Chapter 5
"It's morning!!" someone shouted. I opened my eyes slowly, and the light got into my eyes, so I quickly closed them. "Who is screaming so early in the morning?" I said, opening my eyes again. It was Ayesha, all decked up and looking glamorous. "Woah... wow, what happened to Ayesha?" I said, surprised. "Well, don't be so exaggerative. I have my days; not every day is a doll-up day," she said, sitting next to me all excited. "Why are you here so early, actually why are you bothering me so early in the morning?"
"Well, I came to tell you that today is the day you finally meet the lead male character!" she said.
"Oh great... how lovely. I really don't understand why you have to hide the male lead. Is he some typa alien or, better yet, a Kpop idol because I just don't understand the reason behind the secrecy."
"Well, that's for us to know and for you to find out. Now, go and get ready. We need to get going," she says, dragging me to my bedroom.
I get ready and wear a Houndstooth-Print-Contrast-Collar-Bodycon-Dress with white sneakers. I wear a fanny pack and take my phone, which had tons of messages from my friends. I go to the kitchen and get some oranges and strawberries. I walk to the lounge and find Ayesha watching Alice in Borderland. "You haven't finished watching this series," I said, sitting next to her. "Nope, I haven't. I am busy, you see," she said, standing up. "Let's get going, or else we will be late."
We got into the car and drove to the studio where we will get to meet the casts, and they will prepare us for the filming of the movie. We get to the studio, and everyone is busy setting things up. I get into my van, waiting to be called when everything was set and check my WhatsApp messages as my friends couldn't stop texting.
Why are you all bombarding my phone with messages? Did someone die? I texted.
Yes... your love for us, Cynthia, my friend, said.
Hahah, lol funny. Anyways, when are you guys coming to New York? I will start filming for my movie soon in, like, a month's time, and you guys promised me that we will have a weekend away before my shootings. Talk about love dying, y'all's loyalty disappeared, I texted back.
Anashe, you want to talk about loyalty while you abandoned us when we planned to have a trip together. Even dogs are better than you, Fathima said.
Y'all are dramatic. I am at my grandma's farm and working my ass off while you guys are complaining about trips... jeez, talk about drama queens, our guy best friend, Dallin, said.
Dallin, you should just focus on Mr. Park and leave us the hell alone, I said.
I agree with Anashe... we really don't care, Cynthia said.
I am sure Mr. Park wants nothing to do with him, Fathima said.
Well, I got to hate and leave you. I am at the studio, so that means work.
I left WhatsApp and went to get some proper food, but as I was walking, I heard someone playing the guitar. I knew this melody. The person started singing, and I could not believe it. I pushed through the crowd of people and saw him sitting there, playing the guitar.
"Anurak!" I said in disbelief.
He stopped playing the guitar and looked at me. He smiled briefly and stood up. As he was close to me, Ayesha came in between us. "Anurak, I see you have met Anashe, and Anashe, Anurak, our male lead," she said, smiling at us. "What?" I said, looking between the two of them.
"Hey," he said as he held my hand.
"Hey," I said, shocked.
"Anashe, you still look fabulous," he said, checking me up and down. "Yeah, you too."
"Well, you guys are awkward," Ayesha said. "You say," I said, looking at her and rolling my eyes.
"Wow, your van looks amazing, and we will be working on a movie together... just great," he said, looking around my van. "Well, one good actor and another make a hit," I said, standing next to him. We talked for the next hour before we were called for the meeting, and other actors and dancers were there. We were briefed on what would happen. "For your own information, we will not start filming any time soon. For the next month, we will be traveling around the world learning some techniques. You will be separated into groups, some of you will tour around more than others, especially our main leads," our director said.
I looked at Ayesha, who seemed excited. We were dismissed, and when I met with Ayesha, we couldn't hide our excitement. We were like little teen girls going for a girl's night out.
"Girl, you looked so awkward with Anurak," Ayesha said. "Since when do exes work together?" I asked her dead serious. "You and Anurak are more than exes; you guys are friends, and even though you messed up, you guys are good with each other, right?"
"Oh, so you now know how to ask, jeez Yesha... yes, we are good, but you know how guilt eats you up. Anyways, I am excited... even though we will start shooting in the next month, the mere fact that we will be touring is exciting," I said, jumping up and down. Anurak joined us, and he also seemed excited. We were told that tomorrow night we would be flying to our first surprise destination. I was excited, but for the rest of the day, we would be free, getting ready for the trip tomorrow. So Anurak, Ayesha, and I decided to paint the town red before our official training begins.
"Where are we going first?" I asked as I got into the driver's seat. "Since it's still early, we can go to Rainbow Room to chill and relax while catching up. We need to relax before we go clubbing tonight," Ayesha said. "Yeah, you are right; let's go," Anurak said, excited as it would be his first time going to Rainbow Room. "How come it is your first time visiting Rainbow Room? You have been to New York a couple of times," I asked. "I come to New York for work, not for vacation," he said with the 'What's wrong with you' look. "Don't look at me like that," I said. We got to Rainbow Room and got ourselves a private dining area. Ayesha, my darling, had booked it for us so we didn't have to hassle a lot.
We ordered food, and Anurak thought that we should go live to surprise our fans. We used his Instagram and mine at the same time, and fans were reacting the way we expected. We discussed some things and talked about the past but didn't mention anything about our training trip. Our fans were going wild. We had a great evening and ended the live session, then finished off our time chilling and talking about anything and everything. I was excited about our trip to wherever we were going. Even though I would be working, I would love a change of scenery. We then went to change our clothes at home, and then we went to Marquee nightclub. We had a blast, had shots, and danced the whole night. Lol, we even forgot we had a flight the following day. Most of all, the day was refreshing as I got to visit a club after so many years.