One day as I, Sophia, was walking home from the park I heard a loud commotion. Wondering what it was about I walked down the street to where it was.  All I could tell was somebody big must be in town. I put in my headphones and started walking home taking the alleyway. Suddenly I was brought out of my daze by honking and falling into a puddle. The van that almost hit me immediately screeched to a stop. Six guys got out of the van, but there was one, he seemed different. When our eyes met there was an instant spark. I started to get a strange feeling, I couldn’t breathe I started gasping for air and then I passed out.  When I woke up the most beautiful person I had ever saw was staring back at me.  Startled I started to ask what had happened. Without regarding my question he got up, walked to the van, and left with all the other guys. I couldn’t remember what had happened then suddenly it had hit me. Memories of earlier in the day started flooding into my head. The screaming of obvious fans, me taking the alleyway, the van almost hitting me causing me to fall in a puddle, and lastly the mysterious men. I then got up started brushing myself off and walked the rest of the way home in my puddle drenched clothes.  I got home took a shower and went to sleep, I had a long day ahead of me tomorrow and needed the rest. When I woke up I ate and then got ready to go, I needed to find those people. First I decided to look at the beach no one was there. I searched 14 other places before I finally decided to go to the mall and look. Right when I walked in they were all standing there with tons of fans surrounding them. The one with glasses and pale pink hair walked up to me, he said, “So I see you miss us already huh?”

 I sharply replied “No the first time I met you all you had nearly ran me over causing me to fall into a puddle and pass out!” I didn’t tell him why I did though, how could I tell someone I don’t even know that.  He then smirked and said, “Well then I guess you don’t want me to introduce the others to you, most people would die to be in your place.” He then turned around and walked back to the others. After a moment he was gone and all I could see was more fans swarm around them, then a bright object caught my eye. It was a poster with them all on it and below it read Teen Top. I immediately drove back home, rushed through the door and my laptop. I searched for them and I finally found what I was looking for. They are a k-pop band from South Korea, their names are C.a.p, L.joe, Niel, Chunji, Changjo, and Ricky. L. joe was the one I talked to at the mall and Niel was the one I thought  might be falling for. How could I be so stupid I knew there was something different about them but I let them slip away. I had the chance to meet them and I denied it, I just couldn’t believe myself, I had to find them again.  I went into the kitchen to make something for dinner when I got the feeling that  should go out to eat, and enjoy myself. I went and changed into my blue and black dress, grabbed my purse, locked the door, and left. I decided to go to the peaceful little café down the street it was close by so I walked. I got inside and sat at my normal spot by the window and ordered an strawberry tea and a chef salad. I got out my phone while waiting for my food, went to YouTube and looked up Teen Top. I put in my headphones and started to listen to Missing You by them. I was immediately drawn in they could sing and dance unbelievably. In the midst of the song someone tapped on my shoulder to see them all standing behind me. The one named C.a.p smirked and questioned, “Like what you see?”

Starting to blush I said, “Why’s it matter if I do or don’t, if I do it wouldn’t matter to you I’d just be another fan.” What I didn’t know is that I was dead wrong.  Changjo, the one that seemed shy spoke up, “We love our fans though!” Speechless I just stared at them all then I saw Niel was missing. As I saw that I immediately blurted out, “Where’s Niel!”

Chunji immediately started smiling and said, “So you do know who we are.”

I said “I didn’t before today when I went to the mall I saw one of your posters and decided to check you out.” 

Ricky said, “Well I’m glad you did, oh and Niel went to the restroom he said he wasn’t feeling well.”

L.joe replied, “That’s weird Niel’s never like that, hey why did you want to know where he was anyways, and what’s your name by the way?”

I said, “My name is Sophia, and I just saw that one of you was missing so decided to ask where he was.” I was so distracted by them being there and talking to me I never realized my food had been brought out. “You going to eat that?” Ricky asked while gesturing with his head toward my food “Huh” I said then turned to see my food there “Oh, nah its fine I’m not hungry anymore.” They all suddenly rushed to my table for my food. Chunji reached for my drink and I shouted “Wah, no I said you could have my food not my drink!”

