Juliet:

I woke up early like usual, to dress up swiftly and gather down stairs with the rest of the house members for breakfast at the grand family dining table.

I opened up my wardrobe and looked up at all of my clothes. I picked out a long lime yellow dress with a thin layer of white net, below the waist. I quickly wore it on and stood in front of my dresser. I brushed my light brunette hair, untangling some strands, then I powdered my face and sprayed a sweet and mild scented perfume on my body.

I was reaching for my shoes and my eyes fell on my pet caged pigeons. They both were trained to send letters and messages to people and places. Just then, I realized that I could use one of them to be able to communicate with Romeo. I couldn't wait to send him a letter.

I quickly slipped my feet into my shoes and stepped out of my room, headed downstairs for breakfast. Everything had been laid down on the table- the plates, cutlery, cups and the food. Everyone was just arriving and settling down at the table and so, I immediately joined them and took a seat opposite to my mother.

Throughout the breakfast, I kept thinking about that. About what I will write in the letter to Romeo and about using my birds as the messengers. I was not paying full attention to the food in my plate and was eating very slow, pushing the egg and pieces of meat around in my plate. Then I would stare at my cup before drinking from it, thinking about Romeo again. My mother noticed my unusual behavior and said:

" Juliet, whatever is the matter? I hope you're alright." Furrowing her brows.

" Why yes, mother. I'm alright. What makes you think that?" I answered, looking up from my plate, eyebrows raised.

" Nothing. It just seemed like your focus was somewhere else and you were worried, perhaps." She replied.

" No, no, mother. Don't worry, I'm perfectly fine. You're mistaken." I quickly told her, smiling slightly.

" Alright then. Never mind." Mother said with a smile, then raising her cup to drink.

***

At night, I decided to lock my room and finally write Romeo a letter.

I started...

Dear Romeo,

I had been waiting all day for tonight to come, so that I could finally write to you. You always surprise me with your unannounced visits to my place, without me ever having asked you and I love your surprise visits, but tonight I desperately want to invite you to my place again, myself. You haven't done that since quite a few days. I hope to see you here again tonight, very soon. I know you'll come.

Love, Juliet.

Just as I finished the letter, I took my pigeon out of the cage, allowing it to perch onto my hand and as it got on to my writing table, I rolled up the letter, wrapped a clasp around it and tied it to the pigeon's leg. Then I opened the window, held the pigeon in my hand and set it free, out of the window. I watched it fly away and as it flew out of sight, I closed my window and patiently waited.

***

Peck peck!

I heard a sound coming from near the window and I instantly pulled my head up from the writing desk that I had apparently dozed off on. I looked towards the window and saw the pigeon sitting on the window sill, but there was no letter tied to its leg anymore. I immediately opened the window and let the bird in. I let it hop back into its cage and perch onto a branch in the cage.

I was still surprised as to why I hadn't been sent a reply and became doubtful whether my pigeon had sent it to the correct place or not. But I hoped for the best and waited for Romeo. I waited and waited and it had almost been an hour and I was half asleep.

I quickly ran towards the dresser to check if my apparel and condition were perfect and didn't make me look weary. I quickly put on some light blush and sprayed a bit of perfume on my body. I brushed my hair and patted my dress to finish any creases in it.

Then I sat on my bed and held a book, pretending to read it. But then I decided to stay outside on my balcony so that Romeo wouldn't have to call out too loud to me and provoke anyone else's attention.

I was humming a song to myself in a low voice, when I heard a familiar voice from down under, in the garden.

" O bright angel, you called me and here I am. My love, did I keep you waiting too long?" It was Romeo and I couldn't feel better when I saw his presence.

" No Romeo, never. Your arrival is always a wonderful surprise. I can never guess how soon or late you'll come and that makes my day, when I wonder how and when you'll come and please my heart. It just makes me grow fonder of our love." I replied with a grin, leaning down to look at him.

" O my Minerva, your replies always warm my heart and make me never stop loving you. You are wise, I must say and extremely well brought up." Romeo admired me.

" You always make me blush, I must say. Come up now and lets not say everything here, outside. Lets save something for my room to talk in." I said, chuckling and Romeo also chuckled in reply. " There is a long ladder resting against that wall. Use it to come up." I suggested, pointing to a very long, wooden ladder standing against one of the low walls of the garden.

Romeo dragged the ladder across the garden, to the balcony railings, rested it firmly against the railings and slowly climbed up onto the balcony and from there, stepped into my room.

" Mother of pearl! You are looking most elegant and beautiful right now, Juliet. You're like a swan clearly visible even in the darkest of night. You remind me of Persephone." Romeo again complimented on my apparel, now having gotten the chance to see me more clearly. I blushed a scarlet.

I didn't say anything more and instead, leaned closer to him and kissed him. Full on the lips. He leaned closer to me and kissed me back. One hand driving up to the side of my face and stopping on my jaw, the other going around my waist. I felt him softly pulling my whole body towards him. I gently lifted myself up and rested onto his lap. He stroked the hand holding my waist through my hair.

After what seemed like never-ending, I pulled away first and Romeo opened his eyes to see me sitting in his lap. Just then, I placed a hand on the side of his face, thumb on his chin and tilting my head, I quickly reached down to his lips to kiss him again. This time, a bit harder. Longer. Romeo swiped up a hand to my upper back and this time started unhooking the hooks in the back of my dress, that were keeping it tied.

We got up from the bed and he lightly pinned me to the wall, still kissing. My eyes opened and I pulled away, gently pushing Romeo away from me, when my dress fell off my body and onto the ground. My naked body revealing itself to him. I was not ready for this and it was quite unexpected.

" I'm sorry but I can't do this. Maybe just not today. Please don't feel offended." I told Romeo, trying to keep my tone as calm and low as I could, eyebrows cringing and my body slightly shaking in nervousness.

" It's alright. It's my fault. I shouldn't have taken it too fast. I'm sorry." Romeo said, not making eye contact with me, but looking down at the floor.

He turned away, meaning to let me wear my dress back on but instead I, not knowing my own emotions at the moment, said:

" But I won't mind just laying down in my bed beside you and doing nothing else, if you'd like." I smiled and lay down. Romeo lay down beside me, holding my hand from under the bed sheet.

I turned on my side to face him, slid down lower on the bed and snuggled my head on his shoulder. He tilted his head, softly resting it on top of mine, an arm encircling my bare waist, from under me, as a current of electricity shot up my body. I didn't know about Romeo, but in my head, a burst of a mixture of emotions were going on. Countless chills and currents traveled up my spine, that my body nearly felt numb. I couldn't even decipher what I was feeling at that moment, laying next to a boy, naked, for the first time. I was blissful, excited, nervous, conscious and scared, all at the same time. I didn't know what exactly I was feeling, neither could I feel only one emotion at that time. I couldn't tell which feeling was real, which was just a thought, which was the outcome of some kind of fear or worry or which was false. Heart beat constantly fastening, then slowing down, like a machine working on regular intervals.My conscience was bewildered itself, whether or not to open or keep my eyes shut, to change my sides, to move my head away, to talk, or just tangle my legs in his, even if I wanted to and was dying to.

I shut my eyes, trying to relax completely, feeling secure and loved. No sooner had we both fallen asleep in my room, having totally forgotten to consider the possibility of any of my parents or nurse walking into my room anytime, for a particular reason and having found out a Montague laying under the roof of the Capulets, that too so close to me. But we peacefully lay there, asleep, me held in a tight embrace by Romeo.

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