Maddie, McKayla and Mackenzie Say Goodbye

today we film our final episode for Dance Moms and it's weird to say that..

Kaylas outfit

we get to the building we are filming at

"one more episode." Kenzie says

"let's do this" i smile

we walking into the room with all the costumes 

"hi girls"  Bryan says

"hi!" i say

"i'm sorry i have to sit here" Kenzie says as she sits down

i sit in the middle

"she just wants to sit on the end so she doesn't have to sit next to Abby" Maddie says

"busted!" i say

"is there an advantage sitting next to Abby or is there a disadvantage?" Bryan asks

"well they're the favourite so Maddie gets to sit next to Abby" Kenzie says

"alright i think we're just hanging out here until she gets ready" Bryan says

apparently Abby us gonna take like ten minutes

"what is your expectations for today?" Bryan asks

"i hope that we just have fun and i get a lot of dirty secrets about Abby" Maddie says

"like?" Bryan asks

"why she always has her hair in curlers" Maddie says

"where does she go at night?" Kenzie asks

"she's usually going at mcdonald's or something" Maddie says

Kenzie then hits Maddie

"Maddie stop" Kenzie whispers

"no that's literally where she goes" Maddie says

"yup" i say

Abby then comes round the corner

"oh you look nice" Maddie says

"hi!" Abby says

"hello" i say

"hi" Kenzie says

"Mackenzie you can't be in it because you don't match us" Abby says

i start laughing

"okay" Kenzie smiles

"okay don't t look at my rolls but when i sit down you can't tell" Abby says

"do you have a skirt on?" Maddie asks

"yeah" Abby says

"wow i've never seen you in a skirt" Maddie says

"well now you have" Abby says

"nice" Maddie says

Abby laughs

"Abby why don't you tell the girls why we are here today" Bryan says

"girls we're here today to take a little trip down memory lane this is going to be our last turnbra on television together..maybe who knows what the future holds right?" Abby says

we nod

"how old were you when you started the ALDC" Bryan asks

"i think i was two or three pretty sure" Kenzie says

"me and Kayla were four" Maddie says

"four?" Abby asks

"four." i nod

"Maddie, Kayla and Mackenzies dad Kurt went to high school with me and he knew that my studio was the best studio in our town he knew that i travelled all around the country with my students they went to a lot  of competitions and that they won when it was time to put his daughters into dance class he brought them to me..Maddie made an incredible first impression she walked into the studio and she was just this cupcake this tiny little body and this big head and these gorgeous big eyes and you just wanted to eat her up and she looked me in the eye and she spoke for herself which i loved that her parents weren't speaking for her and she said i want to take tap and hip hop and i was like uh who does this kid think she is" Abby says

"i don't even remember that at all like i remember me dancing at the studio but i just don't remember me walking in and like saying that stuff" Maddie says

"but you let her take hip hop class right? even though she was only four" Bryan asks

"i said to the teacher you know what let her take the class she's gonna get in there she's not going to be able to do it she's gonna come out crying that's not what happened..that night the teacher said uh who is that little kid in my class and i thought oh here it comes and she's like she was the best one she is so smart she was better than any of the other kids and i went ding maybe i have a star here" Abby says

"what is your first memory of Kayla" Bryan asks

"well obviously Maddie and Kayla came in at the same time and they had company different personalities.. Kayla was more shy she didn't really speak but when she did she had the sweet little voice, Maddie spoke for her but i mean at least its not the parents, Kayla was the classic little girl bright blue eyes gorgeous dirty blonde hair and she wanted to take ballet and she turned out to be one of the best ballerinas i've seen" Abby says

i smile

"what is your first memory of Mackenzie?" Bryan asks

"i remember the hair a lot of hair like goldyhun or something big hair and those teeth i'm sorry she just had that whole little kid thing going in from the root of her mouth and she was absolutely adorable well you were a baby literally a toddler and then you grew up at the dance studio everyday you were there" Abby says

"i just remember the first day of Dance Moms i think everyone was super excited like we're gonna be on tv i had no clue we're gonna learn a new dance every week" Maddie says

"no neither did i" Abby says

"i thought we were  gonna do the same dance at every competition i didn't even realise" Maddie starts

"i didn't even know what the show was about" Kenzie says

"i didn't think it would become what it has been about all the moms fighting then you being the main focus" Maddie says
"you think i'm the main focus?" Abby asks