He pouted, “But strawberry tea is my favorite.”  

“Oh well, you have money buy your own.” I snapped. All he did was grin and continue eating, within 2 minutes the whole salad was gone. Niel came back, smiled, and sat down. “Hey, aren’t we going to Sydney Australia next?” Niel asked.

C.a.p said “Yeah we leave early tomorrow morning.” An idea suddenly hatched in my head my mom lives in Sydney I could go to visit her while still following Teen Top. I looked up at Niel, he looked sad everyone looked at him questioningly. Chunji broke the silence and said “Niel-ah are you okay?”

Niel said “Yeah I just don’t want to leave the states it’s been really fun here.” They all nodded and began to look sad also. I thought  to myself well this is really depressing I didn’t imagine my day to go like this.  C.a.p suddenly spoke up “Guys I hate to do this but we need to get back to the hotel and pack so were ready in the morning.” They all moaned as soon as the words left his mouth. They all said, “Bye Sophia, nice meeting you.” and started to leave. A second later Changjo came rushing back in he handed me 5 dollars and said “Thanks for the food, bye.” and ran to catch up to the others.  I got my strawberry to go and started to walk home, I had a lot I needed to do tonight. I got home and immediately called my mom. “Mum, I’ve missed you so much how have you been?”, I asked.

“I’ve been good, how have you been in the states?” ,she said.

“Its great, are you busy anytime soon?”, I asked.

“No why?”, she replied

“Well I haven’t saw you in a while so I’m going to fly up tomorrow to see you and I just wanted to let you know ahead of time.” ,I told her.

