Today I'm Getting Over You The Next Step

-Yes. We can go.

-Yeah, change in plans...

'Ever since Cierra made it into A-Troupe,'

I've been waiting a lot.

I think we all know who the new member of A-Troupe is.

-Congratulations, Stephanie.

-'I'm ecstatic.'

A-Troupe is where I belong, and it's where I want to be.

I know you probably know I kind of like Abi,

so I was wondering if you could find out if she likes me or not.

'I still kind of have feelings for Noah.'

I'll think about it.

'It hurts that he doesn't feel the same way as I do.'

It's going to be harder than I thought to get over him.

Ooh, this is so pretty...

'Phoebe called a meeting in Studio A.'

I walk in and there are B-Troupe, as well as A-Troupe members -

'and I am very confused as to what's going on.'

Hey! I'm so excited to see you.

Guys? OK, so I have some excellent news for you guys.

Richelle and Max performed their duet last night and they won.

CHEERING

So, why are we here?

Um...right. So, I think it's time

the B-Troupers start working more with the A-Troupers,

because I think you guys could teach them a lot.

We need to groom our next generation of dancers, here at The Next Step -

and pairing up B-Troupe dancers with A-Troupe is the perfect way

for our A-Troupers to pass along their knowledge.

So, I'm going to have Beth and Stephanie together.

BETH SQUEALS

'I'm trying to be focused,

go to Internationals and do well this year.'

And Beth isn't.

Jake and Cierra - you two together.

My sister Skylar says that

Jake's one of the strongest dancers in B-Troupe.

I think we'll do great.

-..And Noah and Richelle.

-Hey...yes. Richelle! Awesome.

'I can't believe it.

'I was trying to get over him...'

and now, I have to dance with him.

MUSIC: Stand Up By Jessica Lee and Kit Knows

-Hi.

-Hey.

I was hoping I could get the dance captain's help with something.

Sure.

I need you to talk to Phoebe about switching the duet partners.

-Wait. Why?

-My partner is Beth.

I know she can be kind of crazy, but aren't you guys friends?

Yeah, but that's the problem.

She's crazy and I'm just as crazy in the same way.

So, if we work together, nothing is going to get done.

I worked really hard to get back into A-Troupe

and I cannot afford to have any setbacks. Beth is a setback.

Yeah. OK. Steph, I'm not going to talk to Phoebe.

I think this is a great challenge for you.

You got this.

What kind of dance captain advice is that?

It's the only one I got.

'I can't believe she won't help me. She's the dance captain.'

I guess I'm going to have to face Beth now.

Hey, Phoebe. I just have a question about the duets.

Absolutely. I am open to anything.

-I'm not going to do the duet with Noah.

-I'm not open to that.

I will do anything, anything at all just to get out of that.

I've been with Noah in J-Troupe for years.

How am I supposed to improve with him?

There is always room for improvement - always.

Look into my eyes...

..you're doing it.

I've seen the way she looks at Noah,

and that's actually why I paired them up.

There is chemistry there and I want to see how they resolve it.

No.

Internationals is coming up in about two weeks,

so I have to get ready.

And by getting ready, I mean, ordering my lucky drink.

You know, that's a lot of milk.

Is it ever!

It's actually cow milk, goat milk, almond milk, soy milk,

coconut milk and rice milk.

Oh. Gross.

I've never seen you drink that before.

First of all, it's not gross.

Second of all, it's probably because I only drink it

two weeks before a big competition.

-Oh, so, kind of like a lucky drink?

-Yeah, actually.

I also have a lucky shirt, a lucky orange and a lucky coin.

I don't leave anything up to chance.

That's why I have so many lucky things.

-A lucky coin?

-Yeah. It's right...

Is everything OK?

I must have paid... I must have paid with it.

Hey - I need all of your quarters, now.

That 1984 quarter has been the same coin I've had

for pretty much every competition.

I don't have an option to not find it.

I need that coin.

It's got to be in here. OK, everyone?

I need all of your change on the table now.

Do you not have quarters?

I feel bad for Eldon. I really hope he finds his lucky coin.

-Hi.

-Did you know you can't text yourself?

-TEXT ALERT

-Oh, wait. You can!

I got it twice, actually.

I really hope I can stay strong and not fall into her powers.

Beth, we need to talk.

Oh, thank goodness. Thought we were going to have to rehearse.

That's what we need to talk about.

We have to rehearse. I want this duet to be really great.

Totally. Yeah, sure.

OK, so let's get started.

Oh, my dance!

Did you see the new emerald green nail polish they have at the salon?

What? Emerald green?

I've been looking for the perfect green for like, ever.

I know. So, I think we need to go get mani-pedis. Want to go?

I'm doing a really good job, and then she brings up green nail polish.

Yeah. Let's go!

-BETH GIGGLES

-Knew you'd want to.

'I don't even know what I'm doing right now.'

I know we should be rehearsing, but I can't help it.

I really want a mani-pedi.

Hey - we should probably start working together.

Just so you know, this is ridiculous.

We were on J-Troupe together for years.

Do you really think that you can teach ME something?

