DISCLAIMER: I am not Shakespeare, I do not own Romeo and Juliet.


"Be ruled by me; forget to think of her," I advised.

Poor Romeo lingered in sadness still, unable to forget his Rosaline. "O teach me how I should forget to think!"

The words were on my tongue but I could bring myself not to utter them. The more sound advice would be to give liberty to his eyes, to examine other beauties. But my lips moved of their own accord. "Forget to think, dear Romeo? That I can teach." And my lips touched his.