Chapter 1

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*Listen to When I Saw You by Bumkey while reading this chapter*

I came to Seoul when I was eighteen. I have always loved to dance and I took lessons when I was growing up. Before I left for Seoul I was dancing professionally, but I wanted to do more with my skills. So I packed a suitcase and left as soon as I graduated from high school. I wanted to challenge myself and start new somewhere else.

My parents hated the idea and did not understand why I even wanted to leave. I was doing just fine there, but it wasn't what I wanted for myself. I needed to challenge myself and go bigger. When I packed my bags and was leaving for the airport, my parents told me to never contact them. I had looked at both of them and nodded, if that was how it was going to be.

I left without looking back to pursue my dreams.

When I got to Seoul, I looked for an apartment and I moved in right away. I studied for my citizenship because this was where I am going to live from this day on. After settling in I looked for a place that had professional dancing training, so I could improve myself.

That's what I've done for the last four years. My skills improved greatly and my trainer took me aside one day. He told me I was doing so well that I needed to find a professional job for myself. I was doing so much better than anyone else there. I had smiled at him and thanked him for all his help. I had left that day and went looking right away. And that's where I am now.

I read that the company, JYP, needed seven professional dancers for their group, Got7. They are going to host a week training for any girls who could dance and at the end they would choose just seven of us. After reading this I immediately headed there. This would be perfect for me and I knew I totally had it.

I walk down the sidewalk and stand outside of JYP. I look up at it and I smile. This is the reason why I'm here. I'm so ready to take on this challenge and become a professional dancer. I walk up to the building and I open the front door. I walk inside and go up to the front desk. The girl behind it smiles and I return her smile.

"I'm here for the professional dancer position." I tell her. She nods and grabs some papers from her desk.

"Could you fill this out for me?" She asks me. I smile and take the papers from her. I fill out all the paperwork and hand it all back to her. She takes it from me and stands up.

"Let me take you to where they are meeting." She tells me and leads me down a hallway. I follow her and look around as we walk. She comes to a stop in front of a closed door and turns to me.

"Here it is. I wish you luck." She says and I bow to her before she leaves. I open the door in front of me and walk inside. The room is full of girls with a couple older guys sitting down at a long table. Everyone turns to look at me.

"Welcome. We are about to start." One of the guys tells me. I join the other girls and the guy in the middle stands up.

"I'm Park Jinyoung, the owner of JYP. I'm glad you all are here. Every day this week some of you will be eliminated until there is just seven of you." He tells us. The guy next to him stands up too.

"I hope all of you can dance on the spot because we are going to start our elimination right now." He says. I smile to myself. I totally got this. The two men sit down and point to a girl. She comes forward and music starts. The girl starts dancing.

This process keeps going until finally I am picked. I step forward and when the music starts I begin dancing. As I dance along to the music I start to hear gasps behind me. The men in front of me all look at each other.

"She's good." I hear someone say behind me. The music stops and I smile. Jinyoung looks at me then smiles.

"Are you a professional because your dancing is the best I've seen." He says.

"I have been training professionally for four years and had experience before that." I tell him. Jinyoung smiles.

"I don't think you need to go through this training." He says. I shake my head.

"I don't think that's fair." I tell them. Jinyoung nods and another girl takes my place. Well look at that, I've totally got this.

I go through the training the rest of the week with all the other girls and I make it everyday. That last day just seven of us are left and we are taken to a bigger room. Jinyoung is there with seven other guys who look to be my age. They must be Got7. We are told to dance to the song we have practiced. We all begin as the music starts.

Five of the guys have their eyes locked on one of the girls to my left, probably Violet. The other two guys have their eyes on me. They keep talking to each other and pointing my way. The music stops and Jinyoung steps in front of us.

"So boys these are your dancers; Violet, Jane, Rose, Amber, Mia, Emma, and Tabby." He introduces us all. All the boys look at us.

"Now starting with JB and going down, pick the girl you wish to dance with." Jinyoung tells them. JB smiles and points to Violet.

"I would like Violet." He says. The four guys beside him sigh. The last two boys are still looking my way. The next boy, Mark, picks Mia. Jackson picks Jane, Jinyoung picks Rose, and Youngjae picks Amber. So it's down to the last two boys. Bambam and Yugyeom both point to me at the same time.

"I want her." They say at the same time. They look at each other and I glance at Emma. She looks at me and scrowls at me. Great.. I can see drama in my future. The boys have been talking and Bambam sighs.

"I will take Emma." He says. Yugyeom smiles at me.

"I will take Tabby." I walk over to him and he offers me his hand.

"Nice to meet you. I'm glad I will be working with you." Yugyeom says with a smile. I smile.

"Thank you for choosing me." I say.

"Well your dancing is amazing." Bambam walks up to us and smiles.

"Thank you." I reply with a smile.

"I'm your partner." I hear Emma say. We all look over and she is glaring at us.

"Well she's going to be fun." Bambam says quietly. I laugh slightly. I like these guys.

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