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Chapter 20 - Chapter 19: As Red As RedVelvet (Part 1)

"You should have seen the looks on their faces when I pushed Kai and Sehun into the pool," said Daniel with a smile on his face.

"And then Sehun got mad at me," said Mike after chewing his food. "Then he started chasing me around."

"That I already know," I said as I lifted my cup of coffee to my lips. "What I don't understand still is why you made them play out a Pokemon scene. A rather funny one for that matter. Taking pictures of them in their costumes felt more than enough to embarrass them."

"Nah!" Mike shook his head. I sat opposite him on the dining table. "If you've noticed, when these guys wear costumes, they look so cute their fans wouldn't mind. So, I wanted them to give out a little play."

"Well, that worked," said Zoey who sat next to Mike. "They looked cute but better yet, you embarrassed them. I had to admit, that was good."

"Thank you." Mike gave a smile.

"This is why I never want to bet with you on anything," said Christine who sat next to me on my left.

"Ya, I'm a definition of pure evil," said Mike as he gave out a smirk.

"That, I totally agree," said Zoey.

"Well, that was some story," said Collins who sat at the head of the table. For a moment, it didn't seem like he was listening because he was looking at his tablet and seemed to be minding his own business. But looks like he really was listening.

"Mike's still not done yet," said Lee who sat on my right. "He still has to tell us if Sehun got him or not."

"Oh, ya!" Zoey slowly nodded her head as she looked at Mike. "Did he get you?"

Mike looked at every one of us at the table. We all looked back at him, including Collins, waiting for his reply.

"I didn't get away," Mike answered. "He got me trapped in the gaming room. There was no escaping him from there."

"Wait, they have a gaming room?" I asked.

"Ya, it's almost like an arcade in there," said Daniel. "They even have Marvel comics too."

"Wow, so cool," said Christine.

"I should go there sometime," said Zoey.

"Me too," I said.

"And don't forget me," said Christine.

"Well, that's going to be a problem," said Collins who went on to looking at his tablet.

"Oh, gosh," Zoey murmured as she covered her eyes and shook her head. "When Collins says that, something good isn't going to come out of his mouth."

Lee almost laughed. "That's true," she said.

"That isn't always the case," said Collins as he looked at Zoey.

"Okay," Zoey looked at Collins as though she was ready to throw a challenge at him. "When has there ever been a time when you first say that sentence and later on bring us good news?"

"That's what I'm about to do now. I'm bringing you good news."

"It doesn't sound like it," said Daniel.

"See, even Daniel thinks the same," said Zoey.

"Well, maybe it's because you guys won't be able to find time since BTW will soon have to start working on their new single."

"Oh, I forgot about that," Zoey went on to hit her forehead.

"I put that as a good and a bad thing," I said. "On one hand we have BTW which will be fun, but we won't have time to visit EXO's villa or do anything else for that matter."

"Glad you put that in plain English so that Zoey can understand," said Collins.

"I understood you from the very start, Collins," said Zoey almost looking hurt in her eyes.

Collins smiled. "I know you did. Okay, finish up everyone. As you all know, we have a long day ahead."

We were soon done with our breakfast and we stood up from the table. The rest of us Toxins were prepared to carry our training bags waiting at the elevator until Collins stopped us.

"Wait, hold on a second guys," came Collins. We all turned to look at him behind us. His eyes were fixed on his tablet.

"What's up?" Mike asked.

"Don't tell me that BTW has been terminated," said Zoey. "Or else I am definitely going to kill someone today."

"You would?" Lee turned to look at Zoey with a surprised look on her face.

"I would kill the one who would have the guts to spoil our BTW dream."

"There will be no killing of anyone," said Collins. "And no, Zoey, BTW isn't terminated."

Zoey wiped her brow with relief. "Then what's going on?" I asked.

"Well, Yang Hyun-suk has suggested you guys take the day off."

"For real?" the four of us Toxins asked.

"For real. You guys have worked so hard these past few days even on the weekend when you were supposed to be resting. Training will resume tomorrow on Wednesday."

