Chapter 6 - Shakespeare is For Lovers
Disclaimer: I have nothing, except the ten bucks in my pocket and the clothes on my back.
Author's Note: Sorry I didn't update sooner. It was Fourth of July weekend. It was really fun. I love watching the fireworks every year. I saw Spiderman 2 also. I've always loved Tobey Maguire, every since he was in Pleasantville, and probably before that, but I have a bad memory. Yeah. He's beautiful, and his acting skills are amazing.
Anyway, on with the story...
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-Freddy's POV-
"Dude, you're doing a scene from Romeo & Juliet? HA! I thought I had it bad, I have to be Macbeth or some dude, and die."
"Freddy, Romeo AND Juliet BOTH die at the end of the play. But we're not doing that scene. Here," Zack handed me his book. "This is the one we're doing. Where they first meet."
"Ohhhh. But wait, they kiss in this scene." I peered over the book.
"Yeah, so?" I saw Zack shrug.
"Let me get this straight." I drummed with my pencils on my lap. "You hardly ever kiss Summer in public, and she's your girlfriend. But you're gonna make out with Ellie in front of your whole English class.
"We're not going to make out, Freddy. It's a kiss-."
"Two." I corrected.
"Two kisses. That's not that big of a deal."
"Yeah, man. Okay. Do what you want."
---The Next Day---
I walked into English, late as usual. A couple of groups had already performed, from what I could see. As soon as I sat down, Marta threw a piece of paper in my face.
"I changed my mind." She stated.
"Um, about what?" I asked her.
"Ugh!" She threw her hands up in the air. "Never again. I'm never working with you ever again!"
"Okay..."
"Anyway. We're going to join Ellie and Zack on their performance because they need two extra people. Their grade is our grade. So don't screw this up. You only have like one line. You're Benvolio, and I'm the Nurse."
"What are you gonna operate on someone or something?" I laughed to myself. She flicked my ear.
"Shut up. Learn your line."
"Whatever."
There was about five minutes left until the bell rang. The whole scene was about four minutes, so we had time.
"Okay. Next up are Zack, Ellie, Marta, and Freddy." Mrs. Trecher said. I saw Summer come in the back door with a copy of the play in her hand.
"Summer, what are you doing here?" I asked through gritted teeth.
"I want to make sure that Ellie doesn't try anything." She grinned.
"Are you kidding me? Whatever, just don't make yourself noticeable." I walked away, and went to the front of the room."
I saw Zack take a deep breath before he said his first line.
-No One POV-
"If I profane with my unworthiest hand
This holy shrine, the gentle fine is this, --
My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand
To smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss." Zack took Ellie's hand and kissed it gently.
She blushed, and pulled her hand away softly. Ellie turned around, to face the window.
"Good pilgrim, you do wrong your hand too much,
Which mannerly devotion shows in this;
For saints have hands that pilgrims' hands do touch,
And palm to palm is holy palmers' kiss."
"Have not saints lips, and holy palmers too?" Zack walked closer to her, standing right behind her.
"Ay, pilgrim, lips that they must use in prayer." Ellie said, still facing the window.
"O, then, dear saint, let lips do what hands do;
They pray; grant thou, lest faith turn to despair." Zack gently put his hands on her shoulders.
Ellie turned around.
"Saints do not move, thought grant for prayers' sake." She looked up at him, staring deeply into his dark brown eyes.
This was it. The first kiss of the scene.
"Then move not, while my prayer's effect I take.
Thus from my lips, by yours my sin is purged." Zack leaned in, and kissed Ellie. She pulled away.
Summer cringed.
"Then have my lips the sin that they have took."
"Sin from my lips? O trespass sweetly urged!
Give me my sin again." Zack kissed her again, this time, longer. Ellie pulled away and walked around him. She smiled.
"You kiss by the book." They kissed again, and they didn't stop.
Marta stood there waiting to say her line. Freddy was on the verge of laughter. Summer was fuming.
"NO! THIS IS NOT IN THE SCRIPT!" That didn't stop them from kissing.
"Summer? Summer, what are you doing here?" Mrs. Trecher asked her.
The bell rang. Ellie and Zack pulled apart, and smiled at each other.
