Why can’t Julio and
Romeo?
Last Scenes
Romeo is with his
boyfriend Warren.
Romeo
I can’t be with you. It ain’t gonna work between us. I don’t feel the same about you no more.
30 second silence.
Warren
It’s him isn’t it.
You told him it was over. You left him for me and what. You just changed your
mind.
Romeo
I’m sorry Warren. It’s Julio. I just can’t let him out of my life. I love him. He’s the one. I
can’t let him marry that guy without telling him how I feel.
Warren is silent.
Warren
I won’t hold you
back. But you change your mind so many times. If he’s the one. Go for it. Go
tell your future husband how you feel.
Romeo walks away.
Warren mutters.
Warren
I was getting board
regardless.
Next scene
Romeo gets to
Julio’s flat. He knocks on the door. No answer. He walks back and looks up. Yells Julio. Then walks away.
Next scene
Julio is at the club
as it is his stag night. He is with his mates getting drunk.
Next scene
Romeo calls Rowan.
Rowan
Hello.
Romeo
Hey Rowan. Do you
know where Julio is?
Rowan
Why do you want to
know. You dumped him.
Romeo
Rowan I know. I’ve
got to talk to him. I can’t let him go. I’m gonna tell him how I feel.
Rowan pauses.
Rowan
Look Romeo. How
should I put it. I don’t know how to say this. But I’m afraid Julio and Sam
have just got married and have gone on their honeymoon.
Rowan pauses.
Rowan
Julio is happy.
You’re just gonna come in, get back with him and change your mind like you do with all your
boyfriends and girlfriends. You’ll just hurt him. He doesn’t need that. Romeo
just let him be happy.
Romeo
You’re right. I
should let him be happy.
Rowan
Romeo. I’ve got
things to do and I have to go now. Why don’t you go back to Warren? Julio
wouldn’t take you back even if you told him you loved him.
Rowan pauses for ten
seconds.
Rowan
I’m sorry Romeo.
Rowan hangs up the
phone.
Next scene
Next day Romeo bumps
into Jay.
Romeo
Jay. How are you?
Jay
I’m doing well.
Romeo
Hows work and stuff?
Jay
It’s good. Just the
usual.
Romeo
Wow you look really
smart. Where are you going?
Jay
It’s Julio’s
wedding. Didn’t you know?
Romeo
What.
Jay
His big day.
Romeo
I thought he already
got married and is on the honeymoon.
Jay
No Romeo. It’s today
and in the church. The father let them celebrate their love in a church. A
homosexual couple. Love is love.
Romeo
Rowan told me
they already got married. He lied to me. I can’t believe it.
Romeo pauses for a
minute.
Romeo
I gotta go.
Next scene
Romeo drives to
Julio’s house.
Next scene
Julio is in the
dressing room with his best man, bridesmaids and friends.
Julio
It’s my day. It’s
finally here. I’m so in love with him. The rest of my life. I didn’t believe in
all this marriage hype. When you think about it. It’s just these words on paper.
It won’t change how I feel. But I love him and this celebration I’ll cherish
for the rest of my life. I feel as though there are more moments to treasure
with him in our future. That’s how he makes me feel.
Julio cries.
Kano
Julio don’t cry. You’ll mess up your garms and fabric. It might make me cry too. Julio. You’ve
got a good one there. Love conquers all. But Julio. Do you think the marriage
proposal is rushed? I’m asking you this as your best man.
Julio
No. I know how I
feel and life is too short. Look what happened ten months ago. I can’t just let
him go and I’ve lost too much. He makes me happy and brings out the best out of
me. He loves me and that’s what I need.
Sionne
Kano. He knows what
he wants. Let him be.
Elle
They are so in love
and it’s his day.
Sionne
Julio. Are you in
love with him?
Julio
Yes.
Sionne
Marry him.
Kano
Julio. Are you
ready? Cause the car is here.
Julio
I’m ready. Let’s go
and celebrate my love.
Julio and his
friends get in the car and go.
Romeo gets there and
finds nobody there.
Romeo calls Julio’s
phone. It’s off.
Next scene
Julio, his best man, bridesmaids
and friends get out of the car.
Julio
I’ve waited so long
for this day.
Rowan
Julio. Take your
time. We all got so drunk the night before.
Kano
Haha. And more at
the reception later.
Rowan
Julio. I wish you
the best. I want you to be happy.
Next scene
Sam and Josh are in
the church at the altar waiting for Julio to arrive.
Josh
You’re here. Julio’s
in love with you. Don’t let him go. You are the luckiest guy. If I weren’t with
Sionne, you’re best man and straight I’d get with him.
Sam
I’m gonna tell him
how much I am in love with him and I can’t wait to share the rest of my life
with him.
Sam pauses.
Sam
Me and him. He’s the
future and I ain’t looking back.
Next Scene
Julio is about to
walk in the church but is stopped by Romeo.
Romeo
Julio.
Julio
Romeo what do you
want? You’re here at my wedding day. The best day of my life.
Romeo
I’m so sorry Julio.
