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As soon as my alarm sounded I groaned and rolled over, silencing the phone. I laid there wrapped in a warm nest of blankets willing myself to get up and get in the shower. It took me a while but I finally made it out of my covers and headed for the bathroom. Once I was done with my shower I blow-dried my hair and left it in its natural waves (plus a bit of product to keep it from frizzing) and put a cute braid in it. I dressed in one of my new pairs of jeans and a cute top before doing my makeup. As I was checking my bag to make sure I had everything I got a text from Eric telling me they were downstairs. 'Let me get my shoes on ;p' 'Hurry it up! We're stopping to get lunch and I'm hungry!' 'Hold your horses.' '(Horse face emoji) this one or (Running horse emoji) this one?' 'Really?' ':D' 'I'm walking out the door dork' 'Yay! Food time!'
By the time I got the last message I was already walking out the main door and towards the only car parked near the hotel. Eric opened the door and I slid in next to him.
"Hi Tessa," Kevin said, leaning forward a bit.
"Hey Kevin. Hi Jimin. How are you guys?"
"I'm good," Kevin said.
"Me too," Jimin chuckled.
"And what am I? Chopped liver," Eric pouted.
"Chill out Eric," I laughed. "I was about to ask you."
"Well maybe I don't want to tell you now."
I just rolled my eyes as we pulled in to a café parking lot. We walked in and ordered our lunch. We found a table and talked as we ate. Before I knew it we were done and heading to the studio. We walked in shortly after one and they led me in to the hair and makeup room. I sat in one of the empty chairs and talked to Jimin, Kevin, and Eric while they got fixed up for the show.
"Would you like to join us while we do a little read through? Just so you see the general direction of the show," Jimin said.
"Yeah if I'm allowed."
"We've got you an all access pass today. You go where we go," Eric said, winking at me through the mirror.
As I was sticking my tongue out at him the guys of Cross Gene walked in. Kevin, Eric, and Jimin stood up to greet them.
"Tessa, I'd like you to meet Shin, Takuya, Casper, Seyoung, Sangmin, and Yongseok. Otherwise known as Cross Gene," Eric said, gesturing me over.
"Annyeonghaseyo," I bowed. "It's nice to officially meet you. I'm a big fan."
"It's always nice meeting fans," Casper said.
We talked for a bit until their cordinoona came in and had them start getting ready.
"We need to get over to the read-through anyway," Kevin said.
