Chapter 10: Good or Bad News

GOT7 have left the dorm. We, Jimin, Yerin and I, are cleaning the room because on a while JYP will arrive.

Jimin suddenly sang Miley Cyrus’ Party in the USA. Suddenly, I remembered watching the Pitch Perfect movie and I remembered how well they sang this song.

Jimin: I hopped off the plane at L.A.X. with a dream and my cardigan

I suddenly joined Jimin.

Jimin and Rhianne: Welcome to the land of fame, excess, whoa! am I gonna fit in?
Jumped in the cab, here I am for the first time
Look to my right, and I see the Hollywood sign

This is all so crazy, everybody seems so famous
My tummy's turnin' and I'm feelin' kinda homesick
Too much pressure and I'm nervous
That's when the taxi man the radio

And the Jay-Z song was on
And the Jay-Z song was on
And the Jay-Z song was on

We paused for a bit and looked at Yerin who is not joining us. Then Yerin suddenly smiled.

Yerin: So I put my hands up, they're playin' my song
The butterflies fly away
All: I'm noddin' my head like Yeah!
Movin' my hips like Yeah!

Got my hands up, they're playin' my song
And now I'm gonna be okay
Yeah! It's a party in the USA!
Yeah! It's a party in the USA!

We enjoyed the song very much. Even though I just met them, it feels like I belong. They do not make me feel like I’m not an idol. They treat me well. Then suddenly we heard a knock on the door and then JYP entered.

We all greeted him warmly and asked him to sit down on the sofa bed. I prepared a coffee for him too, to warm him up since it’s kinda cold outside (or maybe I’m just not used to with the climate here XD)

“I heard you singing earlier.” JYP said. “All of you made a great blending. I like it.”

I smiled as I was pouring the coffee to a cup.

“Oh, thank you for the coffee.” JYP said. “I like you all, to please sit down, even you Rhianne.”

We all sat down. I don’t know what JYP will be saying today that he still need to go here, right now, at this time. I think it’s a very important thing.

“The board and I have talked. We have planned to make a comeback for 15&…”

Jimin and Yerin were so happy.

“…with a new member”

Everyone seemed to look very shock. Then Jimin and Yerin looked at me. I looked back at them like saying, ‘What?’

“Is it Rhianne?” Yerin said.

“The board hasn’t decided who the new member will be.” JYP said.

Sigh.

“But there’s a great chance that it will be Rhianne.”

Jimin and Yerin then looked at me smilingly.

“I want her to be part of 15&, right Yerin?” Jimin said. Yerin nodded.

“Singing with her earlier made me realize that she is good, especially in putting a great blending between the voices. I hope it’ll be her. Please tell it to the board that we are interested with Rhianne.” Yerin said.

“But, the board is also planning to make her debut as a solo artist.” JYP said.

“But, I haven’t trained for years nor won on any singing competitions.” I said.

JYP suddenly brought out his laptop showing us a video compilation of my performances.

“We’ve made some research about your background. Since child, you were a scholar and always top of the class. When you entered high school, you were able to pass almost all the entrance test of the best schools but you chose to be in an arts school. This art school has made you improved a lot. It is where you learn to play instruments just by listening to the music. This is where you were able to compose your own song for your classmates. You performed in front of millions of people in the Quirino Grandstand. You’ve joined in a lot of group competitions. It’s like you have been trained for 4 years.” JYP said.

I was shocked. Where did they get that information? How did they know all of these?

“Rhianne-unnie, you really entered a school like that? Like Kirin Arts School?” Jimin asked.

“It wasn’t actually like that. Kirin Arts School really focuses on performing arts. While our school, we still have some basic education like Math, Science, History and others. Every Friday, there we will be having our practices. But when I was on my senior year, I was not able to attend my regular classes anymore because of our schedule. Almost every day we were performing, so every day we were practicing too.” I said.

“Not only that, you were also a part of your university’s choir wherein you competed in Europe and you won.” JYP said.

Jimin and Yerin