The Story of Paris Chapter 2: Part Two, a twilight fanfic

Title: The Story of Paris

Author: jL

Pairings: J/B

Rating: T for Language

Genre: Angst/Romance

Word Count: 3314

Warnings: Spoilers for Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse and a little bit of Breaking Dawn.

Summary: Romeo and Juliet may have died, but they lived happily ever afterwards. However this story isn't about Juliet and her Romeo. It is story about Paris, who was Juliet's sun. He was Juliet's best friend. His story is the true tale of woe. This is the story of Paris and his struggle to keep Juliet alive.

Notes: Post eclipse – ignore most of Breaking Dawn – definitely no pregnancy. Some facts from the series were changed so it would fit within the context of this story, but I tried to be as true to the events as possible. The one big change is that Jake sees Bella for the first time after he becomes a werewolf in New Moon.

Disclaimer: The Twilight saga and such does not belong to me, but to Stephenie Meyer.

The Story of Paris – Part Two

The Book

Romeo. Juliet. And Paris. By Rachel Pullen

Dedicated to my family, particularly my husband, Paul. Thank you for all the support that you have provided me. Also a huge thank you to the Pack and their continual encouragement for me to finish this story. But this book is mostly dedicated to my brother. This is his story that he left for the world to read. I hope that we will be able to see each other again someday. Until then, know that we miss you and we love you.

Table of Content: Prologue – 1. The Childhood – 2. The Meeting – 3. Best Friends – 4. Romeo's Return – 5. The Fall – Epilogue

Prologue

The story of Juliet and her Romeo is known as the greatest love story of all time. It is the saddest tragedy also because Romeo and Juliet die in the end. And because of their death, they are forever remembered for their all consuming love that death cannot even breach. However in this version of the story, Juliet and her Romeo may have died, but they live happily ever afterwards. But this is not a story about Juliet and her Romeo. This is a story about Paris. It is about a man who is Juliet's best friend. This man is also Juliet's sun in her dark and dreary days. It tells the tale of a man who loves Juliet wholeheartedly. It is a tale about a man who fights relentlessly for Juliet's life. This is a story about Paris, who does not get his happy ending. This is his story. And in this version, when Romeo comes back and meets Paris, they do not fight. Romeo does not kill Paris. Instead, Paris falls because of a whole another reason. The stage directions in this version are a little bit more messed up and a whole lot more complicated than they fight, Paris falls. It is a whole series of events that lead to his downfall. The demise of Paris is brought on by his desire for Juliet's happiness even at the cost of his own. This is true tale of woe. Paris and his Juliet are the true pair of star-crossed lovers.

Chapter 1 – The Childhood

Juliet and Paris had known each other ever since they were little. Juliet's father were best friends with Paris' father. They would go fishing together all the time. Whenever there was a game on for any sport, they would always watch the game together. And ever once in a while, they would have a big family dinner together with both of their families because in the minds of their fathers, they were family. Since they were friends, there was no doubt that they would try to get their children to be friends also. However, the chances for the children to become friends were cut short by the fact that Juliet's mother and father went through a bad patch in the marriage, which caused Juliet's mother to take off. Juliet went along with her mother to another city instead of staying with her father. From then on, Juliet would only come to visit her father once a month in the summer. The chances for a beautiful friendship to bloom between Juliet and Paris were delayed, but there was no doubt in anyone's mind that if they were given the chance, Juliet and Paris would have become the bestest of friends in their childhood.

