Who Needs Romeo?

Chapter Four

Romeo's P.O.V.

The details of how I ended up in the hospital were still foggy to me. Actually that's not true. I honestly can't remember anything from that day after I overdosed on my prescription anti-anxiety medicine. I could fill in the blanks though... It involved a suicide attempt. I've tried to kill myself so many times. It's never worked though. I still think God loves everyone.y but me. After all everything happens for a reason. So maybe me moving in with "Aunty Stella" and Steve was a good thing. It's just unlikely. Vivian seems sweet though. Even The Ice Princess of Great Britain (my nickname for Juliet) seemed to soften when she was talking to little Vivian. It was actually kinda cute. Not that Juliet was cute... She was far from it. Yeah keep telling yourself that Romeo. Great now I'm talking to myself. God I'm such a loser. Crap now I'm doing it again. What is my problem? Maybe I have some mental disorder. Juliet probably has a personality disorder. Maybe she's bipolar. When she was talking to her aunt, uncle, and me she was all "I'm THE one and only Ice Princess, FEAR ME YOU LOWLY PEASANTS" but with Vivian she was all peppy and happy. Like a kindergarten teacher or a cheerleader. It was almost sickening.

Speak of the Devil and he shall appear I thought sarcastically.

Well actually in this case the Devil is a she but whatever you get the point. At least I'm assuming Juliet is a girl. I can't be possitive, maybe she's a he-she. There is no way I'm checking though...

"Romeo, Romeo? Oh wherefore art thou, Romeo?" Juliet sang out loudly. She had a really nice voice but it's annoying she has to make a Shakespeare reference. Two can play this game though.

"I take thee at thy word. Call me but love, and I'll be new baptized.

Henceforth I never will be Romeo." I finished dramatically. Sure maybe I was a little to dramatic but what's wrong with that? Something about it seemed to make Juliet the Ice Princess annoyed.

"Yeah. Okay. Whatever. You need to fill this paperwork out before you're discharged." she sounded completely impassive. It was kind of scary but whatever. When I made no move to grab the clipboard she held in her hand that blank expression changed to an aggravated one. Instead of being polite at all she took the clipboard and shoved it into my chest. Wow, someone teach this girl over here some manners. She is in desperate need of a manners tutor. Any takers? No one? What if I offered you $100 an hour? Still no? Okay I guess I could understand why though. I don't think The Ice Princess would exactly be a star student. She might be in the top 5 though. If you looked at your rankings sheet upside down....

Okay. I. Need. To. Focus..... And take my anti-anxiety prescription. Hospitals put me on edge. Considering I had been in the Intensive Care Ward there is a large chance people died in the bed I previously sat in.

Eventually I finished my paperwork after answering way to many personal questions. I noticed Juliet still wasn't finished though. The question she was stuck on was 'Do you feel threatened by your guardians?' feeling the need to distract her mind from what I was assuming was a touchy subject I made a song reference. I doubt she would understand it though.

"Check yes, Juliet," I sang lightly so only she would hear me. Her lips twitched slightly despite herself. It was an improvement from before though.

"Are you with me? Rain is falling down on the sidewalk. I won't go until you come outside. Check yes Juliet!" she sang loud and clear. People gave her astonished looks. Yes, her voice was that good.

I was just surprised to say the least.

" You listen to We the Kings?"

"No I just randomly said all that. Yes, I listen to We the Kings. Got a problem with that."

Wow this girl is full of surprises. I figured she would listen to mainstream music. Like One Direction or Taylor Swift. Not the type of music I listen to. instead of giving her a response I just mumble a hasty 'whatever' and walk away. Juliet may have an amazing voice and good taste in music but she was still a jerk. All she has done is snap at me, complain, and whine. It's like a cycle. Snap, complain, whine, and repeat. I don't understand why she's so bitter. I bet the worst thing that's ever happened to her is our current issue. The one that's actually bothering me too. Moving to Canada.

Juliet's P.O.V

Who does he think he is. The king?of Monaco? The Pope? He's not even close though. A peasant is more like it. Not saying I'm a queen or anything but at least I am not rude to random strangers..... Most of the time... Okay, I wasn't really polite when I met Romeo were the odds his name was really Romeo? Besides he mocked my accent. Which was physically painful to listen too. I'm a little offended... Everyone with a British accent would be. He sounded like a drunk, English goat. A quiet chuckle escaped my lips when I pictured Romeo as a fawn, half goat half human. That would be so funny! I didn't realize I was smiling until Romeo shot me a look. I almost told him what had caused me so much amusement but I remembered I was supposed to be angry at him. The whole 'Check yes, Juliet' thing made me really upset. Why couldn't I listen to We the Kings? Just because I'm from England, York to be specifically, doesn't mean I have to listen to One Direction. They were a bunch of girly wimps with no taste in music. I mean no offense to any stalkerish fans but they aren't even cute or hot. All Time Low on the other hand.... they're an idol. Not trying to sound obsessed or anything... But they're just sooo amazing. Yes, surprising but I don't actually hate everything. Just annoying jerks named Romeo. And British boy-bands. And hospitals. And beans. Okay... I guess I hate a lot of things. But truly I love a lot too. Like boys with eyes the color green that looks like a leaf with the light filtering through it. And with black hair that reflected blue under the light. Just like Romeo-.... Did I seriously just think that? It was true though, Romeo was attractive. Rather I like to admit that or not. If only he had a better personality... And didn't sound like a drunk British goat.

"Juwiet can you play eye-spy wif me? Pwease?" Viv asks me giving me an adorable puppy dog face. Aww, how could I say no when she was so cute?

That began the long trip back to Aunty Stella's home. While I was in the hospital someone packed my stuff up in boxes and shipped it to my 'new home' up in Canada. This was crazy. I'm moving to Canada. Impossible.

"I spy with my little eye something green." Vivian smiled at me.

I sighed "Is it grass?" this is the only thing she ever spies. Grass. we're on a toll road so you couldn't even see any grass. But Viv didn't seen to care.

"How'd you know?" she asked looking very puzzled.

"I'm just really smart. Hey Viv? I'm gonna take a nap, okay?"

She pouted but shook her head yes. Taking out my iPod touch, Aunty Stella gave me at Christmas last year, I pressed shuffle and put my earbuds in. The last thing I heard before falling asleep was 'Perfect' by Simple Plan.

"Hey dad look at me

Think back and talk to me

Did I grow up according to plan?"

Author's Note

Obviously I do not own any music used in this chapter or at any point in the story. As cool as it would be to someone like Christopher Drew or Cameron Leahy, I'm not.