"yes" i say

"yeah" Maddie says

"oh i kinda think you're the main focus babe..and Kayla" Abby says

"i'll take it" i say

"no you're the main focus for sure you just wanted to hear me say that didn't you?" Maddie says

"yes" Abby laughs

"what was going through your mind during the first six episodes?" Bryan asks

"i try not to remember those first six episodes" Abby says

"we look completely different" Maddie says

"how about me i didn't think i was ever going to be on television with that hair and the makeup i never thought anyone was gonna watch this show i would've done my hair and my makeup i would've worn something better i was just in there trying to get routines finished and choreograph stuff all i knew is this might be a chance to do something wonderful" Abby says

"so let's take a look at what you all looked like during season one" Bryan says

"these are my three daughters Maddie, Mckayla and Mackenzie..Maddie and Mckayla are eight and Mackenzies six and they're all dancers"

"look are you!" Abby says

"Maddie and Kayla have won everything that they've done in the last year they were undeafeted last year"

they show Mackenzie rolling her eyes with a huge crown on her head

we all laugh

"their whole life revolves around dance it's constant but they love it"

"you do cartwheels all around the room."

"i don't care you always tap"

"well Kayla always does ballet"

"why am i getting brought into this?"

"Abby is a star maker she's gonna make my daughters be the best that they can be and she will make them a star"

"Mackenzie that right there." Abby starts

"you always tap" Maddie mocks

"see why did i not just forget about the twins and take you move to Hollywood and make you the new actress star..look at that face!" Abby says

"so through out our time together today uh you guys are gonna answer some fan questions so right on the table infront of you are fan questions so whenever you're feeling it i want you to reach over grab a question." Bryan says

"go ahead Mackenzie" Abby says

"Mackenzie, whats pyramid really like?" Kenzie says

"pyramid is grooling seriously" Abby says

"on Dance Moms pyramid is two minutes long not even but actually it's four hours long" Kenzie says

"i see laughing all the time and talking and everybody's eyes wondering fingers in the mouth oh i see it all i see it all" Abby says

"once you take off the paper and say you're on the bottom because of your mom then the moms get crazy then it just takes longer" Kenzie says

"sometimes we'll take breaks we'll leave we'll come back and finish it" Maddie says

"then either someone walks out or you walk out then we don't finish pyramid and we just look at the pictures" Kenzie says

"we can't even talk we can't say anything"

"we sit there for four hours doing" Maddie says

"that's the thing you can't sit there you have to stand" Abby says

"thats why i like the old pyramid" Maddie says

"oh yeah" i say

"that's why i liked the first season" Kenzie says

"we go to sit there and stretch" I say

"oh yes that was better" Abby says

"Abby talks about the first pyramid do you remember it?" Bryan asks

"the very first pyramid was a chalkboard seriously" Abby says

"then your chalk broke" Maddie says

"yeah the chalk would break and it would screech and i would get chills it was horrible i do remember physically turning the chalkboard around because the wheels were broken and one of them fell off" Abby says

we then talk about how Maddie, Kenzie and I  get annoyed with mom because she likes to brag about us

"speaking about Melissa bad habits you assigned these three a certain trio do you remember?" Bryan says

"you guys are sisters it's natural you guys would be put in a routine together i had Maddie and Kayla in a duet all the time, so i gave all three of you a routine called Run From Mother" Abby says

they then play our routine Run From Mother

"we also had another trio on our last competition and that was was way better" i point out

"because we are better dancers than we were back then" Maddie says

"when you see someone everyday and when you're with someone everyday you just become like family" Abby says

"Abby you used to go to family dinner with Melissa and the kids right? do you remember having them show off doing tricks in restaurants?" Bryan asks

"i think a lot of my teaching goes on outside the classroom so when we are having dinner in a restaurant and somebody comes by and oh your girls are so cute and i would say Mackenzie get up do a side aerial right here go do it Maddie get up do a turn..Kayla get up and do a tilt" Abby says

"i just remember you saying to make sure we have booty shorts on under our dress incase you have to show a trick to someone at a restaurant or something" Maddie says

"you never know when you have to walk in your hands across the floor right Mackenzie?" Abby says

"who else would make you do that though come on? your friends that dance other places their dance teachers don't do things like that..that's what makes me special" Abby says

