The Shakespeare Caper

by BelStar

This fanfic tells what happened on the night of the performance of Romeo and Juliet which Marcia, Peter and Jan appear in on Series 3 of the Brady Bunch. You may remember that Marcia was silly enough to lose the part of Juliet as a result of her disdainful and big-headed attitude, but this story deals mostly with Peter and Jan's point of view.

1. Chapter 1

"Oh, sure I learned my lesson, Daddy," said Marcia, "but I'm not going to be Marcia Brady sat in the corner eating her humble pie

"That certainly doesn't sound like your style, honey," replied Mike on the other end of the line. "So there was a delay at the printers, huh?"

"That's right, so both our names are in the program. And as far as everyone is concerned, Tina's playing Juliet because I offered to play Lady Capulet because the original Lady Capulet got the mumps, and that's the end of it".

"And Peter and Jan are still guards, and your mother's still Chairman of the Play Committee, so, in the immortal words of William Shakespeare, all's well that ends well," Mike observed.

"I'm not sure if that dime's going to hold out much longer, Marcia," complained Jan.

"And don't forget, it's my dime," added Peter.

"Well I'd better let the three of you go now, I guess it's quite a squash in that phone booth" Mike said. "Good luck for tonight, kids," he hollered in parting.

"Thanks, Daddy".

"We love you!"

"See you there!"

Marcia, Peter and Jan hurried out of the phone booth. "Nurse, where's my daughter? Call her forth to me," muttered Marcia to herself.

"Hark," shouted Peter, as he started to run along the sidewalk to the school.

"Who goes there?" yelled Jan, chasing after him. Once the two middle Bradys were sure they had left their sister trailing, they slowed down.

"She's kind of like a snake," Jan said thoughtfully, then reconsidered her choice of words. "I don't mean that she's a horrible person, because she's not, but..."

"...she's crafty?" said Peter. "Well, if I'd blown my chance of playing the lead role by being too big-headed, I sure wouldn't like everyone to know about it".

"No, I was thinking of the 'Don't Tread on Me' snake, you know, the rattlesnake on the flag," replied Jan. "It's not just that she wouldn't want people to know she'd been silly, she wouldn't want them feeling sorry for her, either".

"I guess".

"Anyway, the newest gossip isn't about Marcia, it's about Harold and Tina," Jan informed Peter. "Some of the other kids were saying they like each other".

"He's certainly less of a klutz around her than he was around Marsh". Suddenly feeling inspired, Peter turned to his sister, his eyes glowing with mischief. "So they could be a real life Romeo and Juliet! Jan, we gotta keep an eye on them both."