The Party

Act 1 Scene 5 (84-170)

Dear Diary,
Today was the day of the big party daddy had. This was where I was supposed to meet County Paris, the man who has asked for my hand in marriage. Although if you ask me, I think the idea is preposterous! I mean, think about it. I have never even met the guy and he is asking to marry me? MARRIAGE! He must be insane. Although I tried to act proper and understanding of the situation when my mother was telling me about his proposal, I was and still am scared on the inside. I do not wish to have an arranged marriage. I want to fall in love with someone, not be forced to love them. But tonight, I think I did fall in love, but not with County Paris. Oh, i have not stopped thinking about this boy I met. It is he who I wish to marry! Oh, it is he who I am destined to be with! I will explain to you how we met. Well, he bravely came up to me and took my hand. He tried to use an Elizabethan pick up line on me, which I cunningly went along with. No matter what he said, I came back with a perfect and playful response. Oh, how I long to be with him again! While we were exchanging interactions back and forth, he kissed me! But, that was not enough. I was already in love with him. I told him that he had given me his sin and so he took it back with another kiss. He kissed like he had studied how to and was just like the other men I have kissed. But, something was different about this kiss and the difference was that i was in love with he who I kissed. When i was ready to continue playfully conversing with him, Nurse entered and told me that my mother wished to see me. Suddenly, reality struck back to me. Love is not something that can happen to me. But, when I left, i saw the Nurse talking to him. Do they know each other? No, no that would not make any sense. Wouldn't she have introduced us? If she doesn't know him, then maybe she had asked for his name! Maybe she knows his beautiful name. I will ask her for it as soon as I see her. But, how am I to ask without showing her my affection for him? I know! I will ask about many others before him in order not to allow her to catch on. It is not that I don't want her to know, it's just sometimes she can take her sexual jokes too far and make me extremely uncomfortable. When I finally asked her about him, she did not know who he was (I guess they did not have a very long conversation). So, I asked her to go find out his name. Oh, I was so excited to hear his name! I was so excited to know a part of him. The Nurse came back and told me his name was Romeo. Oh, Romeo... my dearest Romeo. Romeo is the one I love. But, then, i heard three words that changed everything: "He's a Montague." Oh, my dearest Romeo cannot be a Montague. Why is he even at this party? This unfortunate last name of his does not change my love for him. I only met him for a quick few minutes, and already feel so close to him. Oh why must he be someone I am supposed to hate? I already love him and now it is far too late! How can I hide my true feelings for him from my parents and all of my family. This is going to be so difficult... but I must figure something out. I cannot live without him.