I do not own Harry Potter nor do I own Romeo and Juliet in anyway. When I frist began to read Romeo and Juliet back in March or something, I thought what it would be like to have a Scorpius and Lily version of the love story. I know the way Astoria comes is a bit weird, but I had to have a connection for the parts. You'll understand when you read really. And as you read remember: Everything is not what it seems, or is it?
Enjoy please. I worked hard. I hope to have Chapter 2 up soon.
"Two households, both alike in dignity,
In fair Verona, where we lay our scene,
From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,
Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.
From forth the fatal loins of these two foes
A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life;
Whose misadventured piteous overthrows
Do with their death bury their parents' strife.
The fearful passage of their death-mark'd love,
And the continuance of their parents' rage,
Which, but their children's end, nought could remove,
Is now the two hours' traffic of our stage;
The which if you with patient ears attend,
What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend…"
Young, brown eyes fluttered shut slowly, as the fourteenth line of the opening sonnet ended. The room quieted, and the leader of the book club cleared her throat and sent an award-winning smile to her group. Lily rolled her half-shut eyes, as she tried to recall why she was there. She definitely didn't feel the need to be there, but for a reason, she was. She let out a soft sigh as she looked over at her mother, who was sitting there smiling, and listening to the story with more interest than James had for Quidditch. Lily sat her book down on the table in front of her, and relaxed back into the chair that she was sitting in. She had remembered why she was there. Her father and brothers decided to go off on a boy's weekend and watch a Quidditch game, which made Lily cringe with jealously. She wanted to be the one enjoying the wind in her hair from the heights of the best spots, as she gazed up at the National England team swirl up in the sky. She would be daydreaming about when she got the chance to be in the sky flying around among them. She could hear the loud cheers from her fans that eagerly edge her performance on, but instead, all she heard was the drowning words of some guy named Shakespeare and his play. She would have preferred to be anywhere but there. However, Ginny felt the need to never trust her daughter alone, and believed it would widen Lily's mind, Lily was drug to some muggle book club.
"Now, I feel that it is my duty as leader to much sure all of you comprehend what this sonnet contains, but I feel that you need to realize how meaningful the passage is, and how it touches you. So, I would like to take this time to discuss how we all feel about this sonnet, and what it tells us." The leader said, as she smiled at her book club members.
Lily rolled her eyes, as her Aunt Hermione began to speak first. Of course, she would be the first to speak up, it was her idea to bring Lily and Rose along. Rose however, seemed to be enjoying it. She had to be out of her mind.
"Well, a sonnet is a fourteen lined love poem, and so I feel Shakespeare wrote this to make it aware to all of us that we were about to read a love story. The most famous love story of all times, I must add. By the sixth line, he had already made us aware that it would be taken place in Verona, Italy, and lovers will commit suicide in the name of love. He informs us how long the play will be as well, two hours." Hermione announced proudly.
Lily locked eyes with Ginny, and sent her a begging look to leave. Ginny simply shook her head in response, "No, this will be good for you, darling. You haven't even given this a try." Her voice was a soft whisper, so she wouldn't interrupt the next speaker, who was going on about lots of loaded love crap.
"I have given it a fair try." Lily protested with her whisper a tad louder than her mother's was. "I sat here and listened to that sonnet thing, didn't I? I say that's a fair shot."
"Love, the story hasn't even begun…" Ginny chuckled, as she wore a wide grin.
"It's felt like forever." Lily mumbled, as she picked her book up, and frowned.
Every woman seemed to speak her mind about the sonnet, until everyone except Lily had spoken. When it was her turn, she shrugged, and mumbled, "I actually didn't understand any of it…" And like that, Lily realized that she was the stupidest person in the room. Her face burned bright red, and she looked around awkwardly, hoping that someone would speak up and relieve her from her embarrassment.
The leader smiled, "My dear, I've read this close to a million times, and I am still not positive that I understand every word, we all are still learning."
Lily returned a weak smile, and tucked a piece of her red hair behind her ear. She nodded slowly, "…Okay…"
The leader turned back to the whole group, "Now, I believe we have a love story to read."
Rose seemed to be debating internally. She would open her mouth to speak, but then shut it fast. Lily laughed to herself some at her cousin's behavior. Finally, one part of Rose seemed to have won, cause she raised her hand politely. Lily shook her head, Rose was always in school mode.
