Shit Happens!

"Hey...What took you so long?" Our manager scolded. 

"I'm sorry guys...", John pulled me and seated me in between Sarah and Daniel in the waiting room of Music Bank. 

10 pairs of eyes were glaring at me. "Listen up!" John said. "This is our first stage here. We have to do it perfectly."

"We're the 5th to perform", Daniel said. We needed to put on the vests with our names on it for the rehearsal. It was funny though, I remember when I was in kindergarten, I had to wear aprons similar to these for our art class. 

We watched the other artists rehearsing on stage, while we waited for our turn. I was awestruck with how perfect they were. It made my heart beat faster. I felt so nervous. What if we made a mistake? What if I forget the lyrics...What if...? Too many questions running in my head. I feel my hands shaking.

"This is just rehearsal, Kris," Sarah held my trembling hand. "Don't think too much about it." 

How can she be so calm? I admire her confidence. Well, she has the right to be confident, she seldom makes mistakes. But I...I have to sing and play the guitar at the same time...and that's no easy job. 

We greeted EXO as they came down the stage. Damn, how can they look like dolls even after dancing like that? 

I was magnetized by how angelic Park Chan-yeol looked. He saw me staring at him (I think my mouth was half open and I looked like an idiot) and he gave me a smile. He smiled...He smiled?... He smiled!!! At me...Woooohhoooo.... I just stood there and smiled back at him. 

"You did great, hyungs!" Daniel was bowing to the members. 

By instinct, I did the same. 

It was now our time to rehearse. As I was going up the stage, I heard a deep voice behind me say, "Good Luck". 

I looked back and saw the Got7 members. I smiled and said "thanks". 

Boom! Thump! Boom! Thump! My heart was beating irregularly. Sweat dripping down my back. I held my guitar on my right hand and I felt it slip through my sweaty palms. Shit! 

I expected my guitar to fall and break into pieces... but it didn't. A hand caught it just inches before it hit the ground. Thank God. 

"Here you go!", Mark said as he handed the guitar back to me. "Be careful, you don't want to be causing trouble on your first day, Kris!" 

Double shit! Clumsy girl! Wait...he knows my name!? I gave him a puzzled looked and I think he understood what it was about because he pointed at my name written on the 'apron'.

Triple shit! Stupid girl! "Thanks again", was all I managed to say. 

I walked up the stage and got set. We started playing as soon as we heard the cue. We played our debut song 'Debut'. I sang the first words of the song when my voice croaked. Dang! I can hear snickers from the people below the stage watching us. I felt my face burning. 

Quadruple shit! Embarrassing girl! I looked at my members and they nudged me to continue, so I did. Thankfully, I was able to sing the rest of the song without any further mistake.

Phew! My cheeks were still red when we got off the stage. 

I was trying to forget about the incident when "Don't worry about it, it wasn't that obvious" John put his arms around me. 

One thing I really hate...when people try to comfort you just when you try to forget. 

"Shut up!" I released myself from his arms and walked faster.

"You did well", that deep voice. 

I looked up and saw Mark handing me a bottle of water. I took it shyly and gulped half of it at once. 

He was smirking. I didn't care, I was thirsty and I really needed it to cool down my nerves. 

"Thanks, and good luck", I smiled at him and felt my cheeks turning crimson again. So, I rushed passed him and his other members and went straight to monitor our stage from the camera our manager was holding.

I just need to do better during our live performance later, I assured myself after watching the rehearsal. 

"Lucky girl", Sarah stepped beside me. 

I gave her an annoyed look thinking she was mocking me for being so unlucky.

"Mark just gave you a bottle of water. I hope I was that lucky. Jackson didn't even glance at me."

"Oh," I realized. And then it struck me..."OOOHHHH". 

And for the first time that day I smiled from ear to ear. 

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I don't really know if the story is a little bit slow. I will try to make it more interesting.