Act III, Scene ii

Enter the Nurse and Juliet, both in the latter's bedroom. Juliet is playing with another butterfly that got in the house (she can't figure out how to close her window) and the Nurse is in a wheelchair from her previous assault. She is also out of breath from having to wheel herself to and from outside and in, what with the Capulet family being too cheap to buy her a motorized one.

Nurse: -panting- Juliet! Juliet! Juliet! I... I... I...

Juliet: -stops playing with the butterfly- Nurse! Whatever is wrong?

The Nurse indicates that she is out of breath and that Juliet needs to wait until she is able to say something before she speaks. Juliet, fearing that the Nurse is mute due to some medical condition, screams and jerks her up from her wheelchair by the collarbone.

Juliet: Nurse! Nuuuururrrrrrrsssssseeee! Speak to me, Nurse!

Nurse: Stop, stop, stop! I'm fine, I'm fine, I'm fine!

Juliet lets the Nurse back onto her wheelchair, then runs off to play with the butterfly again. The Nurse just watches, staring in a bit of shock. Eventually, the Nurse regains her breath, and begins a long lament.

Nurse: Oh, the agony! The cruelty of it all! How could he meet his end in such a way!

Juliet looks away from her butterfly, taking notice of the Nurse's comments.

Juliet: Who? Who met his end in such a way?

Nurse: I can't believe it! He deserved to live so much longer! Oh, why, why, why...

Juliet: -a little nervousness in her voice- Nursie? Who was it?

Nurse: Why, why, why did he have to be shot?

Juliet: -surprised, shocked, appalled gasp- Someone killed Tupac?! How could they do such a thing! Oh, oh, Nursie! Tell me, why do people have to be so cruel in this world? Why can't they just let artists like Mr. Shakur live and prosper, and fill the world with hate-ridden lyrics and catchy rhythms?

Nurse: -very, very, very confused and afraid- But, but, but...

Juliet: Oh, this world! So cruel and dastardly! What I would give to see him live again! Why, I cannot live anymore knowing that... -looks away suddenly, seeing a set of Tupac CDs she had- OMG! The new ones! -rushes over, not really aware that only moments ago, she thought he was dead-

The Nurse, very afraid for this situation, wheels away, before adding one last comment to reveal the truth: that Tupac was dead and that Tybalt now joined him.

Juliet: -shocked gasp again- Now he's like Tupac! Who killeded him ded, Nursie?

Juliet pursues the Nurse, catching her wheelchair and bringing her back in the room.

Nurse: Romeo, Romeo, Romeo.

Juliet: -stops, looks around- Where? I don't see him.

Nurse: No, no, no. Romeo killeded Tybalt ded, Sweetie. And Prince has banished him from Verona, on pain of being force-fed his pancakes. They're terrible, terrible, terrible!

Juliet: -yet another shocked gasp- You mean Prince's pancakes aren't any good? I had some just the other day! They're delicious! So much for whatever you said. I'm off to go see Romeo. Can you get my kitty down from the tree? Thanks, Nursie. -exit-

The Nurse stares at the tree just outside Juliet's window, the cat, a very fat one, hunched over a branch, foaming at the mouth. Still, though very very very very very very very afraid, she wheels forward, and the curtain falls with the sounds of a cat yowling and an old woman screaming.

Exeunt.

Erilis: Ouch. Poor Nursie.

Diego: ... Why 'Nursie'? That's stupid.

Erilis: Read and review!