The leader nodded towards Rose, "Yes, dear?"
"Well, I was thinking, for us to get a feel of the play better, we could spilt into separate characters, and we could read those characters. It would be like putting on the play. Of course, we could stop and talk about the story's contents, but it would be interesting to act the play out sort of. I mean, we don't have enough people for every character, but the one's who are main character could only read that part, and the other's could talk about what characters they wanted at the beginning of every meeting." Rose seemed to talk on and on. Lily shook her head at her cousin's words, but everyone else seemed to be nodding yes.
Lily cursed under her breath, for she knew she was out voted.
Ginny patted Rose on the shoulder, "That is a remarkable idea."
The leader gazed around at everyone, and nodded, "Well, dear, it seems that everyone agrees with you. Though, we don't have any boys, we can manage. Now, I feel,"
Three bold knocks interrupted the leader, and she politely excused herself from the group, and went to answer the door. A bright grin raced across her pale face, as she hugged the woman outside the door. "I am so glad you were able to attend the meeting, Astoria."
Hermione leaned over to Ginny to ask, "You don't think that she is Astoria Malfoy?"
Before Ginny had time to reply, the woman at the door said her excuse to being late.
"Well, I would have been on time, Linda, but Draco was ranting and raving about work. It's been stressful for him lately, plus the deal with his father that I have told you about. He wasn't kind to the thought of me coming to social with a group of," She coughed, "them, but he finally allowed me to come, for you are my dear cousin. I made sure he knew that you were the only one I socialized with."
Ginny glanced over at Hermione, "I say that explains everything…"
"Now, this is interesting." Lily mumbled to herself with a small mischievous grin.
Rose watched her for a moment, before saying, "This is not interesting, this could turn out deadly. Thank goodness that Dad isn't here. He would blow a fuse." Lily seemed to notice that every time Rose spoke, she felt the need to pronounce everything perfectly. It was rather annoying.
"But our Dads are not here. Only our Mums, which means that there will probably be no fighting, just secret backstabbing." Lily said with a small pout.
"And you are upset with that?" Rose asked with her eyes so large that Lily thought that they were going to pop out of her head.
"I thought everything was finally going to get interesting," She added.
"You, Lily, are insane." Rose ended the conversation there, and focused her attention back on Astoria and the leader.
"Well, come in, come in. Ah, and I see you have brought your son Scorpius!" She announced merrily.
"Don't remind me that I am here…" He mumbled painfully. He followed his mother into the house, and looked around at the group of women, who seemed to be of all ages. He accepted a book from the leader, and took a seat in the corner by himself. Astoria seemed to let him go off by himself, and focused more on her cousin. She smiled brightly, as she received a book, and looked around for an empty seat. Her face instantly fell, and a scowl replaced her bright smile.
"Everyone this is my cousin," Linda began.
"Potter. Weasley." Astoria glanced down at the mothers as though they were scum.
"Pleasant seeing you too, Astoria." Ginny responded with a small generous smile.
"You three know each other?" Linda asked in surprise.
"Our husbands go way back." Hermione replied calmly.
"Weren't they just the best of friends?" Ginny said to Astoria with a bit of a fake giggle in her voice.
"Don't even go there." Astoria stated firmly, as she took the farthest seat away from them.
After an awkward moment of silence, Linda cleared her throat to begin talking. "Now, young Rose has came up with a remarkable idea. She thought that we would pick characters, we were in a lack of a Romeo, but Astoria, you seemed to mend our problem. Scorpius, since he is the only boy here, shall read the part of Romeo." Everyone nodded to Linda's words. It made the most sense.
Scorpius shook his head, and put of a completely fake smile, "Oh, lucky me." He exclaimed with sarcasm ringing loudly in his voice. It was the first that that entertained Lily since she was dragged there.
"Now, I feel that the part of Juliet should go to one of the younger members, who are under seventeen, or even better yet, if someone here was thirteen or fourteen." Linda explained.
Lily shrunk down, hoping that her mother was to caught up on Astoria arriving to say Lily's name. After a short moment of silence, she let out a sigh of relief, and decided that no one was going to say her name. She sat up a little straighter and looked around at the other women. Then, Lily heard it.
"Even though, I would love to read the part of Juliet, I would just like to say that my cousin Lily is fourteen." Rose said it proudly.
Lily's eyes widened. No.
