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Dominic's POV.

Fuck one more month to go and then I'm back home!

We're up in Washington right now. I'm currently backstage listening to yet another intelligent conversation of Dimitri's.

He's comparing milkshakes from different fast food restaurants.

Now I'm hungry.

I go back to catering to try and find something. I look down the hall and I see a woman with long black hair and wearing a leather jacket.

Is that October?

The woman turned around and I swear she could be her twin. She starts walking to to me.

"Oh hi you must be Dominic. I'm Julia Waters. I'm opening for you for the last month of the tour."

Um what the fuck?

I just walk away. I pull out my phone and call October.

"Hey baby!"

"What the fuck is this shit?!"

"Um you wanna be specific?"

"This Julia Waters?"

Silence.

"Well?"

"Ok I just found out about this, this morning."

"Found out about what?"

"Libby called me and said they signed a new artist and she wanted her to go out with a well known popular band. I told her you guys wouldn't like this."

"Well it'd also help if she didn't look exactly like you!"

"Wait what?"

"Yeah. Hair color, makeup, even your clothes!"

"Are you serious?!

Libby emailed me this girl's info and she had blonde hair looking like your stereotypical pop princess type."

"Well she isn't anymore."

"I'm sorry babe but at least it's only for a month."

"Yeah I guess so. So how's everything going?"

"I'm so uncomfortable. It's the middle of July I'm eight months pregnant and very irritable."

"Would you be offended if I said I'm glad I'm not home right now?"

We both laugh.

"Ok baby I gotta go. Almost time to hit the stage."

"Ok love you."

"Love you too."

I go back to the dressing room and they all have the same look on there faces.

"Well?!"

"I just talked to October. Libby only told her about it this morning."

"This is bullshit."

"Chill Dimitri. Just avoid her."

"Did you happen to notice she looks just like your wife.

Maybe you should avoid her."

"Trust me that won't be hard to do."

Few hours later, another show down and another day closer to getting back to my girls we're heading for the tour bus.

I open the door and Julia is sitting on the couch.

"Um can we help you?"

"Oh I'm going to be traveling with you guys too!"

Are you fucking serious?!

"I need to make a call."

I walk to the back and before I shut the door I hear Dimitri.

"He's going to call his wife!"

I start laughing.

"Hey baby. Aw I miss your face!"

"Did you know this October clone is traveling with us?"

"That I didn't know!"

"Calm down baby. No stressing. I don't need to come home cause you went into early labor."

"But then you'd be home!"

I just smile.

"Just three weeks and six more days."

"That's still too long!"

"I know. But like I said after you have Sage I'm taking a much needed break. You'll get so sick of me you'll want me to go back on tour."

"Yeah I don't see that happening baby. You're the only person I want to be with all the time."

"Same goes for you babygirl."

I stayed on video chat with October until I noticed how tired she was getting.

"October?"

"Hmm?"

"Go to sleep love."

"Hmm ok. Night Dominic."

"Night."

When I opened the door to get to my bunk I could hear laughing coming from the front. I go out there and they're all getting along.

Um what the fuck?

"Hey Dimitri can you come here for a second?"

Dimitri and I go into the back.

"Um I thought the plan was to avoid her?"

"No that's the plan for you. Honestly she's pretty cool and funny."

"Whatever. I'm going to sleep."

I've been laying in my bunk trying to go to sleep for the past four hours.

Ah fuck it.

I go out to the front and grab a beer. I sit on the couch and turn on the TV.

Maybe I'll go jerk off, that'll get me tired. I laugh to myself.

I found the TV remote stuck between the couch cushions. I start flipping through the channels and not surprised I don't find anything to watch.

Fuck it.

I lay on the floor and start doing sit ups.

"Can't sleep?"

I hear Julia.

I don't respond.

"Look Dominic I get that you don't like me. I'm not sure why exactly. The other guys decided to actually talk to me and we were getting along.

If for whatever reason you don't, can you at least be civil for the next month?"

I stand up.

"Yeah I guess."

I say as I walk past her getting back to my bunk.