chapter 17: solving & stalking
[ i apologize if there would be any errors ( grammars, spellings and such more ). ]
THIRD PERSON'S POINT OF VIEW
Romeo and Juliet decided to meet up at the cafe where Lauren and Juliet usually go to, since Julia doesn't allow Juliet to be with Romeo after the incident yesterday. Juliet had to refuse just for her to help her Aunt Tia and of course, spend some time with Romeo.
"Did you brought the puzzle that Aunt Tia gave to us?" Juliet asked after the both of them sat down.
"I surely did." Romeo replied as he brought out the paper from his bag.
"Alright, so do you have any clue on what this puzzle will be?" Juliet asked.
"To be honest, I am not very good about these, but might as well try." Romeo said then Juliet nodded.
"But, what I am sure is that it is telling us both something." Romeo continued.
The both of them started staring at the puzzle which is "member who upcoming puzzles must choose the a of trust you unlock two to the". Then Juliet bring out her diary as Romeo noticed.
"What's that for?" Romeo asked as he frowned.
"I think it would be much easier if we would write out our guesses rather than staring at a paper." Juliet replied as she grabbed her pen and started scanning through the pages then Romeo slowly nodded.
"Alright, so my guess is that the first word of this sentence is 'the' since most of the sentences start with the." Juliet said as she began writing.
"Well my guess is 'choose'." Romeo said then Juliet nodded and wrote down as well.
30 minutes passed, the two of them started figuring out three words.
"Wait, I just noticed that we haven't ordered anything ever since we got here." Juliet said.
"Oh yes, I forgot about that part." Romeo said then the both of them laughed.
"Do you want anything?" Juliet asked as she stood up and looked at Romeo.
"A coffee will do." Romeo said as he smiled then Juliet nodded and left.
As Juliet left to order some food and their coffees, Romeo looked around and started wandering his surroundings. Then, a person walked passed by their table, looking down as she hit Juliet's diary with his hip, which made it fall onto the floor. Romeo noticed as the person didn't care and continued to walk away, so he stood up and grabbed her diary and the page he saw was Juliet's drawing, the one Travis showed to him weeks ago.
He started staring at the drawing and noticed the date she drew, it was last 14th of September 1968. He thought of that day but he couldn't remember anything, so he slowly stood up and put back Juliet's diary onto the table. He started thinking on who must be Juliet's mystery guy, even though they aren't that close he began wondering. He even thought it would be Travis, but he saw the way he looked at Travis, it felt like she was looking at him just like every person she looks at. Then, Romeo went back to his seat as Juliet arrived from placing their orders.
"Our coffees will be here in less than five minutes along with the croissants." Juliet said as she walked towards their table.
"Juliet? Do you mind if I ask you a question?" Romeo asked as he slowly looked up at Juliet then she slowly sat down with a frown.
"Sure, I guess?" Juliet said.
"D-Do you like Travis back?" Romeo asked then Juliet looked down.
"I-I actually don't know." Juliet replied.
"Look, it's okay if you won't tell me, I understand." Romeo said as he looked at Juliet.
"No, no, it's okay as long as you won't tell Travis about this." Juliet said then Romeo nodded.
"He seems like a very kind guy, he is so respectful and caring. But m-my heart is for another guy, which I-I'm sure he won't like me back because I am like this." Juliet sighed as she looked at Romeo.
"Don't say that, you are super genuine, any guy would be lucky to have you." Romeo said as he smiled.
"Besides, if I were you, I would listen to what my heart says and not with my mind. I guess you knew that Lauren and I broke up, because of my stupidness." He continued.
"I made a mistake to her, which is why if only I could bring back time I would just to save our relationship. But it seems like she is very heartbroken after what I did to her." He said as I sighed.
"You know the play that William Shakespeare wrote in the last century which is called Romeo and Juliet?" Juliet asked then Romeo nodded.
"Of course, it's Travis and I both love that play." Romeo chuckled.
"Really? I just started loving that play just a week ago!" Juliet squealed.
"It is also named after our names!" Juliet continued then Romeo squealed.
"But seriously, what I learned from that play is when two people love each other, they will fight for each other. I also learned if a relationship fails, it isn't love." Juliet said.
"Wow, you are a wisdom of words, no wonder Travis likes a girl like you." Romeo chuckled then Juliet faked a smile.
Juliet began thinking on the words Romeo said, which made a moment of silence between the both of them. Luckily, the waitress arrived with their orders.
"Two coffees and three croissants." The waitress said as Juliet nodded and smiled.
"Thank you, Miss." Romeo and Juliet said then the waitress smiled.
"By the way, before I leave, I just want to say that our first anniversary of this cafe will be this weekend and we are hoping to get a polaroid from each customer. I was hoping you two could get a polaroid as well." The waitress said.
"Sure, we would love that." Romeo said as he smiled then Juliet smiled back.
"Great! I will grab my polaroid camera first then in a few minutes we will take a polaroid of you two, okay?" The waitress said then Romeo and Juliet nodded and she left.
"I feel like a famous star." Juliet chuckled as they started fixing their selves.
"Me too." Romeo chuckled back then the waitress came back.
"Alright, in a count of three." The waitress said as she hold up the polaroid camera onto her face.
"One. Two. Three!" The waitress counted as Romeo and Juliet smiled to the camera.
"Thank you, and for the record, you two would be a cute couple." The waitress said as she smirked at them then they chuckled and she left.
Romeo and Juliet went back to solving the puzzle while eating and drinking their orders. Little do they know, someone is stalking over them.
"And I thought Romeo still loves you, guess it was all a lie after all." Travis said as he turned at Lauren and she drinks her coffee.
"I still don't get why you are bringing me here, and specifically spying on our friends." Lauren said as she rolled her eyes and put down her coffee onto the table.
"Look Lauren, you don't have to pretend that you are slowly moving on on Romeo. I know deep inside of you still love him." Travis scoffed.
"Maybe, but I am mature enough and know how to settle with my emotions. Even though, my ex boyfriend is hanging out with my bestfriend doesn't mean I have to be all jealous and stalk them 24/7." Lauren scoffed as she looked at Travis.
"Well, if only I knew that Romeo is hanging out with Juliet without telling me, I may settle with my emotions just like you do." Travis said as he glared at Lauren.
"But stalking our friends isn't the option Travis." Lauren sighed.
"Will you shut up for a moment and just enjoy the favorite coffee I gave to you?" Travis said as he started raising his voice.
"Travis." Lauren said as she tries to calm down Travis.
"I'm your older brother, you should listen to what I said, alright?!" Travis shouted which made all of the customers noticed.
Travis and Lauren sat down at a table outside while Romeo and Juliet are inside. Everyone stood up and walked outside, while Juliet started getting confused.
"Alright, we finally solved seven words." Romeo said.
"Romeo, what is happening?" Juliet asked as Romeo looked up at her then looked around.
"Why is everyone leaving the cafe?" Romeo asked as he frowned then they stood up.
Romeo heard a familiar voice from outside then he pointed from the direction he heard the voice.
"That way." Romeo said as he grabbed the paper with the puzzles then Juliet grabbed her pen and started walking out with Romeo.
The crowd started whispering at each other as Travis shouted at Lauren. Meanwhile, Romeo and Juliet left the cafe and went to the crowd.
~ mj <3