Every summer that Juliet would come visit to her father, Paris' father and Juliet's father would throw their children together whenever they would go on their fishing expedition. Every summer, a shy Juliet would try to make friends with Paris' two older twin sisters, but Juliet never really made much progress as friends with Paris' sisters. Paris on the other hand was never shy. He was a happy little boy, mischievous even, but never a huge troublemaker. It was pure luck that Paris remained as a happy-go-lucky boy that he was, especially since his mother died in a car accident a couple of years ago. During those fishing trips where Paris was thrown together with Juliet, it did not seem like Paris made a big impression on Juliet though. Paris was always running off with his friends, playing and having fun, while Juliet would always have her nose stuck in her books, reading nonstop. They never really have much interaction back then and by the time that Paris was nine years old, the fishing trips stopped altogether. Instead, Juliet's family and Paris' family formed a new tradition. Instead of going fishing, which was purely for the enjoyment of their fathers, the children suggested going to the beautiful beach. And so from then on, whenever Juliet would come to visit her father, they would go to the beach together with Paris' family. Of course even there, Juliet would not even try to make friends with Paris or his sisters. And despite Paris' efforts to include her in their games, Juliet would always be reading her books. Paris, being the mischievous boy that he was, would sometimes pay little tricks on her to try to get her to play with him. Paris even resulted to hair-pulling to get Juliet's nose out of her books. Juliet never appreciated that. She would instead just glare at him. Paris was never deterred. Other little boys would have stopped, but not Paris. Juliet was his friend and in his mind, she should not waste her summer reading boring books.

Each day that Juliet was visiting her father, Paris would think of new ways to try to get Juliet involved in their games. At that age, he was not above name-calling and throwing things at her. And sometimes, just rarely, mainly near the end of her visit, Juliet would stop her reading and join Paris and his sisters in their games. Maybe she was fed up with Paris' endlessly torture to get her to join. Maybe she did not want to miss out on all the fun, but she always seemed so content reading her book. Maybe, just maybe, it was the toothless little grin of Paris that persuaded her to play with him before she left for the summer. And every time when she gave in to Paris' efforts, the smile on her face was just so bright and carefree. Maybe that was why Paris always tried to get her involved. Her smile was just beautifully blinding.

However, no matter how much Paris tried to make her visit fun, Juliet always despised her visits to the rainy little town that her father resided in. No matter how much she smiled at the end of each visit, Juliet still preferred the sunny weather of where she lived with her mother. So by the time that Paris was twelve years old, Juliet had stopped visiting altogether. Juliet's father would have to go to her instead. Each summer, her father would have to leave the small comfy town and go to the big sunny city where Juliet resided in with her mother. From then now, there were no more interactions between Juliet and Paris, but Paris never forgot about Juliet. Juliet, on the other hand, never gave a second thought to the little boy that coaxed her to play with him and his sisters every summer on the beach. First crushes were always hard to forget, just like first loves.

Chapter 2 – The Meeting

When Paris was fifteen years old, Juliet returned to her father's town. She came back not to visit, but to live with her father. The joy on Paris' face was indescribable when he learned the good news. One day out of the blue, her father came down to his house to talk to his father about buying the old monster of a truck that Paris thought he was doomed to drive for the rest of his life. Not only was Juliet coming back, he would also be able to get rid of the old monster and build a new car, a car that he would like. All in all, he thought that this was going to be a good year. In silent, he hoped that she still remembered him. He hoped that she would come visit him. But she never did. She never followed her father down to the beach again. It just seems like Juliet forget all about Paris. That was a crushing blow to his ego, especially when Juliet was his first crush. But it was okay. He would just wait for an opportune time to see Juliet again. Paris knew it was written in the stars that he would meet Juliet again.

The opportunity of seeing her again finally came when he learned that Juliet would be going down to beach, where they played together as children, with some of her school friends. Thank god for Juliet's father and his friendship to his father. Once he learned that fact, Paris bugged all of his friends to go to the beach on that day. Every single one of friends eventually gave in to Paris' request and went down to the beach together with him on that day so that he would be able to see Juliet again. They all knew about his crush on her. It was all too obvious. His friends would tease him endlessly for days after that, but to Paris, it was all worth it.

