Sorry for the long wait - oh, and I promise it will get better soon, the first 3 chapters are needed to build up the tension and the story, then comes the time for much more, i.e. scheming, some fluff, etc.

"Aaah!" was all Amy Grant could say before fainting. Lindsay had slappedBad Luck's producer. It was as if her father, the great American manager, was already fired. For this was something Seguchi Tohma wouldn't forgive.

"Hey there, mate, your girlfriend is surely a tough one" someone patted Sakano on the shoulder as he stood on the street as if he had frozen there. Lindsay was already gone; only the red hand-shaped mark on his left cheek stayed there, burning.

"Oh, no, is that one here again?" Shuichi hid under the synthethiser as he heard footsteps.
"Calm down, it's only Sakano-san" said Fujisaki, quite nervous being unable to reach his instrument properly.
"Oh."
But Sakano just walked past the studio, barely making a gesture with his hand. They couldn't avoid but stare at the obvious sign that he had been slapped.

"Sakano-san" said Tohma after the producer couldn't pronounce a single word for minutes. "Now, calm down, and tell me exactly what happened."

Ten minutes later, Mr. Grant was already called in the President's office.

The phone rang at the four girls' house.
"Amy…" whispered Lindsay, recently told off by everyone, but mostly Sara, 'cause she thought that now she won't be able to see her beloved Shuichi any more.
"Hallo?"
"Amy, it's me, Dad."
She froze.

"It's okay, girls" she sighed in relief when she hung up "but, Lindsay! You can't go back to NG any more."
"But, Amy!" she opened her arms "I linger in the hall nearly each day, when I'm waiting for you!"
"Well, don't do it any more!"
"Fine, I'll just wait outside."
For Amy used to meet his father and have some quick lunch together, and Lindsay used to wait for her in the hall from 3 to 4 PM, and if she didn't show up, then she'd just go home alone. Lindsay never got bored, anyway, as she always used to carry books to read around.

Three days later, Bad Luck had finished recording their newest album, and Sakano had turned into a tornado only once, so they decided to go to a nearby cheap, but good restaurant to celebrate. Too bad Amy, Maria, Lindsay and Sara decided to dine there too the same exact evening, for they liked the place as well, and Amy managed to calm down a little already.

"Hey…" said Sara suddenly "isn't that Shindou Shuichi?"
"Sara" Maria, seated in front of her with Lindsay, didn't even raise her head "you see Shindou Shuichi everywhere."
"B-but… it is him, OMG!"
"Oh man, really… look, it's them…!" Amy nodded.
"Ah-hah!" Lindsay reached in her bag, and soon produced her portable cd player along with some discs "found it!" it was the Bad Luck CD she forgot to get signed the other day.
"Don't you dare" Amy put her bit of sushi down "I… LINDSAY, COME BACK!!!"
Weirdly, they never used any nickname on her.

"HI!"
Shuichi, Hiro and Suguru sat there petrified, as Lindsay waved at them.
"Oh no, is that one here again…?" Shuichi whispered in terror.

"No, Sara, no, you stay here…" Amy and Maria co-worked to hold her in her seat.

"Ehhh…" Lindsay scratched her head "I really don't wanna disturb you, just that…"
"Go home, girl!"
"Oh, shut up!" replied the girl.
Lindsay didn't even notice who was the one who spoke up, but the others at the table stared at Sakano in shock, as they would have never expected such a radical and short sentence from him.
"So" Lindsay leaned forward at a prodigious speed "will you please please pleeease sign this for me?"
Shuichi, Hiro and Suguru looked shocked. K, sitting on the other side, was in fact so shocked that he even forgot to pull out his Magnum.
For Lindsay, when leaning forward, accidentally leaned against Sakano, whose face was now buried in his plate.
"LINDSAY!" Amy, saviour angel, showed up and grabbed her from behind "I assume you've fiished eating, so now we'll be goiiing! Goodbye!" and the four quickly exited the restaurant, with Maria dragging Sara, who kept on blowing kisses towards Shuichi.