Chapter 3

The PD smiled at Alisha. "Is that a problem?"

"No no! Not at all, I am sorry. I just…am a fan." Alisha smiled, while her heart pretty much stopped beating.

"Ahh, that's very good. So since today is your first day here and we dragged you in here first thing, why don't you take the rest of the day off? And we'll start at around 8am tomorrow morning with our first shoot. MBC is going to see how it goes and then it will be broadcasted this Saturday."

"THIS SATURDAY?" Alisha cleared her throat. "Sorry, I mean, so is the decision already made? Of having us as a couple on the show?

"Yes of course! That is why we had you flown in here. Your profile fits perfectly with the type of girl we are looking for. Thank you." The PD stood up, and gave Alisha a bow, which obviously meant that the meeting was now over.

"Th…thank you." Alisha mumbled as she bowed and left the room. Her mind was blank as she made her way to the car waiting for her downstairs. Everything seemed like a dream, very unrealistic.

"Hello maam, how was the meeting?" The driver said as Alisha got into the car.

"Ahh, it was great thank you. We are starting shooting tomorrow." As she said that, it started to sink in. She was going to be a couple with Taecyeon on WGM! She started laughing and the driver looked at her like she was crazy. Which she probably was becoming.

Alisha did not know what to do for the rest of the day, so she told the driver to just take her to the hotel. As the car drove up to the front doors of the grand looking hotel, some of the lobby men came out to open the door for her. Alisha started to feel like Cinderella as she walked into the gorgeous hotel, and the receptionist just handed her the key with no explanations.

"Your room number is 2099, and it is on the 20th floor maam. I hope you enjoy your stay here. And please let us know if you need anything."

"Ahh, thank you." Alisha said bowing. She really was Cinderella, but she was starting to wonder when the clock was going to strike midnight, and she would have to go back to reality.

Her room was huge, it was a suite with a kitchen and living room! Alisha squealed as she jumped onto the fluffy pillows on the king sized bed. She realized that she was really sleepy.

"It must be the jet lag. I can always unpack tomorrow." Alisha sighed to herself and let her eyes close.

Alisha knew she was dreaming, but something felt wrong. She felt like she was forgetting something. She was in her university and everyone was staring at her, but she did not know why. Noone wanted to talk to her, and she felt alone, too alone.

She sat up in her bed, very disoriented. Where was she? The sun was falling really brightly right into her eyes.

"I wonder what time it is…" Alisha said to herself as she looked at her phone, which was lying beside her on the bed. 7:30am.

"WHAT?" Alisha screamed and jumped out of bed. She rushed into the bathroom and groaned. She looked like something out of a horror movie, her mascara coated her eyes like a panda and her hair looked like a haystack.

"Ahh, otokae! Seriously what do I do?" She rushed into the shower and started scrubbing her face and her hair. And then came out into the room soaking the carpet and opened her suitcase. She had no idea what to wear, so she picked a simple red dress and some white flats. As she tried to comb out her impossible hair, the phone in the room rang.

"Hello?" Alisha wheezed as she sprinted to the phone.

"Hello maam, I hope you had a good night. Your car is waiting outside, and the PD says that you have to get to the studio in 15 minutes. We tried giving you a wake up call but no one picked up."

"Oh, I am sorry I was…getting ready. I'll be there in 2 minutes."

Alisha looked at her bare face, the mascara was gone but she still looked really bad. She drew on some eyeliner and pinched her cheeks. That was all she could do right now. After brushing her hair for the last time, she grabbed her handbag and rushed out of the room.

"Sorry! I am late." She huffed at the driver as he opened the car door for her.

"Yes you are! We need to hurry. Taecyeon sshi is already there."

As the car zoomed out onto the streets, Alisha tried to breathe. He was already there…waiting to meet her. She could not believe it at all, so she just looked out to the streets of Seoul and tried to pretend she was just there for a vacation. Somehow, that seemed easier.

When the car stopped outside the MBC studio, 5 people ran out to meet her. They all bowed and then pretty much dragged her inside to a dressing room.

They did not seem to know English, or want to converse with her, so she kept quiet and let them take off her clothes and put new articles of clothing on her. At the same time a lady with bright red hair did her makeup. Alisha just tried to keep breathing as all this took place.

"Okay, you are ready!" The man who looked like he was in charge said in Korean.

"Ahh, okay. Umm…what do I do now?"

"Well you have to get out there. Everyone is waiting for you on the sets."

Alisha followed the red haired lady out the door and through a long corridor into an opening that had a million people standing with cameras. She saw the PD walking in her direction.

