When Romeo Hates Juliet

13: She Knows

~HOPE~

When I lurked inside Rome's room, I realized that he was outside on his balcony. He was playing guitar and singing. I went deeper and began to peek through his window. Just like I thought, Lisa was there too, listening to him from her balcony.

Rome's voice was so beautiful, singing 'true colors' for his friend. He once told me that he wanted to join the glee club, but he was too shy to even show off in front of people. When he decided to join the drama club, which I used all my energy to courage him up, he only wanted a minor role. I forced him to take the Romeo's role and he could do it so well, though I was a little bit regret Lisa used that play to explore his lips.

And seeing the two of them, they surely can be a very cute couple. What are you thinking, Hope? The best couple can only be you and Rome, I talked to myself. I shook my head fast to erase my thinking about their cuteness from my head.

When the song was over, I decided to sit on Rome's bed. I was so tired and I began to lay down on it. The comfort made me yawn. I sniffed on Rome's quilt and pillow, enjoying his scent. I realize that I am really a pervert. Without being aware, I slowly fell to sleep, dreaming about making out to Rome until I realized he was in front of me to wake me up.

He smiled, and I am never bored to see that, "Hey, since when have you been here?" he asked.

I pulled his body, made him hovering on me. He  startled when he fell and blushed in a total red. I took off his glasses, touched his soft cheek and enjoying the beauty of his face. "I love you, Rome," I whispered.

"I love you too, Sister," he replied, and I didn't care what actually the reply meant to be. He chuckled, "Hope, are you still dreaming?"

I wasn't dreaming at all. I grabbed his back neck and pulled his face into mine. I pulled it closer until his lips pressed to mine. It was the amazing three seconds until he finally pulled away.

"Hope, my mom might come to check on me," he warned me, feeling a little bit worried.

I pressed his body so he fell next to me and I buried my face into his neck, hugging him tightly, "Rome, let me sleep with you, okay?" I pleaded.

He sighed and gave up on me, "Just don't do anything dirty on me, okay?"

I chuckled, "Promise," I said and hugged him even tighter. The night was fun. When I was sure that he already fell asleep, I stole two or three pecks on his cheek and went back to sleep before he realized and got angry with me.

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I woke up happily in the morning when I saw Rome laying next to me. I imagined him to be my future husband and I would be the happiest woman in the world. Dad took both of us to school with his car and I was glad Lily didn't force Kat to come along with me.

Kat and I never like to be in the same car. So being together is a disaster to us. If we really had to, we just didn't want to sit next to each other. But the most annoying thing is Dad really likes to talk about Lisa with Rome. He didn't stop telling him to get together with Lisa. I really wanted to say to him that Rome is mine.

I pouted for almost whole classes because Dad ruined my sweet morning, until school time was over. Dorothy reminded me of our cheerleading training after school, so we quickly went to the field to meet Ms. Charity, our coach, on time before she was mad at me. As the leader of the cheerleader team, she always reminds me to be a responsible person. I actually like her. She is caring and lovable, but she is quite strict about time and discipline.

We trained along with the football squad. Those jocks winked at me when they ran passing through us. Ms. Charity blew the whistle and telling us not to be distracted by the boys. Next week, our football team will have a friendly match with another school, so we and them will train hard for the whole week.