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(They all go out to dinner. Antonia complains to Julia about her bringing Nick with her. They come back from dinner Julia and Antonia go for a walk)
Julia: Would you stop complaining already. He just needed time away from everything. We are all going through some hard times right now.
Antonia: Yeah but did you have to bring him with you? Couldn�t he have gone someplace else?
Julia: You complain too much. He hasn�t done anything to you so why are you so against him?
Antonia: He just annoys me.
Julia: You didn�t give him a chance. You didn�t give any of them a chance.
Antonia: Well seeing as how I wasn�t exactly happy about being thrown into some relationship I didn�t even want�I wasn�t going to be nice to his friends just for the hell of it.
Julia: Whatever�we�re here now so get over it. Remember you�re me�and I�m always nice to everyone.
Antonia: And you�re me�and I�m never nice to people. So you�ve been playing me all wrong.
Julia: Turns out�people didn�t like you before.
Antonia: WHAT?! Like who?
Julia: You name someone and I�ll tell you whether they like you or not.
Antonia: Ok. Freddy Prinze Jr.
Julia: (laughs) Nope. He actually hates you. He ran away from me the first time I saw him.
Antonia: Ok what about Natalie Portman?
Julia: Nope.
Antonia: What? Ok how about Julia Stiles?
Julia: No she�s glad I got a personality transplant.
Antonia: Great so everyone hates me�is there ANYONE that likes me?
Julia: Sure lots of people like ya�now. Try being nice every once in awhile�it might work.
Antonia: I�ll have you know that the people here love me. So ha!
Julia: That�s cause they think you�re me.
Antonia: Ok so no one likes me�not even my own mother. I get it. I should just find a ditch and lie in it.
Julia: Mom doesn�t like me either.
Antonia: She likes you a hell of a lot better than me.
Julia: Welcome to my world. Trust me I�d trade places with you in a minute.
Antonia: How did this all happen? How did our lives get all messed up?
Julia: Two words�Maria�Maxwell.
Antonia: That�s for sure. (Silence) You know�it�s not bad being you.
Julia: It�s not bad being you either. I�d just rather be me. By the way, how are my grades coming?
Antonia: Straight A�s so far.
Julia: I�m impressed.
Antonia: So am I actually.
Julia: I guess we should get back now.
Antonia: Yeah.
(They walk back to the dorm. Back in the room)
Julia: Well Tony�Megan and me have got some catching up to do. We�re going to go to our old hang out and chill for awhile.
Antonia: Your old hang out?
Julia: I meant your old hang out. I�ve gone there so many times with you two�it feels like home.
Antonia: Ok then.
Julia: (walks over to Tony and whispers) Try to be nice will ya.
Antonia: Yes mother.
(Julia and Megan leave leaving Nick and Antonia alone. They sit there in silence.)
Nick: So what�s your major?
Antonia: I�don�t�know�liberal arts I think�maybe.
Nick: You don�t know?
Antonia: I�m undecided.
Nick: Aren�t you graduating soon?
Antonia: Yeah�uh�long story.
Nick: Ok then.
Antonia: So�you like touring?
Nick: It�s ok.
Antonia: Oh.
Nick: I like performing�I just don�t like being away from home so much.
Antonia: I understand.
Nick: You do?
Antonia: It�s a figure of speech and besides�I�m away from home.
Nick: That�s true.
Antonia: So how you doing?
Nick: I�ve been better.
Antonia: Right�I heard about that�sorry.
Nick: He said he was doing better.
Antonia: That�s a good thing.
Nick: We tried to stop him.
Antonia: You can�t get him to stop until he was ready to.
Nick: It�s just so hard seeing him do that.
Antonia: I�m sure it was.
Nick: I just wanted to help him because he�s always helped me. (Sniff)
Antonia: Well that�s understandable.
Nick: He�s just�just�just (starts to cry)
Antonia: (looks at him) Are you crying?
Nick: (wipes eyes) No.
Antonia: Yeah�ok�um�I got an A on my term paper.
Nick: (through tears) That�s nice.
Antonia: (walks over to him and sits next to him. Pats him on the shoulder) It�s gonna be ok. He�s going to be ok.
Nick: (starts crying harder and falls over onto Antonia�s lap)
Antonia: (shocked) Ok�um�(pets his back) It�s gonna be ok.
Nick: (through tears) But what if�he doesn�t get better�and he goes back�to the way he was�and�
Antonia: (still petting him and looking uneasy) Uh�yeah.