BEAUTY AND THE GEEK ~ Timothée Chalamet ✓

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The next morning everybody got ready for another guided tour, the last one of their trip in Italy.

"Do you guys have any idea where we're going? Go on and take a guess!" the teacher said to the pupils.

"To an Italian serial killer's house, so he can finish us before we go on another tour?" Gregg joked, the tutor gave him a look of disapproval.

"No... Now I remember seeing some of you in this year's school play, so you're probably going to like the place we're going to...!"

"Can't you just tell us where we're going?" Ollie exclaimed and Marie laughed at his lack of patience, it was obvious he hated that man.

"Are we by any chance going to Casa di Giulietta? I mean since you mentioned the play and we're in Verona..." Timothée asked.

"Okay... Bingo! Good thinking!"

"Cringey as hell! This old man thinks he's so cool.." Ollie mumbled.

"Ollie! He's going to hear you!" Anya whispered.

"Well, I mean who cares.. Nobody likes everyone, I'm not obligated to like him just because he's a teacher..."

"Shhh!" Gregg slapped his thigh and made him stop talking.

"I hope what I just witnessed wasn't a sign of bullying.. Cause bullying is unacceptable!" the man looked at them.

"They're just friends... We're all messing around like that..." Anya furrowed her brows.

"Is this the case Ollie? You know you can always talk to one of your teach-"

"When are we going to arrive??? I am awfully bored.." Ollie sarcastically said. The teacher gave him a death glare and sat back on his seat.

"See? He finally stopped..." Ollie rolled his eyes, Gregg laughed.

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"Does any of the theater kids want to tell us some things about William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet story?" the man asked when they finally arrived.

"I'm not a theater kid, yet I still know the story.. We all know it.. There's no need to say it!" Ollie groaned.

"I will tell you the story anyway..!" the man exclaimed and started recounting Romeo and Julie's plot. The students paid zero attention.

"Why are these tourists touching the statue's boobs? Can I touch them too?" Nick asked all of a sudden. Everyone laughed, the teacher stopped his recounting.

"According to a local myth, holding Juliet's right breast brings you luck in love." he finally replied to Nick.

"It's a win-win situation then! See y'all later!" Nick joked and walked closer to the statue, where a lot of tourists were already waiting.

"As I was saying, Romeo and Juliet are fictional.. So this Medieval palace isn't really her house.. But it's still a main symbol of Verona, since Shakespeare's tragedy is located here! And it's actually one of the most visited places, it's an absolute reference point for lovers of the world! The famous balcony up there, where the two lovers declared their eternal love to each other, was in fact added in the 20th century." the man said.

"Another walking Wikipedia! Don't be like him when you're old!" Anya teased Timothée.

"The fact I already knew all of this information is worrying.." he laughed.

"Hey.. I'm touching her boobs!" Nick shouted when most of the tourists walked away from the statue, and he finally got close enough. A lot of people stared at him.