Roses for Rosalind

In the early morning of the next day, Romeo had already appeared in St. Peter's Church at dawn.

In fact, there was still a long time before the agreed time, but his numerous thoughts made him feel like he was in a mess.He couldn't stay at home anymore, so he simply left early and went to the church to look at the statue of the Virgin Mary of Mercy in a daze.

After an unknown amount of time, Father Lawrence's voice suddenly came from the door of the prayer room.Romeo thought it was Rosie and the others who were coming, so he stood up and was about to meet them.But the indifferent male voice that came immediately made his footsteps stop.Romeo's eyes flickered, and he quickly ran to a corner to hide.

After a while, the figures of Father Lawrence and Earl Paris appeared in his sight.They seemed to be arguing fiercely about something.But because the distance was too far, the voices of the two were not too high and the speed was too fast, Romeo could only hear some fragments vaguely.

"...not that I said, Count... Thursday...too hasty..."

"...Capulet...meaning...Since he is so impatient, I naturally can't delay any longer..."

"...disapprove...one-sided decision...Juliet...disregard..."

Romeo's brow furrowed slowly.

"This is none of your business, Father." Paris said impatiently: "If you have to give an explanation, then it is because after Tybalt's death, my future wife, Juliet, was overly sad. Her father because I can't bear to see her so sad, and I'm afraid some accident will happen, so I decided to marry us early—because I have been staying in a crying room, even Venus can't smile!"

"But you disregarded that lady's will." Father Lawrence kept making the cross on his chest: "God, such a marriage cannot be blessed."

"Blessing? No, Father, of course we will be blessed." Paris narrowed his eyes slightly and stared dangerously at Father Lawrence: "You will personally bless us, won't you?"

"but……"

"Okay, Father, there are no buts." Paris sneered, and was about to continue to say something, but the sound of footsteps coming from the entrance made him turn his head vigilantly: "Who?"

"... Earl?" As the distance drew closer, the visitor gradually appeared.Juliet obviously didn't expect to run into Paris here, and the secret hidden in her heart made her look a little uneasy: "Why are you here?"

"You came just in time, my love." Earl Paris smiled at her: "I am discussing with the priest about our wedding in two days. Do you have any good suggestions?"

Juliet frowned subconsciously: "No, I'm not." She stared nervously at Paris with a little hostility: "Please don't call me that."

"It will be on Thursday." Paris didn't seem to care about her bad attitude: "This is an unavoidable fact."

"At least not yet."

Paris shrugged indifferently, and changed the subject wisely: "It seems that your purpose is different from what I guessed, so what exactly are you here for today?"

"Uh, you misunderstood." Rosie who stood aside interrupted their words: "Actually, I was the one who proposed to come to the church today, and Juliet was just kind enough to accompany her."

"Oh?" Paris shifted his gaze to Rosie.His eyebrows were raised: "I recognize you...you are the young lady of Viscount Anderson's family." Rosie nodded in agreement.Paris showed a thoughtful look: "Then what is the purpose of your trip?"

"This...it's inconvenient for me to tell you." Rosie lowered her head pretending to be shy: "Do you have anything to discuss with the priest? Maybe I can come back later?"

Should a big man gossip like this? Asking questions! (╯‵ ′)╯︵┻━┻ Go go go!

"Ah, I'm sorry for my previous offense." Paris nodded slightly to her as an apology: "But no need, I have finished talking with this priest. Actually , I am preparing to leave now."

Rosie bent down and saluted him: "Goodbye." Hurry up and leave!

"Goodbye, I won't disturb your prayers." Paris turned his gaze to Juliet, who was silent on one side, and slightly hooked the corners of his lips: "I am very much looking forward to the arrival of Thursday."

After finally sending the great god Earl Paris away, both Rosie Juliet and the priest couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. "Where's Romeo?" Rosie looked around, "Why hasn't he arrived yet?"

"I'm here." Seeing Paris leave, Romeo came out from the corner, startling Rosie and the others. "Why are you hiding in that place?" Rosie asked him with wide eyes.

"I came early," explained Romeo. "I stayed here all the time. Then Paris came and I had to hide. What did you just say?"

"It's nothing..." Rosie replied hesitantly, "It's just a few ordinary words."

In fact, she felt that something was wrong with Earl Paris's attitude.If it is said that he has no feelings for Juliet, but judging from the performance just now, his expectation for the wedding does not seem to be fake; but if he loves Juliet deeply, then why did he still have to face Juliet's obviously unkind attitude? Can you act like you don't care?

Or is it the unique thinking of the superiors, and she has no way to understand it?

"Sissy, Sissy." Romeo's voice brought back her wandering thoughts: "What are you thinking?"