"Really?" asked Linda.
Lily quickly shook her head.
Ginny laughed at her daughter, "Lils, stop it. You are fourteen, I think I can remember that. It will be a good opportunity for you," She lowered her voice, before speaking the next part, "Even if it is a Malfoy, who is Romeo." She spoke louder again, "Just give it a shot, love."
"I can't read any of this! I can't be the main part! I'll mess it all up." Lily suggested strongly.
"We can help you pronounce the words, love. I am not even sure I can say them all. Try it, you make love it." Ginny stated.
"No." Lily boldly stated.
"Too bad, you are doing it." Ginny turned to Linda. "Lily would love to speak as Juliet."
"Wonderful. Now, the part of Benvolio, Mecurtio, Tybalt, Lady Capulet and Montague, Capulet and Montague, Prince, and the Nurse. Oh, and Friar Lawrence." Linda announced.
Lily's jaw dropped, "I hate you Rose. Mum would have never remembered if you didn't open your big mouth." She said it quietly, so only Rose could hear her.
"You are overreacting." Rose stated. "This is a part to kill for. I mean, this story is breathtaking. How two star-crossed lovers fall for eachother, and their battle, because their families are enemies. It's tragic ending, of how the hatred of the two families kill the soul mates, and,"
"Wait! I die? When?" Lily said excitedly.
"Don't get a head of yourself, you don't die until the end of the play. Act five." Rose mentioned.
"You have to ruin everything, don't you?" Lily frowned.
They claimed characters leaving many with variety of roles. Linda had received Tybalt. He wasn't in the story to too long, but a big enough role to be her only one. Hermione managed to grab the role of the Nurse, which she was excited about. Ginny, who didn't feel the need to read much, took a part that she thought would fit well. She ended up being Lady Capulet. Lady Montague didn't speak much, so both Montague parts were awarded to Astoria, which Lily thought was ironic. Rose was Benvolio, Mecurtio was a funny woman named Susan, and Friar Lawrence was played by a real minister, Minister Han, or Kelly. The other people in the room were named several different small characters, and some rather plump woman was named Lord Capulet. That meant her mother was married to a woman, which made Lily laugh hard.
The first to speak out of the Potter-Weasley family happened to be Rose, who seemed to really get into character. She pronounced each line as though she was made for the part. Lily knew that Rose should have got Juliet, but for some dumb reason, she received the part. Rose had to be kind and give Lily that part. Lily hated her cousin.
The scene seemed to carry on, and had Lily almost dozing off. Linda's and Rose's parts got into an intense battle, and that was the last she remembered. She swore she heard her mother say a word, before she had completely fallen asleep. She didn't feel like it was her duty to keep track of where in the story they were. She checked, and she didn't speak until close to the end of the Act, or something like that. She honestly didn't care much for it.
Ginny cringed at listening to Rose call Astoria her uncle. They were no where near family, and never were going to be family. She shook her head, and mumbled to her daughter, "I try to be kind to her, but she is a wicked," She turned to notice that Lily had fallen asleep. She laughed to herself a bit, before shaking her lightly, to causally wake her up. Out of all the younger generation there, it was her Lily Luna that fell asleep. She had by no doubt her father's interest in books. Harry was never a huge fan of reading, he had Hermione to do it all for him. She knew that he planned the weekend that weekend, because he didn't want to have the chance of Ginny dragging him along. Ron did the same thing with Hugo. Harry should have known that she wouldn't have forced him or the boys to come, but Hermione would have dragged Ron's butt there in no time. Ah, the way the family worked.
"Geroffme." Lily mumbled quietly.
"Wake up, it's almost your time to speak. It's almost scene three, which is Juliet's first appearance." Ginny whispered softly, as she continued shaking her. Ginny hoped that saying it was close to her time to read that she would want to wake up. Ginny was wrong.
"Do I have to read?" Lily whined, with her eyes fluttering open.
"Yes, you have the main part, even though your Romeo is a Malfoy, you need some public speaking practice." Ginny told her.
"I could always get that stuff later. I mean, Mum, it is a Malfoy! Plus, it's only like scene one." Lily exclaimed.
"Wake up, pay attention, and read? Okay?" Ginny had enough. Lily was going to cooperate if she enjoyed it or not. Somehow, it was going to be good for her.
