We start here with our beloved Benvolio,
"Your servants were fighting the Capulet servants before I even got here. I drew my gun to part the, but just then, that hothead Tybalt showed up with his gun ready. He taunted me and waved his gun around, making the air thick. As we were trading blows, more and more people showed up to join the fight, until the Prince came and broke everyone up." Lady Montague pipes in,
"Oh, where's Romeo? Have you seen him today? I'm glad he wasn't here for the fight."
"I saw him taking an early-morning walk. I walked over to him, but he saw me coming and hid in the woods. I thought he must be feeling the same way I was—depressed. I figured he was avoiding me, and I was perfectly happy to leave him alone and keep to myself." Mister Montague replies,
"He's been seen there the last few mornings, crying tears that adds extra gloom to everyone else days with those long sighs. But as soon as the sun rises, he comes home to escape the light. He locks himself up alone in his bedroom, shuts his windows to keep out the joyful daylight. His mood is going to bring bad news, unless someone can fix what's bothering him. Many of our friends have tried to make him talk, but he keeps his thoughts to himself. He's acting so immature, like a child ." Benvolio takes notice of Romeo coming by, so Mr. and Mrs. Montague leave to let them talk. Romeo confines in Benvolio, mentioning he deeply loves someone who doesn't love him back; deepening his depression. Benvolio notes,
"It's sad. Love looks like a nice thing, but it's actually very rough when you experience it." As though Romeo's' love is a thing to pity. Romeo rebuttals,
"Beautiful things muddle together into an ugly mess! Love is heavy and light, bright and dark, hot and cold, sick and healthy, asleep and awake—it's everything except what it is! This is the love I feel, though no one loves me back. Are you laughing at me?"
"I'm crying because of how sad you are." Moral of it; Romeo is quite emotional over his 'supposive' love. Romeo starts to leave, feeling too emotional to continue the discussion, but before he could part Benvolio asks what the name of the women making him so depressed is.
"The woman I love is a beautiful angel, she makes it as if i've been hit by Cupid's arrow." Romeo speaks with hearts in his eyes. Benvolio shares a word of advice, "A beautiful target is the one that gets hit the fastest. Take my advice. Don't think about her. Do it by letting your eyes wander freely. Look at other beautiful girls." Romeo spits out more romantic words about the 'love of his life' and how no other could truly replace her beauty. But just you wait young Romeo.