"There you are! What took you so long? Okay so the concept for your first meeting is that you are coming to the MBC studio to meet your husband, who is already waiting for you. And as you are late, this isn't hard to imagine is it?"

"I am sorry, I…"

"Okay come on! They are all waiting. We do not have a script for you. Just be natural and follow Taec's lead. "

Alisha followed the PD into the throng of people. As they parted for her, she saw that they were in the lobby of the main building, where there was a small café. In one of the small tables that were there, someone really tall was sitting.

"Oh my God." Alisha whispered as the PD took her right up to this man.

They stopped a few feet behind the table, and the man did not turn around, or even notice her.

"Okay, so we are going to shoot you walking up to him and then your meeting. We want it to appear as natural as it can understand?"

"Y…yes." Alisha stammered. Her heart was hammering in her chest and she actually could not think at all.

"Okay then, we are shooting, action." The PD said quietly, but suddenly it was quiet. Alisha could feel all the eyes looking in her direction. It was not a friendly environment, probably because she was late, but she tried to ignore everything as she walked toward the man sitting at the table. His hair was very disheveled looking, in a sexy way. And he was wearing a black coat, so she could not really see what was underneath from the back. And of course his face was invisible.

Suddenly Alisha realized that she had no idea what she looked like, they had not given her a chance to look in the mirror! And terror set in, what if he ran away from her? Would he tell the PD that he did not want to do the show with some Indian girl?

Finally she was there, and he turned…

"Anyeonghaseyo." Taec stood up, and bowed smiling.

"Ahh yes anyeonghaseyo." Alisha bowed, as her mind went blank.

He was beautiful. His coat was open to a white shirt and some dress pants, and his face was perfect. He looked very attractive. She noticed all of this as they sat down, and she noticed his eyes surveying her from head to toe. She shivered.

"So…I am sorry I am late." Alisha smiled. She didn't know where the camera was, in fact it seemed like they were the only two people in the world.

"Its okay, its so hard for me to wake up in the morning. So I totally understand. Plus you came in yesterday right?" He smiled. He was actually very approachable and Alisha felt herself relaxing a little bit.

"Yes, yesterday afternoon. It's been kind of…crazy." Crazy actually doesn't even describe it Alisha said in her mind.

Taec laughed. "Yes I can definitely imagine. I remember when I first came here from the US, it was like whoa." To Alisha, his Korean was very easy to understand for some reason, but it was getting hard for her to say her thoughts in that language.

As she stumbled, he said. "You can speak in English you know, although your Korean is quite amazing."

"Haha thanks. I don't really know that much." It was getting awkward. She could not even look at him properly, and he was just looking at her the whole time. And she did not know what to say anymore.

"Do you want to drink something? The coffee here is actually pretty good. Or we could go grab some breakfast somewhere. I am sure you did not get a chance to eat. By the way, you look amazing today."

Alisha stopped breathing again; she thought she was probably going to get a heart attack at this rate. "Oh, thank you…I actually didn't even look in the mirror before they dragged me out here." Oh dear, Alisha thought, what did I say? Everyone in the studio started laughing, and so did Taec.

"I mean…not dragged, brought me out here…" Alisha laughed too, she couldn't help it, and the situation was so bizarre. And she did not like feeling like a puppet so she could feel her real personality pushing through the nervousness. And automatically the atmosphere in the place lightened.

"So you were DRAGGED out of the hotel room this morning huh? But don't worry, you look…beautiful." Alisha looked into his eyes at that moment, and they were very warm, like milk chocolate.

"Thank you." She said, meaning it. He was being so nice, that it was all starting to feel oddly normal. "Oh and…I don't like coffee." People laughed again, she didn't know if it was with her or at her, but she was starting to think that she didn't care,

"Oh really? Well then lets get out of here, it's a little stuffy don't you think?" Taec stood up and held out a hand to help her up. Alisha laughed to herself, she didn't need help to get out of a chair, but she grabbed his hand anyways. It felt very warm to her cold and clammy ones.

"Where are we going?" Alisha asked as they stepped out of the building, and she could feel the cameras now, surrounding her.

Taec led her to a bright red convertible and opened the passenger door for her.

"Wahh…nice car." She gaped at it.

"I borrowed it from a Hyung, just for today." He laughed as she got in.

And the next thing Alisha knew, they were alone in the car. She knew there was a camera in front of her but there was no one else, for the first time, her and Taec were alone and zooming along the streets of Seoul.

End of Chapter 3. I hope the readers are enjoying this! Please let me know if you don't approve of something. 3