Are we here to stay?*Rewriting*

8-Will it ever Be my Time to Shine?

Hey guysss, I'm back!!! Just so you know this chapter will be the last one that's going to be so descriptive with the dance steps. I really don't want to make this story eternal, so I'm going to a few episodes not much dance related, and then whenever I have to add dance I won't make them so descriptive. Okay here it comes, enjoy! :)

A/N: Here's a new update. I'm finally getting closer to the point where I stopped updating my story to rewrite a ton of the previous chapters. If you've been reading the reposted ones, you'll be able to tell there's much difference in style, and also plotline. I felt like I wasn't developing my ideas properly and decided to give it a better twist, so thank you guys to everyone that has been reading and voting again. To thank you all, I'll be giving dedications in the old chapter that still don't have any or in my upcoming one. So, if you'd like one, just comment and vote on this chapter and you'll get one for sure.

"I'm going to leaps and jumps for a few minutes, and then I'm getting out of here and going home," Chloe told Maddie, Nia, and Kendall, once they were safely secured in the locker room.

"Wait," Maddie protested. "We need to talk about this."

"So talk fast." Chloe sat down and rubbed her eyes, slightly smearing her mascara.

"Kenzie isn't a liar," said Maddie. "She's my sister, and I know her. We all know her. There's no way she would make this whole thing up, right, you guys?"

"Absolutely not," declared Nia.

"No way." Kendall shook her head.

"We'll keep looking," Nia promised.

Chloe nodded. "So who are we looking into? Autumn and Mia?"

"Right," Nia said. "When I go in with Mia, I'll try to slip something in."

Chloe sucked her teeth. "Me and Maddie already had rehearsal with Autumn and Sophia, so we can't really deal with that. Which sucks, because we still haven't really ruled out Sophia."

"If we're honest, we haven't exactly decided Asia didn't do it either. Or Kalani. I mean, sure, they seem like they didn't write it, but what does that mean? We don't know these girls. They could be capable of anything."

Chloe closed her eyes and sighed heavily. Her head and stomach were hurting. "Guys, I really need to get home. I think I'm gonna skip my class. I'll text you all later. Try to figure something out with Mia, Nia."

Nia hugged her friend and nodded.

"Bye, Chlo," Maddie responded quietly.

"See ya," Kendall muttered bitterly.

"Gosh, Kendall, are you okay?" Chloe asked as she got her bag out of her locker. "You've seemed so upset for the past while."

"Kalani's just such a good dancer and there's no way I can measure up to it," Kendall replied.

"That's not true. You're amazing!" Maddie insisted.

"I'm not saying that I'm bad," Kendall stated practically. "But Kalani's so much older than me. She has more experience and better technique, and that's not going to change in three days. There's nothing I can do about it."

Maddie moaned. "I know exactly what you mean. This whole thing is unfair and ridiculous. I don't understand why Abby's doing this to us. New girls on top of the Candy Apples, on top of her always scolding us, on top of Mackenzie's thing, and then having to deal with all the new moms and—"

"Do you think it's Abby?" Chloe shouted, turning around suddenly and bouncing on her toes.

"Huh?"