotised you.

I don't think...

THEY LAUGH

Eldon's a really sensitive guy.

It really doesn't take much to throw him off his game.

I mean, you can throw him off his game like that.

And that's what Hunter must have done.

You know what, I don't think you're ready for this whole dating thing.

Every time you date a girl, you get in over your head

and you just lose confidence.

Yeah, you know what, I'm going to not worry about girls.

I'm going focus on Nationals. The team's counting on me.

Yes! Kill it, bro. Kill it.

Hey.

Just remember what I said.

Can I take a seat?

Yeah. Sure.

So...why don't you want to do the duet?

I really enjoyed doing the duet

at Regionals because, you know, we really showcased

our feelings for each other

and I want to know why he doesn't want to do the duet for Nationals.

Here's the thing.

I just... I can't talk about it right now.

I'm supposed to be your girlfriend.

You can talk about anything. I just don't understand the issue.

I... This is all so confusing,

I just, I need to focus on dance right now.

The duet is dance, Eldon.

I need to focus on my dance, OK?

I'm kind of insulted, in a way, by Eldon brushing me off.

I really wish we could do the duet for Nationals,

but it doesn't seem like that's going to happen now.

All right, dancers.

Have you all decided what we'd like to audition for?

I'd like to audition for the male solo.

Great. Thank you, Eldon.

I'm really surprised that Eldon wants to be the male soloist,

cos clearly that means that

he definitely doesn't want to do the duet with me.

Well, you know what, Miss Kate, I...

Yo, West, West... Let Eldon have this one.

I tell West to drop the solo,

because Eldon needs his confidence back

and he doesn't need anybody messing with that.

You know what, never mind, Miss Kate.

You got this one, Eldon.

So I don't go up for male solo because James told me not to.

End of story.

He's my boy.

Great, thank you, West.

Anyone else?

Dee, dee, dee, dee, dee!

Let Eldon have it.

No...jee, jee, jee.

I'm a little shocked that James doesn't want me

to step forward and audition for the solo.

I thought everyone was supportive of everyone else in A-Troupe.

Just drop the solo, man. Get over yourself.

For the boys, for the boys.

I am a team player and the A-Troupe means everything to me,

but at the end of the day,

once I'm done at The Next Step, it's just me.

I want it. I want the solo.

Great, there'll be some competition.

OK, female solo. Who would like to audition?

Doing the female solo means a lot of pressure

and I don't know if I'd be able to take that on.

Anyone?

Anyone?

No.

I don't really want do the female solo

because there's already enough happening between Eldon and I.

All right, well, I'll give you some more time to think about it then.

-Michelle, can I talk to you in my office, please?

-Sure.

Yo, Michelle, wait up.

I can't believe Eldon ditched you as a duo partner.

Now that Eldon's out of the way,

Michelle's going be looking for a new duet partner.

We should do a duet together. What do you think?

We haven't worked together in a really long time.

I think it might be, like, awkward.

No, it wouldn't. We have great chemistry.

What are you talking about?

-What do you say?

-Sure.

-Yeah?

-Yeah, sure.

-OK, cool.

When Michelle says yes to doing the duet,

I was really excited,

because that means I'm one step closer to getting back with her.

I agreed to be Hunter's partner

because...it kind of takes my mind off of Eldon,

and, you know, I know that Hunter really does want to do the duet,

so maybe it would be good for me.

# We can't keep walking in circles...#

..bottles, and smacks them together!

-Why?!

-Completely falls down!

-Do you want a juice?

-Yeah.

Can we have strawberry and raspberry juice, please?

SHE TUTS

When I see Margie,

I'm startled at first, because what is this little person doing here?

Margie is actually one of my baby ballet students.

She's kind of the ring leader of the group.

What are you doing here?

I heard you turned Thalia down for the duet.

I'm just not ready to do a duet.

I think you should sign up for the solo.

But I'm not good enough, I can't audition.

You might not be, but you'll never know until you try.

Margie tells me that I should just be confident

and audition for the female solo.

And that if I believe in myself,

it'll come through through my dancing.

So he's like a block away from home

-and he's just rolling down the street.

-Uh-huh.

-Pops a wheelie.

-No.

-OK, yeah!

-No!

-No, guess what, guess what.

-No!

Right now, I'm telling Beth about my story

with uncle Manny and his motorcycle,

and she is loving it so far.

-Yeah?

-Sees it.

-OK.

She recognises it, so she runs up to it, hops on it

-and just goes grocery shopping!

