0:00:02 > 0:00:03Previously on The Next Step...
0:00:03 > 0:00:06Ella here is part of the exchange programme with internationals.
0:00:06 > 0:00:08She's from a dance studio in England.
0:00:08 > 0:00:11Eldon can't start dating you until he hits 30 pirouettes.
0:00:11 > 0:00:15He never said anything about writing how I feel. I just outsmarted James.
0:00:15 > 0:00:19From now on, no talking, no direct communication
0:00:19 > 0:00:22and definitely no letters.
0:00:22 > 0:00:25Any round that ends in a tie will be decided by a duet battle.
0:00:25 > 0:00:28'James and Riley are our perfect duet.'
0:00:28 > 0:00:31As long as their relationship goes well, we're good.
0:00:31 > 0:00:33This whole square dance thing is actually not
0:00:33 > 0:00:34a part of Internationals.
0:00:34 > 0:00:37- You and Ella made it up? - Funny, right?
0:00:37 > 0:00:40'That's so unlike Riley. What is she doing?'
0:00:44 > 0:00:46Yeah, it was actually pretty funny.
0:00:46 > 0:00:49- You know when the guy goes up the stairs...- Go.
0:00:49 > 0:00:50OK, here's your chance, all right?
0:00:50 > 0:00:53- Go and say it.- Do I have to? - Yes! Go!
0:00:59 > 0:01:01Ahem.
0:01:01 > 0:01:05- Yeah?- Roses are white, green onions are green, you make me smile
0:01:05 > 0:01:08when I am seen...by you.
0:01:08 > 0:01:09What?
0:01:09 > 0:01:11Wait, does Max like me?
0:01:11 > 0:01:13Oh, that's from Eldon.
0:01:15 > 0:01:18Oh. OK, good.
0:01:18 > 0:01:20'We have found another way to outsmart James.'
0:01:20 > 0:01:23James said we couldn't talk to each other but he never said
0:01:23 > 0:01:27anything about talking to each other through different people.
0:01:27 > 0:01:29He's so smart.
0:01:29 > 0:01:32Well, you tell Eldon that his sweet words are like the nectar
0:01:32 > 0:01:34that bees sip.
0:01:34 > 0:01:36- Really?- Do it.
0:01:37 > 0:01:39Now.
0:01:40 > 0:01:43I'm passing this message along because I'm a sucker for love.
0:01:43 > 0:01:46Your words are the nectar that bees sip.
0:01:46 > 0:01:47Yeah, they are!
0:01:50 > 0:01:54- You're so not impressed right now. - I need some milk.
0:01:54 > 0:01:57'I'm so glad Eldon and I found a new way to communicate with each other.'
0:01:57 > 0:02:00I just really hope James doesn't find out.
0:02:01 > 0:02:03Where are you going?
0:02:03 > 0:02:06- Band.- Big surprise. - Where are you going?
0:02:06 > 0:02:08- To hang with Ella.- Big surprise.
0:02:09 > 0:02:11- What is your problem? - Do you even know her?
0:02:11 > 0:02:14I know her better than you do. You won't even give her a chance.
0:02:14 > 0:02:16Riley, think about it. She's from a rival studio.
0:02:16 > 0:02:19Maybe she's here to mess with you and screw up The Next Step.
0:02:19 > 0:02:22- Ella's not like that! She wouldn't mess with me.- How would you know?
0:02:22 > 0:02:23You've known her for like a week!
0:02:23 > 0:02:26'After Ella and Riley pulled that stupid little prank
0:02:26 > 0:02:28I feel that Riley's a lot different.
0:02:28 > 0:02:31He doesn't want me getting my own life and that's not OK with me.
0:02:31 > 0:02:34- We're just hanging out!- Riley, this has happened to us before.
0:02:34 > 0:02:36- Look at Amanda!- OK, that was a completely different...
0:02:36 > 0:02:39- It's the same situation! - No, it's not!
0:02:40 > 0:02:41Hi, guys.
0:02:46 > 0:02:47What are you guys talking about?
0:02:49 > 0:02:51How you would never mess with me.
0:02:52 > 0:02:55Of course I would. I'm from a rival team.
