Lots of reviews! Yay!

Ali: Haha thanks babydoll! Means a lot :)

Ms Leen Gillies: That part with Joey and Lauren was so random, like, I don't even know how the bloody hell I came up with it! And yeah, I loved Bonnie's entrance. You'll see more of Bonnie later on when she makes up with the StarKids.

TheTurtleThatGoesSpin: Well it is lovely to see your review in my inbox, Anna! And yes, the secrets are based off of the ones from the group. OMDWG THE JOE TO MY LAUREN, THE STAR TO MY BUCKS, THE NO TO MY MONEY! ;)

corinadamian: And you are a new reviewer as well...Hello! Thank you, your review made my day (especially cause you've never reviewed on this story before).

a-random-fanfiction-fairy: Creative username you got there :) and yes, I love that last sentence too!

TearsOfaClown: I hate it when people make her the bad guy. I've always thought that Bonnie would be a pretty awesome person to hang out with! And as for the question about Lauren's pregnancy... Do I really have to get into a conversation about the birds and the bees? Besides, the father of her baby is a secret SHHHH! That last question I can't answer because it will give everything away. Heh, nice talking to you too!

Guest: We will definitely try to update whenever possible.

lreynolds: At first I didn't get what you were saying, but now I've totes got it so you're all good! Yeah, I personally didn't even realize that I had been making them quote themselves at first—my fingers just keep typing and typing until I think it's a good enough cliffhanger for y'all to hate me—but I seriously did not mean to put those in. Oh well, thank you for pointing that out! :)

Disclaimer: I don't own Team StarKid. But if I were Lauren, I'd talk to Joe quickly, cause he wants to be somebody's buddy and I'm that person who wants to be his buddy.

Also, one quick thing: I know that Lauren's a small person naturally. It would probably be obvious that she's pregnant. But a reminder: FanFiction is all our imaginations come up with. And besides, the StarKids are keeping their distance, so they wouldn't really notice. Of course they're suspicious, but they don't say anything just in case she does yell at them. Everything will be explained in this chapter because it does include her thoughts on everything that's happening with her, you just gotta wait. Okay, thanks!

Brosenthal woke up in what he thought at first was his bunk, but when he felt a breath on his neck, he moved his head just the slightest to be met with a mane of dark brown, wavy hair.

Alex.

He looked back up at the ceiling of her bunk and tried not to move, in case he woke her and tried not to move, in case he woke her up. The girl with her head resting on his shoulder was sleeping, so Brian had time to collect his thoughts silently (which was surprising to him because he rarely had time to collect his thoughts). He tried to ignore everything else that was stirring in his head and focused on the one thing that hadn't bothered to escape his head for five years.

Alex.

He considered her to be his best friend, but the problem was that he was her best friend (ironic, right?). Being friend zoned wasn't the first thing on his list when he saw her again as a part of StarKid this time, but Brian could tell that they're friendship was just a facade for what was really brewing between them. What though, he didn't know. He wanted to confess everything to Alex, but he wasn't sure where to start.

Brian finally let himself think back to the fateful day he met her, four years ago, just after A Very Potter Musical was premiered on YouTube and after people started buying StarKid items on the site.

*Begin flashback*

Brian was having a bad day.

He woke up late, which resulted in him missing out on the audition for the Broadway musical Les Miserables. And he had rehearsed and rehearsed his monologue and song, but it seemed to be obvious that he was not destined to be famous on Broadway, even after the success of AVPM.

So Brian then went to Starbucks to get a hot chocolate, but he had to tell the worker three times that he wanted hot chocolate, and when he was finally handed the cup, he was pissed to discover that it was really a chai tea latte and not a venti hot chocolate. He would have corrected the order but he had to go to Central Park to meet up with Joey and his new girlfriend (they didn't last very long afterwards).

