Seasons of the Storm

“Romeo and Juliet just trusted the wrong people to help them. That’s all.”

“It’s a tragedy,” she says stubbornly. “They’re not supposed to have a happy ending.”

Something hot boils up inside me. I don’t know if I’m angrier at her for giving up, or at myself for dying. “Yeah? Well, if they were both just going to die anyway, maybe they should have gone down fighting!”