"What the hell are you doing?" Tom asked.

Bill only shrugged. "I don't know, Tom. I just can't tell her about her parents. I've never had to beak it to someone that someone died. Maybe one of those trigger things will go off and she'll remember."

"Fine. But know this, no matter what, when she does figure it out it could hurt her even more than if one of us told her."

They stopped discussing and Bill came back with a glass of water. Laurie used all her German abilities, which meant whatever her mom and dad had taught her, to translate as much as she could. She made out parents, remember, and she. They were talking so quickly she couldn't keep up.

"Here, Laurie," Bill said handing her the glass.

"Thanks." She took the glass and a quick sip and stared back at the ten eyes glaring at her. "What?"

"Laurie," Tom asked. "Has your uncle, the one in Germany, ever told you about a band called Tokio Hotel?"

She thought for a moment. "No. He usually doesn't tell me about that stuff. But he did tell me about a band he thought was going to be a big hit. He sent me some demos and I thought they were pretty good. He sent me a photo too. You should have seen them.

"One kid had this died black hair that looked like he had used an entire bottle of hair gel. The other's hair looked like my friend Linda's, the other (I think he was the drummer) was relatively normal. Then the other one had his hair in all the blondish brown dreadlocks and holy crap that's you guys."

"Ja," Bill said. "Back ven we vere Devilish."

"Well that's a weird adjective to describe yourself."

He shook his head. "That was the name of our band back then."

"And since you've become… Tokio Hotelv"

They all nodded. "What about her?" she asked pointing at Alexz.

"Oh, I'm a solo artist."

"So… how do I know you?"

Alexz bit her lip. "Long story. Just think of me as a friend."

KNOCK KNOCK

"Who's that?" Laurie asked as she got up to the door.



"No don-" Bill tried to warn. But it was too late. At her door stood dozens of photographers taking various pictures and asking questions.

"Who are you?" she asked. "Can you leave me alone?" Suddenly though, something raced through her mind. She visualized a small man entering her condo and then a bright light. She held her head in pain as her friends rushed to the door to help her up and try to close the door.

"Get the hell out of here!" Tom shouted. The doors finally shut but the people continued to yell out for her.

"My head…"

Alexz rushed to keep Laurie from collapsing.

"Laurie?" Bill asked. "Are you alright?"

Her eyes were tired as she felt her head get light. "Um… I guess. Just after I saw those photographers this little video played in my head. There's a man, kinda skinny, chasing me with a camera. He chases me out onto the balcony…" she sat quiet. "Then that's where I forget what happens next."

Bill looked at Tom. "The paparazzi must have been a small trigger."

"Come on, we'll take you to your bed," Alexz said. Laurie had her hand around Alexz's neck and slowly walked to her bedroom. She sat on the bed and held her head to keep herself from getting dizzy.

"That was weird…" Laurie said. "What happened?"

"Ve think that these triggers will bring back your memory." Bill sat on the bed next to her.

"Great. The only thing I can remember is a stupid photographer. I wonder how long ago that was."

"Actually we think it was last night," said Alexz.

"Whatever. What time is it?"

Georg looked at his watch. "About noon."

"I'm calling the police to get the paparazzi out of here. We can't stay stuck in this condo forever," Alexz said pulling out her phone.

"Laurie, are you alright? Do you need anything?" Bill asked.

"No. I'm fine. I'm going to use the bathroom." She got up and made her way to the door when she stopped. "Umm…"

"Down second door on the right." Gustav went ahead and said.



"Thanks." Laurie left and found the bathroom. As soon as she walked in she saw a magazine on the sink with the title MODE on it. She picked it up and read the small heading 'INTERVIEW WITH TOKIO HOTEL AND HEIRESS LAURIE COLLINS'.

Heiress? She flipped through the pages and eventually found the photo shoot of Tokio Hotel followed by an interview. On the very next page she saw in interview with her name in the title. She read through the interview but nothing truly gave her a good answer.

"Money… legal… birthday… Bill and Tom? A will?" She looked closely at these paragraphs, but they were relatively short.

'After I found out about being in his will, I happily accepted the responsibility.' Weird she thought. What exactly did I inherit? 'My relationship with Bill is completely professional.' Hm. That tells me something. But what about these rumors? Professional?

"Hey, Laurie," someone knocked on the door, "Ve've got to go, ve need to vork on a sound check. Tom's going to go ahead and stay here though because he finished yesterday."

"Oh. Fine, thanks."

About two minutes later she left the bathroom and saw the guy named Tom sitting on the couch of the living room watching the news. She sat in a large chair and watched as an attractive woman talked about the weather for the rest of the week.

"You feeling okay?" he asked.

"Hmm? Oh, yeah."

The situation was awkward but was made worse by a woman on the news.

"Last night an online web show grew witness to harassment by a US Weekly photographer to heiress Laurie Collins."

Tom picked up the remote to turn the television to another channel. "No, I want to watch this. Maybe I'll remember something."

He dropped the remote hesitantly.

"Laurie Collins, along with clients Tom and Bill Kaulitz, premiered their web show yesterday and eventually was knocked out. Tom soon called the police and she was brought to the hospital.

"It has been revealed that she was diagnosed with retrograde amnesia. The source is an anonymous nurse in the hospital along with the documents to back up the story. The hospital is now searching for the nurse.



"Allegedly Collins has lost the memory of about the last three years and has forgotten everything, including inheriting her grandfather's stocks. It is unknown how much she has remembered or been re-taught since the diagnosis.

"Just a few minutes ago she has been caught by the paparazzi in her condo. About after a few second we can see Tom Kaulitz trying to shut the door on them." A clip of Laurie and Tom at the door plays

"A few weeks ago several photos of Collins and Tom Kaulitz has been released and shut every one up about any possibility of her and Bill being together." Several pictures of Tom and Laurie being really close together, the last photo was the fake of her and Tom(remember, she doesn't know it's a fake!)

The woman turns to a man sitting next to her. "I truly feel sorry for Collins. The press is truly trying to get to her…"

"I inherited my grandfather's business?" Laurie asked as she stopped listening to the TV, "wow."

"Just to make sure you're clear. Did you understand the relationship between you and Bill…"

"Yeah," she finished for him. Unfortunately all her ideas about him came from the magazine."

"And you and me…"

She nodded her head. "Yeah…"

Too bad Tom didn't realize that her answers weren't the ones that she should have given.