Till Death

Epilogue

Julia's pov

I watch both families putting the tombs in the grave. Not only Tybalt and Mercutio but mine and Romeo's too.

Oh Romeo. The love of my life.
After they took us to father Laurence to prepare for our funeral, I woke up and saw my husband laying next to me blood pouring out of him.

I screamed and cried until I had no voice left.
I died for Romeo and he died for me.

Tears slipped down my face.
I can't believe how my life changed so quickly.

Once I was a young Capulet who was sent to marry the enemy and destroy him. But I ended up falling for him.

Then I became a Montague. Wife of the most powerful mafia boss, who was said to be cruel and have no mercy. But I found out that it wasn't true.

Romeo was gentle and sweet and kind. He had beautiful dreams, he had amazing friends.

Romeo showed me love and compassion. He wanted to give me the world. But I ended up taking his instead.

I took his life away from him. But I knew he'd follow me everywhere I go, I knew he'd follow me in death. And I still did it anyway.

Some say that I might be selfish, that I took everything from Romeo but they don't know the truth and they'll never will.

Some say that I was naive and young and didn't understand anything about the real world. But I did.

They'll never understand the pain of losing someone you love, someone you cared for, someone who saved you and showed you the love you deserve.

"Are you ready?" A deep voice called behind me.
I turned around and saw those eyes. The same eyes I fell in love with.

"Always." I replied.
Romeo looked at the same scene I was looking at.

"So they finally come around." He said.
"Yes, but the price was higher than we have expected."
"It had to be this way." He looked down at me and I nodded.

"Let's go." He grabbed my hand and led me out of the shadows where we were hiding.

"There you are!" Another voice filled the air. Benvolio.
"Are you sure about this?" He asked both of us.
"We're sure." I replied.

After father  Laurence managed to save Romeo and he woke up, we decided that we wanted to start our own mafia since we found out that both our parents are going back to Italy leaving this life behind.

They didn't know that we were still alive, there was only Benvolio who knew.

He helped us a lot while we were taking the time to recover and I could never thank him enough.

"I wish Mercutio was here with us." Benvolio said hurt filling his voice.
"Me too." Said Romeo.

I knew Romeo wasn't the same after the death of his friend. Even I cried a lot when I knew.

Mercutio was like a brother to me even if I knew him for a little while.

"So what is the name of this new mafia of yours?" Benvolio asked. Changing the topic of the conversation.

"Alla morte. It means 'till death' " I replied with a smile. "That was the promise Romeo and I made to each other and we'll continue keeping it."

"I like it." Benvolio smiled at me before he left to make sure everything was ready before we arrived.

Till death. Yes this was the first promise we made to each other and it will be the last.

Romeo and I stood at the cliff watching both families leave.
Romeo hugged me from behind and smiled at me, I smiled back.

"Till death?" He asked.
"Till death!" I confirmed.
And we kissed the way we had never kissed before.
A kiss that will last forever.