Bryan then makes us say nice things about eachother...gross

jokes love them really

"the moms always complain that Maddie and Kayla got better choreography and Maddie,Kayla and Mackenzie always for super secret privates whats the real story?" Maddie reads

"i don't think any of our privates were very secretive me and Kayla might've had more private's because my mom scheduled more privates" Maddie says

"and i think that we weren't the only ones that got good choreography i think everyone got good choreography" Kenzie says
"and maybe it's just the way you take it" Maddie says

"yeah because i did Maddies cry solo and i don't think it looks the same." i say

"there you go people are giving a step by their dance teacher we choreograph a routine it's what they do with it it's what they make the choreography look like when they step onstage i think that they assumed you were getting all these extras because Melissa and Abby went to dinner or  Mackenzie, Kayla and Maddie get to do this and get to do that because Melissa helped Abby out whatever it was it was always an excuse so they didn't have to give you credit for bring great hardworking kids" Abby says

i smile to Maddie and Kenzie

"Abby weren't you closer to Maddie, Kayla and Mackenzie than the other girls?" Bryan asks

"Maddie, Kayla, Mackenzie and i share several bonds there were some difficult times while you two were at the dance studio..your mom and dad got divorced i think that your dancing kinda protected you a little bit from all that and you had somewhere else to be and somewhere to keep your mind on after that it wasn't long um my mom got sick i think that's what made us closer in those final days of my mother's life Melissa was there every day" Abby says

"she would always drive me and Kayla in her catalac car and i would remember she would come to rehearsals sometimes she'd bring baby in the room and baby would run around when we're dancing and it was really fun" Maddie says

"she had a blast with me and Maddie being twins she'd always call me Maddie and she'd always call Maddie..my name" i say

"and she was so sweet to all the girls  she would buy us really good presents for our birthdays and she was just really sweet" Kenzie says

"and she always had her hair in a french twist" Maddie says

"yep my mom wanted to inspire children being on the stage and i think she did that with the three of you." Abby says

we then look at a clip with Mrs Miller and when we found out she was dying..

"i think my mom thought of you three as her grandchildren she never had" Abby says

i fan my face to not cry

"we think of her as a grandma too" Maddie says

"she predicted you guys would be stars..i know she's watching every move that you make" Abby says

we then talked about broadway baby and Maddie made fun of when we baby sat her for a week she lost six pounds because we didn't feed her big macs

we then look at Maddies routine that was dedicated to baby

"Maddison?" Maddie says

"yeah they said our full names" i say

we watch Maddie solo

then they show mine

"see they called me McKayla..i hate when people call me McKayla." i say

we watch my solo and i really liked that solo

"i was always a star in my own mind" Abby says

"oh you bet" i say

"oh i know" Maddie says

"wherever we were competing on the weekend when we would get off the bus and walk into the auditorium there were hundreds of people screaming our names every week there were more people" Abby says

"how has being famous changed Abby?" Bryan asks

"i think fame has really gotten to Abby" Kenzie laughs

"what does that mean?" Abby laughs

"she goes water! i need water!" Maddie says

i start laughing

"you yell at a lot of our crew" Maddie says

"our poor crew" i say

"you yelled at me" Bryan says

we then talk about how much we won after the seasons went on

and we then look at mines Maddies and Kenzies solos

"oh that's flattering" i say

"oh my gosh" Maddie says

"oh that's my baby bumblebee!" Abby says

"i don't even remember half of those dances we did that was crazy" Maddie says

"they were beautiful though..the Maddie face" Abby says

"you're so dramatic" Kenzie says

"that better have been directed to Maddie" i say

"it was" Kenzie says

"she is! why do you think she's doing all these things" Abby says

"wait now i want it directed to me" i say

Maddie laughs

we talk about Maddies happiness solo

"i wasn't there that week..i was sick" i say

"Rachel Sage she's so sweet and all my favourite solo songs are from her so" Maddie says

we watch Maddies solo Happiness and i've actually never seen this dance

"oh that's pretty i've never seen this before" i say

we clap for Maddie

"what did you think when i said that's it we're going to Hollywood" Abby says

"i was really excited we were going to LA because there's a lot of opportunities and a lot of job" Kenzie says

