Romeo and Juliet • h.s

Chapter 1

Nina

The bright light of the sun reflected the windows of my room as my eyes scanned The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt, finishing the last few pages I had left. Finishing a book was always a good feeling, especially when it was a good book.

A loud thud echoed through the room as Cara barged into my room.

"Nina! Omigosh! Guess what?" Cara jumped excitedly on my crimson covered bed. I literally fixed my bedsheets and it took her about three seconds to ruin the entire thing.

"God Cara! What?" I said as she sat up straight.

"The university decided to have a camping trip, and every sophomore is invited! Do you know what this means? There will be so many guys to choose from!" Cara wiggled her eyebrows and winked.

"First of all, I'm engaged, second of all, I'm not looking forward to meeting any guy so they're all yours."

"Nina, Dylan has an affair even when he's emgaged, why can't you?"

Let me tell you a little bit about my not-so-lovely love life. It's unfortunate, but a long time ago, my family were close friends with Dylan's family, and Dylan and I were best friends. My family has a history of arranged marriages, and I was forced to marry Dylan. I couldn't let my parents down, so I agreed. Dylan was a nice guy, but he had a girlfriend, and he was totally crazy about her, so I let him stay with her. I didn't really care about a love life or a future with someone.

"Because I don't want to. Dylan loves her, and I let him be with her because he loved her before we got engaged. Admit it, it's pretty bogus when you have to marry someone else while you're in love."

She nodded, "Why are you so nice?" She put her hands on my shoulder. I shrugged, "I don't even know."

"Ok fine, but dude, I got the list of who's going." she extended out a paper.

My eyebrows narrowed, "How the hell did you get that?"

She giggled, "I stole it from the counselor's desk." I chuckled, this was typical Cara. "Let me see." I grabbed the paper and scanned the list.

Alexander Allison
Amell Burns
Jasmine Brown
Carter Collin
Gracie Collin...

"Dude I hate Gracie." I rolled my eyes. She pushed me down a wet slide in the third grade and everybody laughed at me for the next few years. I was known as "Wetpants".

Niall Horan
Matt Howards
Anna Hoffman
Chad Homes...

"Niall? He's going?" I asked. Cara smiled, "Yeah, I'm excited to see him. I laughed, "Course you are."

Daniela Merino
Samantha McBride
Zayn Malik...

Zayn. Malik.

God help me.

A lot of people I knew were going. But there were some people I did not like at all.

Nathan Snow
Reed Spencer
Taylor Springer
Tom Sproat

My eyes stopped on one specific name. My throat was itchy, and I felt anxious. It was name which my entire family hated.

Harry Styles.

"Cara." I said, not looking away from the paper.

"Mhm?"

"Harry Styles is going." Her eyes widened, "Harry Styles? The Harry Styles?" I nodded, throwing the paper. "Shit. How did I not see his name?"

I nodded. Looks like I'm not going. "I don't really wanna go anymore, Cara."

"Hey, we don't have to tell your parents he's going. They won't let you go, hell they're gonna make you move to another University if they find out."

She had a point, I don't have to tell them who's going, and besides, I wanna see who this Harry Styles guy looks like, I have never seen him in school.

"Yeah, you're right. I just hope they say yes."

"They will, you just gotta give them your best puppy dog eyes." She smiled, making me laugh.

We all hated the Styles family. They were like our mortal enemies. Dad hates them, mom is indifferent about them, and I have never seen them. My dad tells me they are a bunch of snakes, and that I shouldn't fall for their tricks if I were to ever see one. Dad said if he had a chance, he would shoot them with his hunting gun, but that's too brutal.

I just wanna see who Harry Styles is, and I have to admit, I was excited.
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