Hello all! lorelibelle54 here with my first ever G&J fanfiction! I've really enjoyed reading all of the great G&J fanfics here and I finally decided to write one of my own! I hope you all like it! Please review! xoxoxo!

"Tybalt, watch me!" A small voice cries from somewhere on my right. "I'm watching you Lissie!" I call back. A small girl with soft brown hair that brushed her shoulders twirled by. "I'm playing princess" She tells me importantly. Elisabeth is already four and has a mind of her own. Kinda reminds me of myself. The little girl adjusts her petal crown and snaps her fingers. "Horsie!" From behind me her seven year old brother crawls out on his hands and knees. He's already got dirt on his face and his golden-brown hair keeps flopping in his eyes. "Hee-haw" he says dully. Now, I'm not the kind of guy who coos at kittens and all that, but watching these kids playing is pretty cute. Until the fighting starts, that is. "Uncle Tib, Charlie won't be my horsie!" Elisabeth tugs on my shirt her eyes wide and her mouth turned down. I can already hear the wobble in her voice and by the way her lip quivers, I know I'm going to have to act fast to avoid a tantrum. Charlie crosses his arms in protest,

"I always have to be the horse! It's not fair!"

I kneel down so I can see them better. "Lissie, it's not always fair for Charlie to have to be your horse, so why don't we play something else?" Elisabeth sticks her bottom lip out further. "Like, how about patty-cake? You wanna play patty cake Lissie?"

If you asked me I'd deny it, but I have been practicing patty cake, just for a situation like this one. You know, it's kind of crazy how much I actually don't mind watching these kids. I mean, I never saw myself as the type of guy who liked children, let alone enjoyed playing with them. But here I am. Pretty soon, I've got a good game going and everyone's happy. A job well done.

Elisabeth sees her mother before I do. Instantly, the game is dropped and Lissie is toddling to her mom.

"Mommy!" she squeals. Juliet smiles scoops up her daughter and balances her easily on her hip. "Hey Lissie, how's my girl?" I hear her ask Elisabeth who is resting on her shoulder. She's going to have a good nap, thanks to me.

"Hi Charlie" she says to her son who still sitting on the ground.

"I don't wanna go!" He tells her stubbornly. That makes me feel pretty good. I was that fun.

"Oh really?" she asks him. Charlie nods.

"You don't want to go and surprise daddy while he's working?" That gets his attention, and he stands up and brushes off his pants and grins. "Okay! Let's go!"

"Say bye to Uncle Tybalt first."

Charlie turns to me and sticks out his hand, already like a little man. We shake. "Bye Bye!" He calls to me as he runs after his mom.

"Bye little man!" I say, but Charlie is already gone.

The thing is, I don't really have a lot of family of my own. My mother is still alive, as is my younger sister Rosalie, but my father's death when I was eight, broke our family apart. I've yet to see a winter colder than my family. But yeah, my dad was awesome from what I remember. He taught me all I know about fighting and defense and revenge. When he died, my uncle, Lord Redbrick, said it was up to me to defend our Red garden from our enemies and neighbors, the Blues. So, to put it frankly, defending the Red garden and provoking the Blue garden became my life. I always wanted to make my dad proud wherever he was. People who knew him, said that I was like him in build and in personality. We were both hefty and muscular and we were both fierce.

At the time, living that kind of life was all I needed. Living in the fast lane, fighting,insulting and/or beating up someone almost every day, and playing cards and drinking with my cronies (otherwise known as Fawn and these little red guys who all kind of go together called the goons.) by night. I probably would be living like that today if my cousin, Juliet, (Lord Redbrick's daughter) hadn't started seeing my blue rival, Gnomeo, secretly. He and I ended up getting into a huge fight in the alley after I smashed his friend's hat. We were really battling it out on my moving mower and just as I was about to crush Gnomeo's head, he told me to watch out for the wall. I thought he was joking, as that's one of the oldest tricks in the book, but he wasn't. Gnomeo rolled off the mower and I hit the wall. That's really the last thing I remember, but I'm told that I shattered and was presumed dead. It wasn't until after this epic battle(which I wish I could have seen) that completely ended the feud, that I woke up all glued back together. It was sheer luck that I survived to tell the tale I know. I try to be very careful now.

