Chapter 2: Romeo and Juliet

Theres noway he was a vampire. More goth than vamp. " So he wears black has colored streaks and he's pale. That doesn't mean he's a vampire". I whispered to them. " Go find out " Zoom said. " Fine "! I said standing up and walking towards the boy. " Uh Jade I was kidding " Zoom called out to me. I ignored him and kept on walking. I walked up beside him and looked at him. " Hi " I said flashing him a smile. His eyes met mine again. " Uh . . . I'm Jade Leone " I said smiling still. He did not speak. He had dark rings under his eyes, like he hadn't slept in so long. His eyes dropped from mine to the desk. I could tell he was going to make this difficult so I walked back to Ushina and Zoom. " What did I say " Ushina said. " Shut up! Vampires are not Real "! " We'll see " Ushina said smiling. * * " Alright class teh bell has rung time to start class " My honors english teacher Miss Duboise said. All five of us sat in our seats. Not alot of people got into honors english. Counting the new kid we now had six. " Alright class today we will be giving out parts for our next book or should I say play. ' Romeo and Juliet '. The good thing about this is . . . we'll be acting this out. Just as it is written " Miss Duboise instructed us. " But Miss Duboise there are only five of us " Kate pointed out. " Six of us now. We have a new student Kevin Moore ". Miss Duboise gesture to Kevin. " Now I know we only have six . . . , but each student will be given 3-4 parts except for the lead. Alright I have the parts assaigned lets begin. For Romeo and Juliet. Juliet we have . . . Jade Leone, and for Romeo we have . . . Kevin Moore our new student ". I froze. That meant we were going to be acting out the entire thing including . . . the . . . kiss. " Ushina you are lady capulet, and zoom you are lord capulet ". Ushina and Zoom smiled at each other. " Kate your lady montague , and Tyler your lord montague. Zoom's tybalt ". I zoned out and just stared at my hands. I don't know how long I stared at my hands until I saw everyone getting up. " Where are we going "? I asked Ushina. " What do you mean Jade the bell rang ". Wow I must've really been drawn into my thoughts. I got up and got my stuff. Ushina, Zoom, and I got to our next class Alegebra 1A. I walked in and saw Kevin sitting in the seat behind mine. I sat down in my seat and stared at my hands again. " I can't wait to act out Romeo and Juliet " I heard Ushina say. " N-Neither can I " I stammered. " I really hope she isn't here today " Zoom whispered to me. " Me too " I whispered back. " Oh come on. She isn't that bad " Ushina said. " Are you kidding Ms. Williams is the worst " Zoom said wide eyed.. " Yeah " I agreed. I could feel his eyes on my back. I didn't move. All of a sudden my phone vibrated. I looked at it. What the . . . why the heck is Ushina texting? I thought to myself. I opened the text . . .
Hey Jade I'm not sure if ur aware of this, but the new guy Kevin Moore is staring at u hehe.
Ushina 3 Zoom 4ever.
Yes I was aware of it I was completely aware of it. I texted her back.
Really?
Jade
I waited and waited. Then bzzzzzzz my phone went off.
Oh yeah his eyes r glued on u.
Ushina 3 Zoom 4ever
My face turned bright red.
Well I don't kn y. Im nothin 2 look at.
Jade
Then a teacher walked in that wasn't Ms. Williams. " Hello class I'm Ms. James. Your teacher didn't assaign anything today. So I guess you get a free day " She said smiling. I was happy so while Zoom napped Ushina and I got back to our conversation.
Wat r u talkin bout. Ur pretty. Any guy b lucky 2 have u
Ushina 3 Zoom 4ever
I texted her back.
Thx Ushina =)
Jade
Ushina smiled at me. My phone vibrated again I looke at it.
Tlk 2 him
Ushina 3 Zoom 4ever
I started blushing deeply. Talk to him? I had tried that once. He ignored me. Except for when his eyes had met mine. I gulped. I slowly turned around and saw he was focused on writing something. I texted Ushina back.