0:03:07 > 0:03:13# We, we are going to show the world
0:03:13 > 0:03:17# Everything we're made of
0:03:17 > 0:03:24# We're going to tear the roof off this place
0:03:30 > 0:03:31# Stand up! #
0:03:46 > 0:03:49It's getting harder and harder to talk to Thalia,
0:03:49 > 0:03:52so I'm trying to get to 30 pirouettes as fast as I can.
0:03:54 > 0:03:57- Eldon?- Hey, Skylar.
0:03:57 > 0:03:59Um, Max asked me to give you a message from Thalia.
0:03:59 > 0:04:00OK, let's hear it.
0:04:00 > 0:04:03'The message is kind of embarrassing but I'm excited to be involved
0:04:03 > 0:04:06in anything to do with A-Troupe, even if it isn't dance-related.
0:04:06 > 0:04:09She wants to take you to Spain to ride the biggest rollercoaster
0:04:09 > 0:04:11in the world, to hunt with falcons
0:04:11 > 0:04:14and to have both your tongues turn purple from grape juice.
0:04:14 > 0:04:17Wow. Thalia's so romantic.
0:04:17 > 0:04:22This passing messages through people thing is working out really well.
0:04:22 > 0:04:24Is there anything you want me to tell her for you?
0:04:24 > 0:04:27Yeah, actually, can you tell her I can't wait to watch her favourite
0:04:27 > 0:04:29movie ten times in a row, I can't wait to find a way to heal her
0:04:29 > 0:04:32hiccups, and I can't wait to drive her round every school she's
0:04:32 > 0:04:35been to and listen to stories about her teachers? Got it? Thanks.
0:04:40 > 0:04:42How am I going to remember all that?
0:04:42 > 0:04:46'I can wait to hear what Thalia has to say back.'
0:04:46 > 0:04:47Through someone else.
0:04:50 > 0:04:53Oh, excuse me, you're in with A-Troupe, right?
0:04:53 > 0:04:55I'm in with everyone.
0:04:55 > 0:04:58OK, anyways, my mom just texted me and she's here so I've really
0:04:58 > 0:05:01got to go but I'm supposed to give a message to Thalia.
0:05:01 > 0:05:03- Can you give it to her for me?- Yeah.
0:05:03 > 0:05:06Eldon says, he can't wait to hear stories about driving school,
0:05:06 > 0:05:08to give her hiccups ten times
0:05:08 > 0:05:10and to take her to see her favourite movie called Teacher.
0:05:10 > 0:05:12- OK!- Thanks, I've really got to go.
0:05:15 > 0:05:17That was weird.
0:05:19 > 0:05:22Hey, do you want to go and grab some milkshakes
0:05:22 > 0:05:25after I deliver some message to Thalia?
0:05:25 > 0:05:26Seriously?
0:05:26 > 0:05:30Why would I want to have a milkshake with someone who's messing with me?
0:05:30 > 0:05:33'After she told me that she would mess with me,
0:05:33 > 0:05:34I don't want anything to do with her.
0:05:34 > 0:05:38No. I didn't say I...
0:05:41 > 0:05:44I didn't say I WAS messing with you, I said...
0:05:46 > 0:05:50- I said I would mess with you. Make sense?- Not really.
0:05:50 > 0:05:52'I understand why Riley's upset
0:05:52 > 0:05:54'but she just needs to look at it in a different way.
0:05:54 > 0:05:58So, if you had to choose between me and your own team, you'd choose...?
0:05:59 > 0:06:02- My team.- Yeah. My point. I'm just being honest.
0:06:02 > 0:06:05I don't understand why we can't have fun.
0:06:05 > 0:06:08I like you as a person and why can't we just be friends?
0:06:08 > 0:06:11'This whole thing is just a miscommunication.'
0:06:11 > 0:06:14Ella always puts her team before anyone else
0:06:14 > 0:06:15and I would do the same thing.
0:06:15 > 0:06:18So, how do we proceed from here then?
0:06:18 > 0:06:21We're just going to have some fun and don't give me any ammunition
0:06:21 > 0:06:22to use against you.
0:06:24 > 0:06:28'Riley should never forget that I'm going to do whatever it takes
0:06:28 > 0:06:30'to make my team win Internationals,'
0:06:30 > 0:06:33even if that means messing with The Next Step.
