Hey people! It's me, your favourite gnome person. I am really sorry for not updating since last month but I will try to but up new chapters as soon as possible especially when I'm going on holiday now but doesn't mean I'll forget about u guys. Anyways, this chapter is when things get intense and a bit dramatic. I hope u like it... (;

3. Needing Her, Needing Him

The next morning, Gnomeo was stirring in his sleep, back in forth it seems that he was having a nightmare. He wanted to wake up but he couldn´t.

(Gnomeo's POV, in his dream)

I was walking around the Lawrence garden, through the tall grass, wondering where I was going and why I was there. Suddenly I heard a loud scream coming from behind me, I started running toward where the scream came from until I bumped into Juliet, I looked at her and she seem scared and terrified.

"Juliet, what's wrong? I asked her but she avoid looking at me in the eyes

"Gnomeo, they're after me, please, don't let them kill me" she cried, scared and wanting to ran away

"What? Who's going kill you? I asked, worried

But soon we heard angry shouts and footsteps getting closer, I saw that it was all the Blue gnomes in my garden. It didn't take me too long to figure out that they were after Juliet and they wanted to kill her. I was scared that they would actually do that to my Red gnome, I wraps my arms around her, tightly. But I felt her shake in terror and she escaped from my embrace and ran away from me, I tried to ran after her but she was quicker than me and she was out of my sight but I kept searching for her. I heard the footsteps getting closer to me, I hide myself in a bush and they passed by me, but I knew that Juliet was still out there somewhere and I need to find her before my garden do and kill her. I couldn't hide here, I had to move. "Juliet! I screamed her name a bunch of times but I didn't hear her answer but I kept searching for her. I suddenly saw a crowd of Blues in surrounding form and I heard screeches, my eyes wide in shock when I realized who those screams were from and I ran toward them and broke them up.

"Stop it! Get away from her! I screamed in rage at them, pushing them out of my way to the front but I was too late because found my Red gnome, half dead lying on the ground, with really bad scratches and with cracks and it almost looked like she was bleeding.

"No, no, Juliet, please, wake up" I cried over her as I put her in my arms, without caring if the Blues were watching. I held her body in arms, praying and encouraging her to wake up until she opened her eyes with the last breath and strength she had left. She looked up at me, breathing deeply.

"I love you, my Blue gnome, more than my own life" she smiled at her and I smile back at her as I held her hand in mine, she dangled her head but she soon let go of my hand and started dying in my arms.

"No, no, no, my girl. Don't die, no, I love you too with all my heart" I told her while stroking the side of her face but it was too late, she died in my arms. My Red Gnome was gone.

"No! No! NO! JULIET! I screamed in my sleep, stir on my bed, terrified of that dream

"Gnomeo, wake up, my boy" I heard my mum's voice and shaking my body in the real world while the Juliet in my dream was starting to faded away. "You're just having a bad dream"

I opened my eyes, shocked and gasping by that horrible nightmare. I would never even think about losing Juliet like that and that my family would actually kill my love because they think it's her fault for my incident and because she's a Red. To be honest, I have never felt anything this strong, something that I have forbidden myself from feeling ever again. To fall in love and never with a Red! But I let my emotions take over and make fell this amount of love for her. She promised to be with me and I have to promise to be with her, I cannot risk losing Juliet and letting my worst nightmare come true. Still shaken up by the terrible dream, I looked around and I saw that I was still taped and glued together and it only has been 2 days since the incident from yesterday. Even though I was falling apart, no, my pieces were falling apart, I on the other hand, would fall apart if I was long and far away from my Juliet. I needed her more now than ever. I rested my head back on my pillow while my mum was taking care of me. And don't take this the wrong way, I love my mum like any son would love his mother but I prefer and trust Juliet to heal my wounds like she did last night when I asked her to marry me and I hope that it will happen and I don't care what my mum or Lord Redbrick or Benny or any Red or Blue gnome say about us because I am willing to let go of my hate to be with her and make Juliet the happiest girl in the world.

I turn to my right and I saw my mum walking toward me with my breakfast and my medicine.

"Here, my Gnomeo. I brought you your favourite breakfast and your medicine. The doctor says that you need to take it twice a day. Here, open wide" my mum said, putting the spoon with the medicine directly for my mouth but I turn my head, to avoid looking her in the eyes because I didn't want to hurt her but I was hurting too much, more inside than outside.

