I laid across the couch in the living room flipping the channels through the television.  BIGBANG was just about on every other channel, and I knew that this is what I would miss about my trip here. The easy access to the idols. The fact that they covered the shop windows or that their music blasted through the restaurants and cafés was I privilege that I had been spoiled by. I took in a deep breath reveling at the fact at my impossible good luck. It had been two days since BIGBANG announced the finalists for their music video and I was going to be one of them! If karma was responsible for me getting attacked before, I was almost positive she would kill me now. I had been to lucky!

“What are you so smiley about?” Paije asked me before plopping herself in a chair near the couch.

“Look around” I laughed, my smile getting even bigger. “How can I stop smiling?”

“I still can’t believe you got a spot” she said in awe.

“I know!” I squealed. “I still don’t get how or why Seungri would pick me out of the thousands here. It doesn’t make sense.”

“I’m not complaining at all. Didn’t he look more amazingly perfect than possible?”

“Yeah, Seungri looked-”

“Seungri!” Paije sat up in a hurry. “I was talking about Dae!

“Yeah…did you hear him? He called you out!” I grinned at the fresh blush that was illuminating her face.

                I tossed her a pillow and she caught it gracefully, before bringing it to her face to scream. I laughed at her reaction but I knew exactly how she felt. Even with T.O.P’s constant insults, I couldn’t help but fan-girl every time he looked at something or smiled to one of his fans. Even when it wasn’t directed towards me it brought on a round of hysteria and when it was, all of my vital organs took it upon themselves to slam to the front of my body. I stretched on the couch from the relaxed position Paije had put me in. She had restricted me to take it easy, only allowing me to get up and go to the window for fresh air. I hadn’t left the room since BB’s MV Announcement. My side was getting better to the point of not paining me every time I twisted and turned. I was getting sick of the room…I needed to get out.

“Hey do you want to go out?” I said interrupting her fanning. “I’m kind of in the mood for dancing.”

“Dancing?” Paije asked pulling the pillow down from her face.

“C’mon Paije” I smiled wickedly. “I’m so bored; I need to get out of this room.”

“We don’t even know where to go?!”

“Someone around here must know where-”

“I got it!” Paije hopped up excitedly running to our room coming back with her phone.

“Who are you calling?”

I watched her scroll through her address book, until she placed the phone to her ear.

“Seung Gi…he’d know-”

“Seung Gi? Paije hang up now!” I sat up quickly.

“Why?” she said ignoring my request, I could hear the rings knowing that he didn’t pick up yet.

“If you call him telling him that we’re going out, he’s going to show up-”

“That’s what I’m hoping for” she said not quite understanding what I meant.    

“With HYUN JOONG!!!” I whined as her face went blank at the realization.

                She clicked the phone dead. I breathed out in relief getting up off the couch and began digging in my pocket for my cell phone. I scrolled down my list of idols thinking of who I could ask. Just thinking about the microscopic list of idols in my phone directory was enough to send me into a fit. When the name highlighted across the perfect person I began dialing.

“Ayo! What up Devon?” Teddy Park answered on the other end. I could hear his smile through the phone; I knew I was the last person he was expecting to call.

“Hey Teddy” I giggled clearly on cloud 30. “How are you?”

“I’m good. I heard you made it into BB’s video…congrats girl.”

I giggled again trying to control the urge to fan. “Thank you.”

“You okay?”

“Yea…” I said trying to make my voice return to normal. “I was just wondering where the coolest clubs are in Seoul. My friend and I are looking for some place to go have fun.”

“Clubs?” He laughed before yelling something in Korean.

                I smacked myself in the face not needing a translation. He was probably telling whoever was near him Paije and I’s plans for the night. My suspicions were confirmed when he began singing Love Club by BIGBANG putting my name in the chorus instead. I couldn’t help but laugh until a new voice cut through the phone.

“You are not going anywhere” T.O.P said warningly with a laugh. “You're going to stay in your room and get some rest.”

“But-wh-”

“I mean it…no” he laughed.

I began laughing too. “This isn’t fair! I want to go!”

“Can’t you take it easy? Just rest. Please?”

                I breathed out heavily in defeat.

“Thank you. Here’s Teddy.”

                His deep voice drenched those words and the way he said them, it was like he was about to rap for me right on the spot. My face was all set to fan girl but Teddy’s voice brought me back to the present.

“He’s right you know” Teddy defended and I silently rolled my eyes.

“Can you at least tell me where to go for the future?”

“I would Devon, but T.O.P looks like he’s gonna break out that blue outfit from IRIS and shoot me on the spot if I do” he chuckled. “Sorry”

“That’s cool” I said disappointed. “I guess I’ll talk to you later?”