0:06:37 > 0:06:41'Right now I'm just in the music room by myself...'
0:06:42 > 0:06:44..because I just feel alone.
0:06:45 > 0:06:47'I just feel like no-one understands.'
0:06:54 > 0:06:57'I had no idea how much this divorce was upsetting Michelle
0:06:57 > 0:06:59'so I decided to stay.
0:06:59 > 0:07:02I know what she's going through and she really needs somebody right now.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06I'm just so distracted by my parents.
0:07:07 > 0:07:10Whenever I come to dance rehearsal, I just...
0:07:10 > 0:07:13I can't even pick up choreography. I don't know what's wrong with me.
0:07:15 > 0:07:17There's nothing wrong with you.
0:07:17 > 0:07:20They just keep fighting and fighting and fighting,
0:07:20 > 0:07:22and I don't know what I ever did.
0:07:22 > 0:07:25I feel like they're fighting about me.
0:07:25 > 0:07:26I don't know how to fix this.
0:07:28 > 0:07:31I've never been through anything like this and I'm sick and tired
0:07:31 > 0:07:32of dealing with it.
0:07:36 > 0:07:38It's OK. I get it.
0:07:39 > 0:07:42'My parents are divorced too and I think my sister, Skylar,'
0:07:42 > 0:07:44was about the only thing that got me through it.
0:07:44 > 0:07:48We'll go grab a drink. We can talk about this more, OK?
0:07:49 > 0:07:50You're not alone.
0:07:50 > 0:07:52I feel alone.
0:07:52 > 0:07:54You're not.
0:07:57 > 0:07:59'Having Cierra here is great.'
0:07:59 > 0:08:00Thank you.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03'I mean, it's really nice to have a friend right now.'
0:08:41 > 0:08:44'James and I have to practise this duet because it's the tie-breaker
0:08:44 > 0:08:49'for Internationals, but this is the last place I want to be right now.
0:08:53 > 0:08:55- Oh!- Ugh!
0:08:55 > 0:08:58- What is that lift? - You're not holding me properly.
0:08:58 > 0:09:01You've got to hold your core so you don't go so far that way.
0:09:01 > 0:09:03I would hold my core if you held me properly.
0:09:04 > 0:09:06Can we just try it again? We only have ten minutes.
0:09:06 > 0:09:07Have you got somewhere to be?
0:09:07 > 0:09:09Yes. Ella and I are meeting for milkshakes.
0:09:09 > 0:09:11'Usually when she's rehearsing,
0:09:11 > 0:09:13she's 100% focused on what she's doing,
0:09:13 > 0:09:15but now she just wants to go off and get milkshakes.
0:09:15 > 0:09:17The last time you spoke to her she straight up told you
0:09:17 > 0:09:18she would mess with you!
0:09:18 > 0:09:20OK, you don't understand her like I do,
0:09:20 > 0:09:21and since your time is so precious,
0:09:21 > 0:09:24wouldn't you rather spend it rehearsing rather than arguing?
0:09:24 > 0:09:26You're right, you're wasting my time.
0:09:26 > 0:09:28Why don't you go have your milkshake?
0:09:28 > 0:09:30Wow. Fine.
0:09:33 > 0:09:37'We're not really on the same wavelength
0:09:37 > 0:09:39and I just don't want to deal with it any more.
0:09:41 > 0:09:43'I can't believe Riley just walked out on this.
0:09:43 > 0:09:46'Things are just falling apart.
0:09:46 > 0:09:49I feel like I don't even know Riley any more.
0:10:02 > 0:10:04Hey, West, I've got a message for Thalia.
0:10:04 > 0:10:06Would you be able to give it to her?
0:10:06 > 0:10:08Yeah, sure, how much else am I doing...(!)
0:10:08 > 0:10:11OK, right, so, it says, "I want to give your favourite teacher hiccups,
0:10:11 > 0:10:14"and I want to watch your favourite film while driving in a car."
0:10:14 > 0:10:16- Makes sense.- OK, yeah, bye.
0:10:16 > 0:10:19'Yeah, I think I passed the message on well. West has got it.'