“Yay, I can’t wait to see you, I haven’t ate yet so I’m going to go cook dinner for Pj and I, love you!”, she exclaimed. Then she hung up. I was over excited, I started packing my bags. After my bags were packed I ordered my plane ticket and got everything I would need ready. I went to my room put on my SpongeBob pajamas, grabbed my phone and headphones, and  hopped into bed. I fell asleep listening to Lovefool by Teen Top, I had to admit I was becoming a major fan, and couldn’t quite help it. In the morning I got dressed, got all my stuff, and drove to the airport. I boarded my plane and made myself comfortable for the trip down. I couldn’t sleep that well last night so I put my headphones in and listened to Teen Top yet again while drifting off to sleep. I woke up with a stiff neck and the pilot came on the intercom and said’ “We will be landing in Sydney in 15 minutes everybody put your seatbelts on and prepare for the landing.” I was so excited but nervous, what if I don’t see them, what if I really am just another fan. I quickly pushed those thoughts out of my head and just thought about the positive things. When the plane landed I grabbed my bags and left the airport and rented a car. While on the drive to my mom’s I thought about how I was going to tell her everything. Since the course of the past few days I have fallen in love with K-pop and it is now my dream to be a k-pop artist. Would she think I’m crazy, or make fun of me? I really hoped she would support me so telling my dad would be easier but no matter what was going to try to do it. I took Korean in school so that wouldn’t be a problem. After 30 minutes I arrived at my mom’s house.  My mom and step-dad Pj greeted me at the door. Pj helped carry my bags inside and then told me to get ready to go out to eat. I got ready and we went out to eat at the Paragon Café which serves waffles, tea and 52 different types of homemade chocolates.When we got home I told my mom about everything. When I told her about what I wanted to do she was very surprised, but she told me its my life and if I wanted to pursue that she would support me. I was very grateful that she was here for me. She told me before I leave to go visit my dad that I should visit the Katoomba Scenic Railway. It’s a roller coaster that takes you around the mountains.While I was there I saw a poster that Teen Top was going to be in Queensland Australia. I decided that I would just go to Queensland and I would leave for Hawai’I there. On the way to Queensland I stopped at a rest stop and went to sleep. In the morning I drove the rest of the way to Queensland. I was hungry when I got there so I stopped at the Bayleaf Balinese Restaurant which is one of the only restaurants to serve Balinese food. Then while here I decided to do something fun before going to visit my dad. I went to the Deep Sea Divers Den, one of the oldest and best places to go diving at. While I was here other people here where complaining that they had just missed Teen Top, but they were going to go to Hawai’I to see them. In my mind I thought wow stuff is going right for me for once. I went deep sea diving and honestly it was the most fun I had in awhile. I dropped the car off at one of the car dealers it belonged to and went to the airport. I boarded my plane and was on my way to Hawai’i. On the way I mostly worried. How was I going to tell my dad, should I just go and not tell him. He isn’t as understanding as my mom and I really didn’t want to get into an argument with him. Oh well I was going no matter what he said but I was at least going to tell him. When I arrived in Maui I grabbed my bags and got a taxi to my dad’s house. When I arrived he was surprised to see me since I don’t visit often.  He said “Sophia, I’ve missed you!” I told him I missed him too and asked if we could talk. He led me into the living and got my favorite drink strawberry tea. I told him that I was going to move to South Korea for a while to peruse my dream of becoming a K-pop artist. He started to argue and tell my why couldn’t I just be a normal person. I started to argue back but he told me just to go to bed and we would discuss this in the morning. When I got up I took and shower ate breakfast  and got ready to go. First my dad took me to Baldwin Beach, a beach famous for its surfing. We windsurfed then left. I asked him where we were going and he told me it was a surprise. When the car stopped I looked out the window to see we had arrived at Sam Sato’s, one of the best restaurants in town. .  We were on the way home and my dad said, “Tomorrow before you leave I’m taking you out to have fun because normally when you visit all we do is fight and I don’t want to do that anymore.” I said “So then you don’t mind if I go?” He told me he didn’t mind because it is my choice not his and if it makes me happy then he wants me to do it. The next day we traveled to the next city close by called The Big Island. When we got here he took me to Torpedo Tours, famous for being the best snorkeling place in town. It was so much fun we got to hold manta rays and go diving. After that my dad took me to Kenichi Pacific, the best sushi restaurant in Hawai’i. After we ate he drove me to the airport and bid me farewell and good luck. On the plane ride to South Korea I couldn’t believe I was actually doing this. I put in my headphones and started to listen to Teen Top, I just couldn’t help it they were really good, I wished I could make it big like them. After a few hours I arrived in Seoul, South Korea and I was honestly speechless. It was the most beautiful palce I had ever saw. I left the airport and went across the street and bought a car. I then drove 30 minutes to the house I had bought here while in Hawai’i. I moved all my stuff inside and rearranged the house. When I was done it was 6:00p.m and I decided to go to the park,so I got a bag and put my songbook in it and pencils. On the way to the park I stopped and grabbed a strawberry tea. When I arrived I sat under a tree took out my songbook and started to compose some songs. Off in the distance I could see six boys playing soccer, it looked lie they were having fun. I tried to drown them out and continued to write. Suddenly my tea was spilled all over myself and my papers. I looked up to see what had happened and one of the soccer players had kicked the ball and it had hit my drink and knocked it over. One of them came running over to get the ball, when he saw they had spilled my drink over my stuff he took his hood off and I was staring into the beautiful eyes off Niel. Niel said “Oh, I’m so sorry did I ruin you stuff?” I replied “Yeah you kinda did.” I then realized he dosen’t remember me, I really was just another fan to them. He then threw the ball back to the others and told them he would catch up with them later. “Hey I’ll get you another drink if you want.” I was going to say no but then decided ah what did it hurt to get another drink. He walked me to the café and ordered me a strawberry tea and himself mint tea. We sat outside at one of the tables and I put my now soaked songbook on the table and told him I would be right back I was going to clean myself up. I went to the bathroom and cleaned myself from the tea as best as I could. When I arrived back at the table I saw Niel looking through my songbook. I screamed “PUT THAT DOWN ITS MINE!” Startled he dropped the book, he looked sorry. He said “Your really good by the way are you an artist?” I told him no but its my dream. He said “I’m in a K-pop band and I think your really good you could definitely do it.” I smiled and said’ “I know you are and thanks.” He said “What’s your name by the way?” Disappointed that he didn’t remember I said, “Sophia.” He gasped then got up hugged me, he said, “Oh my goodness, how could I be so stupid and forget you, I know how to make it up to you though, give me your number.” I did as I was told and with that he grabbed my songbook and ran off. I was in complete shock what was he doing with my songbook. I went home because I didn’t really care because it was all tea stained anyways. When I got home I watched TV for a while before my phone went off. It was a text from Niel it said “Hey where do you live I have big news I need to tell you NOW!” I told him where I lived and thirty minutes later a sweaty and exhausted Niel arrived at my door I let him in. He sat down and immediately shouted, “GUESS WHAT!?” I smiled and said “What?” He said, “ You’ll never believe this but I showed my boss your songs and he’s currently putting together a new group and your going to be in it!” I was shocked I jumped up and ran and leaped next to Niel and gave him a huge bear hug. “You’re the best, when do I go in to meet everyone?”, I said.

