By that evening, everyone knew about the upcoming comeback. Though they all knew it could be anywhere from days to weeks to possibly even months before their actual comeback, if the engineers were already talking about it, it was probably happening sooner rather than later. At any rate, Lucy was everyone's heroine for bringing them back news from headquarters, at least for the next three days, when Manager-nim came down to the apartment to deliver the news to them.   "So what's our concept going to be this time?" Suyeon asked.   "Sort of girl crush," Manager-nim said, "only not as much of a girl crush concept as 'La La La'. Sort of a soft girl crush."   Everyone looked sort of dubious at this idea, wondering exactly what Stylist-nim had in mind for them.   "You'll see," Manager-nim said. "I think you'll like it."   "What's the name of the album?" Yoojung asked.   "It's going to be your first single," Manager-nim said, "and it's going to be called 'Kiss, Kicks'. Well, I've got to leave now. You all need to get to bed soon - you start learning the new songs and choreography tomorrow, and you start your appointments with Stylist-nim."   And with that Manager-nim left them alone to digest the news she'd just given them.   "A new single! An October comeback!" Lucy and Lua were practically beside themselves with excitement.   "Soft girl crush!" Sei was excited about the concept. She put her arms around Suyeon and rocked her back and forth. "I bet you're going to be beautiful!"   Suyeon return the hug. "I bet we all will - Stylist-nim has never let us down yet."   ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^   "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 1, . . ."   The girls had been with their choreographer all morning working on the dance routine for "Crush," the title track for their new single. Suyeon was just about ready to ask for a short break when they were interrupted by a knock on the practice room door. The door opened and Stylist-nim stuck her head in.   "Annyeong-haseyo," she called out. "I need to borrow Suyeon for an hour or two."   Suyeon's jaw dropped. An hour or two? They'd known they'd all get new hair colors and new hairstyles for the comeback, but what could Stylist-nim have in mind for her that could possibly take an hour or two? Suyeon followed Stylist-nim down the hall to the salon. She knew there was no point in asking questions - Stylist-nim always liked for things to be a surprise - but Suyeon was about to burst with excitement.   If Suyeon thought reaching the salon would provide any clues, she was disappointed. All of Stylist-nim's chemicals were in opaque bottles with numbers, not w