Chapter 16: Trainees?
Park Jin Young (JYP) in the pic.
---JENNIE'S POV---
"Hi. My name is Park Jin Young," He introduced himself,"You remember me? I'm the judge sitting in the middle,"
"Ah, yes. We know you," Aiden spoke up for us.
I was too scared then. I don't know why. He's a big person and we're talking to him. What if we talk to him in an impolite way??
"Your performances earlier were great, I was amazed,"
"Thank you," we all bow and thanked him.
"You guys were amazing," he smiled at us, "As you all know, I owns a large and famous company, JYP, that trains talented people that have the dreams to become famous and becoming an idol," he said.
We all froze. Woa~~ I.. My... At a time like this why is my head so blank...?
"Here," he took out his wallet and gave us a little visit card, Ahna took it and take a look at it, "What do you guys think about becoming a trainee in my company?" He looked at each and every one of us.
"Trainee? What's that?" Luis asked.
"A trainee means that you're gonna get trained in an unknown time until you debut and that debut means the time you becoming an idol." Aiden explained to us.
"Becoming an idol? You mean famous?" Semra asked him.
"Yeah, it's like Got7." Aiden told us.
"Yeah, you know a lot about this," Park Jin Young said to Aiden.
He smiled awkwardly, "Everyone.. Knows about this.." He nodded.
"So..." Sora spoke up, "You wanted us to get trained by your company... And later you will get us debut?" She asked again.
"Yes. My company employees will train you guys. Like we will train you how to dance, sing, rap and many other stuff. All you need to do is follow the rules and work hard," Park Jin Young explained.
"But.. They didn't win the competition," I said.
"True, you didn't. Hmm.. How do I say this... G.A.N. won the competition by the votes of the fans. Taekwondo Kidz got third place because they can only do kickinh stuff and flips and not dance. You guys got second place by the votes of the judges. You guys showed the hidden talents you all have and won second place by true talent and that is why I wanted to take you in as my trainees," he gave us a whole speech.
"Well.. We---" Aiden stopped.
"BEEP. BEEP!" A car interrupted him. I can tell it's Nelson's dad car. It's a big car that's enough for the 8 of us to sit in. Wait.. 9. I forgot Mya is here...
"We gotta go," Ahna said to all of us.
"Tell me if you made a decision," He said, "My company's email address and phone number are on the card. If you want to do it, come to the place and we'll talk more about it,"
"Yes.. Thank You, we'll think about it," Nelson said. We all bowed to him and headed to the car.
"I call the seat in the front!!" Aiden ran quickly and sat next to the driver seat.
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Everyone is so quiet. I looked around and no one wanted to talk about the trainee thingy. So awkward~~
"Dad, can we drive Mya home first?" Nelson speaks up.
"Uh.. Sure," he said. I looked on the mirror and I saw his dad was trying to look at Nelson through the mirror. "So how is today?" His dad try to lighten up the mood.
"Good. We got second place," I answered him when no one did.
"Woa! Second place? How much is that?"
"$1500,"
"$1500? Isnt it for first place?" He wondered.
"Yeah.. There was a little of an.. Upgrade so first place get $2000," I explained.
"Oh,"
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Wow. For the first time we're quiet.
"We're here Mya," mr.Neang said.
"Thank you Mr.Neang, see you all!!" Mya said excitedly.
"See you tomorrow," Nelson said in a low voice. He went back to staring out the window and twisting his earring. He looks like he's thinking hard.
"Mr.?" Semra called, "Can you drive us to buy a phone? We're gonna buy a phone for Jennie,"
"What? Why?" I asked.
"We promised you to buy you one, remember?" Kaein pushed my head.
"Yeah but you guy won the money with your sweats. I did nothing to earn that money so I don't deserves it. Keep that money by yourselves," I tried to make it sound like an order.
"Shut up and listen to us. Weeeee--" Ahna flapped the $1500 check across my face, mostly my cheeks, "Are buying you a dam phone. You know how hard it is to get a contact with you?" She finished it with sliding down the check from my forehead to chin.
I laughed.
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Again. The car was quiet. Aren't we going to talk about that trainee thing? I really want to talk about it.
"About the trainee thing before," I started. No reply. "Don't you guys wanna do it?" I finally asked.
"Trainee thing? What trainee thing?" Me.Neang asked.
"Before you came to pick us up, one of the judge was a large company's leader came and asked us to be his trainees," I told.
