I hate Romeo and Juliet. It's not an 'oh, I had to read this for school' hate. It's a 'this story is crap' hate. I just fucking hate it. I have nothing against Shakespeare, of course. The man's a genius. He knew exactly what he was writing about. He knew about lust, anger, passion, vengeance, hate, happiness...love. So, what's the big deal with Romeo and Juliet? Is it because it's a classic love story? Is that what makes it so goddamn exciting? It's just over used now. Shakespeare had so many brilliant plays! Macbeth, Hamlet, Much Ado About Nothing, Taming of the Shrew, and...the greatest love story ever told? It damn well isn't the greatest love story ever told. They die in the end. They both commit suicide, because they love each other more than there stupid, angry families.
Well, maybe I'm so bitter about it because Howard and I fail to have that classic love story. It's simple, not very classic though.
Boy meets boy.
Boy and boy become best friends.
Boy and boy drop out of school.
Boy and boy move to London.
Boy and boy snog while drunk at house party.
Boy falls in love with boy.
Boy doesn't tell boy.
Boy and boy buy coffee shop.
And that's where we are. I'm in love. He's not. Well, he is. He's just not in love with me. Me, who's been his best friend for 18 years. Me, who's been so obviously in love with him for three years. What an arse.
It'd be a classic if we were in a romantic comedy from the 1990s, with Julia Roberts or something.
It's no fucking Romeo and Juliet, though. That's for sure.
How shit is that?