Recap: Whatever they were planning, one thing was for sure, we were NOT going to get kidnapped! Not now, not ever, and especially not by these two idiots.

We have to find a way out of this and fast...

Richell's pov:

I looked down to where Piper was pointing and I'm not gonna lie, I was a little intimidated when I saw the contents in Josh and Elliot's hands.

Once they knew that we had seen their supplies, they smiled in a sickly fashion and charged at us.

"Ti, go there!" I whisper-shouted, gesturing around the island and towards the door.

"Pipes, go into the living, you can get out via the backdoor." I whisper-shouted to Piper, as she and Tiana nodded, whilst trying to dodge the boys and the things they kept throwing at us.

"What about you?" Piper asked when she was close to me.

"Don't worry, this is my house and I've got a couple of routes to get out." I said with a small smile gracing my lips.

I turned to check if Tiana had managed to get to the door when I felt a cold hand painfully grab onto my wrist.

Before I could comprehend anything, I felt myself being dragged towards the door.

Just as suddenly, the hand dropped my wrist and I turned to see Elliot on the ground, clutching the side of his slightly dented head.

"Nice job, Pipes!" I said, proudly, as she beamed at me holding a wooden spoon that she must've gotten from a nearby drawer.

"Tiana, behind you!" I heard her shout as I saw Josh slowly approach her with a rolling pin, but he was too slow as Tiana had already elbowed him in the face.

I grabbed my phone and called the police. Within 5 minutes, I heard a knock, and opened it to reveal the cops.

They dragged Josh and Elliot away, as we wrote a statement and to be honest, I was just glad that we wouldn't be seeing those idiots for a while.

"So.....how about some pizza?" I asked, once the cops had left and we tidied up a bit.

Laughing, the girls agreed.

10 minutes later, we were chilling and talking in the living room whilst eating delicious pizza.

"That was honestly crazy!" Piper exclaimed.

"I know right?! I barely even knew those dudes!" Tiana said in disbelief as she ate her slice of pizza.

"I know! Honestly disgusting, I can't believe I dated THAT!" I said, as the girls agreed once again.

We talked a lot and then decided to go to sleep, as we were going to have hardcore Nationals rehearsals tomorrow.

Piper's pov:

It was 8am, and me and Richelle were just chilling in studio A, talking and stretching.

We had just dropped Tiana back at her own studio, and we were just waiting for others to arrive as technically, rehearsals didn't start for another 10 minutes.

When the others arrived, we briefed them on the events on the previous day and marvelled in what was actually a really close call.

After insulting Josh and Elliot for a good 15 minutes, we saw Nick enter, telling us about his two guests that will be our new choreographers.

"A troupe, please welcome........ Giselle and James!" Nick yelled excitedly, jumping up and down slightly.

Sometimes, he acted like such a man-child,and it was honestly hilarious.

"James!" I yelled, as I ran and jumped into his arms.

"What are you doing here?" I asked excitedly, as I hadn't seen him in like a couple weeks or something, even though it felt like months, since I couldn't hear his dumb jokes, surprise WWE attacks or even eat his delicious 'homemade' mac and cheese, so I really did miss him.

"I'm here with Giselle to help choreograph some of your nationals routines! Duh! Didn't Nick just tell you?!" He said jokingly, while laughing happily as he ruffled my hair, totally ruining all my hard work that I put into it at Richelle's place.

I moved from James to hug Giselle, as she chuckled and hugged me back.

Everyone else hugged and chatted to James and Giselle before we finally started rehearsing.

"Alright, I will be helping Piper and Finn out with their duet and Giselle will be helping out with the trio, which is Amy, Lily and Richelle. Everyone else can rehearse what they've already got for their dances with Nick. Got it? Great." James exclaimed, not even noticing the hesitation on Nick's face as he didn't know the first thing about choreographing.

Me and Finn headed to studio 1 to wait for James, while he and Giselle made sure that everyone else was getting settled.

We were laughing and talking, when James walked in and pointedly moved Finn a couple feet away from me.

"James....." I said in a warning tone, already getting annoyed with him.

"Piper......" he replied in a mocking voice, as we stared each down, only to be interrupted by Finn's never ending laughter.

Me and James simultaneously looked at him before rolling our eyes, chuckling and getting back to rehearsal.

Our duet was to the song 'No problems' and it was going great.

"We can put a lift in around this part, if you want." James suggested, as Finn and I nodded happily.

"I have an idea! You can do a left leg hold, I'll spin you around and then lift you up and set you down somewhere stage right, then carry on with the rest of the dance." Finn explained while I nodded my head in agreement.

James muttered something incoherent and rolled his eyes before agreeing. I just laughed and we began practicing.

"Don't drop her!" James shouted halfway through the lift section, as he gave Finn an accusing look.

"James! Finn has never dropped me before, so calm down! Geez!" I groaned annoyed.

"Yeah, I've never dropped her before and I don't plan on doing so anytime soon, sir!" Finn said in a military style, as I giggled and gave James a pointed look.

He laughed and ruffled my hair before patting Finn on the shoulder and mumbling faint apologies.

"Oh I'm sorry what was that dear brother?!" I yelled, holding my ear, waiting for him to apologise louder.

Instead he glared at me, and said, "Piper, I literally will put you in a headlock."

"Bring it on, last time you did that, I got out of it AND you got grounded by mum and dad." I said taking a step towards him, smirking.

"Oh, it's on, Pipesqueak!" He said, dashing towards me.

"Oh, hey guys!" I said, darting behind Finn and looking towards the door, while Finn stood there with his arms around me, trying and failing to keep in his laughter.

Giselle, Richelle, Lily and Amy stood by the door with confused grins on their faces.

"We just came to let you know that we're rotating soon James and you'll be with Henry, helping him with his solo." Giselle explained with a smile on her face.

"Thanks Giselle!" James said, before shooting me a look. "This isn't over Pipesqueak."

"Pipesqueak?" Amy questioned holding back a laugh.

But obviously, Amy being Amy, she spluttered out into a fit of laughter, claiming that that was the best nickname from James yet.

Wallowing in embarrassment, I jumped on James' back, catching him by surprise, and ruffled his own hair.

"Get off me, you animal!" He shouted, trying to fling me off his back, as the others just laughed, with tears forming in their eyes.

Eventually I got off him and we all headed towards studio A.

Nationals was in less than a month, and I was so pumped for it.

My aerials were tight and clean and so were my back hand springs, so I was feeling pretty confident.

Kenzie and Kingston came and watched my little run through of my nationals solo and clapped and smiled when I finished it.

"You're gonna ace this solo, Piper!" Kenzie beamed.

"Yeah, with that solo, there's no way we're not making it to the next round!" Kingston said happily.

Thanking them and smiling, I couldn't help but hope that their words would come true.

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