Four awkward hours later…

BEE-UP BEE-UP

Tom reached into his pocket to reveal his near dead phone. "Hey Laurie, is it okay if I use your charger. Ve have the same phone design."

"Um. Yeah… Where-"

"You're really organized," Tom finished. "I believe it's in a small box in the closet right there," he pointed to a door about fifteen feet away from Laurie and got up. Tom opened the door and reached for a box on a high shelf. He nearly reached it when every box on the shelf fell off.

"Shit," he sighed.

"I'll help you with that," Laurie said as she rushed over to pick up the things. She grabbed everything one by one until-

"What's this?" she asked. She held a black and white composition notebook with the words OCTOBER 14 2004 TO JULY 21 2005. "Hey, it's my old diary. Well, technically in my mind it's my current diary. What did I write in here?"

She turned the page to the earliest one written after February 28 which was March 3. "'Dear Diary, Keith invited me to join the school prom committee as extra credit for our drama class. I don't see how the two are connected but thought it would be an easy A. A few days ago my uncle sent me some more vivid photos of Devilish and I now keep in with me.

"I don't know why I keep it, I just do. The bassist and drummer look relatively normal, but the guitarist and singer. One word to describe them: weird.'" Laurie looked up from the composition notebook. "Sorry, Tom."

He shrugged it off in acceptance.

"Uncle Jared says they're twins, but they don't look a thing alike. The slightly more normal looking one wears his hear in dreadlocks and tends to dress in a baggy fashion. He looks like something out of an Eminem music video.

"The other one dyed his hair black and wears a whole lot more hair products than an entire cheerleading squad. Plus he wears eyeliner. I barely wear eyeliner! I have to admit though; they have a great sound from what Uncle Jared sent me. I wonder if they'll become big.'"

She looked up at Tom. "Well that's where it ends. I should read the next few, maybe it'll help me remember."

She flipped through a few pages when Tom realized what one of the dates was going to be next. Her parents.



"Nein!" He shouted taking the book from her. "Umm I'll find something. I know what dates were really important for you." He observed the pages and chose one, one from before her parents' accident.

"Here's one about Alexz." She raised her eyebrow. "The blonde chick," he reminded.

"Oh! Right. Duh, of course. Can I see it?" He handed it to her and she didn't notice Bill, Gustav, Georg, and Alexz slowly creaking the door. Tom put his finger to his lips to silence them as Laurie read the diary entry aloud.

"'Dear Diary, I'm sooo excited. You know that singer I used to be obsessed with when I was younger? Well she's going to be the main character of this new TV show that's being produced by my favorite TV show's producer. It's called 'Instant Star'.'"

Laurie looked up and saw Alexz looking at Laurie from the door way. Her eyes were blank for about ten seconds when she whispered:

"Alexz?"

She laughed. "Alexz!" Laurie ran to her and hugged her. "I remember! I remember everything about you." She looked at Gustav.

"Gustav! I remember… some. Damn, I lost it. I can't remember anything Tokio Hotel related. All I can remember is that you two are together."

She hugged her again. "I remember!" Laurie then let go and started to beat her hand in an effort to jog her memories.

"Whoa there, Laurie," Alexz said grabbing her hand. "That only works on sitcoms and really bad comedy movies."

"Ugh, Alexz, I'm just so aggravated." Laurie sat down into the large chair. "I read the stuff about learning about them, I still don't remember anything! They're almost strangers to me. And every memory of Gustav, it's with you in them. I mean I know he's the drummer. I know who sings, and who plays guitar and bass, but any other basic detail… I'm blank!"

She through her hands in the air for surrender. Laurie though back to everything that happened that day. "When did my grandfather die?"

"About a year and a half ago," Alexz answered.

Laurie nodded in agreement. "Oh, okay. It's May right?" Everybody nodded. "What about my school? I should be a senior right now."

Bill answered this one. "Ven you moved to Germany you started homeschooling. You've been getting your diploma online."

"What about my mom and dad?"



Everyone stood quiet. "Your mom and dad?" Bill asked.

Laurie nodded. "Yeah, where are they?"

"They… They are in Fayetteville," Bill said. Technically he wasn't lying.

"Soo…" she pondered, "I've been living on my own for a while now?"

They nodded. "Cool," she said. Laurie guessed that she had simply moved to New York… or Germany… she wasn't sure, but she thought her parents were just waiting for her in Fayetteville. "I should call them."

"No!" Alexz said. Laurie gave her a confused look. "I mean they're all the way down in Fayetteville, the time zone difference will be confusing."

"But North Carolina is in the same time zone as New York…" Laurie said.

Bill looked at his watch, "Hey look at dat! It is getting so late…"

"But it's only four-"

"Did I say late?" he asked. "I meant it is too early for us to just be staying in your condo. Ve should go and re-introduce you to New York!"

She scrunched her eyebrows together. "How did you get those two confused? From what I've seen you have pretty good English."

"Ja, but I mess up on occasion. Come on!" Bill grabbed Laurie's wrist. "Let's get moving."

He yanked her off the chair and pulled her out of the condo to where everyone followed.

OoOoO

They walked the streets but Laurie didn't know what to do. She hoped that something would jog her memory. Almost nothing came. Though, she did suddenly remember watching Sweeney Todd after seeing an advertisement. That was about it.

Bill gave her sunglasses. She didn't know why she would need them but he just made her do it anyway. About after ten minutes of walking Laurie did something that surprised Bill.

"Hmm hmmm," she was humming. But, not just humming. It was Durch Den Monsun. Bill got excited for about two seconds until he had remembered that Jared had e-mailed her the demos. He ignored it until she did something that really caught everyone off guard.

"Running through the monsoon, beyond the world to the end of time, where the rain won't hurt…" she stopped singing and went back to humming.