Going for Gold Page #7

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All ladies in the house

Gotta move to the beat

[crowd applauding]

All ladies in the house

Get on your feet

[audience cheering, applauding]

[sighs]

Well...

that was a disaster.

Pretty much.

We let Charlotte and Abi

shake our confidence

right before our routine.

Of course,

we were gonna stumble.

I'm so embarrassed.

I might as well quit.

Now, if you quit,

then I'll quit, too.

- You'd quit because of me?

- Oh! Yuck!

We just need an edgy routine,

that's all it is.

Edgy routine isn't gonna do

anything we haven't done.

[indistinct chatter]

Do you know

how embarrassing that was?

Well, it's not just

because of you.

[indistinct chatter]

Don't need an edgy routine,

we can't do it...

Hey, you guys!

What we need

is to work together as a team

and not be

at each others' throats.

Look, we all bring something

special to the group.

Okay?

That's one of our strengths.

And while each of these

individual talents are great,

it's not gonna help us

if it's dividing us

instead of unifying us.

So what are we supposed to do?

Belly dance like Amahli?

[laughing]

Actually, yeah.

And it's not just

belly dancing, either.

Liam, playing footy

has taught you

how to work

with your teammates, right?

- Yeah.

- Yeah.

And same

with you and soccer, Ethan.

Look, not only

can we learn how to work

as a single unit,

but we'll be able to bring

something new and fresh

to the table,

something the judges

have never seen before.

What exactly are you suggesting?

I think it's time that

we all learned some new moves.

You ready to bust out

some hip-hop?

[hip-hop music playing]

Hip-hop is all about attitude.

Left leg, right arm. No.

One, two, three, four.

Five and six. Seven, eight.

In soccer, even when we warm-up,

we wanna be in perfect sync.

We wanna show the opposition

and ourselves

that we're on the same page.

[Ethan] See,

even without a word,

they're in perfect sync.

So let's give it a shot.

Ready? Yes, that's it.

- Loose. And now you come.

- And go.

- You start from the back.

- Yeah!

Whoo!

One, two, three, four,

five, six, seven, eight.

All right, guys, so soccer

warm-up is all well and good,

but if you guys wanna see

some real teamwork,

then just watch and learn.

[indistinct chatter]

Meaner faster stronger

All right,

so now we're gonna do that.

Then you start, then you start.

Meaner faster stronger

- All right.

- [Liam] Beautiful.

[upbeat music playing]

Okay, guys, core energy

is paramount in belly dancing.

So age and body type

don't matter.

[Hannah] It's like you're

lifting your hip a bit.

- Yeah.

- Yeah.

I want one of those bell things.

[Middle-Eastern music playing]

[upbeat music playing]

[sighs]

You guys! That was insane!

Okay, competition's tomorrow.

If we keep this energy level up,

there's no way we're gonna lose.

Everyone get rest.

I'll see you

at the championships.

[Ethan] We could actually

stand a chance.

[Hannah] We can,

of course, we can.

- What are you talking...

- Oh, shoot.

I left my soccer bag inside.

- [Amahli] Oh, I moved it.

- [Ethan] See you, guys.

[Amahli] Sorry,

I'll come with...

Bye, guys. I think I just...

[upbeat music playing]

What was that?

- Are they...

- I don't know.

I feel so stupid.

I thought Liam

actually liked me this time.

Come on, we don't know for

certain that they're together.

We both saw them, Ethan.

What are we supposed to think?

What are you doing?

Hannah?

It's Amahli.

I quit.

So is the team ready

for tomorrow?

Yeah. I think so.

We've been training really hard.

Good. Well, I'll be there

doing some cheering of my own.

Em...

I know...

I haven't really

gotten to know the squad,

but they seem like a good bunch.

- Um, dad?

- Hm?

Can we talk about California?

Y-yeah.

- [knocking on door]

- [doorbell rings]

[knocking on door]

Hannah? What's up?

- They're quitting?

- Yeah.

And not just Ethan and Amahli.

Right?

Somehow it spread to the whole

team and it's blowing up.

I mean, Tilds and Mia found

a reason to fight, of course.

And Bec and her friends are mad

because they gave up performing

to join us,

and... we don't even have

enough people to compete.

[sighs] So any huge plan

to save the day?

Yeah.

[sighs]

[Hannah] I don't know,

you can kiss Ethan or something.

I'm just brainstorming here.

I don't know.

Maybe this is a sign.

Maybe I just shouldn't get

too involved.

[Hannah] Huh?

Look...

I have to tell you something.

I'm not gonna be here

for as long as I said I was.

I'm leaving in a month.

What? When were you

gonna tell me?

I don't even know

if I was going to.

It just would've been easier

to hop on a plane and leave.

Hannah, you have no idea

what it's like.

Trying to make friends

all the time,

just to have

to leave them forever.

I've learned to say goodbye

in six different languages.

[Emma] And I'm really

not looking forward

to learning how to say it here.

[Hannah] What about

all that stuff you said

about being family,

about us being sisters

on the floor?

I-I can't be a part

of that family.

I can't be here to clean up

messes like that, okay?

Maybe you should learn

to start leading.

That's great, you know,

you like it or not,

you are part of this family.

And if you choose to do nothing

'cause it's easier,

that's your decision.

You know,

we all believed in you, Emma.

When you got here,

that team had been gutted

by Charlotte and Abi.

And when they left...

we thought

about going with them.

- You did?

- Yeah.

Right? Cheer was easy.

Not many teams,

Charlotte and Abi

even went to nationals

in their first year.

Abi told us

that we weren't good enough

and that she wouldn't

have us and...

Some of us took it really hard.

Like, me and Mia.

We believed them.

You came along and you built us

to be something better.

So, yeah, all right,

leaving your friends is hard,

that I understand.

But what I'm not gonna

forgive you for is

coming in, giving the team hope

and then leaving

when we need you

'cause you're too scared

of saying goodbye.

It's hooroo down here,

by the way.

So hooroo, Emma.

Hope we're easy to forget.

I've been looking for you.

I had a fight with Hannah.

I know. I heard.

Em, you know

I never wanna upset you, right?

It's just...

I never knew

how you really felt.

I know all this moving around

isn't easy.

Well...

I don't know.

It seemed easier

than the alternative.

Ever since your mom died,

moving around made sense.

Not setting down roots,

not getting too close to people.

You know, the less

you're close to someone,

the less chances

they'll break your heart

when they're gone.

And now I'm worried

that I've passed that on to you.

Just you and me. It's selfish.

There are people who need us.

And we need them, too,

even if it risks the hurt.

Come here.

- Dad?

- Be honest with me.

You wanna stay here?

[Emma] Yes! Tell him yes!

Yes.

Good.

I'm gonna turn down the job

in California.

And I think we might be here

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