"Ah, it's nothing, nothing." Rosie quickly recovered.She patted her face to stop her thoughts: "Father, this is Juliet. Juliet, this is Father Lawrence."

"Poor Juliet." Father Lawrence looked at the thin girl in front of him with compassion: "I already know your distress. You must marry the Earl of Paris on Thursday, and there is no possibility of delay. Rosalind and I thought of many ways, but we were rejected one by one by ourselves, and finally there was only this one. I am sorry, but I am so inexperienced that I really can’t think of a perfect plan.”

"That's not the case, respected priest." Juliet lowered her head sadly: "You are willing to help me, and I am already very grateful to you."

Lawrence carefully took out a small black porcelain bottle from his pocket, and Rosie knew that it contained the fake death medicine he had worked so hard to find.Juliet reached out to take it, but Father Lawrence shook his head suddenly, and took a step back hesitantly.

"Are we really going to do this?" Godfather Lawrence held the small bottle tightly in his palm, his eyes were full of struggle: "Although it's just a fake death, the risk to take is almost the same as a real death .And, St. Francis, isn't that a deception..."

"If this is the case, my parents force me to marry someone I don't love, so what should I do?" Juliet took two steps forward eagerly: "I already have my beloved dwarf. I’m willing to marry him alone.” She said excitedly, “As long as you don’t marry Paris, you can even ask me to jump off the battlements on the top of the tower over there! You can also lock me into the crypt, Put in prison... No matter what terrible thing it is, as long as it can prevent me from marrying Paris, I am willing to do it without hesitation! What's more, just drink a small bottle of meth?"

This was somewhat beyond Rosie's expectations, because in the original book, Father Lawrence agreed to help Juliet without hesitation.She was afraid that Father Lawrence would really repent, and wanted to rush forward to intercede for Juliet.But Romeo, who had been standing beside her, grabbed her hand and shook his head gently at her.

No one knows his godfather better than he does.Not only is it useless to force him at this time, it may even bring about the opposite result.

Father Lawrence struggled for a long time, just when Juliet thought desperately that he would not give the medicine to her, the priest finally reluctantly nodded in agreement.

"...Okay." He slightly relaxed the strength in his hand: "You take it."

Rosie breathed a sigh of relief.Juliet couldn't believe her ears. She quickly took the medicine and put it away, for fear that the priest would regret it again.

"Okay, now listen to me carefully." Father Lawrence took a deep breath: "Tomorrow night, you must sleep alone, don't let your nurse sleep in your room, and don't let me sleep in your room." She found the medicine in your hand. After you drink the medicine, your pulse and breathing will disappear, your limbs and body will become stiff and cold, and you will not be able to feel the outside world at all, just like you are really dead . . . and only after 42 hours do you wake up from this slumber."

"I will offer to Viscount Capulet to escort your coffin to the tomb of the Capulet ancestors. Benvolio will hide in it secretly and wait for you to wake up there. As soon as you wake up, He will take you out of Verona that night, and hide in Mandoya for the time being... We will discuss the matter later." Having said this, Father Lawrence paused: "Do you remember clearly?"

Juliet nodded vigorously.

"God bless all of this to go smoothly." Father Lawrence sighed heavily, and made the sign of the cross on his chest reverently.

"It will." Rosie stepped forward and gave Juliet a strong hug, and patted her on the back to cheer her up. "By the way, Juliet, what about the letter I asked you to write to Benvolio?"

"it's here."

Juliet took out the letter written by herself and handed it to Rosie, who took it and handed it to Romeo.Romeo solemnly put the letter away, and nodded solemnly at Juliet: "I will send someone to Mantua in a while." "No, you have to send it right away." Rosie said suddenly.Her attitude was very firm: "It's now, and you must send it yourself."

Her second request came a little strangely. Not only Romeo, but even Father Lawrence was a little puzzled: "Why?" He asked Rosie: "Isn't it the same to ask others to send it? Benvolio has been exiled, he might get into trouble."

Because Viscount Capulet would lose his nerve and temporarily reschedule the wedding to tomorrow, and the person who was originally sent to deliver the letter did not deliver the letter in time because of fear and laziness. How can I tell you this reason?It can't be said that it is from the book, right?Rosie couldn't say anything, so she could only push everything to her sixth sense: "...I, I have a bad feeling." She faltered and said, "And I can't trust others, in case the plan leaks out what to do?"

"What you said makes sense." Romeo nodded: "Okay, then I'll go there myself."

"Remember to be careful." Rosie couldn't help telling him, "Don't be discovered by others."

"I know." Romeo touched her forehead affectionately, and kissed her hair lightly. "I'll remember."

"Because you are still in the city, waiting for my return."