Fate

Chapter 3

        "Well, I will let you talk so Hope can learn about the group and you. Here hope this is your key and a sticky note with the code to your apartment; good luck." Inchance said well, handing me my stuff. " I'll make her feel welcome, sir." Chan shook his hand. " we'll talk in my studio if that is okay with you." " Yeah, anything works," I said, looking everywhere but him. He led the way; I couldn't get around alone. I would get so lost. We finally get to his studio and sit on the couch, and I pull out my small notebook and pen to take notes. It's time to pull myself together and be professional," I'll start; my name is Lee Hope. My first question is how many bandmates do you have?" " Hi, lol, my name Korean name is Bang Chan, and my English name is Christopher, but I like Chris. We are a group of 8 members." He had a puzzled look on his face; not going to lie, it was pretty cute. " have you never heard of us?" he said. " No, my mom was very protective and sheltered me." " Ah, well, we'll get you to listen to our music, don't worry, haha, but we are Stray Kids, and the rest of the members are; Lee Know, Changbin, hyunjin, Han, Felix, Seungmin, and I.N." He had the biggest smile the whole time. " you must care about them." " Of course I do. They are my family or my kids, as Stay's say." I couldn't help but laugh " Your kids?! Haha" "Haha yeah, it's a running joke. I'm the oldest and the leader." he said well, chuckling. "Well, I don't send one of your "kids" to the hospital. Are there any allergens I should know about?" This is going great; I'm myself and not the girl 30 minutes ago! " Well, they aren't allergic to food, but Hyunjin and Changbin are allergic to cats." " Well, it's a good thing I have a dog bu--" " YOU HAVE A DOG!!" and suddenly I have no hearing " " Haha, yes, her name is Baby, and she is an Australian Shepherd." I couldn't help but smile at him because his voice got high, and his eye's got big. " Awwwww, I can't wait to meet her, I have a dog, too, but she is back home in Australia with my family," he said, all sad. "Aww well, if you ever need dog time, baby is a great cuddler, just find my door." the way his face lit up like a Christmas tree what priceless. " back to what I was saying before I became deaf, lol, I need you to create a list of all of the members' favorite meals and snacks so I know what to make and way I can tweak to make things better." " Okay, sounds good. I can do that. Now I won't tell you if you don't always help it healthy, I'm sure the members would like you even more, but I also need something from you." Suddenly he turned serious. " I know you already signed a contract with the company, but I need you to sign my contract." " Oh, why?" I'm sure I had the stupidest look, but I was confused. " Since you will be in our apartments a lot and no one sees them besides us, I need you to sign that you won't leak anything and whatever you see in the apartments say in the apartments. It is our safe space where we aren't in the eye of the public." "Okay, easy. I don't have any friends, so share stuff with them so your secrets are safe." His face went from serious to confused, but like me. " what do you mean you have no friends?" "Well, as I said before, my mom kept me on a short line, so it was school and home." I said when looking down at my notes, trying to hide the sadness. " but she let you come here?" " Well, that is a long story..." then the tears started to fill my eyes, but I quickly pushed them back before they could make my notebook wet. " Well, just like you said with your dog about me, I am always here if you need to talk. you are now part of the team." I looked up, and he was wearing a big smile that could make anyone instantly feel better. "thank you." I don't know what it is about this guy, but something about him makes you want to spill everything on the table.

         After going back and forth about the members, we finally returned to my uncles' office to get baby. I WAS PUSHED ASIDE when I opened the door. "hey!" When I turned towards the room, is met with a great scene. I've never seen a grown man on the floor hugging and playing with a dog while talking in a baby voice. "Hey, baby, I'm here too, you know!" I kneel on the floor with the saddest look I can do, and the baby instantly comes over to kiss me. " You Know Chris, I'm not going to wake up in the middle of the night, and my dog will be gone, right?" I try to say with a serious tone. " I make no promises," he said, all smiley. This will be an exciting time." Well, should we get going? The jet leg is catching up on me." " Oh yeah, it's not that far of a walk." When we left the building, Chris wore a black hat and mask. I'm guessing that no one noticed him. Things are different here than in the States. " You are staying in the same building as us, right?" ah-um yy-es" Forget what I said an hour ago. She's back. " it looks like the number is 1597." he kept looking forward. "Interesting. You will be on the same floor across the hall." " That close? My uncle wasn't kidding when he wanted to make it easy for me." I wish his face weren't covered so I see his expressions. It seems he is in deep thought because the rest of the walk is quiet.

           After a while, we finally came to the building, and let's say it's not small. When we get inside, my jaw hit the floor. This place puts my mom and mine apartment to shame. "wow, this place must cost an arm and a le--" Damnmit, why did I say that out loud? Now he's going to think I'm poor. Don't get me wrong, I am, but I didn't need to know that. "haha, well, I guess you can say that." he laughed, and it wasn't a giggle, not it was a laugh, and now he was going to know me as a poor girl. We got to my door, and I tried the code, and it worked. " Hey, before we go separate, I wanted to tell you hows the apartment is whos. Changbin, Han, Hyunjin, and mine are the door on the right, and on the left are Lee Know, Seungmin, Felix, and I.N. You can pick which one you want to do your cooking in, or you can cook at your place then deliver if that makes you more comfortable." Okay, sounds good. I think ill do the second one until I get more comfortable with the group and they get to know me." " Great, you won't have to start right away. I have to talk with the guys so you can get settled in, so it will be in a couple of days. I want to do a trial run to ensure the food won't hurt my "kids," haha." All I could do was smile. "Wow, I see, not trust." "Well, we did just meet," he smirked. "Fair, fair. Here's my number. Text me all the details when you get them." "Okay, well, ill let you go and get the plane smell of you, lol. Oh, and I look forward to your cooking." then he disappeared at his door.

        "Well, baby, welcome home." I typed in the password again and opened the door. I let baby off her leash and took my shoes off. When I looked up, there was a big picture window in the living room, and the place was already furnished, which was nice. When you come in from the door, you walk into the kitchen, but it's not small, but it is not big either. I think it's suitable for the cooking and baking I have to do. Then you walk to the living room, which I can't get over. I walked to the door on the right, and it was the bedroom. It wasn't a bad size, and the bathroom was connected to the bedroom with a nice walk-in shower. All of my stuff was in the bedroom. "Well, baby, should we get started." This is going to be a long day.