Romeo, Juliet, and Popcorn Fights
It was a warm March day when I skipped into my English class. Casey looked at me weird and Stokley rolled her eyes at me.
"What's up with you," Stokley asked.
"I just found out I made the ballet team and Delilah didn't."
"Congratulations Karyn," Casey said.
"Class, please get in your seats. I have some exciting news for you."
I groaned thinking "Oh great ANOTHER project!" Mrs. Burke walked in front of the classroom and called out roll. Then she took a deep breath and told us the big news.
"Class, since we are studying the play Romeo and Juliet we are going to work on a project dealing with it. You see I am going to pair you up, a boy and a girl, and each team will perform a scene for Romeo and Juliet and write a report together on what the book's theme is."
I giggled at almost all the pairs, Mrs. Burke picked. Poor Stokley got stuck with Zeke. This was good material for stand up, I thought. Then I heard:
"Karyn, you are paired up with Casey"
"Really, Mrs. Burke," I replied sarcastically.
"Yes, Karyn. Now everyone pair up with your partner and I'll give you your scene to act out."
I slid over to where Casey was sitting. He looked up at me and shook his head.
"Casey, what's your problem?"
"Nothing. It's just that working with you is going to be, um, going to be,"
"Interesting," I said quickly.
"Yes, very. Thank you Mrs. Burke."
Mrs. Burke gave us our scene and I read over it. It was the end scene. That meant I'd have to drink poison, maybe real poison. Casey would have to be dead, but I don't think he would kill himself , really.
"Casey, can I be Romeo," I asked giggling.
"Karyn Rosado, I am not going to fail a project just because you want to screw around. Let's work on this thing."
"Ok," I mumbled.
We were working on the project but the period soon came to a close. Ms. Burke told us that the projects were due on Monday. Everyone groaned. I threw a note to Casey, I wrote most of my letters backwards. The note said: "Casey, can I comes over house tonite and work on da project?
He looked at me and shook his head, then wrote on the note and threw it back. He said yes I could, but just don't expect a perfect family. I giggled and threw him a silly look. This was gonna be so cool, I'd be at Casey's and I'd be awake too!!!!! Last time I was asleep on their couch.
At 7:00 I arrived at the Conner's household. I knocked on their door and Casey answered it. He smiled at me and ushered me in. I saw a little girl with curly blonde hair sitting down at the table reading.
"Karyn, this is my sister Janie."
"Hi Janie, how are you?"
"Fine and you?"
"I'm ok."
"Let's work on our project," Casey quickly quipped.
Casey's room was so cool. He had like every encyclopedia in the world, he had posters of Einstein. The boy's room was geeky, but cool. I even noticed he had a copy of PLAYBOY hanging around. I picked up the magazine and flipped through it.
"So you like reading," I smirked while saying.
"We don't need to see that."
"Let's practice, ok"
We practiced and practiced. Casey was pretty good and I was, let's just say I made Pauly Shoore look like a good actor. It was heading on 8:00 and we were starting to tire from just saying lines, so we moved around talking. All of the sudden Casey did something really weird. His lips touch mine for a brief minute. My eyes got huge and he turned bright red.
"Casey, what was that?"
"I'm sorry Karyn, I didn't mean to. Honest."
"Ok."
Next thing you know our lips touched again, but for much longer. Tongues were involved in this kiss. It was so weird; I was kissing my best friend. I left that night thinking what's gonna happen next and why did Casey do that?
It was a warm March day when I skipped into my English class. Casey looked at me weird and Stokley rolled her eyes at me.
"What's up with you," Stokley asked.
"I just found out I made the ballet team and Delilah didn't."
"Congratulations Karyn," Casey said.
"Class, please get in your seats. I have some exciting news for you."
I groaned thinking "Oh great ANOTHER project!" Mrs. Burke walked in front of the classroom and called out roll. Then she took a deep breath and told us the big news.
"Class, since we are studying the play Romeo and Juliet we are going to work on a project dealing with it. You see I am going to pair you up, a boy and a girl, and each team will perform a scene for Romeo and Juliet and write a report together on what the book's theme is."
I giggled at almost all the pairs, Mrs. Burke picked. Poor Stokley got stuck with Zeke. This was good material for stand up, I thought. Then I heard:
"Karyn, you are paired up with Casey"
"Really, Mrs. Burke," I replied sarcastically.
"Yes, Karyn. Now everyone pair up with your partner and I'll give you your scene to act out."
I slid over to where Casey was sitting. He looked up at me and shook his head.
"Casey, what's your problem?"
"Nothing. It's just that working with you is going to be, um, going to be,"
"Interesting," I said quickly.
"Yes, very. Thank you Mrs. Burke."
Mrs. Burke gave us our scene and I read over it. It was the end scene. That meant I'd have to drink poison, maybe real poison. Casey would have to be dead, but I don't think he would kill himself , really.
"Casey, can I be Romeo," I asked giggling.
"Karyn Rosado, I am not going to fail a project just because you want to screw around. Let's work on this thing."
"Ok," I mumbled.
We were working on the project but the period soon came to a close. Ms. Burke told us that the projects were due on Monday. Everyone groaned. I threw a note to Casey, I wrote most of my letters backwards. The note said: "Casey, can I comes over house tonite and work on da project?
He looked at me and shook his head, then wrote on the note and threw it back. He said yes I could, but just don't expect a perfect family. I giggled and threw him a silly look. This was gonna be so cool, I'd be at Casey's and I'd be awake too!!!!! Last time I was asleep on their couch.
At 7:00 I arrived at the Conner's household. I knocked on their door and Casey answered it. He smiled at me and ushered me in. I saw a little girl with curly blonde hair sitting down at the table reading.
"Karyn, this is my sister Janie."
"Hi Janie, how are you?"
"Fine and you?"
"I'm ok."
"Let's work on our project," Casey quickly quipped.
Casey's room was so cool. He had like every encyclopedia in the world, he had posters of Einstein. The boy's room was geeky, but cool. I even noticed he had a copy of PLAYBOY hanging around. I picked up the magazine and flipped through it.
"So you like reading," I smirked while saying.
"We don't need to see that."
"Let's practice, ok"
We practiced and practiced. Casey was pretty good and I was, let's just say I made Pauly Shoore look like a good actor. It was heading on 8:00 and we were starting to tire from just saying lines, so we moved around talking. All of the sudden Casey did something really weird. His lips touch mine for a brief minute. My eyes got huge and he turned bright red.
"Casey, what was that?"
"I'm sorry Karyn, I didn't mean to. Honest."
"Ok."
Next thing you know our lips touched again, but for much longer. Tongues were involved in this kiss. It was so weird; I was kissing my best friend. I left that night thinking what's gonna happen next and why did Casey do that?
