"Hey look here, Laurie," Georg said. "This is one of your favorite restaurants."
She shrugged. "If you say so," she observed the fancy building and tried to trigger something. "I got nothing."
"Laurie," a man wearing a loose leather hoodie said tapping her shoulder. "You said we we're going to discuss the plans for my next video tonight."
The guy looked about sixteen and wore his hair in cornrows. "I did?"
Laurie looked back at Alexz and mouthed 'who is he?' Alexz then whispered into her ear. "He's called Soulja Boy, he's one of your clients."
"I have clients?" Laurie asked. She turned back around and shook 'Soulja Boy's' hand.
"So you okay? I saw the report on TV. You don't really have amnesia do you?"
She looked at him. "Uhh… No. The press is just being silly, I guess. Anyway I guess you can call me later. I'll be waiting."
"Great, I'll call around six," he said as he walked away.
Laurie turned around and got extremely confused. "I work at Universal now? Since when?"
"Since you inherited it?" Alexz said.
"Oh my god. This guy looks like he's some big deal, and I don't know who he is. Who is he?" she asked. "Oh crap, where's my phone?"
"I got it," Tom said, "I picked it up while Bill was dragging you out." He handed her an iPhone.
She looked at it with confusion. "What is this?" Laurie pressed a few buttons trying to figure out how to work it. "This is my phone?"
Eventually she heard a loud noise coming from its speakers:
Sun is in the sky
Oh why, oh why would I want to be anywhere else?
She saw a picture of a black haired woman and pressed the screen. "Hello?" she spoke into it.
"Hey, Laurie," someone with an English accent. "How ya doing? I heard about the accident, are you okay?"
"Umm, I guess so," she said.
"Oh my god," the girl said. "The amnesia stories are true! You don't remember me do you?"
"Of course…" she looked at the screen that read 'Lily', "Lily?"
"You're reading off the phone! I can't believe you have amnesia! How much do you remember?" Lily shouted.
Tom snatched the phone from her hand. "Hey, Lily? Ve are kind of busy right now, could you call back another time?" He then hung up the phone.
"Vurk should be the last thing you should be vorrying about. I'll call Soulja Boy later," he said giving Laurie back her phone.
She smiled. "Thanks," Laurie shyly said sneaking her phone into her jacket pocket.
OoOoO
They all came back to Laurie's apartment about five hours later laughing. She had spent the last few hours somewhat re-introduced to New York and her life. Various things though nobody told her, either at all or not realizing that she had no idea.
"So, it's kind of late," Tom said. "The doctor says it vould be best if one of us stays with you at all time. Bill?"
Bill nodded. "I'm going to be staying with you tonight, okay Laurie?"
"What? Oh yeah no problem." Laurie sat down in her chair and slung her head back as she absorbed everything she learned. She was the sole heir to the Universal Music corporation. That was something she would have to get used to.
"Well we better get going," Alexz said. "Bye, Laurie."
Laurie waved goodbye as Alexz, Tom, Georg, and Gustav left. As soon as they did Laurie remembered the diary she found and went to go get it. She flipped to the diary entry after the last one she had read.
"Vat's that?" Bill asked.
"Old diary. I was writing in it to the point that I lost my memory. Thanks to this I managed to remember Alexz." She looked at the book, "here's one. March 20:
"Something really bad has happened but it hurts too much to talk about it. All I'm going to say is that I have to move with my uncle for a while. I know him though; he's really busy and will probably send me to that boarding school in England or something.
"I've been really upset since yesterday. I saw something most people never will. Either way it happened and there's nothing I can do about it now. I leave next week."
Laurie looked at Bill. Her eyes shone with confusion.
"Okay, my next one. March 27:
"Germany has been great so far. Uncle Jared says that I don't have to go to school there and can simply be tutored and be home schooled. I think I'll take him up on that offer.
"Of course I miss my mom and dad, but there's nothing I can do.
"Uncle Jared took me to meet the band but none of them even took a second look at me. They seemed really busy so I don't blame them. I heard that Bill kid sing live and I have to admit, he's one of the few singers out there that won't have their voice edited to the point it sounds like someone else.
"Their music is great; it's just too bad I can't understand a word they're saying. Uncle Jared tried to translate this one song called 'Jung Und Nicht Mehr Jugendfrei' and he had a near impossible time doing so. After a while I just went online and tried to translate it that way. It means basically 'Young and Not G-rated anymore'".
Laurie smiled at Bill.
"Wow. I thought though we didn't meet until the tour," Laurie said.
Bill looked back at her. "I thought so too. I guess you were right, I didn't really notice you. During that time I was obsessed with making sure our music was getting out."
She read the rest of the diary in quiet. It basically described the first half of her summer in Germany. She then thought the final entry deserved to be read aloud.
"'July 21: Dear Diary,
"Starting tomorrow I'm going to start keeping my diary entries on my computer. I've met this girl online whose voice is really good. Her name is Lily Allen.
"I gave her my grandfather's number to get her signed on and she agreed to contact him. I have high hopes for her."
Laurie stopped reading there as her face drew a blank. "Oh, my, god! I remember that day. I remember talking to Lily online and giving her my grandfather's number!" She looked back at the page.
"Oh, and that Devilish band had changed their name. Now it's Tokio Hotel. I don't know why they decided to do that. Next week they're shooting a music video for one of their songs, 'Durch Den Monsun' which means 'Through the Monsoon'. Uncle Jared told me the basic idea of the video and it sounds pretty cool.
"Germany has been great I can speak so much already. Well I've got to go; I'm going to start typing my entries from now on.'"
She shut the diary. "Wow. Maybe I should go onto the computer and read some more," Laurie got up from her chair but Bill stopped her from going anywhere.
"Nein. You should go to sleep, it's already eleven. Come on, I'll go make sure you have everything." He put his hand on her shoulder and led her to her bedroom.
She opened the large closet doors and was astounded by how many outfits she had. "Wow," she sighed.
"This isn't a big deal, you managed to buy half of this in one veek!" Bill exclaimed.
Laurie ignored his comment as she pulled out some blue sweats and a tank top. She looked at Bill. "Do you mind?"
He didn't realize what happened. "Oh, right," he chuckled weakly and turned around. It wasn't long until she was done and he was free to turn around
"What are you going to sleep in?" Laurie asked
"I have some outfits in the other room. I'll see you in the morning," he waved goodbye and shut the door behind him.
Laurie just thought to herself. Why would he have clothes at her condo?
