Jaesoon grabbed my arm and rushed me to the room we'd be practicing in today but I tried to slow her down to hear the conversation.

"I wanted to tell you sooner—"

"What do you mean you're dating Doojoon?" Miyeon said, voice raising, "Since when?"

Jiyoon looked over her shoulder at us and Jaesoon pulled me around the corner.

"Unni, wait," I shook her off and stopped at the corner, leaning against the wall to try to hear the conversation.

"Jinah, you really need to stay out of this one," Jaesoon sighed.

"I just want to make sure Miyeonie doesn't leave," I whispered. Jaesoon shook her head and stood next to me. She wanted to eavesdrop just as bad as I did. Both of us were terrified that Miyeon would be pissed.

"Two weeks now," Jiyoon sighed, "I'm really—"

"YOU GUYS WENT TWO WEEKS WITHOUT TELLING ME?" Miyeon yelled, "WHAT THE HELL?"

"I didn't want to upset you," Jiyoon sighed, "You know I really care about you, so I thought—"

"Why does no one freaking tell me anything?" Miyeon whined, "Do you all hate me that—where did Jinhwanie and Jaesoonie go?"

"I guess they were trying to give us time to talk on our own," Jiyoon said quietly.

"Why?"

"Maybe they thought you'd be really upset with me," Jiyoon explained.

"I AM!" Miyeon stomped her foot, "You went twooo whooole weeeeks without telling me you have a boyfriend, unni! I thought we were friends!"

"So you're not mad that I'm with Doojoon?"

"What? Why would I be mad?" Miyeon laughed, "I'm just glad he bucked up the courage to ask you. He said he's always had feelings for you."

Jiyoon's tone changed dramatically into a giddy school girl, "He said that?"

"Of course he did," Miyeon laughed, "It used to piss me off but since I've been hanging out with Taecyeon…"

I forgot I was eavesdropping and asked from behind the wall, "Unni, are you and Yummy official yet?"

"Jinah!" Jaesoon pulled me back behind the corner, though she was fighting laughter herself.

Miyeon chuckled and pulled Jiyoon towards our practice room, "Come on, unni, we're going to be late. But you two, yes you, Jinhwa, you two are in big fat trouble!"

"But why?" I pouted, "I didn't even know until this morning, and only because Dongwoon told me!" I defended.

"I can't believe you guys didn't tell me!" Miyeon playfully hit Jaesoon's arm, "I'm not an emotional wreck, I can take it."

"Because you've got Yummy?" I asked and nudged her.

Miyeon just rolled her eyes, but the smile on her face told me yes.

Once we got to the practice room, we waited another 10 minutes before Song-E made it in. She was still very sniffly and her eyes were red and puffy. Jiyoon had gone to do some business stuff and Miyeon was in the middle of practicing her rap. I floated toward Song-E and hooked my arm in hers.

"You okay?" I asked and patted her elbow.

She nodded, "I got really lucky. Gikwang is very, very understanding."

"What will happen if those pictures come up?" I asked in a whisper.

Song-E sighed, "We deal with it. At least the rumors about Gikwang and I will stop…"

"Is that what you want?" I asked.

"It's what's best," she forced a smile and opened a text. My curiosity got the best of me, and I caught a glimpse of it.

Sender: Yours 3
3:17PM
Just wanted to remind you that I love you. See you later.

I smiled and hovered over to Jaesoon, who was falling asleep against the wall. Her face was between her knees, and she was so flat against the wall that she wasn't even noticeable. I took a picture before I squatted down next to her.

"Unni," I said loud and fast to scare her. She jumped awake and blinked at me. "It's about to be my turn and I want you to be awake."

"I wasn't sleeping, I was just—"

"Snoring—"

"Resting my eyes," she claimed, "I'll pay attention, I promise."

I smiled and nodded. When it was my turn, I sang just the chorus of the song we had been working on. Halfway through, the vocal coach stopped me.

"You need to feel it more," he told me, "That's a very important part of being a musician. Even if you're in love, you need to be able to break a broken heart. Even if you're angry, you need to be able to fake the aegyo style songs. Try again, but be broken hearted."

I nodded and waited for my cue. Before it started, I thought about Sungyeol for some reason. When the words came out of my mouth, they came out a lot differently than last time. I truly got lost in singing. Even after he stopped playing piano, I kept singing until I was finished. When I opened my eyes, he nodded.

"That was much better," he smiled, "Let's work on your verse and then I want to go through the whole song."

"Are we going to finish it until the end today?" Song-E asked.

"Oh, you're here! You can go after Jinhwa," our coach said, "But yeah, we've got lyrics done but we're going to need to teach them to you."

Song-E nodded and we continued the practice. I couldn't get Sungyeol out of my head while we sang. Why was Sungyeol in my head?

When we were done learning the song—even though we were reading off a sheet of paper—Jiyoon was back and listening.

"PD is on his way over," she said, not even a second after the last note of the song, "He wants to hear the song."

"Whoa, wait," Song-E shook her head, "the PD is coming here? I thought he was in Japan!"

Jiyoon, who looked very flustered, shrugged dramatically, "I did, too, but he's going to be here in 10 minutes so let's run through it one more time, please?"

Our coach nodded and counted off from the top. As perfect as we made it in practice, there was only one shot to prove how perfect we were to the PD.

When he got in, he was overly friendly. With him was a small girl we'd never seen. She must have been 20 or 22, but she looked nothing like the PD. Girlfriend? No, she was way too young.

"You girls are looking more and more like idols every day," he said nicely, "It's good to see you all! But let's not waste any time, sing me this song!"

We bowed and our coach put the track on instead of playing piano. It was weird, but Jaesoon hit straight into it. All four of us put everything we had into this one performance. What really made the song was Miyeon's series of raps. She really created a good vibe for us.

At the end, PD clapped a few times, "It's coming along wonderfully. Well done! Areum, what do you think?"

"I think it was wonderful," she smiled. We all blinked. Areum? Was that her name or was it a nickname?

"Girls, this is Yang Areum. She's going to be working with you over the next few days."

We blinked again. I raised an eyebrow, "Like a manager-unni?"

PD nodded, "At the end of the week, some decisions will be made." He looked at Jiyoon when he said this. "For now, you girls take good care of each other!"

We looked from Jiyoon to Areum, then at each other. Jiyoon wouldn't make eye contact with us.

"Areum-ssi, if you'll come upstairs with me, we can get some paperwork done for your transfer," PD bowed before leaving.

"It was nice to meet you," Areum said, "I hope we can get to know each other later!"

We were too in shock to really respond, but as soon as the door shut behind her, Miyeon snapped at Jiyoon.

"Who the hell is she?"

Jiyoon sighed, "She's my replacement, guys."