Romeo & Juliett: A Forbidden Love Story

Romeo & Juliett: A Forbidden Love Story: Ch. 3 - Edited.

Juliett's POV:

Recap:

When we were about to go into the last room - thank God! - the library, I felt someone grab a hold of my elbow and slap a hand over my mouth, and pull me away from Mr. and Mrs. Rogers. Whoever had grabbed me immediately let go of me after they pulled me into one of the bedrooms that we had passed by one our lovely little tour.

Sometime during that little fright, I had squeezed my eyes shut tight. When I felt their hands come off me, I opened them back up and came face to face with a pair of forest green eyes. I looked up and saw tanned skin and wavy chocolate brown hair. I lowered my gaze and my eyes fell upon a pair of cute pink lips that were smiling down at me.

"R-Romeo?" I asked aloud.

He didn't say anything and just continued to smile back at me.

Now:

For a few seconds which we spent breathing, he just stared at me with that sweet grin on his face. Finally, he opened his mouth and in a light voice said, "Guess again."

I blinked, staring back at him confused. I shifted my weight and finally understood; Mr. and Mrs. Rogers had three kids - all sons.

"Randy?" I tried again.

"You're getting warmer." he sang.

The corners of my mouth started to lift up; I only had one more guess left.

"Riley?" I couldn't help feeling hopeful.

"Third time's the charm, you got it!" he exclaimed. "Come here, babe!" he spread his arms out for me.

"Oh, Riley, I've missed you so much!" I jumped into his open arms and wrapped my own tightly around his neck.

"I know, me too!" he wrapped his arms around my waist and literally picked me off the ground.

As I moved my head back to look at him, I realized that he had almost the exact same features as Romeo, which was probably why I had assumed it was Romeo at first. Riley was the youngest of the three of them, Romeo being the middle child, and Randy the oldest.

Riley was more like an older brother to me than a neighbor. He was always there ready to defend and protect me against the other kids, the mean kids, kids like Romeo. I could feel my face wilting as I began to remember those times we had together.

"Aw, why the long face?" Riley noticed, lifting up my chin with his forefinger.

"It's just...been so long." I told him.

"I know, but hey, don't sweat it, you'll fit right in here. And now this time you won't have to ever worry about leaving us again, because you're staying forever!"

The smile returned to my face and I hugged Riley tighter.

"I see you two have already met." I heard a familiar voice say behind us.

Riley put me back down on the ground and I turned around to find Mr. and Mrs. Rogers standing by the door. I tried my best to mask the happiness lighting up my face, but it was pretty hard to see past that.

"We'll let you two catch up then," Mr. Rogers said lightly, giving us a smile. "If you need anything, just ask the maids."

"Or if you need us, I'll be in my room and Mr. Rogers will be in his office." Mrs. Rogers added.

I nodded my head and they walked away. I looked back over to Riley who still had that huge grin plastered over his face.

"So, Juliett." Riley spoke up again.