GOT7, WINNER and Red Velvet wait backstage as the YG Girls get ready. I keep my eyes fixed on Lisa. "You okay?" I ask as she passes by me. She nods, while keeping her gaze forward, waiting for the staff's cue. "Nervous?" I ask her and she nods again. "First official appearance of us. You bet I'm flipping nervous." She finally says and I pat her head.

"You'll be fine."

"I hope."

"You'll be more than fine. You'll slay."

"That would be great." She laughs.

"Ease up a little." I advise her not just as her sunbae but also her friend, patting her shoulders and nodding at her confidently.

We stand in silence side by side for awhile before the stage lights are switched off and a staff tells Lisa to go up stage immediately. With one last nod at her, she rushes out with a few of her members (the rest are on the other side of the stage).

The music starts to play as the lights start to turn on one by one, the girls oozing with charisma under badass stage lights. I watch her. It's safe to say that she's a hundred times better than when she first left Thailand to train in Korea.

"You proud?" Yugyeom asks me and I nod back at him. "She's awesome." I smile. The staff now starts to call for WINNER and Red Velvet to move to position. We said our temporary goodbyes as the two group rushes off in the dark.

The YG Girls ended wonderfully and we got ready to enter the stage. Our music plays and WINNER, from right across the stage (stage right) enters first. The cheers were deafening. Breathe Jackson. A few more beats of the music and GOT7 we enter the stage, the cheers getting even louder. And finally, the Red Velvet girls enter from the middle of the stage and now the cheers are at an alarming level. I smile at the girls and then it struck me so hard that Youngji would be there with them too. I look away. I'm fine. Jinyoung squeezes my arms and gives me a brief smile as everyone starts to disperse and move around the entire stage. I walk down the aisle, smiling and waving to fans. Look happy, Jackson, be happy. The fans a