‘Digidigidum digidigidum,’ I sang quietly as I tapped my pencil and pen on my desk to the tune inside my head. ‘Warrior! Lose yourself under the sun, start a fire in my heart.’ I shouted without realising it and nearly fell off my chair when someone nudged me. Taking out my earphones and pulling down my hood I placed a hand over my thumping heart and scowled at my friend. ‘What the heck did you have to scare me like that for?!’ I demanded.

‘I scared you? You nearly made me scream when you suddenly decided to burst out into song! What the heck are you listening to anyway?’ she demanded with a more than unimpressed look on her face.

Sighing I answered, ‘B.A.P’s Warrior. What else?’ I asked popping one earphone back in. Rose shook her head in what looked like despair.

‘You’re obsessed with them and it’s a little worrying to say the least.’ She sighed and patted my head earning her a grudging look from me. ‘I never should have shown you them in the first place,’ she paused and took in my expression, ‘I take that back.’ Rose said quickly and continued carefully. ‘I just never thought you’d take a liking to them in the first place. They don’t strike me as something you’d listen to, ever.’ I rolled my eyes and raised an eyebrow.

‘Really? I listen to Japanese music so why not South Korean? You may regret it but I’m glad you showed B.A.P to me.’ I smiled as Rose just shook her head again. I pulled up my hood again and changed the song to Burn It Up and soon found myself humming and singing to the powerful beat that drummed through my ears, enveloping me in my own world.

‘You know you should really enter a contest Serena.’ I glanced at Rose and read her lips as she spoke since I could barely hear her. A self-conscious laugh escaped from my lips as I realised what she had said. ‘I’m not kidding,’ she said defiantly crossing her arms and frowning at me, ‘come on Serena. Your singing is great and you’ve been practicing the dances night and day.’ I opened my mouth to interrupt but Rose held up her hand to stop me. ‘Don’t bother denying it either, I’ve seen it and I’ll admit I was impressed so why not show everyone else what you’ve got?’ My shoulders slumped and I stared at my hands frowning deep in thought. This wasn’t the first time she’d recommended it to me and this wasn’t the first time I’d really considered it either. I just didn’t believe in myself as much as she did, day after day I would indeed practice Warrior or Unbreakable whether it was singing and pushing myself to reach Daehyun’s perfect notes or Jong Up’s absolutely flawless dancing.

‘What would I get out of it?’ I asked hesitantly biting my lip. It was all Rose needed; I’d opened up the floodgates, brilliant.

‘What wouldn’t you get out of it?’ she asked excitedly, becoming more and more animated as new ideas struck her. ‘You’d have to start off small of course but that’s where all those fame hunter people lurk around to find fresh new talent right? A couple of performances here and there and bang! Next thing you know you’re part of B.A.P itself, singing and dancing right next to them being a global star.’ Rose made a sweeping action in front of my face as she finished and had a far-off look in her eyes leaving me to stare at her in utter shock.

‘Yeah, you really have lost it this time.’ I laughed shoving her arm gently, snapping her out of an apparent daze. ‘Like any of that would ever happen to me Rose. Who’s going to take a 16 year old girl with the name of Serena seriously when she says she loves to rap and dance? No one obviously, you’re setting us both up for major disappointment.’ I sighed hugging my knees really wishing all she had said would in fact come true and happen to me, but hey, who am I kidding?

‘You’ll see Serena, weirder things have happened right? Who’s to say you can’t do this? You’re just putting yourself down! Where’s the strong and passionate Serena I’ve known for so long huh? And what the hell happened to my warrior?’ she laughed pulling my hood down and ruffling up my hair again earning her yet another scowl.  

‘Bite me.’ I growled.