Always Been You [EXO Series Book One]

Chapter Twenty Eight

Chapter Twenty-Eight [edited]

TwoYears Later

We had graduated high school and were now attending different colleges. We had all applied to Princeton, Oxford and Harvard. We had hoped to attend the same school, but were separated.

Mikaela and I are attending Princeton. We were taking med school and were making progress. She took music as a minor course as she was still a trainee at SM and is going to debut in two months.

Trevor (L.D), Jordan (L.D) and Elisa (M.D) are attending Oxford. Mikaela and Trevor broke it off as soon as she found out he was seeing someone else behind her back just three days before graduation. The few weeks after were awkward for everyone. But they eventually forgave each other and gave their blessings.

Julius, who was the most playful among us, decided to grow up and study law. He went to Harvard and was already halfway finished with his sophmore year.

Me? Luhan and I are still going on strong. I had auditioned for SM and Cube just after graduation and was accepted to Cube as a trainee. Even though I wasn't accepted to SM, I was still happy because at least I was able to debut as a singer later on in life.

Everyday, our daily routine in the dorm (yes, I was lucky to share with Mikaela) was to get up, go to classes and then change for our training. We would finish our homework after 8pm when we got off training.

By the time we were finished, we would take our late-night dinner and then shower. We would only be able to sleep at around midnight everyday.

But even though our schedule was packed, I would still find time with Luhan and Mikaela would find time for Baekhyun whenever they flew here. Yup, she was dating Baekhyun now after five months of grieving over Trevor. But she moved on and Baekhyun connfessed to her, so they were now dating (I knew it was a hint after that little kiss on the cheek at Trevor's cousin's wedding).

It was late now and Mikaela was still on her date with Baekhyun. Baekhyun had came on the SM jet and had brought her to Korea. It was one of those days when I was free and she was busy, especially now since its going to be another month and a half before Mikaela debuted.

She had called to say that she was staying over at EXO's dorm at the SM building because she had to wake up early for another rehearsal.

It was eleven at night and I wasn't tired. I was too excited because I can't wait for Mikaela's debut stage. SM had given her a stage name, Rae/Rui(in chinese), because her chinese name was Mae Shi Rui.

Her debut song and debut album were mostly composed by her. I knew she had it in her to write her own music. She had made up the tunes and rhythms, the lyric composer just had to compose the lyrics.

She was already on the road to success. I sighed as I grabbed my jacket and headed out. I was hungry for some pancakes and I knew a diner who opened 24 hours that serves the best pancakes.

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"Hey Missy." I smiled and waved to the waitress. She was the late-night waitress and had to work till the morning to earn money for her twin six-year olds.

"Hey Vanessa, your usual?" She asked me and sat me at the counter.

I nodded and said thanks. I took my phone out and logged into Facebook and Twitter. I wasn't supposed to, but I couldn't help it.

I had tons of notifications and friend requests from Facebook. Seems like everyone wanted to know how the 'Golden Gang' turned out.

I logged out of Facebook and went into Twitter. I clicked on the 'Connect' button and saw a few hundred of people following me. But one person caught my eye.