Laurie woke up with her head on Bill's chest and arm surrounding his waist. Her fingers grabbed onto the side of his shirt. Yesterday Simone insisted that she sleep in the same room with Bill because she was most familiar with him. She felt so comfortable with him as she lifted her head just high enough to see the clock in his room.

Ten o'clock. Shit. She had to get up because she didn't want his parent to think she was lazy.

She pushed herself off but Bill grabbed her wrist. "Don't go." He pulled her back down. "I don't want you to leave," his voice was groggy as he smiled.

"No, I have to. I don't want your parents to think I'm some dead beat heiress. I think it would be best if you go up too."

"Not going to happen. I have another three hours at least." Laurie laughed. She hated how much Bill slept, but she learned to get used to it. "Can't you just stay?"

"No, I'm going. Let go, please."

"No." He hugged her tightly. "I said stay."

"I'm going. I need to change clothes too. These pajamas are really old."

He finally let go and she changed into some jeans and a blue sweater. "Are you ever going to come downstairs?"

"Yeah, just give me a few hours." She smiled and opened the door to get out.

"Oh god!" Tom had come out of the shower wearing only a towel around his waist.

"Sorry! I forgot you were staying here!"

She put her hands over her eyes and only glanced for a second at a time. "Oh, that was so hard to remember wasn't it?"

"What?"

"Nothing. Just, I'm going to go downstairs."

"What? You don't like what you see." He walked up to her in a flirty motion. "Huh?"

"Oh god, you wouldn't believe how creepy it is to see your boyfriend's twin brother half naked."

"Well, obviously I never will. I'll go get dressed."

"Thank you." Laurie made her way down stairs and saw Simone cooking breakfast. "Good morning, Mrs. Kaulitz."

"Good morning, Laurie. You're up quite early."



"Really?"

"Yeah, usually nobody gets up until noon at least. Oh, but Gustav and Alexz came about an hour ago. You know how Gustav is. Anyway they are in the living room."

"Hey, Laurie." It was Alexz from the other side of the room. "Come on."

She walked up to her and Gustav and saw that Alexz was playing around and sitting on Gustav's lap. "Where are Tom and Bill?"

"Bill's still sleeping, and Tom-" she shuddered as she remembered what she had just seen, "he's getting changed."

Simone came into the room with coffee and tea. "So what are you guys up to today?"

"Well Bill promised to show me around town."

"Well that seems nice."

Tom soon came into the room. "What's up?"

Damn, Laurie thought, he changes quickly. I guess after a while I just forgot.

"Where's Bill?"

Laurie took a sip of her tea, "It's Bill, do you have to ask?"

"What about Bill?"

Bill came into the room but everyone could tell that he had put in no effort to his appearance. His makeup wasn't on and he was only in his old t-shirt and sweat pants. His hair was going in different directions and he only tamed it by patting it back. No success.

"Wow, you actually got up. You big liar," Laurie teased.

"I wouldn't count this as up. My mind is still pretty much a blank until three in the afternoon."

Tom took his coffee. "More like nine."

"Ha Ha," Bill said sarcastically. "Very funny."

"Boys, boys. Be nice. You guys are acting like you're six years old." Laurie laughed at their mother's comment.

Alexz felt out of the loop but Gustav just held her hand in comfort.

"Where's dad?"



"Out practicing. Oh, but he wanted me to give this to you, Laurie." She handed Laurie a CD with the title Fatun on it.

"Isn't this your dad's-?"

"Yeah, I guess he's hoping to get you to sign him on."

She put the CD down by her side. "I'll check it out as soon as I get the chance. So Bill, I can't wait to go see what you have to show me."

"Uh, yeah. I'll get myself ready eventually."

"Hey, Laurie, can you and I go talk in the other room?" Alexz asked.

"Uh, yeah, of course." They left and entered the kitchen. "Are you okay?"

"No, I mean yes, I mean- ugh. Okay the big problem right now is the language problem. Gustav's parents act as if I'm some retarded kid because I don't know German. I feel like a total idiot. God, I mean Gustav's really nice but his parents are really intimidating."

"Alexz! It's okay. Don't worry about it. When I first came to Germany I couldn't speak anything. Relax, it'll be fine."

"Alexz, are you okay?" His English was bad but Alexz only thought it was cute.

"Of course." She walked over and gave him a kiss on the cheek. "Thanks."

They walked out of the kitchen but Laurie had a slightly depressed look on her face.

"Laurie," Bill quietly called out. "Are you okay?"

She quickly nodded her head. "Yeah, of course. Why wouldn't I be?" She took a seat next to Bill on the lonesome couch. "Really, Bill"

"Okay."

She messed up his hair a little bit. "You are so cute with bed head, you know that?"

He grabbed her hand and put it on his lap. "Please don't do that."

"I'm just going to do it again eventually."

They all walked into the bar, the band, Laurie, and Alexz. Bill brought Laurie into the main bar.

"Hey, John."

"Bill, Bill, Bill. How long has it been since you've last come? Like three years maybe? Who's this young lady here?"



"My name is Laurie, great to meet you."

"And who is this young lady with the blonde hair? Let me guess, she's with Tom?"

Alexz wasn't sure what was going on, but she was able to make out lady, blonde, and Tom in the same paragraph. "What?"

"Actually," Gustav raised his hand. "She's with me."

"Oh, so what's your names?"

She didn't understand him so Gustav answered for her. "She doesn't speak German, she's from Canada."

"So is Tom the one all alone?"

He shook his head nervously. "No, actually I do have a girl, kind of, back in the states."

"Impressive," John then came out from behind the bar. "So you four are hitting it hard behind in the states huh?" He turned his head towards Laurie and whispered, "I remember when they were only at my chin and played their little instruments. Bill would act like such a diva."

"He still does."

"Hey," he pointed at Laurie. "Haven't I seen you somewhere before? Your face it's so familiar. Have you been in the news lately or something?"

She scratched her neck nervously. "Yeah, well, it's a complicated subject."

"Not really," Tom said. Laurie gave Tom a look that said don't-you-dare. He dared. "She is the sole heiress to the Universal Music company."

Laurie tossed her head back.

"Really? You were the one who signed these boys on? Aren't you a little young?"

"Oh, I didn't sign them, my uncle did. Buy I am their personal manager as well as the person who pretty much signs their checks."

"Oh, yeah. I heard about that little scandal between you and Bill. What with that?"

"Well," Bill said, "we don't like the idea of everyone knowing. People with think that we're only managed because we are dating."

John nodded in agreement. "So why ya here? Gonna do a little show for us tonight."

"Doesn't sound like a bad idea," Georg said. "Why don't we? You know, for old time's sake."

The entire band agreed to the proposal.