Another chapter up! Theres dialouge from the play you guys may not understand. But you guys don't need to understand the old English to get the story. Hope you guys enjoy! Also don't worry most chapters won't have them.
Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail and obviously not Shakespeare.
Chapter 3
Natsu was the first to arrived to the auditorium after school. He saw Ms. Evergreen talking—more like flirting—with Mr. Strauss the head football coach. Natsu faked a cough to signal they weren't alone and snickered when he saw Mr. Strauss jump back a little from his close proximity with her.
"Natsu! Aren't you supposed to be in math tutorials?" asked Mr. Strauss.
"I'm here to try out for the play." He said as he walked up to his coach.
"Oh I remember you came by yesterday. What role were you looking to try out for?" asked Ms. Evergreen.
" Romeo. I want to try out for Romeo." Natsu said with confidence.
Ms. Evergreen beamed at the salmon haired student. She had the worst luck with Romeo tryouts. The boys so far were terrible actors with zero emotion. She hoped this one was different.
"Do you even know what Shakespeare's play is about?" questioned Mr. Strauss.
"Shake who?" Natsu questioned back.
Ms. Evergreen hopes soon deflated after that.
Soon students started piling into the auditorium and went into director mode.
"Here,these are the lines for Romeo," she said as she got a highlighter and started highlighting where Romeo speaks. "Practice these lines until I ask for Romeo tryouts."
She then left to get the rowdy students situated.
Natsu went to go sit in the back row to practice his lines in peace.
After got the students situated thanks to Mr. Strauss she started having them do their auditions. Everything was going well so far and she had already picked a few people for certain roles. She checked her list for the next character she felt that she needed to try a different approach to this character and an idea popped into her head.
"Romeo tryouts! Who wants to go first." she asked.
She saw a hand shot up then two more after the first. The hand she saw shoot up first wasn't the salmon haired boy like she expected but another boy that had blonde hair.
"I'll go with you first, your name?" she asked.
"Sting Eucliffe" said Sting as he soon made his way up to the stage.
"Hold on. I'm trying something new. Ms. Heartfilia will you please come up to the stage."she said.
Ms. Evergreen waited until she was up there to explain," Romeo tryouts have been a bust so far. I think to really be a Romeo one needs to tryout with the Juliet."
Lucy let out a gasp when she heard Ms. Evergreen. " Wait hold on, I'm Juliet?" she asked.
nodded her head at her," I feel you are perfect for the role. Now we'll see who's perfect to be your Romeo."
Lucy's face heated up at that. She felt it was too intimate especially by the looks Sting was giving her.
"Alright students I need quiet. You will perform the balcony. Now you'll start in 3,2,1…"
Natsu watched as Lucy and Sting acted out the balcony scene. He couldn't believe Lucy was so talented. She always did excel at anything she put her mind to. She was great on stage and and hardly looked at her lines. However, Sting on the other hand was meh at best in Natsu's opinion. He looked at his lines a lot and didn't seem to take it seriously. He hated the way he was looking at his Lucy.
Wait back that up.
Lucy wasn't his again yet..not yet. Natsu reread his lines over and over until it was burned into his memory.
watched as the two interacted with each other. Things were good...but they could be better. Sting wasn't a bad actor but he came off to lusty for Lucy's love driven Juliet. She knew she picked right for the Juliet role but she wasn't so sure Sting was her Romeo.
"Alright I've seen enough." she said.
"Since I'm Romeo now, why don't we focus on the better scenes..like the kissing." Sting said as he gave Lucy a heated look.
"Don't assume . I still have two more auditioners." Ms. Evergreen said as she noticed Lucy blush.
"Come on I doubt they could be better than me."
"Even so, everyone deserves a chance." she said as she gave him a pointed look.
Ms. Evergreen called up the next auditioner and to Lucy's surprise it was Natsu.
"Your trying out for Romeo?" she whispered to him. She had thought he wanted a monster role.
Natsu merely nodded and waited for Ms. Evergreen to start them.
"Scene 's Orchard, Enter:Romeo" said Ms. Evergreen.
Natsu closed his eyes and put the script to his side. He didn't need it for he was going to speak from his heart. Lucy was his Juliet and that's all he needed.
Natsu: But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks?
It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.
Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon,
Who is already sick and pale with grief,
That thou her maid art far more fair than she:
Be not her maid, since she is envious;
Her vestal livery is but sick and green
And none but fools do wear it; cast it off.
It is my lady, O, it is my love!
O, that she knew she were!
She speaks yet she says nothing: what of that?
Her eye discourses; I will answer it.
I am too bold, 'tis not to me she speaks:
Two of the fairest stars in all the heaven,
Having some business, do entreat her eyes
To twinkle in their spheres till they return.
What if her eyes were there, they in her head?
The brightness of her cheek would shame those stars,
As daylight doth a lamp; her eyes in heaven
Would through the airy region stream so bright
That birds would sing and think it were not night.
See, how she leans her cheek upon her hand!
O, that I were a glove upon that hand,
That I might touch that cheek!
Lucy: Ay me!
Natsu:She speaks:
O, speak again, bright angel! for thou art
As glorious to this night, being o'er my head
As is a winged messenger of heaven
Unto the white-upturned wondering eyes
Of mortals that fall back to gaze on him
When he bestrides the lazy-pacing clouds
And sails upon the bosom of the air.
Lucy:O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo?
Deny thy father and refuse thy name;
Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love,
And I'll no longer be a Capulet.
Ms. Evergreen and the crowd of students were enthralled by the two on stage. They had so much chemistry it was simply perfect. Ms. Evergreen had to fan herself with her script just from it.
"Okay I've seen enough. Natsu that was perfect, you ever think of acting instead of football?" Ms. Evergreen said jokingly.
