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Act II, Scene II
(Enter JayQuan, at the bottom of a firescape. He's looking up at a light shown through a window, from a building in which there is a party being held and Ashley's bedroom is in.)
JayQuan: Ey, yo. It be easy for people to be jokin 'bout stuff when they don't experience it, nawhatI mean?
(Ashley enters the fire escape.)
JayQuan: Oh snap, what's that light in the window? EY YO, IT'S THAT WHITE GURL. THAT'S MY GURL, YO! Oh snap, I love her! If only she knew! Her eyes are pretty, and so is her cheeks. That's my homie.
Ashley: Oh snap!
JayQuan(to himself): Her voice is pretty, yo. She should speak again. I like her voice. She be looking like an angel.
Ashley(unaware that JayQuan hears her): Why do you have to be a Burton? Why can't you be a...I dunno. Something else. Can you please chang your name? Or you could swear to SWAG me and I will no longer be a Georgeson.
JayQuan(to Ashley): Yo, just say the word, ma, and I'll change my name. Just like (he snaps) that.
Ashley: YO, WHO BE HEARIN' MY WORDS?! I WILL STOMP YOU OUT.
JayQuan: I be a Burton, but I know you hate that name, so...
Ashley: Yo, don't you be JayQuan?!
JayQuan: Not if you hate that name.
Ashley: Well, how the freak you get in here?
JayQuan: I got connections, yo.
Ashley: Well, if my aunts catch you, you will die, son.
JayQuan: Love showed me the way...so did a guy named Pedro.
Ashley: Oh, man. Do you seriously love me?
JayQuan: I swear it by the sun.
Ashley: Ey, yo. Don't swear by the sun, son. That be madd rude, boy. If your love don't last, and you swore, we gonna have problems.
JayQuan: Oh. That be cool.
Ashley: So, I gots to go sleep, yo.
JayQuan: Hey, Ma! You just gonna leave a brother hanging like that?
Ashley: What do you mean?
JayQuan(singing): I've been really tryin', baby.
Ashley: What.
JayQuan(still singing): To hold back this feelin' for so long.
And if you really feel like I feel, baby.
Then, come on,
Come on,
Let's get it on.
(A random friend of Beatrice, JayQuan's cousin, comes out with a bucket of water in hand. She looks angry).
Friend: ABSTINENCE!
(She pours the water on JayQuan, and runs away, quickly followed by Beatrice).
Beatrice(rushed): Sorry, JayQuan! (She runs after her friend). AJ! THAT WAS NOT NICE!
JayQuan: Beatrice be so lucky that she's a Priest, or else I would've...nevermind. Listen, what I be tryin to say is...(JayQuan gets down on one knee, and takes out a box of sneakers from a bag) will you swag me?
Ashley: Ohmygosh, YOLO.
(JayQuan looks excited, and puts away the sneakers).
JayQuan: Yo, ma. I gots to go. Imma go arrange for Priest Levar Burton to marry us ASAP. Stay chill, ma.
(JayQuan leaves with the sneakers).
Ashley: OMG, I'M SO EXCITED.
(Ashley exits the fire escape.)
END SCENE
(Enter JayQuan, at the bottom of a firescape. He's looking up at a light shown through a window, from a building in which there is a party being held and Ashley's bedroom is in.)
JayQuan: Ey, yo. It be easy for people to be jokin 'bout stuff when they don't experience it, nawhatI mean?
(Ashley enters the fire escape.)
JayQuan: Oh snap, what's that light in the window? EY YO, IT'S THAT WHITE GURL. THAT'S MY GURL, YO! Oh snap, I love her! If only she knew! Her eyes are pretty, and so is her cheeks. That's my homie.
Ashley: Oh snap!
JayQuan(to himself): Her voice is pretty, yo. She should speak again. I like her voice. She be looking like an angel.
Ashley(unaware that JayQuan hears her): Why do you have to be a Burton? Why can't you be a...I dunno. Something else. Can you please chang your name? Or you could swear to SWAG me and I will no longer be a Georgeson.
JayQuan(to Ashley): Yo, just say the word, ma, and I'll change my name. Just like (he snaps) that.
Ashley: YO, WHO BE HEARIN' MY WORDS?! I WILL STOMP YOU OUT.
JayQuan: I be a Burton, but I know you hate that name, so...
Ashley: Yo, don't you be JayQuan?!
JayQuan: Not if you hate that name.
Ashley: Well, how the freak you get in here?
JayQuan: I got connections, yo.
Ashley: Well, if my aunts catch you, you will die, son.
JayQuan: Love showed me the way...so did a guy named Pedro.
Ashley: Oh, man. Do you seriously love me?
JayQuan: I swear it by the sun.
Ashley: Ey, yo. Don't swear by the sun, son. That be madd rude, boy. If your love don't last, and you swore, we gonna have problems.
JayQuan: Oh. That be cool.
Ashley: So, I gots to go sleep, yo.
JayQuan: Hey, Ma! You just gonna leave a brother hanging like that?
Ashley: What do you mean?
JayQuan(singing): I've been really tryin', baby.
Ashley: What.
JayQuan(still singing): To hold back this feelin' for so long.
And if you really feel like I feel, baby.
Then, come on,
Come on,
Let's get it on.
(A random friend of Beatrice, JayQuan's cousin, comes out with a bucket of water in hand. She looks angry).
Friend: ABSTINENCE!
(She pours the water on JayQuan, and runs away, quickly followed by Beatrice).
Beatrice(rushed): Sorry, JayQuan! (She runs after her friend). AJ! THAT WAS NOT NICE!
JayQuan: Beatrice be so lucky that she's a Priest, or else I would've...nevermind. Listen, what I be tryin to say is...(JayQuan gets down on one knee, and takes out a box of sneakers from a bag) will you swag me?
Ashley: Ohmygosh, YOLO.
(JayQuan looks excited, and puts away the sneakers).
JayQuan: Yo, ma. I gots to go. Imma go arrange for Priest Levar Burton to marry us ASAP. Stay chill, ma.
(JayQuan leaves with the sneakers).
Ashley: OMG, I'M SO EXCITED.
(Ashley exits the fire escape.)
END SCENE
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