Oreoskidz - Yay! I love your pwetty pictures! I'm sure whatever you do will be great, I loved the one of Hermia and Benvolio. Glad you had a good holiday too!
A - Thank you! I had a great holiday. I think I might knock out the Christmas Carol idea for about Christmas time or something. Poor you for having to go back to school already, I still have another two weeks of holiday and then I'm in Sixth Form! Also, was it you who sent me a message on deviantart? I recognised your signature 'I heart you!'
So, we are nearing the ending. I think this story has gone on enough now, and believe it or not, I have actually written the ending now. But I have loads of ideas for a sequel, funny bits of dialogue that didn't make it to this cut and stuff. So anyway, here are the Montagues treating the Capulet kids to dinner!
On Thursday night, Lord and Lady Montague took Juliet, Tybalt and Rosaline to their favourite restaurant, Giovanni's. The waiters were surprised to see this group of people together, but none the less gave them a table, in full view of everyone so they could marvel at the spectacle. Tybalt immediately ordered the meat feast, and Rosaline rolled her eyes and ordered salad, so Juliet called it rabbit food and ordered grilled salmon with seasoned fries and peas. Claudio and Paulina happily paid for it all, then instead of having dessert, they had booked tickets for the cinema and would feast on popcorn and sweets instead.
"What do you think of the past two weeks?" asked Claudio.
"It's been fun" said Juliet.
"Are you sure you're not just saying that?" asked Paulina.
"No! We've always been curious about you guys. I mean, before we came here, we'd talk about you, say how much we hated you, say about how you didn't deserve to exist and such, and it was like you weren't even human. It was more like you were evil robots!" explained Juliet. Tybalt and Rosaline both tittered, and Rosaline's ring glittered.
"I wonder how all the others are getting on" said Rosaline.
"Same" said Juliet "It will be really weird going home, and having Hermia there again, but not mum"
"Don't worry about her. If she turns up looking for you, just say you want to stick with us Capulets" shrugged Tybalt "Or, ring me up, and I'll come round and deal with her myself"
"Yeah, you'll just tell her to moisturize her face again!" sniggered Juliet.
"That's all she bloody does!"
"Well, you listen here, Juliet" instructed Paulina "If you can't bear it, or if you need someone to talk to, then our door is always open. You can come and talk to one of us. Isn't that right, Claudio?"
"Yep. Sure. Anytime you need one of us, just give us a buzz. We'll be happy to help you"
"Thanks" said Juliet.
"And as for you, Tybalt, no more trouble!"
"That's easier said than done" muttered Rosaline.
"Oi" said Tybalt, elbowing her.
"Tibby! I won't marry you if you keep on elbowing me"
"I'm looking forward to your wedding, you know" said Paulina "It will definitely be interesting, I'm sure. I mean, I hope you aren't too serious about making Gabriel wear pantaloons and be the ring bearer"
"He's my younger brother. If I can't humiliate him once in a while, what else can I do?"
Tybalt sniggered into the collar of his shirt "He will kill us!"
"I think he'll be more embarrassed by that than dad probably is about the video of him dancing. It's reached about two million views around the world now, after it got passed about on Twitter and Facebook and stuff. I expect Mercutio is feeling really proud of himself" said Juliet.
"That boy" said Paulina with a roll of her eyes and a shake of her head.
"He's not even funny" added Tybalt.
"Exactly" said Rosaline "I mean, the Tybalt Has Ginger Pubes joke is so old"
"Rosaline, I am eating!" cried Juliet, banging down her fork.
"Well, I'm sorry, it's just a boring joke that's not even funny!"
"One that the whole restaurant does not need to hear" hissed Tybalt, glancing around at all the people looking at them.
They settled down and ate some more of their meal again. Juliet sighed, wondering whether or not she ought to break her news now. She and Romeo had agreed to come clean on the last day. They'd decided that when they all returned to Escalus' Palace, where they'd be interviewed about their stay and handed over to their parents, that they would kiss in front of the cameras. If things went badly, then Mercutio had agreed to allow them both to crash at his dad's. His dad was usually drunk and lying on the sofa oblivious to anything, and so Mercutio said he did not see a problem with that. Juliet fidgeted nervously, hoping that it would not break down the relationship that she had built up with the Montagues.
When they finished, Claudio paid, and refused to let Tybalt, Rosaline or Juliet put in any contribution. He even treated them to sweets at the cinema, although Rosaline didn't have any, she just nicked some of Juliet and Tybalt's. They got home late, and went straight to bed as they had school the next morning. Their bags were half-packed, as they would do that when they got in from school tomorrow. Juliet lay in bed awake, thinking about how much she had learnt and what had changed in a mere two weeks.