by: tlgirl
Category: Zane/Sam
Disclaimer: blah blah blah . . . I don't own anything . . . don't sue me . . . you know the drill.
Note: Deals with premarital sex. (oooh scandalous) *wink*
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"Wake up, kids!" Mr. Ackles greats us as he walks through the door. A chorus of groans replies. I force myself to open my eyes and pick my head up from my crossed arms draped over my desk. For some reason, lately I haven't been sleeping well. I squint my eyes as I adjust them to the fluorescent lights lighting up the classroom.
"Open up your books to page 94, guys." the teacher instructed the class. I grab my copy of Romeo + Juliet from the bottom of my book bag and do as instructed. As the class begins to read aloud, I absentmindedly play with my hair and watch a fly flutter blindly through the classroom. First it lands on Alec's shoe, then flies over Mr. Ackles head for a while, and finally on Zane's desk. He opens the window to let the fly out. Who knew that Zane Walker was a heartbreaker and saves the world, one fly at a time. I chortle bitterly inside my head. Friends forever my ass. He's leaving in two days. I guess forever is coming to an end.
"What do you think about the end, when Romeo and Juliet kill themselves?" Mr. Ackles asks, frustrated with the lack of class participation.
"It's stupid." I mutter to myself. It came out louder than I had anticipated.
"Ms. Dolan, would you care to enlighten us as to why you think it was stupid?"
Me and my big mouth. "Uh, yeah. The whole play is basically a big misunderstanding. Whatever circumstances there might have been, suicide should always be out of the question. They killed themselves over each other, that's stupid. And-"
"That's not stupid, that's love." A familiar voice interrupts me. "It just shows that their love was so strong that it could overcome the greatest of obstacles - feuding families, the law, even death." Zane persists.
"But the moment they found out that they were from rival families, they should have ended it then. It would have saved them time, lives, and heartache. Hate is so much easier than love." I bite back.
"Then what is life without love? It's meaningless. What I like about Romeo and Juliet is that they thought with their hearts, not their minds."
"And it got them killed."
"Carpe Diem, Sammie." Zane says with a smirk.
"Okay, that's it you two. Good discussion, let's continue this on Monday." the teacher says moments before the bell rings.
Carpe Diem, huh?
Author's Note #2: Thanks so much for all the feedback from the last chapter. I know it took a while for me to update, I've been working on my other fics. Keep 'em coming! ;)