Rosaline

Romeo?

To gaze upon you is like drinking from the purest fountain.

The fairest stars in heaven do entreat your eyes.

Oh, Romeo.

Forswear it, sight, I never saw true beauty until this night.

Uh, Romeo?

Yes, my love?

Why are you talking like that?

Oh, um... I... I... I felt like it sounded romantic.

- Oh. - Don't you like it?

Um... Yeah, actually. It's kinda nice.

Then by yonder blessed moon, I vow. I shall speaketh...

- Oh! Okay! - Uh... Oh! Oh!

- Are you okay? - I... No.

- Um… - Okay.

- I'm okay. I'm okay. Yeah. - Nice.

- God, I missed you. - I missed you too.

You're the most beautiful woman in all of Verona.

- Yes, keep talking. - We're the most perfect pair.

Yes, don't stop.

They will be saying our names for centuries.

- Oh, what will they say? - They will say,

"Never were two hearts more destined to entwine than those of the lovers…."

- Yes. Yes. - "…Romeo and..."

Rosaline?

- Shit. - What do we do?

- My father. - I don't know what to do.

- You need to go. Hide. - Right.

- Um. Um. - Uh… Oh.

Rosaline!

Father?

I thought I heard voices.

Oh. I was, uh... I was in the commode.

Talking to yourself?

It helps.

Huh. I have the opposite problem...

Sorry. Where were we?

Um…

For I... Oh, they were saying our names for centuries.

Except, how can they say our names for centuries if...

If... If... Um, what?

If we'll always be a secret?

We won't. We won't always be a secret.

You're a Montague. I'm a Capulet.

Our families have been enemies for generations.

Rosaline, we will make this work, I promise.

One day, we will be together forever.

Forever.

- Good night, Romeo. - Good night, Rosaline.

A thousand times good night.

Nice one!

Romeo and Rosaline.

Hmm.

Does have a nice ring to it.

- Rise and shine, love! - Romeo.

Oh, another late night, was it?

Oh, bloody hell.

Are you trying to ruin me?

I thought you were cool with my sneaking around.

Sneaking around? Yes. Getting caught? No.

Cover your tracks, woman, please.

Sorry.

Although…

If I could date who I wanted to date, read what I wanted to read,

there wouldn't be so much sneaking around in the first place.

Would there, Nurse?

So unfair.

Right, well, I went to nursing school for seven years,

and now this is what I do for a living.

So, yeah, life is unfair.

By the way, that's what I call covert.

Oh, my God.

Nurse.

Right, let's get you dressed. You have lunch at noon.

Noon? Then why did you wake me so early?

'Cause your dad wants you to wear this behemoth again.

No, get up, you lazy cow. Come on.

You can't live in this house forever, Rosaline.

Your sisters are all off and married, and now it's your turn.

I'm too young to get married.

- Too young? - Yeah.

Look at you.

You're almost too old.

Your mother had three kids when she was your age.

And don't you think she wanted more, Father?

Of course she did. That's why we had you.

So, your father's told me all about you.

He even said that you wanted a career. Is that right?

Yeah, I intend to be a cartographer.

A cartographer?

That... That's adorable.

My third wife had an ambition once.

Didn't care for it on her.

Mother of God.

But she wasn't as pretty as you are.

You know...

If my father told you so much about me, Mr. Danieli…

…he must have mentioned Josephine.

Wherever I go, she goes.

- Oh. - Yeah.

Well... Well, when do I get to meet this Josephine?

What do you mean?

She's sitting right there.

Josephine! No! Take that out of your mouth right now!

Take it! Put it down! We've been over this!

Just… wasn't into me, I guess.

Ah, that's right. You wanna marry for love.

Is there any other reason?

Mmm. Money, status, land, nicer living quarters.

No, no other reason.

We get one life, Paris.

I want mine to be different. I want romance, passion, adventure.

Mm-hmm.

And this mystery boy, he gives you that?

Mm-hmm.

What?

I just wonder if all this sneaking around is adding to the attraction.

Because, in my experience,

I've often found that it's pretty easy to mistake danger and drama

for romantic passion.

But also, I mean, who doesn't love a secret?

To live in a world of your own making, just the two of you.

Uh... Okay.

Romeo! Hey, man.

Come on.

Stand back, coz!

You're surrounded by Montagues.

You might catch something.

They weren't even doing anything.

Not yet, they weren't.

We don't want any trouble, Tybalt.

"Oh, we don't want any trouble, Tybalt."

Then, you should go back to your side of town where you belong.

Why don't you and your, uh, boy band meet us there?

Maybe we will.

You're welcome there any time.

How about I welcome my fist to your face?

I don't know what that means.

It means I'm going to punch you!

- - Oh! Whoa!

- Ho! Oh, oh, oh! - Okay. Okay. All right. All right.

You all have big swords.

How about putting them back in your pants now, yeah?

Come on. Let's go.

- - Benvolio, Mercutio, let's go.

Girl, that is one tasty Montague.

Can I tell you a secret?

For you.

I engraved it myself.

I shall wear it always.

Okay.

- -

I'm sorry about my cousin.

Oh, well, you know…

I just wish we could live far, far away from here.

Where would we live?

On a mountaintop.

In a cabin.

- Made of wood. -

Kinda sounds perfect. I could write poetry all day.

Oh, you'll be such a gifted poet.

You could keep the house and watch the children.

Yes.

Wait. What?

- Hmm? -

Uh, sorry. While you're off writing verse, I'm home changing diapers?

Well, the point is that we would be together…

In public, away from our families and-and-and all of this hate.

- Right. - Yeah.

- Right. - Yeah.

Yes. Okay. Okay.

I love you.

Do you love me too?

- Oh. - It's just...

- Fine. - Sorry.

I... I... I wasn't expecting that. It's just no one's ever really…

I should probably go. Um...

I... I, um... There's the guards, like, everywhere tonight, so it's not safe.

No.

I'm just... Just get going so I don't get captured by the guards.

Romeo, wait. The Capulet Ball is tomorrow.

Rosaline, you know I can't be seen at any Capulet ga...

It's a masquerade ball.

We could dance together, and no one will know that it's us.

I'll be there.

Great. I can't wait.

A thousand times can't wait?

I've been waiting for him to say those words.

And then he finally does, and I just freeze like an idiot.

I don't know what's wrong with me, Nurse.

There's nothing wrong with you, chicken.