Sei ran out of the apartment, determined that Lucy not be alone any longer than necessary. She ran down to the laundry room.   "Lucy?"   No answer.   She tried again, louder: "Lucy?"   Still no answer. Sei started to panic a little bit - it had never occurred to her that Lucy wouldn't be in the laundry room, but now that she wasn't, it hit her what a number of places she could be.   Just then MJ came in and started moving clothes from a washer to a dryer. "If you're looking for Lucy," he said, "I saw her heading into the park."   "How did she seem?" Sei asked him. "Did she look upset about something."   "I couldn't tell," MJ said, shrugging, "she was too far away. I tried calling out to her, but she must not have heard me because she just kept walking."   Sei agreed that this must have been the case, frantically plotting how quickly she could get away from MJ and get to the park.   "When you find her," MJ said, "tell her I said 'hi'." He looked thoughtful for a second. "Do you think she'd go out with me, once your dating ban is lifted?"   "I don't know," Sei said, "and anyway, that's still a year and a half from now."   "Yeah. That ." MJ stuck his hands in his pockets and looked glumly down at the floor. "I got to know her a little when we were recording our song together, and I think she's really sweet. Do you think you could tell her that I asked about her?"   Sei kept her features carefully neutral, but on the inside she was screaming - this was the last thing Lucy needed! To have MJ with a crush on her, on top of her girlfriend issues! "Sure, I'll tell her. . . but a lot can happen in a year and a half."   She'd meant it as a brush-off, but he apparently took it as encouragement because I smile spread over his face and he shyly looked up at her through his bangs. "Thanks, Sei! You're the best! Well, I've got to run - the guys are waiting for me. See you!" And with that he rushed out of the laundry room. Sei inwardly laughed a little bit - despite being over five years older than her, MJ seemed like he was younger. He reminded her of an overgrown puppy.   "Now I've got to go find Lucy," she thought to herself. If Lucy was in the park, she was almost sure she knew where to find her.   ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^   Suyeon heard the door to her room open and looked up - it was Elly, carrying a stack of laundry. Suyeon looked down again and sat quietly, listening to the sound of Elly putting away her clothes, hoping that one of her girlfriends would be back soon with good news - or any news. After a few minutes, she noticed that the room had gotten quiet. She looked up and saw Elly sitting on the bed in front of her.   "So all the girls but you have gone out on a secret mission?" Elly asked.   Suyeon smiled ruefully. "Something like that," she said. "They all decided that Lucy needed to be found right away, and it would be best if I wasn't the one to find her."   Elly nodded. "For what it's worth, I'm really sorry about all this."   "It's not your fault," Suyeon said. "Lucy's the one who didn't keep her promise."   "Oh come on, Suyeon. That's not everything and you know it."   "I saw her-" Suyeon began.   Elly cut her off, her face growing fierce. "I know what you saw," she said. "I also know that Lucy wouldn't have kept kissing me if I hadn't been kissing her back. So if you want to be mad at Lucy, you've got to be just as mad at me."   Suyeon scoffed. "I know how hard it is to say no to Lucy once she's decided she wants something."   "Yes, but we're her unnies," Elly said. "Sometimes we've got to say no, no matter how hard it is."   Suyeon scowled and looked back at the floor. She crossed her arms and sat quietly. "I don't know why you all keep me as leader," she said. "All I ever do is screw things up."   "Now you're just feeling sorry for yourself," Elly said. She grabbed Suyeon's jaw and forced her to look up. "Yes, you screw up sometimes - we all do. But you're always willing to admit it when you screw up, and you learn from your mistakes, and things generally wind up being better than they were before you screwed up.   Suyeon looked doubtful.   "Look, this isn't the first time you and Lucy have clashed. I remember just a few months ago you almost slapped her when you two were arguing about whether or not she should get to go to a school dance with a Ki-Ling. You two made it through that, and you'll make it through this, too."   "That all ended up being for nothing because Manager-nim said Lucy couldn't go to the dance."   Elly rolled her eyes. "Yes, Manager-nim said that. But Lucy was able to deal with it because she knew she had all her members on her side."   "She never would have had members against her if I hadn't been against her," Suyeon said.   "Yes," Elly admitted, "and you wouldn't have been against her if Yoojung hadn't convinced you that that was the best thing. That's my point - we all screw up sometimes. But we learn from our mistakes, and we fix them."   "But what if I can't fix this," Suyeon said. "What if I've finally pushed Lucy too hard, too many times, and she never forgives me."   Elly smiled at her. "Like that's going to happen. How's she going to get an OT8 if she doesn't have you?"   Suyeon shrugged. "Maybe she's decided she's better o