YOOJUNG: After Lucy lets me into her room, she retreats to her bed, where she grabs a pillow and hugs it to her, sniffling quietly. "Hi unnie. Sorry I ran away out there — I just didn't want to cry in front of everyone — in front of Suyeon." I take a step toward her, then another. I can’t help feeling that the others made a mistake in sending me in here, but since I’m here, I have to do the best I can. I sit down on the edge of Lucy’s bed and face toward her. "How's it going? — Oh, that's stupid — forget I said that. I just. . ." I stop, struggling to find the right words. Lucy looks at me, not used to seeing me at a loss for words like this. "Unnie?" Completely overwhelmed by the situation, I wrap her arms around myself and rock back and forth. "Oh Lucy. . . I'm so sorry. . ." "What do you mean?" I stop rocking and look into Lucy's eyes. I have to tell her the whole truth. That’s the only chance I have to try to make this right "You were right out there. If it had been anybody but you, we'd all be in favor of it. I even said that very thing when Suyeon told me about the letter. Suyeon originally wanted to let you go, but Elly and I talked her out of it. But you're right, it wasn't fair. I wasn't fair." Lucy stares at me, stunned. I can tell that she’s not used to seeing me open up like this, not about personal things anyway. I can talk theory all night long, but if I have to talk about myself, I’m just terrible at it. But I take a deep breath and go on. "And now the others have sent me in here to calm you down and make you okay with our decision, but the more I thought about it, the less I'm okay with our decision." I sit up a little straighter, feeling more like myself than I have since I walked into this room. "I think we should go back out there and change their minds. You're right, and I've got your back." Lucy tries to blink back the tears, but they overflow her eyes and run down her face. She holds out her arms to me for a hug. I feel awkward — I’m never the unnie that the maknaes come to with their emotional problems, but I slide closer to Lucy and hug her, patting her on the back. For several long minutes she cries into my shoulder, her body wracked with sobs. Eventually she is finally able to speak again. "I don't know why you didn't trust me at first unnie, and I don't know why you changed your mind. I just know I really want to do this, so I can make that fan happy and I can prove to everyone that I'm not a screw-up." I reach over to Lucy's bedside table and grab her some Kleenex. I then hug Lucy tighter as she wipes her face and dried her eyes. As Lucy stops crying, I can feel something shift inside me. "We can do this," I say. I stand up and hold out her hand to Lucy. Hand-in-hand, we marched out to confront the other members. SEI: Well, Yoojung was able to bring Lucy out of her room, but that doesn’t seem to have improved the situation. Several hours later, everyone’s still arguing. Lucy, Yoojung, and Doyeon are on one side, arguing that Lucy should be allowed to go the spring dance with Ji-min, while Suyeon, Elly, and I are on the other side, arguing that it’s too big of a risk. Oh, and Rina’s on our side, not because she had really strong feelings one way or the other about the Ji-Min issue, but because