-No!

-Yeah!

You know what?

That story is going to be remembered in your family for generations.

-Yes, I know! It's legendary!

-That's so funny.

-Isn't that insane?

-No, it's crazy!

-I know, like, generations.

-Crazy.

When Beth agrees that my story is legendary...

I'm...I'm happy.

I mean, Riley didn't agree with that at all.

-What?

-OK.

Right now, I am convincing Michelle

to audition for the female solo for Nationals.

She was Miss National Soloist at her previous studio.

I would love to see her defend her title.

Michelle, why didn't you audition for female solo?

I don't know. I'm just not really feeling it right now.

Hunter actually just asked me if I wanted to do a duet with him,

and...I know that we haven't danced with each other for a while,

but I think it would be good for us if we, you know, kind of...

You will help the team so much more doing a solo than a duet.

I'm sure we'll be very well represented with duets.

I need you to do the female solo.

Please!

I'll do it.

I know that it's kind of almost taking one for the team,

cos there's already enough duets auditioning,

so I've decided to go with Kate's idea.

Good.

-Miss Kate?

-Yes?

I think...

Well, actually, I know, that I would really like to audition

for the female solo spot at Nationals.

Great. Chloe, I think that's a great idea. Thank you.

You're going to have some competition though.

But I'm not going to go easy on you!

I wouldn't have it any other way!

-KATE LAUGHS

-Thanks, ladies.

# All eyes on you and you don't know you do

# But we're all, yeah, we're all here for you

# Hey! #

All right!

Have we all decided who's going to audition for duets?

These auditions are so important.

If we don't choose the best duet partners,

we won't have any chance at Nationals.

-We are!

-Great.

-We are.

-We are.

-Awesome.

Um, me and James have a duet...

-HE PANTS

-Duet, duet.

Awesome.

Michelle and I are going to be doing a duet as well.

I've kind of decided to do the solo instead.

I just... It's too much.

I can't believe Michelle backed out of the duet.

I'm so upset right now.

I guess Hunter isn't as cool as he thinks he is.

Uh, that's right.

We have Michelle and Chloe auditioning for the female solo,

and Daniel and Eldon auditioning for the male solo.

So, is there anyone else who'd like to audition?

When Michelle backs out of being Hunter's partner,

I'm upset for him. I mean,

she didn't even tell him.

She has no courtesy for other people's feelings.

-Miss Kate?

-Yes.

-There's one more duet to add to the list.

-OK.

Hunter and I.

A duet with Michelle would've been my first choice,

but dancing with Emily could be fun.

-OK!

-Yeah.

Great, I'm looking forward to that.

I didn't even know that they talked to each other.

It's kind of weird.

Right now we're just stretching, warming up

and getting ready for the duet and solo auditions.

All right, you guys, let's do this! Duets auditions!

-Here we go! Whoo!

-CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

# Hurricane

# Going through my brain... #

I'm actually kind of nervous to perform our duet,

just because I've never worked with Giselle before,

but, it would be awesome to work with her at Nationals.

I think Amanda and I have a really big chance of getting this duet.

I mean, Eldon and Michelle aren't doing it,

and I think we have as big

of a chance as anybody else.

# Hurricane, burning my weather vane

# We thought we'd get away

# That love was thicker than water... #

West is pretty kooky,

but...he's a great duet partner.

# We always told each other

# Love was thicker than water. #

He has a lot of tricks,

but his movement is also really clean and crisp,

and...my style with his style

just makes for a really entertaining duet.

# As you leave a trail of dust on the ground... #

Oh!

As I jumped to do my flip,

my foot slipped a bit

and then, I wasn't able to land it properly,

and um...I don't know if that will cost us the duet.

# It's out of control

# Oh-oh, oh-oh

# Oh-oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

# Oh-oh, oh... #

We worked really hard and...

And we had a really good time and I think the dance is pretty good,

so we might have a shot. Who knows?

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE # Love is thicker than water

# Hurricane

# Can't even say your name

# You know you left me fuller

# Feelings I can't distain

# We came so far

# Through stormy weather... #

I am a little nervous about me and James's duet. I mean,

I want to be able to dance with him at Nationals so bad and...

I don't know, I just really want this.

# Feelings I can't explain

# Feelings I can't explain

# Feelings I can't... #

Our duet is about our relationship.

I mean, it's a very passionate dance.

You know, it's basically a hurricane of love, really,

and, in some ways, love can be so crazy and out of control,

but then in other ways, it can kind of just fit together and work.

