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The next weeks that remained for the girls were a montage of finding out about each other. They showed each other the blueprints of their homes, introduced the people they would be interacting with everyday and the habits and basic house rules. Lola was surprised to learn that her twin lived with her mother, her sister, and two friends from high school who she considered her uncles. Callie was shocked that in her Momma's household she lived with her ex boyfriend, and their friend and housekeeper Cat.
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The entire camp was assembled for a screening of Father Of The Bride Part II, and naturally all the girls were laughing hysterically. All but two. Callie and Lola were sitting in the middle of the crowd, arguing in a whisper.
"But I never bite my nails!" Callie argued in a whisper.
Lola sighed heavily. "But I always do!" She whispered back. "Momma'll know!"
Her sister shook her head and sat on her hands, "I can't." She whispered stubbornly.
Lola stared at her. "Want me to do it for you?" She asked, her voice dripping with condescension.
Callie rolled her eyes and reluctantly started chewing her nails.
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It was after lunch and the twins were back at their cabin. Callie was sitting nervously on a stool clutching her hairbrush like it was a lifeline and looking at her terrified face in front of the mirror. Her brown wavy hair, which fell halfway down her back, was going to be cut. Lola told her that in order for their plan to pull through, they have to look alike and she knew that her twin was right. Although she really didn't like the idea of her hair being cut, she had to agree.
Lola looked expectantly at her sister and gave her a reassuring smile, "Ready?" she asked and Callie closed her eyes and nodded, "Ready," she answered. Her twin went over to her drawer and pulled a big silver pair of scissors engraved with her initials, LW, a beautiful gift from her mom. She went over to her twin, measured a strand of her own hair and positioned the scissors getting ready to cut.
"Don't shut your eyes!" a horrified Callie exclaimed. Lola immediately opened her eyes.
"Oh right, sorry, I'm just a little nervous," she said sheepishly.
"You're nervous?! A ten year old is cutting my hair!" an incredulous Callie exclaimed exactly like Lola, that didn't escape her twin's notice.
"Hey, you sounded just like me," she remarked happily and Callie smiled proudly.
"Well I'm supposed to, aren't I?" she said then, "Go ahead, just do it."
At her bequest, Lola started cutting and soon, strands of Avia's hair were down on the floor. After about an hour or so, Callie stood in front of the mirror staring at her newly cut hair. It was exactly like Lola's and she was amazed how they totally look alike now.
"This is so scary," she remarked touching her hair. Lola appeared beside her and waved her hand, "Honey, you never looked better," she said in a New York accent that belonged to her sister and that she would have to use once they made the switch.
"Oh my God," she suddenly said and looked closer into the mirror while Callie watched worried.
"What?" she asked worriedly and her sister pointed at her ears.
"I have pierced ears."
"Uh, no - no, no, no and no; not happening! Sorry, wrong number, I won't. I refuse," she said stubbornly while Lola crossed her arms and looked at the ceiling.
"Then cutting your hair was a waste of time. There's no way I could go to camp with pierced ears and then come home without 'em. I mean c'mon, get real," she chided.
Avia crossed her arms, almost in tears. Cutting her hair and biting her nails was one thing, but this? "This isn't fair. I've had to chew my nails, cut off my hair and now you want to punch holes in my ears?" She cried out. "You didn't have to do one thing to become me!"
Lola grinned devilishly. "Hey, can I help it if I'm a complicated woman with a look entirely my own?"
A match was struck and Lola held a needle over it while Callie watched her with a petrified expression on her face. She was holding an ice cube underneath her earlobe and was currently wishing that she didn't have to undergo this painful process. She watched her sister approach her with a calm look on her face.
"Needle sterilized," she announced.
"Y-Y-You sure you know what you're doing?" Callie stammered.
"Relax, I've gone with all my friends who got their ears pierced and it's nothing. Just close your eyes and it will be over before you know it." Lola assured like a professional businessman: suave.
"Earring ready?" she asked and her sister held up a silver earring as her reply.
"Good," Lola nodded, "Hand me the apple," she ordered and was given the slice of green apple with a terrified whimper from her sister.
"Just relax," she repeated, "I'm telling you, this is not a big deal. On the count of three, remove the ice! One..." Lola started.
"Two, Three!" the needle pierced Callie's earlobe and the ice cube was replaced with the slice of apple. Callie let out a bloodcurdling scream which was immediately followed by Lola's own bloodcurdling scream.
Lola fell to the floor, passed out a minute later. Callie, now wearing the earring, gently slapped Lola's face trying to revive her. "Lola, are you awake? Get up!"
Lola opened her eyes and moaned in pain, sitting up with a hand on her head. "Are you bleeding to death?"
Callie rolled her eyes at her dramatic ways. "I'm fine. It didn't hurt at all. But I refuse to go through life with only one pierced ear." She held up the needle and smirked at her sister. "Back to work, darling."
Lola took one look at the needle and passed out again.
"Lola!"
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It was the last day of camp and everyone was giving each other tearful goodbyes and promises of keeping in touch. Even the lost boy was giving assurances to his gaggle of new friends, which were of course, girls. Callie and Lola both walked towards the entrance of the camp. The twins have already switched and both were ready to go their separate ways to meet the parents they've been dreaming all their life to meet.
"Ok, this is it." Lola said breathlessly now wearing her sister's pale pink sundress, which she despised. Her sister had taken her hair and done twin French braids that Tori taught her to do before leaving for camp.
"Ok remember, you're gonna find out how Mom and Momma met." Callie reviewed, wearing Jade's nylon jacket with a plain white tee underneath and blue jean shorts. Her hair was left natural, her brown waves falling to just above her chest.
"And you're gonna find out why they broke up." Lola finished.
"Callie Vega, your car is here." Marvas Jr. announced into the bull horn.
"That's you - here's your ticket and passport. Uncle Andre and Uncle Robbie are going to pick you up at the airport," Callie hurriedly said pressing the ticket and passport to her sister's hand.
"What time do you leave?" a worried Lola asked.
"Oh, not for a couple of hours," her sister answered, "Give Mom a kiss for me," she said.
"Give Momma one from me." Lola said giving her twin a final hug.
"Last call Callie Vega!" Marvas Jr. announced again.
Lola rushed to the car, received a hug from Marvas Jr. and climbed in. Marvas shut the door and patted the vehicle away as Callie watched with crossed fingers.
"Good luck," she said with a sigh and closed her eyes.
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