“Wait a sec! You know how I promised to come back and see you before you left the hospital?”

“Yeah, but I told you didn’t have to.”

“Even so, you got checked out before I could come back” he said really sincere. “If your looking for something to do, come by YG and you can hear this new mix I’m working on”

 “ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!?!?!”

“Uh-no” he laughed. “Come by in like an hour?”

“Can Paije come too?!”

“Is she cute?” he laughed. “Just playing Dev…okay, see ya’ll then.”

                I hung up the phone with my most excited grin spreading like wildfire across my face.

“What?” Paije asked.

“Paije…we’re going to the YG Building”

“I thought we were going clubbing?”

“No Paije…we’re going to the YG Building to meet up with TEDDY PARK!!!!!”  I screamed.

                Her face flashed so many emotions I couldn’t recognize them all but the one that popped up the most was shock.

“How do you know Teddy Park” she laughed in excitement.

“He came to visit me at the hospital! I thought I told you that!”

“Dude! You can’t forget to tell me about stuff like this…IT’S TOO IMPORTANT!!!”

                I pulled out a pair of jeans and a t-shirt and Paije did the same. We wanted to look nice but not overly nice; even though we were going to YG we weren’t stupid enough to show up in our most glamorous outfits. We had to keep it casual; this was a studio booth we were going to after all. It took us a half-an hour to get ready and in the next few minutes we were walking out of the room with our wallets to the elevators. Two other V.I.P’s were in and when they saw us we smiled and they winced. It was a quiet ride to the elevators as Paije and I were trying to keep casual, even though everything in our bodies wanted us to scream at the top of our lungs. We walked out to the lobby and down the front steps of the hotel to the familiar sidewalk and began our journey to the YG Building. We were a few blocks away from the YG when Paije stopped walking.

“Devon”

“Hm?”

“Didn’t you say you wanted pizza?” Paije smiled pointing to a sign that read PIZZA.

                I laughed and we walked in. We smiled and bowed to the short woman behind the counter and I pointed to the whole pie on display. We paid for it and were making our way to leave when I bumped into someone who looked really familiar.

“Sorry” I bowed to the girl in front of me.

“No, it’s my fault.”

                Paije tugged on my arm and pointed at the girl who stepped up to the counter to place her order.

“It’s CL!” Paije hissed at me.

                The girl turned around and motioned for us to be quiet. My mouth popped open in the same gaped expression as always.

“Hey…uh- don’t I know you?”

“Uhh- we met!”

“Oh…yeah you're the girl T.O.P-hyun asked me to help right?”

“I can’t believe you remember!” I said laughing. 

“Well it’s hard to forget that expression” she giggled before she mimicked my open mouthed gaze. “Where are you headed?”

“To the YG Building” Paije piped up.

“This is my best friend Paije” I said introducing the two.

“Well wait for me, I have to go back. I just came for food.”

“Okay” we said weakly.

“Who did you buy the pizza for?” CL noticed me carrying the box.

“Teddy Park invited us to the studio booth, and we figured he might be hungry. This is a small thank-you present” I smiled rubbing the box with my thumb.

“Aww, that’s so nice” she smiled waving her YG pass in front of the door lock pad.

                Inside the lobby was eerily quiet, the lights were on dim and our footsteps seemed louder than usual because no one else but the guard was there. CL led us to the elevator and instead of taking the usual descent to the basement; we raised a few floors to reveal a long hallway.

“I’ll take you guys there, but then I have to go back to rehearsal.”

“Thank you so much” we smiled.

                We followed her down a large corridor passing small rooms until she stopped at the biggest one of all. She opened the door and we followed her in.

“Look who I found” CL smiled at us before leaving.

                Teddy turned around in an average sized chair, but the way he spun it made it seem like he was a mafia boss; swagger emanating from everywhere. He motioned for Paije and I to step fully into the room and his eyes zoomed in on the pizza.

“Is that for me?”

“We figured you didn’t eat a lot today…especially if you're working on a new mix” Paije smiled.

“You must be Paije” he said extending his hand out to take hers.

Paije closed her eyes reveling in the moment. “This is awesome!”

He smiled. “Have a seat; I can’t wait to hear what you think.”     

“No matter what it sounds like I’m sure it’s flawless” I complimented taking off my jacket and placing it behind me.

He opened the box and began ripping the crust so he could get a slice. “How do you figure?”

“You made it…duh!” I smiled shrugging out of my coat.

“Fair enough” he laughed before turning the chair around and began pressing buttons.