"And then the launch of our single with BigBang and BTW will be released on Friday?" Christine asked.

"That's what the schedule says, doesn't it?" Collins shrugged his shoulder. "You guys can now do whatever you want. If you need me, I'll be in my room making a few phone calls."

Mike and Daniel dropped their bags onto the carpet floor at the same time looking relieved.

"Are you up for Call of Duty?" Mike asked looking at his brother.

"Totally," Daniel answered.

Just as the two brothers were about to take a step towards the living room, Zoey stopped them as she stood in their way.

"Wait, guys, hold on," she said raising her hand to stop them with her phone in the other. "I'm afraid you will have to do your line of duty another day."

Christine and I almost burst out laughing but held it in. Zoey looked at the both of us.

"What so funny?" Zoey asked.

"You said 'duty'," said Christine.

"Seriously?" said Zoey. "These guys were just from saying that a second ago and you never said anything."

"When you say it, it sounds funny," I said.

"Grow up." Zoey rolled her eyes at us.

"Looks like someone is behaving mature," said Collins as he quickly turned around and headed for his room.

Zoey was about to say something to him but she was out of words. Before we knew it, Collins had shut the door to his room behind him and Zoey still hadn't uttered a word even with her mouth open. I saw Lee smiling beside me. Collins always knew how to leave Zoey speechless and confused. And it never took him much effort to do it.

"Never mind," Zoey muttered as she looked at the two brothers again. "As I was saying, you two can't go on and play your video game."

"And why not?" Daniel asked with his arms folded.

"Since we have a free day, BigBang just texted me that we should go over to their place."

"Oh, really?" Mike looked brightened up by the news. "I think we should go."

"Ya, Taeyang thinks we haven't gotten to hang out for a while as The Toxins and BigBang."

"That's a great idea," said Lee. "You guys go ahead. You won't need me around to babysit you. As much as it's your day off, it's mine as well. Just make sure you behave."

"Then what are you going to do?" I asked Lee.

"I am going to the spa. These past few days have been hectic running up and down for your launch on Friday. I truly deserve this day off."

Lee made her way to the elevator and pressed the button to summon it. As soon as she stepped in when the doors opened, she turned to look at us.

"You guys better book another car or something," she said. "I'll be using the one waiting outside if you don't mind."

"But Lee.....," Zoey started to say but the doors closed in front of us.

"Great! What are we going to use now?" Christine asked.

"Why don't we ask them to come pick us up?" Daniel asked.

"BigBang? I hope they won't refuse," I said as I pulled out my phone.

"Since you're the one who's asking, they will definitely not," said Zoey.

I rolled my eyes at Zoey when I put my phone to my ear. The line on the other end was ringing.

"My gorgeous princess," said Seungri when he picked up the call. "I assume you're all coming here to our dorm?"

"Ya, about that....." I said but then Seungri interrupted me.

"You changed your mind? Please don't tell me you changed your mind because we really need you guys here," said Seungri in a hurry.

"Wait a minute, hold on!" I said. "I never said that." The Toxins looked on at me wondering what was going on.

"But you were going to."

"No, I wasn't. I wanted to say we're coming over but we have a problem."

There was silence at his end and I knew he was obviously feeling embarrassed.

He cleared his throat. "What could be the problem, my little kitty?"

"Well, Lee took the car and none of us want to bother Collins about booking another one. And we obviously can't use public transport as you already know."

"Okay, I get it. I'm going to send a car to pick you guys up in a few minutes. Sounds okay?"

I smiled. "Thanks, Seungri."

"You're welcome, my panda."

I cut the line. "Let's wait for a few minutes. Seungri will send a car for us."

"Let's go wait in the lounge," said Christine.

Just as the five of us were heading there, we heard the elevator behind us. Could Lee be back? And so soon? We all stopped in our tracks and turned around towards the elevator.

"Hey guys!" came Seunghoon as he stepped out of the elevator.

Before I could even have time to react, Seunghoon came over to hug me first. Why wouldn't he? I was his bias after all.

"Hi, everyone," Mino followed as he stepped out of the elevator with Seungyoon and Jinwoo.

