Saving Riley

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Michelle's POV

"Okay!" I said walking into the green room seeing James and the band there, I looked at James before going over to him and grabbing his arm
"Hey michelle?" He asked, I shot him a smile before guiding him out of the green room. I re-entered the room and shut the door behind me so James couldn't get back
"Whatever it is, it wasn't us!" Theo said instantly holding his hands up in surrender
"What? No Theo" I replied shaking my head
"I need your help" I said making all three boys become calmer and less tense
"Michelle I need to work with the boys" James said opening the door
"James, do you like your pretty boy face?" I asked shining him another smile, James pouted before felling his face
"Yes?" he asked
"Then leave before it's not a pretty boy face anymore" I replied raising my eyebrows. James looked at me wide eyed before saluting and leaving. Men..
"What on earth could you need our help with?" Luke said calming himself after laughing at James
"Jiley. I need your help with Jiley" I said and John stood up
"Well I'm out" He said about to leave the green room
"John pleaseeee" I whined making John roll his eyes
"I already got involved and look how that went!" He explained
"Yeah but this time we aren't dropping a bomb on them" I said with my puppy dog eyes
"What's the plan" Theo asked with a smile 
I knew they would be on board although I didn't think John would take this much convincing 

Riley's POV 

I had just finished up my final one to one for the day when James came in instantly laying on the floor
"Um James, do you realise how many dirty sweaty bare feet have been on that floor?" I asked making James pull a face before sitting up
"What are you doing here anyway?" I asked
"Michelle kicked me out of band practice" He replied making me burst out laughing
"How did Michelle. Someone who isn't in your band. Kick you out of rehearsals?" I asked and James narrowed his eyes before pouting
"She threatened this" He said motioning to his face
"You are such a baby" I replied grabbing his arm and walking with him to Lost & Found
Sure enough yes, there Michelle was with the boys in the green room
"James I swear" Michelle said before turning to see me stood there too
"Rileyyyy Hiii" She sung making James glare at her
"Hi, what are you doing? These boys have dead like Michelle" I laughed
"Did you really tell on me?" Michelle asked crossing her arms at James
"No" James said pouting like a child, I rolled my eyes at the pair before making them switch places

"now want to tell me what on earth that was all about?" I asked
"No not really" She replied confidently
"Michelle, you are something you know that" I replied and she nodded before skipping off
I walked back into Riley's Corner to clean when Miss Kate walks in
"You know in all the months you've been working in this place, I never came to visit" She said chuckling
"I like what you have done with the place" She laughed and I joined her
I remember when this place was full of cabinets and we had rugs or something draped over it 
"Thankyou Miss Kate" I smiled
"I come with some good news" She smiled
"What's up?" I asked putting away the last of the things
"We received a confirmation about yours and James' booking for Nationals, you have the best seats in the house!" She smiled, I furrowed my eyebrows. I hadn't even approached the idea of it James yet. Talking about that kind of stuff isn't easy for us at the moment
"I haven't asked James yet Miss Kate" I replied and she flashed her usual scheming smile
"See I thought you might say that. So I asked him!" She replied making me chuckle
"Of course you did" I replied
"You are both a massive legacy to the team. A good luck charm if you must" she said smiling
"Alright Miss Kate. We'll go" I replied following her out of Riley's Corner
It might be nice to get out of this place for awhile, god knows too much has happened recently

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Sitting at home that night I started to look back at some old photo's from A-Troupe. It was incredible what we accomplished and how much of it we managed to document
When I joined A-Troupe I was Emily's little sister, everyone knew not to come too close or Em would bite
Then as we all grew up people realised I wasn't just Emily's little sister and that is when I truly started to grew
I found my two feet and I don't think I could have done it with half out half of A-Troupe. Including James 
"Riley do you know there is something on your doorstep" I hear someone call as my front door opens, I look over my shoulder to see Emily making a grande entrance
I looked down at her feet to see some flowers
"No I didn't" I replied getting up and taking the flowers off of Emily
"Who's your secret admirer" Emily teased but I rolled my eyes figuring they were an apology from James yet again
"What's the card say?" Emily asked as I took it off of its stand 

'Meet me at Studio A 8pm tomorrow x'

If that was James, he would have just asked me surely?
"A date with James?" Emily said smirking while nudging me
"I don't know" I replied. I told James I needed time and as romantic as he tends to be, I don't think this was him.. The handwriting for starters is way too neat