“You go in tomorrow, and hey I know this is weird to ask since we don’t really know each other but could I stay here tonight my dorm is a little far from here and after all I do have to take you tomorrow.” I told him he could but he had to sleep on the couch. He said “Hey do you have any movies?”

I said, “Yeah, there over there.” He got up and picked some out while I went to the kitchen and made popcorn. We both sat on the couch snuggled in blankets with popcorn, and of course he had to pick a scary movie. When I woke up I was laying on the couch next to Niel. When I got off the couch Niel woke up and yelled, “HURRY GET READY WERE GOING TO BE LATE!” I rushed upstairs to my room and got ready. I let Niel drive my car because I didn’t know how to get there. After 25 minutes we arrived at no other than T.O.P Media, one of the best entertainment companies in Seoul.  Niel rushed me upstairs and then into a huge room. After a few minutes a man that looked about in the late 30’s entered the room.  We greeted each other by bowing and he said, “My name is Mr. Lin it’s very nice to meet you, I read some of your songs yesterday, and I’m forming a new group that’s to be called SNSD, and you’re very lucky to be a part of it.”

“Thank you so very much Mr. Lin, it’s such an honor.”, I replied.

“Your welcome, your dorm is next to Teen Top’s so Niel can show you the way, all the other SNSD members are there already.” With that I was on my way to become a k-pop artist my mind was rushing with all these thoughts when suddenly Niel’s voice brought me out of my daze. “Hey Sophia, congratulations, tomorrow I’m going to take you out to celebrate if that’s fine with you.” I told him yes then arrived at my dorm and told him goodbye.  The next day at 10:00a.m there was a knock at the door I opened it and Niel dragged me out, “Hey come on were going to celebrate remember.”, he said. When we got in the car he blindfolded me. “What, no you can’t do this!” I protested He didn’t take it off and after a while the car stopped, I heard I car door open and close then Niel helped me out of the car. He helped me walk a while then took my blindfold off. I was speechless we were at Everland, the Korean Disney land. We rode tons of roller coasters and I had a blast. It was getting late and we decided to ride the Ferris Wheel. When we were on the Ferris Wheel it stopped when we got to the top. Suddenly Niel turned to me, grabbed my hand and said, “Sophia, I know we haven’t known each other for that long but I really like you, will you go out with me?”  I was totally shocked by this but of course I liked him and wanted to,I replied, “Yes Niel I will.” *2 years later* “Niel where are we going?”, I asked.  “I cant tell you it’s a surprise.” he said. We had been in the car for 2 hours, then suddenly I saw a sign that we were in Jeju. The car stopped at The Factory, the best restaurant in all of South Korea. After we ate Niel took me to Yongduam Rock, a volcanic rock  beach. We were sitting on the beach watching the sunset and Niel turned to me grabbed my hand and he asked, “Sophia, will you marry me?”