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(Antonia picks up the phone and calls Julia)
Nick: Hello.
Antonia: Um�yea, is Tony there?
Nick: No guy named Tony here ma�am.
Antonia: Oh, I mean Antonia. Is she there?
Nick: Oooo, yea she is�who should I say is calling?
Antonia: Her sister.
Nick: Hey, I remember you�Julia right?
Antonia: Yup. That would be me. Can I please talk to my sister?
Nick: Sure�hold on. (Covers the phone) HEY TONY�.PHONE!
Julia: Who gave you permission to call me Tony?
Nick: Your sister is on the phone.
Julia: Oh crap. (Runs and tries to get the phone) Carter�what are you doing?
Nick: (holding phone out of her reach) Do I have permission to call you Tony yet?
Julia: No. Now give me the phone.
Nick: I don�t think I should.
Julia: That�s it�you leave me no choice. (Smacks his ass)
Nick: (lowers the phone, Julia snatches it) Oh no you didn�t.
Julia: Yes I did. (Sticks her tongue out at him and goes outside) Hey what�s up?
Antonia: I just talked to mom�we aren�t switching.
Julia: What?
Antonia: She said you were a better me than I am.
Julia: Oh no she didn�t.
Antonia: Yea�she did.
Julia: Man. I�m sick of this.
Antonia: (shocked) You are?
Julia: Yea�I mean, I like the attention and all�but I�m not an actress�I don�t want to be an actress�and I HATE it that AJ keeps on calling me Antonia�I�m ready to shake him and say�MY NAME IS JULIA DAMN YOU�JULIA!
Antonia: Can�t help ya there.
Julia: Yea�I know.
(Silence)
Julia: So�we�re not switching?
Antonia: Nope.
Julia: How long is this gonna go on?
Antonia: Until our puppet master says so I guess.
Julia: (sigh)
AJ: Hey Antonia�the guys want to go to dinner now.
Julia: So how�s school?
Antonia: Your roommate knew right away I wasn�t you.
Julia: That�s Megan for ya.
AJ: (puts his hands on her shoulder) Hey�did you hear me?
Julia: (jumps) Dear Lord AJ�give a girl a little warning.
AJ: Sorry, but the guys want to get going.
Julia: Oh�ok. Hey Jules�I have to go.
Antonia: Ok. Bye Tony.
Julia: Gosh that�s weird. (Laughs)
Antonia: (laughs) Yea it is. It�s like I�m saying good bye to myself.
Julia: I�ll talk to ya later ok.
Antonia: Yup�bye. (they hang up)
(A few weeks later�Julia is in a mall shopping for some clothes)
Store Owner: Excuse me�are you Antonia Maxwell?
Julia: (looks around, and mutters to self) Damn, that�s me. (Out loud) You blew my cover.
Store Owner: Sorry, but you have to hear this.
(Julia walks over to the counter, the storeowner turns up the radio, a small crowd is gathering around them)
DJ: And I�m sad to report that the dates for the Backstreet Boys �Black and Blue� tour have been postponed, due to the fact that AJ McLean has checked himself into a rehab center to help him with depression, anxiety, and alcoholism. We will let you know what the updated concert dates will be when we find them out.
Julia: (laughs) That�s a prank. That�s gotta be a prank.
Store Owner: It was on the radio.
Julia: Yea, so was the fact that Justin Timberlake and Britney Spear were killed in a car accident and we all know that isn�t true. Besides, someone would have told me.
Store Owner: Whatever you say ma�am.
Julia: Look, I�ll call him right now�(takes out cell phone) damn�battery is dead�let me use the store phone to call.
Store Owner: Sorry, we aren�t allowed to let customers use these phones.
Julia: Fine. (Walks out of the store)
(Julia continues to shop�but she�s getting all these looks from people so she decides it�s best to get home. She pulls up to her apartment complex, walks up the stairs to her place, and sees Brian, Kevin, Nick, and Howie sitting in the hallway. She immediately drops her bags. The boys all look in her direction)
Kevin: Hey Tony.
Nick: (teary eyed) You don�t have permission to call her Tony.
Julia: It�s ok Nick. What�s going on?
Howie: You mean you haven�t heard?
Julia: Oooooo�you mean that sick prank that people keep on saying about AJ�yea I heard it�what about it?
Howie: It isn�t a prank.
Julia: Yes it is.
Brian: (walks over to her) Tony�it�s true.
Julia: (looks back and forth between all of the guys�sees Nick crying, Kevin trying to comfort him and contain the tears that are threatening to come out, Howie is looking at her, and Brian is ready to catch her if she falls) No. (shakes her head) No�it can�t be true.
Brian: (puts his arms around her) He didn�t want you to worry.