𝑬𝒀𝑬𝑲𝑶𝑵𝑰𝑪 | katseye 7th member

𝐆𝐎𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐏𝐔𝐁𝐋𝐈𝐂. two

today we're going public. i'm really excited for the fans, i hope i can make a great first impression on everyone. currently, we're all backstage getting our makeup touched up for our 'Meet The 21 Finalists' video, that will be on youtube.

"you ready for this?" karlee asked me. "yeah! i'm super nervous though." i answered her. "i'm sure it will go great. i feel kind of off right now though."

"why?" there was silence for a moment. "i'll tell you later. i don't want it to freak you out, you know?" she explained. "yeah, okay." i let it go.

"five minutes left!" a staff told us. we all headed backstage in a line. "i'm actually gonna die." i said, marquise behind me, celeste infront of me. "it's okay, we got this!" celeste affirmed. i shook my head 'yes', but i still felt anxious.

we all gathered to the front stage, the lights off, all of the people staring at us. well, trying to get a look at us. after a few seconds, the lights cut on and we started our introduction.

"hi, my name is lexie, i'm 19 years old and i'm from sweden." lexie spoke, then handed the mic over to me. "hello! my name is y/n, i'm .. years old, and i'm from <nationality>" i smiled softly, before handing the mic over to daniela.

the rest of the time was just me smiling at the wall, trying not to make eye contact with the crowd. i felt like i would make a silly face or accidentally do something wrong if i even looked at them. occasionally i would look over to the people though.

i tried my best to refocus, when megan's voice pulled me out of my thoughts. "hi, i'm megan, i'm 17 years old and i'm chinese-american from honolulu, hawaii." she was the last one to introduce herself.

the crowd cheered as we had finished our speeches. "wow, you guys are so talented. i can't wait for what is to come for this survival show. each one of these girls represents their beautiful nationality, ethnicity, and culture. give it up for our dream academy finalists!" tetris spoke.

i clapped along with the audience as the lights shut back off, and we all headed backstage. after the meeting, emily, lexie, ezerela, and i went out to eat. "what are you guys ordering?" i asked.

"i don't know actually.. i might just get anything, i'm so hungry right now." emily laughed. "no, me too.. chicken tenders and fries sound SO good right now." i exaggerated. "stop it with the chicken tenders and fries, try something else for a change!" ezerela scolded.

"here, i'll find you something." lexie snatched my menu. "can i start you girls off with a drink?" our waiter asked. "i'll have a sprite." i said. after the waiter took the rest of the girls orders, and walked away, we got back to business. "so did you find anything?" i asked lexie.

"uhhh.. not at the moment.." she said, still browsing. "ooh, definitely fried pickles!" emily suggested. i looked at her with disgust. "please leave." i joked. "you first!" she laughed. "they're literally the best things on earth."

"yeah, as an appetizer! i'm here for a full meal." i argued. "it's still good though." she stated. i shrugged, and grabbed the menu back from lexie. "hey!" lexie looked taken aback. "you were taking too long!"

"i saw tacos on there, don't you like tacos?" ezerela asked me. "yeah, but it depends how it's made." i spoke. "oh my gosh, just get chicken tenders and fries at this point. you're really picky, you know that?"

"i'll be a picky eater till i die." i smiled. the waitress came back to get our orders after a bit, and the wait for the food wasn't long. "so, are you girls excited for mission 1 filming tomorrow?" lexie asked. "uhhh, just a little bit." i replied.

"i feel like it's going to go well. i'm just not so excited for eliminations." lexie discussed. "yeah." we all agreed. "and i really want to go to korea, so if i get eliminated, i might die." emily frowned. "it's okay, we're going to go to korea together, i just know it." i affirmed.

"cheers on that!" ezerela cheered. we grabbed our drinks and clancked them together. "to korea!" lexie said. i laughed and put my glass down. i didnt want to lose these girls. i didn't want to lose any of the girls back at the house. they're all like family to me. they are my family.

༝༚༝༚ ༝༚༝༚ ༝༚༝༚ ༝༚༝༚ ༝༚༝༚ ༝༚༝༚ ༝༚༝༚ ༝༚༝༚ ༝༚༝༚ ༝༚༝༚ ༝༚༝༚ ༝༚༝༚ ༝༚༝༚ ༝༚༝༚

word count - 768

another short chapter! hope y'all are fine with the first 2 chapter being short. i'm trying to figure out if i want to do the next part (which will be mission 1) with a big chapter, including scenes at the dorm, which would probably take a day or 2, or just do mission 1 and then do the extra scenes in another chapter.