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Romeo: (speaking so that Balthasar only hears) Balthasar, here's my gift to you (gives Balthasar money). You better leave now. Thanks for everything, my dear fellow. (Balthasar exits)
Paris: (speaking so that his Page only hears) My Page, you better fetch some watchmen right now. (the Page exits) (to Romeo) What is your purpose here, you dirty Montague? And no matter what that purpose is, you WILL die!
Romeo: Yeah, I must indeed die. But please before that, can you please go and leave me alone. I am desperate to die. Please go, I don't want to commit more crimes. I am begging you. My weapons here are for myself alone.
Paris: I refuse to request. You killed my love's cousin Tybalt, that's why I am going to kill you with my own hands.
Romeo: Are you not going to leave? Are you provoking me? You want to fight, arrogant boy?
(Romeo and Paris start to fight)
(Paris falls)
Romeo: I don't want to end another life. I'll leave you wounded.
Paris: I don't need your help. Just kill me and lay me next to my dear Juliet. (Paris faints)
(Romeo didn't answer Paris and proceeds to revealing who's in the tomb)
Romeo: Oh my dear Juliet, what happened? Why did you need to die? You should not have left me alone in this dark place. You should be enjoying your life with me. No matter what, I'll join you in the afterlife.
(scene goes to Friar Lawrence)
Friar Lawrence: (shocked) Why is Juliet's tomb open? Who's there? (The Friar proceeds to the tomb and sees Romeo about to open the poison bottle) (to Romeo) Stop that, right now! Juliet is not yet dead!
(Romeo stops)
Romeo: What? Not yet dead? Don't you see that Juliet is here lying so cold and I was about to follow her in the afterlife.
Friar Lawrence: Calm down Romeo, let me explain. Juliet is lying there not dead but pretending to be dead. She asked me to resolve the problem that you two have. I gave her a potion that will stop her pulse and will be out of effect after 48 hours. She did that all for you Romeo.
Romeo: Juliet, Juliet, how sweet can you get?
(Paris regains consciousness but still can not move) (Juliet wakes up)
Paris: (clueless and shocked) Juliet is alive?
Juliet: Romeo, Romeo, you came here for me.
(There are footsteps near them. The watchmen with the Prince, the Capulets, and the Montague entered the tomb)
(Capulet and Montague run to the scene)
Capulet: Juliet? Montague: Romeo?
Prince Escalus: Stop it right there! What is happening here? Why is the Capulet's daughter, Juliet, alive? What is the banished Romeo doing here? Why is Count Paris wounded? Friar Lawrence, do you know anything about the incident?
Friar Lawrence: Wait, I'll explain everything.
Prince Escalus: Faster!
Friar Lawrence: Let's start in the day when Tybalt died. That day, Juliet was sad not because Tybalt was dead but because Romeo was to be banished. Before Romeo killed Tybalt, I secretly held a wedding for Romeo and Juliet because I thought it will start good terms between the Capulets and the Montagues. And also, Juliet was not dead. She just pretended to be dead. I gave her a potion to stop her pulse for 48 hours to solve her problem.
Capulet: And here we thought you are really a holy man!
Prince Escalus: Capulet, stop!
(Paris grabbed Romeo's poison without someone seeing)
Friar Lawrence: That's all I can share to you. I don't know what happened to Count Paris.
Romeo: I am so sorry. I asked him to leave but he didn't. I was about to kill myself since I don't know that Juliet was really alive. We fought and I left him wounded.
(Paris drank the poision, Paris faints)
Capulet: (Everyone shocked) What happened?
Romeo: The poison I was about to drink...
(The Capulet got mad at Romeo)
Capulet: (To himself) You dirty Montague! (gets a dagger and proceeds to stabbing Romeo)
(The Montague rushed to save Romeo in exchange of his own life)
Montague: Sorry Romeo, I was not a good father. But it's ok. Seems like you found a girl you will love. I am a proud father. Forgive the Capulets, nothing will happen if this continues.
(Romeo's anger in the Capulets was gone)
Prince: How dare you commit a crime in front of me Capulet. You are to be banished.
Capulet: (not minding the Prince) Romeo and Juliet, my daughter, I am so sorry. I feel like I am the worst in the world after seeing my rival die and tells his son to forgive us, specially me. I am terribly sorry.
Juliet: It's fine, my dear father.
Romeo: (to Capulet) I will lie if I tell you that I'm not mad at you. But I know in time, I can forgive you.
Romeo and Juliet: Please, our dear Prince Escalus, don't banish the Capulet.
Prince: Seems like you're in peace already. Understood heroes of Verona, I won't banish the Capulet but he will be removed from his position starting now.
(Romeo, Juliet, and everyone comes back to the city and Romeo and Juliet had another wedding, but it is public.)
Romeo: Juliet, I love you.
Juliet: Romeo, I love you too.
(Romeo and Juliet kissed)
Capulet: As the former king of the Capulets, Romeo, you will be the next king of the Capulets, no both the Capulets and the Montagues as one.
(The Capulets and Montagues are now in good terms. Romeo became the king of both families.)
THE END
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