Chapter 2

Alisha tried to calm her heart down as she open the email with shaking fingers.

Hello Ms. Alisha Das,

We saw your profile on our fan web page, and we would like to offer you the chance of a lifetime!

We have been trying to introduce a new concept to our show "We Got Married", and we wanted to give you the chance to be on the show with one of today's biggest K-pop Stars. We think that you would be the prefect addition to this show.

Please email us back as soon as possible since we would love to welcome a foreigner into our industry.

Thank you,

MBC Korea

Alisha tried to cover her mouth with her hand so that she would not wake up everyone in the neighborhood. She had forgotten when she had made that account on the MBC website a month ago!

Alisha hurriedly wrote a reply saying that she would love to participate in the show! And then she put her phone down and tried to take deep breaths. She knew they probably would not reply instantly and she knew that she could never sleep in this state.

Her phone beeped again. She sat up with a gasp and opened her email. It had an attached information form and it said that they would send her tickets soon so that she could come down to Korea. Alisha's heart stopped beating as she read the last line in the email.

We look forward to seeing you soon, and to start filming!

Alisha filled out the form instantly with all her information. She felt like if she delayed anything, the moment would disappear. As soon as she had sent her reply she ran down the stairs to tell her parents.

"MOM!"

"What? Why are you yelling?" Alisha's Mom asked. Her parents were sitting at the table eating their dinner. Indian people always eat dinner so late, Alisha thought to herself.

"Okay, so don't freak out. I am going to Korea!"

Alisha's parents had no reaction. They just kept eating their meal.

"Umm hello?"

"Yeah yeah we know! You are ALWAYS going to Korea." Her Mom said with a smile.

"No! Seriously, MBC Korea emailed me just now, asking me to be on their show!" Alisha showed her parents the email on her phone.

"Oh…" Her Dad said. "So are you going to go? What about your classes?"

"Well…I can take some time off right? I can always come back and continue my degree!" Alisha said, but her heart slowed down. How could she possibly let go of her education? That has been pretty much her entire life. She could not even think about quitting school, even if it was temporary. She had to go to Medical School and become a Doctor. Alisha sat down at the table, her expression falling.

"Well Alisha, if that is what you really want to do, then you should do it." Her Mom said sympathetically. She knew what was going on in Alisha's head.

"Yes I really want to do this. And I know that if I don't, I'll probably regret it for the rest of my life." Alisha said, still downcast.

"Well then you should do it." Her Dad said with some finality. Alisha looked up surprised. She had thought her Dad would be the last person to say something like that.

"Are you serious Dad?"

"A person should have no regrets in life."

Alisha thought about it, and realized that he was right. What was she doing? She was just about to give up her dream!

"Okay I am going!" She said jumping up and down. "But what am I going to do? I have to like drop out of school UGH."

The week that passed was probably one of the worst that Alisha had ever experienced. But now it was over! And she had a flight to Seoul, Korea in 30 minutes.

"MOM! I forgot to pack my black dress! That's what I was going to wear tonight when I am meeting the PD!" Alisha screamed as she jumped out of her seat in the airport.

"Calm down Alisha, you can wear whatever. When we talked to them on the phone it sounded like they have already made their decision." Her Mom said calmly as she drank her coffee.

"Yes BUT, If I show up wearing sweats they are going to pick someone off the street instead of putting me on the show!" Alisha said hyperventilating. She was nervous and she had no idea what to do about it.

"Okay seriously everything will be fine. Now come on its boarding time." Alisha's Dad said, as they started moving towards the gate.

Saying bye to her parents was the hardest part of her week. Alisha did not know how long it would be before she saw them again, so the tears would not stop all the way until the flight landed in Seoul.

"We are going to land in Seoul Airport soon, please put on your seatbelts." Came the announcement over the speakers.

Alisha hurriedly took out her mirror and redid her make up, she had no idea who was coming to pick her up at the airport, but she could not look like the puffy eyed pig that had cried all night. When the plane landed she was hurried trying to find her way to luggage pick up when she saw a balding man holding a sign with her name on it.

"Umm, hi. I am Alisha." She said nervously as she walked up to him.

"Oh Anyeonghaseyo!" The man said bowing. "Welcome to Korea! We have already picked up your luggage from the airlines, please follow me to the car."

Alisha smiled; the man's English was as good as her Korean. At least she could understand him though she thought as she followed him outside.

The air was humid, even though it was only May, and Alisha breathed in the air that she had wanted to breathe for a long time. She was finally in Korea and she could not believe it.

"So where are we going now?" She asked the man in her broken Korean as she got into the big black van waiting outside.

"Ahh you know some Korean!" He replied with some relief in his own language. "We are going to the MBC recording station right now. The PDnim is leaving for Japan tonight so he wants to meet you before!"

"Ahh, I understand." Alisha tried to say calmly as her heart started thumping at his words.

She looked out of the window at the buildings passing by, and the small shops and stores, everything looked so fascinating but she could not appreciate it, not when she was terrified.

After what seemed like 5 hours, but actually just one, the driver stopped outside a large glass building.

"We are here!" He said opening the door for Alisha. "Mr. Lee Sang Soon will be waiting for you on the 10th floor, the receptionist will help you find the way."

"Kamsahamida!" Alisha said bowing.

She walked into the building through the big glass double doors and walked towards the front desk. The receptionist seemed to know instantly who she was and stepped out from behind the desk.

"Hello! Nice to meet you, I'll lead you up the room." She said in her broken Korean. These people seemed to think that Alisha was some sort of alien; they were all giving her he weirdest looks.

"Thank you." Alisha mumbled and followed the lady into the elevator and right up to an office. Behind the big wooden desk, there sat a man in his 30s, who looked stricter than Alisha's old principles.

"Hello." Alisha said bowing. She was not capable of saying anything else at that moment.

"Hello there!" The PD said in his perfect English. "Welcome to the MBC office. I am so happy to finally see you. Well since you are here, we are going to get started right away. Is that okay with you?"

Alisha nodded. She had no idea what he meant but she thought it would be best to agree with him.

"So since we do not have any time to do a screen test or an actual audition, we will just start and then see how things go. So we are going to pair you up with 2PM's Taecyeon. Do you know who that is?"

"TAECYEON?" Alisha could not control the volume of her voice, as her biggest dream seemed to be turning into reality.

END of chapter 2. Sorry for taking so long to continue this story! I hope you guys are still interested enough for me to continue =]