A/N: Okay, so yeah I should probably be writing for my other fic, I know, but I already had this written down so I figured I'd throw it out there and get some feedback so that I know whether I should waste my time on it or not. BASICALLY this is supposed to be a Siophie fic loosely, I repeat LOOSELY based on Romeo & Juliet. Not sure whether it's any good :/ I'll leave it up to you guys and it's a little short because it is :P But I swear if I do go further with it then there's straight away gonna be Sophie/Sian interactions and what not. So yeah. OH and for the purposes of the story Sophie and Sian are the same age.
Disclaimer: I own Corrie? HAHAHAHAHAH...no. I don't. :(
Juliet & Juliet
Part 1 - Prologue
Our story takes place in fair Weatherfield, where the families Webster and Powers have had a long running feud that no one can quite remember how it started, but no one from each family or their household can quite forget.
It was the night of Vincent 'Vinnie' Powers' (the head of the Powers clan) only daughter, Sian Powers', 18th birthday. As a way of boasting his wealth and power (which he had not obtained through the most honest or conventional methods) he had gone all out for his 'little girl'. He had hired out the Weatherfield hall for the night, booked the best DJ AND some popular teen band or other, the most expensive caterers available were used, and the best decorators in town were obtained. Nothing would be too good for HIS daughter, a Powers. Anyone who was anyone (as long as they weren't connected to the Websters) was invited and the theme of the night was 'Masquerade'.
The party was in full swing but the girl of the evening was nowhere to be found. Sian Powers had locked herself in one of the bathroom cubicles so as to avoid her father who had been a ruthless, possessive man all her life, forbidding her from talking to boys, controlling who she was friends with, where she went and when. This party was just another example of what her father was like because the cruel irony was, even though she was now eighteen and had come of age, she still had had no say in the matter of her birthday whatsoever and no say in her life either.
Everyone knew that Sian's mum was having as affair with a man named 'Youssef' (who was in the fruit machine business), even Vinnie knew. But nobody ever talked about it out of fear, heaven forbid any little disturbance should ever enter Vinnie Powers' perfect world. In fact, one of the reasons that Sian was hiding was that she knew her father wanted her to marry the son of another family in order to form an alliance as such with them. The Connors weren't bad people, but Sian couldn't stand Ryan Connor at all and throughout the night Vinnie had been trying to get them together so that he could all but announce their engagement to one another.
So there Sian sat in a cubicle in the ladies at her own birthday bonanza, and in the most beautiful (and expensive) dress, wishing for the night to end. All she wanted was to be able to go back to the solitude of her room where she could forget about everything and not have to wonder how her life had come to this.
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"Hurry up Ches!" Sophie shouted to her childhood friend, who was lagging behind.
"Keep your knickers on, I'm coming," Chesney hissed back at Sophie.
Sophie Webster was the youngest daughter of the heads of the Webster family, Kevin and Sally. Kevin owned a string of mechanics shops that had branched out but he could still be found in his old mucky overalls doing the dirty work with the other lads. Ever since their eldest daughter Rosie had eloped with Jason Grimshaw (much to her mothers' dismay, but Sally eventually got over it...mostly), their parents had turned to Sophie to one day take over running the family business. Honestly though Sally and Kevin were a little relieved, Rosie wasn't the brightest of bulbs and their only other child Jack (the product of one of Kevin's affairs that Sally had again forgiven him for) was still an infant, so he was out of the question for the time being.
Sophie however had brains. But she didn't always listen to her brains, often leading her into tricky situations such as the one that was about to occur. Her and Chesney had come up with the brilliant idea of crashing the big Powers party that was going on that night (well Chesney had jokingly talked about it and then Sophie had seriously decided for the both of them to go for it) and since it was meant to be a 'Masquerade', they'd figure their chances of being able to somehow work their way in would be higher.
They stood a few doors down from Weatherfield Hall, watching the giant bouncers who were only letting people who had official invitations in.
"Dammit," Sophie cursed under her breath.
Chesney sighed, "Oh well, guess we'll just have to go home then."
"Nope," Sophie stated. "I did not get dressed up in this frock," she gestured to her attire, "just to give up at the first obstacle. I've got a better plan."
"Now why don't I have a good feeling about where this is going?" Chesney mused out loud.
"Oh shut up and listen to this," Sophie then went on to explain the details of her plan to her friend in a way that not even HE could misunderstand and five minutes later she watched as Chesney hesitantly went over to a group of teenagers who were standing out the front of the hall, a little ways away from the bouncers.
Sophie pulled her mask on in anticipation. If Chesney was anything, he was a loyal friend and Sophie had no doubt that he'd play his part right. Sure enough, Sophie saw him say a few things to one of the boys in the group right before the same boy hit Chesney smack in the face. Chesney was right back up though (he might not look like much but he could hold his own) and smacked him right back, causing a fight to break out when one of the other boys got shoved as well and the bouncers rushed over to intervene.
Seizing her chance, Sophie slipped through the now unguarded doors to the hall, chuckling to herself. She knew Chesney would be fine, he knew how to handle himself and if he had done exactly as she told him then he should be waltzing through those front doors casually just about...now.
Dusting himself off and looking very smug and pleased with himself, Chesney entered the hall and walked casually over to where Sophie was waiting.
"Brilliant plan that was," he smirked, pulling his own mask onto his face. "Telling the guards I'd lost me invitation in the little tiff out there."
"Of course it was brilliant," Sophie winked at him. "I am Sophie Webster after all. Now let's go wreak a little havoc, eh?"
The friends grinned at each other before heading off into the blaring music of the dance floor.
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So there you go, please Review because you know I'm addicted to them and I need to get mah fix :P And I know part of this was kinda horrible but it was the backgroundy stuff that I've now gotten out of the way hopefully :) Love devilsspy