I’m not here to cause trouble. But I have to tell you.
Julio
Shut up. Romeo. I’ve
had enough of you. You want me. You love me. You want to marry me. You don’t. You hate me. You leave me. You can’t make up your mind.
Romeo
I still love you. That won’t change. All the things we have been through. It seemed like it was
over for us and that we had enough drama in our lives.
Julio
No Romeo. We’re
finished. You left us behind when you left and got with him. He’s better than
me for you and I see it now. I’m just not good enough for you. You don’t love
me. You can’t love.
Romeo
Me and Warren are
over. He’s not like you. We’ve been through so much together. The things we’ve
shared. Our bond is like no other.
Julio
Why do you do this?
You don't even like me or respect me enough. Like I said. You can’t love and
you’ll never feel the emotion of never finding any other man that loves you
quite like me. This is my day. Mine. With the people I love and who love me.
You’re not one of them. You’re not even a guy that I bump into from time to
time and say hi and don’t even know that person. You’re nothing to me.
Romeo
Julio. You’re
marrying him for the wrong reasons. Yeah. You’ve known him a long time. But you
haven’t been with him for that long and you want to marry him. Did you propose? Or what. He did.
Julio
Why does that
matter? I love him and he loves me. He loves me so much more than all the
people you’ve met in your life.
Romeo
Do you love him? Do
you love him more than me? Can he give you true love? Unconditional love? Can
he replace or make better moments than me?
Julio is silent and he
gives Romeo no answer.
Romeo
Look at me.
Does he make you feel like I do? Okay. You’ll marry him. But will you be happy?
Will you live the most vibrant life? Or will you fade and become as boring as he
is? And when or if you do. You’ll think about me and you’ll wonder what could
have been.
Julio is silent and
looks deeply into Romeo’s eyes.
Julio
I love you. But I
can’t keep getting with you and breaking up with you. I mean you just leaving
me in the cold. I don’t know if you push me away or you can’t love or you’re
just straight up cold. I don’t know what you want from me anymore. We should
just say goodbye once and for all and never look back.
Julio’s friends walk
in.
Rowan
Julio. Are you ready
to walk in the room of your celebration?
Julio
Yes I am. It’s my
day, that’s the guy I am in love with and I won’t let him go. He loves me and
there is nowhere else I want to be. He knows how to love and that’s all I need
from him.
Rowan
Is Romeo bothering
you?
Julio
No.
Romeo
What. You are good.
I’ll give you that. You lied to me when I asked you if you knew where Julio
was. Why would you do that? Trying to
control Julio’s love life. Can’t Julio make up his own mind?
Julio steps in.
Julio
Romeo stop it. You’re trying to ruin my big day. I won’t let you. Rowan is my friend and he
has my best interests at heart and you’re an even bigger liar than he is. He
knows how much I love you. I mean did love you and how you left me and broke
my heart.
Romeo
Why did you lie to
me Rowan? After everything we been through. You know how bad the last year has
been for us.
Julio
It doesn’t matter to
me. I don’t love you Romeo. It’s over between us. We are finished for good. I've made
up my mind. I have a room full of people waiting for me and to witness me
celebrate my love with Sam. Leave me alone Romeo.
Romeo
Lie to yourself and
all those people. But you can’t love him like you still love me. You’re
getting married in a church. It’s the opposite of what you stand for. Who you
are. You don’t need your name written on some expensive paper to enlighten how
much you love somebody. You just treasure that person in your heart anyway. You
don’t need all these accessories and things. That’s not who you are. I know
you. I know who you are. He doesn’t. He might say all the right things but you
will never sincerely or honestly love him. You’re not connected with him like
you are with me. He won’t give you that feeling of love. Like our love.
Julio
I can’t love you. It’s unbearable to love you. We’ll just break up in five months or a year. I
give it a year and you’ll get bored of me. I don’t want to fall back in love
with you again Romeo.
Julio and Romeo
glare at each other.
Julio
Let’s go. I have
nothing to say but my vows of love for Sam. I want his marriage, honesty,
commitment, friendship, loyalty and longevity.
Julio
Let me go Romeo. Let
me move on.
Julio walks into the
church with his bridesmaids, friends and best man.
Next scene
Julio, his best man, bridesmaids and his
friends are about to enter the church.
Rowan
You okay.
Julio
I want to marry the
guy I love with the people I love with me.
Rowan
Right. Let’s go
then. Sam is waiting.
Next scene
Julio opens the door
and everybody in the church turns around. Julio, his best man, bridesmaids and friends walk up to the
altar.
Josh
You are so lucky. Like I said if I wasn’t married.
Sam laughs.
A violin plays as
Julio walks up to the altar. Julio walks up to his groom. Sam whispers to
Julio.
Sam
We made it.
Julio
At last. I’ve waited
for this moment so long. I’m blessed and honoured to be here with you Sam.
The father speaks
and calls for everybody in the church to stand.
Father
Sam and Julio have
decided to say they’re own wedding vows in love for one another.
Sam says his vows.
