I know, this is a weird story. But seriously, I didn't think that I would get any reviews before I posted this next chapter!

TearsOfaClown: Haha your review made me laugh :')

MysteriousGreenHufflepuffAgent: You love it already? Wow, then my work here is done. No, not really. It'll get more exciting, I promise you that!

Anyway, I really hope you like this chapter, cause I wrote it all on my phone while working at our band car wash instead of actually working (I know, you all are lucky!).

Disclaimer: I don't own StarKid. Sadly. Or the song this is based off of. But I own the plot! That's good, right?

Lauren had locked herself in the bathroom almost immediately after the group of four had reached the hotel. Joe was worried about her but had resorted himself to shaking out the sand from his body on the balcony, trying not to get it all over the hotel room.

Alex was now calmed down just slightly and she was helping Brian wring out his still sopping wet clothes in front of the fireplace. Brian was now dressed in only flannel pajama pants with the StarKid logo repeated all over, and Alex could barely keep herself from staring at his lean, slightly muscular chest, but when he cleared his throat, she tore her gaze away from him.

"I'm sorry for yelling at you." Alex whispered as she laid the damp shirt he was previously wearing out in front of the fire on the carpet, and she brushed a piece of her hair behind her ear, not knowing how Brian would ever forgive her. But his next words surprised her.

"You're forgiven." He whispered back as he smoothed down his jeans on the ground, and he stood up. Alex looked up at him, still feeling extremely guilty for all of the horrible things she had told him as they had walked to the hotel, but he held out his hand for her to take.

"I said the most hateful things though!" She protested, and he frowned, his hand not leaving its position.

"Alex, just take my hand!" Brian said commandingly, and she sighed loudly, taking his hand and pulling herself up to a standing position in front of him while trying to ignore the feeling his voice had just given her. She let go of his hand and crossed her arms.

"I was a bitch to you Bri." Alex said softly and he wrapped his arms around her shoulders in a hug.

"Alex, you're always a bitch to me." He pulled back and smiled at her, noticing that they were almost kissing. Before she could reply, Brian slowly moved his face towards hers. Alex was slightly panicking inside but allowed herself to enjoy the moment, and she closed her eyes, anticipating the kiss.

Just as their lips were less than a hair away from each other, the bathroom door slammed open and they jumped apart, Alex falling onto the couch while Brian tripped and fell over his shirt. Lauren walked out of the room with a fluffy purple robe on and her clothes in her hands but stopped quickly. She heard the thump of Brian falling on the ground and she frowned at the scene in front of her.

"I don't want to know." Lauren shook her head and walked into the room she was sharing with Alex, closing the door behind her, and the latter was laughing at Brian as she stood up.

"I'm gonna go shower now. I feel gross and icky from the river water." She walked towards the bathroom and grabbed a towel on her way there.

The sliding door opened just as the bathroom door shut and Brian's gaze shifted from the door to Joe, who was now sand-free.

"Why the hell are you on the ground Rosenthal?" Joe frowned and sat in the armchair, throwing his clothes into a heap on the ground.

"I tripped and fell over my jeans." He shrugged and stood up, dusting off his pants before plopping onto the couch heavily. "The norm, as usual." Joe rolled his eyes and sighed loudly.

"In the car, you wanted to ask me a question before the whole...thing happened." Joe started, and Brian gritted his teeth, knowing that he would have to ask it soon, but he'd rather get on with his news first.

"Well, that's not as important right now." He said, and Joe raised an eyebrow to make him clarify. "I almost just kissed Alex. My best friend. I have no idea why, but I'm feeling...SOME KIND of fluttering in my stomach every time I see her!" Brian was rambling, and Joe sat back in his chair in amusement, not sure when or how to make him stop talking. "And I want to ask her out but I don't know if she'll go for it because she's my best friend in the whole wide world!" Brian finished and he let out a long breath. Joe whistled and shook his head.

"Dude, just kiss her and see where it goes from there!" Joe said, and Brian nodded.

"Okay then." Brian said, and then he stood up, disappearing into the room he was sharing with Joe. The person in question just sighed and closed his eyes, falling asleep right there on the armchair less than a minute later.