"Ah~~ Nelson, you should do it. You could sing," his dad said.
"No dad," he said.
"Why not?"
"It's just.. I don't know.." He paused.
"Mr, being a trainee is really hard. You have to wake up early and go practice the whole day. You have to learn to dance, take vocal lessons, learn to speak fluently and loudly, and many other stuff. A trainee would take at least a year or more to be able to debut," Aiden explained, "It's really tough,"
"Tough. Well what's the reason that have to go through all that? To live in the music world. If you love music that much then all that hardships doesnt matter," Mr.Neang said.
Wow. I'm clapping my hands inside my head now. That was a nice preach.
"Yeah.. True," Aiden sighed, "And when you debut, all of those would be paid off,"
"My dream is to become an actor though," Sora said, "I love to dance and rap and sing with all of you but.. my original dream is to become an actor,"
"Being an idol could be like an actor somehow. I mean.. you have to imagine yourself as what the song is to get the feel of it," Aiden explained, "And you can take acting lessons from the company too. After becoming an idol, becoming an actor shouldn't be hard.." He pat Sora's head. "You know what, I wanna be an idol." He determined.
I smiled. I don't why but I did.
"I do too, but I don't think I'm good enough to be one," Kaein bit his lip.
"Who said you're gonna becoming an idol right away?" Semra snapped, "You're becoming a trainee to be 'good enough' to become an idol,"
"True, he did said we got the talent. All we need now is to professional it," I said.
"Okay. Okay. Raise your hand if you wanna be an idol," Sora raised her hand. Aiden, Kaein, and Luis raised their hands.
"Ugh.. Girls," Kaein fake flipped his hair when he had none to flip.
"Semra! Why don't you guys wanna do it?" Sora asked.
"Becoming an idol. Getting famous. Those sounds amazing. But it sounded too impossible," she shook her head.
"Semra, I learned this one thing from managing the Got7. Nothing is impossible. Look at Got7! They're like us and after three years of training, they got all these fames that they never thought they would have. It's not easy without hard work but hard work isn't enough without passion." Aiden said sincerely.
We all stared at him. All of us started clapping together.
"Girl! Work it!" Kaein snapped.
"You got this!" Luis offered and high five with Aiden.
"Ahna, you doing it?" Aiden asked.
"I don't know. You said we need passion and dreams. I got no dream," She explained.
"Well you do enjoy dancing, don't you? That's a passion." Mr.Neang joined in.
"True.. I do like dancing," she thought about it.
"Then just do it. I'm sure later you'll find out your dream is to be an idol," Semra hung her arm over Ahna's shoulders.
"Ight, I'll try and see,"
"Yes!" Kaein grabbed the victory and pulled it to himself.
"Jennie??" Aiden called my name, "You joining?"
I shook my head, "I wasn't in the group then. I don't think Park Jin Young meant me to be in it. Plus, I'm too fat," I squeezed my belly. I got lost into my own world and played with my belly.
They laughed. "Well we can't just leave you out. Even though you're not part of the dancing group, you're our friend. We wouldn't be able to do this whole thing without you. I mean look at our clothes and hair style. You're part of us!" Sora said.
"But I can't dance or sing or what ever you guys can do," Duh! True fact!
"Ugh! Go on a diet! Get skinny and dancing will be easier!" Luis poked at my belly with every word he said.
"That is too much work!" I poked his stomach back.
"Oh my god," Semra face palmed herself.
"You could be our coordinator," Aiden said blankly.
"Korean please," Semra ordered. She's Turkish, some words she doesn't understand well.
Aiden laughed, "A stylist is the person who pick out our clothes and do our styles. They're with us most of the time when we go on filming."
Sora gasped. "Yes! Jennie! Be our stylist! That is a perfect job for you! You can go everywhere with us!" She shook me.
"But stylists are professional people!" I am being shake, "I just pick random clothes and mix them to your styles~~"
"Yes! Exactly!" Luis snapped at me, "You're the only person who knows out style. We're picky about our clothes, color and fashion. You know our taste the best," he looked straight at my eyes.
"..I," I couldn't continue. I don't know what to say. I can't just randomly be their stylist. I didn't go to a school for it. I'm a high schooler! And they're new, they can't have anything they wanted. The world isn't easy. Nothing in this world is free.
"Kids, we're here," Mr.Neang yelled and parked the car.
Yes!
