Laurie sat crossed legged on her bed as she messed around w"lith her iPhone. She didn't know what she was doing and furiously kept poking, dragging, and nearly yelling at the device. She pressed a little button with a music note on it and saw several pictures of bands and singers.
She eventually got one that showed Tokio Hotel. Bill appeared to be screaming in the picture while everyone else was calm. She clicked it and lists of titles were under it. English titles. They all looked interesting but the most recognizable one was Monsoon. Laurie wondered if there was any connection between it and Durch Den Monsun. Only one way to find out.
She pressed it and heard the steady beat. Same song, well until Bill began to sing. She was astounded at his accent, he sounded like a native speaker. Unlike in real life.
What really got her though, was that she eventually found herself singing the song along with it word by word. She didn't miss one.
"Laurie?" Bill said quietly from the creaking open door. She almost jumped right there and then. "Are you going to be alright?"
"Yeah," she reassured. "Just, something weird just happened. Let's see if I can do it again."
She clicked another title, and after the first lines were sung she sang with it, in perfect harmony.
"Now I'm hiding here alone
Can't help but read our names on the wall
And wash them off the stone
I trusted you in every way
But not enough to make you stay
Turn around
I've lost my ground"
Bill stepped all the way into the room. "How many times have you heard that song?"
"That's the strange thing. It was the first time heard it… well today." She put the iPhone down and yawned. "Where are you sleeping?" Laurie asked pulling her hair into a ponytail.
"I vill sleep in the guest room. Good night." He turned around and shut the door behind him.
OoOoO
She woke up tired and not feeling like moving. But, Laurie wanted try and learn as much as she could about her history. She got up and entered the living room to reveal Bill watching TV and drinking coffee. He looked different; she had never seen him without make-up.
"Hey, sleepy-head," Bill smiled. "You rarely sleep past eight."
"That much I remember," she said right before she spotted her laptop. She sat down at the table it was on and opened it. "Shit. Do you know my password?"
He shook his head.
She hovered the mouse over the hint button. 'Second Favorite Tokio Hotel Song'
"Bill, what are my favorite Tokio Hotel songs?"
"First, it's Durch Den Monsun. Second, I believe it's Lass Uns Heir Raus."
She typed in Lass Uns Heir Raus. "Yes!" Laurie looked at the various icons on the screen and found a folder that read 'DIARY'.
She clicked on it and saw different folders that read the months and days. She decided to click on the JULY 2005. Inside though, there was only one entry that read 31.
Laurie spent the next hour reading entries silently until she made it to May 18 2006. "Hey, Bill, it's the one where I went on tour with you guys."
He perked up his head.
"'I'm officially on tour with Tokio Hotel. I'm taking a break from e-mailing and what not because the internet is wavering.
"Since the bus started moving I've been having this really eerie feeling like they're watching me. After a while Tom sat down and tried to flirt with me but Bill told him to buzz off. I don't know why he's so concerned though.
"You should have seen the look on their faces after I showed them the teaser trailers. They were astounded. I know this is what I should be doing for the rest of my life, I knew ever since I saw their expressions.'"
Bill nodded his head. "I remember that day."
"Hmph. At least one of us does."
"'May 21: We had a video Q&A with NigaHiga. Everything turned out awesome! Though, for some reason Tom went to sleep shirtless the other night before we went to sleep.
"After making it to Berlin Tom, Gustav, and Georg all went to a club. I was surprised to realize that Bill didn't want to go. In the elevator Bill asked me to dinner and we went about a half hour later. There I told him about my parents, strangely he was more comforting than I would have thought.'"
Laurie looked at Bill. "What about my parents?"
Bill shrugged.
Creak…
"Hey, Laurie!" Alexz said opening the door. Tom, Gustav, and Georg followed her inside. "You remember anything?"
"Nada. But I've been reading my diary. So far I'm at the first week of traveling with the band," Laurie said looking away from her screen. Everyone else looked at each other in fear of her realizing what happened with her parents. "Apparently there was some big accident around March, but I never write what exactly happened. It was really annoying."
"So you haven't figured it out yet?" Tom asked.
"Figured what out?" Laurie asked back.
"Umm the incident. You just said there was some accident," Tom reassured.
She nodded her head. "Okay then."
"C'mon. We need you to get changed, there's a show at two and it would be good if you went," Alexz said.
"Cool," Laurie agreed.
OoOoO
Laurie managed to pick out some dark wash skinny jeans and an old AC/DC T-shirt. It was less stylish that she usually wore, but she didn't know that. They arrived at the concert to find hundreds of screaming fans. They held out dozens of pictures, CDs, and other things for the band to sign.
She did her best to avoid actually getting stuck in the crowd and just went straight for backstage. When the others made it there she looked into the screaming audience and felt a sudden pain in her head. Images of screaming fans played in her head.
Laurie then waited on a chair while the band got ready to play. Alexz sat right next to her. Laurie had her arm on the rest as she rested her chin in her palm. Tokio Hotel then got to their first song. 'Scream'
When she heard this her eyes widened and her lips quivered.
