My feet slid across the slightly wet linoleum floor, my body girating to the booming music that was blasting from my "Hello Kitty" boom box. My sneakers squeaked due to the wet floor, I began spinning and so fast that I fell on top of the "Caution Wet Floor" sign that was in the middle of the dance studio. I quickly jumped to my feet as the song reached its , the beat sharp, the bass booming. My hair stuck to my sweaty, red face and my clothes stuck to me like glue. I didn't care. My hands slid down my stomach and found the hemline of my shirt. I pulled the shirt over my head in one swift movement and soon it was being soaked on the wet floor. My cami was just as soaked as the shirt on the floor and it was white, stupid me for wearing a black bra. My jeans embraced my small hips as they girated like a cyclops and my hands were on them, guiding them to the beat. I felt my body get loose and soon my body was the beat.

My name is Thalia Park and I'm from the United States, New York state to be exact. I am half Korean though, so I do have a Korean name: Chun Jo Rae. I'm sixteen years old and I've been dancing ever since I was five. Ever since then I knew that I wanted to become a famous dancer. So one day, I was searching the web and found a link to this website sponsering Dance Camp International. I decided to apply for it and luckily I got accepted! So now I have to practice all the time to prepare for auditions to become a dancer in a Kpop band. But there's truly only ONE thing that stands in my way; Lee Taemin. Mostly because he's really good at dancing! But shh, don't tell him I said that! We always end up auditioning for the same Kpop bands, so I guess you could call us...rivals.

All of a sudden, the doors to the studio flew open, there he stood; Lee Taemin. He was holding a water bottle in his hand, the edge of the bottle was pressed against his pink lips. His eyes cut to mine and he intensely stared at me, but not with curiosity or thought but with disgust. His brown eyes rolled and then he looked away as he walked into the studio. Taemin walked up to the Hello Kitty boom box, his long, skinny index finger hit the stop button and the loud music stopped playing. Silence filled the studio. Until he whipped out a CD, he put it into the player too quickly for me to see which CD it was. He looked at me real quick before hitting play, then he looked at himself in the mirror as Chitty Chitty Bang Bang boomed even louder, shaking the mirror. Taemin started popping then locking, soon his whole body was involved with this dance. He did a couple body rolls-stiff ones I might add, before jumping onto his hands and then he kicked the air with straight legs. I have to admit, that was a cool move!

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang soon came to an end, he was panting heavy breaths, his pink clothed chest heaving up and down. My eyes averted to his slightly parted lips that his toungue swept over, flushing them to a pretty pink color. My heart slammed against my chest.

"What are you looking at?" He asked, his voice uneven. I stifled a laugh. Taemin pursed his lips, annoyed.

"That was a nice dance, but your body was too tense." I said my voice as cold as ice. Taemin moved his eyes to my shirt on the floor, then to my see through cami. I insecurely crossed my arms to cover up my chest.

"Show me." Taemin spat, his voice hard. I crinkled my brow. Show him what?!

Taemin scoffed, he walked closer to me. He pointed to himself.

"Where do I need to loosen up?" He asked as if he couldn't be anymore obvious. I became uncomfortable. Why did he want me to show him? My eyes narrowed when his hand suddenly grabbed my wrist. He lifted my hand up to his body.

"Show me." Taemin repeated, his voice harder. I swallowed a nervous lump in my throat. His grasp loosened when I extended my finger to his abs. He moved my hand and I accidently poked his stomach, both our eyes met and my body became stiff. Taemin smirked as he dropped my hand and backed away from me as he pressed replay on the boom box. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang filled my ears once again, and Taemin's lanky body filled my eyes. I noticed right away, as his body roll was much looser but his hips were now tense. I rolled my eyes as I took my hair tie out, my dark hair fell to my pale shoulders. I pulled my cami up revealing my flat stomach and my studded belly button. I tied the cami up at my hips. Taemin's eyes boggled, he occupied himself with tying his sneakers, but that didn't last when I began to body roll, my stomach and hips moving in sync with each other as they waved like a snake. Taemin's brown eyes watched me as I got loose with the music.

"That's how you do it." I snapped, my voice harsher than expected. Taemin smiled but it disappeared as quickly as it had come. He ejected the CD from the player. He didn't even wave goodbye or look back as he left the studio. The doors slammed, the noise echoed off the walls. I rolled my eyes as I took the hair tie out of my shirt and tied my hair back up.

*Judging begins; 2 hours later*

My heart is uncontrollable as it slams hard against my ribcage. I was in the back of a subway car on my way to an audition to be a dancer in SHINee. SHINee was one of my favorite Kpop bands, so I was really excited-and nervous at the same time ^.^

I was holding onto a pole as the car swayed violently back and forth. I started to practice my dance routine, gripping the pole for support of standing up. Some people stared at me with weird expressions crossing their faces. The car screeched as it came to a sharp stop, lurching my body forward and I landed on some random middle aged guy. He was eating ramen and the bowl was thrown into my face, noodles rained down on my head, broth soaking my clean hair. I let out a faint scream. Seriously?! Who the hell eats ramen on a subway car?!

The guy began screaming at me fastly in Korean so I pretty much missed every word except for "YAH!"

I collected myself, trying to get as much as the noodles out of my hair as possible, when the doors slid open revealing Downtown Seoul. I let out a sigh of relief when the SM building was right across from the subway. I began running to the building, the cold winter winds whipping violently at my hair sending strands into my face. The scent of ramen wafted up into my nose. I quickly pushed my hair back behind my ears.