I 'll admit recovering wasn't an easy journey for me. First, I couldn't move for a long time and that was hard. Second, once I could move, I had to limit myself on what physical activities I could do, and it took me a while to get comfortable with the way I was built now. Third, it was really awkward for me to, you know, socialize with some of the Blues. I mean, I was so awful to most of them, especially Gnomeo, who did I mention married and knocked up my cousin Juliet? We became family. So, it was a tough experience for me, but it helped me see that I really had some issues back then. Now, I realize how sorry I am to everyone, Reds and Blues alike. (I was really horrid) I'm amazed at how much people are nice to me. The way I treated most of them, doesn't deserve the way they treat me. But the best thing I probably realized, was that that feeling you get when someone is nice to you, and really likes you and cares, is a great feeling and I wish I could give more people more reasons to make me feel that way. The other gnomes probably don't suspect this, but I am truly sorry for being so horrible all those years, and I am trying, trying, trying, to be a changed man.

I look over and I see Juliet's family. Her husband, Gnomeo is holding a rosy Elisabeth. Charlie is animatedly telling his family a story perhaps, and Juliet leans her head on Gnomeo's shoulder. It's a picture perfect family, and I'm amazed that they all look so happy and content with the time. It really tugs something in my heart. I kind of wish it was me, with the perfect family and a nice wife to hold or to rub my shoulders after a long day, and nice kids to teach and play with. Before I can feel any more sorry for myself, the signal that tells us that our owners are arrived and we have to all be in place. I stand by my new wishing well (the old one got smashed) frozen. Then, out come the Capulets.

It's really funny, because our owners used to feud almost as hard as we gnomes did. Now, they're married and sharing a garden. When they come out, right away I can see something is different, they're carrying something. But what? Mr. Capulet comes over to my wishing well, and stoops down, and now I'm really wondering what's happening. Mrs. Capulet hands him a package.

"Be careful, Richard, she is breakable"

"Don't worry, my dear, she'll be perfectly fine."

They unwrap the package and right there, before my eyes, was another a gnome. A girl gnome. She's slender and thin with dark auburn hair that hangs over her shoulders. Her hazel eyes are determined and there's something in them that makes me want to stare at them forever. Her dress is a dark green and her hat is red. Like mine. Not that, you know, it makes a difference. Her arms are crossed in front of her and she has a nice smile. Just looking at her, makes me feel..different. A nice kind of different. I really want to know all about her right now, but those blasted Capulets aren't finished yet.

"I think she'll do very nicely right here, on the other side of Tybalt's wishing well." said Mrs. Capulet. Normally, I'd be kinda upset about having to share my wishing well with someone else, but with this girl, I could hardly mind at all. In fact, I'm ecstatic.

Finally, after what feels like forever, they leave and we get the all clear signal. Instantly, I turn around to see her, maybe introduce myself, but to my dismay, everyone else was one step ahead of me. Already, the new girl has a huge crowd gathered around her. For a moment, I'm afraid this will go like any other new girl I've ever remotely liked. She jumps right in to some other guys arms and faster than I can say "true love", she and this other guy are a big item and living happily ever after. Oh well, I tell myself. At least go and introduce yourself. I walk over to where the crowd gathered and try to weave through everyone. Although, for a guy like me, that is kind of hard to do, so I say "Excuse me" repeatedly, until finally I reach her. My heart is pounding and I sincerely hope I look good as I approach her. She looks a little intimidated at first, probably because I'm on the bigger side as far a gnomes go, but I smile and extend my hand to show her that I'm friendly.

"Hi, I'm Tybalt. Tybalt Redbrick." I tell her, trying to sound sauve. "

I live right on the other side on that wishing well that the owners, the Capulets, put you by." She looks up at me. It's crazy how much I just want to kiss her right now. She takes my hand and shakes it firmly. Immediately, I feel all warm inside just from her touch.

"I'm Cressida. NIce to meet you" Cressida I think. What a nice name. I stare back at her frozen in this crazy grin, hoping this girl is the start of something new and great for me.

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