Tokio Hotel wasn't going to fly to LA for another three days so Tom decided to see if he could catch the movie and hope Natalie was there. He waited on a bench by the theater with his hoodie over his head.

He had his MP3 on and was listening as he forgot what he was waiting for. It was six-twenty and Natalie walked up to the theater. Her hair was in longs rows of loose waves. She walked up to the main window and ordered her ticket. As he took her money she straightened her white skirt and turned around noticing Tom.

"Hmmm- hmmm," she hummed as she threw her old water bottle in the garbage can.

"Natalie!" Tom called. He then pulled the earphone out of his ears. "I didn't know you were going to be here."

"I thought you heard me talking to my dad…"

"Oh," he shrugged her comment off, "I mean I didn't know you'd be here at this time."

She nodded. "Okay then. You going to see something?"

"Um… yeah. Prom Night too. It's kind of veird, I know our song is in there, but I've never seen it." That was a lie; he had seen the movie about three times already. "Maybe ve should go see de movie together?"

Natalie shrugged. "Why not?"

Tom eventually found the ticket he had stored in his pockets and showed it to the man at the desk. He pointed them to the theater where they found their seats.

The events of that movie played in his head. She be romanced at the sweet scene where Brittany Snow was getting ready for her prom (also where 'By Your Side' would play) Natalie would then eventually get scared by the horror scenes to which Tom found quite mild. Finally he could put his arms around her in comfort.

It didn't turn out that way at all. She had stayed relatively calm throughout the movie. Of course there were those few jump up moments, but nothing more. This night didn't turn out anywhere near how he had hoped.

They left the dark theater and only saw the darkness of the outdoors.

"Well," she said. "I'm going to be on my way. It was nice seeing you, Tom" She waved goodbye as she found her way to a silver Chevy and drove away.

There was something really strange with that girl.

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(German regularly spoken)

Laurie came out of the shower in her robe and dried her hair off. "Tom, why are you getting so worked up over one girl, you have thousands of them begging for you every day."

She then grabbed her book, laid on the bed, and found her page. Bill stood on the other side of the room brushing down his hair.

"I don't know, she's just so different. How could a girl who attends two concerts straight, sit front row, and go to a movie with me not act like all the other fan girls?"

"Like this," Laurie called out. She grabbed a small pillow of the bed and threw it at Tom. "See? Not that difficult."

"Ha ha," he laughed sarcastically. "Honestly though, she's really weird."

Bill shrugged at Tom. "I don't know Tom. Most fan girls are usually attracted to one of us, maybe she isn't. It's possible she's one of the few girls out their who's a fan purely for our music and not for our looks. Seriously though, don't get worked up about it. What do you think this is? Love at first sight?"

Laurie shook her head, "I don't believe in that shit. I had seen each of your music videos like fifty times and I didn't fall in love with any of you that way."

"TV doesn't count," Bill said.

"It wasn't all on TV, most of the time I saw in on YouTube." Laurie couldn't help but let out a soft aww at the thought of Tom in love. "It's still really cute."

"Shut up," Tom said egotistically. "I don't fall in love, that's Bill's job."

"I'm just saying, if you weren't extremely attracted to this girl, then you'd be able to stop thinking about her."

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Tom got off the plane hoping that Natalie would be there again. She wasn't. He should have known that he wouldn't be so lucky again.

"Tom, hurry up! We have to find Alexz!" Laurie shouted.

"Yeah, I'm moving."

The limo ride was quiet until they picked up Alexz at the hotel she was staying at. "Laurie! I haven't seen you in months," they hugged each other. "Gustav…"

"Oh, boy!" Laurie shouted. "PG-13 please!"

Alexz raised her hands in defeat. "We'll wait until tonight. So, what's up?"



"Tom's still trying to find his mystery girl," Bill said.

"Mystery girl?"

Tom glared at Bill. "They're overreacting. I've just been looking for this girl who I've been seeing everyvhere the last few days. And she's not a mystery, her name's Natalie."

"Okay then," Alexz said. "Sound check's at three?"

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"Guys, Alexz's band isn't here yet so can you guys play for the check?" Laurie asked.

"Sure," Tom said as they got off the couch in the greenroom. They walked on stage where Alexz straightened the hoodie she had on.

"Ready?"

Tom, Gustav, and Georg nodded. Laurie had given them the music a few minutes ago in case of Alexz's band not making it so they knew what to do.

Laurie held out her fingers as she mouthed: three, two, one-

Tom started as a piano played in the background. Alexz joined him as Georg started:

"The phone is of the hook
and Jamie's got a gun.
And Sherry's in the river
and the river is gonna run again.
Ooo ooo ya"

Gustav then joined in realizing Laurie's queue. Tom couldn't help but think about Natalie again. She acted around him the same way she would have if he was some guy in her high school. That really made him curious. Alexz finished the rest of the song as Laurie announced the sound check was over and everything was operating the way it should have.