'Richelle's being really dramatic right now,'

but that's Richelle. I'm not surprised.

You know, I've been on the A-Troupe for a little while now,

-I'm pretty sure there's something I can teach you.

-Want to bet?

Yeah, actually, I do.

OK. If I don't learn something from you, you buy me dinner.

All right. If I teach you something, then you admit you were wrong.

I'm never wrong.

Then it should be easy for you.

'It is going to be hard to work with Noah.'

But now, I'm going to get a dinner out of it.

DANCE MUSIC

'So, I'm working on the duet with Jake...'

and I love working with him. He's such a good partner.

'I think it's really coming together.'

Cierra! Mom's going to be here soon. Are you ready to go?

Oh, I forgot to tell you. I called Mom.

Jake and I have to stay and rehearse,

-so she's going to pick us up in an hour.

-So what am I supposed to do?

I don't know. Don't you have homework or something?

You could go to Hidalgos.

I've already been waiting for what seems like forever.

And now, I have to wait even longer?

'I'm starting to get really tired of waiting around for Cierra.'

OK. Five, six, seven, eight...

One, two and three, four...

-Hey.

-Hey.

How was your rehearsal?

This good.

Limited edition emerald green good.

-Are you serious?

-I couldn't resist.

-Steph...

-It's pretty.

I've underestimated the severity of the situation.

OK. Well, next time you have a rehearsal,

why don't you text me and I'll come right away?

-Make sure you guys stay on track.

-Thank you.

-You're welcome.

I don't know if Giselle can help fix this problem,

but I'm really hoping she can.

This is a dime, not a quarter.

-This is no good to me!

-COIN CLINKS

'I've been searching in Hidalgos for my lucky coin

'and nothing's turned up, so far.'

You're no good to me.

The tip jar!

Here.

I'll give you 50 dollars for your tip jar.

There's got to be a lot of quarters in the tip jar.

Wait... Why are you still in your dance clothes?

Look, I'm really sorry.

Phoebe asked Jake and I to stay, to do our duet for her.

No! I have a baseball game to go to.

I just snapped. I can't take this any more. I have plans.

I want to go to them.

Sometimes, we have to sacrifice things for dance.

I'm not sacrificing for dance. I'm sacrificing for you!

-You wait for me all the time!

-That's the thing -

I always wait for you.

I have rehearsal to go to.

'I'm really tired of Cierra.'

And I have to do something about it.

Can we go over that lift that we did in the beginning?

Oh!

Can you do a back handspring?

Yeah.

The Next Step calibre has really gone up lately.

-Whatever. Want to try the turns?

-Sure.

-Wow. They're actually so good.

-I know.

Honestly, I'm very surprised at how good Richelle and Noah are.

I remember when they were little J-Troupers

'and were just learning how to do pirouettes.'

They're actually beasts.

It's really incredible to see them grow so much.

Just so you know, this duet's great, but I'm not learning anything.

'I keep trying to find new things to teach her,'

but she knows everything.

NOAH BLOWS RASPBERRIES

Um, Noah? What....

What are you doing?

Noah is blowing raspberries. I don't even know what to say.

-RICHELLE BLOWS RASPBERRIES

-What is that?

When I get concentrated, that just happens.

-Well, quit it.

-Have you never noticed me do it?

-No. Quit it.

It's the most annoying thing I have ever heard.

Five, six, seven, eight...

Go one. Snap two. Look, three...four.

Right now, I'm baby-sitting children.

I just need to make sure they stay on track.

They need to stay focused.

Three, four...

Whoa!

I am obsessed with this. Where'd you get it?

I'm in love.

Really great story about this T-shirt. So, I went to the store.

There was only one left and it was my size.

'This top has a really amazing story behind it,'

and I really have to tell her, and I can't help myself.

-Can we go shopping? I need one.

-OK. OK.

-Yeah?

Uh...where are you going?

-Shopping.

-Uh...no.

Are you kidding me? "Shopping"?

Dancing's more important.

Steph - can I talk to you for a sec?

One sec...

Dancing is more important to you too, right?

I really love what she wants to do and I want to do it too.

So, how do I say "no" to something I want to say "yes" to?

She has like, powers over me.

Really? Powers? Beth, come on. Do it.

Fine.

Giselle reminds me how important A-Troupe is -

and it's more important than shopping.

-Let's take a before-shopping-selfie.

-OK.

I can't. I can't.

Why?

-We can't go shopping.

-Why?

I was given a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to go to Internationals,

and I can't mess it up. We have to do this.

Why didn't you just tell me?

-You would understand?

-Yes. You know what?

I'll give you 100% of the best Beth.

It really makes me appreciate Beth as a friend, even more.

She can be my fun friend and my focused friend.

-I'm ready. Let's go.

-OK. Thank you.

'Jake and I spent a lot of time rehearsing.'

We wanted to make it perfect. So...here it goes.

DANCE MUSIC

'Jake has always been very strong technically.

'But from working with Cierra,

'I can see his performance has come out more

'and he looks like he's having more fun.

'Our dance is going awesome.'

