Modern Day Romeo and Juliet, without all the confusing Shakespeare language and set in the small factory city of Verona, Tennessee. Warning: some stuff will be changed to fit the need of my story.
Characters
Romeo Montague - The only son and heir to his parents, local factory owners who compete against another factory in the same town who makes the same thing - furniture, fortune. Romeo is a young man at about 17 and is handsome, intelligent, sensitive, and a follower of his own heart. His parents though led him into a violent feud between his family and the competing factory owners, the Capulets. Dating the equally wealthy daughter of a local grocery owner, Rosaline.
Juliet Capulet - The only daughter and heir to her parents fortune, which as you have guessed it; they own the competing factory against the Montagues. Juliet is a naive child of 13 who only thinks as love as the stuff she reads from the backs of her mothers love stories, as a thing that two people feel equally and the heavens and the universe look upon it with great adoration and love and let them live as they please. She is currently being courted by Paris, the wealthy son of the town's only police officer.
Pastor Lawrence - Pastor of the only church in the small town and a close confident to both Romeo and Juliet. He is kind, civic-minded, and always ready for life's little hurdles with plans and schemes. He is also the science teacher at the local high school with access to potions and herbs and other scientific stuff.
Mercutio - Son of the towns mayor and Romeo's best friend. Mercutio overflows with imagination, wit, and at times a bit of satire and unfortunately is a bit hotheaded. Mercutio loves wordplay, especially sexual double entendres. He finds love fruitless and tries to convince Romeo that love is just your sexual appetite overflowing.
The Nurse - Juliet's only real friend and her next door neighbor is the towns only citizen with nursing training, leaving their only other choose to get medical help is to drive 40 miles to the nearest hospital. The nurse helps Juliet through her use of comedy to relieve stress on poor Juliet's life. The nurse wants Juliet to have a good looking husband and tries to convince her consider Paris as a husband for her later on.
Tybalt Capulet - Juliet's first cousin, living with them for this summer, is vain, fashionable, violent-tended, and quick to draw his fathers gun, that he stole before he left home, out if he feels threatened. He is fiercely competitive and hates the Montagues.
Mr. Capulet - Juliet's father, he is quick to go into a rage and abuse Juliet if he is denied his request.
Mrs. Capulet - Juliet's mother, who is totally in need of pragmatic support from the nurse and is eager to make Juliet a match made in heaven, but her idea of a future son-in-law is Paris, with whom her father also likes as a match for Juliet.
Mr. Montague - Romeo's father, he truly loves his son and is concerned about Romeo's well-being and wants the best for his son.
Mrs. Montague - Romeo's mother, who loves her son and wants the best from him only.
Paris - Son of the town's only police officer, he is the courter of Juliet and the favorite of the Capulet clan.
Benvolio - Romeo's cousin and a thoughtful friend to Romeo, he is not really interested in the competition between Capulet and Montague, but has a nasty temper all the same.
Mayor Escalus and Police Officer Karl - Mayor of the tiny town. He and Police Officer Karl are concerned about keeping the peace.
Youth Pastor John - The youth pastor of the towns only church, he helps out the Pastor Lawrence in anything that needs to be done.
Balthasar - Romeo's friend and kid neighbor, he is only 10 at the time of this story. He'll do anything for Romeo.
Sampson and Gregory - Two of the Capulets butlers who hate the Montague's too. They like to provoke people, especially the Montagues.
Abram - One of Montagues butlers that likes to pick fights with the Capulets.
Rosaline - A young girl of 16, daughter of the wealthy local grocery owner, who is dating Romeo and is interested in the life of nuns.