He's busy
Jade
So . . . just tlk 2 him
Ushina 3 Zoom 4ever
I sighed a deep sigh. I can do this. He's just a person. . . he's not going to bite my head off. I kept telling myself this and then I turned around. " H-Hi again ". I'm such an idiot. ' Hi again '. He just ignored me anyway. " I just wanted to welcome you here " I said blushing. Still he did not look up. I turned around. I thought I was going to cry so I asked to go use the restroom. I walked into the empty restroom and and fixed my smudged make-up then I sat in the stairwell and cried silently. I thought I was alone, but I wasn't. I sat there on the steps crying like and idiot when I noticed that there was someone else behind me. I turned around and was suprised to see who it was. " What are you doing here " I asked him. He did not speak at first he just sat down next to me. " Well . . . " I urged him. " I came to apologize for my behavior today " Kevin said still not looking at me. " Its alright " I said giving him a small smile. He looked at me his sky blue eyes meeting mine. " So . . . uh . . . Romeo and Juliet " I said blushing. " Yeah . . . how bout we go to my house after school adn study our lines " he asked me blushing a bit himself. " Sure . . . " I said turning redder. " So today then " ? " Yeah " I answered him. We walked back to class. And when we walked in together Ushina had that ' What just happened! Tell me! Tell me! ' look on her face. I sat down in my seat and Kevin sat in his. My phone vibrated and again I answered it:
What just happened! Tell me! Tell me!
Ushina 3 Zoom 4ever
Idk, but I think Kevin just asked me out
Jade
Ushina was bouncing up and down in her seat.
* End of school day *
I saw Kevin sitting on the front steps waiting for me. " Hi " I said smiling and blushing a bit. " Ready to go "? He stood up his " wave " tattoos showing beneath his black leather jacket. I blushed. " Y-Yeah ". He stood up and walked past me. I followed next to him. We walked in silence. Finally we got to his house. There was no car in the driveway. " Your parents aren't home yet "? I asked him curious. " No . . . they are out of town till saturday ". He answered plainly. " Business trip "? " No . . . second honey moon "he said plainly again. " Thats sweet " I said smiling. He didn't answer he just led me inside. He dropped his bag on the ground and motioned for me to do teh same. So I dropped my bag on the ground and followed him into the -what i guessed to be- the living room. " Alright lets get started " He said with a sigh taking his romeo and juliet pocket on the inside of his jacket. He flippled through it until he found the one part where we spoke to each other. Kevin took my hand in his and spoke. " 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 ". I thought I was going to faint when he kissed my hand. " Good pilgrim, you d wrong your hand to 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 hands, and holy palmers too "? " Aye good pilgrim lips that they must use in prayer ". " Oh then dear saint let lips do as hands do! They pray; grant thou lest faith turn to despair ". " Saints do not move, though grant for prayers sake ". It was coming. This is my favorite story, and Miss Duboise wanted us to act out everything. We were the only class doing this too. I knew it was coming. I could tell by the chills running down my spine. " Then move not while my lips effect thy take. Thus from thine my sin is purged ". He was stahling. He was taking forever. It felt like an eternity. He leaned his head in some and placed his cold hand on my face. Our lips were just centemeters apart. I waited and waited, but it never came. I opened my eyes, and saw he had backed 2-3 feet away from me. " Thats enough . . . practicing today " he said in a low voice. " Alright . . . uh . . . I'll s-see you tomorrow " I said smiling. I got my stuff and went home.
* later that night *
" Tell me everything " Ushina said over the phone that night. " All we did was reherse a few lines " I said honestly. " Oh come on! I know your lines start with a kiss " she said excited. " We didn't kiss! We stopped . . . well he stopped at the line before the kiss " I admitted. " You know you guys will be kissing infront of the entire class " she said happily. " Yeah I know I said blushing like crazy. "Jade! Bedtime "! My mom yelled up to me. " Alright mom" I yelled back. " Hey ushina I gotta go " I said. " Alright I will see you tomorrow " she said with humore in her voice. " Bye Ushina ". " Bye Jade ". That night I went to bed thinking about Kevin and the kiss we would be sharing.