"Hey," said Zoey, sounding a little surprised herself.

"What's with the look on all your faces?" Seungyoon asked. "You look like you're not at all happy to see us."

"We do?" Christine asked with her cheeks blushing.

Seunghoon looked at me after our hug and all I could do was put a smile on my face.

"Ya, something is definitely up with you guys," said Seunghoon. "You're usually happy to see us. What's wrong today?"

"Nothing is wrong," I replied. "It's just that we weren't really expecting you here."

"Who were you expecting? The President?" Mino asked with a mocking grin on his face.

"Umm, no," said Zoey.

"Then who were you expecting?" Jinwoo asked. "Immediately our manager told us we won't be meeting for practice, we turned the car around to come and hang out with you guys."

"Wow, really?" Mike asked.

"You five are the most awesome people we know of to hang out with," said Seungyoon.

"We're so awesome," Daniel said to Mike with a smile on his face. Mike smiled back.

"So, what were planning to do on your free day?" Mino asked.

"Apparently....," I started. I didn't know how I was going to break it to them that we had somewhere else to go. "We were planning to go somewhere."

"Really? Where?" Seunghoon asked.

Before I could say anything, the land line in the lounge started ringing. I had a feeling that our ride was finally here.

"I'll get it!" Zoey said as she ran over to answer the line.

"So, where are we going?" Jinwoo asked.

"Where are 'we' going, like The Toxins and WINNER or just us Toxins?" Christine asked.

"The Toxins and WINNER, who else?"

"Our ride is here," Zoey announced after taking the call.

"Great," said Seunghoon. "We better start going."

"What a minute," I stopped him before he could turn around and head to the elevator. "You don't even know where we're going."

"Wherever you go, we will follow," said Seungyoon.

I wanted to slap my head. This was going to be a problem. How was I going to tell them we had to meet BigBang? One thing's for sure, they weren't invited.

"Okay, before you start running around like a lunatic, let me tell you where we are going first."

"Okay," said Seunghoon with a smile on his face.

I paused for a second, just looking at him. "We're going to meet BigBang at their dorm."

"Cool," said Jinwoo. "We'll come with you."

"Ah," Zoey scratched her head. She saw this to be difficult as well. "Well, the thing is, BigBang only invited us over. We aren't sure you coming with us will be appropriate."

There was silence for a while as the four group members of WINNER looked at each one of us Toxins.

"And you plan on going without us?" Mino asked. "We are still coming with you."

"Really?" Daniel asked. Daniel looked at me with a terrified look on his face. I know what that face meant: "Sam, stop this madness!"

"It won't hurt going to BigBang's dorm, will it?" Seunghoon asked. "It's going to be so much fun."

"I don't think it's a good idea," said Christine. "For a fact that someone will not be happy that you're coming over to the dorm."

"Who? Our manager?" Jinwoo asked.

"No, G-Dragon," Zoey answered.

Mino almost laughed but smiled instead. "No way," he said. "He won't get mad at us that he will chase us away."

I didn't know whether to get terrified or feel sorry for these guys. Because knowing G-Dragon well, he wouldn't like them coming over. Not when he and the rest of BigBang wanted one group over and not two.

"Why don't we hang out another time?" Mike asked. "There is always a next time."

"As much as we would yes, we're going to say no," said Seunghoon. "We're coming with you."

I shook my head. "We're already wasting time, so let's all just go."

The four members of WINNER cheered "yes!" while the other four Toxins looked at me with shocked looks on their faces.

"GD is going to be so mad at you for this," said Daniel.

"No, he won't," said Seunghoon. "She has me around to protect her."

"Okay, let's go, before I get a call from Seungri because he is worried that we aren't there yet," I said.

"This is going to be so much fun," said Seungyoon.

"That's if you won't get G-Dragon angry," said Zoey.

As I started heading to the elevator with the others behind me, I prayed that BigBang weren't going to be mad at us for bringing in a third party, especially G-Dragon.

We all got in the elevator and soon found ourselves in the lobby. We went out of the hotel where we found the black SUV Seungri had hired waiting for us. WINNER got into the car that they came in.