Lily began listening again somewhere within a lengthy monologue between Benvolio and Romeo. Scorpius no longer seemed dreading his part, but instead her was grinning brightly, and at Rose. Lily thought she read a deeper meaning for the smile he wore, but shrugged it off.
Scorpius studied Rose, and how she pronounced every word precisely and with meaning. Her brown eyes sucked him in, and he was hypnotized. He couldn't stop himself from enjoying the conversation between Benvolio and Romeo. It was turning out more entertaining than he had imagined it would be. She meant what she spoke, and he began to wish that she were his Juliet. He would sweep her off her feet, and carrying her away. He didn't care that he didn't know her last name, her presence and words were enough to get him choked up.
Her hair was pinned into a messy bun, which let her freckles stand out on her face. She had a slim body, though she wasn't completely on the slim side, but she happened to be the most beautiful woman he had ever seen. When the scene ended, and scene two began, he relaxed back and just casually looked at Rose. She was the most breathtaking woman he had ever seen. He felt the urge to hold her and never let go. He was going to make her his woman and let everyone know, or was going to die trying.
Scene two past, and the fellow book group members decided it was time to stop for the day, and the adults went to socialize in the kitchen over a cup of tea. They invited the children, but Scorpius denied the other like Rose had. This was his shot. He stayed put, as he tried to listen into the conversation she seemed to be engaging in with a redhead, who had to be a Potter.
"Come on, you love tea." Rose said strongly.
"You don't know what I like." Lily stated.
"I know you drank half of what the tea kettle contained at Grandmums." Rose pointed out.
"I'm allergic to adults." Lily came up with another excuse.
"Oh, because that is a rational allergy. Tons of people have it." She said in a sarcastic tone.
"Exactly my point." Lily nodded.
"You are impossible, Lils." Rose complained. "Well, I'm getting tea, you can stay here and do whatever you are doing. Enjoy yourself, all right?"
"I plan on it. Exploring the house will be fun." Lily smiled.
"Don't destroy the house." Rose warned firmly, before getting up and making her way over to the door.
Lily had made a face behind Rose's back, which made Scorpius laugh a little. As Rose got up, his stomach knotted. He knew this was going to be his best shot, especially because Lily had all ready ran off to an unknown room. It left only Rose and him in the room. He gulped, and looked around. He took and deep breath and blocked Rose's entrance into the kitchen. "You did really well speaking today." He said a bit lamely.
Rose looked at him strangely, "You too, I guess. Could you move out of my way?" She asked a bit awkwardly.
"Well, actually I wanted to ask you something first." He mumbled shyly. He had never known that he had had this trait.
Rose rolled her eyes, and tapped her foot on the ground impatiently. "And that is?"
"Well, the way you got into your part was remarkable, and so I began to wonder what you were like outside of your character, so I was, well, hoping that we could hang out sometime?" He stuttered some, but finally got what he wanted out, and was satisfied.
"You're a Malfoy?" Rose said, with a slight frown.
"Yeah, I know. And I have now realized you are a Weasley." Scorpius shrugged at the names.
Rose looked down at the ground, then back up at him, "I vowed to my Dad at the beginning of first year that I would not get involved with a Malfoy. I apologize, but I can't break a promise to my father, no matter who the person is." She stated slowly.
He felt a knife being stab through his heart, and his face whitened. "A name is just a name." He muttered out to her, he hoped that she couldn't hear the hurt in his voice. That was the last thing he needed her to hear was his hurt.
"And I don't break promises. Now, please excuse me. I would like to enjoy a cup of tea." She told him, before stepping around him into the kitchen.
Scorpius looked around weakly. His once hungry stomach quit growling, and he collapsed in the closet chair. He kept trying to understand what went wrong. She was all her wanted, she was the most beautiful girl that he had ever seen. He had lost her to a vow, just like the stupid play. Except, her vow was to her father, not a convent. He shook his head, and closed his eyes. His head became heavy, and his heart seemed to have shattered. He just wished to return home, go to his room, shut all blinds, turn off the lights, and create an artificial night. He never wished to see daylight again, for it would only remind him of his severe heartache.
Thanks for reading.
Hopefully it all makes sense.
Remember I love hearing from my readers, so don't be afraid to comment. Good or Bad. Seeing people's reactions to my work makes me happy. All I am going to say is if you are reading it, I hope you can tolerate Romeo and Juliet, and hopefully you have read the wonderful play.
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