Rose Hudson is an eighteen-year-old blogger and artist. She is originally from Texas, but moved to Korea to study and eventually live there five years ago.
JYP decides to give Got7 a chance to connect with their fans even more by selecting seven...
Three weeks had passed very quickly for me as I tried not to continually think about if my application was accepted or not. I kept myself busy with work as a server or cook at the best noodle place in town and with my blogs. I tried to convince myself that it wasn't a big deal since I was about 98% sure I wasn't accepted, but there was that 2% chance that kept bothering me especially as the day I would know my answer was getting closer.
It was the morning of that oh so dreaded yet hoped for day and I was not OK. Of all days it also had to be my day off from work and I wasn't mentally calm enough for a blog today either. I thought I could draw to distract my mind, but all I could draw was little animated Got7 pictures.
"That's it! Harrison, we are going on a walk and maybe we can even people watch today, hmm? How does that sound. I'm not going to even take my phone so that I can't even check the email when it comes out. You are going to have fun, Katherine, and you are not going to thing about anything that starts with the letter G!"
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I packed a satchel of necessities for myself and Harrison, put Harrison on his leash and locked my apartment door before heading out towards the city area. We walked through a few parks, taking pictures together or of the scenic routes we took. The time actually flew by as I toured cafes, parks and just the city life. Nighttime was fast approaching and some musicians were playing some street music that I decided to stay and listen to. Soon I felt something heavy drape over my feet and there was Harrison with half-lidded eyes.
"Is my baby tired? Did I wipe you out today, running all over Soul? Let's go home. I'm sure it's already very late."
We walked tiredly towards the bus station under the ebony sky. "Someday we have to visit the country and go star gazing. You can't see anything in a big city like this."
People gave me stares as I carried Harrison into the bus, but that never bothered me. I don't think either of us could last walking all the way home after today's adventures. 20 minutes later I put the key into my apartment door. "Home sweet home. Oh Mom called me today! I'll call her back tomorrow since I'm too tired to talk now. Hmmm, a bunch of junk mail and....HOLY CRAP!!! OK, Katherine, you can be a perfectly calm human while you read this. No matter what happens you will promise to compose yourself and accept it with grace and - Oh forget it! I need to know!"
Dear Rose Katherine Hudson, JYP is pleased to inform you that you have been accepted for living with a Got7 member for four weeks. We are very pleased with your information and entertaining video. You will soon receive an ID to show that you are one of the chosen applicants. You will be expected to come to the JYP Entertainment building on May 10 at 2:00 p.m. We look forward to seeing you then.
You would expect squealing or jumping up and down, but I kind of just...sat there, staring into space. A few minutes passed before any life could be spotted. I was giggling. When I find something funny, I laugh loudly, but when I am extremely exited, I giggle like a 5-year-old and become a little quiet or shy.
"Oh my gosh...what's happening? I'm not dreaming right? Ouch! No. I'm not dreaming. I'm going to live with someone from Got7! Ottokaji!!! I'm probably going to embarrass myself if front of the camera, let alone them. But this is so exiting! I hope I get to live with Youngjae, though I don't know how that will be decided. I wonder who else was accepted"....
The rest of the night was spent in that way, having completely forgotten my fatigue.
{Yugyeom Pov.}
The staff had finally finished going through all of the applications. I have no idea how though as there were so many. They filtered through all the crazy fans who were all over the camera, inappropriate, crazy or just boring. I don't hate them or anything, but the staff had to pick out the ones whom they could trust with us and who would do well on TV. This still left tons of applications for us personally to go through. Essentially only the Got7 members would pick the seven fans and then we would draw from those seven names at random.
Our manager made us go through the best 300 applicants for two days so we could think over it. It was hard for me to choose as there were so many interesting and pretty fans. There has to be at least one of them that would stand out though, right? We had already selected 30 possible ones out of about 200 so far when we were all getting tired of it.
BamBam was the one constantly complaining though, "Can we be done for today? Come on! We already finished 200 of them!"
"I agree. We need to rest if we are going to decide tomorrow who our roommates are." Youngjae pressed.
"Alright, we will finish after this one so we can stop on #220 so it's easy to remember where we left off for tomorrow."Jaebum finished.
He started the last video. She was beautiful. It wasn't just how she looked, because she was pretty, but how she spoke. She was obviously foreign, but spoke fluent Korean.
"Annyeonghaseyo! Joenun Katherine-imnida!" She greeted us and introduced herself in the video. But then she did this flip book thing that showed us dancing to our song A. It was adorable, and I can't imagine the amount of time that took to make! She was pretty, talented and had this presence about her that just drew me to her. I definitely wanted her to be chosen even if she wasn't my partner just so I could talk to her and get to know what her personality is.
The video ended very shortly after she wished us good luck and gave us encouragement. "Can we choose her please?!"
"I agree," Youngjae said. "She seems very interesting and fun to talk to."
"We should just put her on the list already of definite applicants", said Jackson.
"Is everyone agreed on her then?" Jaebum asked.
"Ne!!!" We all said.
Yes!!! I was so exited. I really hope I get her as my partner though!