Just as we the Toxins got in the car, I turned to the others.

"Guys, what are we going to do?" I asked.

"Don't look at us, you told them to follow," said Zoey who sat beside me.

"And you think you telling them not to come was working out very well?" I gave Zoey a look.

"Okay, Sam has a point," said Christine in the seat behind us. "You saw how persistent they were. They were just going to cause trouble for us and that would have led to us getting in trouble with Collins."

"Should we tell BigBang that we might bring ourselves some company?" Zoey asked as she nervously bit her lip.

"Not 'might' but 'will.' Someone won't be happy seeing them there," said Sam.

"GD just has to suck it in," said Mike. "There's nothing we can do."

I turned to the chauffeur in the driver's seat and told him to start the car and take us to where we were supposed to go. The chauffeur happily obliged and started the engine. Our car made it's way out of the premises and the other car followed behind us.

Zoey was tapping away on her phone trying to send the message. I noticed that the message seemed quite long for my liking.

"Are you writing a message telling them we are coming with company or a long apology?" I asked her.

"I don't know what to write," said Zoey as she scratched her head.

"Really?" Christine asked. "So what have you been doing this whole time?"

"Deleting and typing and doing so all over again."

Mike slapped his face. "Are you serious?" he asked. "We're running out of time."

"It's best we give them a heads up," said Daniel.

Before Zoey could say anything, I snatched her phone and typed what I had to type as quickly as I could.

"You could have just asked for it not snatch it," said Zoey.

"I learnt that from you," I said as I typed the last words on the phone and pressed the send button.

"You know, you should have texted on your phone. Maybe they wouldn't get so mad if the explanation is coming from you."

"And how sure are you they aren't going to get mad still if I texted on my phone?"

"We are just going to have to burn today," said Mike. "What's the worst that can happen?"

"Ji Yong will get upset," said Daniel. "As much as WINNER are like brothers to them, it simply won't be the same when they invited us and not them."

"They will just have to deal with it," said Christine. "Let's see if Sam will be able to work her charms."

"Charms? I'm not a shaman, you know?" I asked.

"We have complete faith in you that you will make things right," said Mike.

I shook my head at them. They really had blind faith in me for sure.

In a matter of minutes, we were packed right outside the apartment building of BigBang's dorm. We quickly stepped out of the vehicle and WINNER also did the same behind us.

"This is going to be interesting," I muttered to The Toxins as WINNER approached us.

"I'm so not ready for this," said Zoey as she shook her head.

I quickly went up the short flight of stairs up to the glass entrance doors of the building. The others followed behind. I was in the lobby and the lovely lady receptionist looked up at me with a smile as I approached the front desk.

"Samantha," she said. "BigBang is waiting for you and the others upstairs."

"Thank you," I said. I wanted to ask if it was okay if we bought up extra people. But that would be dumb.

I headed towards the elevator and the others. There were two lifts.

"We all can't fit in the elevator," I said as I turned towards the crowd behind me. "Apartment elevators tend to be really small and we all know what happened last time."

"What happened last time?" Jinwoo asked.

"Oh, we got all cramped up in the elevator with BigBang and it was so small," said Daniel.

"We wouldn't like to experience that again," said Christine. "I felt like dying in there."

"We can use the other elevator," said Seungyoon.

"Do you know the floor number?" I asked.

"Yep," said Mino. "We've been here before."

"Cool, we will see you at the top."

I nodded my head and quickly pressed the elevator to my side and Seunghoon pressed the button to elevator on his side.

The elevator on my side responded first and the five of us Toxins went in. The door slowly closed behind us.

"Any reply on your phone yet?" I asked Zoey.

"Taeyang hasn't replied," said Zoey as she looked at her phone.

"Well, this is going to be a bummer," said Christine.

"If we can get to them before WINNER, we can try and make the most of it," said Daniel.

The doors flew open and the five of us immediately rushed out into the hall and heading for BigBang's apartment. When we got to the door, we hurriedly knocked on the door at the same time. For a moment, you could think a giant was knocking on it.