-You guys...

-APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

-Awesome.

-You guys have outdone yourselves, ho-ly.

OK, well that's it for duets!

-Shall we move onto solos?

-Yes.

We would love to see Miss Chloe!

CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

# There's a feeling I'm concealing

# Inside the heart you're stealing... #

I put a lot of my favourite and best moves in it,

and it's really who I am.

It would mean a lot to me to get this solo.

# Oh

# You're all that I needed

# Oh

# If I begged at your feet Would you stay... #

I do feel really nervous going up against Michelle

because she's obviously great,

but...it's good to have some friendly competition.

Go, Daniel!

My solo is going really well, my turns are looking great,

and I feel like my style's improved a lot from before I was injured.

Daniel's dancing awesome,

he's looking so solid, as usual.

That could be a problem for me, but I'm also confident in myself

that I can make this happen.

# There's a feeling I'm concealing

# Inside the heart you're stealing

# And the force, it courses

# Through my veins Like a herd of horses

# And it feels like forever... #

Even though the solo wasn't my first

choice, I'm still trying really hard and still wanting it.

# But you are the one And it's all I can do

# To fall asleep lying next to you

# You are the sun And I'll be the moon...

# When you rise up.... #

When I'm watching Michelle dance,

it just, it really makes me sad inside, because

she's such an amazing dancer,

and she's such an amazing girl.

And it just makes me ache for her.

# And it seems like the longer

# It takes it all... #

As I'm dancing,

I just, the more I think about the dance battle,

the harder I dance.

The more it makes me want to improve.

I don't know, I can't explain it, it's just this feeling I get,

and I just start dancing my heart out.

# When you rise up I'm still coming to... #

I love watching him dance and it reminds me why I like him.

It kind of makes me wish that I was dancing with him.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

You guys!

I can't believe it.

You get better and better every year.

You're blowing us away.

We must be good teachers or something, I don't know!

LAUGHTER Maybe.

Anyway, Phoebe and I are going to go make this very, very tough decision.

We'll be back in a few minutes.

Good job.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

-You're going to hit it.

-Thank you, guys.

-Yo, Riley.

-Yeah?

I have to go to rehearsal with Beth right now.

-OK.

-Honestly, I don't really want to rehearse with Beth,

but it's something I got to do, and I got to get it done.

I'm not crazy about the whole Beth and James duet thing.

I, honestly, have mixed feelings about Beth

but I trust James.

Right now, we're all nervously waiting to find out who got the duet

and who got the solos.

Looks like we've made a decision.

All right, first, we'll start with the boys.

Our male soloist is going to be...

-Eldon.

-CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

James is right.

This is exactly what I needed to get my confidence back.

Now I just need to focus on Nationals.

Honestly, when Eldon gets the solo, I'm pretty upset.

Everyone thinks that Eldon's the best dancer

and they only view me as the hurt one,

and I'm tired of people having the wrong perception.

Now, the female soloist was a very tough choice.

Chloe, you came in a very, very close second.

We're going to give the solo to Michelle.

I don't regret auditioning for the solo,

because it really made me believe in myself

and made me more confident,

and I'm really happy that I did.

Chloe was great, but I felt amazing when I was dancing.

I just wish I could've done the duet with Eldon.

But it's OK, though...

I mean...solo's fine, too.

And the duet...

-..Riley and James.

-APPLAUSE

I'm so relieved!

I can't believe me and James actually got the duet.

I mean, we worked really hard for this,

and I think we deserve it.

Now, we're going to hold auditions for the small group next week.

Good job, guys, you were great.

APPLAUSE

I am really excited to tell James.

I mean, it'll be good to actually get to celebrate

this opportunity with him.

# My lovers move too fast onto the next one... #

I'm just rehearsing my duet with Beth.

Um, it's pretty well full out, uh, we got it down.

# With you, you, you-u-u

# Baby, I've been tied to you

# Got these chains And I can't break through

# Oo, tied to you

# But you're moving onto somebody

# Somebody, somebody new... #

I don't know what...

I don't even know what's happening right now,

I just walk in...

and they're kissing.

I don't know, maybe he still has feelings for her.

I knew this duet was a bad idea.

I thought...

I thought he loved me.

# We

# We're gonna show the world

# Everything we're made of

# We're gonna tear the roof off

# This place You

# You can never fade us out

# Don't even ask the DJ

# Everybody knows We own this town. #