Certainly an Eventful Day!

The Nurse: Act II Scene IV &V

Goodness me! Today certainly has been a whirlwind! I haven't really written in a while, so I guess I should take a minute to reflect what happened during the Capulet ball. Juliet found a man! I was so excited for her! She came up to me, trying to be sly, and pointed to different men and asked who they were. I could tell that she wanted to know the name of a man she had just met. I wasn't fooled! I can recognize a twinkle in her eye when I see one! Well, she pointed to a man whom I recognized, but I didn't remember the name of. She asked me to find out his name. So, I walked over and casually asked him his name. Poor boy. I could immediately tell that he was the one that Juliet had been talking too, for his smitten eyes never left her figure

as he said to me, "My name is Romeo Montague." A Montague! You couldn't even imagine my surprise!! My Juliet had been conversing with a Montague! At first, I thought about reprimanding Juliet in her choice of this boy. What would her parents say and do if they found out? It certainly wouldn't help the feud. Then again, maybe it would. If these two just so happened to be in love and got married, would the families finally see past their differences and come together for the happiness of their children? Also, it wouldn't be right for me to deny Juliet a chance at true love. It might be nice to have the chance to spend your life with someone who you truly cared about. Not many women these days have that choice or even the chance. So, with these thoughts in mind, I told Juliet of the boy's name, acting as if it didn't even phase me. (I told myself I would think about it later. After all, the two had just met, they wouldn't resort to anything drastic right away.)

So, this morning, I wake up

and go to Juliet's chambers. As I'm helping her dress, she tells me that young Romeo had talked to her at the foot of her balcony the previous night, and the who had decided to get married that day! Ay me! Marriage?!?!?! After one day?!?!!?! I immediately tried to talk some sense into Juliet, but she protested. That girl can be so stubborn! She begged me to seek out Romeo in the town square and ask where the two were to meet that afternoon. Reluctantly, I agreed. You're probably asking, why would I agree to that? Trust me, if you had been working for the Capulets all your life and had spent many a year watching blood being shed over a senseless, ancient grudge, you would have done the same.

I'll do anything I can in the hopes of ending this feud. I find it to be quite selfish, and quite honestly, it becomes bloody annoying. Turning my back on an ecstatic Juliet, I took my manservant Peter and travelled to the square. Well, I believe that I have been emotionally scarred, for in the square I was verbally assaulted by the most impudent young man! Mercutio, I believe his name

is. I didn't do anything to bother him! I simply asked for some privacy with Romeo in order to talk, and he proceeded to make fun of me and call me names! Ugh! I would have been able to set him stra

ight if it wasn't so bloo

dy hot. The youth of today! So disrespectful! That Mercutio is lucky that I'm not as young as I once was! Oooh! He ruffled my feathers that one! Anyways, after that little distraction, I pulled young Romeo aside. Juliet made a good choice with that one! What a respectful young man! I can tell that he truly loves Juliet! He wasn't that bad a looker either! So this afternoon, Romeo and Juliet are to be married by Friar Lawrence. I believe that good things will result from this union!