The door flew open and Daesung stood there with a bright smile on his face. He wore a red suit. I for one turned to look down the hall and at the elevator monitor. WINNER were just two floors away from coming here.

"Hey, you made it," said Daesung.

"Hi Daesung," I said quickly as I hugged him and entered the apartment.

"You look hasty," he said as the others also came in and he closed the door.

Immediately I found myself in the living room area, I paused. I couldn't believe what I was seeing in front of me and the other Toxins paused too.

"What is going on here?" Daniel asked as he looked around.

There were red party balloons and confetti everywhere. It wasn't much but you could tell that there was some function like a party going on.

"Oh, we wanted it to be a surprise," Daesung answered. "Just a small party for us."

I cleared my throat as I turned to look at Daesung behind me. "Well.... about that...," I started to say but there came a knock at the door.

"I wonder who could that can be," said Daesung. He turned around to get the door.

"Wait!" Zoey called out to him. Daesung stopped and looked at her.

"What is it, Zoey?" he asked.

The knock on the door came again. Whatever Zoey was going to say, she had to say it, and fast.

"Ah....we forgot to inform you about something," she answered.

Daesung continued to look at her but you could tell that his mind was set on opening the door.

"Let me open the door first," he said as he turned and quickly headed for the door.

Zoey almost told him to wait again but I held her shoulder telling her not to.

When Daesung opened the door, he had a surprised look on his face.

"Annyeonghaseyo! (안녕하세요!)" Seunghoon came in first and gave Daesung a brief bow.

I almost laughed out loud. The way Seunghoon came in was so funny and Daesung's expression made it all the more funnier.

The other members of WINNER came in greeting Daesung as they passed through the door.

"We came at the right time," said Mino. "Looks like we are going to have a party today."

"How come you guys are here?" Daesung asked. "We never received a call that you were coming."

Before anyone of us could reply, Seungri appeared round the corner down the hall also dressed in a red suit.

He was humming happily to a song and when he looked up at us, he stopped dead in his tracks.

"What is going on here?" he asked with a surprised look on his face.

"There's an explanation for this," said Mike.

"I know you weren't expecting a third group," said Seungyoon, "but since we were given the day off, we wanted to hang out with these guys and they told us they were coming here. So, we followed."

"We wanted to tell you before coming here," I said as I looked at Daesung and then at Seungri. "We thought our message got to you guys on time."

Upon finishing my sentence, Taeyang appeared behind Seungri in a red jumper, looking at his phone. Looks like he just saw the message.

"These guys have sent a message saying that they have company," said Taeyang. He looked up and was surprised to see us standing in the living room.

"Hi, Tae," I waved at him with a small smile on my face.

"Just saw your message."

"We can tell," said Jinwoo.

"Where is GD?" Zoey asked.

"Oh, he is getting ready," Seungri answered. "And he isn't going to be too happy about this."

"Why? Because he only expected The Toxins?" Mino asked.

"Pretty much, yes," said Daesung.

"Don't worry, I'll talk to him," I said. "He is in his room, right?"

"Ya," said Seungri. "I'll escort you."

"Where is TOP?" Christine asked.

"Oh, he is getting ready too," said Daesung. "Should be done by now."

I walked over to Seungri and when I reached him, the both of us went down the hall and turned round the corner.

Immediately we were out of sight, I couldn't help but hold my head.

"Sam, are you okay?" Seungri asked.

"Oh, I'm fine," I said as I stopped walking. "I'm just scared about what Ji Yong is going to do."

"He won't react terribly if you explain."

"Wow, people really think that I have the power to calm him down."

Seungri shrugged his shoulders. "Pretty much."

"Okay, I'll go and talk to him alone."

Before I could turn around and head to G-Dragon's room, Mike appeared in the hall from the living room.

"Sam," he called to me when he appeared.

"Hey? What's up with you?" I asked when I noticed the worrying look on his face.

"You won't believe this, but it looks like we might be having more company."

"What do you mean?" Seungri asked.

"Don't tell me," I said with my hand raised to stop Mike from telling me. "BlackPink are coming here too."