0:10:19 > 0:10:21# In five, six, seven, eight,
0:10:21 > 0:10:23# Come on now don't be late
0:10:23 > 0:10:25# Whoa-oh oh-oh
0:10:25 > 0:10:27# Oh-oh-ohhh. #
0:10:32 > 0:10:34Max and I have an upcoming dance competition.
0:10:34 > 0:10:36Even though I'm in B-Troupe and he's in A-Troupe,
0:10:36 > 0:10:38I feel like it'd be great to work with him.
0:10:38 > 0:10:40I could learn a few things.
0:10:48 > 0:10:52'I'm a good dancer. Richelle's a good dancer. This is a good duet.
0:11:05 > 0:11:08'We've put in a lot of tricks no-one has seen before.
0:11:08 > 0:11:11'It's unlike any duet we've done here in the studio.
0:11:34 > 0:11:37'I like lifting. This dance has a lot of lifts.
0:11:49 > 0:11:51'I enter the music room to talk to Richelle
0:11:51 > 0:11:53'and I see her doing this amazing duet with Max.'
0:12:03 > 0:12:05'I'm actually really happy for him to see it because,
0:12:05 > 0:12:09'as much as I hate to admit it, I kind of do still like him
0:12:09 > 0:12:12'and I can just only hope that he feels the same way back.
0:12:25 > 0:12:28- Yes! You guys were killing that. SHE WHISPERS:- Get out!
0:12:28 > 0:12:30You're amazing. You killed it!
0:12:30 > 0:12:32Thank you. Thank you for coming and watching.
0:12:32 > 0:12:34- No worries, you were great. - Thank you.
0:12:34 > 0:12:36Yeah, I've actually just got a question for you.
0:12:36 > 0:12:37Yeah, sure, anything.
0:12:37 > 0:12:41So, I know you probably know I kind of like Abbie
0:12:41 > 0:12:43and I know you're in B-Troupe with her and everything,
0:12:43 > 0:12:46so I was wondering if you could just find out if she likes me or not.
0:12:48 > 0:12:50I'll think about it.
0:12:50 > 0:12:53All right. Thanks, Richelle.
0:12:53 > 0:12:56'I can't do it. I can't be the better person.'
0:12:56 > 0:12:58I can't help him and Abbie be together.
0:13:00 > 0:13:05# We're floating through the darkness endlessly. #
0:13:07 > 0:13:11- Thalia! I've got a message from Eldon.- Oh, yeah? What is it?
0:13:11 > 0:13:15OK. When teachers drive in circles in the sky above your heart,
0:13:15 > 0:13:18every school will give you hiccups through your soul.
0:13:18 > 0:13:22You can then walk ten miles to the movies.
0:13:22 > 0:13:26'West is delivering this message that's supposedly from Eldon
0:13:26 > 0:13:28'but it seems a little off.'
0:13:28 > 0:13:31Are you sure that's what Eldon said cos that really makes no sense.
0:13:31 > 0:13:34- Yeah, verbatim.- OK, sorry. What was the first part of it?- OK...
0:13:34 > 0:13:38Ah-ha! I know exactly what you're doing.
0:13:38 > 0:13:42'I told Thalia 100 times to stop speaking to Eldon
0:13:42 > 0:13:45and then I catch her doing it behind my back again?
0:13:45 > 0:13:50You are using everybody to send love messages again.
0:13:50 > 0:13:52- That was a love message, right? - Yeah, it was.
0:13:52 > 0:13:55- No!- No, no.- This is it!
0:13:55 > 0:13:59No more sending love messages! You tell Eldon I said so!
0:13:59 > 0:14:02- No, wait, YOU don't tell Eldon anything! You tell him.- I tell him.
0:14:02 > 0:14:04'Nobody is listening to me.'
0:14:04 > 0:14:06I tell Riley, "Ella is bad." She's not listening.
0:14:06 > 0:14:11I tell Eldon, "You're not ready for a relationship." He's not listening!
0:14:11 > 0:14:12What is happening?
0:14:12 > 0:14:14- Communication is so stupid. - SO stupid.
0:14:14 > 0:14:16You'll just have to find somebody else to hang out with
0:14:16 > 0:14:19and she'll have a British accent, and Eldon will be too busy
0:14:19 > 0:14:22with the band to see you, and keeping an eye on Eldon and...
