But this time Sky's gone too far. It all started when TV Tome voted me the most popular teen in prime time. Sky was so beside herself she trashed her dressing room and refused to work for days, saying she was suffering from "exhaustion." Personally, I think Sky was just mad that she ranked number eight.

It was right after those rumors about me began popping up in the tabloids. I'm not talking silly stuff like, "Family Affair's Kaitlin Burkeis an alien!" That I could deal with. These were cruel stories -- ones that my mom feels compelled to read (she reads all my press) and show me. The stories said I threw a fit when FAs new hottie, Trevor Wainright, asked Sky out instead of me. They said my parents were control freaks. They said I was thinking of leaving the show. This week, Mom showed me a cover story Hollywood Nation ran on my supposed downfall: "Is Kaitlin Burke No Longer TV's Good Girl?" the headline blared. I'm convinced Sky is behind the tabloid frenzy, which is why I marched into her dressing room yesterday to confront her.

"Skylar," I began, because I know she hates being called by her full name, "Did you see the new issue of TV Tome?"

"Hey, K," Sky cooed. She was lounging on her reuphol--stered zebra-print couch, which sits in front of her new leopard-skin rug. Her African safari-themed dressing room is very un-PC. "No, I haven't."

"I have it here." I shoved the worn magazine under her nose. "There's a story about FA."

"So?" She snapped the red Kabbalah rubber band she had on, acting all uninterested. "What does it say?"

" 'Sky Mackenzie, Family Affairs favorite bad girl, is heart broken over rumors that her TV sis, played by Kaitlin Burke, might be killed off," I read calmly. "'Sources say Kaitlin's lovable character, Sam, may be stricken with a fatal disease, leaving her twin, Sara, an only child. "I don't know what I'll do without Katie around," Sky said sadly when asked about the rumors. "The two of us are really like sisters!"'"

"I was devastated when I heard that." Sky didn't look upset to me. Actually she stood up and yawned -- keeping one hand on her Lucky jeans so they wouldn't fall off her bony hips -- and walked over to her bamboo dressing mirror. "I had to take two Midol and lie down for a while," she added. "But not to worry, K -- I asked the writers and they said it's not true."

"Of course it's not true! You made it up!" I was getting visibly upset despite my actor training telling me not to.

"I don't know what you're talking about," Sky replied as she examined her long raven hair and overtanned complexion in the mirror.