"i was excited to be in the new studio because it's really really pretty and also just to do acting more and to get experience with auditioning because we can't do any of that in pittsburgh there's no open auditions pretty much LA is the place to work" Maddie says

"and the weather is better" i say

"so are you guys happy you moved to LA?" Bryan asks

"i don't think we moved i think we're just visiting..i am" Abby says

"coming to LA we left our family our house our dog all of our friends our studio at home but it's not like we moved to LA forever" Maddie says

"and i think it's good it's a good opportunity to come out here because i'm recording my album out here i'm doing more dance things just a lot more stuff in general" Kenzie says

"Abby the moms always say you pushed Kayla and Maddies career more and rigged the Sia video and Drop Dead Diva audition so they'd get the jobs what's the real deal?" Abby says

"yeah i would wish i had as much power as all the other mothers think i have i don't however i did push Maddie and Kayla i did fight for them to do solo after solo after solo that got the twins onstage more often than anybody else so that gave them more chances to be seen by someone like Sia or casting directors for Once Upon A Time" Abby says

"also everyone thought Sia called the studio and asked Abby to give their best dance for the video but she tweeted me and said Maddie would you like to be in my next music video and it just went from there" Maddie says

"and i actually had to do callbacks for Drop Dead Diva so it was a legit audition process" i say

"and if those mothers are dumb enough to give me credit for the whole thing i'm taking it, you girls were some little kids who came to a dance studio in pittsburgh and now it's like everybody in the world knows who you are..and we're carrying the luggage" Abby says and fist bumps Kenzie

we then talk about Kenzie being this little hip hop dancer

and we watch Kenzies bully solo

"you did not want to wear that hat you were giving my eye rolls the whole day" Abby says

"i was really scared it would fall off then i would've gotten yelled at" Kenzie says

"of course i'm gonna be dancing with these girls forever and i'm gonna stay at your studio forever but i just won't be filming Dance Moms anymore i mean Dance Moms has had gave us so many opportunities and same with the ALDC i would never of done the Sia video or a movie but we can't be on Dance Moms till we're eighteen years old i mean that's not how it works it's an elite competition team we grow up and we move on to different things" Maddie says

"yeah and like i'm so grateful for what i have done and that i've gotten a lot of work ethic from the show because if i wasn't learning a new solo or group routine every week i'd be so bad at picking up choreography quickly..but i'm gonna miss dancing with my friends every weekend" i say

"i gonna miss all the girls so that's one reason why i don't really wanna leave because i won't be dancing with them as much" Kenzie says

"and she loves me she forgot that part" Abby says

i laugh

"and i love Miss Abby." Kenzie adds

"Maddie, Kayla and Mackenzie because of Dance Moms they got a career they have a livelihood  they have a vocation they have a future they have memories travelling around the word look at what we've done" Abby says

"you guys have had some fun on the show right?" Bryan says

"we've gotten to do some hilarious things to Miss Abby" Maddie says

"that's a positive" Kenzie says

"and we got to you know silly string her" Maddie says

"i got to squirt her water" Kenzie says

"i threw ice cream at her" i smile

"i mean we've done some pretty hilarious things to her" Maddie says

"yup" Abby says

"and you've enjoyed it i know you have" Maddie says

Abby nods

"she's not denying it" i smile

"but i feel like i have a hand in their education certainly them growing up i just hope our families continue to be friends and that i'm apart of their lives always and that i'm in their ear forever" Abby says

"it's engraved in my head" Maddie says

"let's take a look at the announcement" Bryan says

they show mom telling us we're leaving

"i think everyone was kinda confused..Kenzie didn't even know we were leaving me and Kayla only found out i think the day off my mom didn't want us telling Mackenzie because Mackenzies a blabber mouth apparently that's what my mom said so" Maddie says

"Abbys a blabber mouth" Kenzie says

Abby laughs

"people look at this a negative or a parting of ways and i look at it as another success story for the ALDC and for me personally for me to have taken these three little girls who could've been cheerleaders or in the schools science club or whatever they could've been doing if they didn't join the ALDC their lives would be totally different and they know that" Abby says

"Maddie, Kayla and Mackenzie when one of you books a job does the other get jealous? are you competitive with eachother" i read

