Dawnstar94 - Thanks! I'm in my second to last year of high school in the UK, so I know how you're feeling.
iluvshinjimina - They're turning out a lot cuter than I expected them too. We'll see how things go with Angelo.
Rosaline's at the top. She'd the queen. But what happens to people at the top? They get knocked off.
"I've got it!" announced Juliet, coming into Hermia's room. Hermia glanced down at her sister from where she stood on top of her chest of drawers, sketching a picture on the ceiling with her good hand. Juliet was wearing jeans and a comfortable hoodie, although both her hands were in the front pouch of her hoodie.
"What?"
Juliet sighed fondly at her sister's antics. Sometimes she wished she was more like her younger half-sister. Fun, daring, punky, tomboy, a bit of a rebel, and completely boy mad.
"About how we're going to get Rosaline" Juliet's eyes glittered.
"Really?"
"Yeah! Do you want to hear it?"
"Go on then" said Hermia, still sketching.
"Ok, so everyone thinks she's a beautiful virginal Queen Bee, when in actual fact she's a natural born skank. She lives on the fricking Burry Estate, for fuck's sake"
"Mmm-hmm" said Hermia, frowning as she concentrated.
"And the thing is, behind every image, is a reality. And we know what Rosaline's reality is" said Juliet.
"But no one knows you're a compulsive swearer who wants a belly piercing" Hermia added, smiling indulgently at her sister.
"And that's how it'll stay, since it's between you and me. And Tybalt. He said he'll make a deal with the guys in that piercing parlour across the road from the music store that if they pierce my stomach, then he'll give them discounts"
"This is really interesting. When do I get to hear the plan?"
"I'm coming to it! Anyway, so, all we have to do, is show the world what a slut Rosaline is! And I know how. Kind of"
"What?" asked Hermia, putting down the pencil, and leaping from the chest of drawers onto her bed. She misjudged her jump, and hit her shin "Fuck!"
"Shit, Hermy! Are you all right?"
"I'm fine. I'll just get Lysander to kiss it better" replied Hermia "Carry on"
"Ok, so I was with mum the earlier on, and we had to go to the Burry Estate to drop something off at Aunty Camilla's. Mum was all 'Disgusting place, can't believe it exists, can't believe that asshole Angelo let my sister live here, don't look at it, Juliet darling' but anyway, we got inside, and Rosaline was watching some shallow girly TV show with her scrawny chav gang-"
"Shari and Kaila, urgh" snickered Hermia.
"Livia was washing up, and mum and Aunty Camilla went upstairs to talk in private. I stayed downstairs with Livia, until she started moaning about how Tybalt snored-"
"Tybalt stayed over! Ew, they must have done it in front of her! That's so gross!"
"Shameless" agreed Juliet "I didn't really want to listen, so I went into the front room. They were just talking about make-up and clothes and shoes, the usual, really"
"Boring" nodded Hermia.
"And then Rosaline said something about how she had a headache, and Shari said it was probably the side effects again"
"Of what?" asked Hermia.
"This is where it gets really good" said Juliet, grinning "Rosaline said that she'd thrown away the old brand and got a different type"
"Of what?" begged Hermia.
"And Kaila said that the new type was the best type, and she knew because she was on as well and it worked really well for her. So then, I went upstairs to go to toilet. I was so bored, so I debated spying on mum and Camilla, but then I thought, 'What if the type is still there, in the bathroom bin?'"
"Type of what?" demanded Hermia, rubbing her shin.
"And it was" Juliet pulled out a small box, and handed it over.
Hermia glanced down, and her eyes gleamed "Birth control pills!"
"Yes!"
Hermia shrieked, and flung her arms around Juliet.
"You are amazing! It's got her name on it, and everything!" gasped Hermia "This is it! We're got her!"
"But then I thought" said Juliet "What if she's on it for other reasons, like acne?"
"Rosaline does not have acne" scoffed Hermia.
"But, there are loads of other reasons! Hormonal problems, and stuff!"
"If Rosaline had hormonal problems, we'd know about it" dismissed Hermia.
"And what if she realises they're missing? Will I get in trouble?"
"No, don't think like that" instructed Hermia "She threw them away, they won't be missed. Anyway, you won't be in trouble. I will take the blame for this. You are my little 'in' on Tybalt and I can't lose you. He tells you stuff, right? You're close with each other"
"Yeah, he's like my big brother" replied Juliet "I don't want him to get mad at me or anything"
"I'll say it was me if this comes to light. Don't worry. Now I have these, we just have to catch them at it" Hermia rattled the pills, and then stuffed them at the back of her underwear draw "No one will find these. Keep calm. I'll sort everything out and let me know if you find out anything or need anything. This will work out ok, I promise"
"Yeah" Juliet nodded. The sisters hugged, and then Hermia went back to drawing on the ceiling.