We all got out the car. I looked at the little bright house with the word "Phone World~"
No~
"Come on Jennie," Arbona locked my neck, "Let's get you a phone," she showed me the $1500 check.
"Noo~~~" I escaped her arm, "Let's just go home. I don't need a phone! Use those money to pay for the practice room," I whined.
"Well what if we wanna buy you a phone? This is good for you!" Semra tried to grab me. I escaped and hid behind Nelson. I picked him because he was chill. His hands were in his pocket and he was staring us. He wasn't at any side so I picked him, as the middle person.
Nelson chuckled and stood still for me to grab his shirt.
"Jennie! Stop whining and let's go. This is good for both of us," Kaein waved me in.
"Well, mostly us," Sora added.
"Yeah true," the rest agreed.
"Come on," Aiden told me to come again.
"No!" I yelled back.
"Uh.. Excuse me?" A girl voice said. All of our attention went to her. I used this time and tried to run to the car. Someone suddenly grabbed my hoodie and pulled me back. Ugh! Choked!
"You're not going anywhere," Nelson smirked at me. I dropped my jaw and did a puppy eyes on him.
"You betrayed me," I pouted.
He smiled. I ran away again and his hand was still grabbing onto the hoodie tight. Why the heck did I chose to wear hoodie?
"You guys were the group that danced in the Hidden Talent show right? Number 6?" One of the girls asked. There were three girls. They looked like student girls.
"Huh?" Luis made it sounded stupid.
"You danced to the song Like a G6 and.. What's the other song?" She asked.
"Talk dirty!" Her friend answered her.
"Ah right! Talk Dirty and your own composed piece." She jumped.
I froze. We all froze. They know us! They watched the show! Wait.. Show? I didn't see cameras there. How did they shoot it live there?
"Yeah, you're right. We're the contestant number 6," Nelson spoke up.
"Woah!! You guys were so cool up there! Unnies! You're all so pretty i person!" She gave us thumbs up.
"Oppa!" The other girl called, "You're b-boy were so cool! And your raps really melt my heart," she tapped her heart.
"Not to mention how you covered Got7's Follow me and I Like You. You all looked like the original Got7!" They all agreed.
We looked at each and couldn't close our mouths. Out smiles wouldn't disappear. Mr.Neang laughed at our faces.
"Oppa, what's your name? Can I get a signature from you?" She gave Kaein a book and pencil.
"Name? My name is Kaein," he took the book and paper then looked at Aiden cluelessly, "Signature?"
Aiden chuckled. He took it and wrote his name down in a messy way, "My name is Aiden. He's Luis and he's Nelson. Those girls over there is Sora, Semra and Agna." He gave the girl back her book and paper, "What's your name?"
"My name is Oh Eun Son. She's is Park Hyun Jung, and she's Kim Min Hee." EunSon introduced herself, "Unni! Can I get one of your signature?" She asked.
"Uh.." Ahna got pushed out by Sora, "Sure,"
"Woah.. Oppas are so good looking and you unnies are so pretty," the other girl stared at us. Pretty? I know she's not talking about me.
"Nelson oppa? Can I get a hug from you?" The girl with short hair asked shyly.
Nelson released my hoodie and had a blank face on his. "Uh.. Sure?" He said. We made a way or girl to go to Nelson and hug him. He patted her back.
"Thank you!" She screamed. She came back to her friends and screamed again.
"Thank you for loving us!" Aiden bowed. We followed and bowed with him.
"Oppa Fighting! Unnies fighting!" One of them cheered.
"Work hard! Saranghae!" She made a heart over her head.
"Yea, fighting! We'll always support you forever!" She said with a little aegyo.
Support. Forever.
"Bye," Kaein waved at them.
"See you on your later activities! Bye!!" They all waved at us.
"Bye! We'll always be supporting you!"
The girls left. We turned and looked at each other with a smile on our face.
"Ahhhh!!!" Semra jumped and screamed. We jumped up in excitement.
"Guys! This is what it's gonna be like when we become an idol," Aiden told.
"I feel so happy inside! Like I feel like I've received so much love from this little conversation we had!" Ahna amazed.
"Yes! I'm so happy!!" Sora runs her feet like there was fire under.
I joined them in the excitement forgetting that I'm trying to escape. Ah~ right. Time to run.
"You are not going anywhere, Jennie." Nelson grabbed my hoodie and once again pulled me to him. Choking!!!!
"Let's go," Luis jumped on me and brought me in the store.
