Paula must have dozed off because the next thing she knew was that she was being gently shaken awake.

“We’re here.”

She opened her eyes to find that the van had stopped, and that all of 2PM except for Nichkhun, who was still seated behind her, was right outside her side of the car, looking at her.

She yawned, and stretched back. Then she got her arms through the straps of her backpack, tapped the shoulder of the driver, who turned out to be the group's manager, and said, “Kamsamnida,” with a smile. Thank you.

Nichkhun was right behind her as she stepped out of the van.

“Thanks for the ride, guys,” she said, giving them all a smile.

“Don’t mention it,” Nichkhun replied, giving her a smile in return.

“You should stop by JYP sometime,” Taecyeon suggested, “Since we didn’t get to talk about much in the van.”

She knew he was teasing her about falling asleep, so she rolled her eyes.

He kept going: “You’re actually not that far from the practice building.”

“Really?” she said. “Alright then, yeah, that’d be awesome.”

“Yeah, for sure,” he replied. “We should exchange numbers, so you know when we’ll be in the studio.”

The guys snickered quietly, possibly from the sudden change in atmosphere, while Paula was oblivious and just shook her head.

“I just got here, remember?” she said. “I haven’t had time to get a phone yet.”

“Oh, yeah, right,” Taecyeon stammered, mentally kicki