Mike gave me a raised eyebrow. "How did you know?"

Seungri gasped as he turned from Mike to me. "Are you some witch or something?"

I shook my head. "I just know," I answered. "I figured what happened with WINNER, we might be experiencing the same thing with some other group."

"This is going to turn out to be one big party and Ji Yong isn't going to like it," said Mike.

"Did someone say big party?" TOP asked behind me.

TOP also appeared in the hall wearing red as well. All this felt like Valentines Day. If we knew the theme for the party would be red, most of us would have worn red too.

"I did," said Mike answering TOP.

"My kitty, kitty," greeted TOP as he pulled me into a hug.

"Hi, TOP," I replied with a smile.

"Hi, Mike. What is all this about a big party? As far as I know, we only invited The Toxins over."

"Well, you're going to be surprised with who we dragged in and also who will be joining us soon," said Mike.

TOP shrugged his shoulders. "What do you mean?"

"You go with Mike into the living room and you will see what he's talking about," I said as I patted TOP on the shoulder.

"Okay, if you say so," said TOP with a hint of suspicion in his voice. He had every right to be curious. He was in for a surprise.

TOP followed Mike to the living room while I stayed with Seungri.

"Do you really want to talk with GD alone?" Seungri asked.

"Someone has to," I replied as I turned around and went to the door of his room.

As I stood face to face with the door, I paused and took in a deep breath as I gathered the courage to knock on the door.

The door flew open and there stood G-Dragon and just like the others, also wore a red suit. I had to admit he looked dashing like the rest and I couldn't help but blush.

"Sam, hi," he said as he gave me that million dollar smile.

I hesitated for a bit until I finally managed to say hi. How I was I going to tell him what was going on?

"What's wrong?" he asked. "Is there something you want to tell me?"

"Uhhh, yes," I said. "You look nice by the way."

"Thanks. We did this little party only for you. I mean, you and The Toxins, of course."

"I know, and I would like to thank you for all that. But we have a problem."

G-Dragon gave out a worried look. "What is it? Didn't you like the decorations?"

"Oh, no, it's perfect. It's that, we might have bought ourselves some company."

"If it's Lee and Collins I don't mind at all."

"Oh, no, it's not them. You're seriously not going to like what I am going to tell you."

"Don't worry, I can take it."

"Ya, he can take it," said Seungri as he stood at a distance from me down the hall.

I almost gave Seungri a look telling him to keep his mouth shut but I had so much to deal with at the moment, so, I quickly turned back to G-Dragon.

"WINNER are here with us in the living room," I said without beating around the bush. "We were just about to come here when they came by the hotel and they followed us here."

G-Dragon didn't say a word as I looked at him and his eyes never left mine. I tried reading him but it proved to be difficult. Was he mad? Was he going to consider? And I haven't even told him that Blackpink will be here soon.

"And before I forget," I said, "BlackPink are coming here too."

Not a word came out of his mouth still. Now I was worried. We all should.

"Aren't you going to say anything?" I asked. "You're worrying me."

He still didn't say a word. He stood there like a statue. I would slap his face and he still wouldn't budge. What was even worse was that his facial expression hadn't changed from the time I told him the news.

"GD, please say something," I insisted. "You're really worrying me now."

"How did WINNER get here?" he asked.

"Well...." I scratched my head. "When we received your call to come over, they happened to come at the hotel."

"Did you invite them?"

"No. Are you really going to interrogate me over this or are we going to do something because the place is way too small for a party."

G-Dragon gave me a questioning look. "Wait, do you think that this party is going to take place?"

This was exactly what I had feared. He wasn't going to scream his head off at WINNER and BlackPink. But call off the party instead.

"No, you can't do that, hyun," said Seungri as he came to stand next to me. "Can't we figure something out like Sam said?"

"No. Everything is ruined now. We all planned a party for The Toxins only. We never expected extra people to be around."

"Look, I have an idea," I started to suggest. "Why don't we hold the party at the hotel?"

Seungri and G-Dragon looked at me with a questioning look.

