*Taemin’s POV*

“Great!” shouted the photographer as he snapped another photo. “Now make it look like you’re spinning around happily, holding each other by the hands… yes! That’s it! Now smile… Taemin smile!”

I forced another painful smile across my face, wishing for the shoot to be over. Wearing couple shirts for a photo shoot with Elizabeth made me feel like I was cheating on Carolyn. A sickening black pit of guilt formed in my stomach, making the effort to curl my mouth upwards into a smile even more of a burden.

“Okay, now kiss her on the cheek, and then Elizabeth you have to look surprised but happy at the same time.”

I looked at her, and an understanding passed between us. She knew this was hard for me and I knew she felt bad. We silently agreed to just get it over with. I gently planted my lips onto her soft cheek.

 “Great! Now try putting a hand up to your face Elizabeth, and kick up your right foot... Yes! That’s it!”

Elizabeth did as she was told immediately, trying to hurry through this. We were both uncomfortable with the situation; it was evident.

*Brianna’s POV*

“I wonder how Carolyn’s doing…” I said; half asking Key and half stating to myself.

“Well we left with her on a good note, so she’s probably only getting better,” Key answered, slipping an arm around my shoulders.

“But I still can’t help but worry. Poor Carolyn… she must be so bored and upset that she can’t be here… Hey!” I exclaimed as an idea popped into my head. “Let’s take a picture together and send it to her saying we miss her and hope she’s doing well!”

“Sounds like a plan,” Key smiled and got ready for the picture as I took out my phone and held it out in front of us. “Let’s make a heart!”

I put one of my cupped hands up to his, forming a cute heart. We put on sad puppy faces to emphasize our sadness. I took multiple pictures until we finally had one we liked (Key was turning me into more of a diva everyday).

“Send!” I thought out loud as I hit the button and the picture message was on its way to Carolyn. “I’m so glad we could as least do SOMETHING for her,” I said, this time to Key.

“I know; I feel so bad for her… and Taemin. I’m really worried about him. Carolyn is strong and I know she can pull through this, but Taemin… he cares about her so much. Is it just me or has he lost a lot of weight?”

“No, you’re right,” I answered, looking over in the direction of Taemin and Elizabeth posing for their pictures. “I don’t think he’s eaten since the accident.”

“We should surprise him and take him to dinner!” Key suggested.

“Who are you taking to dinner?” We both turned around to see Rebecca and Onew walking toward us, hand-in-hand. “Cause I could really go for some chicken rigatoni,” Rebecca finished.

“What’s that?” Onew questioned, looking at her with interest. 

“It’s this really great Italian dish. It’s pasta and chicken-,”

“Say no more!” Onew stopped her at the sound of the word. “We’re totally going to have Italian tonight. I have to try this! It’s chicken!”

“Well, we were planning on surprising Taemin by taking him out to dinner, but Italian would be good I think,” Key spoke up. “He could at least eat the noodles.”

“Good point,” I agreed.

“Should we go tell the others?” Rebecca asked.

“Good idea. We’ll take care of Nicole and Minho while you take care of Jonghyun and… her,” I said. I still had feelings of dislike for Annie from when she tried to steal Key away from me.

“Okay, let’s go,” Onew said, pulling Rebecca away with him.

“I’m so glad they’re finally together,” Key remarked as we made our way toward Minho and Nicole.

“Who?” I asked.

“Onew and Rebecca; I’ve never seen Onew this happy before. He hides a lot of his emotions, but I -being Almighty Key- can read him like a book. He’s been really sad for the past few months, but now he just seems to be-,”

“Shining?” I smiled up at him.

“Yes, shining,” he smiled back.