0:14:22 > 0:14:24- I've got to go!- See ya.
0:14:29 > 0:14:32Wow. James is really upset.
0:14:33 > 0:14:35OK, I definitely can't talk to Eldon now.
0:14:35 > 0:14:37Sure you can. I've got an idea.
0:14:38 > 0:14:40OK.
0:14:40 > 0:14:43# Get up get up and run
0:14:43 > 0:14:45# Run away with me. #
0:14:48 > 0:14:50'I enter Hidalgo's and I see James
0:14:50 > 0:14:53'and I think this is the perfect time to talk about Riley.'
0:14:53 > 0:14:55I need to talk to you.
0:14:55 > 0:14:57That's great. I don't want to talk to you.
0:14:57 > 0:15:01Everyone wants to talk to me. Look, stop being so hard on Riley.
0:15:01 > 0:15:04If anything, you need to go and talk to her, but stop being hard on her.
0:15:04 > 0:15:06What, so you guys can go on some little adventure
0:15:06 > 0:15:08and get yourself into trouble?
0:15:09 > 0:15:11So that's what this is about?
0:15:11 > 0:15:14'I don't like Ella because she keeps trying to change Riley,'
0:15:14 > 0:15:16and it's working.
0:15:16 > 0:15:17I'm completely harmless.
0:15:17 > 0:15:20I'm not going to hurt Riley, I'm not going to damage her.
0:15:20 > 0:15:23You need to trust me. I'm helping her.
0:15:23 > 0:15:25If you don't get a fully improved Riley by the end,
0:15:25 > 0:15:27I'll give you a full refund.
0:15:29 > 0:15:31Listen, I don't like you,
0:15:31 > 0:15:34nor do I trust you or agree with anything you just said.
0:15:34 > 0:15:36But if there's one thing that makes sense in that whole spiel
0:15:36 > 0:15:38that you just hit me up with,
0:15:38 > 0:15:42- it's that I need to talk to Riley, so thank you.- You're welcome(!)
0:15:42 > 0:15:46'She's changed so much so quickly. I just want the old Riley back.'
0:15:50 > 0:15:53# You could have given up a warning
0:15:53 > 0:15:56# But you just hit me with the blind side. #
0:15:57 > 0:16:00- Hey.- Hey.
0:16:00 > 0:16:02Riley, I think we should talk.
0:16:02 > 0:16:05'I've thought about this and I'm ready to talk with Riley.'
0:16:05 > 0:16:08I'm pretty sure I know what's going on with her and I think I can help.
0:16:08 > 0:16:12I still don't understand Ella, like, at all,
0:16:12 > 0:16:16- but she made something clear to me. - And what's that?
0:16:16 > 0:16:19- You're new at this.- New at what?
0:16:19 > 0:16:23About being carefree but I still think you're going about it
0:16:23 > 0:16:25- the wrong way. - And what way is that?
0:16:25 > 0:16:27'I can have fun and I know how to have fun.
0:16:27 > 0:16:29I'm finally letting loose and he's telling me now
0:16:29 > 0:16:32that I can't because I'm not doing it right?
0:16:32 > 0:16:34This conversation is not going the way I expected.
0:16:34 > 0:16:37No, Riley, I've been around long enough to know
0:16:37 > 0:16:40- that Ella is a bad influence. - OK, I can choose my own friends.
0:16:40 > 0:16:43Riley, no, I understand that but I don't want to be the one to
0:16:43 > 0:16:45sit around and watch you get into more trouble.
0:16:45 > 0:16:47Riley, I can be the one to show you how to have a good time.
0:16:49 > 0:16:51I would love for you to be the one
0:16:51 > 0:16:54to show me how to have a good time...
0:16:54 > 0:16:57but you're never around any more to do anything!
0:17:00 > 0:17:01You're always at band.
0:17:06 > 0:17:08Riley! Riley, come on!
0:17:28 > 0:17:30Look, Cierra, I just wanted to thank you for helping me out.
0:17:30 > 0:17:32- It means a lot to me. - It's no problem.
0:17:32 > 0:17:35'I've spent the day with Michelle telling her my own experiences
0:17:35 > 0:17:37with the divorce and passing on any knowledge I can.
