Romeo and Juliet

The Invitation

The picture above is Ben Btw

Back to the Montague Manor...

Romeo sat in a large, grand, red armchair which garnished the front sitting room of his home. He had his hand resting on his chin, and his handsome brown eyes were staring at the dark wood floor across the room.

He pondered how he should find any way to let his love know how he felt. He sat there for two whole minutes with the sound of the kitchen staff bustling about in the dining room just down the hallway (it was nearly five).

Ben entered the room, knocking on the grand while wall on the hallway.
"Mind if I join you?" He inquired humbly.
"Yes of course..." Was Romeo's reply, trailing off, "How do you do it Ben?"

Ben day in a similar armchair adjacent to Romeo's. He stared confused at Romeo. Tilting his head to the side, he said, "How do I do what? I don't understand."

Romeo shook his head with a chuckle. "How do you manage to get the girl? You ask any girl, and she is yours for the evening, or in some cases, a few months! Help me, please!"

Ben sat up tall, and leaning back, he crossed his right leg over his left. A bewildered look crawled into his face.
"Well-I-uh-" he stammered just as the doorbell chimed.

Ben jumped up to answer it, still studying Romeo's question in his mind.

Pulling the large door open, he was greeted by a servant. He was unsure whose servant it was, but he opened the door wider gesturing that the man could come in. 

"Hi, I'm Tommy, I have a letter for you, and all the eligible bachelors in the city." He panted heavily, as if he had run to the manor.

Pulling the letter out of its envelope, he began to read it, slowing down his breathing, and reducing the pant in his voice,
"A party is being held at the manor of Capulet on Saturday, March the twenty-second, in the honor of Juliet Capulet. All eligible bachelors are invited to come meet and mingle with Juliet, in order for her to start dating more. We wish that you would come, going from six o'clock until Juliet sends the guests home. We wish to invite you. Best of luck"

And with that, he said thank you, and started to leave.

"Wait! Tommy! Did you say that letter is from the Capulets?" Questioned Romeo.
"Why indeed it is. Why do you ask?" Replied Tommy, with uneasiness in his voice, "Wait, this isn't the Montague manor, is it? Because if it is...."

Romeo and Ben shared a knowing glance with each other, and at the same time exclaimed, "No! Of course not! What a silly question!"

Romeo, guiding Tommy out the door, said, "Have a lovely day! Bye bye now!"

The door closed with a thud. Romeo and Ben stared at each other for a moment, then, they bursted out in laughter.

With eyes tearing of hilarity, Ben wheezed, "you are so totally going to that party! That guy is an idiot!"

Doubling over replied Romeo, laughing, "of course I'm going! Oh, this is exactly what I need!"

After another few minutes of laughing, they finally calmed down.

Sighing with a chuckle, Romeo picked up the letter.
"Saturday the twenty-second, huh? Well, that's my only chance Ben, I've got to go. Will you cover for me? It's in three days when I'm supposed to be at music lessons. Six to eight. Call the woman and tell her I'm terribly ill. I'll for sure pay you back, I promise!"

Rolling his eyes, he let out an exasperated sigh. "I have to do it, don't I?"

Romeo smiled, showing all his teeth, and nodded really fast. "Please? Pretty pretty please with a cherry and sprinkles on top?"

Ben laughed and shook his head in disbelief. "I suppose so. But boy, we have got to get you a new outfit. One can only wear the same rose gold watch twice." He said with a wink opening the garage door and pulling Romeo in.

The garage could've easily fit a typical one story suburban home inside. It was huge! There were large windows stretching across the walls, showing the great view of the beautiful Verona outside. The city lights sparkled across the magnificent river flowing through the city.

Within the garage was no less wonderful. At least twenty of the most expensive cars lined every nearly painted parking space of the garage. There were cars of red, blue, silver, black, white, green, yellow, and even pink and purple. The wall just to the left of the door they had just entered from had twenty-five hooks with twenty-five keys for twenty-five cars.

"Now, my dear cousin," Ben said with a hint of delighted air about his voice, "which of your children should we take?" With a mischievous smile, he plucked the keys off the hook labeled Hummer, and held them out to Romeo.

"Feel like driving?" Ben asked.

"As always!" Romeo shouted grabbing the keys out of Ben's hand, and dashing over to the gorgeous black hummer at the front of the garage.

Unlocking the car, he jumped in the drivers seat, motioning for Ben to get in.

Ben obeyed, running over to the car, he pulled open the passenger door and hopped in.

Smiling at his cousin, he opened the garage door, they pulled out, and closed the garage door.

Ben was getting bored after two minutes of quiet, so he turned on the radio, pumping up the bass.

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After fifteen minutes of driving, they pulled into the mall parking lot to the seemingly reserved parking space closest to the North entrance.

Getting out of the Hummer, they entered the mall (yes, the one previously brawled in) and went to the nearest Rolex store. After all, one can only wear the same rose gold watch twice.

Guys, thank you so much for reading! I am on another writing spree, so expect probably two chapters by Sunday! Since it's based off the original book by Shakespeare, it's hard to not have material to write about. Anyway, if you guys have suggestions of what I can put in some of my chapters, for sure write them in the comments! I am open to any advice if you have it! Thanks again for reading!!

ALSO, if I make grammatical errors, feel free to tell me! I am accepting advice, remember? So please feel free!