Roman & Julian

Scene Two

Roman goes to fetch Julian in the morning. Today is the today, the two will meet with Lawrence then head down to the beach. The families were sent invites the previous evening and all plan to attend. The families are in a high time of stress after yesterday's events.

Julian meets Roman outside the gate, "Good morning dear," Roman greets Julian with a kiss.

"Good morning."

"You ready?"

"As I'll ever be."

Several hours later, there is a large crowd of Mondays and Caps on the beach. Neither group mingling or interacting of any kind. Not even Ben and Tim are near each other. Lawrence appears on the small stage in front of the two groups.

"Hello, Mondays and Caps," she begins, "I'm sure you are all very concern as to why I called you all here and well," several rainbow banners unfurl behind her, "I'm going to let these lovely gentlemen explain more."

Roman and Julian enter from the wings on opposite sides of the stage, murmurs can be heard through the entire audience. They stop next to each other on the stage and hold hands not only as a sign of their relationship, but also to support each other from the pressure and judgements they are both receiving.

Roman is the first to speak, "Um, hi. I'm pretty sure most, if not all of you know me, but my name is Roman Monday, son of Lord and Lady Monday."

Roman looks to Julian, "And I am Julian Cap, son of Lord and Lady Cap." Julian takes a deep breath, "And Roman and I here are in a relationship, we love each other dearly and would really appreciate it if you all were supportive of us."

Silence fell over the crowd, no one knew what to do, Roman took this as his opportunity. Behind Julian he got down on one knee. Julian, feeling the loss of Romans hand from his turns to see what Roman is doing. There is a very loud squeal heard, it was from Nine.

"Julian Cap," Roman begins, "from the moment I first met you, I was completely entranced by you. And with more time I spent with you, the more my love for you grows each day."

At this point Both Lords and Ladies are storming up to the stage.

"So, I am asking you, Julian, will you marry me?"

Julian is silent for a moment, in shock, "Yes."

Roman puts a simple gold band with a single small emerald, to match Julians eyes, embedded in it, on Julians ring finger.

Both Lords and Ladies reached the stage just after Julian accepted Romans proposal.

"Roman! Are you crazy?!" exclaims Lady Monday.

"Yes, Julian. You know I love you dear, but Roman? And so soon? This is a very rash decision." says Lady Cap.

"I for one will not stand for this," says Lord Cap, "Tomorrow, you, Julian will be enrolled in a boarding school. Far away from, him," Lord Cap gestures to Roman.

"But Father..." Julian protests.

"No buts. I will not allow you to ruin your chances with Priscilla." Lord Cap turns to Roman, "I knew you were trouble when I first met you. Stay away from my son or you will be sorry."

Lord Cap turns to leave, "Julian. Come." Julian reluctantly follows his parents and he leaves with the rest of his family.

Back at the Cap Manor, Julian is packing while fighting back the tears. He can't believe that he must leave in the morning. He is going to a boarding school in Maine. Maine is very far away from San Francisco. Julian looks around his slowly emptying room, he opens the drawer under his nightstand and pulls out a photo frame, the photo inside of him and Roman on their first date. He feels the tears starting again, he bring the photo close to his chest as the tears begin to spill over.

As he is calming down from another wave of tears, Julian hears a tap on the glass door to his balcony. There he sees Roman, Julian opens the door and is immediately brought into a comforting hug. "Hey, I have a crazy spontaneous idea."

"Hm?" Julian inquires.

"What if, you and I, got married right now. Like tonight. We could go talk to Jen and we could work something out."

Julian looks away, "I don't know Roman..."

Roman grabs Julians hands, "I know we haven't been together a long time, but I can't imagine my life without you. I can't imagine you leaving without knowing that you will come back to me. We have no idea what will be coming for the rest of our lives, but I know that I want you to be there by my side through it all and I want to be there for you."

Julian smiles, tears of joy now coming out,

"Yes, let's do it."