When that faithful day came, Paris was a bundle of nerves. He would not shut up for days. His legs would not stop shaking. He did not seem like he had the ability to walk straight anymore. He was just so nervous, but when he saw Juliet again on that beach, a calm had seemed to settle over him. He was no longer nervous. The shaking had stopped. There was no more endless chattering. His mind was clear and he was ready to talk to her again. Juliet was just as beautiful as he remembered her. And on that day, on that beach, he might had fallen a tiny little bit in love with her.

It was too bad for Paris. The timing was off for him because by then, Juliet had already met Romeo. Maybe she would have fallen in love with Paris instead, if he had met her sooner, before Romeo, but the truth of the matter was that Paris did not. Poor Paris, not having any experience in the field of love, got played by Juliet with her sweet little smile and fluttering eyelids. Paris was a sucker for her. There was no doubt about that. On the beach, while they were re-acquainting themselves with each other again, Juliet realized that Paris had information that she was desperately seeking to learn about Romeo. So she devised a plan to get it from Paris. She said a couple of pretty words to him. She even fluttered her eyelids at him. In Paris' eyes, her paying more attention to him than to any of her other friends at the beach gave off the possibility that he had a chance with her, even though she was two years older than him. Then to have him within her grasp, Juliet invited him to go on a walk with her on the beach. Poor seducible fifteen year old Paris, he never stood a chance against her.

On their walk through the beach, they strolled by a driftwood tree where they stopped to sit down for awhile. Juliet played her seductress card well. Paris, being the gullible lovestruck foolish boy that he was, fell for it hook, line and sinker. He told her the stories of his ancestors, stories that he was not supposed to tell anybody at all, but Juliet enticed it out of him. In Paris' mind, he thought that it was okay. It were just silly superstitious stories. However for Juliet, within the stories, she conclusively found out the secret that Romeo was tightly holding onto, which Romeo hoped Juliet would never find out. Paris and Romeo were consequently entangled due to their ancestors.

Paris' tales of the past held a deadly secret. Their families had been enemies for centuries. Paris was descended from the Protectors and Romeo was descended from the Parasites. The Protectors were a secret society that was entrusted with the task of protecting humankind from the Parasites. The Parasites were drug lords that held the super secretive recipe to the highly addictive drug known as the Venom. All within the Parasites were using it and sometimes they would use the drug to infect innocent people to get them to join their family. This drug was rumored to bring about the downfall of humankind. The drug must be administered to the user within a certain time frame or the user would go crazy from the withdraw. The drug also had many side effects to the users, such as lower body temperature, harden skin, delay of aging and change of eye color. But because Romeo's ancestors broke off from the main Parasite family, Paris' and Romeo's families were able to reach a truce. Romeo's ancestor wanted to be able to live their own lives instead of under rule of the Parasites and the Venom. However there was no cure for the Venom. Instead, Romeo's family switched one addiction for another, one that would not be as deadly as the Venom, but it still had all the same side effects. They founded the drug called the Fix to try to counteract the madness of the Venom. But all this just seemed so silly. The past that happened eons ago could not have been true. These stories were inane myths used to scare little kids.

After the stories and after when Juliet got the information that she wanted, they went back towards their friends. And when she was leaving the beach with her friends, Juliet gave him even more hope when she told him to come visit her in town, even when she knew that what Paris felt for her was a full and blinding crush. She even told him that she would come visit him when her father would go to visit his father. Poor foolish Paris.

After that event, every time the phone rang, he would hope that it was Juliet. He even ran to the phone so that he would be the first one to answer it. Every time someone rang the doorbell, he would wish it was her. He even started hanging out in the living room since it was closer to the front door. He wanted to be the first person to answer the door, in case she ever came to visit him at his house. However, Juliet never came to visit Paris. She did not even called him once. It did not help that Paris' father and Juliet's father were not on speaking terms due to a minor disagreement. But Paris held onto hope that everything would work out in the end.