Lauren stood in the bathroom and locked the door before anybody could bother her by trying to get a word out of her. She wasn't in the mood to talk after what happened at the bridge, and she never wanted to speak of it again, but once she left the bathroom, she knew that Alex or Brian were gonna try to get her to talk about it.

"What on earth is happening to me?" Lauren felt strange after she had gotten out of the disgusting water, and all she wanted to do was go back home to the StarKid Manor and cry into Jaime's or Julia's shoulder, but they were in Manhattan, miles away from Chicago, so there was no point in dwelling on something that she had no control over.

She looked in the mirror and frowned, looking at her hair. It made her look like she had just walked through a tornado unharmed, so she tried to tame it, but it wouldn't budge. Groaning loudly, Lauren turned on the shower and stripped out of her extremely cold and wet clothing. She got into the shower and quickly washed her hair and body before getting out. She pulled on a purple fluffy robe and wrapped the ties around her waist tightly, but then she saw something weird in the mirror.

She blinked a few times and then rubbed her eyes, but it was still there on her hand. Lauren held her right hand in front of her face and looked at the back of it. Shimmering in light silver, was a small spiral with a dot inside of it, and it glowed brighter as she continued to look at it. The light became so bright she had to close her eyes, and a whooshing sound was heard before it became silent. Cracking open her eyes just a tad, Lauren looked back down at her hand, but the silvery shape there before had disappeared.

"Stupid river water. I think I inhaled too much of it." Lauren shook her head and refused to believe that what she had seen was real, and she unlocked the bathroom door, picking up her dirty clothes before opening it. She started walking towards the room that she was going to be sharing with Alex when she heard a loud thud, and she turned her head to see Brian on the floor.

"I don't want to know." Lauren shook her head once again and entered the room, closing the door behind her just as she heard the sliding door open. She didn't want to talk to Joe at the moment - she didn't want to talk to anybody! She just wanted to go to sleep. So she pulled on her purple pajamas and hung up the robe before snuggling into her bed and falling asleep straight away, not even realizing that the symbol currently shining on her hand had completely dried her off.

Alex stood in the same spot Lauren had just ten minutes previous, and she looked in the mirror, frowning at her reflection.

"There's no chance for me." She whispered, and she moved to stand in the bathtub, turning on the water. She didn't even bother taking off her clothes as she stood under the cold water, and the shock of the cold startled Alex out of her thoughts. She cursed loudly, not bothering to lower her voice, and she turned around, turning the shower knob as much as she could, but it wouldn't budge.

"Fuck!" She slammed her right hand on the tiled wall and wished that the water was hot. Suddenly, the water sped up on its decent and she shrieked when the water became boiling hot. Alex tried to push the curtain out of the way so she could get out but she fell out of the tub and landed heavily on the bathroom floor, bringing the curtain down with her and waking everyone up with the loud clang of the shower rod.

"Alex!" Brian's voice floated in through the door and she heard him trying to open the door to see if she was okay. "What happened?" The door opened and Alex leaned her head back to see Brian in the doorway, flanked by Joe and Lauren. They all stared with open mouths at the sight of her on the ground, and surprisingly nobody noticed her right hand glowing bright orange with the symbol of fire before disappearing.

"Well, I - I tripped and fell." Alex stammered out, and she stood up on shaky legs, unable to believe what just happened to her. "Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to bed." And before any of them could answer her back or stop her, Alex pushed through the three other StarKids and entered her room, slamming and locking the door behind her.

"Where am I gonna sleep?" Lauren mumbled, and Brian and Joe exchanged a glance. Joe pointed to Brian but the latter crossed his arms and shook his head, forcing the former to sigh and nod.

"You can sleep with me." Joe said, and then he paled. "I mean, you - you can come to my bed and we could just sleep together. Sleeping only though." As Joe was stuttering his way through his words, Brian forced back a chuckle and went back to their room, falling asleep on the bigger bed so Joe and Lauren would be uncomfortable on the smaller one.

So this chapter was a bit longer and it took me a while to come up with a good way to make the storyline move on, but once I had an idea it just flowed through my fingers.

Hope you like it! And please review, they make my day.

~Lady Legend ;)