When I reached the doors to the entrance of the SM building, I noticed a big taxi pull up to the curb of SM. The passenger door opened and a very attractive Korean boy stepped out wearing a tight black V-neck and a shark tooth necklace. I felt my jaw drop as he emerged over to the entrance of SM, his pretty features filled my vision, my heart swooned at his appearance. I don't know how long I've been staring for because a confused expression crossed his pretty face.

"Are you lost?" He asked, taking notice of my ramen drenched hair and I even noticed that my hands were wringing themselves together.

"U-uh, no, No!" I exclaimed, throwing my hands up in the air. A smile was etched onto his face, making him even prettier. I couldn't help but smile back.

"Who are you auditioning for?" He asked curiously as he started opening the door for me. I walked into SM, he followed behind me.

"SHINee, what about you?" I asked, peering into his really light brown eyes. They must be contacts. I thought.

"Sweet! Me too!" He exclaimed, pumping his fist into the air. We assembled ourselves in the line for the SHINee auditions. A recognizable tune blasted from the judging room, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. I peered into the window of the judging room, an ember colored mushroom bob flopped in the air as Taemin body rolled. Hmm, I have to give him props, he has improved! His hips dropped down with his stomach and the judges' faces relaxed a little and then as Taemin bowed, they subtly clapped.

I felt a finger tap my bare shoulder. I turned around to face Pretty Boy. (My nickname for him until I find out his name ^.^) He smiled before saying,

"It's your turn now, but before you go in, I wanted to wish you luck! By the way, I'm Gi Kwang!" He added cheerfully. I giggled a little, he was so cute! I wondered if he goes to Dance Camp International.

"I'm-" But before I could tell him my name, he gently pushed me into the judging room. I took a deep breath and relaxed my muscles as I entered the room. I bowed at the judges before popping an American CD into the boom box. The song was Move by MIMS. Once the bass blasted, my feet glided across the floor, a spin followed, then two body rolls, and I finished with some popping and locking. The judges looked fairly pleased, then they also subtly clapped. I bowed before exiting the judging room.

When I walked over to a vending machine that was in the hall way of SM, Taemin was there fighting with the machine. I scoffed under my breath but he noticed. He looked up from the dollar bill he was messing with.

"What?" He asked, standing up. I rolled my eyes sharply.

"That's the wrong way." I told him, snatching the dollar from his hand. I inserted it into the machine and then I looked at Taemin expectantly. He looked at me back before entering the numbers in. A coke dropped to the bottom of the machine before rolling out into his hand. Taemin unscrewed the cap and took a sip. I just stood there silently before buying myself a water.

"Thanks." I heard Taemin murmur. I quickly sipped my water.

"No problem." I responded quickly. Then Taemin started to walk past me, but he stopped walking. My breath hitched in my throat. He put a hand on my shoulder, spinning me around to face him. Taemin lowered his hand to my thighs and my eyes popped.

"ert!" I exclaimed, knocking his hand away. Taemin rolled his eyes.

"Your legs are too stiff when you dance, you try relaxing too much when in reality you're doing the exact opposite." He told me, his lip curled back slightly. My heart dropped. Why would Taemin want to touch me anyways?

Taemin walked away this time, while brushing his shoulder on mine. My body slightly shuddered forward, causing my water to spill. I spun on my heel and screamed to Taemin, "YAH!" But he just walked out of SM. Just then, Gi Kwang walked out from the judging room, drenched in sweat. He wiped his face with the back of his hand when he approached me.

"You did good in there!" He exclaimed after taking a sip of his water. I smiled delightfully.

"Thank you, I'm sure you did well too." I told him. He snapped his fingers like he just thought of something.

"Oh yeah, I meant to ask you, what is your name?"

"I'm Thalia Park, my Korean name is Chun Jo Rae, you can call me either one, I don't care." I said holding out my hand. He took it and shook it briefly. Then another smile lit up his features.

"I think I'll call you, Thalia, that name is pretty, Thalia." I almost died, the way he pronounced my name was so cute. He was so...beautiful. He had the perfect face, height, body.

"Hey, do you go to Dance Camp International?" Gi Kwang asked curiously. My face lit up. I nodded happily. He smiled while clasping his hands together.

"Great! So do I, since we have free time now, everyone was going to head out to Great Escape. Are you going?" Great Escape? The last time I went there was when I still lived in the states. 

*On the bus; Field trip for Dance Camp*

The bus was crammed with teen dancers all with differnet nationalities. I luckily found a seat but I was sitting with 3 young Korean girls who all had their blonde dyed hair up in pigtails.

The bus pulled out of DCI (Dance Camp International) and it swerved onto the high way, heading to Jeju Island where Great Escape was located in Asia since summer was already in Jeju.

I tried to relax on the edge of the seat, but the girls were fangirl screaming to the song that was playing on the bus' radio; Bonamana by Super Junior. I rolled my eyes but soon enough I found myself dancing a long with the fangirls.

Once the bus started pulling up to the parking lot of Great Escape, I quickly hopped to my feet, grabbing my beach bag. I dashed off the small bus, and out into the fresh air of summer. Ah, Jeju Island, where it was warm, sunny, and where the birds corroded the purple sky.

I noticed two more school buses pull up next to the one I came in. Gi Kwang stepped out of his bus, with 3 boys following behind him. The boys were equally attractive and their hair was obviously dyed with artificial colors. He noticed me and when he did, his full lips broke out into a small smile. I couldn't help but to smile back. He started to approach me, leaving his buddies behind. The hot sun shined down on his pretty face, illuminating his features.

"I'm glad you decided to come! It's going to be a blast, Thalia." Gi Kwang smiled when he said my name, I guess he's never heard it before, how cute! Right when I was about to respond, I noticed an ember mushroom bob, bob up and down as two skinny legs made their way down the steps of Gi Kwang's bus. Lee Taemin...