Changing Shakespeare
two students get sent back in time and into the story of romeo and juliet.
Chapter 1:
'Finally,' I thought, 'history is over.' Next on my schedule was literature. 'Yes!!' Not because I like literature or anything (I actually hated it), but because it was my only class I had with Jason. Jason, the guy I had a crush on for two years. Yes, TWO years and I still don't have the nerve to ask him out. You know why? It's because he's one of my best friends and I don't want to ruin our friendship. I still like him though; in fact I like him so much that I blush even when I think about him. It hurts so much when he calls me best friend because I want to be more than that. I want to mean more to him than just a friend. 'Maybe one day I'll ask him out,' I thought to myself, 'yes maybe this year. You can do it Rosette, ask him out this year.' I knew I couldn't though, but I wanted him. I wanted him now.
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" All right class," Mrs. Anderson yelled, "this semester will be learning Shakespeare! Romeo and Juliet, to be exact. To start off you will be doing a project. You need partners for this project..."
"Rosette! Partners?" my best friend Chelsea asked me, cutting the teacher off.
"... That I will choose!" Mrs. Anderson finished, glaring sharply at Chelsea. Everyone groaned and complained about her choosing the partners, but Mrs. Anderson continued on pretending not to notice, " the partners are Liberty and Matt, Chelsea and Brent, Rosette and Jason..."
I perk up when I hear my name. 'Me and Jason?' I thought, 'yes, then maybe I can see if he likes me or not.'
"Okay, everyone get to work!" Mrs. Anderson ordered.
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I turned to Jason's desk ready to work with him, but he wasn't there.
"Looking for me?" asked a very familiar voice. I turned around to see Jason standing behind me with a mischievous grin. I can't help but smile back, "well you are my partner and I need you to help me do the work." I defended. He smiles again. Ohh, how I love that smile, it makes me want him even more. " So do you want to work in the hallway?" he asks. I nod a reply because I'm afraid I'll just blurt out something stupid and random if I open my mouth. Jason grabs my hand and takes me to the hallway.
So I'm sitting with him alone in the hallway. Neither of us has said anything yet.
"So..." Jason starts.
"How do you want to do the project?" I ask.
"Umm I actually wanted to talk to you about something else..." he blushes as he says this.
"Yea?" my heart is pounding.
"Well... umm... I really..." he stutters and blushes more.
"Yea?" my heart is beating like a drum now. I feel like it is going to burst out my body.
"I really like y-----"
'BOOM' the ground shakes and everything goes black.
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I wake up with my head hurting so bad that it was vibrating. My vision was fuzzy and searing pain shot up my spine and it spread throughout my body. It was excruciating. I wanted to scream but when I opened my mouth, nothing came out. I was overwhelmed with pain and vexation of not knowing what just happened. My irritation soon went away as my cheeks turned red when I realized that I was sprawled out on top of him with our faces just centimeters apart. He soon woke up and immediately blush noticing the same thing. "what just happened?" I ask him.
"I don't know." was his reply. I didn't either. I tried to remember of what occurred but all I recollected was us talking and suddenly my vision went out. wait. What were we even talking about? Ugh, I didn't remember that either. I take a look around us, but what I saw shocked me. We weren't at school anymore...
'Finally,' I thought, 'history is over.' Next on my schedule was literature. 'Yes!!' Not because I like literature or anything (I actually hated it), but because it was my only class I had with Jason. Jason, the guy I had a crush on for two years. Yes, TWO years and I still don't have the nerve to ask him out. You know why? It's because he's one of my best friends and I don't want to ruin our friendship. I still like him though; in fact I like him so much that I blush even when I think about him. It hurts so much when he calls me best friend because I want to be more than that. I want to mean more to him than just a friend. 'Maybe one day I'll ask him out,' I thought to myself, 'yes maybe this year. You can do it Rosette, ask him out this year.' I knew I couldn't though, but I wanted him. I wanted him now.
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" All right class," Mrs. Anderson yelled, "this semester will be learning Shakespeare! Romeo and Juliet, to be exact. To start off you will be doing a project. You need partners for this project..."
"Rosette! Partners?" my best friend Chelsea asked me, cutting the teacher off.
"... That I will choose!" Mrs. Anderson finished, glaring sharply at Chelsea. Everyone groaned and complained about her choosing the partners, but Mrs. Anderson continued on pretending not to notice, " the partners are Liberty and Matt, Chelsea and Brent, Rosette and Jason..."
I perk up when I hear my name. 'Me and Jason?' I thought, 'yes, then maybe I can see if he likes me or not.'
"Okay, everyone get to work!" Mrs. Anderson ordered.
----------
I turned to Jason's desk ready to work with him, but he wasn't there.
"Looking for me?" asked a very familiar voice. I turned around to see Jason standing behind me with a mischievous grin. I can't help but smile back, "well you are my partner and I need you to help me do the work." I defended. He smiles again. Ohh, how I love that smile, it makes me want him even more. " So do you want to work in the hallway?" he asks. I nod a reply because I'm afraid I'll just blurt out something stupid and random if I open my mouth. Jason grabs my hand and takes me to the hallway.
So I'm sitting with him alone in the hallway. Neither of us has said anything yet.
"So..." Jason starts.
"How do you want to do the project?" I ask.
"Umm I actually wanted to talk to you about something else..." he blushes as he says this.
"Yea?" my heart is pounding.
"Well... umm... I really..." he stutters and blushes more.
"Yea?" my heart is beating like a drum now. I feel like it is going to burst out my body.
"I really like y-----"
'BOOM' the ground shakes and everything goes black.
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I wake up with my head hurting so bad that it was vibrating. My vision was fuzzy and searing pain shot up my spine and it spread throughout my body. It was excruciating. I wanted to scream but when I opened my mouth, nothing came out. I was overwhelmed with pain and vexation of not knowing what just happened. My irritation soon went away as my cheeks turned red when I realized that I was sprawled out on top of him with our faces just centimeters apart. He soon woke up and immediately blush noticing the same thing. "what just happened?" I ask him.
"I don't know." was his reply. I didn't either. I tried to remember of what occurred but all I recollected was us talking and suddenly my vision went out. wait. What were we even talking about? Ugh, I didn't remember that either. I take a look around us, but what I saw shocked me. We weren't at school anymore...
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