All We Have

This is the story of four girls united under one thing, their love of Tokio Hotel.

Preface

Colista

United we stand. Divided we fall. This statement is so true that I can't even put it into words. If we stand together we will live a better life. But if we divide among friends we will crash and burn. And this is how we began, united under a similar front, our love for a certain band. Tokio Hotel. For some they are a favorite band, a musical idol. But for us they were more, so much more. For some they are just four hot boys playing music. But for us they were the soundtrack of our lives. Whatever we were feeling at a particular moment, they had a song for it. For us they were not just cute buys, but for us they were a source of hope in our darkest hours.

For Alex, it is Bill, the lead singer. She is an emo and a writer. She is also an athlete and practically a genius. Even when she is outcaste, she holds onto them with her whole strength. For Collette, it is Tom, the guitarist. She loves everything about him, from the dreads hanging down his back to the three-sizes-too-big t-shirts he wears. Yes, she has heard all of the rumors surrounding him, but she doesn't care. She accepts him just the way he is. She is also a genius and a loves everything dead. She is also fascinated by the supernatural. For Allie, it's Gustav, drummer extraordinaire. She likes him when many others don't. Allie is like our own little light source. She seems to always be happy and cheerful even when the rest of us are not. She helps us lift our spirits when no one else can. And me, well I bet you can guess who is for me, that is, if you are a true fan you can. That's right, Georg Moritz Hagan Listing, bassist. I, well, I'm just me. I don't really know how to describe myself. I'm just me. Together, we form We Rock Halloween, a band, I guess you could say. We have songs, but nothing else yet. Alex is the lead singer. I am backup and guitar, though I don't exactly know how to play it yet. Allie is keyboard. Collette is the violinist. Yes, we are missing many of the elements of a traditional band, and we have yet to figure out how that will work out. But we don't worry about that. It will all work out in the end. For right now, we are just a group of best friends. We all know what it is like to feel different from others, strange and unique. And we are. We are our own people. We don't always fit the stereotypes that people try to put others in. We are unique, but we are not. We are all alike, but we are all different. Each of us brings a different element to our group. Alex is the strong one, the one who never admits to weakness. Allie is, well, as I said before, the cheerful one. Collette, well, she is Collette, and that's that. She just has that "what the hell?!" factor that always keeps us guessing. She can't be described. She is, well, she is sort of the mix of the others. She is strong and extremely smart, but she can also be funny, though her personality is more dark and sadistic. I really don't know where I fit. I know that I must have a place, but I can't see what that is just yet. I am smart, though nowhere near Collette's and Alex's level. I am cheerful, but can be morbid too. I don't let that side of me show as much, though. I can be funny, though Allie is always funnier. I suppose I'm the supportive one. I always try to help the others in any way possible, though they all do the same for me. I'm told that I'm the equalizer, the one who makes the rest of us look more normal, though I don't think that is possible. I am just there. That's how it has always been, and I'm ok with that.

We are all different, yes, but we are all united. Tokio Hotel is the factor that we are united under. They mean so much to us that it can't be out into words. They unite us, but that aren't necessarily vital to our friendship. But I don't know if we all would have become friends had it not been for them. Our lives are a lot different. Collette is a fencer and likes to read and write. Alex also likes to read and write, but she is also an athlete. She plays basketball, volleyball and is a cheer leader. I'm still trying to figure out how there can be an emo cheer leader. Allie doesn't read or write much, but she shops and she likes to play games on the Wii and watch Fred videos. I love reading and writing, and I used to play sports but had to give it up after a few too many knee injuries. We are all pretty clumsy, except Allie. She's lucky; we haven't rubbed off on her yet. We all love music, though the type varies from person to person. Allie likes alternative rock or synthesized rock. Alex likes alternative emo rock, country, and ballads. Collette likes techno, screamo, and rock. I can listen to pretty much anything with a beat. And, of course, we all listen to Tokio Hotel.

We had all had people make fun of us, and I suppose that's another way that we are united. We all have that like element in our past. Tokio Hotel was not the most popular group in America, yet, and they had a lot of haters. Alex got it worst, in general and also about Tokio Hotel. That is probably because she is the most open and out there in her love for them. She was made fun of for other things too, like the fact that she wasn't a ditzy blonde prep, which I feel is a good thing. I have nothing against blondes, because I am one, but they tend to be super ditzy. None of us were conventional preppy Aeropostale-wearing teenagers. We didn't shop at American Eagle or Abercrombie & Fitch or Hollister… we were more the Hot Topic type. That was usually the root of the ridicule, our being not 'normal' by other people's standards. And they were right. We weren't normal. We were better than normal, more fun and care-free. We were the most hyper, crazy, random, insane people that a person could meet. And we loved every minute of it. We, unlike most were completely comfortable with our insanity. Actually, we wouldn't want it any other way. This is what we were best at, being crazy and fun. Though it may not make sense to others, we valued our differences with the rest of the world. We wanted to be our own people. We didn't want to be the same as others. We wanted to be us. Tokio Hotel inspired us sometimes; Alex's style was so similar to Bills that it was unbelievable. I can't say that the other two were that similar to their object of affection, with Allie's neon and Collette's black. But I think Georg and I were a little alike. We both liked jeans and t-shirts for most of our wardrobe. That's cool, I think, that we are alike in a way.

The glue which holds our group together consists of mainly two things; Tokio Hotel and Alex. Alex is the one who got us all together that night at her house, the night that we became friends. She knew the other two and me but none of us knew each other. She had met Collette at some smart people's camp the summer before and she and Allie had gone to school together for a while. So that is how it all began. And the end, well, that is yet to come.