He sped up his pace and ran down the stairs of the nearest Subway station, lucky that they had the F train running through, and he only stopped so he could swipe his Metro-card through the card slot. He practically jumped over the turnstall and he almost made it onto the platform when he ran smack into a girl, and they both fell down onto the ground.

"Oh my god!" Brian said frantically and he stood up to help her pick up her things. He ignored the fact that his coffee cup was split in half on the ground and there was a small puddle of the brown liquid by the wall, but he continued to help her pick up her belongings, hardly noticing that she was crouched on the floor with him helping him out. Brian reached out for her book at the same time as she did and their fingers touched.

His senses all heightened, and the sounds of the bustling Subway station were drowned out, his focus going solely on her. His brown eyes connected with her blue eyes and he took this time to look at her close up.

She was wearing her dark brown hair into a half ponytail, the ponytail straightened while the rest of it was slightly wavy, giving off a very natural look. Her bright blue eyes were outlined in a light dark brown, giving off the impression that she didn't really wear a ton of make up anyway, and to confirm this Brian searched her skin to see if she was covering up anything with powder or concealer, but it was bare. She was wearing a ratty old t-shirt that advertised Julliard, a pair of dark blue skinny jeans, and a pair of purple Converse shoes that went up to her knees. All in all, she looked absolutely beautiful, and he could tell that she didn't even try.

"I'm so sorry." He said again, and he stood up with the book in his hand, taking her hand and pulling her up with him. "I wasn't watching where I was going."

"That's okay." She replied quickly, and she grinned widely. Brian could see that she had a retainer in, and he was now certain that she wasn't trying to look good that day. "I wasn't watching where I was going either."

"F train is coming into the station." The automated voice from the intercom rang loudly through the air, and Brian sighed.

"Well, this is where I take my leave." He said, and he let go of her hand. "Goodbye. Maybe if we're lucky we'll see each other again." He whispered, and he walked onto the train. The girl looked slightly sad but walked back off in the direction she was going.

Brian turned around when he got onto the train to see if he could take one last look at her, but she had disappeared. He had thought it was a dream until he realized that he had her book in his hands.

"Well, too late now." He whispered to himself, and then he sat down and opened the book to the first page, reading it to see if it was any good.

*End flashback*

Brian came out of his thoughts and looked over to see Alex still sleeping, her hair crazy with waves. He wanted to tell her how he felt about her, he wanted to take that chance with her and go to the next level, but he wasn't sure that she would be up for trying a relationship with him.

Little did he know that Alex was actually awake, the same exact thoughts crossing her mind.

Meredith woke up in her bunk with a sharp poking sensation in her left leg, just below her hipbone. She realized that it was a folded up piece of paper in the pocket of her jeans—something that she had forgotten to change out of since she was so tired—and she let in a sharp intake of breath. She pulled out the paper and unfolded it slowly, looking at the golden border around the edges.

She had remembered everything that had happened at her friend's wedding in Vegas—up until the fact that she had met up with another one of her friends and gotten drunk. Meredith woke up the next morning with a hangover and a husband, knowing that their friendship would never be the same again. Meredith looked at the printed name on the bottom and wrinkled her nose, wishing it had been a different friend she had ended up married to.

She was no longer Meredith Stepien. She was now Meredith Richter.

Lauren was the first person to get off of the bus, hoping that nobody would question anything about her. She was eight months in, one month left to actually tell Joe, and still she hadn't done anything to let him know that he was going to be a dad. But she did know that about half of them were stressed out about the musical they were going to cast right after the vacation, and the other half—mainly Darren, Joey, and the other Los Angeles StarKids—were going to be auditioning for television shows and movies soon.

It was sometimes stressful on her for keeping this all such a huge secret, but it's not like she could tell anybody. She wasn't dumb—she had been to hher regularly scheduled doctor's appointments to make sure the baby was safe and healthy (especially after the incident three months prior)—Lauren just couldn't do it alone. So she had to tell him.

The question was when?

This chapter was really fun to write. SO MANY FEELS!

~ELBFAL