I laughed quietly, unable to stifle it. “God, I feel… incredible.” I leaned forward, resting my forehead against hers. “I think I could fly, Juliet. If you weren’t holding me, I’d probably leap right off the balcony.” I panted, still exhilarated from our kiss.
“Please don’t,” I told him, words slurring together slightly. My mouth was still numb from the heat of the kiss, tongue laden with the taste of the boy underneath me.
“But—Yeah. I—I know how you feel.” I now ran a finger lightly down his nose, which was slightly crooked, perhaps from some sort of previous breakage. “You—You’re a good kisser.”
My eyes fluttered shut, allowing Juliet to trace my facial features. Even her gentle touch left my head reeling. “You’re incredible… I may have said that already, I don’t know if it was out loud or not.” I replied smiling softly. “Whatever you’re doing to my face feels really good.” I mumbled, my heart skipping in my chest as my cheeks blazed red.
I pulled my hands from his warm skin and stared at them for a moment, swallowing a lump in my throat. “I can’t believe I just did that….” I murmured, more to myself than to Romeo. “I can’t believe we just did that…”
And, as it always did, my traitorous mind went into overdrive, mapping out every single way this could go wrong for me to see.
My eyes opened and were immediately met with distress on Juliet’s face. “Hey, Juliet? Focus. No one needs to know. I’ll leave whenever you want. This is our little secret okay?”
The last of the residual euphoria ebbed away, leaving me with a crushing load of stress and fear. “Shit.” I pushed my hands into my hair, eyes darting wildly around the nighttime scene.
Our little secret…
I wanted desperately to nod, to agree, to sink into his embrace and leave the rest of the world behind. But I couldn’t do that—especially not to him.
“I—Romeo—“ I didn’t dare meet his gaze. “There’s something I haven’t told you. I—My dad’s marrying me off. As soon as I graduate.”
“What?” I whispered, my eyes widening in surprise. It was as if the air had been sucked out of my lungs, leaving my speechless. I knew we couldn’t be together. Now now at least. But there had always been that small sliver of hope, that maybe one day…
I pulled my hands from my hair and pressed them against my mouth, squeezing my eyes shut as tears began to slip down my cheeks, “I’m sorry,” I whispered through my fingers, a muffled sob escaping my mouth. “Don’t—Don’t leave me—Please—“
“I’m not going anywhere. It’s okay, Juliet. I promise.” I wiped the tears off Juliet’s cheeks with my thumb. “I’m always going to be here. Even if that means a dramatic love affair like some shitty soap opera.”
I inhaled sharply, blinking rapidly to dispel my stupid tears. “But—You were going to—You were going to run away.” Oh, how I hated myself for reminding him. How I hated myself for being weak enough to tell him about Paris. I was a spineless coward, and I knew it, but somehow…. he still wanted me. And, as I’d learned roughly five minutes ago, I wanted him too.
“That was before you told me to kiss you and I admitted to being in love with you. Unless I daydreamed that, which is totally possible.” I joked weakly, smiling at Juliet.
“But it’s not fair for me to—to keep you here…” I whispered, still not daring to meet his devastatingly beautiful eyes. “To tie you down… it would be so selfish of me… You don’t want to get out while you can?”
“I was going to leave because I had nothing left. Juliet, you’ve given something to care about again.” I grabbed her hand, squeezing it. “I wouldn’t regret a single moment if I stayed for you.”
(RUN AWAY TOGETHER SIIAEHJWIWJWN)
“I don’t deserve you.” Those four, weighted words tumbled from my mouth. “I knew you had feelings for me, and I manipulated you, I’ve been trying to physically and mentally hurt you for years—and a few days ago—when we were in the office with your parents— I just left you there. I ran with Marina and left you there.”
(RUN AWAY TOGETHER SIIAEHJWIWJWN)
glances anxiously down at the original script or Romeo and Juliet
(RUN AWAY TOGETHER SIIAEHJWIWJWN)
glances anxiously down at the original script or Romeo and Juliet
OH COME ON DON’T YOU DARE.
(RUN AWAY TOGETHER SIIAEHJWIWJWN)
glances anxiously down at the original script or Romeo and Juliet
OH COME ON DON’T YOU DARE.
We haven’t decided yet, I don’t think, but 🤷♀️
(RUN AWAY TOGETHER SIIAEHJWIWJWN)
glances anxiously down at the original script or Romeo and Juliet
OH COME ON DON’T YOU DARE.
We haven’t decided yet, I don’t think, but 🤷♀️
NO.
(It’s a surprise….. we’ll see 🤷♀️)
(RUN AWAY TOGETHER SIIAEHJWIWJWN)
glances anxiously down at the original script or Romeo and Juliet
OH COME ON DON’T YOU DARE.
We haven’t decided yet, I don’t think, but 🤷♀️
NO.
HECK. NO.
We’ll see…😈))
“I don’t deserve you.” Those four, weighted words tumbled from my mouth. “I knew you had feelings for me, and I manipulated you, I’ve been trying to physically and mentally hurt you for years—and a few days ago—when we were in the office with your parents— I just left you there. I ran with Marina and left you there.”
“You’ve been doing what you had to. You were surviving. My father did awful things to your family, and he still wants to. You needed to run. I’ll always have Mercutio to look out for me too. I’m not alone, Juliet.” I explained softly.
I nodded slowly, eyes puffy and lined with red. Although I still held he strong opinion that I couldn’t ever hope to deserve him, I accepted his statement like a coward, all of a sudden too tired to argue.
“Mi dio, I’m a mess….” I murmured, finally angling my head down to rest my forehead against his. “Would it…. would it be too much to ask for you to kiss me again?”
(I think I’m going to sleep now… sorry guys, I can barely keep my eyes open
Gnight!)
((Goodnight Topaz!))
“Absolutely not.” I closed my eyes for a moment, trying to keep this moment trapped in my head forever. “I’ll kiss you as much as you want me to.”
(G’morning)
Slowly, I cupped his cheeks in my jaw and angled his face towards mine again. My pounding heart skipped a beat, causing whatever confidence I had left to slip away, which left me with my eyes fixed to his lips, my body frozen in place.
It took me a few moments, but before long, I was leaning in again, pushing my mouth softly against his in a tender, much less urgent kiss.
I melted like butter as soon as Juliet’s hands touched my face. This kiss was slower and far more gentle. I traced her spine with my hand, gliding it across the back of her shirt.
I tried my best to focus on what was going on, but it didn’t take long for the blazing warmth and affection to overcome any sense of reality I had.
((Good morning!))
(How’re you?)
I leaned down further into the kiss, molding our mouths together, gently prompting his open with mine. Shivers raced down my spine, his caress following their path down to my waist. My nerves pooled in my stomach, giving my head space to think, to plan, to ease my all into the kiss instead of hungrily devouring him.
((Good! I’m going to be gone for a bit from 11-hopefully only 12 but Idk yet))
“Juliet…” I murmured her name into the kiss, rolling it off the tongue like a wave crashing ashore. I was lost in the moment, everything mister over by a lovesick haze.