We're hitting all the lifts.

'Phoebe seems to be loving it.

'So hey, that's all we can ask for.'

PHOEBE CLAPS

Amazing, you guys! That was so incredible.

'Both of these two are really hard workers.'

They work really well together and I'm really impressed.

Look, I'd love to stay, but my sister's waiting for me.

'Skylar's waiting for me,'

and I don't want her to get even more upset with me.

ELDON PLAYS HARMONICA

I'm just in Hidalgos, watching Eldon busk and I just feel sorry for him.

'If the person who took my quarter comes back'

and sees me playing the harmonica,

then he might throw the quarter into the hat

and I might get my lucky coin back.

That coin must have really meant a lot to him.

-Hey, Eldon?

-Hey.

Have you seen my sister anywhere?

Um, yeah, she was on her way out to a baseball game.

I cannot believe her. 'She didn't tell me.'

I'm still here.

My mom clearly came to get her, so how am I getting home?

I don't know what to do.

DANCE MUSIC

Dancing with Beth is actually really fun.

We're very similar in the way that we dance.

and the duet is just super fun.

'It's fun, it's upbeat, they've got the technical aspects in there.'

I'm really happy that they've blown me away.

The whole point of this exercise

was that B-Troupe could learn something from A-Troupe.

And I can honestly say I learned something too.

I realise that I have more of a friend in Beth than I thought I did.

And if there's something that you want from someone,

or something that you need from someone, you just have to speak up.

Oh, I've been waiting for this sandwich all day.

Looks good.

Um... You have something on your face.

-I do?

-Yeah, do you want a napkin?

No, that's cool. Don't worry about it.

'I don't even know what to say.'

It is just too disgusting for words.

Um...can you please chew with your mouth closed?

I wish I could. I actually went to the doctors for this.

There's something wrong with my sinuses.

I actually can't eat with my mouth closed.

You know, grizzly bears can't breath through their nose either.

Good to know.

Really, Noah? You can't chew with your mouth closed? Honestly?

I'm so sorry. Did you want a bite?

No. Get it away.

OK. More for me.

'First he's blowing raspberries, and now this?'

I don't want to go for dinner with him any more.

DANCE MUSIC

As I'm watching these two perform their duet,

I'm finding that they have a different chemistry going on.

It doesn't seem to have the same tension.

It's more flowing and they seem to be gelling quite well.

'To me, Noah is gross and annoying.'

And if I liked him,

I wouldn't be bothered by him blowing raspberries

and getting food all over his face.

-PHOEBE CLAPS

-You guys, that was fantastic!

See? I knew that there's always something to learn. Right?

That's good. Great work.

Well, you won. I guess I'll buy you dinner.

No. You did teach me something.

-What?

-The aerial in Studio A, remember?

-Didn't you already know how to do that?

-Nope. Completely new.

-A new move?

-New move.

I told him he taught me how to do an aerial, but really, he didn't.

He taught me that I don't like him any more.

'After Skylar left without me last night,'

I guess I kind of realised it might be hard on her.

Hey. What happened last night?

What happened was, I had a lot of fun at the baseball game.

Look, I'm really sorry. I didn't mean to interrupt your plans.

I talked to Mom. And when I'm done, she's picking me up.

If you have to rehearse late, you're taking the bus home.

The bus takes an extra hour.

Why should I have to suffer because you didn't make it into A-Troupe?

Why should I have to suffer because you DID?

-Fine.

-Fine.

Fine.

'Ever since I lost my lucky coin,'

my pirouettes have just been going down and down and down.

Really? 15?

'After seeing Eldon in Hidalgos, I kind of feel bad.'

So, I have something that will cheer him up.

Have you found your lucky coin yet?

Not yet.

If I'm going to represent The Next Step at Internationals,

I'm going to need it.

This is my lucky coin.

I had it when I won my first dance competition.

I had it when I had my first kiss.

And I had it when I got my acceptance letter

-into the most prestigious school in England.

-Wow.

'She's giving me her lucky coin.'

I don't get how she's just giving it away.

She's not going to have any luck.

This isn't a 1984 quarter, though.

No. It's better. It's a British pound.

It's worth eight times one of your quarters.

Maybe it's got eight times the power.

Maybe.

-Thanks.

-You're welcome.

With this coin, I know that I'm already going to have more luck

than I did with my last coin.

The fact that she's giving me her lucky coin is...

It's just nice.

Have you guys seen Cierra and Jake's duet?

Oh, my gosh. That's nothing. Have you seen Richelle and Noah's duet?

Actually though, their technique is insane.

I was in B-Troupe at one point.

It was nowhere near the calibre that it's at now.

I mean, the whole Next Step has really gone up.

Well, someone's going to have to replace us eventually.

'I don't want A-Troupe to change.'

There's never going to be another West or another Giselle.

But nothing lasts for ever.

I never thought of that.

Me either.

I'm going to go rehearse.

Yeah, me too.

-We should go.

-Yeah.

For the first time, I'm starting to see a downside to Internationals.

After this, we're going to have to make some pretty big decisions.