Look who it is.
Look what the cat drug in.
So what happened?
Change of heart?
Yeah, Maesi and I sat down and talked yesterday.
Kind of a-- obviously, as you guys know, pretty crazy day.
So like I see this is where we need to be.
So we are back.
And she's ready to dance.
I'm curious, you were out there with them a lot
yesterday-- did they make any indication that
they were going to go forward with
hiring another choreographer?
Because I'm wondering if that's where they are--
certainly not in the parking lot today.
Right.
There was talk about that yesterday.
Well, they're probably so excited to try
to beat our group down, so that we don't have--
Well, I think both of us are welcoming Maesi.
I think she is an asset.
I just would ask that you don't jeopardize
what has already been started yesterday with her solos.
I don't think that's asking that much.
I'd like her to dance.
Plain and simple.
Right now, Jaime.
I have no idea what she is thinking.
Timing.
Mm-mm.
This is not the time.
Abby, I was just going to visit with you when you have--
Well, I'm in the middle of teaching.
So-- your kid walked out of here.
Yeah, I don't want you to punish Maesi for something
that I had done.
That's the moral of the Abby Lee Dance Company.
If your mother's a bitch, you pay the consequences.
That's the way it goes.
I realize, that's why we came back through the store today.
Nobody else came back.
But you're probably a day late, a dollar short.
I'm not, though.
We are committed to this team and you.
Well, there's a small brush back there if you want
to get started on the toilet. - I'm not doing that.
Maesi's here, and she's here to dance today for this team.
Here's the problem.
I'm getting frustrated with you.
And I'm going to take it out on these two little girls.
And that's wrong of me.
OK.
So get the hell out of here right now.
Maesi is here.
And she's here to dance with you this week.
Well, Maesi should have opened her damn mouth up yesterday
and said, mom, I want to stay, I'm going
in whether you stay or not.
You know what, though--
Go!
Stay in here and stretch.
Maesi told me she wants to dance.
She wants to dance with Abby.
And with the future with these OG's being so uncertain,
where are they going to practice, where are they going
to have her choreographer?
The reason we came here is to dance.
And so we are here.
And it's going to be a rough day or two.
And maybe a rough week.
And that's OK.
But we're back.
And I'm not going anywhere.
Abby, let me just tell you this--
I'm apologizing to you.
I don't want you taking anything out on Maesi.
We got wrapped up in that yesterday,
because I'm not sure where we were to be with all
the confusion going on.
How were an 8-year-old and a 9-year-old not confused,
but your 11-year-old, soon to be 12-year-old was confused?
Because we had no clue you were coming back.
She was hurt.
And I'm just speaking from my heart.
Hurt?
Because you didn't come back.
She wanted you here to work with you.
And she wanted you to come back.
If Julian has time and willing to do a solo, we'll do it.
So there are no consequences for the fact that she--
The point is we walked back through here.
There's nobody else that's here.
This is the team going forward.
We made the commitment to come back.
Jamie, I have a problem with.
I do.
But let's face it, we're on a losing streak.
I need a victory.
Plus we don't know if those older
kids are competing against us.
This team has to win.
We have a character piece called "Major."
Like you're in major trouble.
Or you're a drum major.
Are you a major pain in my butt?
Is your mother a major pain in the butt?
Are you going to be a major success at this competition?
So let's see.
Maesi, we're trying a drum major in the band.
She's coming down the street, she has the baton in her hand,
and she's leading the parade.
That's what I want Maesi to look like.
This number could be an overall high score
at every single competition.
But this kid was dragged out of my studio by one arm.
So already to me, she's not as prepared as Elliana
and Lilliana.
We'll see if she can pull off.