Modern Romeo and Juliet

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Modern day version of Romeo and Juliet!

Juliet stared out of her third floor window onto the courtyards of the Capulet Estate. She had lived on the estate for 16 of her 19 years having spent the first three in Islamabad, Pakistan. Her parents had left in some hurry she vaguely remembered with her, her three brothers and two cousins. Now they ran a shop, in fact a chain of shops called “Capulets Clothes”. Juliet was tired but she for some reason could not sleep, she’d spent the whole day at her University “Verona” studying chemistry with her professor, Professor Lawrence. Yet she still could not sleep maybe it was the upcoming prom, that kept her awake, it was only 2 days now and she was so excited only freshman were invited which meant none of the annoying seniors to worry about.

Romeo, his brothers and his best friend Mark left the pub in high spirits. They too were excited being seniors were filled with the best ever plan to crash the prom if they could get past the Capulet bouncers. Romeo was 21 and though he laughed with the rest he was not as happy as they were, he’d just been dumped by his girlfriend Rose. He knew he was going to get another fail in his English Language coursework as he kept getting told off for his poems being too depressing. As the group made their way back to the Montague Estate, all he could think besides of Rose was his parents were surely going to shout as he had ruined yet another genuine “Montague” shirt.

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“Alright lads?” Dean Luis asked as they passed

“Good thanks sir.” In unison they replied,

“Good, good not up to any mischief, that’s what I like to see!” He moved on, sometimes the students could never understand how their headmaster seemed to get everywhere.

Two days passed and the night of the prom arrived, Juliet arrived with her best friend Mercy and her cousin Tim, who was to be a bouncer at the prom. As she arrived at the front entrance of the college Romeo, Mark and Romeos brothers arrived at the back entrance but as they crept in ...

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