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"Come on. What kind of phone do you want? You want a galaxy like mine?" Sora offered.
I took a look at it and it was big and fat. Hm like me~!
"No, galaxy is too complicated. Jennie not that smart---" Semra offended me.
"I'm smarter than you!" I yelled at her.
"Yeah but I mean with technology," Semra squeezed my cheeks, "Get the iphone. It's simpler," she gave me the iphone. It's long and thin. There's a little circle on the bottom middle.
"Yeah, get that. The picture quality is better too," Kaein nodded.
"I dont take pictures,"
"Well start taking it," Semra snapped.
"I'm too ugly,"
"No, you are not!" Sora whined.
"Yea. You're just fugly," Nelson said the word 'fugly' in english. I looked at him with a poker face. He started laughing and ran at him. My body pushed his skinny self and he unbalanced.
"Hey, you want the iphone5? Iphone5s?" Aiden looked at the samples.
"The iphone5s has this home button that used for fingerprint. To unlock your phone, you could put your finger on it and it'll scan your finger print. That way other people won't go into your phone," the guys introduced.
"Woah~~" i gasped.
"We'll get this," Kaein tapped the phone.
"But I didn't say I wanted it," I told him. He ignored me and pushed me out of the way. All of them gathered at the counter and I'm all out alone with Mr.Neang.
"How much is it?" Aiden asked the guy.
"Uh.. First you have to pick your phone number and fill out this paper,"
"Ah, phone number? Do you have 1225?" Semra asked the guy.
"But Semra!" I yelled.
"No," the phone guy said.
"Oh..how about 2512?" Luis told him.
"Why 2512?" Nelson tapped him.
Because it's my birthday.
"Because it's Jennie's birth date. I switched it the date then month," Luis explained.
"Ah~~"
"Yeah, we have 2512," the guy yelled, "Can the owner fill out this paper please?" He asked, "Who is this phone for?"
"Me!!" I raised my hand.
"Her but we're her guardians so we'll do it," Sora said.
"Oh ok, please fill this paper out," he said.
I quickly ran to fill out the information. "Lemme in!!" I whined. They blocked the way and wouldn't let me in.
"Name, Jennie Madden." Arbona took the pen and wrote down, "B.O.D."
"December 25." Luis said.
"But I'm supposed to be the one answering those..." I sadden.
"This is forcing," Mr.Neang said.
I laughed, "Yea!"
"Signature?" Ahna read.
"Yes! Finally! I'm coming!" I yelled.
"Nope, I got her signature," Aiden took the pen. I stopped my way and froze.
"Dam Aiden! That looks like Jennie's signature!" Luis patted his back.
"You guys look familiar," the phone guy said. "I remember seeing you today.. Somewhere," he took a close look at us.
Mr.Neang and I smiled.
"Ah right! Number 6! Got7's cover!" He pointed at them.
Woah, we must have left a good impression for everyone.
"Yeah.. You know?" Semra asked him.
"Of course! You guys were so cool. You should've gotten first place. Though those girls were hot and sexy, you guys really deserves the first place," he said.
"Ah," Kaein exhaled the word, "Thank you," he looked back at the others and they excitedly jumped.
I looked at Mr.Neang and he was smiling at Nelson. He must have been proud. His son is known by people. Even though not many but still. Knowing that hid son is good at something and people are admiring must have feels nice.
How can I make my parents feel that way...?
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"How do I do my finger print?" I opened the box and looked at the phone.
"Let me do it," Kaein took the phone. I leaned my head on his shoulder and watched him open things.
I'm so tired. And hungry! I wanna sleep~~
"You go on setting then click this and this. Touch ID. Finger 1. Ok, put it finger on this circle then lift and repeat," he gave me the phone.
I woke my body up and listened to him. I put my right thumb on it then lift it up and put it down again. I did about 10-15 times.
"Okay, now the places around the finger," I followed his word. "Done," he said.
"Yay!" I clapped.
"You have four more fingers so when you go home, if you want, you can scan the other fingers," Kaein told me.
"Ah~~ Okiie!" I said excitedly.
"Mmm hmm, before you were like 'No! Me no wanna' and now look at yourself," Sora squeezed my cheek.
"Hehe," I smiled at her.
"Give me the phone, I wanna save my number on your phone," Semra open and closes her palm like a babu, asking for the phone. I gave it to her and she pinned down the numbers.
"My turn!" Luis took the phone from her. Luis then Ahna then Sora, Nelson then Aiden saved their numbers down.