"Do you think that will work?" Seungri asked.

"Well, the place is much bigger there," I said. "And the girls and I can quickly go get the decorations to go with your theme."

"That won't be necessary, Sam," said G-Dragon. "We can plan for this another day."

"No, we aren't. This is the only free day we have and it won't hurt to celebrate together after all the hard work we are putting up. Who knows, we might not have this time in the future. You had the right intention of throwing a party. But it looks like destiny wanted all four groups to celebrate together."

G-Dragon looked at me and I hoped he was taking what I said to heart. I had my fingers crossed that he was going to agree.

He rolled his eyes in the end. That was a sign that he had finally given in. I smiled as I felt Seungri beside me finally relax and give a small laugh.

"Okay, you win," said G-Dragon.

"Alright, we better get this show on the road," I said as I turned around and went back to the living room.

I found the others all settled in the living room except Mike and TOP who were standing. They seem to be talking amongst themselves about something. When they heard my footsteps, they all looked at me.

"Okay, I have news," I said as I stood in the middle of the living room close to the coffee table. "To start with, GD was not happy with all this."

"I knew it," said Zoey. "We are so doomed."

"And he wanted to call off the party."

Everyone gasped like they were watching some drama on TV. I raised an eyebrow at them.

"Great, looks like we are not going to have fun today," said Daniel.

"You guys haven't heard me. He wanted to call it off. But he didn't. The party is on."

They all cheered before I could tell them that there has been a change of venues.

"Guys, come on!" I exclaimed, catching their attention. "I'm not even done saying what I wanted to say."

They all kept quiet and settled down like adults.

"Thank you," I continued. "Now, there has been a change of venues. We're going to take the party at the hotel. So everyone, should all be dressed in red just as you can see, BigBang were planning to throw a red themed party."

"That's nice," said Taeyang. "I'm glad GD reconsidered."

"Trust me, it took a while," I lied. It barely took ten minutes. "So, girls, let's go shopping. We need to prepare the place for the party."

Zoey clapped her hands and she stood up from the couch. "This is going to be awesome."

"Mike, please tell BlackPink to be at the hotel by 12 and dressed in red."

"On it," said Mike as he removed his phone.

"Can I come with you?" Daniel asked. "I also want to help make arrangements."

"Me too," said Mike.

"Okay, you can come," I said. "And the rest of you be there by 12." I looked at everyone else in the living room.

"Yes, ma'am," said Seunghoon with a grin on his face.

"We better go get ready then," said Mino. "I surely hope I have something in red."

"Trust me, you do," said Jinwoo.

"Okay, Toxins, let's move out," I said as I turned around and headed for the door.

The other four Toxins quickly followed. When I reached the door, G-Dragon and Seungri appeared round the hall.

"We've gone to pick up some stuff for the party," I told them. "Please be at the hotel by 12, okay?"

Seungri smiled at me and said, "sure. Who wouldn't refuse?"

Any one of us would have blurted out GD's name, but none was dumb enough to do so. Besides, he agreed to still have he party so that's still good, right? He might be a pain sometimes, considering the number of times we both had our differences in the past, but right now, I'm glad he reconsidered over this issue.

"Don't worry, it's a party you will love, trust me," I said as I looked at G-Dragon.

"I know," he replied with a smile. That made me smile too. He wasn't upset anymore. What a relief.

"I'm so glad you changed your mind, GD," said Zoey as she approached him. And before she could go any further or say anything else, I grabbed her hand and pulled her back as I opened the door.

"Come on, let's go," I insisted. We were now in the hall heading to the elevator.

"But I wanted to tell him thank you," said Zoey.

"You can tell him that at the party. Right now, we have work to do."

"And it's an all red themed party," said Christine excitedly.

"I love that it's red," said Zoey. "There are awesome things we can get for the party."

When we soon reached the elevator and got in, Mike asked, "if this party is going to take place, what are we going to do about Collins?"

"Sam already has that figured out," said Daniel as he smiled at me. "So, I'm not worried."

I slapped my forehead as the doors closed in front of us. Convincing Collins wasn't going to be easy.