The beach. Yes, Kat agreed. Romeo would most probably have taken Juliet to the beach had he had a chance in the 1996 movie version anyway. So there she was with Jeremy, strolling by the shore, enjoying the night breeze, the moon, and each other's company.
"So what exactly do you mean by your so over your Juliet days?" Jeremy asked.
"I no longer believe in true love." Kat said heaving a sigh.
"You can't be serious!"
"Do I look like I'm kidding?"
"Sorry if I'm being too personal here but does this has something to do with your marriage?" Jeremy inquired carefully.
"Yup, my failed marriage taught me about it all," Kat said defiantly.
"But that's insane!" Jeremy exclaimed in disbelief. "Just because your marriage didn't work you can't generalize that true love doesn't exist at all."
"Look, I've been there." Kat pointed out. "You don't know what it's like to be married, to love someone with every ounce of your self, to be willing to give it your all, to go insane clinging into it and in spite of it all…it still doesn't work." Kat said bitterly. "I'm too traumatized to the extreme that I'm starting to understand why Shakespeare came up with such an ending for Romeo and Juliet."
"And why is that?"
"Because he would rather the two die for each other than kill each other which the case would most likely be had Romeo and Juliet managed to get away and live together." Kat said as a matter-of-factly.
"Whoa! That's just got to be the most cynical thing I've ever heard!" Jeremy exclaimed.
"Really, when you think about it, Romeo and Juliet, complete strangers agreeing to get marry at the spur of the moment, trust me, their marriage wouldn't last a week. That's why Shakespeare opted to have them dead." Kat said trying to convince Jeremy. "When Romeo discovers how loud Juliet snores, he'll be flying back to Rosaline in no time!"
"Look, so maybe things didn't work out for you and Gerard," Jeremy argued. "But that doesn't mean it wouldn't work out for Romeo and Juliet… or for you and someone else for that matter."
"Yeah right, go and plunge myself to another commitment that will only make me even more bitter, empty, and burnout." Kat said dismissively. "Really, how screwed up is that?"
"You know what's the only thing more screwed up? It's you, giving up on love."
"Look, you haven't been there so you don't know where I'm coming from." Kat mumbled.
"So now you're thinking of heading the commitment free zone?" Jeremy asked.
"Well I've been seriously thinking about it."
"Don't go there, Kat." Jeremy warned with concern. As you know I've spent quite a time in there and you know what I felt in the long run? Empty and burnout.
Kat couldn't help laughing at the irony. "Do you realize we are coming from complete polar opposites and we're both claiming we ended up feeling empty and . . .."
"Burnout," Jeremy finished for Kat.
Both laughed.
"So now, where exactly should we go?" Kat asked thoughtfully "How do we know who's talking sense between us
"Well, there is a way to find out," Jeremy said smoothly.
"And how's that?"
"Marry me," Jeremy proposed.