TOUR MOMS

Dope

Melissa's POV
With the initial meetings out of the way, it was time for BTS to get back to their schedule. Which Melissa, Laney, and Allison should now have copies of sitting in their new BigHit email mailboxes. Melissa had learned in their debriefing meeting that changes to the schedule happened fast and often, and that she should always have notifications for that email address on.
BTS gave the girls more smiles and bowed slightly before melting back into the mess that was the preparation room they were in. Not completely confident of their position yet, the girls drifted towards the back wall of the room where they could watch the goings-on without getting in anyone's way.
After about the fourth or fifth member, Melissa had become slightly numb to the rest of the meetings despite her initial plan to have a conversation with all of them. It was just so much. She'd never been so star struck in her life.
It seemed Allison and Laney also hadn't quite recovered yet from what just happened. All three girls were dead silent, looking out of it.
The shakiness was subsiding slowly. Looking to her sister Melissa saw that Allison was staring off into nothing, her knuckles mindlessly rapping against her collarbone. Laney was glancing all around the room like she couldn't decide where she should look while her fingers tore at each other before her.
They needed to, like, talk about what just happened.
Laney's wandering eyes met Melissa's and the former let out a single laugh, a hand coming to her head. Melissa also let out a nervous laugh, trying to think of what to say.
Allison, still staring into the distance, spoke first. "Did that actually just happen?"
"My thoughts exactly," Laney said.

"They're so..." Melissa started.

"Real," all girls said at the same time, in the same dreamy manner. They looked at each other, and all the tension that had been building since opening that fateful letter this morning shattered into a million pieces. The girls dissolved into uncontrollable laughter.

They were really here. This was really happening. A video and a joke and a letter, and the girls were now official staff of the entertainment company BigHit, working with the biggest pop sensation in the world.

And they'd just met the celebrities that had stolen their hearts at first glance.

The girls were still laughing, and Melissa didn't even know what they were laughing about. It was just one of those things where she couldn't stop. She covered her mouth with her hands, trying to block the sounds from escaping. Laney was bending over, holding her stomach and laughing into her knees. Allison had turned around, hand braced on the wall, head tilted down while she tried to catch a breath. So much had happened today. It was officially the most eventful day of Melissa's entire life.

Their laughing fit caught the attention of several people in the room. Melissa was the only one paying attention, but she made eye contact with several confused staff members. Her cheeks turned pink, but she couldn't stop the laughter if she wanted to. Instead, she squeezed her eyes shut to avoid looking at anyone else.

What a mess, she thought, which made her laugh more.

Eventually, finally, all three calmed down enough to stand up straight and take deep breaths. They were getting some seriously judgmental looks from onlookers while Laney wiped away her laughing tears.

From the other side of the room, Melissa saw that Jungkook and Hoseok were watching them and were also chuckling, most likely laughing at how insane the girl probably looked just then. In a normal state of mind, that may have made Melissa get nervous again, but her spirit was too bubbly at the moment to feel anything but joy. Besides, this was basically their job. Make the boys feel good. If that meant making a fool of herself on the first day, then so be it.

After one more deep breath, Melissa composed herself and turned to her friends. "We need to look at that schedule," she said, already pulling her phone out of her pocket.