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Rehearsals continued into October. Megan and Rudolph started to date regularly.
However, Johanna's relationship with Anthony started to go bad.
At the end of one rehearsal near homecoming, Johanna went to talk to Anthony.
"Anthony, can I talk to you for a minute?" she asked him.
"Yeah. What about?"
She hesitated.
"Um… It's about your offer to be my homecoming date. And our relationship."
"OK…" he said nervously.
"Well, when we first thought we fell in love, we didn't really know each other. We still don't really know each other that well. Practicing for this play with Tobias made me realize this. I know him better than I do you. I've worked with him closely on our scenes, both in and out of rehearsals. I… I think I'd rather go to homecoming with Toby. And I want to end our relationship."
"Who am I supposed to go with now…? I mean, I had a ticket since you bought one… and it'll go to waste since I'm technically not a high school student," Anthony wondered.
Johanna thought a minute, then told him, "Brooke's going, but she wants a date. You could go with her!"
"Brooke? Who is she?"
"Brooke Angel… She's in the play… She plays Caroline…"