"Well no to be honest. I love football." Natsu said with a chuckle as Mr. Strauss gave a thumbs up.
Lucy stared at Natsu in utter awe. She never expected him to be so..passionate. She hadn't expected him to take his audition so seriously but he had and he was so was also surprised at herself, she hadn't spoken her lines the way she did with Sting. With Sting it felt like something was missing..something was wrong, but with Natsu it felt right. It felt right to pour love into her words, it felt right to call him Romeo.
It truly confused her.
Natsu gave his script back to Ms. Evergreen as he took his seat in the front row. He saw his friends in the way back of the auditorium giving him thumbs up and silent cheers. He then happened to turn to the right of him and saw that Sting was giving him a dirty look. He held back a laugh as he leaned back in his chair.
I'm taking Lucy back.
Ms. Evergreen called up the last auditioner and nearly did a double take when he walked up the stage.
"Excuse me um…"
"Dan Straight ma'am!" said Dan as he walked up to Lucy in what appeared to be actual medieval armor.
Ms. Evergreen merely sighed and told them to start the scene.
Ms Evergreen and everyone watched as Dan butchered the lines. He seemed to not have even read most of his script. Ms. Evergreen had to end his audition as he started running out of words and started complimenting Lucy's beauty.
"Alright everyone. I've decided on the official and final roles that I want you to play."
She gave her phone to the tech kid Freed and he hooked it up to the auditorium projector.
"This is the role picks" Ms. Evergreen said.
Lady Capulet: Levy Mcgarden
Capulet:Gajeel Redfox
Montague: Jellal Fernandes
Lady Montague: Erza Scarlet
Juliet: Lucy Heartfilia
Romeo: Natsu Dragneel
Count Paris: Sting Eucliffe
Mercutio: Gray Fullbuster
Nurse to Juliet: Lisanna Strauss
Sting looked at the role list and angrily stormed out of the auditorium. Natsu did a dance in his chair as he got the role. Now all he needed to do was get his Juliet.
" you all can leave but my Romeo and Juliet."Ms. Evergreen said and soon the auditorium was empty except for her, her two actors and Mr. Strauss who was playing on his phone.
" I want to say congratulations to the both of you for your amazing performance. I think you two should start spending a lot of time together to get your roles down and perfected before the show three weeks from now."
After they both nodded their heads in agreement Ms. Evergreen let them leave.
" Now Elfman..where were we."
Natsu and Lucy walked in silence as they made their way out of the school.
Lucy wanted to start a conversation so she opened her mouth to speak.
"So-"
"So-"
They both laughed at that." you first Natsu."
"Well I was wondering if you wanted me to take you home today. Seeing as your boyfriend bailed out."
"Sure I'd love that." Lucy giggled. She wondered why she didn't try to defend Sting for not being with her.
As they were on the road on Natsu's motorcycle heading to Lucy's place, Lucy couldn't help but notice how hard and firm Natsu's stomach was. Sting's was hard too but Natsu stomach felt like steel with tiny bumps along it. She blushed as she thought of running her hands up and down his chest. She never thought like this with Sting, it never felt right going down that road.
They made it to Lucy's house and Natsu helped her off the bike.
" would you like to come inside?" offered Lucy.
"Sure,are your parents home?" He questioned.
"No they left just yesterday on a business trip. I'm home alone for the next week and a half." she said giving him a smile.
"Cool I guess that means parties." joked Natsu as Lucy unlocked the door.
"No way Natsu. My parents would kill me." she laughed out.
"There's leftover wings in the fridge. And you remember where the hot sauce is right?" Lucy asked.
"Yep."
"Alright I'll be up in my room, join me and we could practice our lines."
"Alright Lucie."
Natsu finished his wings then made his way up to Lucy's room. He knocked on the door twice and waited until he heard her say 'come in'. He stopped at the threshold as he looked at what she had on. She wore the custom NL pink hoodie Natsu had gotten for them when they were still together and short tennis shorts.
"Natsu you okay?" Lucy asked as he was just staring at her.
"Huh?oh I'm fine, I just thought of something" Natsu said as he went to sit in a chair by her bed.
Lucy pulled out their scripts from her bag and flipped the pages to see where she wanted to start.
" how about Act 1, scene 4?" asked Lucy.
" Sure."
Natsu:If I profane with my unworthiest hand
This holy shrine, the gentle sin is this,
My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand
To smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss.
Lucy: 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.
Natsu: Have not saints lips, and holy palmers too?
Lucy:Ay, pilgrim, lips that they must use in pray'r.
Natsu:O then, dear saint, let lips do what hands do,
They pray—grant thou, lest faith turn to despair.
Lucy:Saints do not move, though grant for prayers' sake.
Lucy sat confused when she noticed Natsu didn't read his line.
"You okay Natsu?" she asked.
"Yeah...it's just my next line has a kissing scene." he said as he messed with his hair.
Lucy blushed a deep shade of red at his words. The thought of kissing Natsu…
Holy
Lucy's eyes widened as she began to scold herself on having such thoughts. Natsu was her best friend and she had a boyfriend! She couldn't believe herself...yet why didn't she feel guilty like she was hoping to.
Her thoughts soon came to a halt as Natsu's phone began to ring.
"Oh crap. I forgot to tell Wendy where I'm at. She's probably worried sick." Natsu said." Sorry Lucy but can we do this tomorrow?"
"Sure Natsu. Tell Wendy I say hey"
"I will."
Once Lucy heard the door close she went straight to her phone and called up a friend.
Once the call connected she spoke.
"Hey Levy-chan, I think I have a problem."
A/N: Hope you enjoyed and please leave a review ;D