One by one, each of us left the car and went inside our houses. Luis then Ahna, Semra, Kaein and Sora.
I crawled in the front and sat between Aiden and Nelson. Actually it was Nelson on my left and Aiden on my right. This is gonna be a long ride. Aiden, Nelson and my house are near the school. We're about thirty minutes away from it... That is so far.. I might as well make my self comfortable.
Everything is black now.. Nice~
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Zzzz......
----NELSON'S POV---
I faced out the window. My hand reached for my earring and I couldn't stop twisting it. I always do this when I'm bored or thinking. Right now, I'm thinking. Nothing else but about the trainee thingy.
My dream was to be able to enjoying dancing and singing. I have no other interest other than that. Dancing makes me feel free. Feels like my body isn't stiff and hard. When I do movements and looks like I'm spreading my wings, I get more ideas for other dancings. It just feel great, literally free.
My parents said my voice is soothing. Of course I get happy when I hear that. Who doesn't? When I sing the wrong note or in a wrong beat, I try to do it again. Whenever I sang, I think it is like a game. If I fail, I retry and do better. I try hard to succeed and when I do, I feel the victory. Those feelings just telling isn't enough.
A weight suddenly lied on my shoulder. I looked over and it was Jennie. Her head and chubby self is just crushing my bones. I sighed. I ignored her and let her lean on me. I continued to look out the window thinking.
The car turned right. Both Jennie and I fell to the right.
"Ah," I yelled flatly.
Jennie fell on Aiden's lap. He startled and stared at her.
I chuckled, "She's heavy right?"
He looked back at me and chuckled, "Nah," he smiled.
I stared at him at how he's looking at her.
"Ehhh," I mocked him. I took the phone out of Jennie's hand to play around with it. What do to.. "I'm gonna have my own finger print for this phone," I said excitedly.
Aiden laughed. "Ya, it's her phone, not yours," He nagged me like a wife. How annoying.
"Shaddup~~" I whined like the husband. I continued to repeat putting my finger on the home button and let it scan. Oh yeah~~
"Ya," he called.
"What,"
"You don't wanna be an idol?" He asked.
I stopped, "I didn't say that."
"You didn't say you wanted to join either. Don't just think that being quiet will help you escape my sight. I know you. Before you didn't raised your hand when we asked who wanted to be an idol," He nagged again. "Ya, stop ignoring me," he punched my arm.
I glared at him. "I do wanna join.
I do wanna become a trainee. I do want to become famous and live in the music world with you guys," I reasoned out everything.
"But," He rolled his eyes.
"But,... The.. You know," I couldn't say it, "Dad! You know right?" I asked my dad. He's been silently listening to us while driving.
He chuckled, "Kids these days," he shook his head.
I laughed. Yup. He knows.
"What?" Aiden cluelessly looked at me.
"Stupid," I said. I gave him the signal of looking at Jennie then back to him then Jennie. He stared at me and started smiling.
"Ah~~ That." He realized.
"Yeaaaaa!" I said in a 'duh' voice.
"It is a hard decision bro,"
"Yeah," I sighed. "Hey, aren't you in the same situation as I am? Aren't you worried?" I punched him back but harder.
"Yeah.. Kind of. But it's like.. Theres feeling I'll never be the one. I feel like its a one side love. Plus... Announcing me and her together is too much of a shock. Imagine it," he told me.
I nodded. "True. I felt the heart attack when I found out too,"
He snickered. "You done? My turn!" He grabbed the phone away and did the finger print.
Jennie suddenly moved and he stopped. We both froze and stared at her. She turned her body and put her foot on me.
"Aw.." She put her hands on her stomach, "Food..." She smiled. Her stomach growled at the right time.
Both Aiden and I laughed. Even my dad did also.
"I'm really shocked at your taste," I told him with a disgusted face. She moves her feet. Annoying. I pushed her feet down and she pouted.
"I go for the personality, not the looks," he answered.
I stared at him, "Not even the personality.. Her-- Oh my god," I scratched my head, "You're weird,"
"It's not weird," he denied, "It's called being unique,"
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Notes:
Kakka GOOD? I didn't make this chapter very clear because.. I wanted to! Muahah leave it mystery.. If you know what's going on the OK.
Ranking on Vocal:
-Jennie
-Nelson
-Semra & Ahna
-Kaein & Aiden
-Luis
-Sora
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