I love my mum, but she was treating me like if I was still her little baby boy. I will always be her son but I'm not a child anymore. I ride lawnmowers, I plan revenges against the Reds, which I will not do anymore and that doesn't matter to me, now or never again, all that matter right now is to get back to Juliet before she gets hurt by suffering about my well-being. I knew that at this very moment she was worried and scared to death about me, like I would if anything happens to her, I would stand by her forever and protect her with my life. Soon my mum interrupted by thoughts and I saw that she was still trying to get me to swallow that horrible medicine that smelled like oregano and mashed up with Brussels-sprouts. I was starting to get frustrated and irritated by her request but I just kept avoiding looking her in the eyes before I exploded.

"Come on, my boy. You need to take this or you won't get better"

"No, mum! I got angry and smack the spoon out of her hand "I don't need any of this to get better. What I need is my top nurse, which is my Juliet. Just with her love, I can get my strength back, I need her" I lowered my voice, confessing the truth from my heart. I saw in her eyes that she was shocked by my confession but I didn't care what she would say about it, she wasn't going to change my mind or my feelings about Juliet.

"You don't need that little tramp, Gnomeo." she said with a mad tone "She did this to you. She almost got you killed and I don't want her near you ever again"

"Don't call her that and she had nothing to do with this, mum. And she is the best thing that's ever happened to me. I love her and she loves me the same way, that's why I asked her to marry me"

"You did what? Lady B asked, shocked

"Yes, mum. I asked her to marry me, and she is going to be a Blueberry even though she's a Red. She even would even change her color for me but I never cared about that, I never cared that she's a Red and she never cared that I was a Blue, the important thing is that we loved eachother and not you, not Lord Redbrick and not this feud is going to change that"

I told her the truth, and told her all my feeling and how much I cared about my Red gnome, but sometimes telling the truth can hurt other people's feeling and it breaks my heart to see her like this sad by telling her this. But I knew that it would come to this, I knew that it would come that Juliet and I would be discovered and people would find out about us and we would stand up to any consequence and punishment that our parents and gardens would give us. I was still pretty angry by her disrespect toward Juliet. Personally, I wouldn't care if she was insulting Lord Redbrick or any other Red in that garden but if she insults my future wife that would be crossing the line with me. She was just so angry about my love for a Red was too much for her, but she's going to have to learn to deal with it and accept it. And nobody is going to take care of me, except Juliet, all I need is her love to keep me going, even though I'll have to refuse every food, every medicine, every treatment that my mum or Benny or the doctor would help me get better, but nothing is compare to Juliet's love and care to get me back on my feet and keep that promise I made her.

"You don't need her, son. You've got me and Benny and Shroom and the entire garden to take care of you..." she said but I cut her off.

I turn back at me mum, with a mad grin on my face "No, mum. I do need Juliet. The only gnome I want and need to be with is Juliet. I know that with her love, I will be better than who I was before. Don't you understand that? I need Juliet here, with me! I was starting to lose my temper and if I didn't have my loving Red nurse, I will lose my head and go mad.

(In the Red garden)

Lord Redbrick kept rewinding his conversation with Juliet yesterday, he thought about what she said that he didn't have a conscience and that he never listens to anybody except himself. He was still furious at Juliet for falling in love with a devilish Blue, and not just any Blue, the son of the leader of the Blues. And he thought that it was wrong and disgusting that she was with him. But when she mention that he let his anger and hate toward the Blues get in the way of his relationship with Juliet's mother and the way he ignored her and the time when he mistreated her by when she was trying to reason with him about the feud but he didn't listen and he end up hurting her, and the worst part was that an 4-year-old little Juliet was watching and since that day she was beginning to feel fear toward her father.

On the other part of the garden, Juliet with her hair down, she held up her knees as she stair across the alley, looking at the abandon garden, where she picture and imaged the garden she and Gnomeo are going to build together. She also was thinking of her mother and how she wished she was here, Juliet knew that if she was here, she wouldn't forbid her to see Gnomeo unlike her father did and she would've a way to put an end to the feud and they can all be happy together again.

Juliet's POV

(Flashback)

My Dad found out that I left the garden en I was younger and he dragged me back with force. I was sobbing and struggled with his grin but he tightens it and it was starting to hurt my arms. He growls at me in anger as I continue sobbing and then he throws me on the pavement. And he starts slapping me and beating me up like if I was punchingbag. I screamed for help but it was no use, my Dad kept slapping me with force.

"You act like a spoiled brat! He screamed as he slap me and I hit the floor

"Redbrick, stop it! My mum came running at full speed toward us as Dad stopped mistreating me and hurting me.

