TILL THIS NIGHT
_CHAPTER 4_
Roberto leaned against a wall, breathing heavily. Finally Tony had stopped following him. He wiped the sweat from his forehead and went to the rail of the mahogany staircase. Uh oh, he thought, Tony's still watchin' me. Roberto turned and hurried down to the end of the large hall. There was a red, wooden door with a gold doorknob. He quickly threw the door open and stumbled inside, but to his surprise, he ran into something and had knocked it over... and he was now lying on it.
The door closed behind him and he opened his eyes to see what he had landed on. Staring right back up at him were a pair of bright, blue eyes. They were the most gorgeous eyes he'd ever seen. He continued to stare at what he had fallen on, now focusing on milky-white skin and golden hair that shined like the sun.
Julia stared into the eyes of this strange young man who had knocked her down. He was certainly a handsome fellow, for she could hardly breath as she gazed up at his face.
Then, Roberto spoke. "Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight!
For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night..." Julia's rose red lips grew into a smile as she heard these words from his mouth.
"Shakespeare...He's my favorite author," Julia said, breathlessly.
"Mine too."
The two teens gazed into each others eyes...knowing they had fallen in love.
"Is it really possible?" Julia whispered.
Roberto nodded and smiled. "As sure as the sun rises in the morning..." He gently pressed his lips to hers.
"Julia!" cried the voice of Nurse Appleby from downstairs. "Your mother wishes for you to come back down!" Roberto and Julia pulled their lips apart and smiled, then stood.
"Julia...what a beautiful name. I'm Roberto, but my friend's call me Robber," said Roberto, brushing his brown hair out of his eyes. Julia frowned slightly.
"Why do they call you Robber?" she asked. Roberto looked away, then back to Julia, about to speak. She placed a finger on his lips. "Never mind, it doesn't matter. Nothing matters anymore except us..." Julia wrapped her arms around his neck and once more, they kissed.
Suddenly, Mr. and Mrs. Casulent burst into the room, followed by Tony. "Julia Marie Casulent! What in heavens name are you doing, child?" her father yelled, anger rising with his voice. Roberto and Julia broke their kiss and turned, holding hands, to see who had entered. Tony glared at Roberto with thick hatred.
"It's a street rat kissing my sister! He snuck in with his friends to our party!" Tony yelled. Mrs. Casulent wailed and fainted into her husband's arms. Julia dropped Roberto's hand and stared up at him. The only man she had ever loved.her family's own enemy? Roberto stared back at Julia with disbelief. She was a Casulent?
"I'll get rid of you, Robber!" Tony said as he roughly pulled Roberto out of the door. Julia stood, helpless, in the middle of the room, staring after her Roberto. Then she glared up at her parents and stormed out of the room.
"This'll teach you to come around here again!" Tony yelled, throwing Roberto a hard punch, then literally kicking him out of the house. Roberto landed with a thud on top of his two friends Mark and Ben.
"You get kicked out, too Robber?" Ben asked.
Mark sighed and stood. "Let's ditch this place, come on guys." He said. Ben stood too and followed Mark off down the street, leaving Roberto staring up at the building.
_CHAPTER 4_
Roberto leaned against a wall, breathing heavily. Finally Tony had stopped following him. He wiped the sweat from his forehead and went to the rail of the mahogany staircase. Uh oh, he thought, Tony's still watchin' me. Roberto turned and hurried down to the end of the large hall. There was a red, wooden door with a gold doorknob. He quickly threw the door open and stumbled inside, but to his surprise, he ran into something and had knocked it over... and he was now lying on it.
The door closed behind him and he opened his eyes to see what he had landed on. Staring right back up at him were a pair of bright, blue eyes. They were the most gorgeous eyes he'd ever seen. He continued to stare at what he had fallen on, now focusing on milky-white skin and golden hair that shined like the sun.
Julia stared into the eyes of this strange young man who had knocked her down. He was certainly a handsome fellow, for she could hardly breath as she gazed up at his face.
Then, Roberto spoke. "Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight!
For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night..." Julia's rose red lips grew into a smile as she heard these words from his mouth.
"Shakespeare...He's my favorite author," Julia said, breathlessly.
"Mine too."
The two teens gazed into each others eyes...knowing they had fallen in love.
"Is it really possible?" Julia whispered.
Roberto nodded and smiled. "As sure as the sun rises in the morning..." He gently pressed his lips to hers.
"Julia!" cried the voice of Nurse Appleby from downstairs. "Your mother wishes for you to come back down!" Roberto and Julia pulled their lips apart and smiled, then stood.
"Julia...what a beautiful name. I'm Roberto, but my friend's call me Robber," said Roberto, brushing his brown hair out of his eyes. Julia frowned slightly.
"Why do they call you Robber?" she asked. Roberto looked away, then back to Julia, about to speak. She placed a finger on his lips. "Never mind, it doesn't matter. Nothing matters anymore except us..." Julia wrapped her arms around his neck and once more, they kissed.
Suddenly, Mr. and Mrs. Casulent burst into the room, followed by Tony. "Julia Marie Casulent! What in heavens name are you doing, child?" her father yelled, anger rising with his voice. Roberto and Julia broke their kiss and turned, holding hands, to see who had entered. Tony glared at Roberto with thick hatred.
"It's a street rat kissing my sister! He snuck in with his friends to our party!" Tony yelled. Mrs. Casulent wailed and fainted into her husband's arms. Julia dropped Roberto's hand and stared up at him. The only man she had ever loved.her family's own enemy? Roberto stared back at Julia with disbelief. She was a Casulent?
"I'll get rid of you, Robber!" Tony said as he roughly pulled Roberto out of the door. Julia stood, helpless, in the middle of the room, staring after her Roberto. Then she glared up at her parents and stormed out of the room.
"This'll teach you to come around here again!" Tony yelled, throwing Roberto a hard punch, then literally kicking him out of the house. Roberto landed with a thud on top of his two friends Mark and Ben.
"You get kicked out, too Robber?" Ben asked.
Mark sighed and stood. "Let's ditch this place, come on guys." He said. Ben stood too and followed Mark off down the street, leaving Roberto staring up at the building.