Romeo and Romeo?

The Break Up to End All Break Ups.

Newt walked up to Thomas' room and knocked on the door. Thomas answered then looked at Newt, and walked back into his room. Newt followed.

Thomas sat in his desk chair and spun around.

Newt stood in the middle of the room holding the letter from ASU. "I'm sorry I didn't tell. I was going to tell you eventually. I just- I didn't want to ruin us."

"Ruin us. You leaving early wouldn't ruin us. You not telling me, ruined us."

Newt's eyes swelled with water, "Tommy...You got in."

Thomas stood up and took the envelope, then smiled when he read the letter. "I did."

Newt nodded, "I'm sorry. I should have told you."

"You didn't though."

Newt bit his lip, "I know, I'm sorry."

Thomas used everything inside of him not to cry, "I can't just have you disappear in four months, with no preparation. I can't move you out of my house after four months, that's so much time together, then you just disappear. I can't do that."

Newt didn't say anything.

Thomas shook his head, "I just can't and I can't look at you, knowing your gonna leave."

"What are you saying?"

Thomas shrugged, "I'm saying we aren't gonna work out."

Newt became sad, depressed, and a little angry, "Fine! We're done then, I'll move back in with my parents and you won't have to see me again."

Newt stormed out of the room and slammed Thomas' door. Thomas kicked his desk then screamed into his pillow. 

Newt went to his own room and shoved his stuff in suitcases, only the stuff he brought when he moved in. He zipped the cases shut then drug them downstairs. Harriet, Zart, Chuck and Brenda were still downstairs.

Brenda looked at Newt, "What happened?"

Newt grabbed his car keys, "We're done, I'm moving out."

Everyone froze. Newt continued walking out the door, he threw his suit cases in his car, then got in himself. Newt drove back to his parents house and knocked on the door.

Mrs. Collins answered her front door and saw her son standing there with his suitcases, "Newton, what happened?"

Newt walked into the house, "Thomas and I broke up, and I'm moving back in."

Lizzy was standing on the staircase, "Newt."

Newt walked passed her, "I still haven't forgiven you." 

Mrs. Collins followed her son, "Wait, Newt what happened?"

She followed Newt to his room, Newt was putting all of his stuff back, he told her everything that happened at she didn't know what to say.

She just left Newt to putting his things back. 

Brenda walked into Thomas' room, "Hey sweetie, how are you doing?"

Thomas looked at Brenda, she was standing the doorway, "How do you think I'm Brenda, I just broke up with the man I love, so you tell me."

Brenda sat next to Thomas, "I'm sorry."

Thomas sighed and placed his head on Brenda's shoulder. He started to cry and Brenda just stayed holding Thomas, comforting him. 

Thomas felt bad for himself, then he felt bad for Newt. Thomas loved Newt, and Newt loved Thomas, but now they were going to college, and they'd be over two thousand miles apart. However, Thomas and Newt were already broken up now, and Newt was gone. 

The next day, everyone was back at school. Ms. Paige had chosen the play for Spring, the play was called The Pride, written by Alexi Kaye Campbell. Thomas found this aggravating, and Newt hated the idea. Ms. Paige was now gonna have them act in a play together, when they're not together anymore, but both the boys were drawn to each other like a magnetic and a nail. However, they still didn't say a single word to each other, they didn't even look at each other when the others gaze was on them. Newt had tried to get his mind off Thomas by talking to other people. With Thomas and Newt being broken up, Newt stopped talking to Brenda, Harriet, Zart, and even Chuck. Newt was welcomed by other groups of the school, everyone was more accepting after Thomas came out himself. 

Thomas noticed that Newt branched himself away from everyone he used to talk too, but he didn't say anything. 

Ms. Paige moved her class into the theater, "I am handing out scripts. They have you names and parts written on the cover. Read them. Memorize them. Perfect them. Thomas you will be playing Phillip and Newt you will be our Oliver. Brenda will be Sylvia. Alby, our doctor. Chuck will be the man. Minho will play Peter. The rest of you will work on the stage, with settings and lighting's, et cetera."

Everyone who received scripts flipped through theirs looking at their lines. 

Ms. Paige put her hand up, "I know in the script it reads one man will play the doctor, the man and peter, but we're going to have three different boys play the three parts. Just to clear that up."

Everyone nodded.

"All right, Thomas and Newt let's get you two on the stage here and read off the script."

Thomas and Newt slowly walked up to the stage, everyone was on the edge of their seats. They all knew they had broken up and they were waiting for what would happen next especially Teresa. 

Thomas and Newt stood across from each other. 

Newt cleared his throat lightly and looked down, "Phillip."

"Oliver."

Newt looked away from everyone, "Yes."

Thomas grew awkward on stage, "At last."

"Yes."

"I've heard so many things."

Newt smiled, "Have you?"

"So many things about you."

Newt tensed up. "Gosh."

Thomas spoke as if he was numb like his mother, "All good."

"That's a relief."

They continued line through act one, Brenda joined them on stage for her part. They stopped reciting one the bell rang. 

Ms. Paige stopped Newt and Thomas before they left, she put her hands on their chests. "I don't know what was going on up there, but it's dead. I can't feel any emotion up there. Fix it."

She sent them on their way. 

Thomas and Newt walked away from each other and darted down the hallway.

Newt was holding his stuff tightly against his chest then he was knocked to the ground. His stuff scattered around the ground and everyone in the hallway stopped. Newt looked up. Minho stood over him. 

Minho smirked, "In case you didn't notice, but you're...uh...on the ground."

Behind Minho stood Teresa, Winston, Alby, and Jeff. Newt was terrified for his life. Minho was about to start swinging at Newt, right before Minho's fist hit Newt's face something blocked it. Then Thomas was there, he threw himself in front of Newt and took Minho's fist to his face. 

Minho laughed lightly, "Fine, you wanna do that, meet us at the park at seven. Tonight."

Then Minho, Teresa, Alby, Winston and Jeff walked away.

Thomas looked at Newt, "It's okay," He said, wrapping his arms around Newt as he shook with terror. "It's over now."

Newt shook his head, "No it's not. It hasn't even begun."