To Romeo from Marlon

Dear Romeo,

My name is Marlon Antonio Francis Jr. And I am writing this letter to you as a word of advice. For your sake, Juliette's sake, and everyone else's sake, walk away from Juliette. Here's why.

Number one, you don't know if you are really in love with her. You claim to love her, to care for her deeply. But do you really? I mean, you're 16. And not many teens your age no what love is. Not to mention that I'm not sure you really know Juliette well enough to claim that you love her. Do you know her favorite meal? Her favorite color? What are her hobbies? If you don't know these things you don't know her, let alone love her. It could be that your heart yearns to be with another after developing feelings for Rosaline and finding them unreciprocated. Which is understandable. But this, this just isn't the way. Your families are mortal enemies, and you nor Juliette(who's 13 by the way) know what love is.

Number two, you don't realize how this will affect others. I'm sure you realize that Mercutio is dead. And you are in exile. All because you simply believe that you are in love when you do not quite understand your feelings. I'm not blaming Mercutio's death on you personally, But the events that caused it could have been avoided had you walken away from Juliette before. Had you not even showed up in the first place, this whole thing would not have been started. Try to understand Romeo, love is a powerful thing. But only people who have truly felt it, learned from it, and have been molded by it, know what it means. You are young, and so is Juliette. And hopefully you can come to understand one day as to how your relationship will only hurt you or others. which brings me to my next reason.

Number three, it will only end up hurting the two of you. Believe it or not Romeo, there have been plenty situations like yours and Juliette. And do you know what happened? Either they did not have a happy ending, or they had to make a huge sacrifice that would forever haunt them. Relationships like yours are dangerous. Too dangerous. Because in the end, it only leads to more pain. I can assure you now, the pain you feel being away from Juliette will be a thousand times worse in the future. Whereas stopping this now can ensure that everything will be just right in the end. Romeo, I'm sure that there will come a time when you will meet someone else out there who you will truly come to love, but right now is not that time. You are much too young to understand, and have acted rashly these days. I hope that in the end, you will do the right thing.

From Marlon