In Fair Verona // Modern Romeo and Juliet // Private RP - CLOSED

I slid my phone from my sweater pocket and checked the time, the sudden light making my eyes sting. “It’s around three….”

I squinted at the light. “Another hour. You should get some rest, Juliet. We have a long day ahead.” I sighed, preparing to lie back down.

I averted my eyes from both him and the harsh light, sighing slowly. “You can sleep. I’ll stay up. Keep watch…”

“No way. You stay up, I stay up. A whole hour of me talking.” I squeezed her hand again. “Rest for once, Juliet.”

“No.” I pulled my hand away and slipped it into my sweater pocket. “Not after that dream. Don’t argue. Just sleep. Please.”

The way she just said please drove me crazy. “Juliet…” I protested weakly, feeling my heart race in my chest.

“Please,” I repeated, almost begging now. “I just want to be alone with my thoughts. This whole situation is confusing enough.”

“Alright…” I mumbled in defeated, sighing. It took me a few minutes to lie down and get comfortable again due to my arm. But eventually I had settled back down, my back pressed against Juliet’s leg to ensure she was still there. I closed my eyes, trying my best to fall back to sleep.

This was my new reality now. Spilling my innermost feelings and fears to Romeo Montague. To the person I’d have to kill one day.

Amd I thought my life was fucked yo before….-

(Frick it won’t let me edit my typos)

The silence bothered me. I wanted Juliet in my arms again. Sleeping like that had felt safe… It felt right. I couldn’t fall back to sleep so I just laid there.

((Lmao it’s okay))

(Should we skip?)

(Sure!)

As soon as I’d arrived at the school, I had broken in through the English class window that never locked properly and rushed to the bathroom, where I’d spent an hour fixing myself up. Strangely, I felt much calmer after the ordeal with Romeo, much more at peace…. In the end, I resolved not to think about him as much as as possible.

I missed Juliet from the moment I woke up alone. I got myself ready slowly, unwilling to go back to Juliet ignoring me all day. It was frustrating, but I also couldn’t get her into deeper trouble with her family. I dragged myself to school, chewing my lip anxiously.

By the time students began to arrive at school, I was out on the field, looking better than I had all week. There were still prominent dark circles beneath my eyes, and I was wearing the same clothes as yesterday, but my hair was combed and the numb expression had been wiped from my face. I looked no differed than the average high school student.

Marina ran right up to me the moment we caught sight of each other, worriedly looking me up and down. “My dad heard—Did Angelo kick you out??”

“So do you ignore everyone’s texts, or just mine?” Mercutio leaned against my locker lazily, a slight tone of hostility in his voice.

“Can we not do this now?” I shot back, nudging him aside and putting in my combination. “I’m just tired lately.”

“Yeah. I’m fine though,” I hurried to explain, “I slept on a park bench. I actually haven’t felt better in a while…..”

Marina frowned.

“Tired, yeah, I bet. From what? Pining?” Mercutio refused to let this go, much to my annoyance.

“I’m not doing this right now.” I deadpanned, putting my bag away. “We can talk later.”

The boys soon joined us, but luckily for me, Joe was the only one who had heard the news about Angelo kicking me out.

Everyone, including me, was pleased to see that I seemed to be functioning again. My fire hadn’t quite returned, but I had enough energy to fake it despite the fact that I’d barely slept.

Mercutio and I continued our mild bickering for awhile as I gathered my books. “You’re annoying as all hell, you know that?” Mercutio sighed.

“Yeah, figures that out.” I replied dryly. The two of us seemed to have reached a peace for the moment as we waited for the bell.

Should we skip again?)

(Yeah, what class should they have?)

(Uhh.. do people take Latin in Italy?)

(Probably?)

(Oh, maybe we could do something with Benvolio?)

(Omg I totally forgot about him!)

Lol)

Should he catch Romeo or Juliet doing something? Or should he just be the one to tell Romeo’s parents? Maybe Romeo gets pulled out of class?))

The second one sounds good, just to mix it up a little? Should anything happen to Juliet?)