Julio says his vows. He says them but fluffs his lines and changes part of
it. Sam looks at him funny as he knows that’s not his vows as they both shown
each other they’re vows before the wedding.
Julio
I can’t do this. Sam
I love you so much and how you made me feel over the last year as a friend and
a lover. You have lifted me and mended me. Words can’t describe how much I love
you. Every moment with you has been amazing and I’ve been glad to have shared
many wonderful moments with you. Every minute I spend with you I get to know
you more. We’ve grown so much and we get stronger each day. But it’s Romeo. I
can’t let him stay in my past. I need him in my life. Now. In this present day and in the future. However long I live. He has to have a place in my life. Maybe
I’m stupid for feeling something for him thinking that he will change but I still love him. I have to
share the rest of my life with him. I’m so sorry Sam. This was meant to be our
day but then I see Romeo and I know he’s the man I want to be with for the
rest of my life. I can’t marry you.
Julio walks out of
the church. Julio’s best man, bridesmaids and friends walk out and follow him.
Rowan
Julio. What are you
doing? You’re walking out on love. The guy that really loves you. Romeo doesn’t
love you. Did you think Sam was second best? Romeo is bad. Sam isn’t. He can
support you. A guy like that doesn’t know how to love.
Julio
We’ve had it hard
this year and the last. He’s changed.
Rowan
No he hasn’t. If
you think that you are out of your mind. Yeah. You’ll get back with him and
what in a year it’s over and he’s on to the next lover like the last time. He
doesn’t love. Why am I saying love? He doesn’t even like you. He can’t stand
you. He can’t take you because he’s heartless. He can’t even face you and your
fiancé in the church. He wasn’t there to save you. You walked out from an
honest guy that loves you and for what. Where is he? I’ll tell you where he is. He’s fucking a man or a woman. He's probably so drunk he can’t tell. Julio. You’re nothing to him. You’re forgettable to him. When are you going to see
that? If you’re smart you’ll go back in there and marry that man. That good,
decent, hardworking man and celebrate the start to the life you deserve.
Happiness you deserve.
Julio
I can’t Rowan. I
love Romeo. I have to take this risk. If I don’t I’ll be in regret.
Julio walks away.
Next scene
Romeo is in his
house packing his bag and is getting ready to leave. Julio knocks on Romeo’s
door. Romeo doesn’t answer. Julio shouts.
Julio
Romeo I know you’re
in there. Let me in.
Romeo presses the
buzzer to let Julio in. Julio goes inside and they talk.
Julio
Romeo I’m sorry. What I said to you earlier was just words. I love you so much. You know how much
I do. We’ve been through so much in the last year. It’s changed us. But it’s
made us better. Romeo. If you take me back. This time we just have to talk. Tell me what you’re thinking.
Romeo
I’m leaving now. I
have got to get out of here. Do you want to come with me?
Julio laughs.
Julio
Yes. Where are
you going to go?
Romeo
To a mate’s house
out of town.
Romeo
Julio. I’m sorry.
You don’t know what this means to me. I’ll never stop loving you. It’s us from now on. You and me.
Julio and Romeo
kiss.
Next scene
Julio and Romeo go
to Julio and Sam’s house. They pack up Julio’s things and Sam shows up.
Sam
Julio.
Julio
Sam.
Sam
How are you?
Julio
I’m okay.
Sam
So what. You take
like an hour to get to the church and when you get there you walk out on me.
Julio
Sam. I’m sorry. I
never intended this to happen.
Sam
You embarrassed me
in front of everybody. How could you? You're my fiance. Don't you love me? What's changed for you to decide to leave me? Don't let him get between us Julio. Don't let him do this to you.
Romeo
Julio just wants to
get his things and go. We’ll come back for the rest.
Sam
Comeback. I’ll chuck
everything out the window. Or recycle it. Or send it to a charity.
Julio
Come on Sam. Just
let me get my things and leave and I expect everything in order when I get
back.
Sam grabs Julio, Romeo interrupts and Sam hits Romeo. Romeo gets up and hits Sam back. Julio breaks it up.
Julio
It’s over between us
Sam. Just let me get what I need and go. Leave us be.
Sam
Do you love him?
Julio
I do.
Julio and Romeo
leave.
Next scene
It’s the year after
and a flashback is shown of what Romeo and Julio have done in that year. Going
out, social, holidays, work and finally Romeo’s wedding proposal to Julio.
Next scene
Romeo and Julio are
in a cottage with they’re family and friends.
Julio/Romeo
I do.
They kiss and
flowers and petals fall from the roof of the cottage. They’re family and
friends walk up to them in they’re celebration. Sionne and Elle talk.
Sionne
They’ve been through
so much but they made it. They are so much stronger than they think they are.
Elle
If anybody deserves
to be happy it’s them.
Josh joins in the
conversation.
Josh
Had they’re ups and
downs and are still together.
Sionne kisses Josh.
Next scene
Romeo and Julio
leave the wedding reception and get in to they’re car.
Romeo
It’s our day.
Julio
Yes it is. You're my husband Romeo. I love you.
Julio kisses Romeo.
THE END