My mum pushed my Dad off me "What did you do to my daughter? She hold me in close

"What I should have done a long time ago. Because thanks to you, she's become a good for nothing, an ungrateful brat, a piece of garbage!

My mum held me tight in his arms as she strokes my hair as I sobbed, with tears in my eyes. I was crying by all the things my father did and said to me, horrible things that no child wants from their father.

"Shut up! You have no right to treat her or talk to her like this"

"Rights? The only thing that she only wanted from me was the disrespect toward me so she can do whatever she wants. She never respected me and now she's become a failure, a nobody. This family is destroyed, and it's your fault, Marina!

"Juliet, my love, my girl. What did that savage did to you? Come on, help, let's go, let's get out of here"

"Mum..." I sobbed in her arms

Later, mum took me to the shed where a doctor was there to cure the wounds my Dad gave me. I was still sobbing as my mum dragged under her shoulder, making our way to the door. my mum knock on the door and the doctor opened it, he was a very good friend of ours and he's name was Antonio"

"Thank you, Antonio. Come on, Jules, sit down" she said as she helped me sat down on a wheelchair

"Marina, Juliet. What happened? Oh my goodness, look at what they done to you. I'll take her right now for a treatment, don't worry about a thing" Antonio said as he examine the wounds on my face and then he took me in a room to rest.

Hours later, I was starting to wake up and I saw my mum smiling at me "My girl, how do you feel?

"The physical pain is what I care less" I said, meaning that the beating that my Dad gave me was more hurting than my wounds.

"You right, I've been years in that place, scared to death. Dealing with your father's threats and anger. I tried everything to save the perfect family we had but nothing seem to work. I feel guilty that I let this happen"

"You need to stay calm, my love but your father gave you a real beating which will not let you do any Kung-Fu for months"

"Lord Redbrick is not my father. A father is not a man or a title or a last name. A father is someone who loves you, someone who protects you, someone who is suppose to teach you how to trust the world. Not someone who hits you or calls you horrible things, I hate him, mum. I hate him"

"I know, love, I know, but I promise that I will never let that ogre hurt you like that again" she cradle me in her arms and I could feel her crying too, by my pain, I'm making her suffer and it killed me.

"I don't blame you, mum; you're terrified of him too"

"But I made a decision; you and I are leaving this place. That's why you and I are getting out of here and away from him"

"Together we're going to go on. Supporting me in every way"

"Yes, my love. I can't tell you of how much I love you and I'm sorry that I let this happen. I don't want to lose you ever again" she kisses my forehead

"I adore you too, mum"

(Flashback Ends)

I felt a tear come out my eye because sadly, my mum died after that and I was destroyed, my mother, my protector, my friend was gone. I kept thinking of a lot of memories with my mum and how much I miss her. She and I were sick and tired by my Dad's anger and hatred for the Blues.It was like the feud was no important then his family, then us, I never even saw him be happy or smile. I even sometimes wondered, day and night, what does it feel to have a mum? I was so young back then that I can't possibly remember what does it feel like to have her around in my life, to be protected, to be loved, to be in the loving arms of a mother. Every child knows that a mother is the perfect friend, the one who gives us her love and hugs and kisses, and she is also the protector of my nights. She was a bright angel, a beautiful flower in the springtime, with her hugs and kisses. I was still hanged up on that thought as I pictured her in my head, her beautiful green eyes and her glowing smile and how much I missed her. I then started drawing on a piece of paper my initial with a red pen and my love's initial with a blue pen inside a purple heart. I was still daydreaming until I heard footsteps, coming my way and I turn to my left and I see my Dad coming up my pedestal.

"What do you want, Dad? Can I at least have my own privacy?

"I understand that you're still angry with me. I was very unfair with you"

"Why are you here? I'm sure you want something"

"No, no, no. Of course not. It's just that I realized that what you told me is true. I don't know what got over me. Every day, I become a cruel, heartless man, but I don't want to lose you, Juliet. My beautiful baby girl, who is my only family left. Can you forgive me?

I avoid looking at him for a moment to think about his "apology" and I wonder if he was serious and he meant what he said. I turn to face him and I saw that he wanted forgiveness in his eyes but I was still angry at him and I wasn't sure what to say to him. I took a deep breath and exhale, thinking about this, very carefully. I was about to open my mouth to tell him what I thought of his apology and begging me to forgive him, which I wasn't because I needed to know if he was willing to change and let go of his hate for me. But suddenly, I was interrupted when a little Red gnome came up the pedestal to give me my dad something very important that caught my attention.

