iluvshinjimina - Thanks! I'm so pleased you like it. Yes, I do still play Sims 2, it's the best out of the three in my opinion.
Zelda12343 - Funny you should say that!
So Tybalt and Gabriel have found some common ground. Will Rosaline and Gabriel make up?
Gabriel and Juno sat with their lunch trays perched neatly on the table. Tybalt's mates sat on and around the table. Tybalt himself was stuffing chips from the chip shop in his mouth, whilst Rosaline sat beside him, delicately pinching some every now and then. Gabriel and Juno looked around cautiously. This was not their usual sort of company.
"So, what did you do this weekend?" asked Petruchio, a kebab in hand.
"I attended dance class, I met up with a girl I like one evening, I performed at the Neon Nightmare, had a row with Angelo and rode my horse" replied Gabriel.
"We smashed it proper, didn't we, Ty?" jeered Sam.
"Yeah, it was well good. I better go home tonight, my mum might have burnt the house down or something"
"Aw, man! Parties with you are sick!" said Greg.
"Yeah, besides the fact that Simon got arrested and his dad had to pick him up the police station"
"Shut up, mate" grunted Simon.
"What? It was proper funny!" guffed Petruchio.
"I don't understand what they're saying" whispered Juno to Gabriel.
"Chav speak. Just smile and nod" Gabriel muttered back.
"So, you're like, Rosaline's half-brother" said Aaron, turning to Gabriel.
"Yes" replied Gabriel.
"You look well alike"
Gabriel and Rosaline shared a glance.
"I suppose we do" said Rosaline, sitting up.
"Except you look like a girl"
"I know I do. I am a girl" replied Rosaline.
"No, I meant him" Aaron pointed at Gabriel.
Gabriel scowled "It's called being androgynous. It's a fashion statement. Only chavs don't know anything about fashion"
"Did you just call me a chav?" demanded Aaron.
"Yes" Gabriel widened his eyes and shoved his face forwards at Aaron, before sitting back down to poke at his food.
"That's enough" said Tybalt "Anyway, I thought we all got together to talk about how we're going to wage war on the Montagues"
"Yeah, come on, Ty" said Simon.
"Right. Romeo keeps hitting on, talking to, calling and harassing my girl here, and I don't like it. So, we're going to hit back" decided Tybalt "Which is why we have my mate here, Gabriel. You want to know what he's going to do?"
"What?" asked Petruchio.
"He's going to steal Tin Grin, seriously bruv, that's hilarious. He's going to steal Tin Grin's girlfriend"
"You mean Tin Grin as in Benvolio?" asked Sam.
"Yeah, the ugly one" replied Tybalt.
"They're all ugly" said Rosaline.
"That's my girl!" Tybalt heartily slapped her thigh.
"Tin Grin!" spluttered the chavs "Did you think of it yourself?"
"Yes" said Gabriel proudly.
"See?" said Tybalt.
"Why?" asked Shari "Why is he going to steal Benvolio's girlfriend?"
"Keep your voice down! This has to be sneaky" commanded Gabriel "I wouldn't call it stealing. I'd call it...waking her up to see that her boyfriend is a yucky creep who chews with his mouth open. And I'm doing this because I like her, she likes me, and I think she could do better than him. Have you seen his teeth? He must like, get food stuck in it all the time. How disgusting. So I'm also doing her a favour"
"Genius" chortled Tybalt.
"When?" asked Kaila.
"Soon" said Gabriel.
"So, what we're going to do, is just keep fighting with them. We'll fight them at the cinema and in the park. We'll fight them in the swimming pool, and in the shopping centre. We will not give up until we run them out of Verona. We will chase them to Mantua if we have too. Anthony had no right to grab me and drag me around like that. He had no right to treat me like a fucking kid, or diss my dad like that. The Montagues are bastards and they're going down" hissed Tybalt. He slammed his hand down on the table, so that any cutlery resting on it leapt up in the air and clanked. His mates jumped, and many others in the canteen turned to look at them.
"And Hermia the traitor is going with them!" added Rosaline in a low voice "So boys, you can all stop worrying about catching STDs"
"Won't have to, if we all sign pledges at the Verona Belle's Chastity Ball!" mimicked Simon.
"Shut up" said Rosaline "That's coming up soon, isn't it? I haven't written my speech yet. And I don't even have a dress yet. I can't wear the lovely red one Tibby got me for my birthday. It's not appropriate enough for a Chastity Ball. I need a new dress"
"I'll buy you another one" said Tybalt "I'll take you shopping and get you one. And I'll buy you shoes and earrings and stuff. I won't fob my girl off with anything less than the best"
"Rosaline, you're so lucky" sighed Shari. Rosaline smirked as Tybalt wrapped his arm around her waist.
"Give me a weekend, and I'll make it a date" said Tybalt.
"I'm free this weekend. I was supposed to be writing an essay for Mr. Goner, but he won't mind if it's a bit late. He's too scared of you to do anything!"
The boys snorted, remembering their firework prank.
"Mr. Goner is such a loser" added Gabriel "I heard that he used to be really fat and there was this class two years above my year, about a year before I arrived here, who tormented him so much that during the first term he had them he lost four stone!"
"That was us" said Tybalt.
"Oh!" Gabriel laughed.
"He's pathetic. He promised to run this revision session, and you know what he did? He spent the whole hour telling us how important it was that we revised, but didn't actually help us to revise or anything, which was what we needed. And then he got all upset when our marks were so low" said Rosaline.
"When does your Study Leave start?" asked Tybalt.
"13th May" replied Rosaline.
"Good, because my birthdays on the 15th. We're all getting together at the Manor. You better be there" said Tybalt.
"Don't worry, I have my outfit ready"
"You better look hot"
"I always look hot, Tibby, don't worry your little chav noggin"
"And what date is this Chastity Ball thing?"
"Umm...sometime in April"
"Coming up soon, then"
"Yes. That's why I need a dress"
"Then we better get going this weekend"
"Tybalt, are you going to the ball with her?" asked Gabriel.
"No" scoffed Tybalt "My chastity went right out the window when I was younger than you!"
"I thought you had to have a dad or an escort or something with you" shrugged Gabriel "And I assumed you wouldn't want Angelo there"
"Well, I'll figure something out" said Rosaline "I don't care about the event particularly; I just want to shut Sister Agnes up and to keep a good reputation with the teachers. You know, I think they're making me do this to try and get me to stop hanging out with Tibby. I mean, who do they think they are? I will do what I want"
"Yeah. She does what she wants" added Tybalt.
"Now, we are more alike than I thought" mused Gabriel.