"no we aren't like that, in dance competitions yes but for jobs no" I say

"no we don't get jealous" Kenzie says

"no i'm very happy for you both when you guys get jobs i think it's cool because Kenzie did a nickelodeon appearance a couple of months later i did the same show so it's really cool and i think we're both happy for eachother i would never get jealous when Kayla gets to do stuff for Descendants or when Kenzie does her music videos i was in them so it doesn't really matter so" Maddie says

"you almost weren't" Kenzie says

"yeah i know" Maddie says

"i was almost betrayed that day" i say

we then talk about if it was hard for me and Maddie to dance backup for Kenzie which it wasn't at all

and then we talk about winters war

and we watch who actually won

"technically we both lost" i say

"no i won" Kenzie says

"okay fine" i say

"we're near the end it's time to say goodbye now you guys have a very long history together" Bryan says

"oh i'm not saying goodbye to Abby" Maddie says

"i know i'm mad i don't want them to leave" Abby says

"it's been an amazing six years for dance moms so let's take a look back" Bryan says

"yeah all my buck teeth i get it" Maddie says

i laugh

we watch all the way from season one and it's so mad to see us so young it's so nice to see our journey from
season one to six

"well that was nice." Abby says

we all clap

"so i kinda wanna know what is it like created three of the most famous tweens in the world?" Bryan asks

"it's thankless...no uh i also hope that i've instilled in you not only the dance stuff and the showbuisness and the stepping onstage band your hair and makeup but that i've instilled in you to be young women who stand up for what they believe in who don't look the other way to be kind i hope that you've learned that from me aswell okay?" Abby says

"thank you for giving us amazing opportunities and" Kenzie says

"thanks for teaching me how to dance" Maddie says

"yeah that..and thank you for always putting us before yourself you always did that and that was really kind" i say

"and thanks for the best six years ever" Kenzie says

"yeah " Maddie says

"yes and don't even think about going out on a date with a boy before i meet him" Abby says

"okay!" Kenzie says

"and don't think about going out on a date with a boy until we meet him." Maddie says

i laugh

"just to make sure he's cute enough" Kenzie says

"girls do you have anything you wanna say to Abby?" Bryan asks

"i hope your dreams come true and you can get a date with Tom Cruise" Maddie says

"thank you for liking me and Maddie more than you like Mackenzie" i smirk

"come here babydoll give me a hug i love you..my girl" Abby says and she hugs Kenzie

"it's like santa" Maddie says

"i would like a rolex please" Kenzie says

i burst out laughing

"so where do you go from here?" Bryan asks

"i think Maddie, Kayla and Mackenzie will remain in my life forever that's simple i think differently of students in New York and here and there im gonna make sure of it i'm gonna show up to their work place and i'm gonna say oh no no no no i wanna see that outfit i wanna see those shoes i'm gonna be nebby nebby nebby old aunt that's what i'm gonna be, i want this to continue it's just the beginning and perhaps i'll do it again with three new little girls" Abby says

"what's the future of the ALDC competition team?" Bryan asks

"the future of the ALDC competition team is really up in the air i think there's wonderful things on the horizons for all of us but if it all ended tomorrow i would be happy with what we achieved" Abby says

"same" Maddie says

"yeah same" i say

"same too" Kenzie says

"yeah?" Abby says

"good job" Maddie says and she high fives me and Kenzie

"good job babe" Abby says and she high fives Maddie and me

"that's a wrap, that's the final curtain" Bryan says

"and curtain closes" Maddie says

"what an absolute journey" i say

_____



you know, thinking back to when i was eight i wanted to be a star

i wanted to be famous

then i got it

i have it all

people say i'm lucky

that they want to be me

that they want to be McKayla Ziegler

ur would they pay the price i paid?

my childhood?

my mental health?

my friends?

you know people say i'm perfect

but maybe McKayla Ziegler is perfect

because she is,

McKayla has it all

she can dance, she can sing, she can act

she's been in movies, tv shows that people can only dream of doing

but Kayla Ziegler isn't.

she is far from perfect

Kayla is just a little girl who had big dreams

who worked day and night to make them come true

she sacrificed her childhood, friends, family everything to make it

she sacrificed it all to make McKayla Ziegler the dream girl

the golden girl

but again no one knows

no one cares

people just care that i keep being amazing and spectacular

and hopefully one day i don't falter.

but hey, that's all for the future

now i just get to take a nice long break

without Dance Moms.




The End.

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