Shakespeare High School

Shakespeare High School is a good place to go to school. You make a lot of friends there. Sometimes you meet people and you want to be more than friends. This was the case with a senior boy names Romeo, and a junior girl named Juliet. As soon as Romeo laid eyes on Juliet, he knew that she was the girl for him, and he thought she was extremely gorgeous. Juliet was oblivious to guys though, guys would drool over her and she wouldn't notice. Every guy wanted to be with her. She didn't care much, she concentrated mostly on school work, and her friends. One of them being her best friend, Beatrice. Juliet never talked to Romeo before, she knew who he was, but never had a conversation with him. She saw him around school, usually with his best friend Benedick. They were the show offs, being the biggest flirts of all, messing with every girls mind. They were the kind of guys Juliet would roll her eyes at as they walked by making dumb remarks.

One day in lunch, Romeo decided to make his move. He saw Juliet sitting in the corner, he walked over and sat down. She didn't know how to react.

“What are you doing?” Juliet asked him,

“Mind if I sit with you today?” Romeo answered.

“Sure? I guess.” Juliet replied.

They talked the whole lunch period, and Juliet realized he wasn't the hot-dog she thought he was. To her, he actually had a great personality and he was great to talk to. Before Romeo left he got Juliet's number and texted her the next day. They decided to sit together once again, learning a lot more about each other. Romeo asked Juliet if she wanted to go to the movies that weekend with him. She said yes, but if she went she would have to bring her friend Beatrice. Romeo thought that was perfect because he could bring his friend Benedick.

“Is that the kid your always around?” Juliet asked him.

“Yeah, he's my best friend.” Romeo answered.

“Well, I don't think that will work too good, Beatrice isn't a big fan of him.” Said Juliet.

“We'll make it work.” Said Romeo, smiling with excitement.

They proceeded with that exact plan that weekend, and everything went just like Juliet had said. Beatrice and Benedick barely talked. When they did it was just making fun of each other, or talking about how much they both didn't want to be there. When they were in the movie they wouldn't even look at each other, and the whole car ride there they were just texting other people and not talking to each other. It was extremely awkward. But not for Romeo and Juliet. They had fun, just like they had planned. The next night Beatrice was sleeping at Juliet's house and they had a long talk about it all.

“How could you like someone like him? Those are the kind of guys we laughed at.” Beatrice asked Juliet.

She watched her sit there texting Romeo, not even listening to her question.

“I don't know there's just something about him. I really, really like him.” Juliet answered.

That night they kept talking about it all. Beatrice admitted something to Juliet that she had never expected. She told her that she was actually crazy about Benedick. He annoyed her to the extreme, but there was some kind of feeling inside her for him. The way he walked, talked, and acted annoyed her. But she didn't want him to know the real well she felt. The next time they all hung out together she acted the same way she did before, annoyed. Like she wanted nothing to do with him. He did the same in return.

It didn't take long for Romeo and Juliet to fall in love. It happened almost instantly and no one could come between them. They were crazy about each other and it was just like people seen in the movies.

It took Beatrice and Benedick a little longer to get to that point. It took months of anonymous notes in Beatrice's locker, and many many movie dates of fighting and bickering for them to find out their true feelings for each other.

They still annoy each other ninety percent of the time, but still manage to stay together.

They all lived happily ever after, even after high school.

by Mike Zeis