Leia's POV

I can't believe it. Rachel was right.

Nate really does have a crush on me!

He does know I'm dating his cousin, right? Well, he has to know. He saw us hugging and stuff when Luke first came in to introduce us to him.

So then, is he just being delusional? Or maybe delusional isn't the right word here because he might not think I like him back, he might just be shooting his shot to shoot his shot. Yeah. I hope that one is it.

"...Leia?" Nate snaps me out my thoughts.

"Huh? What?" I ask, confused. I look over at Luke who's glaring. Calm down, Luke. He's probably not gonna try anything.

"You didn't answer my question."

"What question?" I ask, still a bit dazed.

"Will you be my girlfriend?" Nate asks, unashamed.

His girlfriend? He can't be serious. Again, did he not see how happy I am with his cousin?

"Um no. I have a... boyfriend?" I say (and slightly ask) and gesture towards Luke who's still wearing his glare.

"But I would be so much better for you," he says in a whiny, little kid's voice. "Seriously. We," he gestures between me and him, "would be so much more compatible."

He tries to wear a confident smirk but it just comes across as trashy and annoying.

"Um, no," I say again, not knowing what to say.

"Seriously?! Just hug me, you'll see how much better you'll feel," Nate starts approaching me with a hug.

Out of a moment of panic, I push him away, but not far enough that he gives up. He goes in for a second time just as naive as the first time but Luke grabs his arm and throws him to the ground before he can reach me.

"Hey, Nate. Back off," Luke says in a really deep, intimidating, and kind of hot voice.

"You won't win this time, Luke," Nate storms off.

"This time?" I ask.

"He's has this weird train of thought that tells him I get everything he deserves in life or something. But don't worry. I'll protect you," he puts his arm around my shoulder.

I don't usually like to allow a boy to think he's my knight in shining armor and I can't protect myself, but I'll allow it this time.

Nate's POV

How do I make her realize that she loves me?

How do I make her mine?

I know deep inside my heart that, not only does Leia not know that she needs to be with me, but I deserve her more than that jerk does. But what should I do?

I know! I'll sing her a song, obviously. She probably only thinks she likes Luke because he's a good singer (but really, how good could he possibly be?) so I'll sing her my own song and make her fall deeply in love with me! Easy.

Only problem is I don't know any good serenady songs to sing. But I can definitely learn one before the end of the day, right?

Britney's POV

Michelle and I are getting ready to play out our revenge.

Michelle thinks we're gonna dump a whole bucket full of nasty stuff- spoiled milk, slugs, and expired cheese- on John. But that's not what's really going to happen. Obviously. You know what story you're reading and what show this is a fanfic of.

That bucket doesn't have all that stuff from before in it. It has lots of weights in it. Right before Michelle triggers the thing or whatever that'll make the bucket fall, I'll push her under. Easy.

You must be confused, I'm sure. You see, Michelle doesn't deserve to be in Lost and Found. She's a dancer, not a singer. 

I only know that because I remember everything.

When I heard Theo tell that story on Christmas Eve, I obviously assumed that an alternate dimension would mean I would be in Lost and Found but no! Instead, all the Next Step people ended up in Lost and Found and I'm still not it. What did they do to deserve to be in?

So, I'll simply injure her with the bucket, take her place in here, and when this whole year is over, Mr. T will realize that I fit in so much he won't want to let me go.

"Britney! Look! He's coming!" Michelle's disgustingly un-singer-like voice calls to me. But right before he walks underneath the bucket, I push her underneath it and trigger it's fall.

It all happens in slow motion. I'll finally have my chance to prove that I belong in Lost and Found.

But, just like that, my chance is gone.

Right before the bucket makes contact with her head, she does a back handspring and avoids it. I thought in this dimension she wasn't a dancer, so she wouldn't be flexible? What kind of bullshit is that?!

John's POV

My feet pause as my brain processes everything I just saw.

Britney just pushed Michelle underneath a bucket that was almost right above me, but before the bucket could fall on her head, Michelle did a back handspring to avoid it.

Huh?!

"Michelle, are you ok?" I rush over to Michelle's aid, slightly horrified.

"Ugh," I slightly hear from over where I saw Britney standing.

I stand up and run over to where she is, "Why did you do that?"

She examines her fingernails, bored, "Simple. She doesn't deserve to be in Lost and Found and I do."

What?

"What are you talking about? You were never interested in music. And not to mention you live in America. You don't know about Lost and Found."

"Well clearly I do because I'm here, right?" Britney asks.

I snap myself out of the questions my brain is asking, "But that's besides the point. Why would you try to hurt Michelle?"

"I just told you. Peace," she holds up a peace sign and swiftly walks away from the crime scene. I remember that Michelle is still standing and watching so I run back over to her.

"Are you ok?"

"I'm fine," Michelle crosses her arms and walks away fastly. 

What just happened?

Eva's POV

Well that did not go how it was supposed to.

I expected Michelle and Britney to get their revenge and move on. I would think of some way to set John and Michelle back up together but in the mean time, she needed to punish John for cheating on her.

But why did Britney turn things around?

I was too far away to hear Britney's reasoning for endangering Michelle's life so I'll just assume she was being a jealous ex-girlfriend.

Why couldn't things just go according to plan?

Leia's POV

"Thank you, Luke, Theo, and James for that wonderful performance of Broken by You. Where is John, though?" Mr. T asks.

"Don't even ask that question," Theo responds while rubbing his forehead.

"Ok then. Next up is Nate with We Are Beautiful. Usually I wouldn't allow people that don't attend Lost and Found to sing on a performance night, but he kind of blackmailed me into it so I had no choice."

Everybody in the crowd does a confused and awkward applause but Luke and I just glare at Nate while he hops on stage.

"This is for my soulmate, Leia Graves," Nate says into the mic. Ew, his soulmate?

We are leaving now for a life that we have planned
So I'll just allow for the world to understand
Duhduhduhduhduuuhduhduhduuhduuh
So we let it go go goo goo

To the sea where we can finally feel
That we are beautiful and finally free
Hide with me where we can finally feel
That we are beautiful and finally free

I've decided there are walls between us
But I can't hide it duhduhduhduhduhduh
Duhduhduh space and time duhduh
So we let it go go goo goo

To the sea where we can finally feel
That we are beautiful and finally free
Hide with me where we can finally feel
That we are beautiful and finally free

Nate hops down from the stage after no one applauds for him and comes over towards me.

"So... what did you think? Are you in love with me now?" he asks hopefully.

Luke and I stare at him for a couple of minutes trying to decide if he's being serious or not.

"No. You literally got like every line of that song wrong and you don't have a very good voice. And even if you had sung it perfectly, I love Luke. Sorry," I respond.

He hangs his head down and walks out of the room. I start to feel kind of bad. But right before he walks out, he looks back at me as if he's waiting.

"What?" I ask.

"Aren't you gonna come comfort me or something?"

"No!" I yell at him.

I don't feel bad anymore.

Jude's POV

Mr. T walks up to the stage awkwardly and says, "That will most definitely be the last performance of the day. Don't forget that mine and Parker's wedding is in two weeks."

I'm glad I didn't have to intervene with Leia and Nate. Of course Leia would choose Luke over him.

Eva also updated me on what happened with Michelle and John. Of course, I'm not happy she went behind my back with a different plan, but I'm more focused on Britney. Why did she do what she did?

But the thing I have to focus on is Mr. T and Parker's wedding. How are we gonna stop it?