The next time that Paris saw Juliet was when their fathers finally made up. They got together and watched a ball game. They re-bonded over a game, just like any other typical guys. They never brought up their disagreement again. They silently made up their minds to agree to disagree. They carried on their happy banters, but for Paris' father, the problem still lingered in the back of his mind. Paris on the other hand was all too ecstatic that they made up, because now he could see Juliet more, even if he did see Juliet with Romeo, but he thought he still had a chance. She did flirted with him at the beach. This time, Paris and Juliet did not really talked much to each other. It was sort of awkward between them, but in Paris' mind, there was always next time.

Unfortunately, luck was not on Paris side. His father had forbade him from visiting her, citing that it was dangerous, but Paris never saw any danger in seeing Juliet. But again, Juliet never came to visit Paris at all. The next time that Paris saw Juliet again was when his father wanted to give something to her father. Juliet's father was a disaster in kitchen and it was simply amazing that he was able to survive all those years without Juliet's cooking skills. Paris' father, being the great friend that he was, would look out for Juliet's father and in turn, his daughter. This time, he brought her father's favorite food. Juliet's father was not home at that time, but Juliet was. Once more, Paris was happy to see her again, no matter what the circumstance was. He smiled his goofy smile, but his father sent him on a wild goose chase to get him away from the house, so it would leave his father alone with Juliet. Once they were alone, Paris' father warned her about Romeo and his family, but Juliet did not want to heed his warning. She retorted back at him. She seemed to be more informed about Romeo than Paris' father was. When Paris returned from the wild goose chase, his father wished to leave. Once again, Paris did not have the chance to talk to Juliet. He was once more left a little bit heartbroken.

Fate was definitely not on poor Paris' side. Next time he heard any news about Juliet was when she had ran away from home. She wanted to go back to her mother's place, citing that she hated the rainy little town. Juliet only left a note for her father. She did not even have the decency to call him to say that she was alright after she got to her mother's place. Paris was worried sick, not knowing what was going on. It got even worse when his father got a call from Juliet's father, saying that she fell through a window. Holy cow, how could someone fall through a window. But since it was Juliet, anything was possible. She was clumsy to a fault even when they were children. However, the good thing out of this whole mess was that Juliet was returning home. She was coming home to where Paris was. Maybe now he could finally get that chance with her, though his father still forbade him from visiting her.

By the time that Prom was around for Juliet, Paris knew that he did not have a fighting chance in Hell to win fair Juliet's hand. But hey, a guy could still hope. For some odd reason, his father wanted him to go to Juliet's prom. He had a message for her. His father pulled out all stops in order to get him to do it. His father even bribed him. Paris did not really needed to be bribed. He wanted to see Juliet again. She was happy. That was all that matters in the end and if she was happy with Romeo, he did not want to get in the way of her happiness. Her happiness was his happiness. It was only a crush. It would fade with time. Paris showed up at her prom and she looked breathtakingly beautiful. Romeo and Juliet looked perfect together and who was he to mess with perfection. The great thing about this gig for his father was that he got to dance with Juliet. His friends were not able to get him to shut up for two days about that fact. He delivered his message and left Juliet with her Romeo. Before Paris left, he took one last fleeting glance at her. Too bad he could not have met her before Romeo did. Too bad he could not have made a more lasting impression when they were friends as children. Maybe in the next lifetime, he would have more luck. Maybe then, he would be able to get his Juliet.

End of Part Two - 'Romeo. Juliet. And Paris.' To Be Continued in Part Three...

A/N: Here is part two of the story and part one of the section, entitled 'The Book'. I would have posted the whole section for the 'The Book', but I thought that it was too long, so here is only the first part of the book of "Romeo. Juliet. And Paris." The whole story will be in four parts. Well, I hope that this part of the story was not too boring, since it was pretty much a repeat of what happened in the Twilight series (Twilight). The next part will cover New Moon and Eclipse. Then 'the book' deviates from the main storyline of the Twilight series. Stay tune until the next update. Reviews are nice, but not required for the next update.