"Lord Redbrick, Lady Blueberry is here"

My eyes wide in shock when I heard her name but not as wide as my dad's eyes wide but he frowns, puffed up his chest and walked down the stairs of my pedestal, heading straight to the back gate. I would have gone down too, to see if she had something to tell about Gnomeo but my feet were still glued down to the floor, so I'll just have to keep my ears wide open or have Nanette ease drop on their conversation and if it had something to do with my Gnomeo, I'll just have to find a way and come up with a plan to escape and go take care of him. I pulled out the save scrapper from last night and started to chip off the dried glue but this time it was a lot easier because I've done this before.

I watched Lord Redbrick made it across the little bridge from the grotto and to the pavement of the gate door, where Lady Blueberry was standing, waiting for him with a serious look. Meaning that she wasn't happy or never has been happy to see him, especially after when her son almost got killed by his hoodlums and his spoiled daughter. But Lady B knew that girl was the only one who can help her son and no matter how much it disgusted her to be in the bloody Red garden, she loved her son and if this was the only have, she had to do it.

"What are you doing here, Blueberry?

"Listen, Redbrick, I'm not here to talk about what happened yesterday or talk with you. I'm here to talk to Juliet" she said, serious, shocking Lord Redbrick!

"What would you want to talk my daughter?

"Because I need her help. Please, let me speak to her for at least 5 minutes"

"Very well, but make it quick"

Lord Redbrick lead Lady Blueberry to the grotto and up the stairs of the pedestal, where they found the poor still heartbroken Juliet, waving her rose back and forth, slowly, worrying about Gnomeo. Soon she hears footsteps coming up, she turns her head around and she sees her father walking up with Lady Blueberry, the leader of the Blue garden and the mother of her love.

"Juliet, there's someone here to see you" Lord R said, softly and Lady B step in front of him

"Hello Juliet" she said, softly

"Hello Lady Blueberry, how's Gnomeo? I asked as I cleared my throat

"That's what I came here for, to ask for your help. Gnomeo is asking for you, only for you. He's angry with me and he doesn't want to speak or look at anybody. He won't eat, he won't sleep, he won't take his medicine, and he won't do anything unless you are there with him. And if he doesn't take his medicine, he will get even worse than now. That's why I beg you to come with me, to help him. You're the only one who can reason with him, and he only will listen to you, only you. So please, Juliet, will you come with me? She begged me.

She knows that I would do anything for her son, I would even give me own life for Gnomeo, but I don't know I'm afraid what would my dad say about this and there's the other fact that I'm in locked up and all the gnomes are taking turns to keep an eye on me to not escape or to prevent her from killing myself but I don't know when they are going to realize that I'm way smarter than all of them.

"Absolutely not! Juliet is not going anywhere, especially not to that wrenched Blue. So, I'm going to ask you to leave and not to come into my territory again" Lord Redbrick said harshly toward her

I cannot believe the attitude my dad had toward Lady Blueberry. Not even in an emergency like this that involves the health of my Gnomeo, he couldn't let go of his hate for one minute and have a heart and try to reason with Lady B to let me go see him. And after hearing what Lady B said about Gnomeo not letting himself get better without me, I needed to get out and be with him or he'll never get well and that would destroy me. I watched as my dad kicking Lady B out of the garden and I got mad and I walked down my pedestal to stop him because I'm not going to let this one slide or let him talk to Lady B or Gnomeo like that.

"Lady Blueberry, wait! I cried, running toward them and they turn their heads toward me "I'll go with you"

"But Juliet..." my dad started, sounding serious but I cut him off.

"No, Dad. I'm going with her, he needs me. He's going to die if I don't go and I'm going"

I turn to Lady Blueberry "For Gnomeo, I will do anything for him" I smiled at her and she smiled at me.

"Thank you, my dear, thank you" she thanked me, holding both of my hands in hers and I smiled back at her.

We started walking to the door, Juliet looked back at her father and he had an angry grin on his face, she knew that he wasn't going to forgive me after this one but I didn't care, I didn't care what he would think or do about this. Gnomeo needed me and I gladly accepted and I was glad that Lady Blueberry asked her nicely, after all that has happened yesterday and blaming me of what happened to her son. Juliet knew that when she and Gnomeo get married, she and Lady Blueberry will get along because at least she and I have something in common; Gnomeo.

Uh oh! Cliffhanger. But don't worry; I'll be back with more chapters if u guys give me at least 5 reviews. See ya later, alligators.