0:17:37 > 0:17:39Hopefully it helps.
0:17:39 > 0:17:41I just find it really nice to know that I'm not the only one
0:17:41 > 0:17:44that's going through this.
0:17:44 > 0:17:46If you ever need anything, I'm always here.
0:17:46 > 0:17:47- Thank you.- You're welcome.
0:17:49 > 0:17:50- I'll see you later, OK?- All right.
0:17:50 > 0:17:53'Hanging out with Cierra today was fun.
0:17:53 > 0:17:55'It kind of took my mind off things and I don't know
0:17:55 > 0:18:00'if I'm exactly emotionally ready to get over this but she did help me.
0:18:03 > 0:18:06- Hey, man.- Hey.
0:18:06 > 0:18:08I've been thinking about your situation with Thalia
0:18:08 > 0:18:10- and I think I can help.- How?
0:18:10 > 0:18:11Through dance.
0:18:11 > 0:18:13'Dance is a universal language.
0:18:13 > 0:18:16'James doesn't want Thalia and Eldon talking to each other,
0:18:16 > 0:18:20'but he said nothing about dance, so I found a loophole there.'
0:18:20 > 0:18:23How would you say that I miss Thalia so much
0:18:23 > 0:18:25and I can't wait to finish my 30 pirouettes
0:18:25 > 0:18:27so I can take her out on a date?
0:18:32 > 0:18:34- Ah, good choice of restaurant! - I know, Italian.
0:18:34 > 0:18:36- It's actually pretty good. - I love that one.
0:18:36 > 0:18:40'West's idea to do dance messages is actually really, really good
0:18:40 > 0:18:44'cos no matter what James says, we're not talking to each other.
0:18:44 > 0:18:47'Other people are dancing to us.'
0:18:59 > 0:19:02'I'm helping Thalia and Eldon because I love love.
0:19:02 > 0:19:05'I will help love out wherever love needs help.'
0:19:08 > 0:19:10'West is really pulling through for us right now
0:19:10 > 0:19:13'because me and Thalia have so much to say to each other.'
0:19:29 > 0:19:32'Thalia just always knows what to say.'
0:19:32 > 0:19:34'Eldon's so sweet.
0:19:34 > 0:19:36'I love this new way of communicating.'
0:19:36 > 0:19:40This passing messages back and forth thing, I'm tired, I'm sweating.
0:19:40 > 0:19:43They want to say some whack stuff to each other.
0:19:50 > 0:19:54'I understand most of the things that West is dancing.'
0:19:54 > 0:19:56Sometimes it's a little hard to read.
0:19:59 > 0:20:01I'm not even saying anything, I'm just messing with them
0:20:01 > 0:20:02at this point.
0:20:05 > 0:20:09'I don't quite understand this one. This message is kind of weird.'
0:20:12 > 0:20:14Sorry, man.
0:20:14 > 0:20:17It was fun at first, but this is too much for one person.
0:20:19 > 0:20:21So, Thalia said she was tired?
0:20:21 > 0:20:24No, I did.
0:20:24 > 0:20:26I'm exhausted.
0:20:26 > 0:20:29'Now I think I understand why the universal language of dance
0:20:29 > 0:20:31didn't take off.
0:20:31 > 0:20:33It's too exhausting.
0:20:35 > 0:20:37- You think?- Yeah.
0:20:37 > 0:20:38'I go to the music room
0:20:38 > 0:20:43'because I feel bad about how I left things with James.
0:20:43 > 0:20:45I just really want to fix this.
0:20:45 > 0:20:47Um, I'm just looking for James.
0:20:48 > 0:20:50You won't find him here.
0:20:51 > 0:20:52He quit.
0:20:55 > 0:20:58'I never meant for him to quit the band like that.
0:20:58 > 0:21:00I feel like this is all my fault.
0:21:05 > 0:21:12# We, we are going to show the world
0:21:12 > 0:21:15# Everything we're made of
0:21:15 > 0:21:21# We're going to tear the roof off this place
0:21:21 > 0:21:26# You, you can never fade us out
0:21:26 > 0:21:29# Don't even ask the DJ
0:21:29 > 0:21:32# Everybody knows we own this... #