It was like a dream...
When you can`t remember it but you know it happened.
I felt my eyes open, and my head throbbing. I didn't know where I was or who I was.
A disappointed face was in front of me, and the expression changed when it realized I was staring.
"Oh Rosette, I`m so happy you`re alright" said a dark woman in unconvincing tone. I stared at her in confusion "Who`s Rosette?" I asked realizing I had pain when I spoke.
I looked at my hands and they were bandaged, as was my head and my face had cuts in them.
The lady in front of me gasped and dashed out of the room.
I noticed my surroundings resembled a hospital...and oh...it was. I rolled my eyes at my own thoughts and confusions.
It was painful but I managed to sit up.
"Ahh...why am I here?"
Thinking about what had happened was giving me a headache and with the condition I was in wasn`t helping.
After a few minutes the dark woman reappeared.
"Come! Come!" she said in harsh whispers.
Numerous times in our voyage she had told me to stop whining, I couldn't help it I was in pain, and the way her sinister hands pulled, I couldn't stop the tears. I was miserable...
I heard myself gasp, and my forehead was greeted by a *good morning* bump.
"Ow...dream about pain and that what you shall receive" I said sitting up and rubbing my forehead .
"What happened dear? Did you have a bad dream?" asked Juliet right above me.
"No just a dream of how your mother brought me here" I said...sore. Juliet did know this, but, to me, it counted as a bad dream.
"You don`t remember much before that do you? Anything new though, that you didn`t know?"
"No the hospital..." I lay back realizing that I was a bit out of breath " ...just the hospital" I whispered.
A pillow collided with my face.
"Ow!"
"Juliet!" I yelled the assaultants name.
She hid behind the fort she had created with her blankets.
"I`m sorry! But you looked so pensive!" she defended.
I couldn't stay mad at her I just forgave her immediately.
"You know I think I spoil you too much. Come on lets go get some breakfast."
"Oh wait Rosette! You can`t go down like that"
" Oh right " I said tying my hair back and grabbing my apron.
"you`d think I`d remember after 10 years right?"
I said comically to Juliet.
Juliet looked sad " I think you`re still trying to wake up"
"What?" I said stunned.
"I know this is all a nightmare for you, and everyday you wake up hoping the previous day was a nightmare"
"It would be a nightmare if I didn't have you or nurse" I said truthfully " With it just being your mother and Tybalt- of course your father is kind of nice to me although I`m sure lady Capulet influences him often-"
"Rosie! Stop! I get it! Let's go get breakfast" said Juliet a bit red in the face; she has been a bit overly sensitive these past few days.
When I came up with the reason, my face turned red, and darn Juliet noticed.
"Oh! I do not know what you see in him, you should marry him, you`re the one that loves him! I just cannot believe my parents are trying to...sell me basically! To a man I hardly know, and I want to marry for love! Like you love Paris"
My face had been so red throughout her monologue...I don`t love Paris, sure I`ll admit I have a bit of an attraction to him. Paris, I knew him as well as Juliet did, but I heard so many wonderful things about him, and then I saw him. He had dirty blond hair and pretty brown eyes. Admittedly, and I find this strange, his hair is what I really liked, not that that was the reason, its just...hard to explain.
"Rosie!" I snapped back to reality.
"What?" I said to Juliet`s...grinning face...oh no.
"I have an idea!"
"What is your idea?"
Juliet walked to her wardrobe, and pulled out her birthday dress and masquerade mask, that she was to wear to her birthday ball, but was also an unsaid reason for the engagement between her and Paris, while I washed dishes in the kitchen. I really wanted to go.
"You go as me and make Paris fall in love with you!"
My face was pale; no idiot would fall for that, even in a masquerade party. Juliet was blond and I was dark haired
"Juliet! If Lady Capulet were to catch me she`d feed me to the Montague's!" I said terrified. "
The Montague's, were the other high family, and were the Capulet's sworn enemies.
They keep competing to be number one in this town. It's unbalanced, and the battle to be top family is close. I`ve seen a few and they`re frightening. Lady Capulet sometimes makes me go near their territory, (disguised as a boy so I keep my virginity which is a big deal to her. She checks.) To get some errands so later boast about it to her Capulet collogues.
"Oh, those Montague's, they don`t sound so tough" said Juliet, who had never met one.
I looked at her in disbelief " I heard a couple of their supporters talking about, robbing Capulet women of their virtue, I`m just glad no one has caught on, that I`m a Capulet supporter"
Juliet hugged me " Oh Rosie, you`re like a sister to me, I`ve known you for such a long time. You are a Capulet"
" Oh-"
" JULIET!" screamed Lady Capulet, from the floor below.
Making me jump up and hitting my head once again.
"Oh! I must get downstairs good luck with the beast Juliet!"
"Rosie!" said Juliet sternly, I giggled and dashed downstairs putting on my apron in the process, thinking about Juliet's silly idea of disguising myself as her HA!
Oh Paris...how I longed to meet him face to face.
" Ah! Rosie! Good morning, care for some breakfast?" asked nurse when she caught sight of me.
"No thank you nurse, I rather start with the cleaning first, then "
"ROSETTE!"
I cringed at Lady Capulet's voice, for two reasons, first it was she calling for me ( which was never good on my account) and second it was her.
Nurse gave me a mournful look and said "Good luck darling"
I smiled sadly and made my way to her lair-I mean room.
"Yes Lady Capulet?" I asked politely.
She always glared when she saw me.
"Rosie, as you know my Juliet`s party is approaching, here is the list of things I want you to get. You know what to do, there is the disguise"
I nodded, grabbed my clothes and left.
That's why she always calls me, to go to Montague territory. I`ve gone a thousand times and I always hated it. It's weird how a whole town is split in half.
I looked myself over in the mirror; I looked like a 12 year old boy, good. As I was making my leave, I heard nurse say like always "Be careful dear"
I answered, "Like always" it was like tradition, or a good luck ritual.
I got on the usual subway and like always nobody paid attention to a dirty looking 12 year old boy, who snuck out of the Capulet`s mansion.
The weather reflected my emotions.
In the subway, three guys were glaring at me, that made me nervous but I ignored it, they didn`t look like thugs. I got off the subway, and the guys were following now, but I wasn`t worried there was tons of people-they aren`t going to try anything.
I took care of the errands, but was exhausted, and frightened.
I normally buy small things for Lady Capulet but this time she had gone all out, did she not realize it would seem suspicious that a dirty pathetic looking twelve year old boy to buy all these things it was ridiculous! The one that was most ridiculous was buying that expensive perfume even the clerk seemed suspicious. Sure it was stuff that would fit in my backpack nobody would suspect that there was expensive perfume and jewelry in there.
I walked around when I was done.
I found a nice grassy hill to sit on just outside of town (Montague's side), that looked upon a river and nobody would see me, I was alone.
"Hah..." I said taking of my wig and exposing my dark long hair "what am I going to do when Juliet marries Paris I-"
"Juliet Capulech!?" said a voice. He said the end of Capulet in phlegm to help him spit at the name.
I turned around and saw the three guys from the subway. I was terrorized. I made my voice a little deeper and said "What do you three want with me?" hoping to sound like a boy standing up and backing away.
"Haha, is this some kind of joke!?" said the one on the right, the one in the middle hushed him and turned to me saying "We`ve seen you more and more lately here where the Montague's roam, although you have now confirmed our suspicions...Capulet! Haha" he laughed "So how is Lady Capulet!? Still obsessed with making sure all her `ladies` have their virtue? Girlie we should make sure. Too bad you`ll end up disappointing her"