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"Leave him alone Asshole!"
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To say my mum was grumpy with me would be an understatement. We barely talked at home and she would just leave dinner in the fridge for me, we didn't eat dinner together anymore!

Of course I tried talking to her and telling her to explain what she meant, but she kept saying I wasn't ready, whatever that means.

It was like we were back to square one. This would usually be the time where I would rebel and get in trouble for her attention, but I'll give it a few weeks before I resort to that.

Although with all this free time, I did end up inviting Claire over to my house a lot. We have had so many marathons! Og Barbie movie Marathon, Hunger Games Marathon, Harry Potter Marathon and started a marvel marathon which is to be continued.

I tried doing my research on the whole Amora the enchantress stuff and found out that she had energy manipulation, telekinesis, the ability to walk through walls and mind control.

But I've never been able to do any of that stuff so I don't understand how my mum thinks I'm a descendent of this enchantress lady!

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I found out I got the part of Juliet and I was honestly thrilled! Claire didn't seem upset about it(especially since she got Lady Montague). But no matter how thrilled I was about getting Juliet, what really made me happy was finding out that Jim got the role of Romeo.

I still don't understand my feelings for Jim and I can't figure out why my stomach does flips when I'm near him or why I was so happy finding out I get to kiss him. Am I in denial? Yes, yes I am.

I'm probably just happy that I don't have to kiss Steve.

Me and Jim are currently standing on the stage for rehearsals. I had a huge smile on my face, but Jim had a frown which made me confused. Does he not want to be here? Is he upset that I was chosen as Juliet? No! Stop overthinking head!

"Deny and refuse. But he can't deny it. But Romeo can't not be a Montague, which means that Juliet..." Ms Janeth starts to recite before pausing for me to finish.

"And I'll no longer be a Capulet." I recite happily.

Ms Janeth sat down in her chair with a laugh before all eyes turned to Jim.

"Exactly, Jim?" She questions looking at Jim curiously.

"Huh?" Jim mutters, confused about what's going on after zoning out for the whole conversation.

"Or, if thou wilt not, be sworn my love..." Ms Janeth recites before looking to Jim expectantly.

"Right. No, I-I got it. Love, deny, refuse. I'm on it." Jim mumbles while I look at him confused.

"Okay, then. Let's take it from Wherefore art!"Ms Janeth says with a clap of her hands.

I take that moment of everyone preparing to look over to Jim.

"Hey, you alright there Jim?" I question with a small laugh.

"Yeah, I'm fine" He chuckles at me. "Totally fine"

"You're going to need to be a bit more convincing if you're going to play Romeo." I tell him. "You're the perfect Romeo! You just need more emotion!"

"I've just gotten some stuff going on inside my head" He says with a sigh.

"You know, if you ever need someone to talk to I'm always here" I say with a soft smile.

"I appreciate that" Jim says returning the smile.

"All right, all right! Act two, scene two, line 33" Ms Janeth says.

"Wherefore art thou, Romeo?" I recite.

I feel someone's stare from the side of my head and see Jim looking at me with a dopey smile which I return.

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Rehearsal finished quickly and me and Claire walked out together with our arms linked.

"You and Jim looked pretty cosy up there" She says with a knowing smile.

"We were just getting into character" I say with a shrug of my shoulders.

"Whatever you say" She shrugs as we finally reach our lockers and grab our stuff, until we hear yelling nearby.

We walk over and surprise, surprise! Steve was terrorising Jim! Wait Jim?!

"Steve, I am really not in the mood to do this right now" Jim says with a sigh.

"Duh! Nobody's ever in the mood to get their face bashed in, but that's what's going to happen unless you want to back down" Steve says mockingly.

Students start to crowd around, watching with worried faces.

"Uh, I-I can do that?" Jim asks shocked.

"Sure. If you want to crawl away from me, on your knees, bowing in front of everybody?" Steve chuckles. "That's a choice."

Students murmured as Jim dropped his bag and crouched down on his knees.

Oh Merlin's balls.

"Whoa! I didn't expect you to actually choose wussing over whooping." Steve says shocked.

I watch as Jim's eyes caught mine, he got a new look of determination. Jim then stood tall, reaching his full height. Steve chuckled before shoving Jim into a locker. Jim letting out a groan as his back collided with the metal before quickly recovering and ducking as Steve punched where he last stood, dodging each blow.

"Keep still so I can punch your face!" Steve yells.

Jim managed to duck from each fist sent to him but one. His body dropped as Steve stood proudly over him.

"Stay down and live, worm." Steve threatens.

Jim started to reach into his bag before he stopped himself.

"Is that all you got?" Jim asks with a small cocky smirk.

Steve advances on Jim so I quickly run in front of Jim pushing Steve back.

"Leave him alone Asshole!" I yell at him.

"Butt out!" Steve yells and pushes me into Toby and Claire who glare at Steve.

"Y/n!" Jim yells, before heavily glaring at Steve.

"Good thing you're mums a nurse" Steve laughs as he cracks his fists.

Jim's fist tightly formed as the confidence grew within him. Throwing a punch underneath Steve's chin, the blonde boy flew from Jim's reckless path. His bones cracking as a tooth landed beside Steve's pained face.

"She's a doctor actually" Jim says proudly.

"Jim that was great!" I say as I run over to him, making sure to step on Steve's stomach as I run over.

"Thanks" Jim says happily.

"Dude, you did it! And without even kicking him in the Gronk-nuks!" Toby says excitedly making me and Jim chuckle.

"You manage to surprise me every-time Mr Lake" I say with a smile.

"In my Defense, I was never full of this many surprises before I met you" He says before realising what he said and starting rambling."Not that I wasn't surprising! Because I am! It's not just because of you! I mean not that it isn't because of you! I mean your great! Better then great! I just meant-"

I cut off his rambling by covering his mouth with my hand.

"I got it Jim" I say as I remove my hand—smiling at him with a smile that Jim just cant help but return.

He feels like he's always smiling when he's near you.

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Authors note:

The fact that I'm only up to episode 3 is slowly killing me!

Maybe I should write shorter chapters or just write a bit less dialogue

Or maybe I can mix 2 episodes into 1 chapter instead of splitting 1 episode into 2 chapters

Yes that would be easier

Idk I'll just write stuff lol