Little did they know what was coming for them.
Disclaimer: I have nothing, except the ten bucks in my pocket and the clothes on my back.
Author's Note: Sorry I didn't update sooner. It was Fourth of July weekend. It was really fun. I love watching the fireworks every year. I saw Spiderman 2 also. I've always loved Tobey Maguire, every since he was in Pleasantville, and probably before that, but I have a bad memory. Yeah. He's beautiful, and his acting skills are amazing.
Anyway, on with the story...
----------
-Freddy's POV-
"Dude, you're doing a scene from Romeo & Juliet? HA! I thought I had it bad, I have to be Macbeth or some dude, and die."
"Freddy, Romeo AND Juliet BOTH die at the end of the play. But we're not doing that scene. Here," Zack handed me his book. "This is the one we're doing. Where they first meet."
"Ohhhh. But wait, they kiss in this scene." I peered over the book.
"Yeah, so?" I saw Zack shrug.
"Let me get this straight." I drummed with my pencils on my lap. "You hardly ever kiss Summer in public, and she's your girlfriend. But you're gonna make out with Ellie in front of your whole English class.
"We're not going to make out, Freddy. It's a kiss-."
"Two." I corrected.
"Two kisses. That's not that big of a deal."
"Yeah, man. Okay. Do what you want."
---The Next Day---
I walked into English, late as usual. A couple of groups had already performed, from what I could see. As soon as I sat down, Marta threw a piece of paper in my face.
"I changed my mind." She stated.
"Um, about what?" I asked her.
"Ugh!" She threw her hands up in the air. "Never again. I'm never working with you ever again!"
"Okay..."
"Anyway. We're going to join Ellie and Zack on their performance because they need two extra people. Their grade is our grade. So don't screw this up. You only have like one line. You're Benvolio, and I'm the Nurse."
"What are you gonna operate on someone or something?" I laughed to myself. She flicked my ear.
"Shut up. Learn your line."
"Whatever."
There was about five minutes left until the bell rang. The whole scene was about four minutes, so we had time.
"Okay. Next up are Zack, Ellie, Marta, and Freddy." Mrs. Trecher said. I saw Summer come in the back door with a copy of the play in her hand.
"Summer, what are you doing here?" I asked through gritted teeth.
"I want to make sure that Ellie doesn't try anything." She grinned.
"Are you kidding me? Whatever, just don't make yourself noticeable." I walked away, and went to the front of the room."
I saw Zack take a deep breath before he said his first line.
-No One POV-
"If I profane with my unworthiest hand
This holy shrine, the gentle fine is this, --
My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand
To smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss." Zack took Ellie's hand and kissed it gently.
She blushed, and pulled her hand away softly. Ellie turned around, to face the window.
"Good pilgrim, you do wrong your hand too much,
Which mannerly devotion shows in this;
For saints have hands that pilgrims' hands do touch,
And palm to palm is holy palmers' kiss."
"Have not saints lips, and holy palmers too?" Zack walked closer to her, standing right behind her.
"Ay, pilgrim, lips that they must use in prayer." Ellie said, still facing the window.
"O, then, dear saint, let lips do what hands do;
They pray; grant thou, lest faith turn to despair." Zack gently put his hands on her shoulders.
Ellie turned around.
"Saints do not move, thought grant for prayers' sake." She looked up at him, staring deeply into his dark brown eyes.
This was it. The first kiss of the scene.
"Then move not, while my prayer's effect I take.
Thus from my lips, by yours my sin is purged." Zack leaned in, and kissed Ellie. She pulled away.
Summer cringed.
"Then have my lips the sin that they have took."
"Sin from my lips? O trespass sweetly urged!
Give me my sin again." Zack kissed her again, this time, longer. Ellie pulled away and walked around him. She smiled.
"You kiss by the book." They kissed again, and they didn't stop.
Marta stood there waiting to say her line. Freddy was on the verge of laughter. Summer was fuming.
"NO! THIS IS NOT IN THE SCRIPT!" That didn't stop them from kissing.
"Summer? Summer, what are you doing here?" Mrs. Trecher asked her.
The bell rang. Ellie and Zack pulled apart, and smiled at each other.
Little did they know what was coming for them.