                Paije and I had already helped ourselves to the pizza when the song began. The beat already had me moving and bobbing my head. Instead of the thug sound like his work on GD’s song The Leaders, this had and even mixture of the light sound like his work on Taeyang’s Move. Teddy turned around to us to see our faces and he looked hesitant but we nodded in encouragement. He turned back around and picked up a notepad and then started rapping in Korean. Our faces illuminated as the urge to fan became apparent. It was amazing and I could feel my hands starting to swirl in the familiar small circles. Teddy stopped rapping to look at us both in wonder, which was totally cool because I was trying to remember how to breathe.

“Yo! What’s with you?”

                I just kept giggling trying my hardest to stop but I couldn’t. Paije was more calmer so she answered.

“You can’t just start rapping and not expect her to react” Paije smiled. “She’s in love with your sound.”

“You cool Dev?”

 “Yea” I squeaked nodding my head rapidly. “I’m totally cool.”

“Good, how else are you gonna lay down a track” he smiled to me.

“Excuse me? What?!”

“Go in the booth” he smiled bigger.

“Okay now I know you're joking” I laughed.

                He had to be kidding.

“Go in!” he said jerking his head towards the booth.

“What would I even do in there?”

                That had to be the dumbest question I had ever asked, and it was confirmed when I looked at their faces. Paije began laughing as she pushed me to get up.

“Just think of it as karaoke” Paije encouraged. “What’s your deal? You never have a problem singing for anyone.”

“Maybe she needs Taeyang in order to do it” Teddy teased me.

“I don’t even know what to sing-”

“Do you have Black and Yellow?” Paije asked enthusiastically and I knew exactly what she was talking about.

“Paije I can’t rap” I laughed.

“Get in the booth” Teddy ordered turning around to the control panel as I got up to walk into the booth.

“Just take those headphones and forget we’re even here.”

“This is just for fun right? Like you're not going to record it” I hedged looking at him.

“Would you just get in the booth” he nodded starting the music.

                The familiar music started and I even did the intro to the V.I.P edition remix. I could not believe I was doing this; rapping in a studio booth with Teddy Park. How many incredibly talented artists had stood here? Gummy? Seven? 1TYME? The list could go on forever!

“Fan-boys & Fan-girls, I welcome every one of you to BIGBANG world; see on this planet they are the coolest band no bodies of water just a sea full of fans uh!”

                I kept going doing the second and third verses trying to sound as hardcore as possible, but failing epically. Thank God he didn’t hit record capturing the most embarrassing moments of my life. When the music ended I pulled down the headphones with a hesitant smile on my face.

“I thought you said you couldn’t rap” Teddy said when I entered the main part of the studio where he and Paije sat comfortably. “You totally just spit that rhyme.”

“I didn’t write that. Someone did a V.I.P remix of Whiz Khalifa’s Black and Yellow.”

“Really? It’s pretty good.”

“Its like the BIGBANG pledge of allegiance” Paije smiled. “It even adds in the BB colors.”

“It legit describes the life of a V.I.P” I added.

“Alright Paije…your turn”

                Paije’s eyes sprang to life, silently protesting Teddy’s polite gesture.

“I don’t sing” she said forcefully.

“Yea but she can rap” I smiled to here keeping the booth door open. “C’mon Paije!”

                She hopped up faster than me and she found her inner CL in no time. Teddy put on CL’s bit from The Leaders and Paije didn’t miss a beat. She was talking just as fast as the record. We were bobbing our heads listening to her imitate the song and when she finished she had the biggest smile spreading across her face. I felt a buzz in my pocket and I pulled out my cell phone to see who was either calling me or leaving me a message.

I was just thinking about you. Hope you're okay.

                It was from Hyun Joong. Of all people I would want to hear from, he was the last one I wanted to respond too. I had gotten a couple of messages from him earlier but I wasn’t sure how to respond. I couldn’t talk to him; not after what happened the last time I saw him. What would I even say? How would I even start?

I haven’t heard from you in a while, so I just wanted to make sure you were alright.

                Of course I was alright as long as he stopped sending me text messages. I knew I wasn’t going to respond, I had nothing to say. There was nothing to say.

Maybe if you stop avoiding me, we could go someplace later?

                Yeah right! He was completely insane if he thought I was going to fall for that again; it would be just my luck he would kidnap me again. Then again it would be just my luck, and I couldn’t help but smile at the memory.

“You did really well” I said to her as she sat down next to me.

“That had to be the coolest thing I’ve ever done” she said clearly flustered.

                I could not believe what Paije and I were doing this very second. Hanging out casually with Teddy Park making music together and it just felt comfortable, like if were back home just chilling with our other friends. Our less cool, talented and famous friends.    

“So who’s your bias Paije?” Teddy said changing the subject.

“Daesung” she said with reverence.

“Oh…so you guys must be excited for the concert?”

“Absolutely!” I blurted out. “You're going right?”

“Most likely” he said turning around to push more buttons we couldn’t see.

“It’s going to be awesome! We’re finally going to see them LIVE!!!!” Paije squealed.   

“I know! No more fan cams or news articles or translated videos! We’re actually going to be there!” I added just as excited. “Holy snap…it’s tomorrow.”

“No it’s not, it’s Saturday” Paije said matter-of-factly.

“Yea” Teddy turned around in the chair. “Tomorrow.”

                Paije and I looked rapidly at each other silently screaming. We were going to a BIGBANG concert in just a few more hours.

“You guys need to chill out a lil’ bit.”

“Sorry!” I over enunciated the word. “Nothing like this has ever happened to us before.”

“We should probably get going…so we’ll be rested for the concert” I said standing up.

“Aww really? This was fun” Teddy said a little disappointed. “Well I guess I’ll see you later?”

“Definitely…let us know if you create a new mix while we’re still here” I said enthusiastically as Paije and I rose up to leave.

“No Doubt Dev. It was nice meeting you Paije.”

                Paije couldn’t say anything because she was smiling so big, but in that smile I’m sure he could see how honored she was to meet him. We rose up to leave after he shook our hands again, and in no time at all we were walking down the hallway to the elevators. We stepped in and pressed the lobby floor button. When the doors spread open revealing the lobby floor, I found myself searching my pockets for my phone.

“Man!”

“What now?”

“I left my phone Paije…I gotta go back and get it.”

“Do you need me to come with you? Cause I really need to use the restroom” she pleaded.

“No…I’ll only be a minute” I said walking towards the elevators.

                I stepped in and pressed the button for the previous floor I had been on, but instead of going up it went down. The doors opened revealing a tired expression from T.O.P. Poor guy, he must be hard at work just like the rest of BB for tomorrows concert; he looked wiped out. When he stepped into the elevator, I don’t think he fully recognized me until he saw my reflection in the elevator doors.

“What’s up?” He finally said after a while.

“Nothing” I smiled at the understatement.

“Why are you here so late? You made the video, so you can’t be rehearsing.”

                He wiped his forehead with his shirt trying to erase all signs of fatigue.

“I was just-”

“I thought I told you to stay home and rest? What are you doing here?”

“I was on my way out; it’s just that I forgot my phone.”

“Oh”

“Yup” I said trying to keep the talking going but it was of no use; he didn’t help alleviate the awkwardness, as usual.

                We reached the studio floor when I stepped out. I was sort of surprised when he followed me out and down the hallway. Teddy was already meeting me halfway holding out my phone in front of him.

“Thanks” I smiled.

“No problem” he said handing it to me. “I guess I’ll see you in there?”

“Yea, give me a minute?” T.O.P answered him.

                I turned to go back to the elevators and T.O.P followed me back silently. He even stepped into the elevator. When he pushed the lobby floor I decided to ask him what the deal was.

“Are you making sure I leave YG? Cause I swear I’m heading out right now”

“No-”

“Well are you following me or something?”

“No…I’m trying to give you something.”

                 I looked at him like he had six heads.

“You…want to give me something?”

                Curiosity clogged my mind. What on earth could he possibly give me?! He didn’t say anything; instead he reached into his pocket and magically pulled out two neon green passes. He extended them out to me and I just stared at them.

“Aren’t you going to take them?” He asked offended.

“I’m not sure I get what’s going on?”

“I promised to get you backstage remember?”
 

                Suddenly I saw a heavenly aura surround the passes in his hand. This couldn’t be real…this had to be the dream! There was absolutely no way that T.O.P of BIGBANG was offering me BACKSTAGE PASSES to their Global EVENT. There was no way that was even remotely possible. This is the part where I wake up for sure. I started fan-girling before I realized and he rolled his eyes before breaking into the familiar smile I loved.

“This is the part where you take them from my hand” he smiled pushing them further into my face.

I backed away from the passes. “I can’t take these!”

“I’m pretty sure you can.”

“No…I cannot! Not in a million years could I take these passes!”

“Why not?” He withdrew them back an inch but to me it might as well have been a mile.

“I clearly remember asking you to ignore me; you doing this is not only wonderful, it’s the complete opposite of what I wanted!”

                He breathed out heavily.

“I seriously think you want me dead…why else would you keep doing stuff like this.”

                When the elevator doors slid open to the lobby floor I stepped out quickly with him right on my heels.

“Hey Devon!”

“What?” I whined.

“You have until the concert to change your mind” he smirked at me.

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so yea if you V.I.P's don't know the remix of Whiz Khalifa's Black and Yellow...you should because it is like the pledge of allegiance for us V.I.P's!

heres the link to check it out:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuED-Z_fTgI :D

so yea BLACK AND YELLOW